In the real spirit of the holidays, regardless which version you observe, let's share compliments with any other POGgers you think deserve them.

Please, no silliness, no obvious fawning, and for goodness sake no negativity or trolling. You've got the grievance thread and, heck, the rest of the internet for that. Let's keep it genuine, to the point, and kind.

(By the way: No, this thread wasn't my idea originally. I wish it had been. I started it because it needed to be done, and hadn't been yet.)

I will start: I'd like to thank all of those who have expressed concern, interest, and affection in my well, not just during the recent atakdevi craziness, but throughout. I've said it in my well but it ought to be said more broadly: there truly are some wonderful people here. The list of those who have been supportive when I've needed it is too long to go through lest I miss someone inadvertently, but you know who you are; please know how much it has meant to me the past couple years.

Should I rely on an internet message board for that? Frankly, why not. You're here.

And yes, it was lame to start out with a compliment without names. Sorry, but I wanted the thread to go up, now.

I like many people here and list would go too long. So just two names.

Noah for being a goat friend and standing me and my bs
Crossnerd for being a friend when I really needed one

i made a thread just like this last year!

i'd like to extend an olive branch of peace to all the people i may have aggrieved over this past year

anarchist
well named
willi
atakdog
sun tzu
master3005
thedean1
timelady
pyramidscheme
eyebooger
donk4x
elliot
soah
birdman
chilltown
did

During my very rough times a few month ago these people reached out to me outside of pog or listened to me when i needed it most and in one way or another helped me through a very tough time

Chips Ahoy
Zayana
Vr
Mcavoy
Systolic
Willi
Dean
Sun tzu
Monkey banana
Crossnerd/mod
Timelady
Kioshk
Gder


there are many others, and some of the names on this list may surprise you

but i did and still do consider pog to be an extended family of sorts, and love you guys sincerely

oh and a special thank you to well named for dealing with more of my emoness than anyone should have to

mets you forgot me

i gave you the needed kick to get back up off the mat

POG is the epitome of giving. Games wouldn't run if people didn't volunteer their time to design and run games purely for the enjoyment of the rest of POG.

POG

I'm thankful I got sucked into this big, crazy, fun community.

what did you do to aggrieve me?

i started your containment thread

Sun Tzu, the fact you brought back your old avatar fills me with joy.

Dat ass.

I love that thread

I think I owe you a christmas present

oh wait, I found you that avatar

we're even

I did it because you asked

I like well named and think he's the perfect kind of POG mod. We're lucky to have him. If all my grandmothers weren't dead, I'd want them to marry a nice young man like well named.

I consistently find kokiri to be insightful, engaging, funny, and warmly human.

I'll probably leave a lot of folks out.

timelady for being timelady
amp for telling it like it is without being douchy about it
kokiri for what amp said
wn for what kioshk said
derwipok for being a great ww player and a nice guy at the same time
legend for coming back!
bsball because I like him and he's a really nice guy
JD just because
elliot because he's elliot and he's awesome and he gave me my undertitle
thenothing because she's awesome and I'd like to drink beer with her sometime
atakdog because he's sort of grown on me through the years
VR for reasons I can't really put my finger on right now
boo radley for rustling the se jimmies on a regular basis
wer for making awesome games and being a ghostbuster
telcontar for always beng a gentleman

like I said, there's more for sure but my brain only holds so much stuff


a very special shoutout to 2 very special poggers that I miss very much

pyro
alice

wait wat
legend is back?


Noah mod of the year
Hobbit best flavored game of the year
mad props to POG mod team, including Zurvan and Elliotr
It's a dirty job. I wouldn't do it for money even

Also

Binkles player of the year

Not only because of his skills, but also because of his exemplary participation and emo control - I have yet to hear him say something nasty

I like pwns for his dry sardonic humor. Also his irreverence and not taking himself too seriously.

id like to thank all the jews on pog for putting up with my anti semitic jokes

try hitting kicking bussing him