How the New OS Won Me Over

So as I approach 6 years ( or according to my card 7 years) here on OS I realize that so much has happened to this place even in just the time I have been here. Let me start by saying first that I have been lurking on these forums for years. I have posted here and there occasionally but never with any sort of consistency. I have, however, been visiting this site daily for as long as I can remember. I was a skeptic when I first heard about the OS merger and didn't know what it would mean for the dynamic of the forums.

Then I heard about this new arena thing and I thought OS had jumped the shark for good. But lately something has happened that has made me want to become a more active member of the boards. I put up an image on my card, attempted to put up an It's Always Sunny image as my banner (I quickly realized that was a failure and have since asked for help in the OS Banner Thread in steve's forum if anyone wants to help me out: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...anners-15.html).

I have been posting a little bit more and have tried to dip my feet into the waters here at OS. While I have been content with browsing and reading everyone's opinions here for year, I have started to want to become a little closer with the community here on OS. After all my initial doubts, this new OS and new arena system may have gotten me to become a more active member of this community. So to whoever was in charge of making the switch I commend your efforts on bringing this already great community even closer and for improving the greatest community I have seen online. Cheers!