Dear HWS Community @everyone,
the last year passed away in a blink of an eye for me. I’m sitting in my chair nostalgic again… it’s that time again you know…
Sorry Veterans, you know that story by now but we have a lot of new players who maybe like to know more about how HWS was born
Today, 8 years ago, Jascha and I started our first HWS server, HWS EU.
After we have both met each other in 2015 on a PvP server, trying to fight us through a base, I discovered later that I can access the Unity game files on my PC.
I learned more and more how to create my own planets, sectors, configs and universe and then just started for fun a HWS server, paying out of my own pocket.
After some players joined, I discovered quickly that something fishy is going on in their inventories. I then realized that items from the Player inventory are stored in the player.ply file, encoded as HEX format. That was the start for Jascha to shine, decoding those bits and showing that to me in our first EAH tool.
Since then EAH and HWS grew and became popular more and more. Later in 2016, I started the second HWS NA server.
With over 100 000 players joining HWS in those years, cumulative over 1 000 000 playhours among the players, it is something we… I… am very proud of.
I’ve met countless incredible people throughout this journey, I’m very thankful for. Of course, the most incredible person was Jascha, without him none of all of this would have been possible…
Eight years, packed with up’s and down’s and countless of hours into everything. What started as a fun project, turned somehow into a living.
Because of you. It’s always unbelievable how you guys appreciate and support what we do, for so long. Even going further and supporting us on Patreon, to make sure HWS stays alive for many years to come. This is my vision and dedication - as long as this game is available, well and I’m alive, you will always find HWS in your MP Lobby!
I can’t thank you enough, making my hobby to a living, fulfill my passion about making games, testing games, coding websites, helping other people, teaching other people and learning every day something new in each category.
Additionally thanking also all those, that helped us, making HWS to what it is now - the most populated Empyrion MP server in the world.
As** 8th Anniversary gift there is a -8% discount** running on our support us page (https://support.hws.global - as Patron up to -78%. Legacy permanent packages inclusive).
The upcoming 365 days will be again very challenging, more so than ever it feels like, but it’s a very thankful challenge I take because of your support. 
Have fun on your Home World Server!
RexXxuS