Happy forum anniversary 🍰 @zephyr1

[Steve9999]

Aw. Happy Forum Anniversary to the legend that is @zephyr1

This place just isn’t the same without you, but I’m glad you have managed to find a happy place to be.

Best wishes from me and all the UK Adventurers you have helped so much.

[Petri]

Happy anniversary @zephyr1!

[ghintama]

Profile - zephyr1 - Empires & Puzzles Community Forum happy anniversary lord^^

[Sh3r1ff]

Happy cake day my dear!

[JAWS_3D]

happy cake day @zephyr1

[D_DI]

Happy Cake Day, @zephyr1!

Thank you for always being fair and for doing the work so well that you were often mistaken for a robot . You deserve the break and I hope that you’re enjoying it!

[Tato]

Hey @zephyr1 the great one.

The one who link all my first posts

My first master in this forum/game.

Happy cake day.

I’ll keep it in a lunch box till you come back.

[Natural-Lite]

Happy cake day Zephyr1

[jinbatsu]

Happy cake day @zephyr1!

[zephyr1]

Thanks, everyone!

Guess it’s a good thing I logged onto the Forum today and didn’t miss my own anniversary

[Dudeious.Maximus]

Have a blast dude
Thanks for all yall done and do

[Sarah2]

Its a good thing we can start threads from the future. I knew that super power would come in handy .

More for all

[PooFlingerJr]

Glad that you’re around Zeph, you really built up some great features on the forums.
Hoping all is right in your world.

[Saphirra]

Happy Anniversary @zephyr1!!! I started playing Windmaker, and i really like it. I understand why you do too. Have a blast.

[Rohn]

@zephyr1 GREAT 2 years old man. Thanks for being here, and STAY.

[Gryphonknight]

Happy cake day

(Monster Cake inspired by Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

I am not sure which of the two yearly cake days ( leaving a warm safe place with no worries or leaving a warm safe place with no worries ) but you should totally celibate it with sugary monsters, cutting down tall grass ( depends on the hemisphere) and smashing fragile items for loot ).

Notes

@Gryphonknight

Beta Beat

Mortals. Bow down and listen. As the Legend himself explains the origin of . . . Beta Beat ( clicky, clicky )

@zephyr1

Beta Beat

I’m a little less excited about it lately, given all the vitriol about Telluria, but writing and posting Beta Beat has been a nice way to share information and try to make the Forum a more useful place.

People have sometimes asked how I got started with that, so I’ll share this explanation from a while ago when @Elpis asked me about it:

@Elpis

@zephyr1 can i ask you one thing? Beta beat was your own idea?

I mean, you proposed to do it or Small Giant proposed it?

Not to blame it or anything, it is very well done.

Just curious.

@zephyr1

It was my own idea, Small Giant didn’t propose it.

I actually wasn’t initially entirely sure if they’d be ok with it when I first did it. It seemed within the rules, but no one had really posted so much Beta information in one place on the Forum before. @Garanwyn suggested at the time that I ask permission first, but I published the first Beta Beat without telling SG that I was going to, figuring it was better to beg forgiveness if needed.

As it turned out, they were supportive of it after I started. I’ve gotten feedback from Small Giant Staff that I shouldn’t feel obligated to continue, but that they appreciate the effort, and think it’s very useful for Forum members.

I started Beta Beat trying to address two ongoing problems from my perspective:

1. Beta players were often criticized about having information that general players didn’t. While most Beta information was available on the Forum, it was scattered. I wanted to make it easy for everyone to find, and democratize the information.

2. Beta information shared on Line, Facebook, and Discord etc. is often incorrect or outdated. Screenshots get posted without context or explanation, and often aren’t updated as Beta is revised. I wanted to try to have a centralized place with updated information, and more detailed explanations.

I like to think that it’s contributed to those goals, and is a help to the player community, though I remain open to feedback on improving or eliminating it if it’s ever unproductive for players.

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You will always be the Legend of Zelda, er, Beta Beat.

Especially HotM Beta Beat discussions letting players save resources for an HotM that fits their play style.

The #1 thing that ever happened to Empires is Beta Beat, and I am including Atlantis Rising as #2 on that list and the setting up of an Empires and Puzzles forum as #3 ( 4 to 10 are our great forum staff, moderators, and content creators).

[TGW]

@zephyr1!!! Happy day.

We do miss you around here (well I do, at least). I hope life is treating you well otherwise.

[Math4lyfe]

Sorry I’m so late!! Any cake left?

Thanks for always being a sound and level voice of reason @zephyr1. You are a pillar of this “virtual” community. So glad I’ve had the opportunity to chat with you over the years.

[Barrista]

Congratulations from me belatedly.

I wish everyone who read it, above all, health and satisfaction in life.

And, above all, we continue to have constructive and less emotional discussions here in the forum.

[SamMe]

It doesn’t matter that you’ve retired from the game, and post here occasionally… Happy, happy third Cake Day @zephyr1!

Thank you kindly @Sarah2 for creating this thread last year.