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Given that it was recently the TBT 10th Anniversary, I figured I should do something for it. And so, I created the TBT Timeline, a massive list of links chronicling the events and forum changes in TBT's history as listed in the Bell Tree HQ.
Some things aren't listed as they would take up too much space in the already crowded earlier years, and this is getting a little low on space. These things are as follows.
As Bastoise99 famously said:
Does anybody know when Justin became an admin? I have it narrowed down to between February 3, 2013 and May 29, 2013 thanks to the Wayback Machine, but that's all. I think this is the closest I have but if anybody else has an exact date, that'd be cool.
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Some things aren't listed as they would take up too much space in the already crowded earlier years, and this is getting a little low on space. These things are as follows.
- Old trivia events
- TBT Game Torunaments
- TBT Olympics
- Acre B-3 Chat Threads
- Tank Wars
- Bell Tree Guard
- Bell Tree Socials
- Monthly Signature Contests
- Various TBT Newspapers
- TBT Weekly
- Smash Camp through the years
As Bastoise99 famously said:
Does anybody know when Justin became an admin? I have it narrowed down to between February 3, 2013 and May 29, 2013 thanks to the Wayback Machine, but that's all. I think this is the closest I have but if anybody else has an exact date, that'd be cool.
2001
2002
2003
2004
- September 24 - Animal Crossing releases in Europe
- November 7 - InvisionFree TBT is created
- December 2 - TBT opens to select few
- December 4 - Custom Member Title eliminated
- December 4 - Forum timestamps changed to match NSider
- December 5 - Quick forum changes
- December 6 - TBT Guides announced
- December 7 - Project to create new user ranks
- December 10 - New Ranks: Phase Two
- December 11 - TBT reaches 1,000 posts
- December 16 - TBT does not open to the public since Invisionfree is down
- December 19 - TBT opens to public
- December 19 - List of upcoming forum updates
- December 22 - Opening date to the first Bell Tree Fair
- December 23 - First BTF Chat Thread
- December 24 - First BTF Scavenger Hunt Event
- December 30 - AT Contest
2005
- January 3 - Changes to the Advertisement Board
- January 6 - Voting for new icons
- January 14 - News Board released
- January 15 - SMART_TECH_DRAGON_15 made sage
- January 21 - Council Board shut down
- January 15 - Usernames no longer underlines
- January 23 - Bulletin Board opens
- January 25 - 30 threads default per page
- January 28 - New user ranks work in progress
- February 3 - New user ranks planned
- February 7 - New user ranks added
- February 12 - Planning for new board names
- February 13 - Interest gathering for a chat room
- February 20 - Polling for the ACDS Board
- February 24 - New boards added; Bell system added
- March 3 - Bulerias made admin, forum merge
- March 3 - HRA Score Contest
- March 5 - Linkerator made mod
- March 6 - First TBT Fan-Fic Contest
- March 17 - Sage forum password changes
- March 22 - Landmark Contest and 10K posts
- March 25 - Bells first have a use
- March 26 - Rank abilities changing
- March 27 - TBT Weekly Volume 1
- March 28 - New rank added
- April 3 - New Spam Policy
- April 8 - Gamers' Lounge and ACDS board released
- April 9 - Image limit per post increased to 50
- April 13 - Rule for being a member of NSider removed
- April 20 - Bell Tree Smiley Vote
- April 24 - TBT AIM chat released
- April 28 - First TBT Trivia
- May 1 - New rule about leaks
- May 2 - Spam board removed
- May 11 - Second TBT Fan-Fic Contest
- May 11 - TBT Official Avatar Election
- May 22 - Suggestion board added
- May 28 - Banner changed
- May 29 - First TBT Survey
- June 6 - Bastoise99 made a mod
- June 8 - First TBT Awards
- June 11 - Bastoise99 made an admin
- June 13 - 10,000th post
- June 13 - Planning for Video Game Boards
- June 17 - 25,000 post
- June 20 - Online/Offline tags added
- June 20 - "Members currently reading topic" added
- June 21 - Affiliate icon voting
- June 21 - TBT Best Profile Contest
- June 29 - TYOSHI90 (Flummoxer) steps down
- July 5 - InvisionFree Warning System added to TBT
- July 10 - Smart_Tech_Dragon_15 becomes a local mod
- July 30 - Announcement of the Arcade
- August 1 - Sig Limit introduced
- August 8 - Active user list changed to 30 minutes
- August 10 - New skin added
- August 27 - Domain Name change
- August 25 - PIKMIN042 (Mino) becomes a local mod
- August 29 - PIKMIN042 (Mino) is a temp. admin
- September 1 - New domain name
- September 1 - Spam board returns
- September 5 - Decision of the anniversary
- September 10 - Smart_Tech_Dragon_15 becomes a global mod
- September 14 - 300 Members
- October 4 - PIKMIN042 (Mino) becomes a global mod
- October 13 - Rule update
- October 16 - Second TBT Fair Upcoming
- October 31 - First opening of the Woods
- November 5 - Second TBT Fair Starts
- November 7 - DarthGohan1 made a sage
- November 7 - First TBT Birthday
- November 8 - New Arcade
- November 11 - IRC released
- November 14 - JJramone made sage
- November 19 - Friend Code Policy revised
- November 22 - Bell Tree HQ is first board with 1,000 topics
- November 22 - New advertising rules
- November 23 - ACWW releases in Japan
- November 25 - TBTFS Store released
- November 27 - 400 Members
- November 30 - Graphics team created
- December 3 - DarthGohan1 becomes a local mod
- December 4 - ƒish becomes a local mod
- December 5 - 25 people online at once
- December 5 - ACWW releases in North America
- December 8 - ACWW releases in Australia
- December 11 - Winter skin added
- December 11 - Two new arcade games
- December 17 - 500 Members
- December 20 - Trading Post Board added
2006
- January 14 - 500 Members
- January 24 - Bastoise99 steps down
- January 26 - TBT Graphics Contest
- February 1 - Justin is a Sage
- February 2 - ZeldaFreak is a sage
- February 4 - Future Board Changes
- February 6 - Sporge becomes a local mod
- February 7 - DarthGohan1 becomes global mod
- February 7 - Board merge
- February 8 - ƒish becomes a global mod
- February 9 - Zero_13 becomes a local mod
- February 9 - Town Dump closed
- February 10 - Smart_Tech_Dragon_15 becomes an admin
- February 13 - TBT hits 100k posts
- February 17 - 2 New Graphics Team Members
- February 26 - The Gate board released
- March 11 - Spring Contest
- March 15 - TBTS closes
- March 19 - Post of the Week contests
- March 31 - ACWW releases in Europe
- April 6 - Sage IRC chat opens
- April 7 - Spam Contest
- April 16 - Bulerias resigns
- April 26 - InvisionFree moves to a new server
- May 13 - Town dump deleted
- May 13 - May update
- May 14 - PKMNMasterSamus and OddCrazyMe made sages
- May 22 - ƒish steps down
- May 24 - Upcoming updates
- May 29 - Various changes
- May 29 - Project Sunlight
- June 6 - Few updates
- June 12 - New buttons
- June 15 - 800 members
- June 28 - TBT IRC returns
- July 11 - Zero_13 steps down
- August 11 - Bulletin board moves
- August 14 - DarthGohan1 and Bastoise99 return as mods
- August 15 - 900 Members
- September 29 - TBT's Future
- October 4 - Plans for TBT's future site
- October 23 - Background music added to TBT
- October 25 - Pattern Section added to TBT
- October 31 - Arcade returns
- November 6 - 2 Year Anniversary
- November 28 - Sporge becomes a global mod, Bastoise99 steps down
- December 15 - Bell Tree Bank
- December 16 - New Winter Skin
- December 21 - Sig Contest
- December 21 - Arcade fixed
- December 23 - Podcast #6 added
- December 29 - Podcast #7 added
- December 30 - DarthGohan1 resigns
- December 31 - Massive Arcade update
2007
- January 3 - Smart_Tech_Dragon_15 retires
- January 5 - Podcast #8
- January 14 - Podcast #9
- February 8 - Valentine's Day event
- February 14 - Search function added
- February 20 - Upcoming TBT updates
- February 19 - Top 10 Posters temporarily removed
- March 9 - TBT's Amazon Store
- March 10 - VideoGame Videos added
- March 14 - Upcoming Updates
- March 14 - Rename a Board Contest
- March 20 - Bulerias and Bastoise99 added as sages
- May 22 - 200,000th post
- August 2 - Sage rank removed, Committees added
- September 17 - NSider closes, mass immigration to TBT
- September 19 - 2,000 members
- October 21 - Blogs added
- October 23 - Autumn Skin added
- October 30 - Third Year Site Statistics
- December 16 - News system updates
2008
- February 12 - OddCrazyMe (Tyler) becomes a mod
- March 13 - TBT hits 250,000 Posts
- March 21 - The Basement returns
- April 8 - Acre B3 chat threads end
- May 31 - TBT converts to Zetaboards!!
- July 5 - Project Tide and Project Sunlight officially end
- July 7 - Rules update
- July 16 - accityfolk Youtube channel opens
- July 18 - AC4Life merges into TBT
- July 28 - Bulerias resigns
- August 28 - Future board changes
- September 16 - Board renovation
- September 23 - New avatar gallery
- November 3 - The Acre board retired
- November 10 - Autumn theme updated
- November 14 - TBT reaches 300,000 posts
- November 16 - ACCF releases in North America
- November 20 - ACCF releases in Japan
- December 4- ACCF releases in Australia
- December 5 - ACCF releases in Europe
- December 22 - TBT's IRC channel moves
2009
- January 1 - Grawr becomes a mod
- January 15 - ACcityfolk.com opens
- January 19 - Nigel becomes a mod
- February 13 - TBT reaches 500,000 posts
- February 16 - Valentine's theme released
- February 21 - TBT reaches 6,000 members
- February 28 - IRC network changes
- March 4 - Spring theme updated
- March 14 - Bell System update
- March 27 - Three new avatar folders
- April 22 - New Signature Rules
- May 8 - OddCrazyMe (Tyler) resigns
- May 16 - Bell system updated for all browsers
- June 14 - Miranda and OddCrazyMe (Tyler) promoted to mods
- June 26 - TBT reaches 800,000 posts
- September 6 - Arcade returns to Zetaboards
- October 17 - Discussion on when to observe TBT's birthday
- October 30 - First mention of moving to vBulletin
- November 7 - TBT turns five
- November 21 - TBT reaches 1 million posts
- November 27 - stormcommander changes his name to Jeremy
- December 23 - People's Choice Awards 2009
2010
- January 8 - First moderator applications
- January 14 - Comatose2009 (Micah) and KazooieC (Conor) added as mods, Miranda promoted to admin
- June 11 - Status updates and board feed added
- July 31 - DarthGohan1 steps down
- October 12 - Autumn/Winter Update
- November 8 - TBT Moves to vBulletin!!
- December 23 - People's Choice Award 2010
2011
- January 6 - Move date announced
- January 7 - ZetaBoards to vBulletin transfer guide
- January 15 - Tyler becomes an admin
- January 20 - Minor forum update
- March 22 - New Shop Added. Cake released
- June 25 - SockHead and AndyB added as mods
- August 25 - Applications for Shop Manager open
- December 24 - People's Choice Awards 2011
2012
- April 28 - Project Revive the IRC
- August 11 - AndyB steps down
- September 29 - Sage usergroup returns. OddCrazyMe (Tyler) demoted.
- October 20 - Justin becomes a mod. Origin of "Jubs" found in this thread
- October 27 - TBT Candy Thread
- November 6 - TBT's 8th Birthday
- November 8 - ACNL releases in Japan
- November 18 - Ability to add NNID to profiles added
- December 1 - ど, う, ぶ, つ, の, and 森 collectibles released
- December 6 - Winter Signature Contest. Snow Globe and Trophy added
2013
- January 1 - People's Choice Awards 2012
- February 10 - Role Playing Beta closed
- March 7 - Signature Guidelines updated
- March 12 - Conor steps down
- March 30 - Bunny Day Easter Egg Hunt
- April 1 - Easter Egg Hunt Results
- April 14 - Miranda, Grawr, Nigel removed from staff
- April 19 - In-site IRC client added
- May 19 - Dutch board opens, Re-Tail, Train Station and Patterns board officially released
- May 26 - New Leaf Contests
- June 1 - Animal Crossing Trivia Raffle
- June 2 - ProfGallows and ZR388 added as mods
- June 8 - Able Sisters' board update
- June 9 - ACNL releases in North America
- June 14 - ACNL releases in Europe
- June 15 - ACNL releases in Australia
- June 18 - Re-Tail made a main board with prefixes
- July 3 - TBT Town Tour Videos
- July 20 - Wi-Fi Rating released
- July 23 - User titles made free
- July 24 - Thunder added as mod
- July 30 - TBT reaches 1.5 million posts
- July 30 - New prefix for Able Sisters'
- August 12 - Staff applications open
- August 14 - Micah steps down
- August 14 - Collectibles redone, Chocolate Cake released
- August 15 - New ACNL avatars added
- August 18 - Summer Contest winners announced
- August 26 - Mumble server opens
- August 27 - Sporge steps down
- September 7 - Birthstones announced
- September 12 - Jas0n, Jennifer, Kaiaa added as mods
- September 23 - Design update
- September 26 - SockHead steps down
- September 30 - Announcement of Upcoming Announcements
- September 30 - Announcement of Upcoming Announcements
- October 1 - Early October 2013 Bell Tree Direct. Pear and opal released.
- October 12 - Pok?ball release
- October 27 - Late October 2013 Bell Tree Direct
- November 1 - The Woods Epilogue
- November 5 - November Contests delayed
- November 25 - TBT Fair Returns!
- December 1 - TBT hits 2 million posts
- December 19 - TBT's 9th Birthday
- December 31 - Party Popper release
- December 31 - People's Choice Awards 2013
2014
- January 1 - TBT Fair 2013 Contest Winners
- January 12 - TBT Fair 2013 Raffle Winners
- January 12 - Garnet Birthstone released
- January 13 - Closing Ceremony for the 2013 TBT Fair
- March 10 - Announcement of Upcoming Announcements
- March 11 - March 2014 Bell Tree Direct. Cherry and March Birthstone released.
- April 3 - April Birthstone added
- April 19 - TBT's Second Easter Egg Hunt
- May 4 - May Birthstone released
- June 6 - Sequel to the Announcement of Upcoming Announcements
- June 9 - June 2014 Bell Tree Direct. Peach and Pearl released
- June 14 - City Folk boards shut down
- June 19 - Staff applications open
- July 5 - Ruby Birthstone available
- July 17 - TBT's Spam Account Crusade
- July 17 - Collectible Creation Contest
- July 18 - Tina and Gandalf added as mods
- August 5 - TBT Beach Party
- August 9 - Peridot Birthstone released
- September 8 - September 2014 Bell Tree Direct
- September 8 - Bell Tree Podcast #1
- September 10 - Bell Tree Podcast released on iTunes
- September 13 - ABD Interest turned off
- October 15 - October birthstone released
- October 18 - Bell Tree Podcast #2
- October 19 - October 2014 Bell Tree Direct
- October 29 - TBT Server issues
- October 31 - Halloween 2014 Event
- November 1 - Topaz Birthstone released
- November 7 - TBT's 10th Birthday
- November 16 - Pok?ball Raffle opens
- November 29 - Bell Tree Fair 2014 opens
- December 2 - December Birthstone released
- December 3 - Bell Tree Fair Prizes open
- December 16 - Trophy Design
- December 18 - People's Choice Awards 2014
- December 19 - TBT's 10th Birthday
- December 21 - December 2014 Bell Tree Direct
- December 28 - Bell Tree Fair 2014 Voting opens
2015
- January 1 - Garnet re-released
- January 9 - Bell Tree Fair 2014 Closing Ceremony
- January 22 - Friday the 13th 2015 event begins
- February 1 - Amethyst re-released
- February 14 - Friday the 13th 2015 event ends
- February 14 - Bell Tree Dating re-opens
- March 1 - Aquamarine re-released
- April 5 - Bunny Day Easter Egg Hunt
- April 7 - Bunny Day Easter Egg Hunt ends
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