It’s with a slight tear in my eye that I reflect on an important milestone in the life of what was once my “pet project”, but quickly grew to become more like a full-time job in its own right. And it’s with something of a red face that I admit that I actually missed the date in question by eight whole days!
Sharksworld celebrated her fifth anniversary on 4 Feb 2013. For those of you who want to check my maths, I’m linking to our first ever post, dated 4 Feb 2008. Things have changed a huge amount since those days, when the likes of wpw, PJLD, Big Fish, Vinnie, KSA Shark and a few others were our only posters, but I like to think that Sharksworld has only improved with time and has managed to keep a lot of its unique ethos – its “soul”, if you will – as our readership has grown and as the site layout and functionality has evolved over the years.
So happy anniversary to all of us, and again apologies for missing the actual date! It’s been an amazing ride and I can only offer my heartfelt thanks to all of those who have shared it with me, whether as fellow administrators, writers or readers and posters. I appreciate every one of you – and all the contributions made – and hope that we can do another post like this (on the correct date, 4 Feb 2018) to celebrate ten years of Sharksworld magic.
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congratulations on a great achievement. This has to be the best rugby site around(maybe I’m to biased to my sharkies) I probably don’t comment as much as I should but I’m on here reading everyday. So well done on a great job and hope it will last many years to come
@sharkbok (Comment 1) : awesome to hear – thanks sharkbok!
Congrats Rob.
I must have joined towards the end of Feb 2008 when I started wasting my time here.
Anyway you can check when I started?
Yaaaaay!!! 😆
Congratulations Rob!
It takes someone special to take an unpleasant event and turning into an opportunity. It also takes balls to keep a site like this running while also shining in your day-job.
Long may Sharksworld continue to brighten the blogosphere.
Congrats Rob!
Awesome achievement to keep it going while entertaining a day job!
Thanks for changing our lives!
@Pokkel (Comment 3) : 2008-03-11 07:56:07
shame on you rob! 😛 lol when was my 1st post? next year will have lots of time to post nd improve my writing and maybe more of us can reliev some of the work load for you buddy 🙂
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 5) : couldn’t have done it without you mate – and you know it 🙂
@Poisy (Comment 7) : you registered on 2010-05-26 06:06:28
@robdylan (Comment 9) : ah yes the beast saga. but was reading sharksworld alot longer than that
Hi, my name is…uhm….firethelooser, and I’m a SharksWorld addict. It has been 5mins. since my last “refresh” and I am really struggling to keep my job straight.
Welcome to SUA (Sharksworld Users Anonymous) 😆
@robdylan (Comment 6) :
Cool, I remember you lured me over from the Dark Side. 😆
@FireTheLooser (Comment 11) : hi firethelooser do you want to share more
Congrats Rob, thanks for running a great site and all who contributes, keep it up
@FireTheLooser (Comment 11) : You disappeared for a while?
We won tickets to that horrible wet game against the Chiefs were we we robbed of a win!
Congrats Rob, and a big thank you to all the people on the site for making it what it is today. It is really a great place to talk rugby!
Hey Rob, What a bout a little article about why this started and how it evolved over time. A bit of the history of Sharksworld to date?
Happy Happy Guys and Congrats to everyone 😀
Huge achievement for the site, Rob and the entire Sharksworld community
It has been a privilege to a part of this great site since 2011 October or November, what I do remember is I was close to writing my final matric exams at the time.
Well done Rob
@Viking (Comment 17) : that won’t be a little article 🙂 But yes, maybe I should…
Wow Roberto! Its been a long road – but a great one! Congratulations Dude!
Yesterday was my 5 yr anniversary on Sharksworld! 😀
@Pokkel (Comment 15) : I’m still scarred from that game 👿
Wake up screaming some nights, it’s difficult 😆
@robdylan (Comment 20) : Yes please!
Congrats Sharksworld. May there be many more 😎
Congrats Sharksworld! 😉
Congrats Rob and Sharksworld! And thank you for making my workday more unproductive since I happened onto Sharksworld
Well done lads!
@wpw (Comment 25) : Hi Wes! Long time!
@Ice (Comment 28) :
Hey Ice.
Hope you are well. Ek sien maar min tweets van Marcell. Wat gaan aan??
😆
@wpw (Comment 29) :
But wait…….
Howzit Wes?
@Ice (Comment 21) : really? Awesome 🙂
@wpw (Comment 29) : Ek wag viri seisoen om te begin!! 😆
@Pokkel (Comment 30) :
Oraait Pokkie.
Ek is excited oor hierdie jaar se SR toernooi.
Die Sharks is maar favourites jong… soos gewoonlik! 😆 😈
Well done Rob and, everybody else that contributes ito admin or writing of articles.
The best rugby site on the net.
@wpw (Comment 33) : hey – congrats on star number 2
@robdylan (Comment 35) :
😯
Thanks Robster. 😀
Five years… wow…
Congrats Robbo.
I remember those days where we debated the ‘rules’ of the site and got like 20 hits a day. Good fun!
This site has become one those “what did i do before” things in life. Congrats Rob, from a very grateful fan.
ps…when did i join?
@Just a Fan (Comment 39) : I will check the database for you a bit later
I remember the underhanded tactics the admins on this site used to lure us over from SharksRugby. 😎
@klempie (Comment 41) : I asked for a refund on you, but Michael refused.
@robdylan (Comment 42) : 😀
@robdylan (Comment 42) : 😆 😆
@robdylan (Comment 42) : 😆 But I will lways be the honey-bee! 😆
@Ice (Comment 45) : Oh good Lord. I nearly fell of my chair when you said that to me 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 46) :
Come now Rob – nothing than letting a point slide once in a while to make the one person feel good! 😆 
As one of the new ones on Sharksworld: Congrats Rob and thanx for all the time.