TCAL ends

The Community At Large in its current iteration is now over. Thanks for visiting, but you won’t find any new posts here. Also, all comments forms are closed, except on this post.

TCAL ran from 1998 - 1999, and then disappeared until September 2004 when it returned in the form you see it in today. It now stops, with one last iteration to come in the next few years.

Thanks a million to all our thousands of daily readers, those who left comments on posts, anyone who took the time to email in links and stories for the site, and also to those who wrote feature articles.

Thanks to all the frequent posters: Adam, Dave, Davey, G, Norm, Piaras, Steph, adnans, dodger, gordy, jp, kgaughan, littleman, maca, squid, stephen xiel, Si, Feshti, PeterR, lorcan, rOb, sbradish, twenty and Tim.

My favourite link is still Quest for the Crown.

TCAL returns one more time. Until then.

62 Comments

1. Wow. TCAL forever. Thanks danger. It was great.

   Comment by tim — February 25, 2007 @ 9:34 pm

2. Interestingly, all my posts are effectively a record of everything that I’m interested in, kind of.

   Comment by tim — February 25, 2007 @ 9:39 pm

3. ;_;

   Comment by Stranger — February 25, 2007 @ 9:45 pm

4. Let me be the first to say: “fuck”.

   Comment by Damien Mulley — February 25, 2007 @ 9:45 pm

5. Whaa?

   Comment by Gavin — February 25, 2007 @ 10:17 pm

6. now what do i do instead of studying….guess i’ll just get that degree after all.

   Comment by Dagit — February 25, 2007 @ 10:35 pm

7. Nice one mate, kept us entertained almost every day. Sorry to see it end, I remember day one, and throwing meteorites at the f**kin dolphins

   See ye around.

   Comment by Feshti — February 25, 2007 @ 10:55 pm

8. GASP!! You the man Danger. Its a tcal world for shizzle. I’m gonna miss it!

   Comment by dodger — February 25, 2007 @ 10:56 pm

9. Absolutely gutted! Thanks to all concerned for all the brilliant posts. I’ll be even more out of the loop without them… Not quite with this whole mysterious trilogy thing but good luck with all your ventures in the meantime and I await the third coming!

   Comment by Janine — February 25, 2007 @ 11:02 pm

10. Ultimate Blog Awards Stroke- To die during judging.

    Comment by Fishy — February 25, 2007 @ 11:20 pm

11. Good luck, Danger. Thanks.

    Comment by twenty — February 25, 2007 @ 11:29 pm

12. …but why… ???

    Comment by Niklas — February 25, 2007 @ 11:39 pm

13. Really sorry to hear this guys. TCAL being one of the few genuinely entertaining hydra blogs out there. Best of luck in the future.

    Comment by Gareth Stack — February 26, 2007 @ 1:00 am

14. What?? Who will we steal stuff from over at BifSniff.com???

    Seriously, this is the first blog ever I’ve been pissed off to hear is closing up shop.

    When can we expect to hear the full story? What will the next iteration be?

    Damn… good luck with whatever it is you’re planning anyway.

    Comment by frankp — February 26, 2007 @ 1:08 am

15. Hi Danger. WTF?

    Comment by Stephen — February 26, 2007 @ 1:22 am

16. U,U

    Comment by gordy — February 26, 2007 @ 1:52 am

17. What?! Why?

    Comment by Anthony — February 26, 2007 @ 9:05 am

18. So it wasnt just the bucky talking eh.

    Comment by Steph — February 26, 2007 @ 9:19 am

19. Eh, what!!? And more importantly why?!?

    Comment by Bok — February 26, 2007 @ 9:47 am

20. omg, what to do what to do?

    Comment by koka — February 26, 2007 @ 10:03 am

21. Bleh. Where will i post my literary masterpieces now.

    Comment by xiel — February 26, 2007 @ 10:53 am

22. Gosh darn it…. thanks danger

    Comment by sbradish — February 26, 2007 @ 11:02 am

23. Noooooo, not happy to read this at all, I love TCAL. You better come back with something even better

    Comment by redmum — February 26, 2007 @ 11:12 am

24. […] That’s the news that greeted me this morning upon opening Bloglines. It appears as if danger has made the decision to end TCAL for the moment. For those who aren’t fimiliar with TCAL, The Community at Large, it’s a group blog featuring everything and anything. It’s become one of my favourite blogs to read over the past couple of years and I’m sad to see it go. Danger hasn’t really explained why TCAL is leaving us for the moment but has said there will be “one last iteration to come in the next few years”. […]

    Pingback by anthonymcg.com » Blog Archive » TCAL ends — February 26, 2007 @ 11:39 am

25. Sorry to hear the news, what am I going to talk to the lads about now!

    Comment by Si — February 26, 2007 @ 11:41 am

26. Surely you jest?

    Comment by John — February 26, 2007 @ 11:59 am

27. well done danger! the cacoon is hatching….go for it (:

    Comment by krynnletmooout — February 26, 2007 @ 1:21 pm

28. or in plain english: it was great, and best of luck!!!!!!!!

    Comment by krynnletmooout — February 26, 2007 @ 1:28 pm

29. Bleh. Where will i post my literary masterpieces now.

    No matter the others say, I’ll miss you, Xiel.

    Comment by twenty — February 26, 2007 @ 1:56 pm

30. Aw crap! Say it ain’t so!

    Comment by Keith — February 26, 2007 @ 2:28 pm

31. ah jeez, sad news all round, loved this site, always seemed to find something that interested me, look forward to future incarnations!
    all the best
    lorcs

    Comment by lorcan — February 26, 2007 @ 4:39 pm

32. this project was doomed from the start when Dave started asking me for advice

    well done Dave on the current site and don’t forget to contact me again when you decide to start once Web 3.0 fizzles out and Web 4.0 comes out fighting with strippers and such.

    for those who are wondering wtf, look at this - http://tcal.net/archives/author/adnans

    any chance of some kind of statistics rundown from 2004 to present?

    Comment by adnans — February 26, 2007 @ 6:08 pm

33. My fav post is probably this one: Paper Model Bus. And Steph deserves kudos too!!

    Comment by tim — February 26, 2007 @ 7:13 pm

34. It was years of leech-like deliberation before I decided to start posting. Now I wish I had done so far quicker. Thanks for the mention danger, but I had hoped to contribute a heck of a lot more…
    Looking forward eagerly to the next incarnation.
    Until then, love to TCAL!

    Comment by PeterR — February 26, 2007 @ 7:13 pm

35. I turn my back for one second and…. where am I going to post this video of Minister Martin Cullen the potato with a great Simpson’s clip at the end?

    Here, I suppose:

    Good work Danger.

    Looking forward to threecal already…

    Comment by littleman — February 26, 2007 @ 7:15 pm

36. I suppose not.

    Here, maybe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrBEdhTIcQ

    Comment by littleman — February 26, 2007 @ 7:16 pm

37. Steon, the dublin costal development project, the list goes on. You will be missed, a nation mourns your departure.

    Comment by Dony — February 26, 2007 @ 7:31 pm

38. I didn’t see that one coming.

    To be honest, it’s the only way TCAL could have gone, and a great to way to end it.

    Now they’ll have to give you the obligatory “end of career better give him an Oscar” type Blog Award.

    Comment by neil — February 26, 2007 @ 8:22 pm

39. […] TCAL, the ever-reliable source for Internet time-wasting is no more. […]

    Pingback by A Minute’s Silence Please.. at return to pearse — February 26, 2007 @ 8:34 pm

40. Big swinging mickeys. You gave me one of my first plugs when I started this craic. Take care.

    Comment by Green Ink — February 26, 2007 @ 11:51 pm

41. …but….but…. it’s just…
    i thought we were getting on so well… and… you know,.. it’s just… so sudden…
    I know things haven’t been great and…. we’ve had are ups and downs…. but think of all the good times

    Are you blogging with someone else?… is that it?

    Comment by gordy — February 27, 2007 @ 10:45 am

42. What’s kudos????? Don’t think I’ve had that before, is it aussie beer or an IPA?

    Comment by Steph — February 27, 2007 @ 10:52 am

43. theoretically we could keep it going on forever if this one post remains open…..much to dangers horror… maybe he is going NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! leave me alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (;

    Comment by krynn — February 27, 2007 @ 11:07 am

44. Arguably this site became bigger than most thought it would. Sheer credit is due to danger for all the hard work done on the site and the consistent high level of quality - and also credit due to the community itself.

    I look forward to the third installment, whatever form it takes.

    jp

    Comment by jp — February 27, 2007 @ 11:35 am

45. Confucius say everything is will of heaven. May you live in interesting times.

    Comment by Confucius — February 27, 2007 @ 1:33 pm

46. Much credit indeed and many bottles of kudos and International Phonetic Alphabets to danger for all the brilliant work.

    krynn/letmooTout: I’ve followed that innane thread for weeks out of sheer morbid curiousity. I laughed out loud when I read that comment above and realised.
    And since a little t-bird told me a bit more, it makes Such Gargantuan sense. ;P
    Get on 282 smartass!

    Comment by PeterR — February 27, 2007 @ 4:54 pm

47. Ah shite! Ye will be missed.

    Comment by Alan — February 28, 2007 @ 6:53 am

48. Noooooo!

    Comment by Justin — February 28, 2007 @ 11:35 am

49. dang. tcal will be missed

    Comment by quickie — February 28, 2007 @ 11:39 am

50. Sad to see you guys go.

    Comment by Jett Loe — February 28, 2007 @ 4:10 pm

51. eh, ok. Shame.

    oh well

    Comment by Owwmykneecap — February 28, 2007 @ 5:01 pm

52. Best of luck Danger,Thanks for the memorys !!

    Comment by Ninja — February 28, 2007 @ 6:23 pm

53. Bugger.

    what am I going to do during the day now?

    I might have to actually work out what I’m doing at work or something!

    Probably won’t though…

    Comment by Steven Dedalus — March 1, 2007 @ 3:15 pm

54. WTF?? No way man! TCAL is one blog I visit most! C’mon Danger!! WTF?

    Comment by maca — March 3, 2007 @ 1:14 pm

55. kick ass run, great site, can’t wait for the the next coming!

    Comment by G — March 4, 2007 @ 1:55 pm

56. Whats a trackback???

    Comment by Dagit — April 11, 2007 @ 7:05 pm

57. I know TCAL is finished but these pricks still shouldn’t be allowed to comment spam it

    Comment by Stephen — April 14, 2007 @ 6:01 pm

58. Spam removed. TCAL is not finished - it’s just that Part 2 is over. And now… well… Let’s all just enjoy the summer.

    Comment by danger — April 16, 2007 @ 3:05 pm

59. Well when I say finishd, I mean for now

    Looking forward to its return.

    Comment by Stephen — April 19, 2007 @ 5:57 pm

60. Here’s looking forward to episode III (and I’m sure it’ll buck the movie trend).

    Comment by John Breslin — May 21, 2007 @ 11:15 am

61. I never did get around to writing anything, nuts!

    Comment by CuLT — June 7, 2007 @ 11:21 pm

62. I’m closing this post to comments now, please use the contact form if you need to get in touch.

    See you all soon.

    Comment by danger — August 9, 2007 @ 10:27 am

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