Happy 16 Years, Subeta!

September 17, 2020 2:12 am

It’s been a wild ride, right? Instead of adding a ton of new items, we decided to open the day by reflecting on the community Subeta has built.

I asked Staff and Minimods earlier this week what their favorite parts of the site are or to share some fond memories.

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I enjoy the community and brainstorming dumb strats w my battle peeps to kill big things.

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My favorite memory is the time during survival? when the users harvested organs from each other. Like that was my idea and everyone went with it lawl

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Ok yall are gonna laugh but I REALLY enjoyed that one Survival where everything was bug themed

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I mean in all the sappy honesty - my favorite memory was when I ended up reaching out to another user on a whim who was also interested in creating avatars/wearables and wanted to start up a thread (then a fan page) of creating/judging avatars. It&;s where I met two lovely ladies who ended up becoming my best friends for the past 7 years! So thank you Subeta for introducing me to my all time favorite beings!

I hope every user has been able to make close friends with various other users. I’m thankful every day I get to work with coworkers (and family!) and I’ve been able to make friends with so many users. Like a lot of younger users, I’ve grown up on this site. My entire teenage years were on here! I don’t know what I’d do without y’all and from the staff, we hope you continue to enjoy the site. <3

Let us know what your hope and dreams for the site are along with your favorite memories.

September 23, 2020, 7:53 pm by

Have a wonderful birthday, Subeta! Thanks for being my lil' escape for the past 13 years.

September 20, 2020, 12:49 am by

Happy Anniversary Subeta ❤. Thank you for all the wonderful years of memories and fun. I just reached the 16 years 2 days mark and I'm very thankful to be a member of the site for all these years :). Just being accepted here is enough of a reason for me to stay here all this time. I've seen a lot of changes over the years and what touches my heart the most through it all is the kindness and caring of all members and staff ❤.

September 18, 2020, 3:24 pm by

So amazing... in less than 2 weeks from today I will have been around this site for 12 years! I have a special gallery I've been working on since I joined for each Subeta Birthday too! I'm still missing a few items here & there... but it's a nice looking gallery :) I am sad that there have been less and less "goodies" so to speak each year, though I guess that's what happenes when adulthood finally comes. So amazing to have stuck around this long! Thanks for being here for us!!

September 18, 2020, 7:38 am by

Happy Anniversary Subeta!

September 18, 2020, 3:16 am by

I've been on Subeta for over 11 years, met some fantastic people who are so kind and accepting and really helped me during a very tough time. My favorite activities are battling, then role-playing on the Midnight Lamp and Wayward Squirrel forums. My most favorite memory was the Murder Mystery Masquerade, probably the best plot ever ( I missed the Pirate/Islander plot by only a week...) What made it memorable for me was discovering that the Snowtapault was still operational and so my little ADHD brain and I started a war. When I met Keith at the San Francisco meet up in Feb 2014, he just shook his head and muttered, "That was you?" I love Subeta, the people, the creativity and the friendships. Happy 16th Birthday Subeta!

September 18, 2020, 2:23 am by

I just checked my dashboard and I've been on Subeta for 14 years, 2 months, and 3 days.. Wow. Back then there were no human avatars, there was an Oekaki with a really sweet, supportive community, and I used to follow Keith on deviantart LOL. Years ago I met a girl that lived in my state on here and we went on to date for 3 years (broken up now but no hard feelings, we're even still friends on here!) My life (like many others) has had a lot of ups and downs but one constant has always been Subeta <3

All that being said, I think one of my favorite things about Subeta is just the community. As a whole, everyone seems fairly polite and supportive - I'm not on the forums as much these days and I mostly just quietly lurk and play a few games a day between work and everything else - but Subeta was one of the first inclusive spaces I'd ever discovered.

Alright, grandma's shutting up now ;D

September 17, 2020, 11:04 pm by

A very happy anniversary, Subeta! ^_^

September 17, 2020, 9:34 pm by

happy 16th Subeta!!! <3

September 17, 2020, 7:33 pm by

My absolute favorite times on here have been in the Survival strain tracking threads, trying to guess what each one is developing into, and brainstorming about good names for them. Two of my suggestions have become the official names, and that fills me with a little tingle of pride every time I see them.

September 17, 2020, 7:12 pm by

I loved the time when we had to figure out how to defeat that Troll in the Battle Arena, and we all got together on the Battle Forums, telling each other what had worked (or usually, not worked) to kick that Troll's butt. Subeta is a real community and I love that.

September 17, 2020, 6:40 pm by

will the special birthday items be added back to quest shop? and I think there were others.

September 17, 2020, 6:25 pm by

I have met a lot of awesome people on here. Some of them I keep in contact with off of subeta as we had similar interests.

September 17, 2020, 5:55 pm by

It's been almost 12 years for me. Thanks for the memories, Subeta!

September 17, 2020, 5:08 pm by

Happy birthday you big beautiful baby <3

September 17, 2020, 4:45 pm by

Happy 16th anniversary! ^_^

September 17, 2020, 3:48 pm by

Happy Anniversary, Subeta ❤ Thank you for distractions from the crazy real world, for a safe place, a several amazing people I have met through you. Here's to many more.

September 17, 2020, 2:43 pm by

So happy to see that so many others have made lasting friendships and even met their significant other on this site! I myself also met my now husband on Subeta 8 years ago. Never would have thought a simple hello to a random user one ordinary afternoon would change my life. We're celebrating 3 years of marriage this weekend! Even though we don't play much anymore, I'll always come back to this site. We have Subeta to thank for so many years of wonderful memories!

Happy Birthday Subeta! Here's to many more years of bringing people together!

September 17, 2020, 1:51 pm by

We've left it closed while we figure out the rest of the lag issues. The SB doesn't help things!

September 17, 2020, 1:35 pm by

One year on my birthday Keith had a livestream and he told me happy birthday. I remember being so excited and uploading it to my Facebook to show all of my friends XD

Thanks for all the great memories, Subeta

September 17, 2020, 1:27 pm by

Happy Birthday Subeta....

Have lots of fun over the years plots and the battle love the food... friends made as well...keep going for many more years to come..

September 17, 2020, 1:15 pm by

Well, we did have all those cakes last year X) But I'm happy enough with the sticker, and I heard some older items might be involved later.

Keel Hauliday is coming up (although it might be delayed a bit, I don't know yet) so by now there's probably not much point in putting it back there only to take it off again.

September 17, 2020, 1:14 pm by

I met this girl that was as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside and I can say that doesn't happened a lot these days. Roxy had flowers sent to my house in a time of need, and that sealed the deal on what an amazing person I knew she was. Since then she has became a beautiful bride, a beautiful mother to a son and a few days ago a wonderful mother to a daughter!

I have made some pretty kick ass friends on here and if not for Subeta I wouldn't even known them. For this I am grateful! <3

As for some fun stuff on Subeta. I loved the restock / battle war and always love me some Morostide!

Thank you Subeta for all the great memories and sometimes the extra gray hairs!

September 17, 2020, 1:09 pm by

Happy birthday Subeta!

Many ups and downs with the site but I always come back! My very good friends are always here when I need them and I met one of my BFFs here! ❤ Thanks for everything!

September 17, 2020, 12:50 pm by

Happy birthday Subeta! I'm glad to have gotten to your sweet 16 with you!

September 17, 2020, 12:49 pm by

Since the quest a thon is over, can we have the shoutbox back on the sidebar now instead of only just the full page version?

September 17, 2020, 12:47 pm by

Wow....we're old! Happy Birthday to all the users - newbies and oldies, alike - on reaching this milestone. This site actually got me through my college years when I needed something to distract my brain from being all schoolworked-out (this includes writing a 40+ page thesis in my senior year on Bram Stoker's Dracula:p)

I agree with everyone who posted positive comments on the staff: I can count on one hand the amount of sites that I've been on where the staff has truly been a pleasure working with. As far as the community is concerned: Ditto to what I just said!

My dreams/wishes for the future: That we continue to expand and remain as active as ever! I've seen the death of many of the game communities flounder because users just lost interest in them, so keep on cranking out those QaT's, Subeta Team!

September 17, 2020, 12:41 pm by

My hope and dream is for boppers and pirates this year.

September 17, 2020, 12:21 pm by

You’ve not added new items on here for years for anniversaries haha

September 17, 2020, 12:06 pm by

Happy 16th Anniversary, Subeta. I know I've only been on this site for about half of that, but I've seen a lotta folks come and go and others stick around. I know the site ain't in the best of spirits right now, but I know you guys behind the computer are working hard to keep the spirit going. For you mods, and those who have stuck around on Subeta, I hope your days are filled with prosperity and good health.

September 17, 2020, 12:04 pm by

Happy Birthday Subeta! This has been all I do during my free time for YEARS! Two of my fondest memories here, of being befriended right away and invited to the lair, NICEST people in the world; and being a newbie here someone putting in trades bunches of clothes for me to add to my wardrobe. I have tried to follow that example of friendliness here.

September 17, 2020, 11:38 am by

Happy birthday Subeta! ♥

September 17, 2020, 11:31 am by

Happy birthday Subeta! I remember being in high school and signing up over 15 years ago. I always come back here, no matter what. Here's to 16 more years! ♥️

September 17, 2020, 11:25 am by

Happy Birthday Subeta!

September 17, 2020, 11:24 am by

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! My life wouldn't be the same without you.

September 17, 2020, 11:23 am by

Happy Birthday! :-) I think my favorite memories are of the plots, too- especially the Blake Steele and the masquerade plots. Also, I'm still always exited when a new pet/color/species is released. Yay pets!

September 17, 2020, 11:17 am by

Happy Birthday Subeta! So many friendly people here and such personal attention from staff when you have a question or problem -- there's no other site quite like it.

September 17, 2020, 10:44 am by

Happy Birthday and congratulations turning the germ of an idea into this wonderful community. Have been on this site for almost 15 years and love it for so many different components. And thank you.

September 17, 2020, 10:33 am by

Happy Sweet 16, Subeta! <3 Here's hoping for at least 16 more, I love Subeta and all the amazing people who make it what it is :D

September 17, 2020, 10:30 am by

Happy birthday Subeta! Subeta has been a place for me to get away from the real world and meet nice people. It's also helped me connect with one of my good friends over the years.

September 17, 2020, 10:23 am by

Happy anniversary Subeta! I still remember the shock I experienced when I opened several forum posts and I found people talking civilly to one another... that's when I decided to stick around for a while. Well, 13 years later I'm still here and I still love this site so much (and I still miss the Holiday Shop sigh)

September 17, 2020, 10:03 am by

Wow, Subeta is sixteen and I'm fifty four on the same day. I keep forgetting we share a birthday! Subeta has been a key factor in giving structure to my daily life since being disabled from work so many years ago. Having daily tasks to look forward to that doesn't exacerbate my chronic injuries is a definite enrichment for me. Thank you Subeta team!

September 17, 2020, 9:25 am by

Subeta has had its fair share of difficulties over the years and I know a lot of us are quick to complain when stuff goes wrong. But at the end of the day, we're all still here and I think that says a lot about how much people actually do care about this site and the community. There are always going to be things that could be better, but we still manage to have a lot of fun!

I'm not quite as active anymore as I used to be, but I can't see myself actually leaving as long as the site is still accessible lol. <3

September 17, 2020, 9:11 am by

happy sweet 16, subeta :) keep on keepin on!!!

September 17, 2020, 9:07 am by

happy bday Subeta! ❤ i'm so glad i relented to my neo guildie's pleading and came over here to give it a try. i haven't looked back! (she's now fairly inactive, but i've met other cool people here so it's ok) ps, harvesting organs?! that sounds fun! bring that back! (pps, "Ok yall are gonna laugh but I REALLY enjoyed that one Survival where everything was bug themed" -- was that Bug? that was Bug surely lol XP ❤ )

September 17, 2020, 8:53 am by

Happy Anniversary Subeta. Have a Sweet 16th!

September 17, 2020, 8:48 am by

Happy Birthday Subeta! And that means I joined when Subeta was only three years old!

September 17, 2020, 8:46 am by

Happy birthday, Subeta! I loved all the plots (especially Survival!) and I love all of the holiday events. Here's to many more years!

September 17, 2020, 8:35 am by

The cosplay events were by far my absolute favorite memory. All the nerdy themed items, all the neat cosplaying avatars, the non-biased voting system so people weren't winning by popularity. I really wish Epicon could come back to Subeta, I used to get excited every year around the time it would happen, until it just.. wasn't a thing anymore. Those two years were awesome.

September 17, 2020, 8:19 am by

16 years already! You can be proud of yourself <3 this site has always been a great place

September 17, 2020, 8:03 am by

Happy Birthday Subeta!

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