Happy (Fifth) Birthday, Hammel!

[Sean *]

Dear Hammel:

Happy fifth birthday!

It's incredible to me that we've reached our fifth anniversary month, and that, in three weeks, we will officially reach five years open as a role play site. Five years of continuous activity. Five years of IC drama and character growth. Five years of wonderful events. Over 1,300 characters over the five years. A RL convention that we hope to make happen by next year to boot.

It's a pleasure to be here with all of you, from the members who joined back in 2010 to the members who joined last week. You make Hammel the wonderful site that it is, and without you, we would not have lasted thing long. We are thankful to have you with us and to have your energy, imagination, and dedication.

It's a pleasure to work with our staff, and thank you to our founders Tony and Mads, as well as to our current staff: Sha, Captain Omega, and Sydnee.

With all of that said, we want to open this thread up to you. Tell us your experience with Hammel. Have a good story? Have a goal for the next year? Please tell us!

Happy Birthday, Hammel, and get ready for another great year! (Here's to another five!)

-Sean, on behalf of the Hammel Staff

[Amanda Joy "AJ" Lane]

Hammel has been a way for me to have a creative outlet and collaborate with other amazing writers while working towards my college degree, and I am so happy that I found it and dragged on Myndi, Emily and Deb all to join in the fun. July will mark my two years here.

Hammel has allowed me to finally develop the stories of characters who have been in my head for years stowed away. Like the plot between Eloise, Adaryn and Monroe, building the confidence of AJ, seeing how Everett would be as an adult (I previously played him as a highschooler), and allowing Jade to find out who she is. Hammel has also birthed new characters I love like the chaotic film maker, Julien Duval and Macie Wyatt, adorable addicted to Pinterest interpretor.

I am also really excited to now be a part of the staff that makes this all possible and my goal is to help Hammel continue to grow, flourish and create a home for people who just want to write.

[Joshua Bernstein]

Woah 5 years already. I haven't had much time for hammel lately, but I'm glad that it can chug along so well even if I can't jump into plots with everyone right now.


Also I can't believe this means Josh will be 55 this year D: and Sean will be 58. Wow wow they were 50 and 53 when I started here

I'm sure everyone is surprised I'm glad to have met Sean. I'm glad Cap took up Tomer. I'm glad to have gotten to have plots with Sara and Abi and Mads and Elsinory. I miss people who have been gone for years, I'm sorry I haven't been able to write with Rae yet here :c even though we talked about it and I love her. I'm sorry there are so many great players and plots going on and I wish I had time to write with everyone and I miss you hammel. I hope you stay around for another five years so I can throw Josh's 60th birthday party

[Odion Martins]

Five years already, what the what?!

I've enjoyed RPing with so many of you: Sha, Po, Izy, Sean, Dry, Jonnay, Sky, Eddie, Pryce, Mads, Day, Ophie, Muma, Trix, Neon, Mads, CO, Abi, Dia, and Ophie. Seriously, you guys have filled my life with so much joy. Writing has always been a passion of mine, and you guys keep that fire burning, even when I've sometimes given up on myself - thank you.

And I miss writing with Jam, Herl, Nu, and Tyler. I'm not sure how many of you knew these guys, but they were the bomb, and I still secretly hope they come back to grace Hammel with their awesomeness.

P.S. If and when we all get together in RL, I better get a sweet ass invitation!

[Dr. Sean Neville]

Mar 4, 2015 11:51:50 GMT -5 Joshua Bernstein said:

Also I can't believe this means Josh will be 55 this year D: and Sean will be 58. Wow wow they were 50 and 53 when I started here

Sean was 52 when you started here. You joined before his birthday.

[Joshua Bernstein]

.....OH YEAH. but not that long before.

[Dr. Sean Neville]

Mar 5, 2015 11:30:42 GMT -5 Joshua Bernstein said:

.....OH YEAH. but not that long before.

Not that long before, but long enough.

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Happy 5th Birthday Hammel!

Something to say....I've been here almost two years now(will be in June) which is the longest I've ever been on the same site, and I'm hoping to stay for another few or several. Hammel has been my home and go-to place during all the hard times I've had over the past couple years. Just being in the cbox and knowing that there are people I can connect with there brings me so much joy, relief, warmth, etc., I don't know what I would have done without you guys. ;-; I've been doing a lot better over the past couple months, especially with a new job that I love 100x more than my last one, and that despite my busy schedule, I've still been able to be as active as I've been(still slower than before, but consistent). You guys are my heart. <3

Shout outs to my precious loves: Apollo, I love you and thank you for all the wonderful ships and plots and AUs you've given me, as well as your amazing friendship. Threads and chats with you have been the highlight of my days here for a long time. Apple, you wonderful thing you, I love your silliness and your compassion. You always seem to know exactly what to say to make me feel better. Sean, you are the master penguin of awesome! Day, you've been there for me so many times, I can't thank you enough. I love our threads and chats and god your cheeks are so pinchable!

I can't tribute everybody, cuz then this post will never end, but I love you guys and the plots we have. Syd, Maggie, Jonnay, Deb, Rae, Sha, Kelly, Izy and the whole bunch of the rest of you that I'm probably forgetting. Much loves! Here's to another 5 years or 10. <3

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

It's weird to think that when I joined this site, I was 15 and I didn't expect it to last that long, considering my wavering muse levels and spare time and such but... here we are. I'm 17 and just about still here.

A lot of my writing confidence has risen because of you guys and your support and all that jazz. I'm not gonna say much, just that you are all awesome and stuff and ily all <3 kbai

[Carleigh Davidson]

Happy Birthday Hammel yay.

So, before joining Hammel, I had stopped rping for a bit. It was only recently that I got back into the swing of things, a little over a year ago. This is my first time on a site with a lot of members and characters and at first, I was overwhelmed.

That said, after putting myself out there, I felt accepted in the community and definitely do not regret joining. Thank you to Sydnee for introducing me to this site, where it allowed me to reconnect with people I knew from other sites before like Em and Lux. It also allowed me to meet other people who have grown to become my closest friends, like Eddie and Sai. I couldn't imagine my life without them, or without Hammel as a whole.

I love my threads with everyone. I love the plots. I love fangirling over ships and pairings. I love seeing the sense of community in the c-box. Thank you to everyone above who make my time at Hammel at memorable, as well as everyone else. Pheli, Pollo, Day, and anyone else I am forgetting. Even if we've never talked, you're still great.

Here's to another five years, Hammel.

[Marnie Sullivan]

Buckle up, kids, it's story time.

Nearly a year ago, after a four-year dry spell and a whole lot of garbage backstory, I decided that I missed rping and thought, hey, what if I went to rpgd and posted an ad? And the first response I got was from some trekkie nerd like, "hey maybe you should check out this place called hammel, i hear it's p cool" and I checked it out, and what do you know? It's exactly the kind of setting I'm a huge sucker for. Everyone is super nice. It's a good time. But anyway.

I've mentioned this before, but I threw Marnie together as a sort of test drive for getting back into the swing of things, and I have to say, it has been an absolute delight finding out more about her, and I couldn't have done it without you guys. Josie and Sophie I had already, and I'm so happy to get to bring them into an environment where they can exist and grow and develop. Katya, I wouldn't have even made if I hadn't met Dia here, and I might just be smitten.

I think the clearest way to put this is... do y'all ever have those moments where you're just so excited that you can't fit it all into your finite little meat vessel and you have to release little noises like "eeee" and "pfffaAAAHHH" so you don't pop? Hammel does that to me, and maybe one day I can express that in a way that doesn't reek of sarcasm even though, hand to god, I mean every word of this. Sean, Pam, Rae, Ellie, Pollo, Tim, Pheli, Jonnay, Jon, Doro, all of you dorks. I'm so stoked to be here for Hammel's fifth anniversary, and I have no plans of leaving any time soon. You nerds'll have to fight to get rid of me, deal with it. Cheers, Hammel!

[Sean *]

Today is March 22, 2015, which makes this the official fifth birthday for Hammel. Tony and Mads opened the site officially five years ago today.

So I wish everyone a Happy Fifth Hammelversary!