Two years ago now, the President of a Mac Shareware Developer in Rochester, NY, made some customisations to his UBB script that ran his forums. Although these customisations probably didn't take all that long to do, their effect has touched all of us here. On that day, two years ago, Andrew Welch created the Coldstone Webboard.

True, there had been a webboard at Beenox's site, but this was now the official webboard since the deal between Beenox and Ambrosia had been signed. People flocked to it from far and wide, hypothesisting, speculating, scrambling for beta positions, then waiting until finally, the moment of release came. Of course, the speculating didn't stop, but at least it could be put into practise. Soon many new ideas floated around the board, and eventually we receieved the update. A bit further on now, and I'm sitting here, typing up this post. It's a small world.

With that, I present to you a list of the Notable Moments in the Coldstone Webboard History. Please, feel free to read through these posts to see how the board has evolved from it's inception. Only please refrain from posting in them, despite any innaccuracies and whatnot they might contain (this is a friendly warning) as I'd hate to have to clean up all the mess.

(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000001.html")Welcome to the Coldstone Webboard - 10/11/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000168.html") Coldstone for Windows and OSX? - 30/11/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000186.html")Coldstone Image Gallery Launches - 6/12/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000197.html") Upcoming Beta Announcement - 10/12/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000226.html")sanehatter Joins the Moderating Team - 19/12/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000225.html")Beta Testers are Selected - 19/12/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000231.html")The Ill Fated Hotline Server Begins - 20/12/2000(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000286.html")#coldstone is launched - 15/1/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000301.html")Beta 2 is Released! - 23/1/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000326.html")Pillars of Garendall Test is Opened - 2/9/20012(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000339.html")Windows Editor Clarification - 18/2/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000352.html")Pillars of Garendall Officially Announced - 24/2/2001(/url)
- 6/4/2001](http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000423.html)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000572.html")Pillars of Garendall Beta 3 Is Released(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000628.html")Chipping Fog? - 24/8/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000629.html")#pog is Launched - 25/08/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000630.html")Pillars of Garendall Released! - 26/8/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000645.html")Coldstone Status - Nearly There - 5/9/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000727.html")Coldstone Release "Imminent" - 11/11/2001(/url)
) - 17/11/2001](http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000734.html)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000752.html")Pillars of Garendall for Windows Released! - 6/12/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000757.html")Coldstone Hits Final Candidate Status! - 7/12/2001(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000814.html") ** Coldstone Is Released! - 16/01/2002** (/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/000912.html")Coldstone Tutorial Released! - 22/01/2002(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/001101.html")Post Release IRC Q&A; Session with Dee - 8/3/2002(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/001131.html")Andiyar Joins the Moderating Team - 11/4/2002(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/001372.html")Coldstone 1.0.1 & Pillars of Garendall 1.0.2 Updates Released! - 6/8/2002(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum48/HTML/001378.html")Trinity Source Code Released! - 8/8/2002(/url)

Wasn't that fun? I hope you've all enjoyed your time here at the Coldstone Webboard. Happy Second Anniversary to us all, and heres to many more years to come! And a brief note here, I'm aware that I did the dates in day/month/year format. That's because it is the proper way to do it. So there.

-Andiyar

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"Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

(This message has been edited by Tarnćlion Andiyarus (edited 10-11-2002).)

Yah board!

/me drinks a toast to the Coldstone web board.

(Tarn, nice posting list)

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Yep... it's been good even though I haven't been here very long. Hey Andiyarus I really liked the post about you becoming a moderator. Anyways, this is a great web-board. It's very helpful.

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What stands before us
today is a meer foreshadow
of tommorow, fight hard or
die trying.

/me joins Stark in his toast

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/me spreads marmalade on his toast. Cheers!

Ben, you missed one... (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/newsdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number;=49&forum;=&article;=000001")The opening of the ColdStone Chronicles board.(/url)

But still, nice list.

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Consider. If passion rules our reasoning, and we are ruled by logic, we are all simply unwitting slaves to emotion, pretending to be greater than what we truly are.

(This message has been edited by Celchu (edited 10-12-2002).)

yes, cheers to Coldstone and the Coldstone WB!

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• aanhorn@angelfire.com

/me hugs the coldstone boards

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Ghostbusters
Let us all scream that as we pass a windows users on the street, then point and laugh at them.
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I'll second all of that!
This board has been ludicrously helpful for the short time I've been on it... sniff I'm getting all choked up... :' )

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Gives a big w00t for the board

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Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
"Logic is futile"-Scott Adams

Heh, I remember when theGlueBubble was going around to other boards advertizing the newly opened Coldstone board.

Has it really been two years? Wow...

Here's to the future. raises glass

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"I hate that! Your answers are always short, precise, and utterly useless!"
"Yes."

This topic is scary, depressing and traumatizing*. Please lock this topic before I go nuts thinking of all the time I've wasted here...

• Just kidding. Although if you think about it, I guess it is pretty scary... okay, I wasn't kidding.

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— Cafalll, the only permanent employee of (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/wolvenstudios/")Wolven Studios(/url).

Man, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

I mean, the search funtion is still broken, right?

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Originally posted by sanehatter:
Man, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

Yes, he does...

Quote

I mean, the search funtion is still broken, right?

No, it isn't.

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Originally posted by Cafalll:
**snip!

**

Cafall, you're already nuts. This would be an improvement for you, actually.

Oh, and 900 posts, by the way. w00t!

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Consider. If passion rules our reasoning, and we are ruled by logic, we are all simply unwitting slaves to emotion, pretending to be greater than what we truly are.

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**
spitfire: can anyone interpret cafall's madness into english please?
Celchu: Where?
spitfire: in the cswb aniverssary topic
Celchu: "This topic is scary, depressing and traumatizing*. Please lock this topic before I go nuts thinking of all the time I've wasted here..."
Celchu: Okay, at this point the creature is attempting to make a joke.
Celchu: He refers to the many hours of his futile existence squandered on the boards and #coldstone.
Celchu: Thus, he is filled with apprehension.
spitfire: ok
Celchu: "* Just kidding."
Celchu: He reveals his intent.
Celchu: "Although if you think about it, I guess it is pretty scary..."
spitfire: hmmm
Celchu: At this point, he realizes that the afore-mentioned squandering really did take place.
Celchu: His fear is renewed ten fold.
Celchu: "okay, I wasn't kidding."
Celchu: At this point, the thing breaks down and weeps over the shattered remnants of his puny life.
Celchu: It is something like performance art,
Celchu: except less meaningful.*

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Originally posted by sanehatter:
**Man, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

I mean, the search funtion is still broken, right?
**

....I didn't even think of using it. Damn. I feel stupid now. But then, what I did was merely skim down the topic list for things that sounded important (or funny) by title, and then checked their creation dates..... still, if I had used the search function I'd probably have a spare two hours again..... damn.

-Andiyar

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"Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

Wow, and I was here from the start. (Until I actually used Coldstone and realised how crap it was)

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-Zaphod Beeblebrox - President of the Universe
All hail El Presidente Beeblebrox

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Originally posted by Beeblebrox:
**Wow, and I was here from the start. (Until I actually used Coldstone and realised how crap it was)

**

Now now. If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all. This is a celebratory topic. Feel free to post one called 'Coldstone Is Crap" if you wish, but keep the negativity out of this one. However, I can't say the consequences would be that fun......

-Andiyar

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"Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

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Originally posted by Tarnćlion Andiyarus:
However, I can't say the consequences would be that fun...

Well, maybe not for him...

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hehe I guss it was about a year and a half ago I tried to get in on a game Adiyar and a few others were designing, without realizing I had no time to do so . What was it called...... Epitheisterra!! That's it!!

Cheers all!!

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