Glad you’re doing great Jeff. I’m especially happy to see that you traveled for Brazil and that you liked our country. Cheers from Brazil

Fantastic to see you giving us an update. Glad to hear you are making the most of life by seeing the world, especially after the pandemic. Keep well and if you do start a travel channel/vlog, I am sure we will be just as interested in your real world journeys since we have already lived vicarously through your E&P journey.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It's great to hear from you, and I'm glad you are doing well. Enjoy your travels!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What a great surprise to see this video popup! Glad to hear you're doing well and enjoying life. I did Dubai and Vietnam right before the pandemic hit and was actually stuck in Da Nang for a few days when flights were cancelled. Nha Trang is my favorite spot in VN. Stay well and will be looking forward to your travel vids!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! ... Da Nang is amazing for sure ... will be going back there soon.

Great to see your update Jeff, and that you are alive and thriving. If culture's your thing, then next time you're in Egypt you need to get down to the former capital of Egypt - Luxor - the Nile cruise of all the temples/sites almost makes a mockery of the Sphynx/pyramids in Cairo. If you're ever in/near Liverpool (UK) drop me a Line - it'd be great to meet up. Happy traveling!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I did a huge road trip all around England back in 2018! ... Been to Egypt 4 times and always Cairo ..so ... definitely want to see more of the country! Thanks.

Good to hear from you again! So jealous you could travel to so many places and have such a great experience hahah. In terms of travel channel I think maybe just a instagram page could be easier for you to post those amazing photos along your trip. Anyway, Keep going and enjoying life. 🎉

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sooo happy to hear from you! 🤗 We missed you!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Miss u jeff ... Enjoy your travel...

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That’s great to hear. Glad you’re enjoying life.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Glad to hear from you! Looks like you've been busy with travels, congrats! Some day hopefully I will have the money and time to travel the World.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! .... step one to getting travel money, stop spending on E&P hahaha. Good luck!

"It's time to put the screen down and jump into life", I remember these words very well from your last video where you surprisingly said goodbye to the E&P community. Jeff, thanks for sharing this video with us, great to hear your voice again and receive a life update from your side! During the last months I have always been hoping to get something like this although ever having been convinced that you'll never return to the game which ist good for you and not so good for the E&P community. Of course I miss all your daily E&P videos from which I have learned a lot for the game but it makes me happy to hear that your life after E&P ist just, what it is now! So, once again thank you for all your efforts over the last years and keep enjoying whatever you will do next!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for the update. Loved the photos, especially the in Vietnam.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome to hear how you're enjoying your time spent!

It’s been almost a year. We need another update man! How are you doing? How’s life and everything?

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

3 ай бұрын

Life is great. I appreciate you asking. I have been very fortunate. I ended 2023 with taking 68 flights and being physically inside 20 different countries. My the end of May, I will up to 12 for 2024. The travel has been incredible! Best wishes to you!

Glad to hear you are doing well.👍👍👍 have you been to the southern or north poles? I imagine that would be intresting trip.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have not been to the actual poles, but I have been to the town of North Pole, Alaska :)

Hi E&P glad you are enjoying life and travelling to some beautiful destinations. I am learning to speak Filipino at the moment and hope to visit the country maybe in a couple of years time.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome to hear you're good, Jeff. Thx for sharing. Stay healthy and have fun doing your travel thing Those poor Titans are gonna be slashed by us instead

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great to hear from you Jeff!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great to hear from you Jeff. So happy for you. Your name came up in a chat recently. You are missed. I traveled the orient in my younger days. See the castles in Okinawa.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ... Japan is on the "to do" list for sure.

Lovely to see you doing well. If you ever do a European tour, try and go to the fjords in Norway, around Stavanger. Around summer time. Also to Stonehenge in England at the night of the summer solstice. Think it's the 21st of June. They have a festival which lasts all night untill sunrise, where you can touch the stones and meet people from all around the world and colures. Lots of people playing instruments and druids celebrating. Obviously so much more to see but just 2 recommendations for you. Will always be subscribed to your channel just incase 😊

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have been to Stonehendge but not during the festival.

What a surprise! Great to hear that your doing good.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Miss our chats!

So nice hearing from you and that you are doing well! I wish you great health and keep traveling! Cheers! 😄🙏🏻

Jeff hello , so great to hear from you . Im really glad to hear how well you doing and most importantly that you happy . Well not saying it wouldn’t be good to have you back in the game ( missing all your videos and you just being with us ) but you got to do what’s best for you . All the best our friend . 😊

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Glad you doing well jeff 💚 enjoy your travels 🎉

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@dudeiousmaximus650

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks No probs, thought I'd let you know on the forum I did start a prize if folk go 25/0 in the weekly raid tournament ill sort them a medal 🏅 Kinda werid how it happened, there was rush 5* no holy think you went 25/0 in that one so I thought I'd start giving a medal as a prize. Think the next day you put your post your leaving the game. So decided to name the medal after you, the folk on the forum decided on this name.. How about the: JekylandHyde XXV medal (25 - 0 = XXV) in honor of his alliance concept So you will always be remembered one way or another 😉 plus the folk enjoy it. Take care look forward to see the cool places yall vist 💚

Hey Jeff, Vietnamese here. First of all I would like to say thank you for your channel I started watching you from the very early days, taught me a lot about the game. Very happy to hear you love our country :) I’m currently living in Canada (been here for 6 years) for work and for making money but I can see myself going back home for retirement :) Love the people, the food and weather over there (My god I miss those tropical beaches so much). I also quit playing the game 6 months ago, best decision in my life. They’ve been releasing 1000 new heroes every single week it’s almost impossible even for the whales to keep up now. Anyways happy to hear you’re enjoying life :) Looking forward to spending our retirement together in Vietnam :)

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words ... will be heading back to Vietnam very soon for sure. Have to start planning retirement! :)

I am so happy for you!!!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Found you since I just pulled C. Skadi with my only free Valhalla pull. Interesting to see how many pulls you did and did not get it. Reaffirms my min pay for this game. So glad to see your adventures post pandemic. I am hopeful to get back out and travel more myself. I would definitely subscribe to your travel channel. May the road rise to meet you on your future journeys.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Ohhh boi, sad to hear but i Wish you the best

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

So happy to hear from you. Keep enjoying life and traveling the world. Positive vibes from Puerto Rico 🙂

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

DOH!!!! I made it to Puerto Rico as well (3rd time last May!). Beautiful place! ... Mucho Gracias!

@yancyquintana1184

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks If you find yourself back to the Island you need to visit our family restaurant. It will be a pleasure to have you with us.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

@@yancyquintana1184 Thank you!

Glad to hear you ok. I quit months ago as well and will never be back to E&P. 2 accounts retired.

Great to hear from you Jeff. I also stopped E&P around the same time as you and can't believe it has been 8 months. I have always wanted to visit Vietnam so I have to ask what draws you there or is so great you would consider retiring there? Also you should check out El Salvador for their volcanoes and Nicaragua for their waterfalls.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ... I do want to see more of Central America. I have only been to Panama. Vietnam? The people, the food, the scooter culture, the nature, beaches, the affordability, the overall vibe ... the women ... :)

@headintheclouds2

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks Absolutely, I am actually currently talking to a woman who moved from Vietnam to the states....I agree lol. Have safe travels Jeff.

A traveling channel would be great! I would subscribe for sure!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great to hear from you. I’m really glad for your happy life. If by any chance one day you want to visit The French Riviera, let me be your guide if you wish 😊. Btw are your books still available? Cheers

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ... the books are still for sale, but I doubt they are relevant ...perhaps some of the strategy guide still make sense.

@toshibajoey

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks I was more thinking about the book on how to be economicly independent or whatever it was. I remeber you used to advertise it at the beginning of some of your videos with a drone flying towards you...

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

@@toshibajoey Ah, yes, that books is still up on Amazon with a few others. Thanks for remembering and reminding me that I had that on here!

I looked twice to see if I see correctly who posted.. I missed hearing you 🎉🎉

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hello teammate we miss you 😀 I would say : life it's never be the same again! No really , Im happy for you. Stay safe out there.

It's a great idea to open a KZread travel channel to share what you have seen during your trips. I'd like to check it out 🙂 Very happy to hear from you 😊 Thank you and best wishes to you too 😇

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You're not missing much, I just made a commitment to leave the game myself. I was going through my KZread subscriptions to Unsubscribe from all of my E&P Subs, when I went on your home page I came across your video and decided to give it a listen. While you were away power creep in the game got much, much worse and the amount of money required to stay at the top with the newest heroes was astronomical for me. The amount of events, quests..etc... also out of hand and basically required you to live the game 24/7. I feel like a weight has been lifted. You are using your money on much more fulfilling pursuits!! I'm on my way to Dubai for the first time in November....provided things don't completely spiral out of control in the middle east. Thanks for the update and all the best to you on your continued travels!

glad to hear from you, after almost years. have good time. and waiting for you new channel about your travel experience.

I'd be interested in a travel channel. Take care!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yeses your back. Will watch later but just wanted to say welcome back Jeff 🎉

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Sorry that you did not get to watch before commenting, but I am not back and will not be :) Best if luck to you!

@gd6183

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks mega to hear from you and awesome to here your well. Over jealous of the travelling but live it up the best way my friend. Would be great to here from you again soon Jeff. Keep safe out there and bye for now!

Man, I miss your videos. Take care

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sorry i was lately see ur new video.....great to hear enjoy....we miss u E&P game....waiting for u returning in game in future....❤

Glad to hear that you probably planning for empires and travel books. It's good to hear that you are impressed in Vietnam. I may suggest you to visit China, but you need a variety plans by visiting a few area

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ... China is on the "to do" list ... such a big place!

I was with you in your experimental 3 star only alliance. I think I left shortly before you announced your departure. I've left the game behind as well. Glad to hear you're doing well.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and best wishes to you!

That's awesome you're enjoying life, as someone that was f2p for the last 2 years I played it still ate up my time, I had to pull away from it, even if it wasn't draining my bank account it was draining my life account, and 2nd LB was a perfect time to say ✌️ out I have a feeling E&P isn't gonna last to much longer. Loosing to many high profile players and content creators. If ppl are still enjoying it that's great, but if jaded I'd highly recommend taking a break and see what life is like without E&P cuz it is very liberating

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

2nd LB?!?! .... glad I missed it! haha

@OGdirty1Kanobi

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks oh yeah, and it gave heros new Innate abilities like Ludwig starting with 4 turns of taunt before a tile even touches him... and with no way to get aethers back, abd they just totally nerfed alot of heros like Rhys gazelle costume and non costume Ferdinand etc. But I get this all from the line groups, haven't played for a couple months now. It broke the game 2nd LB so now they're nerfing like crazy. Glad I left when i did, it's all stick and maybe a leaf off the top of the carrot

Traveling is fun. E&P has changed a lot. You made a great decision. A travel KZread channel would be awesome. I wish you can travel to Taiwan. That's my home country. Taiwanese are friendly. I missed you Jeff.😅

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ... I was just looking at Taiwan the other day ... hmmm ....

Wish you the best man

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You are greatly missed 😢 😔 a wealth of knowledge best of wishes God bless

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great news! , seriously I miss your community apport a lots, others big KZreadr have leave the game anchor and hayato 7dd, good luck never forget you help.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

If you ever comming to Croatia let me know :)

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Some day! Thank you!

Real life adventures can be nore fulfilling than pixelated euphoria. Grats on graduating from E&P.

Nice to see another video. Thanks

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hellooooo, 🎉🎉🎉🎉, glad to see you again

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sincere viewpoint. Why not just play back to f2p or low budget. All those free weekly ascensions and normal free grinding. Play at low speed maintain your account and no overboard. Game cruise is much easier. Play while in the airport. Happy Happy!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

This is about time for me, not money. The game became a job and was just not fun any more.

Take care and enjoy your free time 😊

I'm happy for you!!! I went in an quite Alliance some month ago, now we are friends and one saturday a month we eat pizza togheter.... the best evening of the month in my opinion. Ps: visit Italy😉😉😉

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! .... I traveled a lot of Italy before the pandemic.

@stefanomanenti9648

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks you'll be always welcome XD

Idea for a new game related video: log in and collect all the gems from Heroes Museum and do some pulls of those gems

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Hero museum?! .... lol ... no idea what that is. Would I even have it?!

@nicolaesasu

Жыл бұрын

@Empires and Puzzles Books not trying to rope you in. Just pitching a future video idea. And yes, everyone has access to the Museum, you collect gems for each fully leveled hero.

Which part of the Philippines you going to?

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Cebu City! Just finished booking it tonight.

@t.s.hernandez

Жыл бұрын

Check out Oslob in Cebu for Whale Shark diving

@t.s.hernandez

Жыл бұрын

Try out lechon baboy (roast pork) as well. Cebu is famous for them

So good to here from you I'm thinking of leaving the game and focusing on work

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! ... probably a smart move. Best wishes.

good luck! cu in Europe!

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Kia ora Jeff! Thx for the update - good to hear! The push factors in the game have only accelerated so you're not missing anything there 😂 If you ever come to NZ I'd meet up - though no offence taken if you come to NZ but not our region (it is off the top tourist path). I'm still on Line olo_ep 😊

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear from you Olo! .... NZ ... hmmm ..... let's see how the rest of 2023 goes!

Have you done the 7 Continents challenge, visiting each Continent? Not many people can say they've done that. As far as Antartica, don't just go step foot on one of the islands that's consider being in Antartica actually step foot on the main Continent. After that go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Go to Picitara(sp?) Island where the mutineers(sp?) of HMS Bounty landed. Goto Gallapagos(sp?) Island. May have to get permission from either Venezuela or Chile or some South American Country on the West Coast there. I think the island is considered endangered so permission is needed. While you do all that I'm going back to school to learn to spell. Enjoy.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

I have only been to 5 continents. I have not been to Australia. In a few weeks I will be in Indonesia which will be the closest I have ben to Aussie. Antarctica is a dream ... but not any time soon!

Antarctica? I'm not sure if you actually can... I would love to see that part of the globe 🌎 How do you source your income for travels.. if you don't mind.. Do u stay in hotels? Flights etc... Or do you have a budget? Shoestring? Travelled alot too... many years ago... I'm thinking of doing again... used to work on cruise ships... Suppose alot of my income will be quitting this game😂😂Thanks J x

Such a nice surprise to see this video pop up in my recommended! And how pertinent too - if you haven't heard, E+P admit they're about to reach critical mass on the special skills and are about to (/ already have?) rebalance the entire game, adjusting the cards of some 200 heroes, nerfing / buffing at their own discretion. I've already quit the game and others feel the same way, so maybe your next trip should be to Finland so you can kick the **** out of Small Giant. Glad to hear you're doing well though.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

lol .... "once you make your bed, you lie in it" ... SG is making their own bed for sure!

oh you visited Laos that's my country

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, sorry to have missed you.

So nice to hear from you. Miss you in game, but seeing you having fun and enjoying life, makes up for it (Capt.Chaos)

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Man you got away from the game at about the right time. Don't know how many heroes there were when you left but right there are 812. The way they push now even harder than they did before is mind boggling. I only keep playing because for me it's a good way to unwind and better than going to a casino and drinking all night. Playing at home im around my family and can stop anytime we want to go blow off steam as a family. I do wish i would have never started playing because now having so much time and money in the game its like i built a 3 bed 2 bath house that someone else controls. On the travel note you should check out France and see the catacombs, the maginot line and the siegfried line. Then japan, for me anywhere in Japan is great. Im not Japanese but the entire island has been great to me. I love Tokyo, man the girls there are awesome and they love Americans lol. Aokigahara aka the suicide forest is beautiful and onle about 2 hours from Tokyo. I've only been to 17 countries but the france/ germany area and japan are by far my favorites. If you ask my wife then japan is the only place anyone really needs to see. Good luck man and happy times on your worldly travels. O and yes to the travel channel you mentioned is a great idea and for someone like me i might just copy some places and yes to videos. I don't mean record every little thing but if you see somewhere or something thats beautiful the just lime a 10 to 30 second videos are great to watch with children. Ivbeen to beautiful places that i would never take my 5 year old but she loves watching the videos. Didn't mean for this to turn into a book lol. Getting an edit because I forgot to mention nepal or turkey and check out the mountains and mad honey.

I know u retired from the game but will u still give advice on the game? I’m new and some questions. Thanx

I ust tripping arround from time to time to colect gems quest or other wuest that i like. But not anymore intense play. If you like to travel you can try something that many travelers do. Travel vlogs.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Glad to hear that you chose Chapada and Salvador. Brazil is way more, and better, than Rio.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ... Rio is an obvious choice, but Chapada has so much to offer!

Have u travel in INDIA...🇮🇳

Nice hearing from you Bro. So happy to see your traveling. Hope to je able to do the same. Save travels

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

e ai.. você faz falta para comunidade.. abraços

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Obrigado!

@thiago902

Жыл бұрын

@Empires and Puzzles Books agora q vi. voce veio em chapada dos Guimarães ? próximo da minha cidade Cuiabá. muito legal.

@thiago902

Жыл бұрын

qual o sentido dessas viagens? está em busca do seu eu interior? ou só curtindo a vida?

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

@@thiago902 Chapada Diamantina

back to the game welcome master💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ... but not back at all ... I will never play E&P again.

💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@meteorknighttitan4322

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks Miss Your funny commentary on this game and yes on your new channel of travel ❤️💪🙏

Finish off xp playlist then work on traveling blog

Enjoy life. Let me know the method how to leave this game 😂

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Log off! ... it was incredibly simple. I have not been tempted to log back in ...not even once ... although it might make an interesting video as to what SG adds/offers they throw at me after being off for 8+ months.

What do you do for a living to earn money? Your profession.

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

I work for universities.

E ai.. sumiu

I quit in Januar 2023. 👍👍 best decision. All my money goes to my family

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Congrats!

So so glad to hear you are doing great! So many times it crossed my mind - wonder what Jeff is up to now and where is he.. Thank you for this update. I think it was day or two before yesterday that I was looking some 2 years old video on this channel. One about slow heroes. Well as far as travel goes - why not Japan? My dream is to visit Japan. To see birthplace of ninjas and geishas. And so many martial arts. To see their training ground. To see studios that brought us Great Teacher Onizuka and other wonderfull cartoons. Hope I'll get to see it one day. Here are some sugestions India, China, Nepal, Sumatra, Borneo Myanmar... Sorry if list is incorect or I listed some country you allready visited. Haven't brushed up my geography knowlege in a while. Maybe you can put some travel vlog or something? Think people would be interested. As far as Europe goes Greece, Italy, Sicily, Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina (my country), Belgium, Russia and Austria. As far as game goes... Don't look back. It almost lost all of her apeal. Yup. Still playing. Alliance is only thing that keeps me in game. Tried to leave but I missed that rascals too much. And they sure did let me know peace of their mind and how much they miss me 😀

@EmpiresandPuzzlesBooks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ... Japan is on the list, just has not happened yet. I have not been to China exactly, but to Hong Kong and Macau. Europe has been Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria ... so much more to see there! Some day!

Boring jw