The JustHayDay Forum's First Birthday 🎈 🎂 🎈 🍾 🎈

A little over a year ago Supercell announced that a decision had been taken that their official forums were to close.  That caused huge disappointment to the Forum Community.  It's fair to say that the SC Forum had been dwindling for some time; at the beginning it had been the "place to go" for all Supercell games but over the years some games moved away from the Forum,  preferring to use other platforms, new games used only those platforms, and usage of the forum had greatly reduced. 

When an announcement like that is made it can - sometimes - trigger something wonderful.  On this occasion it did; it resulted in the JustHayDay Forum. 

A group of like-minded people came together as a team to create a brand-new Forum.  In the early days an enormous amount of work took place to ensure that the forum looked professional and worked well.  This was all done in secret, before the great reveal!

Eventually - on 28 May 2021 - the JHD Forum went public and, as they say, the rest is history. 

The JHD Forum has been so very successful because of you - the members.  No matter how many whistles and bells are in place, that counts for nothing without the involvement of Forum members.  Thank you all very much!  Whether you contribute daily, occasionally, or prefer to just read without posting, you are a part of this lovely community, and have helped it to become the success it is.

Looking back over the last year it's been a delight to see that community build and share information, tips, the highs and lows, but above all to support each other in a spirit of friendship.

I'm sure you'd like to join me in thanking those who have made additional contributions.    

Firstly, the entire Admin Team for the very careful planning and discussion before the launch, and continuing day-to-day involvement.  I can't begin to guess how many hours were put in by all members of the team during those few short weeks before the launch.  That work included Legacy threads being brought over from the SC Forum, designing and building the Forum (using Proboards software), writing Forum Rules and Guides, and testing that it all worked.

Special mention must be made of our wonderful technical expert - thanks Frog!

We also benefit from Forum Games, which maintain daily interest - thank you MommySnooks!

Thanks also to Lynnk2021 for being the fount of all knowledge on so many "Off the farm" topics. 

Thank you to BeALegend for the image above, and to him and TerMinus Prime for their help with signatures in the early days.  We hope they'll be able to return in the future when real life permits (but in the meantime their shops are currently inactive).

Thank you also to Supercell for providing its Fan Kit, which is an essential tool that we use, and for publicising the JHD Forum on Twitter, which resulted in many new members.  Special thanks to Supercell Community Managers Chris and Ice for joining - we really appreciate you both taking time out of your busy lives to engage with members.

There's always a danger when you start naming names that you miss someone important, and I really don't want to do that, so let me simply repeat "Thank you all members - it couldn’t have been done without you". 



Happy 1st Birthday, JustHayDay Forum - long may you continue!