Welp…that’s it. 10 years. Ten years of Lord of the Craft.
A decade ago LotC was little more than a ragtag bunch with a lukewarm idea about roleplay. We didn’t have the most amazing and unique lore in the world or world-class plugins…but we had our own dream.
I had no idea it would grow to become what it is today. None of us did…just think about it. In 2012, the literal founders of LotC bailed. We took what scraps we had left and cobbled together a buggy, but working server. Over the years we’ve painstakingly built back our plugins from zero and faced rollbacks and crashes and our own fair share of drama and conflicts. Some months we survived from payment to payment.
Some would say we have no right and no reason to still be online.
Against all odds.
Here we stand today.
As sappy as this is going to sound…LotC stands today because of you. That's the only reason. You are its community and you are its backbone. Every year LotC changes because we do.
When we’re bored, we find ways to make fun together. When times are hard, we prop each other up. When the storytelling, organizing, writing, drawing and building grows challenging we rise to help our friends. We make the occasion bigger than ourselves. LotC is a fabric woven together by the friendships we make…and the kindness, support, and joy that we bring to each other are by far the greatest reasons for our success than any one person, story, plugin, or campaign.
So here’s a toast to an incredible ten years and an incredible community. It’s really phenomenal and I can’t wait for us to turn our first page in this next chapter. Happy anniversary Lord of the Craft, have an amazing weekend.
Thank you for keeping it real,
- Tythus
Also, I will be chatting with@marimbamonk this weekend on Sunday! Be there for the interview (12pm EST)
p.s. If you’d like to hear more about the history of the server, and what is to come down the road, make sure to check out the ‘Past and Present Admin Panel’ Q&A tomorrow at 12 noon EST in the Lord of the Craft Discord: discord.gg/lotc. If you need to be verified, type /Freja discord in-game to link your account.
Check out out full list of events here.
p.p.s. It’s my cake day :D
p.p.p.s quack.
Crowns Sale!
To kick off the celebrations, we’ll be launching our Ten Day Ten Year Anniversary sale, which is active right now on our webstore, store.lordofthecraft.net. We’ll be offering a third (33%) off on all Crown Packages, use the coupon code AEGIS at checkout (minimum basket size of $20 after using the coupon). This coupon code will be active until 23:59 EST / 20:59 PST on July 4th. Enjoy!