Morning sleepy-heads! Been a while, hasn’t it? It probably wasn’t worth the wait, but there’s a brand new edition of Forums, We Have Them anyway!
MAGfest 9started off the year, and a good number of Dtoiders made the trip. Not only did they reportedly have a blast, but we’ve got a new badge as well!
Like the PAX, PAX East, and GamesCom badges, this covers people who have attended MAGfest ANY year. If this applies to you, be sure to post in theBadge Request threadwith some sort of proof, because we’re naturally suspicious of people who ask us for stuff.
A number of community podcastersgot togetherto entertain your ear-holes for the sake of helping sick kids. Check out theUnofficial DTOID Community Podcast Charity Show, and attempt to throw a few bucks towardsChild’s Playwhile you’re at it. It’s for sick kids man! Big props to JohnnyViral for organizing this, as well as everyone fromRoboChode,321GoCast,PersonaCast,BullTOID,The Alcoholocast, andWNESwho participated!
Lots of Dtoiders got into the holiday spirit last year, as evidenced by the2010 Destructoid Secret Santa thread. Go check out all the sweet crap people got!
It’s an established scientific fact that participating in the Forums makes you a better person, and ZombiePlatypus hascreated a shirt to reflect that truth(modeled by the lovely Jon Bloodspray). I heard a rumor you’re able to get one yourself infancyornot-quite as fancyversions.
A new year means newCompleted Books\Movies\TVandCompleted Gamesthreads! Check these out if you feel the urge to obsessively list every single piece of media you consume in 2011!
Art God and creator ofThe Destructoid ComicMikey has tragically been without net access for the last few months. No one should have suffer such a fate, so to help lift his spirits the community has started collecting their favorite Internet jokes and memes. Once we have enough, they’ll be printed out and snail-mailed to Mikey.Get your contributions in while you can.
I was going to plug Zodiac’s amazingplush Mr. Destructoid headas well as her siteStory Builder Toyswhere you purchase lots of adorable hand-made toys (Psst! She also does custom stuff!), but she already got afront page postjust a few days ago. So instead, here’s one of the manyimage macros of Dtoider usedtabethat invaded The Bar (and avatars) a while back, this specific one courtesy ofcoonskin05:
digitastik challenged the community topost their wake-up pics, and the response was groggy and possibly hungover. Danl Haas was rad enough to put together the header collage at the top of this post, but if you’d like to see more semi-naked and semi-conscious Dtoidershe also made this. Big thanks Danl!
Last year’sDtoid Midwest NARPwas a huge success, andthe planning thread for 2011has already started. However, before you get your OhioNARP on there’s alsoPAX Eastto prepare for! Start taking bets now on which community member passes out and gets set on fire this year.
Few people seem to realize (or care) that the Forums have acalendar feature. It’s not just for remembering which community members need to be toldhappy birthday, it’s also useful for promoting upcoming NARPs or events. I believe it’s also a dessert topping. If you have something awesome going down that you’d like posted on the calendar, please contact Zodiac or myself!
I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone who contributes to theFWHT Suggestions & Recommendations thread. It’s a huge help when putting these posts together, and you all have my deepest gratitude.
