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Well, ladies and gentleman, this is my 2000th post and I kinda wanted to use it as an excuse to give my thanks and ramble for a bit.

I just would like to give my enormous "THANK YOU" to the whole dakkadakka community. Never before have I stayed with an online community for so long., I have no idea why, but I'd just get fed up after a while and stop contributing. Here, I'm a DCM and I will gladly renovate once the time comes in order to support dakka (and a chance for moar dakkadakka dice... you never have enough DDDice... that gak is like crack, I swear ) *ahem*, as I was saying:

- We all have our opinions and there are discussions, but the Mods are active active and stomp the problem when things get too wild (ALL HAIL OUR EVIL OVERLORDS)
- It's a joy to see so many users support each other, giving advice, opinions how to improve, commenting your work, etc.
- Another joy is to look at the P&M section. So much creativity at once, I find it fantastic to see how much everyone is capable of.
- Almost every-single-time-every-single-member is a nice guy/gal ready to help and contribute.

For all that, I want to give everyone a manly hug and ask you to keep being awesome.

Now, if I'm allowed to use the soapbox for a bit longer, I'd like to mention how the hobby affected my life (besides doing nasty, evil stuff to my wallet).

Not only did I discover I still had an enormous love for painting miniatures (I did try it once, a long time ago but I was a kid with no money, no way to keep the hobby) it allowed me to do something I tried not to in a long time: Think.
Honestly, I wasn't happy with how my life was going but I avoided thinking about it by busying my "alone time" when I could think and ponder, about my options with plenty of video games. If I was playing, I could be focused on that and think of nothing else. Well, as I discovered after I started hobbying, it's hard NOT to think when you are painting for hours.
To make a long story incredibly short, it took me a long time, but thanks to that initial change to my life, I would stop being a pussy (sorry for the term, but it's honestly the best term to describe me) and leave my confort zone. I wasn't happy and small changes started to happen, slowly but surely and hopefully this year is the year I start truly enjoying life.
Pity it took me so many years to reach this conclusion, but hey, I think it's better late than never.

TL; DR: I love you guys!

Well, a week or so late but cheers . I don't think I've stuck around anywhere this long either.

Happiness and thanks are not allowed here. Expect a MOD to bane you in short order. Regardless of that, I'll take a risk and say I'm glad the hobby has done wondrous things for you in life. Very cool.

MajorTom and Manchu here. This user has been BANED due to violating our happiness and support policy. You're next.

Wow. You two got him the Bane mask for his b-day. That's awesome

I too love Dakka

I feel my English has improved a lot since I first started here, thanks to you lot!