Halx

By my count, today is the TFP's 5th birthday. On this day in 2002, I submitted a link to Fark.com to drive traffic to my dead little forum. The link got posted and hundreds of people started coming to the TFP. I then used the traffic and shaped a community out of it and this is what we have 5 years later.

I'd like to thank everyone for their role in making this the great site that it is today. From the moderators who put in a great deal of their time to making sure this site is top quality, to the donors who have helped me keep this site afloat throughout the years, to the contributors who give this site it's unique flavor, to the lurkers who have the potential to be another great member. Thank you all.

In "celebration" of this lil event, I've created a Wikipedia page for the TFP. Tilted Forum Project. Feel free to fill out the page with whatever information about the site you'd like to add. I simply wrote up that little ditty just to get the page up there.

Anyways, here's to another five years. Hopefully we can expand some more and grow with the new age. After all, that's what evolution is all about.

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biznatch

This is awesome!
Happy Birthday, Tilted Forum Project!

sadistikdreams

Aw man, and I was thinking about writing a wikipedia entry just for the 5th anniversary!

Oh well, happy 5th, TFP!

Daniel_

Five Years?

Wow! That's practically ancient history in internet years...

Well done TFP.

Well done members.

But most of all, well done Hal.

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Brewmaniac

Happy Birthday, TFP!! My home away from home! Thanks, to Halx for creating this worldwide COMMUNITY and it's member's for a great place to unwind and and
communicate with such a diverse a audience!

Cheers TFP!

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Charlatan

Wow. I can't believe it's been five years.

Congratulations everyone.

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mixedmedia

Happy Birthday, TFP! Wish I had met you earlier.

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Sharon

Happy Birthday!!

eribrav

Very cool. You, in particular, should be very proud of what your creation has become.

laconic1

Wow, hard to believe it's been that long. I'm a bit hesitant about adding anything to the wikipedia page since I don't want to put any misinformation down, but I was thinking about putting down info about each version as far as dates, etc. However I only really know about the end of 3.0 before the hard drive crash and 4.0

analog

Ah, it's been a long road... so fun, though... and there's so much more to look forward to.

Happy birthday, TFP.

grumpyolddude

Congrat, Hal! Happy b-day TFP! And thanks to everyone, for giving a geezer a cool place to hang!

Fly

happy,happy TFP............been a fun ride so far.

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CSflim

I think that the "notability" of TFP may get challenged by the wikipedia community, and the article may get nominated for deletion. To help prevent the article from being deleted, we need something that argues for its notability.
Anyone any ideas?

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mixedmedia

I fixed a typo...changed "fourty" to "forty"....I'm compulsive that way, eh-heh.

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Sultana

Happy birthday TFP--my work away from work. I love this place!

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canuckguy

Happy Birthday! Best place on the net! A toast to Halx!

ubertuber

Happy birthday TFP and congratulations to you Halx!

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streak_56

I don't know what I would've done without TFP at my side. Thanks a ton Halx for creating this wonderful place. Also, does this mean we all get cake in our face or only just Halx?

Destrox

Woohoo! I havnt been here for all 5 years, but I have been around for a while.

Dang time flies.

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snowy

Happy Birthday to us!

Yay! What a great day it was the day I found TFP, and I'm so glad I've stuck around

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stevie667

Happy f'ing birthday!

I doff my hat to Halx.

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Willravel

I wonder how TFP will be doing in five years from now at it's 10 year birthday? Can we take TFP out drinking on it's 21st?

Happy Birthday, TFP, many more.

Dilbert1234567

yay! 5 years.

thanks for the memories.

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Halx

Like I said, if you have more to add, please do. I have 2 references, but it doesn't seem like they work... if someone can get them working, that would be great. I built the writeup based on Fark.com's entry.

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cj2112

sweet! This place is incredible!

TexanAvenger

Five?
*goes out and buys TFP a super-soaker and some "break-your-own" geodes

This is quite possibly the greatest, and coolest, five-year-old ever.

*Nikki*

Happy Birthdayand many many more......

World's King

I feel old.

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Lucifer

happy anniversary everyone. Here's to five more years (who am I kidding, here's to 50 more years)!

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/me lights his lamp beside thy golden door...

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hulk

January 02... Wow. That was a long time ago. Nearly 1/4 of my life

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Willravel

You're 12?
...wait...

JumpinJesus

So TfP is finally off to kindergarten.

I hope it gets to join the coolkids club and stays away from the sewing circles.

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Ourcrazymodern?

...too late, again...
happy to have found you, anyway, happy birthday, tfp.

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shesus

Happy Birthday TFP!
Five years old and already so much sex talk....TFP is cool.

I'm glad that I've found it and wish I could give as much back to it as it has given to me.

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hulk

It's five years ago. 5 x 4 = 20, last time I checked. I'm a little past that :P

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healer

Happy Birthday TFP!

I haven't been here for all 5 - in fact, I lurked for my first 2 years. Here's to an ass-load of more years.

Halx, I salute you.

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absorbentishe

So, is there cake, or pie? I'm hoping for pie.

Thanks for having such a great site Halx!!

Hash_Browns

Pie is good!!

Thanks Halx!

Cheers to all the members!!

Here's to lurking and posting a bunch one month and disappearing the next and knowing it will be here when I get back!!

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