This is a great post Ian; brought good focus on what this is all about.  Thanks man, I know I'm certainly appreciative of all the members and Maaca staff for all they've done for the community and for helping me with my own issues/questions relevant to this hobby.

... but more importantly who have also become fantastic friends. And friends ladies and gents, is what it's all about.

JEEZE IAN!!!!!

This is just so heartwarming and nice... BLEGH!!!!

I am soo not used to being nice, i like to complain and be snarky!

BUt i gotta say, i have met some great people here.  Even B1!  Bigwig and I went to SB, and while i was there, i realized that I had NO desire to get more games, but i really liked standing around talking shop with all the Maaca/cgcc regulars.  The whole "GET MORE GAMES" thing has calmed down a lot,

Sometimes the whole desire to get more,  gets in the way of playing.  

But in the face of your last run of luck, your ability to have a positive attitude is inspiring.

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But in the face of your last run of luck, your ability to have a positive attitude is inspiring.

There will ALWAYS be other machines. But in the meantime, I enjoy repairing other people's. Makes me discover machines I have otherwise never played.

The MPL meetings are also a must. I am already itching for the January one at Splitskull's.