Kera foehunter:
I am one of the "oldies" - think I joined HoH around 2000, moved onto The Grand Alliance simultaneously and became mod, then we updated by moving to CDO (where I retained modship) and HoH died away.Hey,:hat off Old one don't forget not to trip over your long old beard
I always forget how long CDO's been about for :D
Hashut's Blessing
rabotak:
happy birthday CDO, and a big :cheers to all of its members!
this is a great place to lurk, always a good, fun and informative read,
a place for stunning artwork and creativity, and one of the friendliest and most civilised forums around-
keep up the good work and supportive environment, and thanks for giving this and so many other lone CD-generals a home!
Thommy H:
Heh…I always forget how new CDO was when I joined. I remember in those days Hand of Hashut was still limping on, and CDO definitely appeared to be a kind of upstart forum. Even then though, it was clear which was the better community. Genuinely, it must be hard for newer members to understand what we came from, and how little there was for Chaos Dwarfs when all this started. I remember scouring eBay for deals, weighing up the pros and cons of getting into a bidding war over a few measly big hats. I remember jumping on any alternative manufacturer making “evil dwarves” of any variety, trying to decide whether they’d work with other Chaos Dwarf models. Look at us now: a whole army from Forge World, something I remember being one of the crazy rumours that was floated around back in the day, updated rules in a shiny book, and the exact models I was searching for five years ago from Titan Wargames.
And through all of it, this has remained the best Warhammer forum on the internet, bar none. Because we were all in it together, because the models and the rules were in such a nebulous state for so long, we’ve been free of most of the kinds of inane arguments that blight other places online. Yeah, there’s been some controversies along the way, but this is a remarkably unified, creative, supportive community of like-minded people. Long may it continue :cheers
Bolg:
Congrats guys! I hope to be around for the next five years, Cdo has been a great motivation for me to get deeper into the hobby.
Ghrask Dragh:
I look very fondley upon this site.
Having been a Chaos Dwarf fan for so long I remember being so chuffed when Uzkul Werit told me about these sites, I had never even been online much let alone posted on forums and talked to people from around the world before.
Without getting too over the top I really was coming out of a very bad (and lonely) place when I started painting again, which lead to me meeting people like Uzkul, which lead me to these sites. It was so refreshing to get to talk to people and interact in a way that I hadn’t for a long time. To find that people actually liked the same stuff and the stuff I was doing was even better. Reading this thread has reminded me of how much life has changed in the last 5 years (:cheers Grim’) and how positive it’s all been. Personally, coming from that lonely place to having the friends and more importanly family I now have to Chaos Dwarfs and having an army list AND miniatures from GW was a far far cry from reality, how things change 
This is the site for me, although I don’t post as much as I would like to I always check in. Much Kudos to Xander for getting this all up and running :hat off and to the admins and mods that keep it running since he checked out a bit too :hat off
:cheers all
Hashut’s Blessing:
Thanks Kera, but when you can’t find your legs for beard, you don’t trip anyway. It has been woven into runes of flight to allow me to hover on my magic facial carpet.
Going to the link at tGA amuses me - one mod and it was me 
Always a mod and never the admin 
brotsorrow:
Heh...I always forget how new CDO was when I joined. I remember in those days Hand of Hashut was still limping on, and CDO definitely appeared to be a kind of upstart forum. Even then though, it was clear which was the better community. Genuinely, it must be hard for newer members to understand what we came from, and how little there was for Chaos Dwarfs when all this started. I remember scouring eBay for deals, weighing up the pros and cons of getting into a bidding war over a few measly big hats. I remember jumping on any alternative manufacturer making "evil dwarves" of any variety, trying to decide whether they'd work with other Chaos Dwarf models. Look at us now: a whole army from Forge World, something I remember being one of the crazy rumours that was floated around back in the day, updated rules in a shiny book, and the exact models I was searching for five years ago from Titan Wargames.This was very well said!!! :hat off
And through all of it, this has remained the best Warhammer forum on the internet, bar none. Because we were all in it together, because the models and the rules were in such a nebulous state for so long, we've been free of most of the kinds of inane arguments that blight other places online. Yeah, there's been some controversies along the way, but this is a remarkably unified, creative, supportive community of like-minded people. Long may it continue :cheers
Thommy H
Lava Lord:
:cheers this has become one of the best sites and the only real good CD site now. I was around near the beginning and happy to be able to start to come back. You, CDO, have come a long way and gotten to be great, thanx to the great membership. Cheers to a Happy Birthday…
Grimstonefire:
Technically I think it was early February 2007, so we’re a bit off. :~
But 5 years… Damn, that is a long time. It really doesn’t seem that long ago though?
Here’s to another 5 years! :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers
Stepper:
Happy anniversary CDO :cheers
GRNDL:
Much Kudos to Xander for getting this all up and running :hat off and to the admins and mods that keep it running since he checked out a bit too :hat offI agree, but it seems the "Man of the Hour" is conspicuous by his absence. I think some rival website has kidnapped him...
Ghrask Dragh
The_Bear_in_the_Hat:
That’s actually a great achievement. Well done.
cornixt:
It seems like a long time but really quick at the same time.
zobo1942:
I will drink a beer (or several!) this evening in celebration.
Taurian:
Strange…as a newcomer here, for some reason I thought it was a lot older than that. Maybe it has something to do with the overall wealth of accumulated knowledge represented herein.
vulcanologist:
Great achievement CDO! So how many of the originals are left?
gIL^:
Think im an original from the HoH. We should have a special medal
cornixt:
Strange...as a newcomer here, for some reason I thought it was a lot older than that. Maybe it has something to do with the overall wealth of accumulated knowledge represented herein.Some of us have been on the treadmill for quite a while. For me it started with the Chaos Dwarf egroup back in 2000 or so, which later became the Yahoo message board. There was a problem with spam so everyone made a shift to Hand of Hashut, and when that got too stagnant CDO was created.
Taurian
Nebuchandnezzar:
wow
congrats to all who have built this from the ground up over the years
lets keep the fires of hashut burning bright for another five years
:hat off
Kera foehunter: