I had installed many MOD's by that stage (Modifications), but none as bad as the Country Flags Mod, I lost 75 posts and 1 member having to restore a recent backup. I remember being so annoyed at myself at the time, had I had the knowledge I have now, then, about phpBB, it would have been a one minute repair job. But the only way you can learn is by making mistakes, I even wrote a tutorial about how to overcome this problem if you experience. It was even added to phpBB.com's Knowledge Base. You can view the article here.
Since then though, I have installed some of the hardest MOD's around, like the Attachment Mod. And although others don't believe so, I think that you can learn a lot about how PHP and phpBB works from the code within MOD's. I've made 3 MOD's, each has a unique history. The Average Posts Per User MOD was a simple one indeed, but as users including Bittenapple have said, it is one of the best. Not many people know about it unfortunately, but those who do like it. The Forum Updates & Announcements MOD I thought was pretty good, sure it had a few bugs here and there, but hey, everything has bugs. I know where I went wrong though, and one day I will do a 'code rehaul' and basically write it from scratch. That is once I finish my Ultimate Quiz Mod, and another secret MOD which I'm currently making
My Quiz Mod, most of you know about. It's a great quiz addon to phpBB, and has a lot of code in it. I still want to add many features like earning Cash etc, but progress is going very well.
Unfortunately, many themes are hard to update with MOD's installed. The code is so different, so I decided it was time to dump a few themes, remember Silver Xire? I don't think it got used anyway
, but none-the-less they had to be removed. We had another theme that the Moderators and I had worked on though, CricketMX.com. The default theme some of you see now, most use EternalDarkness though 
It's terrific to have forum full of such great people. The moderators do a fantastic job, there are so many groups of 'staff' here, and you all do an unbelievable job. The CricketMX Forum Moderators; Bacon, Grinch and Quicksilver do a fantastic job, although our forum rarely ever has any problems when it comes to bad behavior, when it does happen the Mods are right on to it.
The Lyrics Team, Moon, Gers, Me, Boozy, Grinch, myself and of course Dan who made the marvelous program do a great job submitting and validating lyrics, when I look at the Admin Panel, I know there are users that are viewing the lyrics, and bringing in members to the site. You do a fantastic job.
The Tech Support Staff (Rock, Grinch, Bacon) are always helping in the support sections, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Bacon, doing a fantastic job always making logo's and icons for themes does always puts in 110%, his images are of great quality and could be compared to any company's in my opinion.
Although not used as much any more, the web site team were always on hand in the early stages on Cmx, we had a lot of fun making new layouts, and that dreaded drop down box!
And Tune has done an awesome job sending me songs for the radio, as has anyone else that has sent me any rbs files
I have written a bit about the radio already which can be viewed at http://forums.cricketmx.com/viewtopic.php?t=1381 and http://forums.cricketmx.com/viewtopic.php?t=1316
Everyone, past, present, and in the future has / will have a part to do with CricketMX and its growth. We have a fantastic bunch of people, and between here, the room, Msn, we all have fun and that's what makes this site unique. There are some exciting new prospects on the horizon for CricketMX, and a great future ahead of us. Thanks to the moderators, and members of this great forum for a wonderful year 2004, I look forward to a prosperous 2005 and beyond. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful new year.
Thanks everyone
somehow I knew that 
Merry X-mas to you too & a 
Happy New Year!
