Post by TNHawke on Mar 7, 2010 11:57:13 GMT 8
Just a simple chronological order of things in Magistream.
Heirarchy:
Tristan created the site
Damien writes for the site
Rijolt was the first artist hired
Tony was an admin, but was removed for personal reasons on July 21, 2009.
Aristotl was the first global mod, but was later removed for personal reasons
Morgaln was the second global mod and on November 21, 2009, was made an Admin
Roma made the emoticons
Kurios made banners and the world map, but has since left Magistream for personal reasons
BettyxMe hired as an artist
Niwer hired as an artist
Imperialism, Mazzi, PKGriffin, TNHawke and Texroarr became mods in training on July 22, 2009. They were made full mods on August 11, 2009
WolfEyedAngel replaced Texroarr as a mod on Septer 6, 2009
TNHawke was removed from moderator status in October 2009
Glasswalker hired as an artist- old sidearts made by a non-member were removed
Pegasi1978 and Faeryl added as moderators on December 17, 2009
DevilCrest added as a moderator on April 5, 2010
Umbreonage hired as an artist on April 9, 2010
Praxis hired as an artist on April 26, 2010
Imperialism resigned as a Mod on June 15, 2010
WolfEyedAngel resigned as a Mod on August 21, 2010
WolfEyedAngel returned to Moderator status on January 1, 2011
pegasi1978 resigned as a Mod on February 28, 2011
ShaiNekol added a moderator on March 28, 2010
Site Events:
May 11, 2009- Magistream officially went live!
May 20, 2009- Breeding enabled, once per day
June 14th, 2009- 1000 member celebration
June 22, 2009- Trade system released. Originally live eggs were able to be traded, but some unscrupulous players used this to hoard many, MANY more than the 4 egg limit. The fix was to make it so no live eggs could ever be traded.
July 5, 2009- Major server move... there were lots of errors before, and tons during. Those after were pretty much fixed. It was a rough week.
July 14, 2009- Teal emoticons added (art by Roma), Hall of the Arts forum added, size limit on signatures added, breeding cool-down time was increased to 3 days.
July 19, 2009- Legend Writing Contest held
July 30, 2009- Legend Writing Contest winners announced
August 15th- World released, utilizing the legends from the contest, plus other lore written by Damien.
September 10, 2009- Creature Contest held
September 17, 2009- Creature Contest winners announced (chosen by the admins)
October 6, 2009- Additional Creature Contest winners announced (chosen by the artists)
October 12, 2009- Halloween Costume Contest held
November 11, 2009- Halloween Costume Contest winners announced
November 25, 2009- The Great Turkey Explosion... the site completely crashed, losing everything from the previous 2 days, including the Naga Ally Quest! The site now has daily saves in case of a future explosion.
November 26, 2009- Recovery from the Explosion. For about 20 minutes Decessus were available in the stream again, until Tristan got the glitch corrected. Those who caught them were allowed to keep them.
November 30, 2009- Darksea, the first lineage, released
January 15, 2010- Magi Merchandise released
February 10, 2010- Valentine's Day Contest Held
March 1, 2010- Valentine's Day winners announced
April 5, 2010- Spring/ Easter Event- Jackalopes are dropped in the Stream with a few initial gendering issues that were soon fixed.
April 26, 2010- After breeding was disabled completely over night, lineages became available to all.
1st week of May, 2010- Gifting of eggs was allowed again, in preparation for the 1 year anniversary of Magistream
May 11, 2010- Magistream's official 1 year anniversary! Gifts given during the previous week were able to be opened.
July 12, 2010- The long awaited tabs for sorting our keeps is available!
August 4, 2010- The Players Spoke, and Tristan Listened!
The limits to creature names were extended from 16 to 25, and allow for up to two hyphens and apostrophes.
Coal and Tinsel Wyrms had a counter of how many breedings are left added to their information.
August 23, 2010- Forum Moderators were added to the list of staff
September, 2010- MagiMerch shop was closed due to lack of sales
October 2, 2010- Evil Pumpkin Carving Contest held
October 28, 2010- The first major of several crashes and glitches that plagued the site until the new server was up and running.
December 3, 2010- Pumpkin Carving Contest winners announced
December 20, 2010- Christmas Holiday festivities officially began
January 20, 2011- New Server, named Willow, finally online, glitches fixed over the course of the following weeks.
February 8, 2011- Hall of Speakers forum added for serious discussions
February 22, 2011- The "Hummingbird Crash" Willow went to sleep and wouldn't wake up, and the backups were corrupted as well, resulting in data loss. Tristan re-flooded the stream with Hummingbirds so we could recover them, but none had the original Valentine's Day date any longer. *sad*
May 11, 2011- Magistream's second birthday! Gifting was allowed and new versions of Crystalwings were given to generous players.
May 16, 2011- Merchant District made its own area with several forums to break up buying, selling, contests and trades.
May 21, 2011- huge crash with data loss back to January 2011. Dubbed the Magistream Rapture (coinciding with a media hyped cult's claim that the Messianic rapture would occur on this day- it didn't) when Raznak Jesus claimed 5 months worth of creatures and took them away to Heaven. Recovery began on May 24th with a form available to fill out to request lost creatures back.
Heirarchy:
Tristan created the site
Damien writes for the site
Rijolt was the first artist hired
Tony was an admin, but was removed for personal reasons on July 21, 2009.
Aristotl was the first global mod, but was later removed for personal reasons
Morgaln was the second global mod and on November 21, 2009, was made an Admin
Roma made the emoticons
Kurios made banners and the world map, but has since left Magistream for personal reasons
BettyxMe hired as an artist
Niwer hired as an artist
Imperialism, Mazzi, PKGriffin, TNHawke and Texroarr became mods in training on July 22, 2009. They were made full mods on August 11, 2009
WolfEyedAngel replaced Texroarr as a mod on Septer 6, 2009
TNHawke was removed from moderator status in October 2009
Glasswalker hired as an artist- old sidearts made by a non-member were removed
Pegasi1978 and Faeryl added as moderators on December 17, 2009
DevilCrest added as a moderator on April 5, 2010
Umbreonage hired as an artist on April 9, 2010
Praxis hired as an artist on April 26, 2010
Imperialism resigned as a Mod on June 15, 2010
WolfEyedAngel resigned as a Mod on August 21, 2010
WolfEyedAngel returned to Moderator status on January 1, 2011
pegasi1978 resigned as a Mod on February 28, 2011
ShaiNekol added a moderator on March 28, 2010
Site Events:
May 11, 2009- Magistream officially went live!
May 20, 2009- Breeding enabled, once per day
June 14th, 2009- 1000 member celebration
June 22, 2009- Trade system released. Originally live eggs were able to be traded, but some unscrupulous players used this to hoard many, MANY more than the 4 egg limit. The fix was to make it so no live eggs could ever be traded.
July 5, 2009- Major server move... there were lots of errors before, and tons during. Those after were pretty much fixed. It was a rough week.
July 14, 2009- Teal emoticons added (art by Roma), Hall of the Arts forum added, size limit on signatures added, breeding cool-down time was increased to 3 days.
July 19, 2009- Legend Writing Contest held
July 30, 2009- Legend Writing Contest winners announced
August 15th- World released, utilizing the legends from the contest, plus other lore written by Damien.
September 10, 2009- Creature Contest held
September 17, 2009- Creature Contest winners announced (chosen by the admins)
October 6, 2009- Additional Creature Contest winners announced (chosen by the artists)
October 12, 2009- Halloween Costume Contest held
November 11, 2009- Halloween Costume Contest winners announced
November 25, 2009- The Great Turkey Explosion... the site completely crashed, losing everything from the previous 2 days, including the Naga Ally Quest! The site now has daily saves in case of a future explosion.
November 26, 2009- Recovery from the Explosion. For about 20 minutes Decessus were available in the stream again, until Tristan got the glitch corrected. Those who caught them were allowed to keep them.
November 30, 2009- Darksea, the first lineage, released
January 15, 2010- Magi Merchandise released
February 10, 2010- Valentine's Day Contest Held
March 1, 2010- Valentine's Day winners announced
April 5, 2010- Spring/ Easter Event- Jackalopes are dropped in the Stream with a few initial gendering issues that were soon fixed.
April 26, 2010- After breeding was disabled completely over night, lineages became available to all.
1st week of May, 2010- Gifting of eggs was allowed again, in preparation for the 1 year anniversary of Magistream
May 11, 2010- Magistream's official 1 year anniversary! Gifts given during the previous week were able to be opened.
July 12, 2010- The long awaited tabs for sorting our keeps is available!
August 4, 2010- The Players Spoke, and Tristan Listened!
The limits to creature names were extended from 16 to 25, and allow for up to two hyphens and apostrophes.
Coal and Tinsel Wyrms had a counter of how many breedings are left added to their information.
August 23, 2010- Forum Moderators were added to the list of staff
September, 2010- MagiMerch shop was closed due to lack of sales
October 2, 2010- Evil Pumpkin Carving Contest held
October 28, 2010- The first major of several crashes and glitches that plagued the site until the new server was up and running.
December 3, 2010- Pumpkin Carving Contest winners announced
December 20, 2010- Christmas Holiday festivities officially began
January 20, 2011- New Server, named Willow, finally online, glitches fixed over the course of the following weeks.
February 8, 2011- Hall of Speakers forum added for serious discussions
February 22, 2011- The "Hummingbird Crash" Willow went to sleep and wouldn't wake up, and the backups were corrupted as well, resulting in data loss. Tristan re-flooded the stream with Hummingbirds so we could recover them, but none had the original Valentine's Day date any longer. *sad*
May 11, 2011- Magistream's second birthday! Gifting was allowed and new versions of Crystalwings were given to generous players.
May 16, 2011- Merchant District made its own area with several forums to break up buying, selling, contests and trades.
May 21, 2011- huge crash with data loss back to January 2011. Dubbed the Magistream Rapture (coinciding with a media hyped cult's claim that the Messianic rapture would occur on this day- it didn't) when Raznak Jesus claimed 5 months worth of creatures and took them away to Heaven. Recovery began on May 24th with a form available to fill out to request lost creatures back.