The Town of Odyssey Turns Fifteen!

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The Town of Odyssey Turns Fifteen!

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Everyone,

I am pleased to announce that the ToO has officially turned fifteen! \:D/ It is amazing and wonderful that this site is still here after all these years! I fondly recall the very first April 1, logging online to check out Shadowpaw's advertised surprise, only to discover the best message board of all time awaiting me! Good times. I was just thinking about this the other day - me sitting in my college dorm room, wanting to check in to see the surprise (that ended up being the ToO) but having to wait because my college was having a weekend to have interested high school students stay overnight and my sister and a friend were staying with me. They didn't know that they were holding me back from my destiny. ;)

The statistics below prove that there are a lot of dedicated ToOers who love to post, even if we're not quite as busy as we were that first year! \:D/

Number of posts: 1048800
Posts per day: 141.39
Number of topics: 30618
Topics per day: 5.9659
Number of users: 1462
Users per day: 0.27



If you would like to read past anniversary threads, they are all archived in City Hall. You won't be able to post in them, but feel free to peruse past celebrations! Click the following links if you're interested: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th


Sorry for the delay in getting this thread up. I was having internet issues earlier and it was driving me crazy watching pages half load and then stop. :mad: Lucky for me, it's a short trip. ;)
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Post by Knight Fisher »

Huzzah! \:D/
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What a day to randomly log on.

Oh, ToO. Happy Birthday \:D/
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We have made it to another year.

And I'm happy to say I've been a part of this board for 12 of those years. =)
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Termite returns! \:D/

thanks to everyone who's made the ToO what it is <3
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Marvin D. wrote:Termite returns! \:D/

thanks to everyone who's made the ToO what it is <3
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Post by Jay_Smouse »

Well, congratulations. I've only been on here for about a month, but I hope to be here for your next 15 years!
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I've only been here almost a year but cheers to the next 15 years :)
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We doing it.
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I have such good memories from the many years I have spent here. Congrats everyone!
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Hey Danadelfos, it's been a while! I miss seeing your avatar! :D
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Yay, 15. I wish I had time to build presents these days.
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Catspaw wrote:Hey Danadelfos, it's been a while! I miss seeing your avatar! :D
Thanks Catspaw! I'm glad The ToO is still around and hopefully I can be here more often!
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Thanks for still being here, ToO! \:D/
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DanP740 wrote:Yay, 15. I wish I had time to build presents these days.
I know! It just isn't the same without the daily reveal of what the surprise present was going to be that year. :(

Jelly! \:D/
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Post by Bren »

Happy 15th Birthday ToO. Thanks for all the fond memories.
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Quite a milestone! Hoping for many more!
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jelly wrote:Thanks for still being here, ToO! \:D/
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Post by Laura Ingalls »

Belated happy birthday, ToO!! Woot! I've been a member all but 1 day of those 15 years. :D I'm ancient.

Barely come around much anymore...because...3 toddlers will wreck your free time. :P Imagine that.
But I have many good memories of this place, even if I don't get to post much anymore.
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I'm so late! (But what else is new?)

This community changed my life for the better. People were welcoming, energetic, smart, and I loved that. I drifted away over the years, mostly with college and all that, but the experiences I had here have instilled in me a desire to treat people right, to share my passions with like-minded folks, and to love on people whether they deserve it or not. In particular, to those of you who have been around for awhile and remember me, know that I can't thank you enough.
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