Happy 10th Birthday, MuggleNet!
Once upon a time, a 12-year-old kid was suffering from crushing boredom. He thought it would be fun to make a website. So he did. And at first, it completely sucked. Then he got really, really obsessed. He quickly found other obsessed fans -- and you know the rest! HarryPotter.com just wasn't giving us enough of what we wanted, so we took matters into our own hands: MuggleNet is a 10 year long project of collective success involving millions of passionate Harry Potter fans from every corner of the Earth. Every fan contributed in some way - whether it was posting news, submitting fan fics, or engaging in discussion on forums while we went delusional waiting for each book. WOW, has it been fun!
We'll be posting fun new features throughout the month looking back at the past 10 years, so stay tuned. Embarrassing baby photos of Andrew Sims are likely. T-shirts possible. Thank you, MuggleNetters, for your continued support!
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Posted by Emerson on Oct 1st |
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Happy Birthday, Mugglenet! You guys have been one of my home pages for seven years now. Actually, my (now) husband and I first clicked when we discovered our mutual love of Mugglenet (and Harry Potter). Thanks for all the great times!
MuggleNet I love you you are my favourite website ever you make my life complete. without you I would be lost. 10 years old! my how you've grown! I have been here for-- my goodness can it have been four years now?? cheesecakians anyone? mugglenet feeds my obsession and soothes my soul. mugglenet (and mugglecast) you are the best! btw I want a t-shirt. I would buy one. or three. oh my gosh deusional! it brings back memories of frightening h/hr shippers hahahahahaha they were pissed
8 years Emerson naming my first kid after you this website is just as much part of harry potter as harry potter is of it thanks for the hard work and keep it up on behalf of everyone i'd just like to say thank you for getting bored.
YAY Happy Birthday! Looking forward (I think) for those baby Andrew pics! I remember when I discovered you, MuggleNet, and I'm so glad I did!
Happy Decade Mugglenet! I discovered you in 2002! So, it's been a great 7 years! Keep up the awesome work! :P
HAPPY BDAY MUGGLENET....I think its been like 6.5 or 7 years since i found it. heres to my main distraction on nights of pointless hw
Wow, I've been a MuggleNet visitor since the PreProduction of Prisoner of Azkaban Movie. Since then, it has been my Harry Potter Movie source...IMDB.com SUCKS!!! LOL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUGGLENET!!!! you were the first harry potter site i discovered when i became obsessed with harry potter, & i still check the website every single day! i love everyone on the staff! emerson ben micah andrew laura jamie & everyone who contributes!! keep up the amazing work & hopefully in 10 years we will be celebrating 20 years ! :)
Happy Birthday!!! I love birthdays. I've been following MuggleNet for about 5 years, I was a little late entering the Harry Potter scene. But one day I was walking through a store and they were showing one of these HP movies and I figured I would rent the movies just to see what all the hype was about... and I was hooked.
WOW!!!! Happy Birthday Mugglenet and congrats Emerson for this great website. I have been coming here for about 5 years and was so happy to find out about the many other obsessed people in the world. Harry Potter has changed my life since I started reading at age 9 and Mugglenet has helped me stay excited through waiting for book releases and especially now when there is only two movies left to wait for. I love all you guys and can't wait for those baby pics :)
i've been a harry potter fan for 10 years, but i just found all the fan sites and podcasts, if only i had found you earlier...
happy birthday mugglenet!!
WOW. Time flies. Congratulations.
wooooooot!!!! yay mugglenet! I've been with mugglenet for.... six years I think, and I can't imagine a better place to have shared my love of HP with so many other devoted fans! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has helped keep this site up and running, it continues to be amazing!!!! woooooooooot!
Hey! Good job guys! I just discovered mugglenet last month and i just became a member today.I LOVE THIS SITE!i go on twice a day.its the only hp fansite i go on.congrats!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Mugglenet!! I have to say that you guys run the best site (Harry Potter or otherwise) around! Love you forever! :D
Haaaaaaapppy Birthday!!! YA'LL ROCK!!! literally changed my life!
Happy Birthday MuggleNet!!!! Totally share the same birthday!!! Love this site!!!
I am proud to say that I have been with Mugglenet since I was about ten years old- 6 years ago. I was searching for Harry Potter fansites and the ones that I had come accross jusy didn't seem sufficient enough. It was then that I stumbled onto Mugglenet. I have not been able to litreally go a day with visiting this site and catching up on the Potter news. Thanks Mugglenet for being a great site that none of the other fansites can top! GO MUGGLENET!!!
Ugh. I have to correct my above comment. I meant to say : 1) that the other fansites just were'nt sufficient enough. 2) I can't go a day without visiting this site. :)
I discovered mugglenet because i was looking up some harry potter news! i had loved the books long before i discovered mugglenet, but i couldn't believe how many other people out there were just as obsessed as i was! mugglenet has been my homepage ever since, i love mugglecast and can't believe its been 10 years!!! Congrats to everyone who works really hard to put this website together, and i can't wait for the years to come!!! Happy 10th Birthday mugglenet!!!! :)
Happy Birthday Mugglenet!! I've been coming on here since June 2007. Not very long, but it took me until then to get into the series. Thanks for being an amazing website!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! MUGGLENET!!!! You rock so much. And you make my life complete. PotterforLife :)
10 YEARS?! Congratulations man! I wish I could have been there since the beginning! Been here for 2 years with Emerson and co. You guys are the greatest! CHEERS!
HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY MUGGLENET. I've been checking your site almost daily since 2003! Great job and thanks!
Has it really been that long? I've been here since 2004...which was 5 years ago. Time sure flies. Happy 10 years Mugglenet. Here's to 10 more!
Thank you, Mugglenet, for being such a fantastic resource! I've relied on you for over five years, since I first was bit by the Potter bug. You make me smile! (And you GMH!)
Happy Birthday Mugglenet! I've been coming on this site for about 2 and 1/2 years. I first found out about Harry Potter when i was seven. My second grade teacher read a chapter of it every day at story time and after that I begged my mom to read the other books to me. She read a few of the other ones but for some reason I couldn't pay attention, so she stopped, although I was a huge fan of the movies. So about five years later when I was in the seventh grade my grandmother bought me Ootp for Christmas, but I just put it under my bed. Then HBP came out. She bought it for me the day it was released because she thought I wanted it. I felt bad that I didn't read the fifth or sixth book, so I decided to read them and after that I got hooked. That was a few years ago though. Now im almost 17 years old and I don't know what I would do if my Nana hadn't got me those books. I should probably thank her for it, but most of all, I should thank mugglenet for creating this amazing website. THANK YOU EMERSON!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUGGLENET!! I've been with you 8 ( I was 13 and now I'm 21) of those 10 years and I never go anywhere else for my HP info. The whole Harry Potter experience I had growing up wouldn't have been the same without you. Hp and mugglenet go hand in hand. Thank you for all the hard work. I hope you're around for many more years. A loyal and obssesed fan, Justine
5 years of fun for me :) great job mugglenet, keep it up :))
Happy Birthday Mugglenet! Great new layout too--you gave us a gift!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUGGLENET!!! I've only been visting since 07, for two years, but I am completely obsessed and love MuggleNet. I hope thos baby pictures of Andrew are coming soon!
Happy Birthday, MuggleNet :) Wow, a whole decade! Well, I can't say that I've been here for the entire time, but I've pretty much been coming here everyday since I became a Harry Potter fan; so that's a good 6 or 7 years. Yay!
Happy Birthday Mugglenet!!! Wow it really has been an unbelievable 10yrs! Harry potter has been such a big part of my life and it would never have been the same without mugglenet!! You guys have made the whole crazy HP experience amazing. From your quick news posts to your fun discussions it's made waiting for the books and unforgettable journey! Thanks guys for doing an awesome job!
WOW, 10 years!! Congrats to Emerson and everyone from the staff who have worked so hard all these years to give the most amazing potter fan website. You rock!!
I honestly can't remember when I started following Mugglenet, but I think it was about when I discovered the books when GOF came out, and I have checked it probably several times a day ever since. I'm 68 (I know, almost as old as Dumbledore himself), and work in an Elementary School library, so you also give me a lot of "conversation starters" to get new fans interested in the books! Keep up the fantastic work!
I can't remember if it was 2000 or 2001 lool it's consuming me xD but it was probably 2001
Ya MuggleNet!!!!! I love how Emerson linked the word "fun" to the Wall of Shame, LOL! What crazy people ...... but this feels sooooo great. I discovered MuggleNet about 4 years ago and to think that I still come here every single day....haha, Harry Potter isn't just a book, it's a lifestyle! :P
Wowza!! 10 years!! Cooooongraaaaaduuuulaaaat iooooons, Emerson!! I
Gratsss Mugglenet
Happy 10th birthday. I randomly found you guys through a google search. And I'm glad I found you!
Yay! Happy Birthday Mugglenet!! I haven't been around that long, I got addicted in 2006!
Wow, I think it was 6 years ago? It actually seems like a really long time, and MuggleNet got away from me for awhile but I'm back and staying forever!
Happy 10th Birthday Mugglenet!! I've around for 8 years now! I've seen this stie grow so much in the time that I've been visiting. This is the 4th site on my list of site visits which compose my daily routine. Congratulations on all you've achieved! Here's to your future success!!
Happy birthday, Mugglenet! Like others, I discovered this site on google just looking for some harry potter info. I never imagined there was a whole Harry Potter fan community out there with web sites, forums, podcasts, fanfics, and more. It was before GOF came out, as I remember laughing hysterically at the picture of ron in his dress robes that you guys had posted. Thank-you soooo much for everything you do, you make my days brighter and scratch my hp itch. :-)
Happy Birthday MuggleNet! I've been with you for 8 years! Since I was 11, just at Hogwarts age :D
10 years already! that's like the age of my younger brother.. btw, i'm loving the new layout.. cool :)) more power mugglenet! hope you stay for more more years..
Happy 10th Birthday MuggleNet ! You guys are awesome. Love the new layout. ;) More power to all of you !
Loving the new layout! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUGGLENET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday from a long-time fan, and recent Mugglecast transcriber! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Mugglenet!!!! I discovered Mugglenet between 2001 and 2003, but I can't remember exactly when. I have always loved Mugglenet and I am so glad Emerson made this site 10 years ago! Mugglenet is one of the sites that I must visit at least once a day! =) (p.s. love the new layout!)
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