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Tomorrow is once again my birthday, so just like a couple of years ago, I thought I would abuse my admin power to start a one-off fairly offtopic thread about dakka here for my own enjoyment tomorrow. Dakka represents a very large chunk of my free time, and so it is a nice birthday present for me to be able to read anything nice about how you enjoy dakka, what you like about dakka and what keeps you coming back. Nothing negative here please (including about other sites), and no feature requests, just a nice big virtual hippie bongo drum circle. I look forward to reading your input tomorrow, and thanks for making dakka what it is from me to all our members
*p.s. for those who do not know who I am, I am one half of the pair that owns dakka, and I am responsible for the technical side of things (all software, hardware, services).
Check out our new, fully plastic tabletop wargame - Maelstrom's Edge, made by Dakka!
DakkaDakka helped prevent my suicide. I'm not even kidding. I got depressed because of some medication I was taking back in March and communicating on the site cheered me enough to stop and talk to a doctor.
I like the fact that its largely whine free, I like the mods (despite being warned for stuff the mods are largely *nice*), interface is nice, emoticons are nice. Seems a bit more relaxed than other forua.
Phototoxin wrote:I like the fact that its largely whine free, I like the mods (despite being warned for stuff the mods are largely *nice*), interface is nice, emoticons are nice. Seems a bit more relaxed than other forua.
I enjoy some of the entertaining, thought provoking and sometimes highly annoying discussions to be had here.
Both on and off topic.
Plus lots of pretty pictures.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
This is the only song that can convey the happiness that I hope you experience on this day; I raise a glass to the man without whom the internet would be completely without value.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
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Haters gon' hate.
Nice site British. I really like this place. The peeps are cool and thought provoking. This place helps me keep abreast with what's going on in the wargaming hobby in general and it really helps me the urge to keep on painting. I find something new to like about this place every day.
You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
Dakka is the first website I open when I wake up in the morning. I look forward to the debates and discussions, even with others who don't agree with my point of view. It's fun to leave a sarcastic, witty message in a post and see if it has sparked anything interesting. I keep coming back because I love it. Made a few internet acquaintances on here and all-around it's a good time and a good site. Thanks Legoburner. If the hard cider mill was open when I went past it, I'd have made a toast to you tonight. Alas, I can only toast with iced tea. So here's to you, from the bottom of my McD's tea cup!
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Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
Manchu wrote:I'm a Catholic. We eat our God.
Due to work, I can usually only ship any sales or trades out on Saturday morning. Please trade/purchase with this in mind.
I like how DakkaDakka embraces wargaming and miniatures as a whole and doesn't focus alone on Games Workshop. I stay here because topics pop up often in News&Rumors regarding games I care about such as Infinity and Malifaux.
Even some related companies post around here such as Paulson, Chapterhouse, Trollforged, etc. Battlefoam abuses this by posting dozens of new threads whenever one of their bags comes with a new decal.
Finally, I love the attitude of people. Posting images of salt flats is allowed yet not abused. People can act natural without overmoderation.
I like the friendly mood of the site. I also find it interesting reading many of the threads and the funny things like the CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT and Space Corridors and Industrial Towers.
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General Seric wrote:I like the friendly mood of the site. I also find it interesting reading many of the threads and the funny things like the CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT and Space Corridors and Industrial Towers.
Don't forget the Herman Heresy, Victim Blaming and DOOMBREAD.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate.
I love it here, it has really helped me over the 2 years i've been here. And my typing skills have doubled.
And not only that but helpful sex advice, dating advice. (Most from Cannerus)
Not only this but it made me get over the girl that called me a hacker and basically ripped my heart out. The next day i told some dakkanauts this, and they made fun of her, which in all honesty made me happy and glad because it was so light hearted and so freaking true. Dear god she freaked out because I wished her a happy birthday............. She thought it was creepy i would remember it because it was on her facebook account in all seriousness she got scared and angry at nothing but her own stupidty. -.-
And so many memes especially when people called the girl I like now a Justin Bieber. Which in itself is hilarious.
But anyway the threads here have made me write better overall, it has led to some of my best ideas and some of my best jokes, and has also made me intelligent in debates. It has also made me want to do more physical exercise SOMEHOW.
But it is also nice to be noticed by denizens of Dakka Dakka as they are always happy to share the input on my writing.
Then it has also introduced to my addiction to making fun of everyone as much as possible which is a good and bad addiction or is it a habit?
Anyway Happy Birthday LEGOBURNER!!!!!!!!!!!!! May the cake be with you.
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From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
And not only that but helpful sex advice, dating advice. (Most from Cannerus)
Good grief Ash, this is what is wrong with Dakka!
Don't listen to Cannerus he will lead you astray!
In all honesty his sex advice is the best but his dating advice especially if I am Young Australian Traceur really makes me attractive as it already is.
But, when i first joined dakka I thought i was going to see nerd rage daily, and i expected everyone to post videos with them and their dorky glasses, they have 10,000 points of orks and they paint their skin green everyday, that is what i thought i was joining into. I was proven wrong
Which is all good and fun.
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
I love dakkadakka. I frequent it every day that I can. Its a great place to share ideas on hobbies, gaming, and sometimes off topic stuff... at least for me it is. I love the gallery and the different sections that the forum has. The Orkmoticons are great. I like those little icons that represent different armies/races.
EDIT: oh yeah... Happy Birthday!
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While I don't post a lot, I LOVE Dakka. In fact, I always have dakka open in a tab, no kidding. It's almost embarrassing to admit that the only time I'm not on Dakka is when I'm away from ANY technological device, but hell, the site's worth it.
The gallery is top notch, the community is active and healthy, and it really deserves its status as the #1 Wargaming community site, 40k, Warmachine or otherwise.
Some people play to win, some people play for fun. Me? I play to kill toy soldiers.
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I think the admins/mods by and large are full of awesome-sauce, esp Alphie, Mannahin, Ritides, KidKyoto and GreyDeath... It goes on, each has been awesome to me at some point in completely different ways, and frankly almost every other Mod and Yak too.
Alright, here is where things will seem ass-kissy. I have browsed other forums out of sheer curiosity, even contributed to Romeo and Kyle over at 40kradio because I enjoy their podcast. The thing that keeps me coming back to Dakka, besides the friends I've made here, is that it is, by far, the easiest forum I have ever used. Everything makes sense, you have not shoe-horned in the feature du jour just because you could, the interface is not overly cluttered, the default scheme is very legible and the hierarchy is clear. I gather, that in massive proportions, that is thanks to you, so a big thanks from me for providing me with this awesome distraction. The only thing I don't like that much is the Dakka logo, but one day I will convince you guys to let me re-do it
That being said, given the time I have spent on here in the past 2 years, I have seen very little of you posting, at least in the portions I haunt (DCM, News, anything PandM). I for one, would love to get to know you better, hear more about what it is you do for us, what's going on with the site, your points of view etc etc. I am interested in both the strategic/technical aspect of what you do here as well as perspective from someone so obviously connected to all of us, though many may not know it.
Cheers my friend, thank you again, and happy birthday!
Now i want cookies! and cake..........
Lego burner thanks for ensuring dakka dakka does not crash on us like Warseer does every 2 months hence why i quit Warseer It virused me and i never went back XD
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
THE FUN HAS BEEN DOUBLED!!! 
