Mar 29, 2024, 12:28 PM

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I was about to get ready for bed until SFT popped into my head for some reason. I guess my life has slowed down enough I was allowed to reminisce for a moment, and I decided to check out the forums and log into the game for a bit. The new spawn/world looks absolutely sick and I'm constantly impressed by the builders in this community.

I originally found SFT through a random YouTube video I watched when I was a kid. I don't remember what the video was about or what it was called, but he showed the IP as an example of a server and I had never played on a public server before so I decided to test it out and I was amazed when it said I was connecting, so much excitement running through me, and then I was dropped in the old beta 1.7 port town spawn. I saw so many players swarming around different areas, a chat so active I couldn't even keep up as people were buying and selling things in the market and having conversations across the world, it was such a beautiful moment that I'll never forget.

Life has always been difficult, but for many years SFT was the place to be when I needed to escape. I made so many friends and memories I can still recall with ease. SFT was practically my life for years during a difficult transition and while I was aware of other servers and communities, none of them ever seemed to compare. When I first joined I was a lonely kid with one friend I didn't always get to see, and now I'm 25 and I have friends and I'm making music and short films and writing a dumb satirical fiction book (I was told it's actually good which was amusing news because it's not supposed to be) in between work and my other hobbies.

It's been 11 years since that first day and it brings a tear to my eye remembering the in-game faces and names of some of the people that practically became part of my life and helped me have fun when I needed it. Hytessi, JuJu, videoknight, and Proto are some names off the top of my head, but there's countless others. I wouldn't be where I am today without this community.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you Towelie & Staff for creating and carrying this community for so long, and while I don't know what it is, adding a mystery spice that brings all sorts of awesome people together. I don't know if we'll ever see such an era in gaming with a community like this emerging and blowing up but I hope it comes soon.

The title is a reference to one of my favorite songs, "It's been a long, long time" by Kitty Kallen.

Love y'all <3