I wish to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well.
I won't go off into a long spiel, like I thought about doing, and I know this is stuff I say a lot, but I'm going to reiterate it. A lot of people talk shit about us and complain about various aspects of the forum, some valid criticisms, some not. Obviously I think we should be willing to look at our flaws and try to improve upon them. Yet I also think we need to think about the things that are good about the forum. We just did a Secret Santa where people got together and made things for other forum users. We raised money for charity this past month. We're usually accused of being A-Logs yet we managed to raise a good chunk of change after Chris's house caught on fire. While his so called "friends" got him a can of sardines, we got him a bunch of gift cards so he and his mother could try and rebuild their home. I've seen that we have a thread where users encourage other users to help accomplish goals like weight loss which I feel is a very positive thing. People on here get together and play games together and even some people are dating other users (it boggles my mind that a forum I made has led to people being in relationships, not so much as how Chris has probably gotten more people into serious relationships yet he himself can't get into one).
When I made this forum, it was simply one reason - to get people to stop talking about Chris on the CWCki itself. I planned on helping the forum get set up, find some users to take over for it, then I'd go back to admining the CWCki. Yet I find myself still here, mostly because I feel a connection to the forum. I'm sometimes surprised to hear that people really do take this forum super seriously. That can be a bad thing but it's also a good thing as I think many people here come here as a major social outlet for them. It wasn't my intent but it's cool that I set up something that would evolve into a regular community where people tend to look out for each other.
Again, I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. I hope that 2015 will be better than 2014, and that we continue to get better and better every day.