Hello everyone,
I have been a member of the escapist just over three years now. During my time here, I have seen a lot of changes, and I think that particular changes and events can be made into a timeline. The following list is events that I remember including some events kindly contributed by JoJo.
Rules: Each year becomes an Era, significant events during that year are listed afterwards/
EDIT 3: $2.50 reviews added
start to summer 2008: The Golden Era
2009: The Great and Terrible Era of Death: The fall and rise of The Reaper, console wars
2010: The Era of the Collapsing Order: The PRIATE swarm, the Irish Invasion, The Decline, Pimping reviews, March Mayhem: the Zynga Incident, the great divide, the Zombie apocalypse, The start of, "My little pony",
2011: The Era of conflict: The pony plague, the health bar, The great Banning, The Pedo Wars, the Forum games split: The forum games revival, The Lulzsec attack, the rise of $2.50 dollar reviews
2012: The Era of the New Order: The insistence of Lord Z about ME3, the Rise of the Brovengers and the Injustice League, the Drowning Fad, the rape discussions, the Bestiality debates, Pride and Prejudice debates (a reference to feminism), death of putty (note:Katatori is a kind of putty in Japanese), the fall of Danyal (I need a nickname, HELP!) the Fake Geek Girl Invasion.
This is the current version but I would like to create one with more details. So, if anyone remembers particular events, dates, notable members, wars e.t.c or if you think that the Eras should be renames/redefined, I would love to here from you. I work until late tonight so do not be encouraged if I do not reply for some time. When I finish, I will read through everything and contribute it to the timeline
NOTE: A lot of notable member's names have came up. So far, I have only added banned members, which it not really very fair because I am rewarding the punished. I want to add some notable members, but everyone can already know the start date from the profile. So, notable unbanned users are under "rise to stardom" in the year they became well-known. Banned users "rise and fall" in the year in which they were banned (usually the same as when they became popular). I am also (trying) to avoid using actual user names, so please propose nicknames for the people you want on here.
NOTE 2: I have to go to work now, and I have no access to a computer. I will be back in 12 hours, read through all the comments, and update