[Split Infinity]

I thought I might make a small timeline recording the various 'events' of GSSF. Instead of just filling in whatever I want, I'm going to let you call the shots. Feel free to add anything you want, I'll be happy to record your entry (if appropriate).

2004

January 28th - Max opens the Golden Sun Syndicate Forums. MysticWarrior and Eugine join.

February 1st week - Agatio, Sheba, Isaac_Zero 2 and Izar become the first few members.

June 4th - Izar and nick1presta become moderators.

September 7th - First GSW server test opened.
September 13th - First GSW server test closed.

October 12th - Second GSW server test opened.
October 18th - Second GSW server test closed.

November 29th - The 1000th member, caterpillar36, joins the forums. And never posts.

2005

February 23rd - ForteGX, Golden Legacy, Ravenblade and Kikuichimonji become moderators.

March 30th - Third GSW server test opened.

April 6th - Third GSW server test closed.
April 21st - Agatio becomes a moderator.

June 5th - Izar reinstated as moderator.

August 8th - Eugine becomes a moderator.
August 23rd - The Spam/Testing Forum is replaced with the Common Room.

September 17th - The forum is upgraded to IPB v2.1.0, with many new features added.

October 25th - MysticWarrior reinstated as moderator.

2006

January 23rd - The 2005-2006 GSSF Forum Awards end. Results are posted on February 9th.

February 9th - Blue and Love_Guardian_Yuki are announced as the King and Queen of spam.
February 28th - Max opens a GSW poll to gather technical information and opinions.

March 27th - Mars Djinni becomes a moderator.

April 1st - The administrators state that GSSF members will have to pay to use the forums.
April 2nd - The payment scheme is revealed to be an April Fools hoax.

June 29th - Max creates a development blog to chronicle his progress on GSW.

August 9th - The Console Gaming, Computer Gaming and Current Affairs subforums are added.
August 31st - Hackers exploit a bug in IPB v1.2.6, leaving an explicit board message.

September 30th - Sea_of_Time is officially proven to have made the 200,000th post.

2007

January 24th - The 2006-2007 GSSF Forum Awards end. Results are posted on January 29th.
January 29th - Split Infinity and Love_Guardian_Yuki are announced as the King and Queen of spam.

February 7th - TRT: Yuki's Infinite Kingdom is made, after a lengthy dispute over the name.

[Platinum Sun]

August - (23rd) The Spamboard is destroyed, along with the hopes and dreams of many members.

[Wiflewood]

22 January 2006 - Toasty64 joins, and the well preserved Common room is overun by spam and reduced to a smoldering heap.

[Golden Legacy]

First Week, February: Eugine, Agatio, Sheba, Isaac_Zero 2, Izar all have joined [earliest members of the forum]

Side note: I'm sure that may not be entirely accurate, so revise the member names as needed

[Mars Djinni]

The Mod team standings if I can recall. There are others, but I forgot the dates. I didn't list the dates when they dropped. Too negative!

Beginning of the forums (At least I think so) - MysticWarrior made moderator.

June 4th 2004 - Izar and nick1presta made moderators.

Feb 23rd 2005 - ForteGX, Golden Legacy, Ravenblade, and Kikuichimonji made moderators.

April 21st 2005 - Agatio made moderator.

June 5th 2005 - Izar reinstated.

August 8th 2005 - Eugine made moderator.

Oct 25th 2005 - MysticWarrior reinstated.

March 27th 2006 - Mars Djinni made moderator (*whistles*)

[Nick Presta]

Julian was also an original mod.

You can read over the announcements forum to see some important events from a while ago.

[Blue]

What about when I made Spam King?
Muhahahahaha!
...

[MysticWarrior]

Mars Djinni, on Jul 2 2006, 04:11 PM, said:

Beginning of the forums (At least I think so) - MysticWarrior made moderator.

Believe it or not, I started out as a member. I was the first person to utilize the "report" button, so I was made moderator.

[Split Infinity]

July 3rd - Split adds first few entries to the topic 'Forum Timeline'.

Wiflewood, on Jul 3 2006, 06:41 AM, said:

22 January 2006 - Toasty64 joins, and the well preserved Common room is overun by spam and reduced to a smoldering heap.

Members' join dates can't really be considered as an event, although I agree with the rest of your post. :P

[Aquamarine]

Good idea of creating this topic Split.

How about the date when GSW was first announced(no idea what date that was)?

[Platinum Sun]

The first official news of GSW on this site was July 24, 2004.

[Toasty]

Wiflewood, on Jul 2 2006, 01:41 PM, said:

22 January 2006 - Toasty64 joins, and the well preserved Common room is overun by spam and reduced to a smoldering heap.

That was a monumental milestone. It deserves to be put in the timeline *protests*

[Split Infinity]

I'd rather not remind people of that fact when they visit this topic. :P

[Toasty]

But it's monumental!!.......

[Split Infinity]

Why don't you go make your own topic advertising your greatness?

[Eugine]

LOL! I was a member of GSSF even before february! Same as MW. Change it please <_<

Joined: 28-January 04
Joined: 28-January 04
Joined: 28-January 04

[Split Infinity]

Sorry, it's fixed now. Anything else you'd like to add?

[Eugine]

Feb 26 2004, Ivan, the admin which is possibly dead and burried makes his one and only post?

[Split Infinity]

O_o I wonder what happened to him? Ask Max for me, won't ya?

[MysticWarrior]

You guys are noobs. *Points at join title* January 27th. 27th! NOT 28th! And Max's is 26th.

[Aquamarine]

It says 28th MW...

[MysticWarrior]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/MysticWarrior/123456.gif ...Really? O_o

[Mars Djinni]

No, it says 27th.

Edito: MW beat me to it...

[Nick Presta]

Ivan, lives in Africa or something, AFAIK, and internet access is very expensive and isn't easy to find...

[Platinum Sun]

Yeah, don't slander Ivan. His one and only post texplains a lot:

Ivan, on Feb 26 2004, 08:06 AM, said:

Hi everyone, thank you very much for your reply's to Max's last post. I am back, and I am here to help Max with the interactive side of things. I really missed working at IR (now GSS) and I am sorry that I had to leave, but the lack of Internet in Kenya was the main reason.

Just a short post for now. There are great things in the mix for GSS, so keep checking back, and make sure you participate in the future interactivity!

"The one post. One post to rule them all." Hehe! <_<

[Split Infinity]

http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/public/style_images/gssv3/snapback.png' alt='View Post' />MysticWarrior, on Jul 7 2006, 03:02 AM, said:

It's got to do with timezones. On the image it says 27, but on my screen it says 28.

[MysticWarrior]

My time zone is more right than yours since it's my join date we're talking about =P Here, I'll just edit it on for you!

[Eugine]

I see 27th for MW.

Let's see, what other *event*... The first beta for GSW perhaps?
EDIT: Sep 6 2004

[Toasty]

Within a month I'll have another thing for you to add to that timeline. And not adding it would be like leaving out the launch of the forums.

[Split Infinity]

MysticWarrior, on Jul 7 2006, 11:14 AM, said:

My time zone is more right than yours since it's my join date we're talking about =P Here, I'll just edit it on for you!

But the rest of the dates are based on my timezone, so I'll just fix that...

[Toasty]

I'm not joking Split. And only two other people know why FYI, and they won't say anything.

[Split Infinity]

What are you going to do, spam your way to 1000 posts in a month?

[Aquamarine]

Well... Since it's Toasty we're talking about... Then that may be possible Split.

And it still says 28th for MW... O_O
I mean, I know that's never going to change, but I'm just saying...

[MysticWarrior]

Mr.T, on Jul 6 2006, 08:39 PM, said:

I'm not joking Split. And only two other people know why FYI, and they won't say anything.

Just remember I'll be lurking over you with an iron fist. I suspended someone for months because they spammed the boards.

[Platinum Sun]

<_< *looks around nervously*

[Toasty]

IT AIN'T GUNNA BE SPAM! Just to let you know, MD knows what it is. And I'm not mentioning the second person for their own safety.

[Aquamarine]

Hey everyone! Let's send MD a whole load of PM's until he says what that is!

[Platinum Sun]

OK! Just tell me when. It'll work better if we coordinate it.

[Aquamarine]

Um... Now!

And I really am sending the PM, so you better do it too PS!

[Platinum Sun]

Well I missed the mark by a little because I had to like... type the message, but I sent it. pow3r 2 t3h Spamm3rZ!

[Aquamarine]

Yay! Now let's find some more suckers honorable people to send a PM to MD!

[Platinum Sun]

I hate you so much.

[Toasty]

I hope you to know that he can ban you for that.

[Platinum Sun]

That wasn't entirely coherant, but it involved me getting banned so I'm going to go ahead and worry about it anyway...

[Aquamarine]

I did send him the PM! Honestly I did PS! I was just... joking about the sucker stuff.

And why would we get banned because of that? We didn't brake any rules.

[Platinum Sun]

Aquamarine, on Jul 9 2006, 07:46 PM, said:

We didn't brake any rules.

Yes, the rules are still coasting at their normal speed, unhindered by us.

[Toasty]

Well if you're hoorassing him with spammy PM's, you can.

[Aquamarine]

No we can't, because we're not "hoorassing" anybody. I, at least, asked him in a dignified and civilized way.

[Platinum Sun]

Wait... Dignified civilized way? that can't be right...

Aquamarine, on Jul 9 2006, 07:55 PM, said:

I, at least, asked him in a dignified and civilized way.

Oh crap.

[Toasty]

Yup. I'd say you're screwed PS...

[Aquamarine]

MD totally ignored me. :P

But hey, at least I haven't been banned, like Toasty said would happen. Are you still a member Platinum Sun?

[Mars Djinni]

Please get back on topic. I don't know why the heck you are discussing it here. If I see something like this again, you will be warned. And Toasty, you can't threaten people with my powers. From where I stand, you, too are adding to the mess. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Think about it.

[PDM]

Mr.T, on Jul 8 2006, 09:51 PM, said:

IT AIN'T GUNNA BE SPAM! Just to let you know, MD knows what it is. And I'm not mentioning the second person for their own safety.

Omicron Persei the 8th, Percy for short. says:
:x
Omicron Persei the 8th, Percy for short. says:
What's Toasty doing in one month?
: rafael : says:
He's trying to do that Advance Wars thing.
Omicron Persei the 8th, Percy for short. says:
Hah.
: rafael : says:
the website.
Omicron Persei the 8th, Percy for short. says:
That's a laughable thought.
Omicron Persei the 8th, Percy for short. says:
"N DEN IN DAT GAM ADVANZ WARS IT WAS FUN"
Omicron Persei the 8th, Percy for short. says:
And there's the whole website, as done by Toasty.

[Mars Djinni]

MOVING ALONG NOW.

I'd like to add...

September 6, 2004 - First GSW Server Test Opened
October 11, 2004 - Second GSW Server Test Opened
March 29, 2005 - Third GSW Server Test Opened

Any further discussion on Toasty will result in warn. Please settle it where it is meant to be.

[Someone Else]

You ought to note when the Entertainment board was added and such. That's right, the Entertainment board wasn't there originally, it was added in later.

And I can't remember the other thing I was going to suggest. Might post it in later. Maybe.

[Split Infinity]

Updated some. The rest to come later. Please note that all dates are based on my timezone, to help avoid confusion. If you don't like it go make your own topic.

[Split Infinity]

Heh, I thought I might add one of my own despite my promise.

August 9th - The Console Gaming, Computer Gaming and Current Affairs subforums are added.

[Split Infinity]

Big revive, for a big reason. SoT is offically the 200,000th poster, and he totally deserves an entry into the timeline. Bravo! I also added a few more of my own, and grouped all of the same month entries together. Trust me, it looks a lot better.

And please cut the crap this time. Only entries and discussion of entries, NOT SPAM.

[Toasty]

How 'bout me for the 200,001st post? :P

[Split Infinity]

Isn't it already obvious enough that the 200,001st post would have occured on the same day as the 200,000th?

[Max]

As someone mentioned, Julian was actually the first moderator, though MW was added a couple of weeks after the forums opened.

Sam (Ivan) moved back from Kenya to Australia a few years ago (he was only in Kenya for about 18 months), but now is in university and working jobs and such, and he has simply moved on from this site. When he returned from Kenya I tried to get him involved again, which is why he had joined but only made one post before deciding not to get involved.

Otherwise, that timeline appears pretty accurate, and it's nice to see how much has happened over the past almost three years.

[Eugine]

Jan 29 2007 - GSSF 2007 awards results?

[PDM]

Wow you put someone being called spam king/queen on the forum timeline. gg.

You don't have Nick being a moderator, or moderators being demodded.

[Split Infinity]

Such un-announced events are a little hard to trace.

[PDM]

A ****ing administrator added = un-announced?

[Sea of Time]

Even I think that's a stretch.

[PDM]

See? Even SoT thinks it's a stretch.

[Split Infinity]

SoT thinks what is a stretch?

[Sea of Time]

SoT thinks Split should try reading what other people say before asking something stupid.

[Toasty]

And that's whay people ask him why he asks stupid questions. =P

They think that a new Admin not being important enough to be put on the timeline is a stretch. I think....

[Split Infinity]

THERE'S NOTHING IN THE NEWS. Last time I checked, at least.

[Toasty]

Dude, he was made an admin a LONG time ago. Obviously before I arrived. I don't know if ti was before you though.

[Split Infinity]

Probably after. But the fact remains that there's no obvious date.

[Toasty]

Yes, there is. Go to the moderating team, click on his name, and find the date he joined. I'm not sure, but I think he was Admin'd that same day.

[Split Infinity]

That would be the equivalent of adding 'Max becomes an Admin' on the day of creation.

[Toasty]

No Split, it wouldn't. Max was the creator of the forums. Ivan came later and was Admin'd. Just add him anyway. He's an admin, so regardless of how many posts he made, he deserves to be up there.

[Split Infinity]

Wait a second, nick's already up there.

[Toasty]

I was talking about Ivan.

[PDM]

Mr.T, on Feb 10 2007, 03:05 AM, said:

Yes, there is. Go to the moderating team, click on his name, and find the date he joined. I'm not sure, but I think he was Admin'd that same day.

Nick was a moderator awhile after he joined. He was a moderator for a looong time. (He was a mod when I joined, and he became an admin like, a year or so afterwards.)

[Golden Legacy]

nick1presta wasn't made a moderator immediately. Back in the day, it was Max, Julian, and MW.

Max, on Jun 4 2004, 02:43 PM, said:

It is now June, summer is almost here, and school is almost over for most of us. To celebrate I would like to announce two new moderators for the forum: Izar and nick1presta. They have both been members of the GSS forum for a long time, and have been responsible users and very helpful by reporting posts and helping other members learn the rules. Please respect these new moderators and make their job easy by keeping the forums clean.

Also related to the forums, we have had our first member banning. It is a sad event which I wish would never happen, but a user was very disruptive and refused to follow the rules even after 3 warnings and emails. I hope that I never have to ban anyone again, so please do not follow in this sad person's footsteps.

Just a half year later...

Max, on Dec 26 2004, 05:08 PM, said:

Hello again everyone, I hope everyone who celebrated it had a good Christmas, and that everyone is enjoying Winter Break (if you have it). I have returned from my very enjoyable and relaxing vacation, and am ready to work again.

I would like to take this time to announce that nick1presta has become my new co-admin at the forums. For those who don't know, Nick has been a moderator at the GSS forums since June 2004, and a member since near the beginning of the forums. He has proven himself in my eyes to be a responsible and respected member of the moderator team, and I am grateful for all his dedication over the past 6+ months.

Because I have not been as available the past few months, I feel that Nick's new position will allow the forums to retain a top leadership position and guiding member. This does not mean that I am leaving, instead that we now have another leader and someone to look over and moderate the forums. I ask that you all show Nick the same respect you have shown me over the past 10 months, as his decisions are as final as mine are.

Finally, AveneR has finished his project and so will be able to work with me on GSW again. By the end of the week I will have an estimate of the next release, although I don't think we will meet our December estimate.

UPDATE (12/27): A spell checker has been added to the forums, so please use it before submitting a new post. Now there is almost zero reason for there to be excessive misspellings in a post, so the moderators will crack down on users who continue to do this, with the exception of the spam forum.

[Split Infinity]

A lot of stuff has gone down recently. Anybody want to make a suggestion, apart from GSSF v2?

[TheEnglishman]

New TRT perhaps? I can't think of much else.
Whoops it's already on there.

[Toasty]

The RP forum, the site revamp project,...can't think of anything else.

[My Best Wishes]

Hmm Nick's been an Admin a long time, hasn't felt like that long. How long have I been coming here, holy ****.

Who was the first banning? Was it that Captain guy or something like that.

And you have MW as being reinstated, but no mention of previously being a mod and then being demodded. I also don't think you have Agatio's demodding, and Izars full mod status. Fun times.

[Caael]

6th July: Caael realises PDM is a total twat.

[Split Infinity]

Yeah, he skipped over the fine line to noob some time ago.

[My Best Wishes]

Haha Ga*y is blocked but Twat isn't. That's awsome.

[Golden Legacy]

Hey, here's hoping my GS Speed Contest gets a mention when it's over. :D

[TheEnglishman]

Maybe in a few months someone will think 'The Obscure character game' should be on there. :D