Even though I am not one of the "Main posters" here on the boards I still love the IW forums, they are the best forums I've ever posted in, it's amazing that there is no flaming here, I also frequent the boards of
http://www.synthetic-reality.com , good boards, but they have been infected with infantile, flaming little [Censored]s, but they also have a well-sized population of nice people, but back to the topic, IW has helped me a lot and I've met some of the nicest, most helpful and just generally friendly people I've ever met, including in life outside of IW, most people would have said "Real Life" instead of "Life outside of IW", but for me IW and all the friendly people there are part of my life in a way, I joined the boards in March, or was it April, no matter, suffice to say it's been wonderful, and I'm sure it will continue to be so for a long time.
I count you all among my friends.