Historical Events

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June 17, 2005 - original AD fanclub night
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'''A time before recorded history'''
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- The First RIF Riots.  Many were killed.
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December 9, 2005 - AD invades WSC
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- Adult Swim expands from a three-hour, Saturday night programming block to three hours Monday through Thursday nights. Irate fans of Toonami's Midnight run march on Williams Street, only to be turned back by police clad in riot gear, wielding fire hoses and attack dogs.
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April 1, 2006 - April Fool's Day farties throw AD into disarray
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- The success of the weeknight slot soon causes the block to add a 2 A. M. repeat run immediately following the conclusion of the 11 P. M. run.
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November 20, 2006 - AD Wiki was made, and much fun was had. (This really is a lot of fun... we should have done this earlier... it's even made me stop my post whoring for an hour)
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'''Summer of 2003'''
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- "cuz anime is teh s uck!" was created.
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- Complaints from fans about current [adult swim] line up.
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- Lack of moderators could not prevent constant spamming on the message boards. 
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'''October 26, 2003''' - Episode 20 of The Big O is aired instead of the season finale.  The board activity reportedly increased 300% during the 12 hours after the episode aired.  This event became known as the Big Occident I.
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'''November 2, 2003''' - [adult swim] aired the beginning of the previous week's episode for about 25 seconds.  Before [as] can say, "Sorry, we hd to do it," the boards had already received complaint threads.
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'''April 1, 2004''' - [adult swim] places mustaches on shows resulting in spam all over the [adult swim] message boards.
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'''April 17, 2004''' - Action Saturdays returned, featuring the debut of the Animatrix.
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'''June 17, 2005''' - original AD fanclub night
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'''September 17, 2005''' - National Day of Feasting and Festivities celebrates the return of Fullmetal Alchemist premiere episodes
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'''December 9, 2005''' - AD invades WSC
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'''December 2005''' - Bleach characters are assigned to most AD regulars
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'''December 2005/January 2006''' - AD regulars elimination - Ghost is triumphant - since she pwns us all
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'''Sometime between January and March 2006''' - The RIF Monarchy falls
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'''April 1, 2006''' - April Fool's Day farties throw AD into disarray
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'''April 23, 2006''' - a glut of Eureka seveN hate threads and flamebaiting escalates into an all-out riot lasting several hours
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'''September 5, 2006''' - Big Occident 2: AS skips the penultimate episode of Big O and ADers take to the Fan Reviews folder in protest
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'''October 27, 2006''' - The final episode of Inuyasha airs. The military is called in to control riots in AD
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'''November 20, 2006''' - The fist AD Wiki was made, and it wasn't up to snuff. AD Wiki has since expanded and much fun has been had. (This really is a lot of fun... we should have done this earlier... it's even made me stop my post whoring for an hour)

Current revision as of 16:58, 27 November 2006

A time before recorded history - The First RIF Riots. Many were killed.

- Adult Swim expands from a three-hour, Saturday night programming block to three hours Monday through Thursday nights. Irate fans of Toonami's Midnight run march on Williams Street, only to be turned back by police clad in riot gear, wielding fire hoses and attack dogs.

- The success of the weeknight slot soon causes the block to add a 2 A. M. repeat run immediately following the conclusion of the 11 P. M. run.

Summer of 2003

- "cuz anime is teh s uck!" was created.

- Complaints from fans about current [adult swim] line up.

- Lack of moderators could not prevent constant spamming on the message boards.

October 26, 2003 - Episode 20 of The Big O is aired instead of the season finale. The board activity reportedly increased 300% during the 12 hours after the episode aired. This event became known as the Big Occident I.

November 2, 2003 - [adult swim] aired the beginning of the previous week's episode for about 25 seconds. Before [as] can say, "Sorry, we hd to do it," the boards had already received complaint threads.

April 1, 2004 - [adult swim] places mustaches on shows resulting in spam all over the [adult swim] message boards.

April 17, 2004 - Action Saturdays returned, featuring the debut of the Animatrix.

June 17, 2005 - original AD fanclub night

September 17, 2005 - National Day of Feasting and Festivities celebrates the return of Fullmetal Alchemist premiere episodes

December 9, 2005 - AD invades WSC

December 2005 - Bleach characters are assigned to most AD regulars

December 2005/January 2006 - AD regulars elimination - Ghost is triumphant - since she pwns us all

Sometime between January and March 2006 - The RIF Monarchy falls

April 1, 2006 - April Fool's Day farties throw AD into disarray

April 23, 2006 - a glut of Eureka seveN hate threads and flamebaiting escalates into an all-out riot lasting several hours

September 5, 2006 - Big Occident 2: AS skips the penultimate episode of Big O and ADers take to the Fan Reviews folder in protest

October 27, 2006 - The final episode of Inuyasha airs. The military is called in to control riots in AD

November 20, 2006 - The fist AD Wiki was made, and it wasn't up to snuff. AD Wiki has since expanded and much fun has been had. (This really is a lot of fun... we should have done this earlier... it's even made me stop my post whoring for an hour)

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