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A timeline of events that have happened since MFGG formed. | A timeline of events that have happened since MFGG formed. | ||
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*[[Thunder Dragon]] creates the [[Bowser Technologies]] website. | *[[Thunder Dragon]] creates the [[Bowser Technologies]] website. | ||
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*16th July - [[MFGG]] is formed, [[Bowser Technologies]] is closed. | *16th July - [[MFGG]] is formed, [[Bowser Technologies]] is closed. | ||
*[[Kyle]] is made [[Administrator]]. | *[[Kyle]] is made [[Administrator]]. | ||
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*[[Kritter]] becomes [[Administrator]], replacing [[Kyle]]. | *[[Kritter]] becomes [[Administrator]], replacing [[Kyle]]. | ||
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*April 1st - [[April Fool's Prank]]. Forum changed to "Wario Fan Games Galaxy" by [[Kritter]]. | *April 1st - [[April Fool's Prank]]. Forum changed to "Wario Fan Games Galaxy" by [[Kritter]]. | ||
*[[Sonic Fan Games Headquarters|SFGHQ]] Vs MFGG Forum War | *[[Sonic Fan Games Headquarters|SFGHQ]] Vs MFGG Forum War | ||
| − | =2003= | + | == 2003 == |
*February - [[VBulletin]] version of message boards is opened. | *February - [[VBulletin]] version of message boards is opened. | ||
*[[Willy Goldwater]] becomes host of MFGG. | *[[Willy Goldwater]] becomes host of MFGG. | ||
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*[[LAMGS]] is created. | *[[LAMGS]] is created. | ||
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*February - [[Arts Board]] is opened. | *February - [[Arts Board]] is opened. | ||
*[[ShadowMan]] is made [[Administrator]]. | *[[ShadowMan]] is made [[Administrator]]. | ||
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*2004 [[MFGG Awards]] | *2004 [[MFGG Awards]] | ||
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*February - First [[Minigame Competition]]. | *February - First [[Minigame Competition]]. | ||
*April 1st - [[April Fool's Prank]]. Forum is changed to "Choza Espanol de Pollo Galaxias Fangames de Tio Billy" for a day. Regarded as the best April fools prank ever. | *April 1st - [[April Fool's Prank]]. Forum is changed to "Choza Espanol de Pollo Galaxias Fangames de Tio Billy" for a day. Regarded as the best April fools prank ever. | ||
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*??? - [[Trasher]] and [[FanGuy]] are hired as [[moderators]]. | *??? - [[Trasher]] and [[FanGuy]] are hired as [[moderators]]. | ||
| − | =2006= | + | == 2006 == |
*February - [[SPECTRE]] sub-forum opened in the [[PPP]]. | *February - [[SPECTRE]] sub-forum opened in the [[PPP]]. | ||
*??? - New warn system instated. | *??? - New warn system instated. | ||
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*2006 [[MFGG Awards]] | *2006 [[MFGG Awards]] | ||
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*January 28th - [[Tragic]], [[Kitsune Yamato]], and [[Admiral Delmore]] are made [[Site Staff]] | *January 28th - [[Tragic]], [[Kitsune Yamato]], and [[Admiral Delmore]] are made [[Site Staff]] | ||
*February 5th - N-Finity, webmaster of [[The Shy Guy Kingdom]] passes away due to a diabetic coma. The first recorded death of the Mario fangaming community. | *February 5th - N-Finity, webmaster of [[The Shy Guy Kingdom]] passes away due to a diabetic coma. The first recorded death of the Mario fangaming community. | ||
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*December 31st - The [[Final Day Countdown]] event took place in the [[Casual Conversation Castle]] | *December 31st - The [[Final Day Countdown]] event took place in the [[Casual Conversation Castle]] | ||
| − | =2008= | + | == 2008 == |
*January 2nd - First MFGG [[Review Drive]] is organized by [[ShadowMan]]. It has since become a "wednesday thing". | *January 2nd - First MFGG [[Review Drive]] is organized by [[ShadowMan]]. It has since become a "wednesday thing". | ||
*January 3rd - A temporary [[Brawl Discussion]] forum is added by [[Yoshiman]]. | *January 3rd - A temporary [[Brawl Discussion]] forum is added by [[Yoshiman]]. | ||
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*August 17th - The [[Country Flag System]] is added, showing a little flag icon before the username. | *August 17th - The [[Country Flag System]] is added, showing a little flag icon before the username. | ||
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*January 3rd - WIP/Scetch is merged back into the Art Board. | *January 3rd - WIP/Scetch is merged back into the Art Board. | ||
*January 18th - [[Ultra Happy Heart Badge]] is born. | *January 18th - [[Ultra Happy Heart Badge]] is born. | ||
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*December 31st - Jazz is promoted to Global Mod, leaving DJ Yoshiman as the only regular Mod. Zero Kirby is promoted to Site Staff, and Char is promoted to Admin. Risa is also demoted to regular member. | *December 31st - Jazz is promoted to Global Mod, leaving DJ Yoshiman as the only regular Mod. Zero Kirby is promoted to Site Staff, and Char is promoted to Admin. Risa is also demoted to regular member. | ||
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*January 31st - 2009 [[MFGG Awards]] | *January 31st - 2009 [[MFGG Awards]] | ||
*February 14th - MFGG is down. [[TempFGG]], a temporary stand-in message board, is created by [[DavidCaruso]]. | *February 14th - MFGG is down. [[TempFGG]], a temporary stand-in message board, is created by [[DavidCaruso]]. | ||
*Febuary 21th - [[Char]]'s Simplistic Green skin was added. | *Febuary 21th - [[Char]]'s Simplistic Green skin was added. | ||
*April 1st - [[April Fools Prank]], the forums were "greekified", Ω takes over MFGG. | *April 1st - [[April Fools Prank]], the forums were "greekified", Ω takes over MFGG. | ||
| − | *April 2nd - Trasher is demodded for year-banning Guinea for banning Kritter for a day on April Fools for being too negative. The April Fool's skin " | + | *April 2nd - Trasher is demodded for year-banning Guinea for banning Kritter for a day on April Fools for being too negative. The April Fool's skin, "MFGGreece", becomes a usable skin (translated to English). |
*April 4th - [[Kyori]] and [[Zero Kirby]] become [[Moderator]]s for the [[General Chat]]. | *April 4th - [[Kyori]] and [[Zero Kirby]] become [[Moderator]]s for the [[General Chat]]. | ||
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[[Category:Site]] | [[Category:Site]] | ||
[[Category:Forum]] | [[Category:Forum]] | ||
Revision as of 06:44, 28 April 2010
A timeline of events that have happened since MFGG formed.
2000
- Thunder Dragon creates the Bowser Technologies website.
2001
- 16th July - MFGG is formed, Bowser Technologies is closed.
- Kyle is made Administrator.
- Great Kyle Flamewar
- Kritter becomes Administrator, replacing Kyle.
2002
- April 1st - April Fool's Prank. Forum changed to "Wario Fan Games Galaxy" by Kritter.
- SFGHQ Vs MFGG Forum War
2003
- February - VBulletin version of message boards is opened.
- Willy Goldwater becomes host of MFGG.
- October 11th - Invision version of message boards is opened, replacing the VBulletin one, though all previous members save for a few did not register until the 13th.
- LAMGS is created.
2004
- February - Arts Board is opened.
- ShadowMan is made Administrator.
- April 1st - April Fool's Prank. Forum is changed to "Waligie Fangames Place" for a day.
- Kritter resigns as Administrator of the forums.
- September 22nd - SonicProject is made a Global Moderator.
- October - Parakarry is made Site Staff.
- 2004 MFGG Awards
2005
- February - First Minigame Competition.
- April 1st - April Fool's Prank. Forum is changed to "Choza Espanol de Pollo Galaxias Fangames de Tio Billy" for a day. Regarded as the best April fools prank ever.
- May - E3 forum opened for E3 2005.
- August 2nd - Gehn's 233rd Age forum opened by ShadowMan.
- August - Operation CLAM begins.
- October - "Mario Fan Game Gallery" appears on the American TV Channel, G4's "Attack of The Show" advertising the recently released Super Mario: Blue Twilight DX. Viewers from the show appear on MFGG, overloading the server cutting off MFGG for a few days.
- December - The PPP Explosion.
- 2005 MFGG Awards
- ??? - SonicProject resigns as Global Moderator.
- ??? - Trasher and FanGuy are hired as moderators.
2006
- February - SPECTRE sub-forum opened in the PPP.
- ??? - New warn system instated.
- April 1st - April Fool's Prank. Forum is changed to "All about beards" for a day.
- April 17th - Jeff Silvers and Jak are hired as moderators.
- April 18th - Black Squirrel is hired as Site Staff.
- April 20th - Phishfest.
- April 29th - This version of the MFGG Wiki is opened.
- Forum Games forum is merged with the Pointless Post Palace.
- May - E3 forum opened for E3 2006.
- June 8th - 2nd PPP Pruning, Stupidity Discharge.
- June 16th - Donkey Kong meets Mega Man sub-forum opened.
- June 22nd - MFGG 2.0 is opened.
- July 12th - MFGG Wrestling begins.
- August 9th - General Friendliness sub-forum is opened in the Arts Board.
- August 16th - Warn logs become public.
- August 18th - ITF we are muscular trapeze artists created.
- August 31st - 3rd PPP Pruning, Pointless Supernova.
- Wii Discussion forum opened.
- December 16th - PPP closed for 3 days
- 2006 MFGG Awards
2007
- January 28th - Tragic, Kitsune Yamato, and Admiral Delmore are made Site Staff
- February 5th - N-Finity, webmaster of The Shy Guy Kingdom passes away due to a diabetic coma. The first recorded death of the Mario fangaming community.
- March 28th - A Day That Will Live in Infamy
- April 1st - April Fool's Prank. Letters were removed from usernames randomly, three joke submissions to the main site. Delmore is fired from Site Staff. Zombie Week begins.
- April 3rd - 4chan Attack
- April 26th - Ylle is made Site Staff.
- June 18th - ShadowMan resigns as Administrator of the forums.
- Trasher is upgraded from Global Moderator to administrator
- June 21st - Message boards are re-structured. General Friendliness moved to Archives. News Forum and Worthless Post Palace opened.
- June 22nd - New Moderators are hired. Jeff Silvers, FanGuy and Jak are upgraded to Global Moderators. Kommandant Dragmire becomes Global Moderator. Joey becomes General Chat moderator, Yoshiman becomes Fangame Discussion moderator, Rage becomes Arts Board moderator and Tragic becomes PPP moderator. Black Squirrel, Hatman and Jas are also made PPP Mods, but with fewer powers.
- Hatman resigns as PPP Mod.
- Toodles Team is made Site Staff, replacing Ylle.
- July 5th - Custom Word Filter system created. Disabling the profanity filter for your account is now possible.
- July 28th- Toodles Team resigns as Site Staff.
- September 6th - Worthless Post Palace is removed.
- September 15th - Night of the Living "Dupes"
- September 19th - Bacteriophage and Press Start are made Site Staff. Age Restriction rule is dropped.
- October 24th - First Nintendo Community Fangame Convention is held.
- October 27th - MFGG started obsessively tracking its timeline.
- November 14th - Retriever II resigns as forum administrator and now falls under the new Server Admin user group. Admiral Delmore and Stanley are re-instated from their requested permabans. Trasher resigns as administrator as a result. Joey is also demoted from General Chat moderator to member status. Yoshiman and Jas are upgraded to Administrator status. Pointless Post Palace is closed by Klobber permanently.
- November 15th - Tragic is promoted to Global Moderator status.
- November 17th - Sub-forums Sprite Rips (Fangame Discussion) and WIP/Sketch (Arts Board) are created.
- November 18th - Forum Rules are modified to create version 5.0.
- November 22nd - The PPP is deleted, Casual Conversation Castle takes its place.
- November 25th - First Music Competition begins.
- December 2nd - Bacteriophage becomes CCC Mod.
- December 3rd - Tragic declares himself a Badge Moderator.
- December 4th - The first MFGGcret Santa begins.
- December 5th - General Friendliness forum is re-opened and placed in the Dungeon below the CCC. Tragedy Anne becomes Moderator of the forum under the new title Forum Janitor.
- December 12th - Forum Games is re-opened and placed in the Dungeon below the General Friendliness forum.
- December 14th - Trasher resigns from the Site Staff.
- December 17th - The Community Fangame Project is created, and enters the planning stage.
- December 29th - The Forum Games forum is permanently removed from the forum structure.
- December 31st - The Final Day Countdown event took place in the Casual Conversation Castle
2008
- January 2nd - First MFGG Review Drive is organized by ShadowMan. It has since become a "wednesday thing".
- January 3rd - A temporary Brawl Discussion forum is added by Yoshiman.
- January 5th - The Community Fangame Project officially begins core development, as both engines are introduced in basic forms.
- January 12th - The requirement for a Happy Heart Badge is dropped from 3 months to 2 months. This means CCC access is also after two months.
- January 23rd - Battle Without Honor or Humility starts. It ends six days later.
- January 27th - Klobber officially resigns as administrator, and Jak resigns as Global Moderator. DJ Yoshiman and Jas appoint Captain Jeff Silvers and Tragic to take his place. Black Squirrel is also upgraded to Global Moderator status.
- January 28th - RageMario and Bacteriophage are also upgraded to Global Moderator status, Pinkybee takes Rage's art moderator position, meaning that the Forum Janitor and CCC Mod member categories are currently obsolete.
- February 9th - DJ Yoshiman and Jas propose plans to remove the CCC which are recanted by the end of the day after generating enormous controversy and anger.
- February 17th - Dragmire leaves the moderation team.
- February 18th - Jas resigns as administrator
- February 19th - The Great Mistake
- March 7th - Masahiro Sakurai incident
- March 11th - Tragedy Anne is upgraded to Global Moderator status. Guinea is hired as Fangame Discussion mod, Xgoff General Chat, Ashura Arts Board and Shyguy Grey as General Friendliness mod.
- April 1st - April Fools Prank. CCC is locked and forum suffers "Flood Control 2.0".
- April 2nd - Luminous Reaver's "Codec Cyan" board skin is added.
- May 5th - Yoshiman PM scandal
- May 7th - A load of members decided to leave, stirred by more extra drama of the Yoshiman PM scandal. They include Shadowman, jas, AppleQueso, Neo Hyper Yoshi, and Nova.
- May 10th - Xgoff resigns as General Chat moderator
- May 28th - Tragic grants name change amnesty and restores the CCC to Casual Only status, then resigns as Admin, appointing Black Squirrel to take his place.
- June - Group icons are created and made use of.
- July 23rd - Quackers appears.
- August 8th - Life on MFGG
- August 17th - The Country Flag System is added, showing a little flag icon before the username.
2009
- January 3rd - WIP/Scetch is merged back into the Art Board.
- January 18th - Ultra Happy Heart Badge is born.
- Weekend of February 12 - Wii Discussion is merged back into the GC.
- April 1st - April Fools Prank, skins changed by forum, THE VOID engulfs MFGG.
- April 13th - Shyguy Grey becomes new Global Moderator.
- June 12th - Trial Member System put into place, Guinea becomes admin.
- June 21st - Kritter returns as Moderator. Tri is also hired.
- August 8th - Black Squirrel announces MFGG message boards are to move to a new provider; much discussion ensues. Radical changes include the death of the CCC. A few days later he resigns.
- November 2nd - Retriever II announces the date that the MFGG forum is moving to new software.
- November 7th - MFGG 3.0 opened up to the public after mass hype. Kritter has resigned as Moderator, Trasher is a Global Mod. All regular mods are upgraded to global, except Yoshiman who refused. Jazz is a regular mod, and so is Mecha the Slag. Mecha the Slag is promoted to Global a few days later. Nick Ainsworth is a new admin. Trasher is a Global Mod.
- December 22nd - New name change system put in place.
- December 31st - Jazz is promoted to Global Mod, leaving DJ Yoshiman as the only regular Mod. Zero Kirby is promoted to Site Staff, and Char is promoted to Admin. Risa is also demoted to regular member.
2010
- January 31st - 2009 MFGG Awards
- February 14th - MFGG is down. TempFGG, a temporary stand-in message board, is created by DavidCaruso.
- Febuary 21th - Char's Simplistic Green skin was added.
- April 1st - April Fools Prank, the forums were "greekified", Ω takes over MFGG.
- April 2nd - Trasher is demodded for year-banning Guinea for banning Kritter for a day on April Fools for being too negative. The April Fool's skin, "MFGGreece", becomes a usable skin (translated to English).
- April 4th - Kyori and Zero Kirby become Moderators for the General Chat.
