Empirekicking

A lot has been changing around Empirekicking lately 👀

I've been working on the forum structure and giving pretty much everything a proper reshuffle. The aim is to make the forum feel like an actual community rather than just a place for my own streams and flights.

There are now proper sections for Empirekicking, Flight Simulation & Aviation, Creator Central, Community & Interests, Community Events and Support & Feedback.

Creator Central has also had a big upgrade with places for YouTube, Twitch & Live, Podcasts, Blogs & Writing, content creation, equipment, editing, social media, collaborations and sharing your content.

The aviation side has been cleaned up too, with areas for MSFS, Prepar3D and other sims, IVAO & VATSIM, online flying, real-world aviation, hardware and aviation screenshots.

I've also put Community Events into its own section so things like group flights, gaming sessions, challenges and other community activities have one proper place instead of being scattered around the forum.

But I'm not finished yet 😂

I'm still working through tags, labels, icons, descriptions, permissions, board arrangements and the smaller details that you probably don't notice until you actually start using the forum.

I'm also still playing around with the homepage and how everything is laid out to make it easier to find things and hopefully make the whole place feel more alive.

So yeah... the rebuild is well underway.

The main structure is there now. The rest is basically me going through everything with a fine-tooth comb and getting it all working properly.

This is only the beginning. 👀

More changes coming soon.

Over the last few days I’ve been spending quite a bit of time working on Empirekicking again, and if you’ve visited the site recently you’ll probably notice that quite a few things have changed.

I wanted to give the site a bit more of an identity rather than it just being a forum with a homepage stuck on the front of it. So I’ve been going through the homepage, changing the layout, moving things around and trying to make the different sections actually feel like they belong together.

I’ve also been working on some of the content that sits around the forum, including new pages and different sections that I can hopefully build on over time.

There’s still plenty I want to change. I keep spotting little things when I’m looking at the site and thinking “that could look better” or “I could do something with that”, so I’m sure there will be plenty more changes coming.

The main thing I want is for Empirekicking to feel like somewhere you can actually have a look around, find something useful, read what other people are doing and hopefully get involved yourself.

It’s still a work in progress, but I’m quite happy with how it’s starting to come together. Have a look around and let me know what you think. If you spot something that looks odd, doesn’t work properly or you think could be improved, tell me. I’d rather know about it than have something broken sitting there for months. 😂

There’s plenty more planned, so this definitely isn’t the finished version yet.

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— Empirekicking Community Team

Welcome everyone,

I’m really proud to finally open this website and create a proper home for everything Empirekicking.

Over time, streaming has become more than just going live and ending the stream a few hours later. The community has grown, the flights have grown, the projects have grown, and I felt it was time to build something more permanent. Somewhere we’re not limited by live chat or social media posts disappearing down a timeline. Somewhere organised, structured, and built around us.

That’s why this forum exists.

Empirekicking has always been about passion. Microsoft Flight Simulator flights across the world, IVAO and VATSIM events, realistic operations, add-on reviews, testing performance, improving setups, building overlays, and constantly pushing things to the next level. But more importantly, it’s about the people who turn up, support, chat, and make it what it is.

This forum brings everything together in one place. Stream updates, flight planning, event announcements, YouTube discussions, technical talk, ideas for the future, it will all live here. It also gives you a place to speak properly, not just in a fast-moving chat. You can ask questions, give feedback, share your own content, and be part of building this into something bigger.

If you’re new here, create an account and introduce yourself. Get involved in the discussions. Check out the latest posts. This place only works if we use it, and I want it active, welcoming, and community-driven.

You can catch me live on Twitch at
https://www.twitch.tv/empirekicking

You can watch the videos on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/@Empire24453

And the main homepage for the forum is here:
https://www.baysideves.com/empirekicking/

This is just the beginning. I’m building this for the long term. I want this to become the central hub for Empirekicking, not just a website, but a proper community base.

If you’ve supported the streams, watched a video, flown an event, or even just stopped by once — you’re part of this.

Now let’s build it properly.

Register. Post. Get involved. Help shape what this becomes.

Welcome to the Empire.

— Empirekicking