Happy 5th Anniversary!

[Henhouse]

Friends,

5 years ago, I was a 14-year old boy who had a dream of running a server that people could play on and enjoy. I wanted to be able to share things with players that I had made, and see them enjoy it. When I embarked on that journey, I never had the foresight to see my life for the next 5 years. I would have never known how many amazing connections, friends, and moments I have lived, experienced and shared over these years. I have made many contacts, traveled and met some of you, and continue to share a friendship with many of you.

Thank you. The past 5 years have been long, interesting, stressful, and amazing. I never thought I would find myself in a role creating what I have today. Smolderforge is something I am so proud of, and cherish very dearly. My friends, family, and acquaintances who are aware of what I do are fascinated and amazed -- as am I still. Somedays I will be making breakfast, stop, and suddenly think to myself, "Wait... I run a WoW server that thousands of people play on weekly... for over a quarter of my life." --- it's a lot to realize, and a lot of time to believe has passed.

I don't believe when I started I expected to continue to be running Smolderforge today; yet, here we are celebrating a milestone anniversary. FIVE YEARS. Thank you to everyone who has been with us all these years, new, old: you're all a part of this celebration. You have changed my life forever. Your interest in Smolderforge helped shape my future, given me an interest to pursue a software development career, interesting university application essays, stories, and much more. The amount of things I have learned is enormous; Smolderforge was educating to me, and I have obtained so many useful skills and knowledge from trial and error learning throughout all these years.

Thank you for the opportunity to share something special with you. Happy 5 years, everyone.


Here's Riski, I and our friend Beth celebrating!

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[Riski]

Here, here! It's been a blast being a part of this server and getting to meet a lot of you. I appreciate all of the dedication that the other GMs and members of this server have put in to make it what it is today. However, it goes without saying that without all of Henhouse's hard work none of this could have been possible. I'm grateful to have been a part of this adventure and hope that it keeps getting better and better as we go. Here's to another year with you misfit scoundrels. YOU'RE THE REASON THAT I DRINK!

[Osiriis]

HELL YEA man it is joy to play on this server daily without id be like whaaaaaaat but its cool to help u out in any way us players can. We have ur back and always will m8 whether new or old all sf players love u and have the utmost respect for you and the GMS even at times when ppl flame u, or say ur lazy they dont know how much work u really do m8 and WoW 5 years is a huge accomplishment man it really is and is quite amazing. I look forward to being able to log in and play on ur server daily and ik alot of others do as well, just look how many ppl reply to thread when server goes down means alot to alot of ppl and i have been here since November and this is the most fun ive ever had playing WoW....... Thanks Henhouse and all the GMS For Everything

P.S 2am in the morning tired so ignore my punctuation

[Akeno]

The mall looks really fresh now with all those npcs partying. Most addicting server ever. Happy 5th Anniversary Smolderforge !

[Firstaidkit]

Happy 5th Anniversary Smolderforge!

Thanks to all that made that possible and a big thanks goes to Henhouse =)!

[Amgseret]

Gratz sirs and thanks for all the work that made the server enjoyable for so long.
Lets see if it can last five years more :D

[Cube]

Congrats.

[Xeon]

Happy Birthday Smolderforge We Are Allways Here For Ya! :P

[Pinkisnotgay]

pls fix pets.

[Mayore]

pls fix pets.

get the fuck out.


damn.. 5 years D: that's a lot. congrats
i'm wondering if there are any people who play since the first day :D

and rofl@the site XDD