EvThreads Reborn One Year Anniversary

[Osky]

Today is one year from the opening of EvThreads Reborn. A year ago due to unfortunate circumstances our original home was closed down. However it was recreated, now under no master. One year ago Danny sent out a message to the EvThreads community. Here is that message.

I personally have a lot of love for this forum. I made a lot of friends and fun times were had. I want to personally thank Danny for stepping up and creating this forum, also for making me an admin. I've had a lot of fun contributing to the forum. I think it is special. There is only one other forum I've been to were I truly enjoyed my time on it.

Here is to more years to come!

I put up a nice little logo if you're using the Fallen and Ev3 skins. More notably however, FIREWORKS! YAY! Don't worry, they only show up for the front page. I think its cute. :3 ^{(hope they work for you guys )}

[Osky]

Also, consider dropping in the EvThreads chat today! Link is on the navigation bar on top of the page. Or if you know how to use IRC it's irc.freenode.net #evthreads

[harridan]

Aug 6, 2013 23:08:52 GMT -5 Osky said:

Also, consider dropping in the EvThreads chat today! Link is on the navigation bar on top of the page. Or if you know how to use IRC it's irc.freenode.net #evthreads

I'll go clean the dust in chat tonight

Thanks again for making our forum beautiful. I'm sure all active members are thankful to Danny for creating the place and to you for taking such good care of it

[AeternusAmatorius]

Hey! I didn't get that message! Lol. 

But yes, thank you dannycastillo for creating this wonderful forum and thanks to you and Osky for the amazing and wonderful jobs you both do for this forum! I'm so glad to be part of this forum and part of such a friendly community. Not much can be said about a few other EvForums.  

[dannycastillo]

I have a few words.

A year ago something so terrible happened to the Evanescence community. We lost the forum we loved and our main form of contact with the band members and, most importantly, other fans. We lost a place to go when we needed to know what was going on, and we basically lost the best place to share and read information about the band we all love the most.

I've been on Evboard, Evthreads, and I created this forum because I was not going to lose touch with my fellow EvHeads over some stupid and false allegations.

But I could not have done this by myself.

First and foremost, I'd like to thank Osky for all the time he's devoted to making this forum a HOME. Seriously. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Secondly, I'd like to thank my AMAZING staff. I seriously feel like we are at our strongest. Thank you for all your ideas, thank you for all your time, and thank you for doing all the hard work. You guys are all very amazing, and I, along with the rest of the community which elected you, appreciate you wholeheartedly.

And last but not least, I'd like to thank each and every single member of this board. Thank you for being active, and for rebuilding the community. We've still got some lost EvHeads out there that do not know that this place exists, but they'll find their way here.

Happy Birthday, Evthreads!

- dannycastillo

[michael]

Great job with the creating the new forum, it's been great to stay in touch with all the members, haven't been on as much as I'd like to to work and other situations. Keep up the good topics guys.

[rionka]

Thank you guys! Thanks to Danny for that first message that came to me via twitter. My real EvThreads anniversary will be August 11th because I spared some (not really good) time on EvBoard too in that weird meantime after the old ET went down, so I didn't believe at first that something better could begin again. Thanks to many Evfans who eventually found this place again and helped to make a great community with a lot of awesome information. Thanks for the place where I can drool over Ev collections, tattoos, dolls and heartbreaking concert stories. Thanks for the great last EV3 era to all of you. And thanks for the fireworks! I love you. 

And big thanks to Amy, of course.

[princeofpersia]

Thank you dear admins, mods, and every single member of old and new ET for being here and supporting Evanescence and keeping alive this community

Happy bday ETreborn
love you all...

[squinky]

Thanks to Danny for kicking everything off again. I think I have even more thanks than most because the rebirth has brought me and my now future wife together. A cute little story

Additionally, I have been involved in one of the dramas of the board but I hope that I have been forgiven by those involved, and hopefully it can be remain a thing of the past.

EvThreads Reborn had some crazy coincidental timing for my life and its been a ride for the first year

Here's to many more!

[LithiumGoingUnder]

Happy Birthday EvThreads Reborn!


I was a lurker on the old one (I didn't register for an account because I wanted to improve my spelling (I didn't want to look like a fool)but I still understood and read the posts)
I missed my chance to register there
 Fortunately,I found this forum and I would like to thank the administrators for making it possible for old members to reunite and for fans that were too late to register on the old one to register on this one ... 

[ladylollydragon (Kazlan)]

I wasn't a member of the OG EvThreads, so I can't even begin to imagine how you guys felt when it closed down. The only time I've had something similar happen, I had a good month's notice and had time to grieve and say goodbye to everybody. I know that wasn't the case with you guys.

Having said that, I am amazed at this iteration of ET, I really am. I stumbled across the forum in November last year, I can't even remember how I found you, but I am so glad that I found you. This forum, this staff, these members... You guys are all such wonderful people and you have really made this place feel like home to me. I have never felt more welcome, more valued, than I have at this forum. This place is like magic, it really is. I am so thankful to have found you all and so glad that I get to celebrate this wonderful day with you.

[Lana]

i remember the old evthreads and when it was taken down,i was heartbroken.But since this forum came on i feel like i can finally be me. Truthfully we can all agree it is hard to find people around who listen to evanescence but here we are all connected. i have met people here who are just like me. i dont have to modify myself i can be me. I love evanescence,they are my favorite band and i love Evthreads. So lets here it for the first year anniversary *holds up drink* cheers i love you allllll

[Himmelslicht]

Wow, I have so much to say.

I joined EvThreads in September of 2007. It feels like it wasn't that long ago. I joined because I lived in Africa and no one there would listen to foreign bands or such. So I joined, and I made so many friends. My love for the band grew stronger each day and it soon became my "online house" (we can call it that) and where most of my friends were. There was so much fun, I met amazing people I'm still friends with. Although, some friends came and gone but I have sweet memories of everyone.
We had our dramas, I got banned once (ah, funny times, who would've known I'd be a mod one day? I'm such a YOLO), I mastered Photoshop tools because this community had so many great graphic artists (it still does, but it's a little dead on that). We also lost amazing members because they "spoke" a little too much and tried to be good Samaritans, but in the end everything went fine.
When I heard EvThreads was back at first I didn't believe. When I finally believed, I thought it would never be the same though. In my head it would be either boring or tasteless and I thought I would probably give it up after a while. But I found out that the same people I had met before were here, and that was the secret to have the same EvThreads I had seen before, minus the drama, thank God.
I can't thank enough to dannycastillo and Osky for their amazing efforts to make this forum what it is today. Thanks to this, we can keep on loving Evanescence together and still be friends and make friends.

Ahh... I love this place and I love everyone in it. May Ev be with you forever <3

[Deleted]

Huge thanks to dannycastillo for creating this forum. When I first joined, I was in a much worse place than I happen to be in now. As the months went by, I started making friends who have always been there for me. I couldn't thank them enough for the support I've gotten. It's been a wild ride. Lots of things have happened which I hope are things of the past. I've moved on, and I'd like to see everyone else do the same. This forum feels like home to me, and all of you are like my extended family. Thanks to Osky for all the skin work you've done. It's fantastic. harridan and Himmelslicht you're both great mods and good people. @blackentheday Oh THERE you are! XD I've missed you! 

Love to all of you, and the band that ties us all together--Evanescence. Without Amy and the guys and the music, the world will be lacking a brilliant light and even more brilliant souls.

Here's to our first year, and many more in the future.

[A-GAME]

It's been a year already? Wow. Thank you to everyone who made EvThreads Reborn possible.