OMG we are SIX today!

[Eudemon]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyy SIXY Laaaaaadddddyyyy! :nuts:

 

WOW! I really cannot believe this but this community is actually 6 years old today. Even though we have went through a few transitions and name changes the core community, atmosphere and insanity has been here since day 1. Back in 2007 when I was ready to put this place - which started as testdriveunlimitedcentral.com - live I never in a million years had thought we would reach this point. It's not been an easy time that's for sure, we've struggled at times and even come close to death but thanks to a select number of members and loyal supporters we have managed to break through the hardships, keep calm and carry on. :D As most of you long-term members will know, at the start we used to have loads of fun organising cruises and races on games such as TDU, Forza 2 and Gran Turismo 4. PC users stared pouring in and all manners of titles and game types were being discussed, then with the advent of the Chatbox appearing, fun, humour and of course craziness was very quickly the order of daily visits here. :cheeky:

 

Then the modding craze started and things got really interesting, not only did our memberlist start to grow but so did activity as many quality modders started posting their projects and creations for the community to use and enjoy, which in turn brought unbelievable new life to the game and even to this very day, new mods are being released and new players are discovering the utter brilliance of the first TDU. Of course not everyone was all about TDU, the majority was but some people only had a console and with these folk conversations about the next Forza or the on-going debacle with GT5 were rife and constant as well as gorgeous media posting from the PGR games and the utter amazement at just how good Call of Duty 4 was looking to be and turned out.

 

As I said we started mainly as a Test Drive Unlimited fansite and a large part of this past is still indeed very much a part of our community today, however we all know how excited we all were when we started imagining TDU2 and how the actual game itself turned out to be an absolute disaster to those of us who adored the previous game. Couple this with Atari's dire support and communications and things were just getting worse so we had to change, which we did by branching out to more game titles but the sour stench of TDU2 being around the place and the probable no hope of a decent successor made us decide to put it to you guys whether to change or not and overwhelmingly the vote was to change and so we did. The :duck: has always been a core 'tradition' and even a 'mascot' of our community so naturally it seemed only right to keep this and so we did, hence we became turboduck!

 

Now we are getting back on track and actually have a proper website populating the homepage, our memberbase continues to grow and activity and thankfully INSANITY is still as rife and unpredictable as ever. We love having fun with our members and it's testament to you guys that we can ban, rename and do stupid things to you as well as play with the banner, background of which has you laughing along with us. It's this fun and comedic atmosphere along with the mental 'team' I have alongside me here that makes it a joy to keep this place going and I can't thank you all enough. :p

 

As with all communities we have our fair share of 0 post wasters and 1 post runners but we will be doing a good proper clearout of this dead weight in the near future as well as implementing a system to monitor and keep tabs on these people who frankly should just lurk rather than become a member as we are a community and want people to participate in the discussions, not just register and then leave. So thankfully and probably somewhat long-overdue this will be getting taken care of in the next few. :evil:

 

Well if you've read all of that then thank-you, I know I sometimes tend to go on and on and on and on... and I also know this post is not quite as mad as my usual, but I wanted to really convey my thanks and appreciation to you all for sticking with us, having fun, enduring the madness and of course just being a part of this community. It's still a surprise to me how much this place means to some people and also in the rare instances how it's actually affected people too. Just thinking that some of you have grown-up with us is smile inducing and mind twisting at the same time, I know I've certainly experienced and learned a lot.

 

Well that's it, it's been a turbulent and interesting 6 years that's for sure. What will the future hold for turboduck? Who knows but that's part of the fun really and whatever it throws our way we'll just keep doing what we doing and enjoy our time swimming and of course keeping busy in the...

:bathtub:

 

Right that's enough, and to finish this I think I'll do a bit of a nostalgia trip by leaving you with the ending of what I said the first day this place opened.

 

 

Alright go forth and be free and if you have any questions PM or email me and I hope you enjoy it here.

 

Now let's have some fun !!

 

:D

 

Diablo

[CarMadMike]

 

Here's to another 6 years, thanks for all the blood sweat scotch and tears you've put into keeping this place open Diablo! :)

[superhyper]

:excited: Happy birthday TDUCk!

 

It's seriously been that long :eek: Feels like a lot shorter time :hmmm: It's been a pleasure being here with all you people, here's to another year of craziness! :cheers:

[Guest MrLolololXD]

Happy birthday Turboduck!

 

I know I've only been a member here for just over a year now, so I'm relatively new compared to most of you, but I feel I've fit in well. This quickly became my favourite forum that I participate on shortly after joining. It's just so relaxed and fun compared to so many others.

 

*gives Turboduck a birthday present*

 

:bparty:

[TDUFREAK500]

tldr

 

happy b-day TDUCk

[Jorgemodek]

:birthday: Turboduck

 

Wish another 6 years of success :cheers:

[cis4care]

Happy birthday, TDUCk!

We have outlived Atari!

[Guest MrLolololXD]

Happy birthday, TDUCk!

We have outlived Atari!

 

Now that's an awesome way to put it

[The Compensator]

 

Happy birthday, turboduck!!

 

I registered here in 2008 mostly for the TDU mods I believe and till 2011 I wasn't as active as I am now. Gladly I somehow started to like this place, and now I'm spamming this place every day. Thanks to all members here that you guys don't ignore me as many people do in my personal life and the staff for keeping this amazing place alive. :D

 

However, I don't think our memberbase is growing more and more as you, Diablo said. The number of active members is stagnating I think. A lot of people just introduce in the Introduction section and then never post here, which is a real shame. We need to get them involved more. Or email the old members, who used to be active here... :hmmm:

 

:glomp:

[pascallll]

Happy Origin Day TDUCk!

 

Here's to more years of craziness:

:bparty:

[khevolution]

i joined this site at the very beginning of the sites creation, and it has sat in my bookmarks folder ever since, i may not be on here very often, but i do like to pop my head in every now and then.

 

Well done to Diablo and the rest of the community for keeping this place alive!

 

and more then anything else this gives me an excuse to have a few drinks tonight to celebrate!!!

[Soundwave]

Happy 6th Anniversary! :birthday: :duck:

 

:bparty: :bacon: :ilc:

[Andreas¹]

*punches like button*

Happy birthday people and a special thank you to Diablo for keeping this place alive and quacking for all these years. Can't believe I was 13 when I signed up here but here's to another 6 years! :cheers:

[Paladin Skylark]

Happy Birthday T-Duck! I've been here a year and a half and it's been amazing, I've met some great people and some of you I like enough to call my "estranged acquaintances"!

 

I'll be popping out the booze tonight for this.

[hassan1995]

Happy six years my most visited forum my only forum :D

 

I was inactive for a year or under but everyone is family to me :glomp: lets keep it like that and let our community expand and get bigger and better with more crazier people which will be extremely hard to find with all of us still around :lol:

 

Now for bananas...

 

:bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty::bparty: