Nobody has kept track of the post count, have they? The 1st post by Sarge says the old one was causing lag and was deleted, but didn't say how many posts it was at Hello to all the OG FH users from around 2008-2009. To the current users: we all got older, became adults, gained responsibilities which took time to manage which meant we couldn't forge anymore, and were effectively pushed out. I didn't forge much to begin with, but loved the Halo 3 community. This was a safe space from the cesspool of the bungie.net forums - safe in that, if you wrote something, someone wouldn't just tell you to kill yourself. See you all next time.
If I recallllll I locked the thread (turns out a thread with thousands of posts really ****ed with Xenforo); it should still be in there somewhere if you dig deep enough. Probably can find it if you search. totally agree. The staff back in the day worked ridiculously hard to keep this a reasonable place to be, and I at least am really proud of what they managed to create. Was a real pleasure to be along for the ride Helloooooo!