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 6: Scary thread added. Further thread wars from 2012 also 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", The Scary Thread
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 Reviews, The Bacon shortage, The Dawn of the Red Button (do not press it): Bieber fever
2012: The Era of the New Order: The insistence of Lord Z about ME3, The Attack Of The Gun-Control Threads, the Rise of the Brovengers and the Injustice League, the Drowning Fad, the rape discussions, The Attack Of The Icky Fetish Threads: 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, Kross, The revenge of the banhammer, the modGroup discussion wars, The Ghost in the machine
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
Note 3: I am back from work. Thank you for your responses. I will make an effort to reply to you all...so I will be clogging up my own thread...modGods, forgive me.
Note 4: I have to go to bed now, then work in the morning so I will be away for 14 hours. Please feel free to contribute any memories and I will respond to your replies later.
Note 4: Phew, I got back and read through to the last post. Thank you to everyone who contributed. I think this is our history...more or less