Happy Weemiversary!

One year ago today theweem.com went live, so Happy Weemiversary… me!

I considered doing something fun for this, but the fact is I just returned home after being away on vacation for 8 days or so. I’ve only just settled in tonight, and frankly I’m lazy anyway.

This project (theweem.com) has blown away every single expectation I have ever had for it. Whether it’s been the number of visitors to the site or a guess at how well received an article will be… or even an assumption that “those guys don’t know who I am”, I have been and am still constantly surprised at how often I am wrong. As such, this has been a very exciting year.

I call this site a project, and there is good reason to do so. Over the years I have started, maintained, and let fade so many RPG-related websites that I long ago lost count. The goals have always been the same over the years… 1) create a site I would enjoy creating content for that was also 2) related to a topic that I have at least a little expertise in (D&D) while 3) turning it into something that more people enjoyed than I could count on my two hands. I also wanted to use this effort to 4) promote the prosperity of the game and table-top gaming in general.

Since 1999 or so, I have had many websites hit one or two of these, while failing at the rest, but theweem.com has seen successful for me where all my other projects have more or less failed.

This is all sounding like big pats upon my back from my own heavy arm, but the fact is that I have been, and remain still, quite humbled by the successes. I still get excited when those “in the industry”, or those connected to it whom I highly respect take notice of my site, or share a word with me on Twitter. I’m still just a guy who loves D&D (and now Pathfinder as well!), and the awesome people who make up the community. Anything beyond that is the extra chocolate on top (sorry, I’m not into cherries).

Thank you everyone for being a part of this site and the community in general. I hope to continue promoting the game and enjoying your company for another year at least!

Anyway, I will leave you with the following link in case you are curious to know more about me or this site (for whatever reason)!

Who is Weem?

Who cares, I’ll just follow him on Twitter and find out.

Oh, and just for fun… Here are some posts I made on the day the site went live one year ago today…

1) Twitter, D&D and Tweetdeck
2) Q&A With the Man They Call Weem (Interview by Emerald Press)
3) Azeroth, the 2011 D&D Campaign Setting?