(A work in progress)
A few threads ago someone asked about the origins of “Gotcha Ya,” and I was shocked to realize that it goes all the way back to 2001. It feels so recent. I started thinking about other things that make up the Board’s character (events, catch-phrases, etc.) and realized my sense of chronology is totally whacked. So I started thinking about making some sort of a timeline … but then there’s that whacked sense of chronology. I also realized that there are a lot of things that can go on the timeline, and that’s only what I can think of off the top of my head.
Maybe this would make a fun group project? Anyone have coloured pencils? Poster board? Construction paper? A functioning memory?
Here is what I have so far, in no real order. I did make some loose categorizations for the time being, but these can be combined when things start to come together — adding specific dates when remembered or adjustments made in relative order. I have a few other ideas as to how to organize/nominate/structure things, but I’d rather see if anyone’s interested in the idea first.
Board Events
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[li]Handy breaking 10,000 posts[/li][li]Cecil’s last sighting[/li][li]Board goes pay-to-post[/li][li]Winter of Our Lost Content [/li][li]StormFront invasion [/li][li]Lost weekend [/li][li]Passing of members (from the memorial thread)[/li][li]Left Behind outbreak[/li][li]Pit rules change[/li][li]Board returns from pay-to-post[/li][li]Weird URLs/threadspotting begins[/li][li]First Doper-to-Doper marriage [/li][li]First Doper-to-Doper kid[/li][li]First column inspired by the boards[/li][li]SDSAB created[/li][li]Board is sold [/li][li]Café Society opens[/li][li]Game Room opens[/li][/ul]**Great Threads **(this is a category that can get out of hand … perhaps the most likely category that needs nomination and at least a couple seconds?)
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[li]What if the Lord of the Rings had been written by someone else?[/li][li]Will a plane on a treadmill take off?[/li][li]14 k of g in a f p d[/li][li]Found wallet from the 70’s[/li][li]What happens on May 33rd but only on leap year?[/li][li]First MMP[/li][li]First Sequential Threads[/li][li]First mini-rant[/li][/ul]Catch Phrases
[ul]
[li]Gotcha Ya[/li][li]Rio[/li][li]Hi Opal![/li][li]Once, in 1960, for twenty minutes… [/li][li]1920s style “death ray”[/li][/ul]News Events that shook the Board(for context)
[ul]
[li]9/11[/li][li]Madrid - 3/11[/li][li]London - 7/7[/li][li]Bush v. Gore[/li][li]Bush v. Kerry[/li][li]Obama v. McCain[/li][li]Indian Ocean Tsunami [/li][li]Afghanistan invasion[/li][li]Iraq invasion [/li][li]Palin nomination[/li][/ul]
So … ten years of the Dope!
