As of 1:22PM today, I have officially been a member of the CBG of four years. While I haven't been here constantly and I'm not always the best community member, I do love this place. No other site has kept me coming back so regularly for so long.
I feel this place has grown from it's original intent and is the best community I have ever witnessed, much less had the privilege of being a part of. I've known people to be a part of such a community and they never forgotten them, even years after the site has shut down.
Don't worry, I'm not making this thread looking for a pat on the back or anything like that. I have done nothing. It simply occurred to me that for a long time not, this place has made my life better in some way. I wanted to say thank you to everyone.
I just sent a donation of $10 to celebrate. It isn't much but it is what I can afford right now. If any of you have money to spare, I think you should do the same. The people that run this site do so with money out of their own pockets and have never, to my knowledge, asked for anything in return.
I'd love to be a part of the CBG for another four years and beyond. Again, thank you everyone.
Well, 3 years, 11 months, and 4 weeks, anyway.
Here here!
Seconded sentiment: This community is fantastic and unique. Great creativity, great critiques, great fun! If I wasn't so broke right now, I'd definitely follow your lead and give a donation :P
Wow. Been a while. In 22 days it'll be 4 years for me and somehow that feels like a milestone. This place is the awesome and will always be the awesome.
You know what I hope? I hope I can show this site to my kids one day and say join up you little buggers because you'll never get a better education. That's what I hope, unlikely as it is.
See Bee Jee, you are the sweet awesome of existence.
4 years and 5 days. I'm still creepin' too.
You Post-High School folks may feel like 'all that and a bag of sour cream & Onion potato chips' but us Juniors have in our ranks Elemental_Elf, Nomadic, LordVreeg, Cataclysmic Crow, XXsiriusXX, Spirit Hawkfellow, Snargash Moonclaw and many, many others.
EE... I don't get it... Lol :D
Where is SM, anyway?
Quote from: KindlingEE... I don't get it... Lol :D
It's like High School. People who have 2-2.9 years are Juniors. People who have over 4 years have graduated high school lol.
At least we aren't wise fools anymore.
CBG is where I hang my internet hat. Everywhere else is just for visiting abuse.
Quote from: Elemental_Elf It's like High School. People who have 2-2.9 years are Juniors. People who have over 4 years have graduated high school lol.
Ahhh, I see... I never went to school, so, that'll be why I didn't get it :P
This thread makes turtles smile. Thanks guys!
Quote from: LordVreegCBG is where I hang my internet hat. Everywhere else is just for visiting abuse.
Agreed.
Quote from: IshmaylThis thread makes turtles smile. Thanks guys!
No, thank YOU
Quote from: KindlingAhhh, I see... I never went to school, so, that'll be why I didn't get it :P
Hat's off, Kindling. You write much more eloquently than many scholars I've met...unless you meant ironically, in which case I'm just playing the dumb role :)
If anyone gets a large bonus check this holiday season and has some left over that they don't know what to do with, donating to the CBG is always a noble cause!
Long live the CBG!
Hear hear!
It is again March 7th. It looks like I always come back for a while at this time of year. Today put me at 4 years, 11 months, and 4 weeks of membership. My actual anniversary date is March 15th. About five years here and I still think that this place is great.
This year the guild has a new overlord but he isn't really new. He's been here a long time and we all love him like some sort of strange brother-father-son that lives in the basement and helps you with your taxes. ALL HAIL NOMADIC!
The message of this thread is one that could always use to be revived. Throw some money at the guild, if you have it to spare. I hope the guild stays around another five years, putting it around a full decade. I hope it lasts longer than that, too. We can all help make that happen. HAIL, HAIL CBG! Praise be to the turtle-past and the cabbage-present!