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I'm sorry to say that CoS Forums is going to shut down in the Summer, sometime around July. This isn't an early April Fools joke either.

The Forums have become quite expensive to run and manage. There's a lot (LOT) less traffic coming to the site these days as Harry Potter becomes less of a topical debate for people.

I held on for a while after the last film, wondering whether JK would announce anything surprising, but I find that even if she did it wouldn't serve to help the diminishing numbers on the site or my bank balance!

Myself, I've been absent a lot more in the past year as personal issues have taken over and I've had to work longer hours, to earn more money to keep the forums going as well as pay for things like rent, utilities and god knows what else.

Some of you will be sad and I'm sure others will be happy. I'm not doing this lightly and I could have closed the site last year but held off. I know this may upset some of you who've come to see this place as a haven with friends and I'm very sorry it has to go but I've kept this place going with money out of my own pocket for 10 years now and it's no longer financially viable to do so. Please understand that this is not an easy decision!

Some of you may wish to offer to help, to donate or even take on the site. Whilst I would listen to any suggestions, I will not accept donations as this would be unsustainable in the long-term. If you wanted to take on CoS, be aware that you would need to find $200 per month and to be honest with you all I'm not sure I'm prepared to let the site be taken over by anyone. I've created a thread for comments. The other staff know only as much as the above. There is no Plan B as far as they are concerned, so do not pester them for answers to questions. If they do not know, they are being totally honest.

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Old January 24th, 2012, 6:47 am
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You believe I'd stay around a cake singing when there's chocolate on the top?




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Maybe we can borrow a false cake from a film studio?


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Maybe we can borrow a false cake from a film studio?
As long as no crazy woman pops out of it.


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As long as no crazy woman pops out of it.
As the majority of staff here is female maybe a crazy man would be better.


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That would be nice to see . Happy belated 9th anniversary, COS forums!


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As the majority of staff here is female maybe a crazy man would be better.
Oh yes, I think that would be much better. Perhaps we could book George Clooney.


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I think at least three/four of us would prefer Benedict Cumberbatch at the moment (much more in our age range )


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...can I be staff just for the Cumberbatch party?
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I somehow don't think you'd be the only one volunteering to join the staff if Benedict Cumberbatch was involved!


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I think he´s too busy to playing villians this year to grace the party. We don´t want him to jump out of the cake as Star Trek villian or as Smaug/Necromancer...


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...I wouldn't mind- he'd still have his voice


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Looks like Mel's scheme to establish Cumberbatch domination is working. First step... the staff. Next step: the world!


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Congratulations on nine years, guys!


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Looks like Mel's scheme to establish Cumberbatch domination is working. First step... the staff. Next step: the world!
Man, you know, when I went to return my Prom tuxedo, the cumberbatch was gone.


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How about asking Snape to jump out of a cake?


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I am afraid he won´t. He´s dead after all, not a pretty sight


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I'd say, 'let's go with Sirius...' but that would have the same effect as going with Snape .

So... let's go with the actors who played them , jumping out of the cake ...


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He's not dead, he's just pining for the fjords.


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umm... creepy...



Anyway, I didn't know that CoS has been around for nine years now. I joined about six years ago, and I've been a regular user. It's odd that I missed the first three years, but then again, I wasn't a follower of HP until the 3rd movie came out...

Happy birthday, CoS!


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Well, I thought of having Alan Rickman jump out of a cake, but I think he is busy, that's why I thought Snape would be better. All he is doing is worrying about missing buttons and fangirls sending him love letters!!

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