One Year.....and counting.....

[Dominic]

I am just posing this to let everybody know how glad I am with the way things are going.

As some of you know, I had a number of concerns about the viability of starting a "replacement for BWTF". But, as a number of use kept going back and forth and back again over email, it became apparent how much many of use missed the old forums (which were gone at the time).

I still remember that first week, the flurry of activity. It was not even concentrated in the "welcome" thread. In some ways, it was like we had been here for years. (And, many of us had known each other for at least 3 or 4 years.)

The best part has been that all of my concerns were unfounded. (it is one of the few instances where JT was an optimist in contrast to my pessimism. Generally, I am the optimist and JT the doom-saying complainer.)

In the last year, we have even picked up a few new members who had nothing to do with the old forums. Guys, thanks for stopping in, and especially for sticking around. Oh, and again, welcome aboard.

We have not managed to do everything we set out to do a year back. But, we are definitely a cohesive board. Heck, we even have a good enough relationship with Hasbro for it to be worth their while to cut us in on the Q and A every so often.


It has been a great year. But, let's see if we can set the bar even higher this year.

Dom

[Onslaught Six]

Definitely. We can only keep growing.

And for what it's worth, I keep trying to recruit people I already know to join in, because I think this place has far more interesting discussion than any of the other cruddy boards, but they never seem to do so.

[JediTricks]

Wow, kick ass, I had been so wrapped up in comic-con that I forgot that a year ago I was so wrapped up in comic-con that I had to make you guys moderators while I was away for a week. Congrats on our 1 year anniversary!

[Dominic]

As a moderator, I command you to post a con report!

Dom-onitor.

[JediTricks]

Report: insane.

I have some notes I'm working on. The TF panel was a waste of time for the most part, only a couple new pieces and far less info than Botcon. I truly don't know why Hasbro wants to be so fracturous towards the fan community. Sideshow did indeed announce a Transformers license, statues only for right now, so Archer owes me an apology from last year.

I also picked up a cold, which sucks.

[Onslaught Six]

...Hey did we even have a thread or anything to bring up the fact that we're now three years old?

[Dominic]

No. We should though.


Dom

[JediTricks]

Wow, that's crazy! I guess TFV has become a permanent thing, eh? It's an institution, and we're all locked in it. I was at Comic-Con during the 3 year anniversary this time, so that's my excuse for missing it.