Post by Joe on Feb 9, 2009 21:56:16 GMT -7
Gen 90’s Timeline
- 90s Board Creation
- "Shortly After"
Shortly after the board was formed, people began arriving. Some of the long-time users, or "vets" of the 90s Board came in around this time, although most of them came in during the Age of Regulars.
- Age of Regulars
This time was called this because most of the regulars of the 90s board came in during this time, such as AAF, Shado, TCA, Joe, FFVIguy, DSS, Nibbler, etc.
- Pre-War Rule
Rule as in Reign. Anyway, this was during the time when Nibbler had won a popularity contest hosted by AAF. The host named Nibbler king of the board upon request and people took it too seriously. Tensions rose between users, governments began attempting to form, and soon, war broke out.
- The 90s Nibblonian War
A sort of Civil War 90s-I. Among the factions were the Board Communists, the Rebels, the Nibblonians, and those guys that stood there watching. Nibbler disappeared in sickness, and without Nibbler there to guide those who supported him, the war hit its worst stage. Some regulars took action, denouncing Nibbler's reign and agreeing to never have a king again (Joe was nearly elected President a year later, although he is currently the self appointed Overlord of Gen 90s). Nibbler returned, and, in anger of the events, left the board.
- Chaos
The 90s board struggled to maintain itself and had many, many times tried to keep it going, even bring Nibbler back, which failed.
- Calming Down
The board started settling in a bit and stopped scaring people away. Thus, people such as Teh Murmur, Sweettart, and other relative newcomers came in and began posting. Most of them were begged not to leave due to the board still being relatively unstable, which also scared people away, ironically.
- Civil War 90s-II.
AKA: The Murmur War. During this time, people were bugging Sweettart for some pictures, and Murmur, in his usual combative way, had been involved in several disputes, the result of which was a second "war". This time, most of the focus was on Teh_Murmur, although SMOOTHLINE, SweetTart, and possibly FFVIguy were also involved in parallel drama sessions. About here was where the steady decline of the board since the Pre-War Rule reached its climax, or, lowest, or whatever. An agreement was made between Murmur and the board, and the "war" ended. In other words, the board got used to Mumur and other users of his nature.
- Peace Broke Out
The sudden peace after two wars was a bit weird, but the board stopped going downhill from about here. Murmur was still relatively disliked, and SMOOTHLINE began trolling, after which most of the users began Ignoring him to the point where he was virtually invisible. In any case, it was quite possibly the most boring time in the 90s Board History due to lack of anything really happening. Near the end, people ironically were calling for another war.
- Attempts at Activity
The board began attempting to regain its former glory by doing exactly what caused its former glory to fall into a pit of spikes and die a horrible death before being eaten and raped by necrophiliac cannibals: War and random games, but they acted as a sort of life support system for Gen 90s. AAF ran another popularity contest making it "Annual."
- Somewhat Decent
The board had various games and topic remakes at this time. It was still relatively uninteresting, but it was for the most part better than months before. Nibbler had returned to make his public exit and killed his account. It is still debated whether he now uses an Alt and lurks other boards, or even if he is now on the 90s Board as a new Alt (Nibbler later claims this is not true). Tetra began the Survivor topic, and FFVIguy started posting random news stories, which wouldn't be much of a problem until later on in the board history.
- New Peak
The 90s Generation Board reached its new peak marked with Tetra's Survivor Topic and other, more sophisticated game and discussion topics. This didn't last for very long because....
- Identity Crisis
The 90s Board seemed to be having a bit of an Identity Crisis. First they think they're another News Board, then they think they're PotD II. Currently, the 90s Board doesn't even know what it is anymore, as it still has questions about the Poll of the Day and posting random News stories nobody cares about.
- Rising Tension and The Lulz Campaign
Star, who was a well known user at the time, frequently argued with Murmur and other members, challenging what became a slightly elitist system. Obviously, in a battle of elitists and reformers, there will never be a winner, and it was the same in this case. This eventually leads to the Exodus. This, as well as a sort of Lulz Campaign, mainly contrived of Topless Granny and Jerana, who became notorious to some regulars, like TCA, Star, and Joe. Plus, there were other trolls (or, some users perceived them as such) who had an increase in annoying activity, including Revenant Dusk, Slappy, and CMC. Their topics made up the majority of the board, and the tension gradually worsened.
- New Year's Exodus
The rising tension eventually wore the board down enough to a point where key users began to leave on New Years Eve. Namely: Star, which also made TCA. This caused a major disturbance in the board, and final arguments were made. The board was lifeless due to this for a short time. It was a sort of mini depression for the board, literally jumping from four pages of topics to one within about a week. Not exactly the best way to start off 2009.
- New Gen 90s
In an attempt to save the community, shortly after the New Year’s Exodus Joe created and Administrates and new forum made via proboards, dubbed New Gen 90s. The goal was to moderate the users with members of the community serving as moderators, so the hateful conditions that caused the Exodus aren't repeated again. Star and TCA appear again, as well as some of the other users who left. The board seemed to accomplish its goal, and the supposed trolls were kept in check.
- War Against New 90s
After New Gen 90’s was launched, there were mixed opinions about it. Some people liked it, some people hated it, and some people thought that only the arrogant elitists [IIR Joe, TCA, and Star were named here] posted there a lot. And although some things were going well there, this also shrunk down the amount of people that were going on the normal Generation 90s board, causing the amount of topics to go from 4 pages to 1 page very quickly. One month after New Gen 90s was created, someone hacked into the board, and deleted all of the boards, which resulted in ecstatic joy from some, and anger from others. Topless Granny and Jerana then claimed that they were playing Counter Strike and they decided to buy some AWP’s and headshot the board. This enraged Joe, and they were blamed for deleting all of the boards, but it is currently unknown who hacked into New Gen 90’s. The board still exists, but activity has moved back to the normal board.
- A New Frontier?
TCA and Star announce their permanent departure (for real, this time. Maybe) and are 'refugees' at the 80s board due to the recent attack on New Gen 90s. Joe chooses to stay and watch over New/Old Gen 90s in hopes of it returning to its "former glory", although he feels that the state of the entire Gen 90s community has significantly worsened. Whether or not the events preceding this were for better or worse is entirely up to who you ask. Anyone who sided with the Lulz Campaign would say this was for the better with those users gone. Joe, Administrator to a broken New 90s, disagreed... Strongly. New users begin to arrive once more, Revenant and Slappy are trying to change, and the board may turn into a new light. Or it might go further into an abyss. It is unclear at the time.
- Other Events Not Listed
These are events that happened on Gen 90s but not a huge board-changing event that really needed its own mention on the official timeline:
Cloud's account suicide. Cloud one day went a bit crazy and suicided his account by posting porn and other offensive material. It was considered a massively epic failure.
Misinterpretation of TCA and Star's friendship. Many people think that since TCA and Star are so close, they are actually some kind of couple, or at the very least that TCA is in love with her. Despite not being true, it's a popular opinion due to TCA being very defensive of her and generally being very kind to her.
Kaiyura (Erick) cybering with StarWolf. Kaiyura thought Star Wolf was a girl, and Star Wolf got bored one day and went on AIM with Kaiyura. Being bored, Star Wolf cybered with Kaiyura, and Kaiyura began bragging about it only to be teased by the entire board for the fact that he cybered with a man.
Star was a very loved and very hated user on Gen 90s, depending on who you asked, and was an indirect cause of the Exodus and the New Board. What made her case different then with other users was likely the fact that she was, and most likely currently still is, a girl, which don't exist on the Internet.
Nibbler's return in New Gen 90s. He came back and was welcomed by most. Regulars were pleased to see him again, some considered him to be vastly overrated. He was promoted to Junior Administrator shortly after appearing.
Boxxy. The writer of this dares not share details. But anyone who has seen the videos should know how bad it is.
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The original writer of this timeline was TCA, who passed the role unto Joe, who agreed to share with AAF.
- 90s Board Creation
- "Shortly After"
Shortly after the board was formed, people began arriving. Some of the long-time users, or "vets" of the 90s Board came in around this time, although most of them came in during the Age of Regulars.
- Age of Regulars
This time was called this because most of the regulars of the 90s board came in during this time, such as AAF, Shado, TCA, Joe, FFVIguy, DSS, Nibbler, etc.
- Pre-War Rule
Rule as in Reign. Anyway, this was during the time when Nibbler had won a popularity contest hosted by AAF. The host named Nibbler king of the board upon request and people took it too seriously. Tensions rose between users, governments began attempting to form, and soon, war broke out.
- The 90s Nibblonian War
A sort of Civil War 90s-I. Among the factions were the Board Communists, the Rebels, the Nibblonians, and those guys that stood there watching. Nibbler disappeared in sickness, and without Nibbler there to guide those who supported him, the war hit its worst stage. Some regulars took action, denouncing Nibbler's reign and agreeing to never have a king again (Joe was nearly elected President a year later, although he is currently the self appointed Overlord of Gen 90s). Nibbler returned, and, in anger of the events, left the board.
- Chaos
The 90s board struggled to maintain itself and had many, many times tried to keep it going, even bring Nibbler back, which failed.
- Calming Down
The board started settling in a bit and stopped scaring people away. Thus, people such as Teh Murmur, Sweettart, and other relative newcomers came in and began posting. Most of them were begged not to leave due to the board still being relatively unstable, which also scared people away, ironically.
- Civil War 90s-II.
AKA: The Murmur War. During this time, people were bugging Sweettart for some pictures, and Murmur, in his usual combative way, had been involved in several disputes, the result of which was a second "war". This time, most of the focus was on Teh_Murmur, although SMOOTHLINE, SweetTart, and possibly FFVIguy were also involved in parallel drama sessions. About here was where the steady decline of the board since the Pre-War Rule reached its climax, or, lowest, or whatever. An agreement was made between Murmur and the board, and the "war" ended. In other words, the board got used to Mumur and other users of his nature.
- Peace Broke Out
The sudden peace after two wars was a bit weird, but the board stopped going downhill from about here. Murmur was still relatively disliked, and SMOOTHLINE began trolling, after which most of the users began Ignoring him to the point where he was virtually invisible. In any case, it was quite possibly the most boring time in the 90s Board History due to lack of anything really happening. Near the end, people ironically were calling for another war.
- Attempts at Activity
The board began attempting to regain its former glory by doing exactly what caused its former glory to fall into a pit of spikes and die a horrible death before being eaten and raped by necrophiliac cannibals: War and random games, but they acted as a sort of life support system for Gen 90s. AAF ran another popularity contest making it "Annual."
- Somewhat Decent
The board had various games and topic remakes at this time. It was still relatively uninteresting, but it was for the most part better than months before. Nibbler had returned to make his public exit and killed his account. It is still debated whether he now uses an Alt and lurks other boards, or even if he is now on the 90s Board as a new Alt (Nibbler later claims this is not true). Tetra began the Survivor topic, and FFVIguy started posting random news stories, which wouldn't be much of a problem until later on in the board history.
- New Peak
The 90s Generation Board reached its new peak marked with Tetra's Survivor Topic and other, more sophisticated game and discussion topics. This didn't last for very long because....
- Identity Crisis
The 90s Board seemed to be having a bit of an Identity Crisis. First they think they're another News Board, then they think they're PotD II. Currently, the 90s Board doesn't even know what it is anymore, as it still has questions about the Poll of the Day and posting random News stories nobody cares about.
- Rising Tension and The Lulz Campaign
Star, who was a well known user at the time, frequently argued with Murmur and other members, challenging what became a slightly elitist system. Obviously, in a battle of elitists and reformers, there will never be a winner, and it was the same in this case. This eventually leads to the Exodus. This, as well as a sort of Lulz Campaign, mainly contrived of Topless Granny and Jerana, who became notorious to some regulars, like TCA, Star, and Joe. Plus, there were other trolls (or, some users perceived them as such) who had an increase in annoying activity, including Revenant Dusk, Slappy, and CMC. Their topics made up the majority of the board, and the tension gradually worsened.
- New Year's Exodus
The rising tension eventually wore the board down enough to a point where key users began to leave on New Years Eve. Namely: Star, which also made TCA. This caused a major disturbance in the board, and final arguments were made. The board was lifeless due to this for a short time. It was a sort of mini depression for the board, literally jumping from four pages of topics to one within about a week. Not exactly the best way to start off 2009.
- New Gen 90s
In an attempt to save the community, shortly after the New Year’s Exodus Joe created and Administrates and new forum made via proboards, dubbed New Gen 90s. The goal was to moderate the users with members of the community serving as moderators, so the hateful conditions that caused the Exodus aren't repeated again. Star and TCA appear again, as well as some of the other users who left. The board seemed to accomplish its goal, and the supposed trolls were kept in check.
- War Against New 90s
After New Gen 90’s was launched, there were mixed opinions about it. Some people liked it, some people hated it, and some people thought that only the arrogant elitists [IIR Joe, TCA, and Star were named here] posted there a lot. And although some things were going well there, this also shrunk down the amount of people that were going on the normal Generation 90s board, causing the amount of topics to go from 4 pages to 1 page very quickly. One month after New Gen 90s was created, someone hacked into the board, and deleted all of the boards, which resulted in ecstatic joy from some, and anger from others. Topless Granny and Jerana then claimed that they were playing Counter Strike and they decided to buy some AWP’s and headshot the board. This enraged Joe, and they were blamed for deleting all of the boards, but it is currently unknown who hacked into New Gen 90’s. The board still exists, but activity has moved back to the normal board.
- A New Frontier?
TCA and Star announce their permanent departure (for real, this time. Maybe) and are 'refugees' at the 80s board due to the recent attack on New Gen 90s. Joe chooses to stay and watch over New/Old Gen 90s in hopes of it returning to its "former glory", although he feels that the state of the entire Gen 90s community has significantly worsened. Whether or not the events preceding this were for better or worse is entirely up to who you ask. Anyone who sided with the Lulz Campaign would say this was for the better with those users gone. Joe, Administrator to a broken New 90s, disagreed... Strongly. New users begin to arrive once more, Revenant and Slappy are trying to change, and the board may turn into a new light. Or it might go further into an abyss. It is unclear at the time.
- Other Events Not Listed
These are events that happened on Gen 90s but not a huge board-changing event that really needed its own mention on the official timeline:
Cloud's account suicide. Cloud one day went a bit crazy and suicided his account by posting porn and other offensive material. It was considered a massively epic failure.
Misinterpretation of TCA and Star's friendship. Many people think that since TCA and Star are so close, they are actually some kind of couple, or at the very least that TCA is in love with her. Despite not being true, it's a popular opinion due to TCA being very defensive of her and generally being very kind to her.
Kaiyura (Erick) cybering with StarWolf. Kaiyura thought Star Wolf was a girl, and Star Wolf got bored one day and went on AIM with Kaiyura. Being bored, Star Wolf cybered with Kaiyura, and Kaiyura began bragging about it only to be teased by the entire board for the fact that he cybered with a man.
Star was a very loved and very hated user on Gen 90s, depending on who you asked, and was an indirect cause of the Exodus and the New Board. What made her case different then with other users was likely the fact that she was, and most likely currently still is, a girl, which don't exist on the Internet.
Nibbler's return in New Gen 90s. He came back and was welcomed by most. Regulars were pleased to see him again, some considered him to be vastly overrated. He was promoted to Junior Administrator shortly after appearing.
Boxxy. The writer of this dares not share details. But anyone who has seen the videos should know how bad it is.
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The original writer of this timeline was TCA, who passed the role unto Joe, who agreed to share with AAF.