Are we coming up on One Year? We're coming up on One Year.

[ArchVileTerror]

Next month, right?  That's when the anniversary will be for this whole revival becoming open to the sight of so many players and fans.

 

How are you going to celebrate?  How are -we- going to celebrate?!  Does anyone have any plans?

Or should we wait specifically for Homecoming's 1 year anniversary?

[Eva Destruction]

I'm going to celebrate by buying all the anniversary badges.

[Abraxus]

I believe the code was first leaked in mid April, and the first server "Bree", was up a week, or two later, if memory serves.  Then there was a fake C&D scare that caused the proprietor of that server to become alarmed enough to pull support, and shut it down.  It took a few days, perhaps a week, before Torchbearer was born.  That would have been early, to perhaps mid May, and has been in operation ever since.  So, depending on which milestone event you are commemorating, we are getting close to the first of them.

 

Personally, I still consider it to be one of the miraculous things I've seen in my life.  Something that I loved, lost, wished desperately to have back, and actually got back.  It's just not something that happens too often in life.  There are so many other games that had devoted followings, that wished for the same thing, and never saw it happen.  We really are quite fortunate to have this game back, and thriving, as we do.

Edited March 22, 2020 by Abraxus

[Dreamboat]

Torchbearer was late April. That was the first shard I played on and the character in my #1 slot on there was created April 24th - unless there's some jiggery pokery going on there.

[Abraxus]

Hmmm...I created characters the first day Torchbearer came online, and the earliest date I can find so far is April 29th.  But, it's possible I might have concentrated on the first one in for a few days before I created the rest from saved costume/power files.  

 

In any case, we are at least 6 weeks away from the anniversary of Torchbearer.  Perhaps a little over a month from the creation of the short lived "Bree" server anniversary, and just short of a month from the anniversary of the code leak.  So, I say...let's establish exact dates, and organize events to commemorate each one in-game!

[Snarky]

First: WOOT!!!  Second: Thank you Homecoming Team.  Best group of Devs in geek game world!

[ArchVileTerror]

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/17064-homecoming-server-update-march-28th-page-5-testing-anniversary-badge-and-more/

 

The time comes soon!  I don't have enough Merits for the Badges yet . . . hmm . . . that's going to take some effort.  They ain't cheap.

[Sakai]

If you have 1.5 billion kicking around you can always buy the merits.  Or less depending upon how many you are short. 

 

Gathered my merits up and it was a little over 2000 somehow.