LIVE Contest Milestones of Elvenar – 10 Years of Magic

[La Kamille]

I started Elvenar by playing solo, then, I was invited to a fellowship. Even though I vowed (to myself) that I would always stay solo, I joined. I stuck with that fellowship and eventually became the Archmage. It was an honor and a challenge. After nearly 10 years, I realized that I wanted to be a part of a more active fellowship. As if by chance, I was invited to a new fellowship. I had to weigh and balance, do I leave what I know, or take a chance? I took a chance and joined a new fellowship. My closest fellowhship mate and two others joined me on the new venture. It has been a fantastic and worthwhile change. We are part of an active fellowship that feels more like a family than just an online game. We all love our cities and we help each other achieve the awesome rewards that keep our Elvenar cities growing!!

 

[Portia319]

I began this game in 2019. I enjoy each new chapter as the buildings have such intricate details. I was amazed when I enlarged the fairy silk building to see the actual web the spiders were making. Every chapter brings new citizens walking around the city.
The best part of the game are the fellowship and members that are in it. Everyone is supportive and ready to help any problems in game and out. Bad Lands is the best fellowship in my opinion. Unlike some fellowships, we have no requirements and are allowed to play the game our way to the best of our ability. We tend to work harder and help each other more because of it. It has become a family.

 

[tamarlane]

I love my city. I love working on it and configuring is around the demands of the game. My team is supportive, yet gives me the space to play my way. I don't have alot of time to put into this but enjoy it.

 

[MaggieMay69]

Dear Humans and Elves,

This time, we bring you a heartfelt new contest: Milestones of Elvenar – 10 Years of Magic

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Explanation

Elvenar is turning 10 years old, and we want to celebrate this incredible journey with you.

Over the past decade, all of you have built cities, forged fellowships, overcome challenges, and perhaps even made friendships. Now it’s your turn to share your personal story and celebrate a milestone that made your Elvenar experience exceptional.

To participate, all you need to do is reply in this thread and tell us about a memorable moment or milestone during your time playing Elvenar. This could be:

• A personal achievement in-game (like completing a specific chapter or event),
• A meaningful bond or friendship you've formed through the game,
• A story about your Fellowship's growth,

Or simply a moment that stuck with you and brought you joy.

Start date: April 8th
End date: April 15th

We look forward to reading your stories and celebrating this magical decade together!

Prizes

We have amazing prizes for you!

• 1st Prize

1x Gravity Inn

1x Pet Food

1x Blueprint

3x Combining Catalysts

1x 5h Time Reduction Instant

300 Diamonds

• 2nd Prize

1x Blueprint

3x 1h Time Reduction Instants

2x Combining Catalysts

250 Diamonds

• 3rd Prize

200 Diamonds

• 4th – 10th Prizes

100 Diamonds

Winners will be randomly selected from US server players who share their Elvenar milestone story in this thread.

Rules

• The contest is open to entries from all registered users (i.e., not banned, with no moderating duties).
• Each participant may only submit one participation per round;
• Participations in each round are valid until the new round is announced or the contest ends;
• By participating in the contest you can only receive prizes in Elvenar US;
• Prizes are not cumulative, each player may only receive one prize;
• If your in-game account is banned, the prize will be awarded to the next user;
• The deadline to present a claim regarding the prizes is 7 days after they have been credited. After that, no change or analysis will be made by the support team;
• No participation containing improper language will be accepted.

Good luck, and thank you for being a part of 10 years of Elvenar!

Your Elvenar Support Team

I really love playing this game. I check on it everyday and i also have the app. I have been playing for many years. Go Innogmames!!!

 

[antiguan1]

greatest achievement was scoring over 13K points in the tournament a week or two ago.

 

[nolats44]

Dear Humans and Elves,

This time, we bring you a heartfelt new contest: Milestones of Elvenar – 10 Years of Magic

View attachment 18772​

Explanation

Elvenar is turning 10 years old, and we want to celebrate this incredible journey with you.

Over the past decade, all of you have built cities, forged fellowships, overcome challenges, and perhaps even made friendships. Now it’s your turn to share your personal story and celebrate a milestone that made your Elvenar experience exceptional.

To participate, all you need to do is reply in this thread and tell us about a memorable moment or milestone during your time playing Elvenar. This could be:

• A personal achievement in-game (like completing a specific chapter or event),
• A meaningful bond or friendship you've formed through the game,
• A story about your Fellowship's growth,

Or simply a moment that stuck with you and brought you joy.

Start date: April 8th
End date: April 15th

We look forward to reading your stories and celebrating this magical decade together!

Prizes

We have amazing prizes for you!

• 1st Prize

1x Gravity Inn

1x Pet Food

1x Blueprint

3x Combining Catalysts

1x 5h Time Reduction Instant

300 Diamonds

• 2nd Prize

1x Blueprint

3x 1h Time Reduction Instants

2x Combining Catalysts

250 Diamonds

• 3rd Prize

200 Diamonds

• 4th – 10th Prizes

100 Diamonds

Winners will be randomly selected from US server players who share their Elvenar milestone story in this thread.

Rules

• The contest is open to entries from all registered users (i.e., not banned, with no moderating duties).
• Each participant may only submit one participation per round;
• Participations in each round are valid until the new round is announced or the contest ends;
• By participating in the contest you can only receive prizes in Elvenar US;
• Prizes are not cumulative, each player may only receive one prize;
• If your in-game account is banned, the prize will be awarded to the next user;
• The deadline to present a claim regarding the prizes is 7 days after they have been credited. After that, no change or analysis will be made by the support team;
• No participation containing improper language will be accepted.

Good luck, and thank you for being a part of 10 years of Elvenar!

Your Elvenar Support Team

I have grown a lot since I started playing in 2020. My playing style has changed over the years as well. I am glad the game supports that! My greatest personal achievement was getting my score over 1M. That was short-lived as my city is constantly changing, but I will get it back soon. I have found a fellowship with other competitors like myself and am very proud every time we win the fellowship adventure.

 

[Ebonknight01]

The Elvenar community (and the fellowships I am involved with) have really impacted my life. I am the author of "Spire Master Interviews - Maximum Effort" in the Lounge section of this forum with over 10,000 views, and that whole posting came from a weekly spoof I did for my guild as we all climbed the Spire every week. Those interviews really took off in my guild, and I was encouraged to post them here on this forum. The community support for them was overwhelming and I got a lot of encouragement to write more. New interviews are incoming also, for those of you who have read them before - keep an eye out for new interviews and new zaniness!
I am now a published novelist with a completed trilogy in the contemporary fantasy genre collectively called "The Ebon Knight Chronicles" on Amazon. Elvenar was the push I needed to make that series happen and I actually name name's and fellowships in my acknowledgements for all three books. So, no joke, playing Elvenar (and meeting the folks I play with) literally changed the course of my life! I don't know that I would have ever had the confidence to write an epic fantasy without the epic community here supporting me!
-Ebon

 

[LongNLanky]

I was a wee, little elf lost in the world. I happened upon a small group of elves and humans and felt relief that I had found safety in numbers! And soon we all embarked on an adventure. It was my first with my new fellows, and I was excited to help. But then, things went terribly wrong. Words became harsh. Power was tossed around and used as a weapon. Dysfunction prevailed! One morning shortly after this painful 'adventure' came to an end, I awoke to find that some of the kind and pleasant fellows I had so recently met, had disappeared from the group. Panic!! I had no warning of their departure, and I felt abandoned, vulnerable, left behind to fend for myself. I started searching but did not know how to find them. I racked my Elven brain trying to find them. Then I stumbled across the magic formula. There they were, all together in a new and distant land. I made the arduous trek and was at once welcomed into this new, comfortable fellowship. Live was much easier now, but when the adventure came back around, we were still traumatized by the dysfunction that we had experienced, yet we powered through and were relieved when the adventure had once again been completed.
Life with my new supportive and encouraging fellows became comfortable here in my new land of Khelonaar, and except for the dreaded recurring adventure, all was well. But one day I became restless. What other worlds were there I had not yet seen? I had grown up enough to have a village in two worlds, and so, with the encouragement of some of my current fellows of Khelonaar, I ventured to the land of Ceravyn to join a new group of fellows. I found it odd that despite being either a human or an elf, they were also.....ants!? I was not allowed to enter until I had proven my worthiness to the Queen by reciting some rhyme in Limerick form. Was this to appease their apparent Irish? Viking? origins? After some consideration, I was accepted into the Anthill on the condition that I also bring snacks for the colony. I began happily building my new village in this strange, new fellowship. As I eavesdropped on the odd chatter, I soon realized there were many things I could not yet decipher about these new creatures. It took many months of careful observation, but I was starting to catch on. Things were great here! Plenty of snacks, lots of quirkiness, and sometimes outright laughter. But then, one day, it happened. The dreaded ADVENTURE. As I began to become quite anxious, and even a little queasy, it was brought to light that there were indeed two camps when it came to adventures here. Shout out to the Inno, oft censored, novelist, Charle Dickens, (and the dear MaidenFair), the camps became know as Team Best of Times, and Team Worst of Times. (#TBoT, #TWoT). Needless to say, I became a TWoT. And I was happy to do so. It was comforting to know that I was not alone, and would not be belittled for my choice. So, let the adventure begin!
Time carried on, and I came to know my fellow ants, developing quite a fondness for them. With their tireless support, my village began to grow and prosper. But I started to notice something odd within myself. As the adventures came and went, I found myself getting caught up in the enthusiasm of the TBoT camp. All of these odd conversations I spied in their chatter began to make sense. Words like Honda, Bucees, Clown Car. I began to try to prepare my city a little bit more each time the adventure came around. I started to enjoy the cryptic chatter more and more, now that I was starting to glean some meaning out of it. Their cheerful competitiveness was somewhat contagious. I began to see my previous adventure PTSD melt away, bit, by bit. I am not ready to admit that I might no longer be a TWoT. I am not thoroughly convinced I belong on TBoT. But I can enthusiastically say, let the adventure continue!

 

[Dhurrin]

I've played this game from the early days and still remember the Dwarves being the new chapter, with the guestraces being a completely new game-mechanic.
I've played on many different servers; Dutch, German, British, French, Russian. Joined Beta at some point, but never played very intensively, it was more a way to keep in touch with the new stuff coming out.
I have played on different intensities as work allows, with a peak after surgery when there wasn't much I could do, so I had something like 15 cities going on, adding more later, keeping them in different chapters just to try out new strategies. Almost all of those have been deleted now, with the remaining 2 being parked and beta being very low intensity, even my main city still being played low intensity.

The game has had many ups and downs.
The greatest pro's of the game for me are
- no pvp, which requires one to be online 24/7 (like Inno's TW), so one can play whenever it suits the player.
- the graphics are amazing, even reason enough to not always upgrade all buildings just to enjoy the look of different levels of the same building
- the game can be put on hold without too much of a problem, even for longer periods. Even having to recoup the decaying resources is not too bad.
- It can absolutely be played for free, even if it means having to go a bit slower. Spending money does help speed up things of course, and/or make things easier, but one can go through the entire game without spending a dime.
- some of the Fellowships are amazing and a great way to make new friends

Highlights;
A tourney score (without the Azure Phoenix) of 27.000, as I figured 100 provinces was a nice round number.
Being an AM for different Fellowships, though time is an issue right now, which had me step down and take a bit of a break from the game.

The downside...well, that mostly seems to be the devs and/or Inno's lack of listening to feedback. Sorry to say, but over the years I have noticed there seems to be a pretty serious lack of forethought/thinking ahead. New mechanics will be introduced on Beta (as it should) then most of the feedback is ignored, only to have the mechanics drastically changed not too long after, even when listening to the feedback could have prevented such efforts.
Or something will be introduced or changed, resulting in an unbalanced situation, only to have Inno performing a 'balancing act' which completely tips the scales the other way.

Absolute worst experiences; the first screwing of several AWs, which led to me selling off the Crystal Lighthouse as one of the effects was taken down 90%.
The latest overhaul of AWs also was a disaster in many ways, though some problems have been kinda corrected by other changes.
And lastly, Inno's pretty consistent blaming the players for Inno's own problems, like stating that players are 'upping AWs too fast'. Well if that is so (which is debatable) it's only because of their own actions.

All in all listening more closely to feedback, especially from longtime and/or active players on beta and taking it seriously would probably be a great way of improving the game.

 

[Turtle2045II]

My favorite aspect of this game is the Fellowship. I know many play the game solo, but for me the Fellowship is the largest source of joy in this game. I have been in a few very good ones. The one I'm in now is among the very best (yes, I am biased).

I had taken a break from the game for a while. My RL sister also plays and one day I started hearing her tell stories of the hilarious ANTics of her current fellowship. Stories of nuclear popcorn and all of the exploits of a mythical girl named Shannon Egan. I started missing the game and logged back into my city and started playing again in my retirement fellowship. Then, one morning that seemed like every other morning, I logged in and what did I see? I had mail. "Who could that be?" I wondered. I'm playing alone. It was a note from one of my sister's FS mates asking for any funny stories I had about my sister. I had no idea how my life was about to change. FOMO is real and it grew more and more intense. I perused the FS page and noticed that a limerick is required for requests to join the colony. I thought and thought and finally penned a rhyme I hoped they would deem acceptable. Fortunately for me, I was admitted to this amazing group.

My 2nd or 3rd day in the FS one of the members mentioned they would be assembling lasagna for dinner. I promptly invited myself and 23 of my newest close friends over for dinner. I enjoyed it so much I ended up moving into their very, very, very, very long driveway. In fairness, turtles are very slow so I can't be blamed for that one. One of my FS mates took pity on my plight and took up a collection to purchase a lovely Turtle Crossing sign to post on the driveway in order to warn the infrequent motorized vehicle of my presence. Finally, another FS mate came by with a tiny red wagon, gently lifted me from the ground, even more gently placed me in the bed of the wagon and began to pull me up the long driveway. That was the first of many adventures I have taken with this group.

This group is amazing. The game knowledge is incredible and the willingness to share is one thing. But most importantly, this group laughs together, cries together, supports each other through game life and real life. It is amazing how 20 plus people you never meet can become so close. I so look forward to logging in to see what the next escapades of the group will be. I enjoy the game, but the game with my FS is priceless.

 

[Elovios]

Dear humans and elves,

Thank you so much for participating in our contest and sharing your wonderful journey!

Our randomly selected winners are the following;
1st prize: FairyKimi (300 diamonds, 1x Gravity Inn, 1x Pet Food, 1x Blueprint, 3x Combining Catalysts, 1x 5h Time Reduction Instant),
2nd: Elhaine (250 Diamonds, 1x Blueprint, 3x 1h Time Reduction Instants, 2x Combining Catalysts),
3rd: Stratafox (200 diamonds),
4th to 10th: zephan, Calibra, dragonslay3rjohn, Aregee57, Mora the wise, Lydiasrobe, nolats44 (100 diamonds each).

For our 1st and 2nd prize winners, please contact us via support to tell us on which world you would like to receive your rewards.

Prizes have already been credited when it comes to diamonds. Please submit a ticket to support in case something has gone wrong. You have 7 days to contact us.

Wishes of a delightful holiday period!

Yours,
The Elvenar US team