For instance, did you know that 2011 was hands down the Dungeon Forum's most active year? Or that 2006 was the worst (early days, awkwardness to be expected)? Or that the forum EXPLODED in size between the ends of '06 and '07? Or that I am one of the top topic-starters (I AM COMING FOR THAT TOP SPOT, JORGE!)?
There's all sorts of cool stuff in there that we don't often think about.
Head into the stats and have a look for yourself.It also reminds me of how much this place has changed, with a lot of my early content missing without a trace -- many posts and comments of mine from 2012 (my first year here) have survived, but much of it is gone entirely, lost to the goblins and badly-VA'd Chupacabras I can only assume lurk in the shadows and waiting patiently to feast upon untended text hosted on the server the forum inhabits, henceforth to be referred to as
Servervania.
DAMN YOU SERVERVANIA GOBLINS. GIVE ME MY POSTS BACK.
The main website, of course, now closely resembles Detroit. Or the Wasteland from Fallout. But mostly Detroit. You know: broken down, ramshackle, hasn't seen a renovation or an update in years (since I joined, in fact. I SWEAR THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT GUYS). Lots of stuff is broken, with bits and pieces of former glory visible everywhere, but don't touch any of it or the facade falls apart. Speaking of which, I really miss
that robust as hell multimedia page. Everything from there is gone now, the backend Jorge and Kurt used for hosting having long vanished -- hell, even Kurt's vanished. When did he last log in?
When Dracula was impaling Turks?All joking aside, the forum stats tell a great story. Consider that this forum has now made it ten years, and it's just as robust a community as it's ever been; numbers don't lie, and 2016 is starting off with some strong ones.
I think that calls for a celebratory drink.
Just don't smash your wine glass while asking about what a man is.Happy Tenth, Castlevania Dungeon Forums.
May the best years continue to be ahead of you!