Kudos and Applause for this site...

I have been galavanting around the site for the last 9 days and I'm really impressed. I now have an outlet for my HP concerns. I'm unfortunately not surrounded in my day-to-day life by HP enthusiasts and this has been quite a find. Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.

:clap:

TTFN,

:blush: Aww shucks!

Thanks. We're glad you found us too :)

I have been galavanting around the site for the last 9 days and I'm really impressed. I now have an outlet for my HP concerns. I'm unfortunately not surrounded in my day-to-day life by HP enthusiasts and this has been quite a find. Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.

:clap:

TTFN,


I felt the same way when I found this site.:D I now visit every day.

Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.

Thats just how I felt about a week after first joining :)

I can't live without this site now that i've found it :lol:....Im hooked and i dunno how i did anything before discovering it...and that was only 3 months ago :rotfl:

I HEART CoS!!

I felt the same way! I had just moved across the country, away from all of my HP friends. I found COS after searching the internet for a discussion board. I haven't looked back since!

PS - nice username!

Yep. Those were my feelings when I first joined. It's a tremendous place. Kudos and applause are in order indeed. :)

To all who have commented thus far and those who opt to in the future. Sheesh! I'm in fine company then. My schedule now goes like this:

work days
0525 -- rise and shine
0530 -- check MN/CoS
0625 -- leave for work
1055 -- first shift done, go home
1110 -- check MN/CoS
1130 -- do emails
1145 -- eat
1200 -- check MN/CoS
1215 -- Nap
1600 -- Up and At 'em
1605 -- check MN/Cos
1700 -- work
2100 -- home
2115 -- galavant around MN/CoS, eat, beddie bye ;)

non work days
More MN/CoS time :clap:

Well, I certainly recommend fitting in some cardio time. :)

*follows own advice*

Awww I would rather be here than doing cardio *needs to do more cardio* :whistle:

[quote=Ana-Magus;4282892]Well, I certainly recommend fitting in some cardio time. [quote]

Ahhhh. Uhhhhhm. Some day for sure.

;)

TTFN

Uhm, schedule change starting Monday. No more split shift as I'll be going to the tech dept. So, I'll be having to limit my HP fix time, but I'll have time to read more, I hope. The cardio is definitely more doable now. Nothing else to do on lunch after I've eaten.

TTFN

You can't beat CoS Forums! I have been coming back nearly every day for 4 years!

I absolutely love this website, and now I somewhat revolve my schedule around it...

6:30 Wake up
6:45 Check COS
7:00 Breakfast
7:30 Check COS
8:00 School
Blah, blah, blah...
3:30 Check COS
4:00 Relax
5:00 Exercise
6:00 Homework
7:00 Dinner
7:30 More Homework
8:00 Check COS
8:15 Relax
9:00 Check COS, E-mail, other computer stuff
10:00 Read
11:00 Bed

Anyways, I'm not too much of an interesting person.

Wouldn't that be relevant to who's making the assessment? ;)

TTFN


I absolutely love this website, and now I somewhat revolve my schedule around it...

6:30 Wake up
6:45 Check COS
7:00 Breakfast
7:30 Check COS
8:00 School
Blah, blah, blah...
3:30 Check COS
4:00 Relax
5:00 Exercise
6:00 Homework
7:00 Dinner
7:30 More Homework
8:00 Check COS
8:15 Relax
9:00 Check COS, E-mail, other computer stuff
10:00 Read
11:00 Bed

Anyways, I'm not too much of an interesting person.

Awww I would rather be here than doing cardio *needs to do more cardio*
I'm waiting for some bright spark to invent a means of exercising while surfing the internet. I mean, how hard can it be to combine an exercise bike with a computer?I have been galavanting around the site for the last 9 days and I'm really impressed. I now have an outlet for my HP concerns. I'm unfortunately not surrounded in my day-to-day life by HP enthusiasts and this has been quite a find. Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.
CoS is the best HP forum ever! I can't believe how I spent the first years of Harry Potter fandom all on my own! Three cheers for our long-suffering mods! :clap: :clap: :clap:

I'm waiting for some bright spark to invent a means of exercising while surfing the internet.

Hear! Hear! (Or, is it: Here! Here!, hmmmm?) :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

TTFN

Kudos and Praise and Hugs and Kisses and Pats on the Back and tons of Chocolate to Ali and Kizz!!!!

You guys ROCK!!!

:wow: *steals one ton of chocolate and runs away*


Ok. Your work was awesome, thanks a lot! *brings the tons back with just one bar missing*

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Thank you so much guys!!! I know you worked hard!

Ali, Kizz, you guys walk... on water!

To All the Tech Wizards who keep this site running so well ,A heart felt THANK YOU & WELL DONE !!!

I wanted to say thank you for not keeping a forum where I have to wade through ads and pop-ups to get to the goods. It's the absolute height of what I think responsible family-oriented forums should be. I especially applaud your decision to take the high road, in my opinion, regarding certain all-over-the-place-and-not-family-friendly images that have been aired this week. This is absolutely the right decision -- to not post links to the images, for example -- and I think it speaks to your integrity. :tu:

I think this thread just proves what a lot of us have known for many years- that CoS is without a doubt the best HP forum on the net :)

I wish I had as much time to devote to this place as I once did- I remember three years ago when all I would do was be on CoS. I'd be on before work of a morning, I'd be on at work and then I'd spend all night on. I'd never had as much fun as I did here, having crazy conversations about Snape, or planning on making a movie with the John Marsden books or any of the other crazy things we used to talk about.

But as always happens in life, sometimes you have to let things slip away, which is what I've unfortunatly had to do with CoS as my life has changed and evolved. But even through all the changes in my life, I know that CoS will always be the same. The same people will be here. The same debates will rage. The same craziness will continue.

And that is all thanks to the wonderful admins and staff that keep this place going like clockwork- and it's not an easy job, believe me, I know first hand.

*raises glass*

So here's to CoS- one of the very few things in my life that is the same as it was many years ago, and hopefully the thing that will stay the same for many years to come. I know that after DH has been released this place will stay around, more for the fact that we are pretty much a family these days, not an online community.

I wanted to say thank you for not keeping a forum where I have to wade through ads and pop-ups to get to the goods. It's the absolute height of what I think responsible family-oriented forums should be. I especially applaud your decision to take the high road, in my opinion, regarding certain all-over-the-place-and-not-family-friendly images that have been aired this week. This is absolutely the right decision -- to not post links to the images, for example -- and I think it speaks to your integrity.
Quite right! And I'm especially glad that there are no nasty ads and pop-ups here.

Yea, I'd rather be here than anywhere else! The time I've spent on this site, is 75% longer than any other site.

I have been galavanting around the site for the last 9 days and I'm really impressed. I now have an outlet for my HP concerns. I'm unfortunately not surrounded in my day-to-day life by HP enthusiasts and this has been quite a find. Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.

:clap:

TTFN,

I'm exactly the same. It's great here. The only problem is that everybody seems to know SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much about HP compared to me and believe me, I've read the books loads of times!:huh:

Looks like I'll have to read them all again then:tu:

I have been galavanting around the site for the last 9 days and I'm really impressed. I now have an outlet for my HP concerns. I'm unfortunately not surrounded in my day-to-day life by HP enthusiasts and this has been quite a find. Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.
:clap:
TTFN,

I feel just the same way! I discovered this site while bouncing around Mugglnet looking for answers. Now I'm an addict, totally hooked!:drool: I like that the site is managed so well. It's not like so many others where people start fighting and being rude to each other. I also like that you give everyone a goal to work towards (hogsmeade, titles, etc.) That makes it a lot more fun. I'll be telling my students about this site (and I'm sure the parents will appreciate the rules and safety.)

(and I'm sure the parents will appreciate the rules and safety.)
That's one of the things that Morgoth and the rest of the staff are very proud of. We want everyone to feel safe and respected here. Thank you.

I feel the exact same way about this site. I dont know what I did without it. Not very many people around me are into Harry Potter, (though I did get my sister interested; shes now on Prisoner of Azkaban) but here I can discuss things!! And I've learned a ton of theories and have been able to look more deeply into characters and stuff. It's definitely made me a ton more Potter-knowledgable. I'd hate to see where I would be without this site. It would be a much stupider place.

And I've learned a ton of theories and have been able to look more deeply into characters and stuff. It's definitely made me a ton more Potter-knowledgable. I'd hate to see where I would be without this site. It would be a much stupider place.

I also appreciate the in-depth discussions. It's nice to have some affirmation from so many people that HP really is quality literature, not just a kids book. I can read the books now in a totally different way. I think this is also what makes JKR an absolute hero for literacy in this country. My kids are hooked on...books!:clap: Websites like this can give them an outlet that makes talking about reading cool, even addictive. I wish I could tell JKR in person that her impact as a writer is immeasurable--I suppose I can't :shrug: but I can certainly can tell the COS people that theirs is, too.:tu:

I also appreciate the in-depth discussions. It's nice to have some affirmation from so many people that HP really is quality literature, not just a kids book. I can read the books now in a totally different way. I think this is also what makes JKR an absolute hero for literacy in this country. My kids are hooked on...books!:clap: Websites like this can give them an outlet that makes talking about reading cool, even addictive. I wish I could tell JKR in person that her impact as a writer is immeasurable--I suppose I can't :shrug: but I can certainly can tell the COS people that theirs is, too.:tu:
I agree, I feel like I'm expressing my thanks to Jo by being involved in fandom and helping to build all the mutual excitement. These books are the epitome of what literature ought to be IMO: fun and entertaining, intriguing and creative, simple enough for a child yet complex enough for the most discerning adult :lol:

As for CoS, I've been impressed over and over by the staff. There are always people who feel the rules are too tight or too loose, but I think they tread a good middle ground. Being kind rather than crushing to enthusiastic noobs, and yet straightforward with those who overstep the bounds. Other forums I've been a part of have been far less polite and far more 'brutal' in the weighing out of justice. CoS manages to be beautifully organized & efficient ! So enough gushing :love: that's my peace on the matter. Happy V-day!

I agree, I feel like I'm expressing my thanks to Jo by being involved in fandom and helping to build all the mutual excitement. These books are the epitome of what literature ought to be IMO...

My one thought is that more young folks are reading. Not just the 1/4 inch thick books but books that requires hours of inactivity and thought. And, the vocabulary she uses in her books isn't pop jargon necessarily. Even I had to take the dictionary out a time or two and that's what many young folks need to get back into doing. All-in-all, this is one result of the HP series that I feel is invaluable and should be cherished.

TTFN

Love the sight, just getting truely into it.

Great place for the real passions to be let out with people where you know they will be excepted.

Congratulations on 70,000 members...and counting! :tu:

Congratulations on 70,000 members...and counting!

Actually we are still at 64900. Because the statistics appearing on the main page doesn't revise itself with deleted member accounts, thus you see 70000 members. ;)

That still means 70 000 people have registered here, though! Not bad at all!

Is it just me or has the number of registered users increased drastically within the span of a day following Mugglenet's announcement? I've seen the number on the main page increase by 600 atleast today ;)

Mugglenet's announcement?

That would have helped boost the number of members enrolling. ;)

That still means 70 000 people have registered here, though! Not bad at all!Thank you Anabel :love:

Is it just me or has the number of registered users increased drastically within the span of a day following Mugglenet's announcement? I've seen the number on the main page increase by 600 atleast today ;)

No I saw many hundreds people join too. Quite amazing really. I thought that every single Mugglenet visitor must have already joined. Now we have so many more people. 71 thousand already today, which means more than 1,000 people joined in 24 hours. Crazy...

It's obviously great to have so many new members. It would be wonderful if all the "older" members can help the newer people to feel at home here. :)

We'll do our best, Jessica. :)

Oh and Muggledude, I love your sig! :lol:

It's obviously great to have so many new members. It would be wonderful if all the "older" members can help the newer people to feel it home here.
Happy to! I remember how big and scary CoS was when I first joined.

Happy to! I remember how big and scary CoS was when I first joined.
It's still big and scary. :scared:

It's still big and scary. :scared:
:lol: but now it's like Hagrid--familiar, big and scary!

familiar, big and scary!

You mean familiar, big and adorable. :p

Adorable unless he cooks for you.

topic please.

I am VERY new to CoS and am actually new to the whole internet messageboard thing- I've been on one other messageboard for almost 3 years now and I'm very secure in that community- I do not feel that sense of security here yet, but feel sure that as I learn to navigate the waters, that will change.

I am extremely impressed with the layout of this forum and the moderation of it. You all do an excellent job of maintaining the integrity of this environment and I would not mind one bit for my own teenaged daughters to play here.

Well done.

I am VERY new to CoS and am actually new to the whole internet messageboard thing- I've been on one other messageboard for almost 3 years now and I'm very secure in that community- I do not feel that sense of security here yet, but feel sure that as I learn to navigate the waters, that will change.

I am extremely impressed with the layout of this forum and the moderation of it. You all do an excellent job of maintaining the integrity of this environment and I would not mind one bit for my own teenaged daughters to play here.

Well done.
Aw shucks :blush:. Thanks for the layout belongs to Ali (the wonderful Wizard ;)). Thanks for the moderation is due solely to the example and high standards that Morgoth has set for us all to follow.

Thanks for the moderation is due solely to the example and high standards that Morgoth has set for us all to follow.

That brings out another aspect required to be an Auror, you need to be modest. :agree:

You can take some credit Sage, for you guys do an awesome job. :clap:

I want to take a moment and put my hands together for the new skins for the site! :clap: Wonderful! Wow! Bravo! Encore! I like both of the new designs and will be flipping back and forth between the two but the UK one is especially nice. Love the red and purple together!

May I ask who the creator(s) is/are?

TTFN

Oh, just notices on the uk skin the more link under the icons is hard to see. Perhaps a diff color is in order for the text? :D

May I ask who the creator(s) is/are?
The answer you'll find here (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=75586&page=9) (post 165). :D

The answer you'll find here (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=75586&page=9) (post 165). :D
Thanks gertie! I'll just move my comments there!

TTFN

I love it here!! :love: I don't know what I'd do if I had never found CoS! I'm so glade I had stumbled on it when I was searching through goole. Like most, I wish I had found it as soon as I had picked up a Potter book, but then I was only in fifth grade and didn't learn about internet when I was in 6th! But I found it then and it was a good thing too. It's awesome here! :drool:

BTW -- the little old librarian I pointed in the direction of CoS is now referring parents who come to her with questions about DH. See how it works? Good site = happy fan who is also a parent, who goes to library and talks to librarian, who talks to other parents, who make CoS EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER!!!!! :tu:

integrity is key, friends -- keep it up, please, without it, you don't have a thing!!! :agree:

i love it!
i think ive been here 3 days?
its fun and u admin/mods are great! xxx

I'd also like to express my thanks towards COS, and like others I am getting angrier with every post that I had not discovered it years back. Great Work.

and Annie Magus- what does TTFN mean?

what does TTFN mean?Ta ta for now - like 'Bye bye for now'. :D

Thanks - Now that you mention it I've heard that before

Well I'm not sure if this is the right place for this post, but I'm sure it will be fine:

I'd just like to thank Alastor for starting the update thread for JKR's website. I hardly ever check it, and I don't have the patience to follow the thread here, so it's nice to get updates in a specific thread.
Thanks!

Thanks!

It wasn't my Idea, it was requested by another member.

I'd just like to thank Alastor for starting the update thread for JKR's website. I hardly ever check it, and I don't have the patience to follow the thread here, so it's nice to get updates in a specific thread.
Thanks!
I second that! I can now get instant email notifications of updates to Jo's site! It's fantastic!

Thirded! Does that even exist, or does it go to discussion now, and then for an official vote...?

Um, I'll just stick with thirded... :relax:

It does exist. Here (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=104716).

I've got to say, the people, especially mods, are awful nice on this site. I've just had my thread locked, and I'm not harboring any ill will at all. I like the whole idea of suggesting that I look elsewhere, rather than the usual declarations about my inability to search that I am plastered with on other forums.

I've got to say, the people, especially mods, are awful nice on this site. I've just had my thread locked, and I'm not harboring any ill will at all. I like the whole idea of suggesting that I look elsewhere, rather than the usual declarations about my inability to search that I am plastered with on other forums.

I had at least ten threads locked when I was a newbie :lol: Searching isn't always as easy as it looks!

I'd like to thank all of the staff members who are putting themselves in the way of spoilers by checking all of the threads before letting anybody else see them.:tu:

I'd just like to say a HUGE thank you to Morgoth, Lanifel - and all the other staff who work so hard on this site. It is very well run, and the staff are very friendly. My thirteen year old son is also a member and it is great to know that he is safe here. My eleven year old now wants to join!
I'd particularly like to say thanks for working so hard to keep the forums spoiler free - especially as the ones who put in the hard work are those most likely to get spoiled. I really do hope that all the staff get to read DH without being spoiled.

Happy to! I remember how big and scary CoS was when I first joined.

I was so scared it took me 3 months after registering before I actually dared post anything.

I just want to say thanks for all your efforts in keeping COS spoiler free.:clap:

I was so scared it took me 3 months after registering before I actually dared post anything.

I just want to say thanks for all your efforts in keeping COS spoiler free.:clap:

I joined the first day I found it, posted some things (probably not the same day lol) and I can't remember what it was but I posted and when I came back a few days later.. the thread was gone! I was so lost :lol:

Just pointin out that this site MUST br doing something good to rake in the minions *cough* as it has almost 1,000,000 members (not yet, to date there's 972 thousand odd members already)

well, it got us, didn't it? :p ^_^

I was so scared it took me 3 months after registering before I actually dared post anything.
I think it took me a week!

I think it took me a week!


Pfft I was owling Morgoth inside a minute to tell him how much better the site could be... True story... :lol:

I was so scared it took me 3 months after registering before I actually dared post anything.
The exact same thing happened to me! :D

On topic: That's a great site (with more good things than bad things) and I'm grateful to those who run it. :)

Indeed, alot of cheese, chocolate and goldfish crackers for you. I owe you so much. :D

Pfft I was owling Morgoth inside a minute to tell him how much better the site could be... True story...

:lol: You were one of those irritating people! If you did that now, you'd have to ban yourself!

Pfft I was owling Morgoth inside a minute to tell him how much better the site could be... True story... :lol:

Why doesn't that surprise me? :lol::p

I'm impressed with the new image....the 'dark page'...very mysterious. There are Dark Times ahead, and your new page is covering this very well. 10 out of 10 for me!

It's been over 6 mos. since I've found this site and I'm still coming back for more. Now that's saying something. This is one of the best forums I've been on. Thanks and kudos to the staff, yet again.

:D

TTFN

Thanks for all the hard work to all you guys. I hope you haven't had too many spoilers to deal with, and that you can, with all of us, enjoy the movie, enjoy the book, and enjoy (well sort of) the riot that will follow when we all want to post at the same time!

It's the best site there is.

I don't really remember when I first started reading these forums (I had an account previously once upon a time, but never posted...then I didn't come on for months and I forgot the password, and it never came through in email). I've been posting with this account for about a year and a half now, if I remember correctly...but only actively in the past year. CoS is seriously one of the only 100% literate forums that I've seen online...by that, I meen 2 say taht their is basicly no cht spk at al (ah, that was painful), and the intelligent discussions far outnumber the pointless ones (which are pretty much nonexistent here). It's a nice change from the typical internet forum. I also really like how there are no ads and whatnot...who really wants to be bombarded with ads from online dating services while reading a forum? The family-friendliness, for lack of a better word, is also a bonus...unlike some people my age, I don't have the desire to hear (or in this case, see, I suppose) people insert curse words into their dialogue at every possible moment. Overall, CoS has become a (big, now that it's summer) part of my daily routine. I also have to thank this forum, in particular Magical Masterpieces, for sparking my graphics design hobby...I most likely would never have picked it up if it weren't for this forum.

So, kudos and applause for the staff (and members, too) of CoS! :clap:

this is the best hp forum site ever, I don't go anywhere else for hp news, except maybe mugglenet

I really look forward to coming to this site every day (even on days when I haven't been in awhile and have 20 pages of new threads to look at). It is so well run and has so many interesting things going on. Thanks to all of you!

Thank you CoS! :birthday: You now have me hooked. All of the staff are very nice, (for the most part. :grumble:) and the thread go in depth of everything imaginable to the HP universe. This site has something for every HP fan, as young as they are able to get onto the computer to as old as they can still read, this site is for them. Games, predictions, real-world discussion, great people, in depth discussion, and much more. Thanks, and altough I am new here, I am sure that I will be hooked for quite a while. Ohh, and :birthday:

i LOVE LOVE this site. it's the next best thing to the books.

I dont know what I would have done if it had not been for mugglenet. After I read all of my HP book I started going crazy and I found mugglenet.

Thank you (CoS) for this site! :love:

I have been galavanting around the site for the last 9 days and I'm really impressed. I now have an outlet for my HP concerns. I'm unfortunately not surrounded in my day-to-day life by HP enthusiasts and this has been quite a find. Just wish I'd discovered this site when I picked up my first HP book.

:clap:

TTFN,

Quite similar here.
:)

..Just recently I found out I had had an account here for about two years.
..I don't even remember joining, but obviously I did, and Im not sure why I just...registered and then left.. but ever since I came back I've been completely in love with this.:love:

One day early for the birthday, but as I can't be sure I'll be on tomorrow I'll use this moment to wish CoS a happy birthday. :)

The Harry Potter series wouldn't have been the same without this forum, its speculations and theories. I wish to thank the staff for making such a great site, but also the average user for participating to make this such a good place. :)
It is way more complex and speculative than many other HP forums, which are basically like "OMG I mean lyke rupert is so totally hot!"
So thanks for making a forum with a bit more substance. :P

My heartfelt thanks for having the foresight to begin this site so that we can get together and discuss our thoughts on Harry Potter. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

:birthday:CoS:birthday:
I was.. what.. 9, pushing 10, when this forum started.. didn't know about it until I was 13... I think I can honestly say I've made up for lost time! *gives forum birthday hug, cake, present etc!*
:birthday:CoS:birthday:

i was only 10 years old when this site started

thank you COS for filling up my hours of boredom with hours of harry potter nonsense :)

:birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday:


at least i can be assured that once the HP series is over....you guys will keep it alive :)

A belated congratulations on a million (and plus) posts :clap:

:tu:

:clap:

:birthday:


I love you guys :love:

Kudos to the creators of this FANTASTIC forum!

Happy birthday
and my heartfelt Thanks to the staff

Happy Birthday CoS. :)

Oh its your birthday. A Very Very Happy Birthday COS.:birthday::birthday::birthday:

I am not very old in this Potter universe but for the little time I am in, your site made my experience of Harry potter 10 times more pleasant. I visit this site almost everyday and its mostly the 1st thing I do on connecting to net. I love this site.:love:

Ali! I love the birthday balloons!

Good thing gertie isn't here or no one would get any cake.

click on it. ;)

Sweet!

click on it. ;)
Whoa! That rocks, dude! :clap:

:birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday:

You rock!

*click* Ooooh! *click* Aaaah! *clickclickclickclickclick* Pretty colors!

Oooh, what a nice surprise. That's awesome! *keeps clicking*

Ooh, awesome Ali!

clickclickclickclick...I am so easily amused...clickclickclick :lol:

That is so cool! CoS deserves fireworks!

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/kitunen/birthday.png

Hagrid didn't spell it quite right, so have a Harry...er, Happy Birthday, CoS! Keep up the good work!

The fireworks are awesome, Ali!

Edit: I just went back and clicked it about 20 more times...:p

If you click it really fast, you get lots of slow fireworks. :p

If you click it really fast, you get lots of slow fireworks. :p

Oooooh...Macy*s has competition. :tu: Now we just need some performing artists, any volunteers? :p

:birthday: COS!! :clap:

:lol: I must say that I find the birthday celebration clickable item quite amusing. :D

Yah!! for 5 years. :clap:

I hate this site--I waste entirely too much time here, when I could be doing something productive!!!

Just kidding, I love COS--lots of fun and great discussions. Happy Birthday, COS, and many happy returns!

click on it. ;):tu:

Happy Birthday!! =] And thanks for helping our addictions for Potter!! :) :drool:

I`m a writing member a year now only, but I read here for a much longer time.:birthday: Many more years to come after the release of DH!

Edit: The confetti looks gorgeous, great work!

:birthday:

Happy Birthday CoS The Best Harry Potter Site in the whole World !! :clap:

And Many Many More

:clap: Happy Birthday CoS! We love you! :clap:

Yes, Happy Birthday CoS!

Happy birthday CoS!
And huge thanks to all the staff who make this such a great place to hang out! :love:

Happy birthday, Chamber of Secrets forums! Thank you for making my life more enjoyable :)

:love: :love: :love:


I LOVE the fireworks!!! :D

EDIT: Morgoth, you've got five stars now :wow:

Happy 5th birthday, CoS!

Love the clicky, Ali.


Good thing gertie isn't here or no one would get any cake.Did you already eat all? :scared: *runs to look*

Happy Birthday, CoS! :birthday:

Happy Birthday! My last summers wouldn't have been funny without you!

click on it. ;)

That is so cool! :D *clicks again*

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/heslunatic/HOBirthdayBalloons5HL.gif CoS

A big thanks to all the staff especially Morgoth and the other admins...

Here's to five more years ;)

Happy Birthday! Thanks for the many hours of company when I have been in the house on my own!

Getting a bit click happy with the fireworks!!! I'm easily amused!

*Gives all the staff a CoS birthday hug!*

:birthday: CoS!!!
I love this forum!

Yay, another joyous event to celebrate! It's my dad's birthday too, today!

Happy Birthday CoS!!!!

I cannot thank the mods enough for making this such a lovely place to spend so much time on! :huggles:

I must say, the little banner on the corner has had me entertained for quite a while!

*giggles* fireworks! they rock ^_^

:clap:Happy birthday, CoS!! WOO!!:clap:

(and Snivelly's dad, too :))

Big thanks to CoS and long live! Hehe, not sure every staff member want a long life to this site but we, members, do!

Time flies! Happy Birthday to CoS!! :)

:birthday: CoS!

:birthday: !!!! :clap:

:birthday:

:birthday: Good thing we were able to get this said before the forums shut down.

:birthday: Ohh, and happy 5 years here, Morgoth! What would we do without you? *Makes list of things we could get away with...* :lol: Here's to 5 more years!

*tackles site in hugs* *sees members* *pulls all the members into the hug*
:huggles::huggles:
I've been so bored without CoS (while I had my internet connection of course, it was easier when that went lol) thank God for books lol

Hello everyone!

It is so good to see everyone back. I have really missed this board.

It's been a while since I've been here, and I'd all but forgotten about that awesome double-post prevention feature. None of the other forums I frequent use it! I was just about to click the edit button to append to a post last night, when I remembered: "Ah-hah! I don't need to do that here!"

This isn't just the best HP forum I know; it's the best-run forum period, and I really mean that. You all do fantastic work here. How did I manage to say away so long?

What I really appreciate about Mugglenet is that it's (at least some time) spoiler-free. I read the first six books in German und I'm currently lacking time to reread them in English to get into the HP terminology. But I don't want to do without news around the Potterverse. With the whole spoiler policy it's absolutely safe to visit Mugglenet and CoS...

I'm baaaack!!!!!!!!!! I missed CoS! I'm sure the staff are running around like House Elves at the moment, so I just want to congratulate you all and wish you luck!

I'd like to thank everyone at CoS for allowing me to reach DH completely spoiler free. Thank you so much for the effort you put in, it is really appreciated :clap:

Welcome back online! Still feeling my way through the site, but I am sure I will figure it out soon!

Wonderful site! I wish I had found it sooner. I feel comfortable posting on this forum and I'm very happy that this is a safe place for the younger crowd to discuss the Harry Potter books. :tu:

This forum has been here so long and has been just like a community. While reading this forum I could truly be among my reading peers. It's like having a lot of friends interested in the same thing. On the whole this community has been rather friendly, open, and warm. I would just like to take the time to congratulate all the staff, moderators, and owners of this site. It has really been a great experience. And Lastly I would like to thank Jo for without her harry potter would not exist and it has been such as big part of my life as I am sure it has been with everyones.

Thanks!!!

Just want to add my Kudos! Well done guys, good job!

Thanks too, everyone I know doesn't obsess as much as I do, and if my boyfriend wasn't nocturnal, I wouldn't be here at all. I would be out all the time, but he sleeps during the day.

:tu:

xx

I have to say I much prefer this Forum to other well known HP forums out there... (Not naming names...) And missed it well during the Spoiler Policy era (my computer couldn't accept the password cookies so I was banned for two months. :()

So anyway, Kudos and Applause all the way! You all do an amazing job, and I wouldn't be able to do it. Keep it all up!

:clap: :clap: :clap:

I'd like to add my kudos and applause!

I love how this forum is set up categorically and I also love how it is monitored well so everyone can enjoy it.

Thanks for such a great forum!

Great job everyone for all the ard work and keeping up with everything! Also, you guys are very prompt in replying to everything! YAY!

After 973 day I finally post my 1000 th post . This is a great site full of truely wonderful people . :clap: :lol:

twins:p

After 973 day I finally post my 1000 th post . This is a great site full of truely wonderful people .

twins

*hopes none of your posts are deleted ruining the moment*

It's my 3 year CoS anniversary and I want to say a huge thank you to the staff for all the fun I've had here! I can honestly say that CoS has changed my life, because I've met such wonderful people here!

So I baked cookies for you all! Help yourselves!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/thereal_anabel/Cookies-1.jpg

Cookies are love. :D Thanks, anabel.

Thank you very much, it's our pleasure.

*grabs a few cookies before gertiekeddle steals the whole plate :D*

Can't believe you detected them before I did, Moriath and Sage! (As if I would do such evil things... :whistle:)

Thank you, anabel! :D

And I'm too late!

*looks at empty plate and sees chocolate crumbs all over gertie's profile*

:whistle: It was not all me! Moriath and Sage had time for at least a half bite before I sensored the cookies!

Oy, missed them too :(.

I think she is constantly on here doing searches for posts mentioning chocolate...

I think she is constantly on here doing searches for posts mentioning chocolate...
I think there's a radar in the staff area that blinks red whenever chocolate is mentioned somewhere

Risking a change in thread direction.....

I've been off the forums for a couple months, and came back today to find the new, expanded and vastly improved cosforums. And I thought they were great before!!!!

Great job, and I love the better breakout of the different categories and such. This has always been a very active and vital online community, and now it seems to be better. Maybe I'll have more time to be active again.

You guys rock!

:clap: :clap: :clap:

Just want to say a BIG GREAT JOB in getting those Dumbledore threads up so fast!!! :clap:

Kudos for getting all those other forums up! :clap:

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Just want to say a BIG GREAT JOB in getting those Dumbledore threads up so fast!!! :clap:

I agree. The threads came up so fast! :D Great job:D I am leaving behind chocolates and cookies for all the admins and staff..:D

Yes. I just want to think you for these forums. A lot of people at my school think I'm weird cause I'm a Potter freak. And its so nice to have people to talk to, and I never run out of fun reading!
Thanks so much! Im new here and LOVE it!

A lot of people at my school think I'm weird cause I'm a Potter freak. And its so nice to have people to talk to, and I never run out of fun reading!
Don't worry - we are all weird here! :D

Ive been here for almost three years, I blame CoS for distracting me from my homework for every day of those three years! Which is why I love it :D

And I'm too late!

*looks at empty plate and sees chocolate crumbs all over gertie's profile*

*Pats Jess on the back* Oh...sorry for your cookie-less plight...how bout some INVISIBLE cookies? They're actually quite nice. *munches one*

*grabs invisible cookie*

Mmmmm! Invisible means no calories, right?

*grabs invisible cookie*

Mmmmm! Invisible means no calories, right?

Last I heard it did. Add all the imaginary delish and fattening stuff you want. ;)

Regards

Gee, I have no idea... *Checks label on the invisible cookies bag* Yep! No calories! Dig in you guys!

I've only been on here for about two months and I'm an avid poster. I really love this site. It's the only site I go on for HP. I really like it that you can talk about not just the books and movie, but other things too. CoS forums rule!

Yes, I think it was one of the best things they did when they added the non Harry Potter areas as well. :)

I'm so in love with CoS. :love: I fell in love when I first saw it a few months before HBP came out. I used to spend ages just lurking around the threads because I don't have any really obsessed Potter friends in real life. This was and still is the forum I will first go to whenever I want to analyze the HP series. (An added bonus is that there are plenty of other threads to talk about things other than HP!)

:clap: :clap: :clap: Thank you mods for all the hard work!

Oh yes, I am in love with the CoS forums. I heard it mentioned on Mugglenet, and as soon as I made an account, I knew it was the site I could release all my Harry Potter love in. And there's a thread for EVERYTHING! From the Black Veil to a Sirius discussion to games and fanfics!

And I do love the non-Harry Potter areas as well. I love the Pony, Chocolate, and Barking Madness thread - those are hilarious to let out your inner weirdness in!

The Quibbler is an awesome forum!!!!!!!!! I love it and I can't wait for it to have a Sirius Black thread :clap:

I'm still bowing down in gratitude for being allowed into Hogsmeade http://bestsmileys.com/bowing/2.gif

Also applause for all of the staff for the hard work :clap:

I'm a member of two other forums, and I rarely visit either of them. This site, the way it's run and organized, has spoiled me. I'm a forum snob now. The others I've gone to have been significantly less moderated. Anyone can post anything they want anywhere. It's a mess of "Hi, I'm new here" and "Want to be friends?" threads all over the place. Nothing is organized, there's no sense in wandering through it. I get a headache trying to find something in the midst of random conversations going on in threads.

In other words, THANK YOU FOR NOT BEING LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I've noticed that other forums just aren't as good as this one. Though the measures put in place to prevent going off topic might seem silly, I've seen it happen everywhere else, and I just don't think that that randomness works.

You guys rock for being here every day, keeping us all in line! :tu:

I've been here almost 4 years on and off, every time I pop back in this place just feels like home again. I feared that after the HP books ended so would CoS, these great people have continued their devotion to providing a most amazing forum packed with some of the best threads on the net. I've said it numerous times over the years but - Good job guys/gals, keep it up!

Thanks for everything cosforums, for the mad discussions I've had, the excellent friends I've made, talents I've discovered I've had and the fun times I've had:lol:

You guys(the staff/mods) are awesome:huggles:

I've been here almost 4 years on and off, every time I pop back in this place just feels like home again. I feared that after the HP books ended so would CoS, these great people have continued their devotion to providing a most amazing forum packed with some of the best threads on the net. I've said it numerous times over the years but - Good job guys/gals, keep it up!

Exactly..I feared that too..but cos has done a great job:tu:

A big :clap: and :huggles: for all the mods! The Elections have been so fun because of your creativity. The only bad thing about it is that it's ending. So, once again, thank you so much for all the hard work! It's truly appreciated. :D

Well... I just found this at the head of the page:


Threads: 14,358, Posts: 1,250,000, Students: 82,265
Welcome to our newest student, TaintedJasper


Happy one-and-a-quarter million posts, COS forums! :D

Quite astonishing, really. :)




and this post messed it all up, because it was #1250001!! ;)

:lol: Klio.

But congrats cos..the staff/mods are so innovative and brilliant too!:tu:

Keep it coming!:p

and this post messed it all up, because it was #1250001!! :lol:

No worries, it will come back. The overall posting number is set back regularly by the Admins and there are occasional prunings of long-term inactive discussions. I have no clue where we'd be if all posts ever made would be there still, but I think a year ago or so lanifiel guessed it would be around 4 million posts.

4 MILLION POSTS!!
:wow:
This site sure is awesome:tu:

We also purge the inactive members (only those with no posts) every once and awhile as well. We'd be up near 200k members now I think. Maybe more...

Wow... that's crazy! Amazing. :)

Surely, then, this must rank as one of the biggest boards around? I remember when my home site of almost ten years (a middle-sized LotR board) reached 500 000 posts and someone said that this would mean it qualified as a 'big' messageboard... :D


Anyway - the round figure seemed a nice opportunity to pop by in any case :D

:tu: :clap:

Capital, folks! I was sure you'd never top last year...but this year's April Fools was the BEST!

AMAZING April Fools Day!!!!!:clap:

Last Years was more shocking, but this year's was HILARIOUS!!!! on higher levels :D

:tu: :clap:

Capital, folks! I was sure you'd never top last year...but this year's April Fools was the BEST!
:clap: I totally agree. This was the best ever. :tu:

Yes, this was quite fun... if time-consuming ;)

Can I keep my new UT? Please?

Yes, this was quite fun... if time-consuming ;)

Can I keep my new UT? Please?

Surely that would SAVE someone work?

(You deserve it, you were an awsome evil minion).

Thank you so much guys- this was great fun. Best time I've had here since the elections, in fact! :D

Now bring back those banned people!!! :rotfl:!

:D

Got to kick both ways in 24 hours. Yeah... FUN!

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