Legacy is 18 years old now so seems like as good a time as any to do a general update on the state of things. It's been many years since I did so there is quite a bit to catch up on I guess. I'll start with the most relevant things.

Legacy is still, after 18 years, running at a profit. It only costs about $1,200 USD per year to run the server so it's not a major expense. Even if it didn't generate any revenue though I'd keep it running regardless as I've grown quite attached to it. I see we still had 230 players login last week so that's nice to see. Thanks to everyone who still plays and a special thanks to all the volunteers who keep it running.

Hunted Cow Games recently got a re-brand to orange. It's also still running at a profit with the majority of our revenue now coming from Operation: New Earth and Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest. We now have about 40 employees (mostly artists) and we're currently hiring a couple of Junior Unity Developers. Almost everybody is working on our 3rd game in the build and battle series which is essentially a re-skin under a new (but still secret) intellectual property.

In the company I now head up the programmers as the CTO. Day to day I'm working on the PHP based server-side for the games, keeping the older 2 running while adding features for our newest project.

My free time is split between family stuff, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (that I started about 4.5 years ago) and working on a personal game project called Star Vortex that is a single player ARPG I'm making in Unity, mostly in the evenings and week-ends (https://zorguk.itch.io/star-vortex). There are no deadlines on this project, it'll be finished whenever it is finished.

Beyond that everything is going fine. My family is doing well and my daughter turned 3 years old in April. Hope you all have a good anniversary!

That's the anniversary gift boxes up for Legacy's 18th birthday! I've been speaking to the your mother and I think it's time you moved out and got your own place. But hey, at least you're old enough to drink now... in the UK anyway.

You can also buy 'Twisted Tea' in Joe's Merchandise to celebrate and there is a Toolbox in the gift box this year. Thanks to faelust for making all the artwork so I didn't have to.

Here is last round's results:

1. Dark Flame: 1,719,720 points
2. Blade of Dawn: 916,413 points
3. Outcasts: 903,870 points
4. Chapter: 706,910 points

What a close call for 2nd! Congratulations everyone.

Huge thanks to GAGANB for submitting new WL maps.

If you haven't already seen the exciting news about Legacy Anniversary 2023, check out Will's blog below. Gambler's Hotel sign up is live in the games room. I will launch the game around midnight on Sunday May 7th so everyone can post their decision throughout Monday, so sign up quick if you want to earn some easy money!

Another year, another anniversary for Legacy. This year, Legacy turns 18! So Happy Birthday to Legacy!

And of course it wouldn't be a Legacy Anniversary without a few things being mentioned.

-There will be a new banner and a couple items that are a little different than the norm.
-Double Gains week (yes, week). Soon after this blog is posted, you will see the timer for when it begins on your home screen. It will start at 00:01 GMT-0500 (or 05:01 GMT+0000) May 6 and last until the same time May 13.
-sumwish plans on hosting a Gambler's Hotel type event during this time, so keep an eye out in the Games Room for a chance to collect some big winnings

This is a little sudden, I realize. Work has been keeping a majority of my time and attention.

But again, Happy 18th Anniversary!