Welcome back 40 replies to this topic Started by sadude , Jan 18 2009 07:51 AM ·

[sadude]

mm-bbs was formed in 2002 after a couple of members were banned from the jpopmusic MM section. JPM was the main place for English-speaking Morning Musume and Hello! Project fans in the early part of this decade, and it was big enough that some people felt they could split and start an alternate community, especially after the aforementioned banning.

So they did. The board grew and flourished over the years, as well as shrank and contracted. There were ups and downs for whatever reasons, yet despite people's expectations for us to fail and crash and burn, we still live. There's still a community here that refuses to die despite some people really hoping for it. Kind of like H!P itself.

So this turnover is the latest part of that, I guess. Peach and I have been around for a while: we've seen different admin and ownership styles, and we have our own ideas of what direction to take the board in. Being a part of the community means a lot to us, so Peach and I both jumped at the opportunity to take over when no one else would. We decided that we'd be co-owners: she's the chief here, and I'm taking care of the hosting. Shelly (strawberryjam) is still head tech guru, also, and we owe her a lot for her hard work in maintaining and bringing up the board. This board wouldn't be here if it weren't for her, basically. She put in a lot of work and finished the tech parts way before the re-opening of the board, despite being on vacation where she shouldn't be working. Give her many, many thanks next time you see her.

The board was down for over a month now, and I'm sure that some people didn't really care if it came back or not or would've been glad if it didn't. I don't know about you, but it felt a little empty not having the board and its people around. We hope that the community means a lot to you guys as well, and that you'll participate and help out where you can. It wouldn't be the same without everyone's participation, since that's the very definition of a community. We hope that you trust us to lead it.

- s

[strawberryjam]

Shelly (strawberryjam) is still head tech guru, also, and we owe her a lot for her hard work in maintaining and bringing up the board. This board wouldn't be here if it weren't for her, basically. She put in a lot of work and finished the tech parts way before the re-opening of the board, despite being on vacation where she shouldn't be working. Give her many, many thanks next time you see her.

That was very nice of you to say, thank you.

I want to thank everyone too for their hardwork and everyone's patience too!

Anyways, I'd really like to encourage everyone post more. It's been more quiet and I feel like everything's become so serious here. New year, so lets everyone cheer up!

[Girasol]

That was the longest break from the board ever!! Thank you both so much for all of your hard work! It's really appreciated

[Milly]

Congratulations on getting the board back up and running. Good job! I didn't even have to re-register.

I kinda missed this place. I'll try and post more from now on.

[Tsuki]

Yay it's back. Maybe I'll try and be more active for this iteration of the mmbbs, but who knows! I still have a vicious tendency to want to lurk though, but if people don't post, then I won't have stuff to lurk!

Or something. Whatever! Thanks to everyone who had a hand in bringing it all up again, I'll be looking forward to the boards coming alive again.

[alita87]

Thank you for getting the board back up! I missed it so much.

I too hope it'll become more active again, I miss the weekly updates of shows with pictures and commentary. I will try my best to participate more as well in ways that are appreciated.

[chairmankaga]

A huge thank you to everyone who had a hand in bringing the board back to life.

[Gypchan]

Welcome back MMBBS and thank you to everyone who worked hard to get it up and running again!

[Falcon]

Thank you guys for all the hard work getting the board back up, it just wasn't the same without it.

[Shoujo Q]

Welcome back MM-BBS, it's like a home away from home.

A big thank you to the team for bringing everything back.

[Pi Miki]

Thanks alot for all of your hard work. I would've definitely missed this board if it never came back!

[neshcom]

Thank you to everybody involved!

[wil]

Welcome back!

Thank you guys for the work to bring the MM-BBS back up and running.

[Special Needs Tricycle]

THANKS GUYS

[Koolmon]

Thanks and welcome back!

[Red Shadow]

Many thanks to Peach, Sadude, Shelly and all those involved for all your hard work in bringing the board back. It's much appreciated!

[Mikan]

Thanks for getting the forum back! I haven't been around for long, but I really missed this place.

[Joel]

Anyways, I'd really like to encourage everyone post more. It's been more quiet and I feel like everything's become so serious here. New year, so lets everyone cheer up!

I definitely agree! I remembered when I first joined here in the summer of '05. Everyone was(?) a bitch towards me, but that's all in the past now! I've really grown to really like this board, and I really do appreciate sadude, Peach, strawberryjam, and everyone else for working really hard on this board.

THANK YOU!

I have a question though, are doing that thing where sadude plays snippets of H!P songs, and we all race to see who can name them? Since December already past, some may have forgotten, but I would like to do it again this year. Even though I know sadude will have to do all the setting up stuff.

[Special Needs Tricycle]

I have a question though, are doing that thing where sadude plays snippets of H!P songs, and we all race to see who can name them? Since December already past, some may have forgotten, but I would like to do it again this year. Even though I know sadude will have to do all the setting up stuff.

DUDE YES. I totally forgot about this!

Except Joel isn't allowed to play this year. He cheats.

[Joel]

I have a question though, are doing that thing where sadude plays snippets of H!P songs, and we all race to see who can name them? Since December already past, some may have forgotten, but I would like to do it again this year. Even though I know sadude will have to do all the setting up stuff.

DUDE YES. I totally forgot about this!

Except Joel isn't allowed to play this year. He cheats.

I cheat? I got second place fair and square!

[Infinite Loop]

Thank you guys for doing this, honestly and sincerely.

[Al Kusanagi]

Thanks for getting the board back online. I sincerely hope it provides you with far less headaches than it did me.

[makoto]

omgomg, the board is back!! I have been checking the board regularly since it was down.
BIG thanks to those who has been working hard on resurrecting the board
It is nice to know a bit of history about the board too...
emm, i have been to jpopmusic too, but I end up choosing here. This board seems better crafted, I can't stand a forum that doesn't even has its own banner.

[sadude]

I have a question though, are doing that thing where sadude plays snippets of H!P songs, and we all race to see who can name them? Since December already past, some may have forgotten, but I would like to do it again this year. Even though I know sadude will have to do all the setting up stuff.

DUDE YES. I totally forgot about this!

Except Joel isn't allowed to play this year. He cheats.

Yup, we will. I had it in mind for December, actually, and then the board went down. I'll post details later.

[SacredCultivator]

Man nice to have this back up!!!

[Monkeypretzels]

Hi, Everyone . Nice to here from you agian. Thank You for all your work. I ( we) all really appreciate it.

[dnzero]

Great job on getting the board back up everyone! It's nice to see it up and running again

[Captain Max]

I have to give my props to Shelly for building the new bbs. It's nice that this place is back again.

[Sabaku Ika]

I had been out of touch with the bbs community for a little while before it died and I was never sure if it was gone forever or coming back. That would have been sad.
But then it did! It's good to see all of you again and thanks to those who fixed it.

I had been out of touch with the bbs community for a little while before it died and I was never sure if it was coming back. That would have been sad. But then it did! Good to see all of you again and thanks to those who fixed it.

[Peking Duck]

Thank you, thank, and thank you for bringing the board back and the hard work you all put into it. I really did miss it while it was down especially where there aren't many alternatives.