I've been on this hecking website for 10 years

[Fangu]

Where does time go anyway

I signed up on TLS October 14th 2011 because I wanted a forum to post regularly on. I found TLS through looking up stuff from Advent Children (surprise) and of course my first post was in the at time current LTD thread. Shame. lol. I think I picked the username 'Fangu' kind of out of the blue after a few weeks, and it stuck. And here I am, a decade later. I've spent hours voice/ video chatting with people, met around twenty? or so? people from the forums IRL. I've been here through job changes, house changes and partner changes.

I'm glad this place still exists. I'd never imagined in a million years I'd be here this long, or that it'd even survive this long. A web forum in 2021? Heck! It's fantastic. Thanks to the staff but especially to @Cthulhu because without him the site would have been dead long ago.

To TLS. Thanks for the memories <3

 

[Shademp]

Very thankful that the forum still exists! I hope it sticks around for many, many more years to come.

 

[Odysseus]

TLS has a somewhat small but generally active regular userbase. None of us ever thought to stop posting I guess lol.

 

[Tetsujin]

Thirteen years for me :')

Been here since day one, will likely be here on the final day too.

I hope the final day will be far off though D:

 

[Lestat]

Thanks for all the fish

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I can't even remember whether I was here before Fangu or Fangu was before me.
This place has been a constant in my life through all sorts of upheavals. I treasure it.
A vote of thanks to Fangu for being here and being awesome!
And yes, a huge thank you to @Cthulhu, who had a dream and made it reality!

 

[ForceStealer]

I keep reading this thread title as "I've been hacking this website for 10 years" and having visions of a Sinfinity-style implosion

I also joined within the first week and it's remained pretty much permanently up on my browser for the following 13 years. As the wider internet left forums behind, I'm so glad this one has persisted. It allows for a type of conversation you can't get on Discord or Twitter.

And off course I'm glad you've been here all this time too, Fangu <3

 

[Keveh Kins]

Joining TLS is one of the best decisions I ever made Not to get all sappy but I'd genuinely be lost without you peeps.

I still remember your warm welcome Fangu, and binge reading your fanfic, and just being like 'This place is class'.

 

[Ghost X]

Good to have you around, @Fangu. The community is shaped by its individual participants, and that includes you . Also, all hail the cosmic horror of forum administration and maintenance, @Cthulhu.

 

[Lestat]

I constantly kick myself I wasn't around when you were doing the big TLS meetup but really wanna marry you now so we can listen to music and drink lots of booze.

Your a goodun fangu!

 

[Lex]

Remember that time about 8 people had Fang avatars and it was all very confusing

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Heh... it really *has* been a long time. It's been great hanging out with you all online and tossing theories back and forth for the last decade!

 

[cold_spirit]

Everyone's mentality on TLS. Happy 10 years @Fangu! And all the thanks to @Lex and @Cthulhu!!

 

[Glaurung]

I joined in 2009...

Talk about time flying, lol.

Anyway, love you all guys

 

[Cthulhu]

Idk why I'm being singled out there, people just asked if I could set this up and err, stuff happened, . I didn't make the community, you lot did.

Happy 10th anniversary @Fangu , the place wouldn't have been the same without you <3

 

[Clement Rage]

Not here that long, think it was like 2014 or something, but glad to have met you all.

 

[Odysseus]

(you can check your sign-up date by hovering the mouse over your user icon, or tapping it on mobile)

 

[Clement Rage]

Do I look like someone who has time for that? There are unnecessarily long debates to have!

 

[Makoeyes987]

*stares at their sign up date from 2008*

Eventually, time carries no meaning when you've nested for so long

In the end, it just is. Like something totally natural.

 

[Imperial Black]

Nice to see the sense of community being as strong as it appears to be here. I have seen a couple of my beloved forums shut down over the years, as strange as it sounds, it does leave a certain hole in your day. Glad everyone still has this place to call home away from the madness of life.

Belated happy anniversary Fangu.

Be well and be swell.

 

[Prism]

Just serves as a testament to the longevity of this website, especially in an era where forums aren't really doing so well. Congratulations on hitting a whole decade! I'm new, but somehow coming close to two years, which is crazy to me.

 

[Dawnbreaker]

That's pretty cool! well, it's good to have you here, m'dear!

 

[HylianMogget]

Happy TLS anniversary, Fangu!

I know I don't post all that much, but I'm genuinely grateful that this forum is still around. It feels like the internet has changed a lot since this place started and it's so hard to find communities like this nowadays.

 

[Mage]

I'm bumping this for no other reasons than to say I love Fangu and I love you fucks. So many people on Twitter lament the slow death of forums but here we are being fucking awesome after all this time. Best community an' shit.

 

[Odysseus]

Forums rule Twitter drools *shoots spitball out of treehouse at twitter*