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1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:53 pm
by SSchmidt
Well, I missed the 1-year anniversary, but I did so in order to tie it in with the 1,000 post mark in one super thread ;)

You guys are fantastic, I have never been more attached to an online forum.

The Lord of the Ring’s LEGO got me out of my dark age, and I started collecting and building again. Then, one day while just googling Lord of the Ring’s MOC’s, I found a build that just stunned (I think it was Blake Baer and Amon Hen?). After browsing his FLICKR, I ran into LCC users, and this big “faction war” taking place on classic-castle.com. It really piqued my curiosity. I started lurking the forums and seeing all the fantastic builds, excited, but thinking to myself, “I can’t get involved, I could never build something that good.” In January of last year, I placed my first bricklink order of 30 Kingdom Dragon Knights, and the rest is history! I browse this forum multiple times throughout the day, and I cannot get enough. And while I am certainly no Derfel Cadarn, I feel my building has improved tremendously.

I want to especially thank all the moderators and Admins who put up with my lunacy and help keep me in check.

Since joining I’ve been able to participate in many contests, trades, hosted an online draft for the Council of Elrond, hosted a Jambalaya, and have made many, many friends, (and even received fatherhood advice from Bruce after the birth of my first son (I am eternally grateful Bruce!)). You guys have welcomed me to the group, eased me in, given me solid advice, and even been there for encouragement through the birth of my son and the completion of a Master's degree.

This is more than just a LEGO forum to me. It's a place where I can come and unwind, relax, get inspired, and laugh at every time Blue has to "reign the boys in" because we are notorisouly bad for getting off the task at hand :tasty:

I especially want to give a shout out to a few guys I regularly interact with (and pester); all of the people in the LCC roleplaying game, especially the Outlaw faction (way too many to list!), bronx, AK_Brickster, Lil_Curt and Aeridian before he went AWOL on us :(. Also all of the dynamic builders who have inspired me, my favorite being; Caelan (Gary_the_Procrastinator), The JJ's, Mark and Bro Steven, MattiusXavier, Disco86, and the one and only Rifirori (Adam your builds are arguably the best ever because of their fantastic story to accompany them).

Now my personal sentiments are over, thanks for reading ;)

Here's for another year and 1,000 more posts :mrgreen:

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:21 pm
by Brickninja
Congrats on 1000 posts! Sorry to seem noobish, but what does AWOL mean?

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:59 pm
by SSchmidt
Absent without leave.
It is a military term.

I don't want to get too technical with it, but it more or less refers, "you have left your post/gone missing without permission."

That's from a civilian's perspective of course. Someone like Bronx could really elaborate if they wanted to ;)

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:09 pm
by Louie le Brickvalier
Congrats on 1,000 posts and even a more congratulations for finishing your Masters! I can personally relate to college, I'm in my second year- I got a long way to go! :)

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:10 pm
by Lil_Curt
Congrates schmidt!

I am honered that you would mention me in your 1000 post. I highly doubt that I will hit 1000 by my 1 year but we shall see where i get. Looking forward to joining the outlaws here in a couple weeks as well. Talk with you soon, thanks for running your draft and here is to mine coming up !

Curt

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:24 pm
by mpoh98
Congrats on 1 year SSchmidt, and 1000 posts! It has been a great year, and I have had a great time interacting with you! Thanks for doing the drafts as well, here is to another great year! :D

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:29 pm
by royalbrickcustoms
Congrats SSchmidt on 1,000 posts! :) Here's to 1000 more!

~RBC

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:21 pm
by Sir Valiant
Congrats Schmidt on reaching 1,000 posts! :) Its been a pleasure to see your builds and get to know you a bit here on Classic-Castle. I always appreciate your insight on a MOC or anything else. You have certainly added a lot to the life of this community.

Here's to 1,000 more! :)

Sir Valiant~

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:20 pm
by soccerkid6
I've enjoyed what interaction I've had with you, especially being part of the first online draft that AK hosted, and more recently seeing you get some builds out.
Congratulations on 1000 posts :)

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:22 pm
by SSchmidt
Thanks guys, all of you, for your well-wishes. I have enjoyed interacting with each one of you!

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:30 pm
by Sir Erathor
Congratulations, that's awesome! It's been great to get to know you since I joined, even if we don't know each other too well! Here's to another year, and another 1000 posts! :D

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:24 pm
by AK_Brickster
Congrats on a big milestone, Schmidt!

Thanks for the shout out. I've really enjoyed your contributions to the community and I hope you stick around for many years to come!

Re: 1,000 posts and 1 year!

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:17 pm
by Rifiröfi
Congrats on your 1000th, I am gonna celebrate my 200th post in some weeks/months :) On a serious note, your comments are very much appreciated! Thanks for mentioning me, I am glad that my MOCs and stories make you smile, I always try to make either/both of them entertaining.

I can assure you that your building skills have been continuously improved, especially after you finally switched to the Outlaws! ;) I mean that.

Cheers
Adam