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SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:11 am
by Oldrac the Chitinous
Prior to the SMBCyclopedia, no single authoritative history of the Forum has been written. It is our hope that this opus will correct this shortfall, but as it stands now, even the experts in one part of the field are often woefully uninformed about other areas. The lay public, meanwhile, know next to nothing about the subject. So, both to assist researchers working on the encyclopedia and to provide a point of entry for the uninitiated, I have extracted the salient dates from the articles written thus far. I will continue to ammend this list as additional information is added, and I encourage all of my collaborators to point out any dates that I may have overlooked.

2001 Sep 5: Classical Age of the Forum begins at Keen Space.
2002 Jan 28: <<The Archive>> established. (ref Classical Age of the Forum)
2002 Sep 3: Classical Age of the Forum ends.

2005: First Sheriff Dani Banishments
2006: Sheriff Dani assassinated
2006: Department of Reduncancy Department unofficially established
2006 Feb 16: Ascension of Office30
2006-2008: Outlandia Campaigns
2008: <<Project 2Bi>> initiated via Engineer Recruitment contest.
2011 Sep-Dec: Blogosphere Offensive
2011 Nov 14: <<Meatspace Assault>>
2011 Dec 3: <<Death of General Malaise>> (ref. Commanding Officers, Saturday Militia)
2011 Dec 28: Betrayal of Society. Blogosphere Offensive ends, Forum forcibly dismantled
2012 Jan-Feb: <<Server Rebalancing>> in preparation of Restart (ref. office30)

2012 Mar: Forum Restarted, ushering in Second Age (ref. Blogosphere Offensive)
2012 Mar-Apr: Return of Martholomew the Maleficent; Appearance of App of Wonders
2013: SMB City Committee Founded
2013 Dec 6: Operation Bisexual Counterparts implemented.
2018: Disappearance of App of Wonders
2018 Mar 19: The Batman Incident
2018 Mar 20: First public election of SMB City Committee Members
2018: Department of Redundancy Department officially established
2018: Department of Redundancy Department established officially, ends <<Epoch Epoch>>
2020: Study to determine efficacy of DRD's Efficiency Initiatives initiated efficiently
2023: Study to determine <<Postcount++ Formula>> deemed failure (ref. DRD)
2025: Second Sheriff Dani Banishments
2027 Aug: <<First Diaspora>> (ref. Canadian Panthers)
2028: Department of Redundancy Department deems itself Redundant, is dissolved
2028: Canadian Panthers rediscovered, slaughter trained infantry
2030 Apr 15: Nanite Technology / OptDat117 Protocols introduced
2031 Jul 25: 2.6 Million+ die of <<Flancer>>-related Nanite malfunction, Nanite Technology falls out of favour
2031: First Battlesketch Games
2036: Nanite Tech reappears to wary consumerbase
2036 Oct 15: AHMETxPositronium created
2037 Jan 9: AHMETxPositronium joins <<Immortal Nine>>
2045: Generalized <<Postcount++ Formula>> discovered. (ref. Dreadnought)
2048: Ad Captandum Vulgus movement founded
2049: <<Hostage Crisis>> (ref. Battlesketch Games)
2050 May 15: ACV Revolt
2050-2052: SMB <<Civil War>> (ref. Apostasy Trials)
2051-2052: Apostasy Trials
2055:Construction of Dreadnought-class Warships completed.
2056: <<New Socialist Movement>> (ref. Operation Bisexual Counterparts)

2059: ACV loses power. Third Age Begins.
2065: Final Battlesketch Games
2065: Secret Cloning Act (ref Operation Bisexual Counterparts)
2081: Dissolution of <<Immortal Nine>> (ref. AHMETxPositronium)

2101 9 Jan: Somebody set up SNFS Grendel the bomb.
2101: <<War>> was beginning (ref. Alternate Demises of SMB City), start of Fourth Age
2101-2157: Great Nomadship, Forum disassembled and scattered across vast distances (ref here)

2157: Forum Reunited, beginning of Fifth Age

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:18 am
by Laneth
Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:...woefully uninformed about uninformed about other areas.
Excellent idea, thank ye sir. I shall keep mine eyes open for ye.
Please note the duplicate wordage above.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:21 am
by Oldrac the Chitinous
How'd I miss that?
Well, it is fixed. I commend your diligence.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:25 am
by mountainmage
I have placed this section alongside the introduction and rules, since it is not quite an article, per se. Thank you for your contribution, Sir Oldrac.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:27 am
by Edminster
Congratulations on your promotion amongst the Symposium, Mage. I must have missed the announcement, for there is no other applicable reason for you to gain the same editing rights as I on this project.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:43 am
by Oldrac the Chitinous
I have to concede, Moderator, that you are just plain better at making readable, informative timelines than I am.
I thank you for your assistance.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:44 am
by mountainmage
If I overstepped my bounds, I apologize.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:05 am
by AHMETxRock
[OOC] I AM MISSING A CRAPLOAD OF STUFF GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IF I WEREN'T SO THRILLED ON THE PROSPECT OF THIS PROJECT, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP RIGHT NOW.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:07 am
by Edminster
Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:I have to concede, Moderator, that you are just plain better at making readable, informative timelines than I am.
I thank you for your assistance.
No thanks necessary. After all, you were the one with the brilliant idea to create the timeline in the first place.
mountainmage wrote:If I overstepped my bounds, I apologize.
No, I must apologise to you for being curt. My only excuse is a massive hangover*, and even then I could easily have avoided that with slightly more willpower. Your decision to make this timeline more prominent was correct, and it was a migraine-fueled desire to retain power that caused my rudeness. The Crustyans are throwing a cocktail party later, would you be so kind as to attend? I understand that their Founder held one of your ancestors in high regard, and your appearance will almost certainly secure more funding for the Symposium.

From being drunk with POWER!

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:09 am
by mountainmage
It is true that my ancestor was a great lover of cop movies. I will definitely attend.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:23 am
by Laneth
The App of Wonders made its appearance in the history of the Forums shortly after the Mar 2012 Forum Restart - no month was gathered amongst my research, hence Martholomew's return & the appearance of the App of Wonders is to be listed as either March or April 2012 for the sake of posterity.

Re: SMBChronology

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:16 am
by Lethal Interjection
I am quite content with your phrasing of the events of 2020. An outstanding agglomeration of verbiage.