for too long, the staff members have been making the anniversary threads
it’s about time us forum regulars make one ourselves
so I apologize to every person who doesn’t know me and sees this thread, thinking I’m a moderator when in reality I’m just a purple guy who left these forums a month ago and suddenly came back on that same month and then disappeared the following week
but seriously, 7 years
7 years of development
7 years of constant growth and popularity
7 years of this website just existing
even if I just discovered this site like 2 years ago and its forums half a year ago, I still have to commend the hard work and dedication put into this site to make it one of the best manga aggregating sites to ever exist
so thank you, to every moderator, vip and developer of mangadex out there, and I wish for another happy year of this site’s existence
Happy (early) Birthday, MangaDex. (Plykiya had consistently celebrated MangaDex's birthday on the 17th, because that was when the site was made public, but the reason why I'm posting this a week earlier is partly because I fear that Kafka (or any other staff member) would post the anniversary thread on time this year)
but before we can end things with the quotes from our lovely regulars, we gotta recap some major shit that happened in the forums last year
so here they are:
11/3/24:
@hazzack silently left the forums.
This was his last post.
17/3/24:
@Thepandas12 loudly
left the forums.
16/4/24:
@ieatass69 left the forums with a voice that wasn't too quiet, nor too loud.
14/7/24:
@Devourer was banned. (go back a page or two to see why he was).
14/8/24:
@Zephyrus updated
Hoist the Colors after 8 months of silence.
23/8/24:
@Blocky_Mudkip said he should cut back on forum usage. (which he did, until December, where he came back for good)
6/11/24:
@NotGary stopped posting in the forums.
This was his last post. (though, one look at his profile suggests that he is still alive, just permanently lurking the forums)
23/11/24:
@Mr_Detective hosted his 5th music tournament.
8/12/24: I (briefly)
left the forums.
9/12/24:
@vmman (very briefly)
left the forums too.
9/12/24:
@athayanezant briefly
left the forums too.
and to close things off, I have gathered some quotes from our lovely forum regulars!
@Angry_Panda - An old panda born into a family tree of emotional pandas:
@BakedBanana - Criminal wanted in all 47 prefectures of Japan AND all 50 states of the US of A for 300 counts of petty theft, 50 counts of grand theft and one count of assault with a deadly weapon:
(david note: this is a reference to him running away from the JSDF after committing his 137th taiyaki theft)
@Basic_human - Indonesian number 1:
@DavidianMillerian (hey, it’s me!) - Professional stalker, and a wanted criminal in every West Coast state in the US for 11 counts of first degree murder:
@Doedoel - Indonesian number 2:
@Manko-sensei - Second oldest man in the forums, and an avid enjoyer of yuri:
@NotGary - grandchild of Samuel Oak:
(david note: do not consume human fetuses)
@Nyanyan444 - Indonesian number 3:
(david note: I have no idea why he put that asterisk in his last sentence)
@solstice258 - Local Artist
(david note: so(u)lstice is Flask Undertale confirmed???????!!!!!!!!)
@Tony_Mushah - Citizen of Madagascar:
(david note: he originally requested an "Okay" gif from Tenor, but I couldn't find any suitable ones for him so I instead chose the video above)
@vmman - Blind, green parakeet:
@5hijima - Artist number 2 and cnuuy fanatic:
insert text here
anyways, gonna disappear again for the rest of the year from now on unless I feel like making a video again
goodbye people
(oh, and if you want to have a quote in a thread like this in case I make another thread like this, dm me on mangadex and I may consider your offer)
(that is, if you're a forum regular, I don't want to see any newbies dm me)