Hey hey once again it's Messmaster here to say thanks for being with us for another year! 19 down and now we're now into our TWENTIETH year. Such an interesting phenomenon to actually grow old with a community of other people online. But we still here!

To celebrate, I've opened up VIP a bit. I've given UMD's top 1000 people VIP status for a day, to say thanks for your contributions. Anyone who makes a purchase today will get 24 hours of VIP automatically. (For everyone else, if you want VIP for $1 please contact me.)

It's good times right now, and despite what's going on in the world from politics to copyright to privacy, with people like you I'm sure we can make it through the next decade.

Peace,
Messmaster

Thanks for all you've done to make the UMD a safe and secure place for those of us who's interests in UMD related areas most likely aren't understood at all by the majority of our circle of acquaintances. I've been coming to this site for about 10 years off and on, first as a lurker, then as a member. I have been able to meet others who share my interests, and made me feel not so much of an outsider because of those interests. Once again thanks for all you've done to give us all a safe place to talk, learn, and grow in our messiness!

Hey, thanks too! I've been here as a lurker for years
(It makes me feel old to say I downloaded a pile of messy images onto floppy disk in 1999 because like the rest of the world I was worried UMD might not survive Y2K and the whole internet as it was would disappear! )

In any case, I recently joined properly, and have been enjoying the conversation with many others here.

Appreciate all your work. Mac

Fuck me. My profile says I've been here for 18 of them.

Thank you so much for providing the community and infrastructure that you do. Super appreciate it. I've been looking into throwing an event on the east coast to mirror the kind that I've been doing out here, and hopefully I'll get to meet some of the wam'ers that seem to be concentrated on that side!

I've been around for most of that time - since it was pretty much a listings page (before I joined properly)

The UMD has become THE central hub of the WAM community - bar none. A safe place to play WAM. Whilst I don't agree with every change or development that's been made, I certainly respect the overall vision.

As I've become more involved in recent years and opened a store it really becomes apparent that it's not about making a quick buck! Its ambition is really for something sustainable and long term. We all contribute and we all benefit!

Derek is a real generous dude who thinks big - but he wants us all to share it. Thanks to you and everyone else involved in making this a place we can all call home.

Congrats - and here's to 20 more years (at least)!

Congratulations on all you have achieved with the UMD.
It's an amazing site and I just want to thank you for all the support you have me personally and you have played a big part in getting me back into action again.
Love Jessie xx

As someone who's been here since the very start, it's been a privilege and an honour to be part of this community and watch it grow over the years. :notworthy: 19 already! For a full year now the UMD has been legally old enough to watch its own content!

And indeed, the depth and breadth of what Messmaster has created really is visionary. Fellow old-timers will rememer when the UMD was just one of many "wam directory" sites, but it's the one that constantly developed and expanded and tried new things, and hence is the one that survived to become a masive central lynchpin of the entire on-line wet-and-messy-world.

Happy sploshing birthday UMD!

Congrats and thank you so much!

Well, done, keep up the great work you do for our community.

I thought I lurked for a bit, but my profile says 19 years! I must have been one of those people who jump onto good things when they see it...though i now feel very old.

Peace out, young whippersnappers.

Congratulations and kudos to MM for keeping this forum going.

Like Noise I've been here from the early days and have seen many changes but the forum is friendly. It also serves as a valuable resource for those of us with a "niche" fetish and can be extremely supportive.

I've seen many people come and many people go but this is the place to be.

Long may it continue.

Congratulations on turning 19, Messmaster,
but, seriously - I swear you recently had announced the UMD's 20th anniversary.

Also, what's the internet, and how do I use this thing?

I regret lurking so long that my profile only indicates eleven years.

Congrats and thanks, MM.

I've been here for all 19 irispective of what my profile says, that's down to me messing my profile up I vaguely remember first meeting MM on icq shortly before he started UMD originally I was called Jonn which I also lost through my own cock up but I wouldn't change back now
I've seen all sorts of comings and goings particularly though a list of members who have come and gone, sometimes come back again but left a lasting impression particularly on chat and the forums. I remember the wild west days of chat when people jumped across a list of rooms, all with completely different topics on I think what was parachat , I forget lol but it was chaos having non wam people popping in and out all the time, thank goodness it moved on lol
Personally I have always tried to ensure equality and respect prevailed through my contribution as I believe this is what MM and all the mods want, to create somewhere nobody feels, in simple terms, strange, somewhere everyone feels welcomed and I think MM has achieved this and made it last and it been a pleasure being part of it for the last 19 yrs

Cheers, Yam

Hard to believe that it's been 19 years, umd was my forum that I discovered for wetlook and messy back in 1998. Happy anniversary!

Good gravy, I would love to see what this place looked like back in 1998. I've only been visiting since about....2005-ish. That's including time as a lurker.

Congrats. Been a lurker mostly throughout but yeah, been around since near the beginning.

But that logo though...that little 19 in the circle looks like something you need to click to see a notification or message or something...

Thanks for providing the community you do. I've been on board since it was an email list.

There are a couple of landing pages from 1999 but this from 2000 is the earliest listing page I can find

https://web.archive.org/web/20000229134902/http://umd.net:80/messy.htm

UMD ID #189 saying thanks for creating the platform for our community.

Thank you for keeping this site going. Being a webmaster takes dedication and continuous upkeep. The rest of us just log on, look, chat, and enjoy. So, thank you for all that you do.

I remember finding this site using Lycos on dial-up in it's first week. Seemed like a cool idea at the time... Had no clue it'd become so much. Thanks MM and the rest of the team.mods for making and keeping this place awesome.

19 years of confusing prospective students of the University of Maryland sure has turned out well!

Wait, what? Derek, I want my tuition back!

Congratulations on 19 years Messmaster..delighted to have been here for all 19 of them

Thanks for all the support, and encouragement you have given me. I can't believe I went from someone who marvelled at these amazing people called producers who actually worked with models were, to being one myself. What an amazing journey, and you have played such a huge part.

So many many thanks and can't wait for the 20 year celebrations..I'll get my models to get the cakes and we can all dress up in our finest attire.....but they are a little clumsy so I hope nothing goes wrong

Just wanted to jump on the bandwagon here and give props to all those behind the scenes who keep this place humming. It's been a great ride. First, to come here to find others with a mutual interest in all things messy, then later on as a contributor.

Messmaster, would love to hang for a night in Philly with you and Mrs. Bee, tipping back cocktails. Couple years back, I was in town for a conference and ate at High Street on Market and felt I just scratched the surface of the Philly food/wine scene!

Great Job on 19 MM, its bee a fascinating journey. Was wonderful to get to know you and all the great members of this community over the years I can not believe it has been this many years...... It will be fascinating to see how our community continues to develop. (Now where did I leave that cane.....)

Thanks everybody for the props! It's nuts that some of yall have been here from the beginning, and it couldn't be a more humbling thought. I just make the platform, but you guys are all the life. 19 years and one more year until the big one! I don't care, we're going to Vegas next year, baby!

As for this year, I'm chillin. Bee and Bigshipper (and anyone else), if you guys are in town, inbox a brotha.... I'll probably be up in Fishtown, full of tequila

M

Happy Birthday UMD!!! Thanks for everything you do Messmaster!

MM said it best, it's truly a humbling experience to be a part of such a fantastic community. Thank you to each and every one of you!

Whoever is in the Philly area tonight, come hang so I can cheers you and thank you in person