Scott
Former TS Team Member
- Favourite Ride
- Nemesis
I'm not usually one for gushing and self-indulgent posts, particularly not when there are much more long-standing members of this community than me... However, I thought that this topic could work two-fold, so bare with me.
It was this time a year ago that I signed up to TTF, fresh from visiting Towers for the second time in my life... I was no stranger to forums, but hadn't found one to call 'home' in a while so joined up to the site. Having just returned from Towers I was full of magic and wanted to find a place on the internet where I could read more and more and more about this place that I loved... Within days I felt at home and could chat in depth about a topic I'd always loved but never found anyone to share with: theme parks and coasters. The early days were a learning curve of sorts, but I was fascinated with how much some of you knew about coasters, and spent ages reading topics and posts to learn about all the weird bits of being a coaster enthusiast (like bloody Oprhan Rocker!).
It didn't take long for me to find the button that said 'Chat' and boy was I glad that I did... It connected me with so many of you lovely people who accepted me into your community and have given me some great laughs in the evenings for the last 12 months! I've not yet been on a meet, but I hope to come to one soon and I like to count a lot of you as friends (at least in the online sense) and people that I would trust - and have had deep conversations - with telling a lot of things! I've never felt this close to a community before, so its a really nice thing and I genuinely can't wait to meet you all sometime in the future
- I really hope it won't be too long until I show my face anyway, and if I do I'll be the lanky git with glasses bricking it in the corner xD
Basically, thanks - because I've had a fantastic year being a member of this community. Because it's the people that are on this site right now which have given me such a fantastic time
But it wouldn't be fair to just make a topic gushing about how much I've enjoyed my first year on the site, so I thought that we could all look back over the last year in all our lives and see what has changed... In mine, I've gained a University Degree (which I am immensely proud of), I've gone from strength to strength with my long-term girlfriend and I've begun the next stage in my life (which is scary, but similarly exciting).
If you think about it, who is in the exact position now that they thought they would be in a year ago? What's changed for you? Have things changed for the better or for the worse?
I guess what I'm trying to say is that a year seems like a long time, but in reality it flies by - so what are you going to do with your next 365 days? Thanks TST, and I hope this will be the first of many
It was this time a year ago that I signed up to TTF, fresh from visiting Towers for the second time in my life... I was no stranger to forums, but hadn't found one to call 'home' in a while so joined up to the site. Having just returned from Towers I was full of magic and wanted to find a place on the internet where I could read more and more and more about this place that I loved... Within days I felt at home and could chat in depth about a topic I'd always loved but never found anyone to share with: theme parks and coasters. The early days were a learning curve of sorts, but I was fascinated with how much some of you knew about coasters, and spent ages reading topics and posts to learn about all the weird bits of being a coaster enthusiast (like bloody Oprhan Rocker!).
It didn't take long for me to find the button that said 'Chat' and boy was I glad that I did... It connected me with so many of you lovely people who accepted me into your community and have given me some great laughs in the evenings for the last 12 months! I've not yet been on a meet, but I hope to come to one soon and I like to count a lot of you as friends (at least in the online sense) and people that I would trust - and have had deep conversations - with telling a lot of things! I've never felt this close to a community before, so its a really nice thing and I genuinely can't wait to meet you all sometime in the future
- I really hope it won't be too long until I show my face anyway, and if I do I'll be the lanky git with glasses bricking it in the corner xDBasically, thanks - because I've had a fantastic year being a member of this community. Because it's the people that are on this site right now which have given me such a fantastic time
But it wouldn't be fair to just make a topic gushing about how much I've enjoyed my first year on the site, so I thought that we could all look back over the last year in all our lives and see what has changed... In mine, I've gained a University Degree (which I am immensely proud of), I've gone from strength to strength with my long-term girlfriend and I've begun the next stage in my life (which is scary, but similarly exciting).
If you think about it, who is in the exact position now that they thought they would be in a year ago? What's changed for you? Have things changed for the better or for the worse?
I guess what I'm trying to say is that a year seems like a long time, but in reality it flies by - so what are you going to do with your next 365 days? Thanks TST, and I hope this will be the first of many
