Good evening everyone,
It is my distinct pleasure to make this announcement, for it has been a long time coming. One could argue that its been coming for all of 94608000 seconds. It could also be said that its been coming for 1576800 minutes, 1095 days, or 36 months. However, most importantly, it has been coming for exactly three years.
Three years ago today, not long after the first assembly of members on the old Orange Team Forum decided to start their own alliance and found a set of forums of their own, the first semblance of structure began to form. Three years ago today, the first group of orange members started their election campaigns for positions which hadn't even been finalized yet. Three years ago today democracy was afoot, and over the course of the following week by February 19th, 2006, the first government of the ODN was installed, and we were officially an alliance.
There have been highs and lows. There have been times when we've been on the verge of extermination in the face of relentless onslaught from outside, and times when we've been on the verge of self destruction from our own internal strife. But we are still here. Three years later.
I'd like to thank every member of the ODN and all our friends in other alliances past and present who have made this possible. Its been an amazing ride, and one that I hope continues for quite a while yet. Thank you all for reading, and I hope to keep seeing you around for another three years.
And for old times sake, a selection of our original alliance artwork (Credits to Ithilien, CmdrChobo, and Azati Prime for their respective pieces of work):
And please feel free to stop by Pingu's for a drink and celebrate.