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And so, it's been a year...

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Celtkin, Mar 21, 2009.

  1. Celtkin

    Celtkin <B>Webmaster</b> Luxury Box

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    A year ago today, the foundations were laid for the creation of ThePhins.com. Since then, we have grown to be the second largest Miami Dolphins fan site and the fastest growing Miami Dolphins fan site on the planet. We have you to thank for what we have become.

    This site began with a goal to create a Miami Dolphins site that was built with a strong sense of community -- a virtual family that would be unmatched in the virtual world. We have done that and we have you to thank.

    We believed that if we put the fans first and provided a home for people who shared our ideals - that fans can communicate with one another in a civil manner, even if they disagree, that we would find an audience.

    From the beginning, we cared more about quality than quantity. Forums are successful because of the people who make a home there and because of the members who give their time to keep the details in order. Because of this philosophy, our numbers have grown and we have been blessed beyond our wildest dreams.

    For all these these, we have you to thank.

    Please join me in thanking those who call this place home and to all of those members who have given unselfishly of their time and money to help keep this dream a reality.

    George, the staff and I are truly humbled by what you helped create and sustain.

    Thank you.
     
  2. SICK

    SICK Lounge Moderator

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    woot!!!!!!! been amazing....heres to many more years to come!
     
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  3. anlgp

    anlgp ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

    Thanks for creating an avenue for displaced fans such as myself to come find out information regarding our favorite football team.
     
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  4. like2god

    like2god Typical white person Luxury Box

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    My thanks to every member of this site for making this place an enjoyable community and wonderful family. :hi5:
     
  5. GridIronKing34

    GridIronKing34 Silently Judging You

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    A special thanks goes out to the staff and admin for keeping things clean and up to date. However a big thanks goes out to everyone who made this place what it is today, whether you're making graphics or just lurking... that includes you too, like2god! :hi5:
     
  6. FinSane

    FinSane Cynical Dolphins Fan

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    this place sucks

    :shifty:

    j/k
     
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  7. DonShula84

    DonShula84 Moderator Luxury Box

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    Cant believe it's been a year. Thanks to the staff for making this place, you guys had the hard job lol. Here's to many more years to come! :ffic:
     
  8. NJFINSFAN1

    NJFINSFAN1 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Where's the Cake?:party:
     
  9. jason8er

    jason8er Luxury Box Luxury Box

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    Not for long brother Mal, not for long. :yes:
     
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  10. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    Thanks for all your work Celtkin and mods! It's a great place for Dolphin fans you've created here. Thanks for having me.
     
  11. Muck

    Muck Throwback Uniform Crusader Retired Administrator

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    I am but a small piece of the puzzle. Malcolm is just as responsible as I. And we couldn't do it without this passionate staff.

    Thanks to everyone who helps make this place a habit worth feeding. We really do have something unique here in our little corner of the internet. I am genuinely humbled by the level of generosity and community our members have demonstrated these last....make that first....12 months. It really is something to behold. And I'm truly excited about what the future holds.

    Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart.


    :thanx:
     
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  12. njfinfan

    njfinfan The First Lady

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    I feel like I'm going to cry. :cry: Oh, come on, you know how girls are. J/K. I'm truly blessed to have had this site and its many wonderful members to call "home" and "friends". All of you have enriched my and my family's life in alot of ways and we love and appreciate you all and want to say thank you. Mal and George gave us a dream that has turned out to be so pleasurable and fulfilling for Miami Dolphins fans. Thanks to them also.
     
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  13. NJFINSFAN1

    NJFINSFAN1 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    You big sissy!!!















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  14. njfinfan

    njfinfan The First Lady

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    :lol:
     
  15. PMZQ

    PMZQ Banned

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    This is to me the only Dolphins board anymore. I visit a couple of them here and there (but never to "that" one :shifty:) but nowhere else feels like home. There are too many good people here for it not be that way. :up:
     
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  16. TotoreMexico

    TotoreMexico Your retarded

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    This is the best Miami Dolphins forum

    :yes:
     
  17. steveincolorado

    steveincolorado Spook, Storme & Pebbles

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    No question this is the best Dolphins site around!:up: I hardly ever go to the "official" site, this is soooooooo much better:hi5:

    The Mods do a great job during JEST week and I for one have had to bite my tongue during that week.
     
  18. dolphindebby

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    Go ahead and cry girl. I did.
    This has been the fastest year to me.
    Love to all of you here--mods, admins and members--we TRULY have the best home away from home!!:up:
     
  19. Fin Fan In Cali

    Fin Fan In Cali Dolphin fan since 1970 Luxury Box

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    I don't know about the cake, but I brought the Sammy Adams.:wink2:
     
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  20. Dolphin1184

    Dolphin1184 Member

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    It is kinda eerie when I asked (after the other site was fixed) what would happen to this site when it was called celtkin.com. Right after it became this amazing site. It is better in every single way... look, people, mods. I find myself viewing almost exclusively here.

    Now where are my brownie points? ;)
     
  21. RGF

    RGF THE FINSTER Club Member

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    Wow,has it been a year already? And,while we`re on the subject, I guess I can finally admit I was wrong! You see, about a year ago when all that talk about the braintrust and FH parting ways- I just laughed it off and told my fellow posters to relax. I seriously believed it was nothing more then an early april fools joke. Now,here we are a year later and I`m glad I was wrong. What transpired from that breakup produced THEE best Dolphins site known to man (and women of course). So,happy anniversary to THE PHINS.COM. I`m just grateful to be a part of it.
     
  22. TiP54

    TiP54 Bad Reputation

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    Thank You guys.
    This is a great example, for ANY team, of what a fan site should look like. THank You Admins )))
     
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  23. DrAstroZoom

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    So true. It feels like five.

    Thanks to everyone involved. I promise to get back on the column-writing horse in a substantive way this year.
     
  24. Lab3003

    Lab3003 Golden era

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    From the bottom of my heart, thank you so very much for having this site up. I've been living overseas since January 2008 and its been very rough. Medical school is a really stressful experience and its nice that this site was available as connection to my home in Miami.

    You've enriched my life and I'll always be grateful to everyone involved! :knucks:
     
  25. Samphin

    Samphin Κακό σκυλί ψόφο δεν έχει

    This place seems like it has been around forever based on some of the post counts I have seen. :lol:

    Congrats on an upstanding site.
     
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  26. Big E

    Big E Plus sized porn star

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    Been a great yr, thanks guys.
     
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  27. alen1

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    I hope you do dude. You write good stuff.
     
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  28. GISH

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    hopefully 40 years from now i'll be telling my grandchildren about a place that once existed called finheaven. i will tell tales of deceit and rebellion. many a phin fan split from finheaven and went off to a new land in hopes of creating a better world. and so, the United Sta........errr.....thephins.com was born.
     
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  29. GISH

    GISH ~mUST wARN oTHERS~

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    says the guy with 69 posts in his first 4 days.....
     
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  30. ATVZ400

    ATVZ400 Senior Member

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    Thanks for a great site....
     
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  31. The Rev

    The Rev Totus Tuus Staff Member Administrator Luxury Box Club Member

    So much for the old theory that claims that good guys finish last.
    :wink2:
     
  32. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    Do I remember right? Did this start as drunkenpuppies, or something like that, and has it really only been a year? This site is incredible and the people here; posters, mods, admin, Jets fans, are all great. I feel like you're my family, except for the fact that we don't fight over money.

    I am honored to be a part of this community, and that's the last asskissing for this morning. :)
     
  33. Big E

    Big E Plus sized porn star

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    Drunkenpuppies.com, then Celtkin.com, then Enforcerrocks.com, and now thephins.com. :hi5:
     
  34. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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  35. PMZQ

    PMZQ Banned

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    Its been almost a year for me. I noticed at FH that no one was posting in the VIP area, and was like "wtf ?", and I started visting a few other sites, like Phinzmania.com. I had signed up for drunkenpuppies, but didn't really get into the site, because I hadn't been all that active at FH actually. I was very busy owning and moderating about 10 Yahoo & Google groups I didn't have time for anything else.

    But as draft time grew closer last year, I checked out ThePhins.com when I believe I recieved an email asking me to check out the newly improved drunkenpuppies and I was blown away, because I saw all of the old names I was missing at FH. I haven't posted at FH since then, and only a few times at Phinzmania I believe.

    Good job Muck & Celtkin :up:
     
  36. Rhody Phins Fan

    Rhody Phins Fan Well-Known Member

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    I was at the other site until a couple of months ago but when I saw that all of the best posters had come over here I immediately signed up for the club. The quality of posters is much higher than I could have expected.
     
  37. DaFish

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    After being dumped like trash from the "site's name we shall not mention", this was the logical place to call my new home.
     
  38. mi2cents

    mi2cents New Member

    Thanks Guys & Girls. when i joined the other site in 04 ( i didn't and don't post to often because when i get ready to....the other better and more knowledgeable members beat me to it....woow is me...lol) all seemed good till the latter part of 06 (correct me if i'm wrong) and then....as the saying goes...when you point a finger at others-- there's 3 pointing back at you....and they forgot who helped make them what they became as a fins site and tried to lay blame at others doorstep. so with right and determination- y'all- promised us THIS SITE which was set up and followed a great game plan as to what should be, could be and will be and IS. from celtkin to drunkinpuppies, etc., i feel proud to be one of those little critters that followed the pied-piper to phins 2009. Thank You again guys/gals
     
  39. orangefinfan

    orangefinfan New Member

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    I justed wanted to thank everyone that makes this website possible. This is my way of keeping up with all the information Dolphins related. This IS THE ONLY WEBSITE I monitor daily. To me this is the Official Website of the Miami Dolphins. Thank you all and keep up the good work.
     
  40. DOLFANMIKE

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    This is the only place on the web I visit every single day. It's my morning paper!
     
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