Hi

Of course you can The Norty Step is pinned at the top of the forum if you fancy some general chatter and edible goodies, otherwise there are enough forums dissecting Strictly to keep anyone busy until Saturday!

Hello everyone. I also am new. Have lurked before, mostly for spoilers. A belated thank you to all in the Austin & Erin appreciation thread the year before last. Made me feel quite normal knowing I was not the only one drippily besotted with He-who-was-robbed!

Hello.

Prepare to get addicted to DS.

I'm serious...it is very addictive!!

Hi

Mmm.... Austin.....

Thank you both. I think I'll be OK. I have an addictive personality

Hi

Hello, great to see you welcome.

me too - have posted a couple times but mostly i read and giggle....a lot

Hiya, I'm new here too

I'm an orphan of the Beeb boards so I'll be looking to post here as much as I can

I'm glad someone started a thread for new posters to introduce themselves - it was definitely needed on here!

Hi from me as well to JigglyAoife, VicsMum and KittyKatNat! Lots of us were long time lurkers or came over from other boards. Look forward to getting to know you better and just shout if you need any help finding your way around the board.

Thanks Buddy!

Paraphrasing (sort of) Bruce, it's nice to see some "niceness", considering that some threads look quite the opposite

It really depends on how argumentative you want to get to be honest

If you're in a 'can't be bothered to argue' mood, then The Norty Step (we have cake, or whatever someone's cooking at the time!) or the Appreciation threads are the way to go

Yes but those ones are the most fun

Welcome

Hi to all the newbies. Do those of you who are refugees from the BBC boards know that there are blogs on the SCD board where you can post comments about the show, (it's more fun here though).

Hello & welcome to you too

Indeed....have to say i love the "non appreciation thread" (it's just so darn funny) it's what drew me to becoming a member and posting in the first place although it can be a bit daunting when you post and no-one replies - i guess they have to get used to us!!!

You just elbow your way in and keep posting! It's my favourite thread and I'm not going away either

I'll keep an eye out for you

yay back up!!!

Thanks to Rossy and Mystical

Scorpio, I've seen that blog but it's not really the same feeling of posting on a board... I'll try that as well maybe.

Hello and another welcome to you

Hi I'm new here too - not long signed up, trying to work out my way round the site. Any hints or advice greatly received.

thank you and hello!

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Welcome

Hints and/or advice: If you don't want to read any negativity about a particular partnership or professional dancer, they each have their own appreciation threads in the attic beside the DWTS forum. Only positive posts that are on-topic (i.e. related to the dancer in question) are allowed there

Any thread about Alesha will inevitably descend into an argument or even anarchy, so take a deep breath before you enter, it's not for the faint-hearted!

The Norty Step is where a lot of us gather to talk about anything and nothing, and eat cake, anyone welcome

Greytops is where all the Strictly news articles get posted (and I might put some up today if i can be bothered once my Google Alerts come in!)

Avoid here between the Saturday show ending and the results show airing if you don't want to know who's been eliminated - we have a spoiler thread but there's always an idiot or two who start threads saying '_______ is out' So either be prepared to be spoiled, or stay away from here and Twitter (some of the pros and celebs gave away that they're still in the competition on Sunday by saying they were off to rehearse)

Quite a few of us are Twitter addicts too, but any pics of rehearsals that the pros and celebs post will be brought over here to the app threads or the twitter thread anyway

i think that's it....

Thanks Mystical123! Such a lot of information but I am sure I will get the hang of it

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Another hello and welcome to all the new posters.