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Forum Memories of 2006, Has it been two years already? |
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 Jan 24 2007, 02:25 AM
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Firefox's personal PR Dude
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Joined: 1:00pm January 4, 2005
Location: Seafaring on the S.S. Silver Inklish
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2006 held many joys, stresses, and surprises for us all, and in this thread, Doris and I intend for the staff, ourselves included, to share the events and experiences that we felt helped to define life on the Leaky Lounge.
Some of the exciting changes, memorable experiences, and new features included:- Our Harry Potter Reading Groups, which are already heavy into discussion of Goblet of Fire
- Our new HP Book Club, full of threads on everything you could ever want to discuss about Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone
- HP 101, the soon-to-be definitive catalogue of information on HP-related discussion topics
- The Corner Booth Text Chat, which has grown hugely, and has expanded to include HP Movie Nights
- Our PotterCast Forum, which is *the* place to discuss all things PotterCast
- Our new Unfogging Deathly Hallows forum
- The very memorable April Fool's Day Event, when for a day we became the LeakyMug Cafe honeymooning spot for Melissa and Emerson
- Our super-fun image and video gallery forums
- All of our fun and memorable Lounge Events, including Viva Las Vegas, Haunted Happenings, and the Yule Ball
- Growing to more than 45,000 members!!
Thanks so much for the incredible year, and for the many years to come!
Nick -n- Doris
Let us know what your favorite forum memories have been!
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Jan 26 2007, 09:05 PM
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Loyal Lockhart Fan
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Joined: 10:42am February 15, 2005
Location: Embracing my Inner Slytherin
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Some of my favourites:
- Halloween - this was so much fun, and the build up (where we hid tricks and treats throughout the forum) - was almost as much fun as the event itself!
- September 'Back to School' event - this included the fabulous Leaky Arcade which is a seriously addictive place
 - The Book Club. This has brought a new lease of life to lounge discussion and thrown up a host of new ideas - unmissable!
- Title Release Day! Being on the lounge when JKR announced the book 7 title was a fantastic experience - sharing the news and our reactions and ideas with other forum members was so much fun and will soon become a treasured memory.
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Jan 27 2007, 12:51 AM
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Conductor for the Knight Bus
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Joined: 9:57am February 24, 2006
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This year in Leaky has been all about the Lily and Stag Reading Groups for me! Obviously, the Lounge has grown and done a lot of wonderfully amazing things in the (almost) year that I've been here but I joined in anticipation of the reading groups and the tight-nit community we have there is awesome!
Happy Birthday, Leaky Lounge! 
Thanks for giving us such a great forum!!
This post has been edited by Moriah: Jan 27 2007, 12:51 AM
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Jan 27 2007, 01:27 AM
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Gringotts Dragon Tamer
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Joined: 1:57pm May 20, 2006
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I really enjoyed the preparation for the WOMBATs 2 that LL did! It was nice to see how little I actually know about HP. I'm always so obsessed with HP, I seem to know everything about it when it comes to my peers. But here, I find people as obsessed as I am, if not more so, people who are willing to listen to my whack theories without the nod-and-smile approach. LL is definitely the best forum I've ever seen!
I also really liked when the title of DH was released. That's what brought me back to the LL after about a seven-month-long hiatus, and now I'm making about a dozen posts a day. The sense of excitement, all the "What could it mean?" threads, it just got me so pumped. Not to mention, back when DH wasn't overused (by now, we say it too often for it to sound really cool), saying "Deathly Hallows" a couple of times for the eerie effect. It's sad that that was the last time we'll do something like that. 2007 will probably be LL's last year of predicting what will happen in the future.
Happy birthday Leaky Lounge!!!  
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Jan 27 2007, 01:39 AM
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Hogsmeade's Butcher
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Joined: 1:25pm July 10, 2005
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This has been a fantastic year for me here in the Lounge! My favourite experience was working in "Donivander's Wand Shop" for the September Back-to-School/Hogwarts' Express event. It was hard work, great interacting with so many members, and I laughed for eight hours straight! 
This place is simply the best! 
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Jan 27 2007, 03:37 AM
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Junk Shop Organizer
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Joined: 8:53am April 20, 2006
Location: Prifysgol Bangor Univeristy, Bangor, Cymru
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2006 - I joined the Lounge. Before then, I had only one friend who I could talk to Harry Potter with, now I have loads!
All the differenet meet or greets - My first was the pirate one which was fun. Then there was Quidditch, and OMG! I actually got a question right in the chat quiz! The Yule Ball was truly amazing, it reall put me in the mood for Christmas.
Oh, and of course, joining the reading groups. I would have m,issed so much if I hadn't joined!
LEAKY LOUNGE!
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