Very simply this is a place for people to say "Thanks" to other IW members for something they've done or said, or just for generally being around...

Memnoch, thanks for getting me back into IW.

Choc, thanks for keeping Ziroc as your human.

Lady Sedai, thanks for being so thoughtful in your posts, you really care about people and it shows.

Melusine, thank you for being you. Your sense of humor and absurdity is always a high point when I'm on the forum.

And the person who got me thinking about this... Thanks to Aelia Jusa for starting the Secret Santa thread. It's a very cool thing to do.

My list is far from complete in people or reasons to thank them, and I will add to it in time. Suffice it to say that there are many more folks on IW for whose acquaintance I am thankful.
Feel free to add on...

Nice words [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
I totally agree, there are some great people on Iron works, it is the main reason I go on teh internet these days, I eagerly await seeing the replies I often get to posts, and to see the new jokes and so on, also, I have met quite a few people here that I will hopefully be friends with for some time.

Ziroc, Memmnoch, CloudBringer, T-D-C, Larry_OHF [img]graemlins/1pissed.gif[/img] :D , Dundee Slaytern, Sazarac, Mouse, Luvian,CocoaSpud and Wyvern (think thats all of you)
Thanks for looking after this place. ;)

I do hope iron works stays around for quite a while now.

[ 12-15-2004, 05:32 AM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

You forgot Luvian! :eek:

::steps up to podium:: I want to thank Aaron, for being awesome... Pirengle (Does she frequent this board?) for being a good friend and for having my back... And most of all I want to thank Alex for being there for me, listening to me rant, and generally being a wonderful person to talk to. I can't count the number of times I've probably woken others from laughing over one of our conversations. I also want to thank the little people that made it all possible, and a handful of board members who constantly provide topics for discussion.

Thank you to Shadowhound who introduced me to this wonderful forum.
And thanks to Cloudbringer who encouraged me not to feel bad about things and to be happy.

And my last thank you is to everyone at ironworks who makes this one big happy internet forum family [img]smile.gif[/img]

<span style="color: lightblue">And Sazarac and Mouse.

Thanks to all the people who can enjoy a good debate without resorting to personal attacks. Of all the forums I frequent, and have frequented over the years, Ironworks has the best discussions in this way, bar possibly one or two which have died.

I'd like to thank everyone here, for making this a great place.

In particular, Chris of the Dale for reminding me to come back.

And Cloudy for the Cafe ;)

And Lennoncook for all of his computer advice... MS rants and all [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Hivetyrant for the sig! :D

Lady Alureth for putting up with me on UFR (not reall IWs... hmm, I will justify it in this thread by saying) And not taking it out on me here... :D

LadyZekke for enlightnening me that Americans really can sound that American... :D

T-D-C for my Gmail address. :D

Kakero for knowing what on Earth I am talking about in Malaysia ;)

And of course, Ziroc for the forums themselves. And the mods for helping to run them.

*phew* Four edits in the space of about 3 minutes [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 12-16-2004, 04:36 AM: Message edited by: Callum ]

Nice words. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] I think that every member of IW deserves special praise excpet those pesky trolls wich come here every year. Buz Choc bannes them anyhow.

*ahem*

Sigmar would like to thank the following people:

Dplax, for resizing and hosting my sig whenever I change it.
/)eathkiller The original Sigsmith for devising many of my sigs.
Deathbringer, for making a couple of sigs for me too.
Azurewolf and Caleb for making me members of HADB back in the day.
Hiram Sedai, for his hilarious and witty posts.
Lady Sedai, for being a very helpful person in general.
Arvon, for consistently posting joke after joke, some of which on occasion have brightend up my day.
Johnny, for being one of the funniest posters on the forum, and helping me out when I needed to reactivate my account.
Megabot and Bokken for the good ol' days on the HADB boards!
Beaumanoir, Link, Talthyr Malkaviel and the rest of the ol' HADB Clan for being funny mofo's! :D
Melusine and Willow XI for posting helpful advice when I was feeling down about something or another.And pointing ou when I've done something stoooopid. :D
Attalus, for tolerating my Cafe acts of lunacy and occasional rapping. :D
Sir Golummn, Sir Exxon and Sir ReGin for their general friendliness. :D
Earthdog.
Cloudbringer, Memnoch and Ziroc for helping me out over the years.
Someguy.
Megabot.
Vaskez.
Stormymystic.
Kaltia.
Wellard.
Ladyzekke.
Lennoncook.
Yorick.
Elif Godson.
Lord Shield.
Grojlach.
Deathmage, for DMrealms.
Calatheis Dragonsbane, for making me realise how naive I can be sometimes. Thankyou.
Donut, you are a genius, your subtle comedy will never be copied!
Ilander, Blind_Prophet, for your inspired sigs!
Timber-loftis.
Aelia for Secret Santa.
T-D-C


Sigmar is sure he has left valued friends and members out, but unfortunately Sigmar's mental capacity is fairly restricted and therefore he is unable to give thanks to everyone at this point in time (I'll have to edit this a few times). Plus, I have to go back to school. Tatty-bye! :D

[ 12-15-2004, 09:48 AM: Message edited by: Sigmar ]

Awwe..Absynthe, what a sweet thought! [img]graemlins/kissy2.gif[/img] Maybe I'm feeling all the holiday spirit this time of year, but this really made me feel good this morning. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I always smile when I think of this place and the people who post and make it an interesting, fun, informative and friendly place.

To everyone on IW, THANK YOU for a splendid year and I look forward to the coming year with you all! I can't even begin to thank everyone individually- it's a monumental task! Just know that if you participate here, you've been part of the magic of Ironworks in some way or another.

I know some people think I'm crazy to be interested in even the smallest things you might want to chat about in the Cafe, but I really am an I really feel very good seeing people use the Cafe to talk with others and share a bit of the humdrum or exciting. If you're enjoying yourselves or getting value of some kind by communcicating there, then it's all good!

WB, Absynthe, its' good to see your nick around these parts again!

ps: *giggles at Sigmar's comment on mental capacity* LOL GMTA I almost posted that my memory ain't what it used to be. :D

[ 12-15-2004, 09:11 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

Pfff.. I'm just one of the other HADB members, Sigmar? I expected more than that!

*whistles sharply and four massive black dogs come running*

Get him my loyal hounds of war! :D

Yeah yeah chief, I was talking about the Old School HADB, back when Azure was the big cheeze and Caleb was the bigger pastry product! :D

*Ahem*

Link, for being a most amusing member, old friend, and also supreme rooler of da Universe! Happy? [img]graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img]

Awww! *blushes* Thanks Absynthe, dear. [img]smile.gif[/img] *hug*

Well, I'm going to have the same problem Siggy and Cloudy do: It's very hard to thank *everyone* who's touched my life here. I've got some good friends I'd like to thank that aren't even here anymore due to r/l taking them away from the net. But I'll give it a go...

First...to the group that first "accepted" me in with open arms which includes:

LadyZ, Cloudy before she was a Mod, Memsy, Moiraine (Claude) and her family, SirTainly and Wolfgir, Bilqis and a host of others from back then.

Also, Silver Cheetah. She was going to show me the "Vegan Way". ;) And you, Absynthe. *hug* For all the "draconic tummy rubs" ;) And the "rolls in the hay" we three had. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Then came the HADB group. Caleb and Azzy, Neb and Siggy, Binky and Link and our "not really a member" Bokken who seemed more loyal to HADB even though he never wanted to be an official member. [img]tongue.gif[/img] And I can't forget Talthyr. [img]smile.gif[/img] We had a great group and many awesome creative talents when it came to RPing.

There's Aelia and Melusine - my "Nekkid Dancing" partners. ;)

Davros, Donut and OTP (among others) who made me LMAO on a regular basis. You dirty old men! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

All the long MSN chats with Arledrian. The AOL chats with Hiram. And the crazy multi-chats with more people than I will ever remember.

There was Kaz and Lioness. My adopted daughters.

A host of "adopted" ones here from my old "DragonMage's House" threads. And oh the antic they'd get up to! Especially harassing the gardner. heh

Let's see...my own favorite "Orange Boy", Elif Godson. Such a cool guy.

Timber Loftis who always has helpful information when we get ourselves in a jam.

All of those ALSB crazies, LOL! Avatar in particular (DragonMage still has her elven earrings, heh). They, at the time, were the only ones, in my opinion, able to keep up with the HADB in RPing. And they were nice peeps, too. And now look how that RP section has taken off! So much talent in there now!

To ALL the rest of the Mods and Z for putting up with all this craziness for all this time, LOL! Now that I've had the "job" on another forum for a couple years, I see what you guys deal with and have a greater respect for people who *willingly* and for *free* take the time to try and keep a place in order so that everyone who visits can enjoy themselves.

And anyone I forgot, I apologize from the bottom of my heart. I can only ask that you look at Siggy's disclaimer for any oversights of my own.

I'll try not to forget anyone.

Thanks to Ziroc for maintaining the best forum I have ever seen online.

Larry for being an amazing roleplay moderator, who is good at resolving problems with my games. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Cloudy for the virtual turkey last year and her overall friendlyness.

All the other mods for the amazing work they do.

Ross, Bozos and Stormy for the lengthy MSN chats.

All the others I sometimes speak to on MSN, but not so frequently.

Anyone who gave me technical help with spyware or other computer stuff before.

Vaskez for making me one of the active hungarians, not the only one. [img]smile.gif[/img]

All those who make this forum a great place to come to visit. I could mention several other names, but the list would be very long then.

Great idea for a thread!

Thanks T-D-C for sending ma a Gmail invite.
Thanks to everyone for making this such a friendly and wonderful forum. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Oh, oh! I also want to thank Meg for being a fabulous person in general and for having a refreshingly familiar sense of humour. That, and I don't know if she'll ever read this, so it's all good.

Lady Sedai, I just went traipsing through the archives after reading your post. God, but I miss some of those folks... So many people have come and gone, it's a shock to see how much time has gone by.
I guess IW is like any physical community that way, people come and go, things change. It would be nice to know that they're all doing well.
I'll stop now, I'm sounding old and maudlin...

Ah no man! I remember the old days! Fluffy wars, Clans, frolicking around. Lots of oldies have gone, though :(

Thank you so much, Absynthe. I really appreciate that [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks to everyone who makes me laugh here! People like Davros, Dirty Meg, Donut (come back soon! :( ), Illumina, Johnny, Wellard, make me literally laugh out loud a lot [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] . Variol, your reply to my secret santa pm was seriously funny! :D

*hugs* to everyone [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks to all the members for making these forums an easy and fun place to post and moderate.

Thanks to Memnoch, Dave, Wellard, Leonis & Harks for being such fantastic Aussie blokes and for knowing how to have a good time on the town.

Thanks to Ziroc for creating this fanstastic forum and especially for creating the fantastic mod Escape from undermountain.

Thanks to all our Undermountain Players for a great time online.

Thanks to all our great moderators who helped me learn the ropes of moderation.

Finally THANKYOU to all the people who donate there money to keep this forum alive and on the net.

Cheers Everyone [img]graemlins/cheers.gif[/img] and have a fantastic Christmas and New Years!

ok, I am going to give it a shot, but if I miss anyone I reserve the right to point to Sigmar to explain why [img]smile.gif[/img]
RevRuby for our MSN and phone chats
Gangrel for always finding a way to make me laugh
spirits for being a good critic and frined.
Bozo's and Dplax for our MSN chats, and for helping me make a character (sorry have not been around today, will explain later)
T-D-C for being so helpful in EFU and the forums
Larry for always picking on me and making me laugh about it
Cloudy for always being sweet and caring of others
Lady Sadai for being so nice
Ziroc for keeping this place going, even when he has so much other things to do
Vaskez for picking on me and making me laugh
evryone else I missed, it is not because I forgot you, but because I have 3 little kids wanting to watch Shrek and if I do not put it in, they will tear the DVD player apart [img]smile.gif[/img]

<span style="color:grey">*Puts on American accent*, well I'd like to think my mom, my dad.... :D

<span style="color: lightblue">And Sazarac and Mouse.

Thanks to all the people who can enjoy a good debate without resorting to personal attacks. Of all the forums I frequent, and have frequented over the years, Ironworks has the best discussions in this way, bar possibly one or two which have died. </font>[/QUOTE]<span style="color:grey">Lennon, Saz is no longer a mod ;)

Well, I would like to thank Andrew for helping me with anything and everything that I ask him, I'm sure he deserves some thanks after having bugged him for over a year and a bit now [img]smile.gif[/img]

There are also many others, the bg2 mp gang, Drew, Patrick, Larry etc.

Also Dan for making this place so great, and Johnny for just being the generally funny and talented guy that he is, keep drinking the beer!

Sigh, I started to make a list but figured out I could never do all of you justice so just a BIG thank you to all IW members old or new, spammers or lurkers.
This place has some of the most seriously nice, funny, lovely, helpful, talented, intelligent, altruistic, drunk, sarcastic nad just all around wonderful people on this planet for members and it certainly makes the future look brighter knowing there are people like you out there...

Happy new year everybody!!!

Thanks to everyone who thanked me, for giving me something to thank them for. Sigmar - just wondering what you thanked me for? For being a smartass? :D

Anyway, I gotta say thanks to Ziroc for running the forum and Melusine for being a cool online buddy and generally thinking the same things are sensible/funny as me, Hieropants for his insane yet deep posts especially when he's hammered, Gangrell for taking the piss-taking and occasionally hitting back :D and anyone else who's made me laugh. Thanks to Jorath for secretely thinking of me when he made that list of positive attributes :D Oh yeah and Stormy for being so good to pick on :D Thanks to everyone who feels that I should have thanked them, but doesn't moan about it [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 12-15-2004, 08:10 PM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]

Oh, and to add, thanks sooo much to Spelca, for being so unbelievably helpful with my plentiful and at times, vapid, Sims 2 questions. And to Kakero and Memnoch and Ross as well [img]smile.gif[/img]

Yes! [img]graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img]

You're posting style is one of a kind man! :D

I thanked everyone in my list for a reason, don't worry.

awwww, no one has thanked me yet :(
Whats going on, do you have to have 2100+ posts or something to be recongnised? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Nah, I do not expect everyone will be recognised specifically, but one of these days they will [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Hivetyrant, for your sig is the most Awesomenest I have ever seen. That is not an exaggeration.

I edited you into mine... BEFORE this post ;)

So you probably missed it... :D

Woah!!! Thanks guys!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
SURE you did [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Check the times... your post was at 5:36, my last edit was at 4:36 :D

Although, looking at the times... those are supposed to be adjusted to my time zone aren't they? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

only 13 hours off [img]tongue.gif[/img]

There's always one who complains. Next you'll be complaining that I haven't yet made a flash animation praising you for your flash animations, even though I don't make flash animations. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And you know what else???
Vaskez is yet to make a flash ani... Oh wait..right.... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Well I have 2100+ posts now, so maybe I will be recognised :D

I evidently count for nothing... *sniffle*

Damn straight Mr Zhantarim whatever [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Dont worry young one, I was once like you, then I was tought the ways of the Spam, and was able to masterfully hide my spammy ways and gain ranks [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Anyways, so as not to de-rail this nice thread.
A few thank-you's
Dplax, for including me in roleplays.

Bozos, for the challange and fun in the game trivia thread.

T-D-C, for Planescape Tourment [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Callum, Thegodthatfailed, Armageddon, Blind_Prophet, Sir golum, Gxc, Iron greasel for the practice in animation [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

To the Aussies, well......for being Aussie :D

And a very big thankyou to all of you that actually sign up and post instead of clogging up the member directory [img]tongue.gif[/img] , probably in the hopes to one day be as great as me [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

Well, the others are right, im sure I have left heaps of people out, but I cant go through everyone... well..I can, but I cant be bothered.

Oh, and especially Lennon, who introduced me to IronWorks!!!

Stop yer whinging ya big wuss! Go and cuss some people down, you know they'll be thanking ya for it, later on! (This is true! :D )

Alright... *starts by cussing down Vaskez*

Shut up Vaskez [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Well, where is my thanks????

Thank you Hivetyrant, for being such an incredible ass [img]tongue.gif[/img]

As funny as that was, I feel sort of uncomfortable.... [img]tongue.gif[/img]