09-28-2009, 09:55 PM
Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
3:09PM - GMT+10 Time
As of this time, there have been over 10 million of my skins downloaded from the Messenger Plus database.
Quite a big milestone to reach in just under a year and a half since skins were first introduced to Messenger Plus! Live. I have to say that things have surely come a long way since I first started skinning 3 years ago.
Back then any skin author was lucky to reach the 100,000 mark in collective downloads. 10 Million was such an unimaginable number. But yeah its finally happened and I was actually around to see the ticker clock over to 10 million which was fortunate as well.
I would like to thank everyone who has ever used any of my skins and would especially like to thank those who continually support the work I do and are patient when I go through periods time where I don't make anything (like now).
Now for the special thanks. I think without this group of people here I don't think I would have come as far as I have now:
ipab - We've come a long way since the early days on the Messenger Lab boards where a clueless kid appeared saying "Yep, I'm going to make my own skin and you'll see how awesome it is".
fizical and theunknown - Hey it's you guys that actually got me interested in skinning in the first place. Your skins will always be the best in my mind.
thesteve and theblasphemer - Thanks for constantly saving the skin and customization world from certain doom. Had it not been for you guys I would have left the scene at Messenger 8.0, like so many of the other skinners
stianu89 and blu_eyes - Without competition, there is no innovation. Although we did share ideas and collaborate a few times. Having you guys as competition during the 8.1 era was great. It really pushed my skins to a new level.
The Messenger Plus! community - Yeah you guys are probably one of the most awesome group of people I've ever come to know. Sam gets a special mention simply because he was hosting some of my skins early days.
Menthix - for having the patience to receive all the modifications I make to my skins and running the database and giving me a place to check my stats. ZOMG 10 Million!
Patchou - The big man himself, thanks for being patient with my constant nagging of features. I'm still waiting for better control of tabbed chats.
mk - yeah out of all the people i've randomly met as a result of skinning, you're probably the most unique. Zero-G ftw lol (even though I still think Phunk'n is way better)
the designevolved staff and those involved with the site - Lou, shayne etc.
mynetx, mess.be, msgstuff.com, msntribe.it and any other site thats featured me - for featuring my stuff as news and making me look important
The facebook fans - Wow I actually have fans Who would have ever thought.
and lastly. You. The users.
10 Million has been great. But its not over, not by a long shot. I'm getting close to finally completing my portfolio website which means I should be able to get back into some more serious skinning. Keep an eye open, because 10 Million is only the beginning.
Here is to the next 10 million.
Willz.
3:09PM - GMT+10 Time
As of this time, there have been over 10 million of my skins downloaded from the Messenger Plus database.
Quite a big milestone to reach in just under a year and a half since skins were first introduced to Messenger Plus! Live. I have to say that things have surely come a long way since I first started skinning 3 years ago.
Back then any skin author was lucky to reach the 100,000 mark in collective downloads. 10 Million was such an unimaginable number. But yeah its finally happened and I was actually around to see the ticker clock over to 10 million which was fortunate as well.
I would like to thank everyone who has ever used any of my skins and would especially like to thank those who continually support the work I do and are patient when I go through periods time where I don't make anything (like now).
Now for the special thanks. I think without this group of people here I don't think I would have come as far as I have now:
ipab - We've come a long way since the early days on the Messenger Lab boards where a clueless kid appeared saying "Yep, I'm going to make my own skin and you'll see how awesome it is".
fizical and theunknown - Hey it's you guys that actually got me interested in skinning in the first place. Your skins will always be the best in my mind.
thesteve and theblasphemer - Thanks for constantly saving the skin and customization world from certain doom. Had it not been for you guys I would have left the scene at Messenger 8.0, like so many of the other skinners
stianu89 and blu_eyes - Without competition, there is no innovation. Although we did share ideas and collaborate a few times. Having you guys as competition during the 8.1 era was great. It really pushed my skins to a new level.
The Messenger Plus! community - Yeah you guys are probably one of the most awesome group of people I've ever come to know. Sam gets a special mention simply because he was hosting some of my skins early days.
Menthix - for having the patience to receive all the modifications I make to my skins and running the database and giving me a place to check my stats. ZOMG 10 Million!
Patchou - The big man himself, thanks for being patient with my constant nagging of features. I'm still waiting for better control of tabbed chats
.mk - yeah out of all the people i've randomly met as a result of skinning, you're probably the most unique. Zero-G ftw lol (even though I still think Phunk'n is way better)
the designevolved staff and those involved with the site - Lou, shayne etc.
mynetx, mess.be, msgstuff.com, msntribe.it and any other site thats featured me - for featuring my stuff as news and making me look important
The facebook fans - Wow I actually have fans
Who would have ever thought. and lastly. You. The users.
10 Million has been great. But its not over, not by a long shot. I'm getting close to finally completing my portfolio website which means I should be able to get back into some more serious skinning. Keep an eye open, because 10 Million is only the beginning.
Here is to the next 10 million.
Willz.
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