GodWars timeline

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04 Apr 1995 Eternal Conflict still running on Malice's home computer.
10 Apr 1995 Eternal Conflict's first advert - it is now at Wolverhampton (scitsc45.wlv.ac.uk 4000).
15 May 1995 Eternal Conflict is still running at Wolverhampton (scitsc.wlv.ac.uk 4000).
18 May 1995 Eternal Conflict moves to Southampton University's network (liberator.ecs.soton.ac.uk 4000).
15 Jun 1995 Eternal Conflict is advertised as running at thor.unice.fr 6666.
28 Jun 1995 Eternal Conflict is running at thor.unice.fr 6666.
19 Jul 1995 The first God Wars advert - it is now at Wolverhampton (scitsc.wlv.ac.uk 4000).
28 Aug 1995 Lucifer looks for OLC for the US mirror site of God Wars.
12 Oct 1995 KaVir receives an account on mono.org, God Wars moves here soon after.
24 Oct 1995 The GodWars 95 code is taken from this date. Lucifer is the owner of the God Wars US, and Shaddai is working for him as a coder.
22 Nov 1995 God Wars is running at godwars.mono.org 4000.
06 Dec 1995 Mud Connector listing doesn't contain God Wars. However...
23 Dec 1995 Mud Connector listing includes Lucifer's God Wars (US) at taz.flnet.com 4000 and a description stating "The Mud is new, Has been in playtesting for over a year".
19 Apr 1996 KaVir publically attacks joker for going public with Vampire Wars.
05 May 1996 This is the last time KaVir touched the 1996 version of God Wars before it was leaked.
01 Aug 1996 Eternal Conflict is listed on TMC as running at bsd.cdngateway.pe.ca 6666.
12 Aug 1996 Karn attacks Shaddai over the way he runs God Wars US.
12 Sep 1996 Eternal Conflict is still listed on TMC.
10 Oct 1996 This is the date the 1996 (leaked) version of God Wars is datestamped.
08 May 1997 Amoeba promotes FreeX, the first GodWars rip-off.
20 May 1997 KaVir tries to get SirMog, Smokey and Dapimp's GodWars mud shut down, without success.
04 Jun 1997 SirMog is fired from his GodWars mud and releases the code publically. Until this point only he, Smokey, Dapimp, Aldric, Amoeba, Rotain and myself had access to the code.
02 Oct 1997 Brian Robinson (Maxim) starts looking for a host so he can create a GodWars mud.
08 Nov 1997 God Wars: The Next Generation starts up.
27 Nov 1997 KaVir publically states that the only official God Wars muds are his, Shaddai's, Tijer's and Pendragon's.
16 Dec 1997 The first mention of Lords of War.
23 Dec 1997 ShadowGames released (date taken from most recently touched file). Although primarily written by Shakti, he wasn't the one to release it.
14 Jan 1998 Vampires Lair opens.
05 Feb 1998 KaVir talks about GodWars Deluxe, and states that God Wars still isn't officially released.
11 Feb 1998 KaVir talks about the idea of releasing the GodWars Deluxe code.
?? Mar 1998 God Wars: The Next Generation starts using a pre-release version of GodWars Deluxe.
27 Mar 1998 GodWars Deluxe private release finished.
?? Apr 1998 God Wars: The Next Generation is renamed to God Wars: The Apocalypse.
28 Apr 1998 KaVir lists all official God Wars muds currently running.
08 Jun 1998 Outskirts of Oblivion returns as a GodWars Deluxe.
?? Aug 1998 God Wars: Oracle starts up.
17 Oct 1998 Someone requests a copy of GodWars Deluxe. KaVir tells them it's not available.
17 Oct 1998 Someone requests a copy of regular God Wars. KaVir informs them of the conditions of use, but states that he don't distribute it himself.
?? Nov 1998 Starre dies in a car crash, God Wars: the Oracle halts.
02 Nov 1998 Lurking Fear II opens to the public.
25 Dec 1998 Rogue Edition created by Listy and Adreno.
01 Jan 1999 God Wars Retaliation starts up.
31 Jan 1999 Dark City is now called Last City.
13 Feb 1999 KaVir mentions that there are 20 GodWars muds, and that he allows use of the code so long as credit is given.
22 Feb 1999 Path of Insanity, a GodWars Deluxe, opens to the public.
?? Mar 1999 Cursed Lands starts up, using Planes of Hades code.
30 Mar 1999 KaVir is rumoured to be dead.
11 Apr 1999 Aronacas complains that Cursed Lands is using Planes of Hades code without permission.
20 Apr 1999 Borlak claims to have a leaked copy of GodWars Deluxe, but no proof is forthcoming.
29 Apr 1999 Cursed Lands starts using GodWars Deluxe.
08 May 1999 Planes of Hades released by Aronacus (datestamp on release).
21 Jun 1999 Planes of Hades 2 released by Aronacus (datestamp on release).
24 Jul 1999 Shakti is the first person to add fixed menu bars (through VT220 emulation) to a GodWars derivative.
?? Aug 1999 Tijer gives the GodWars Deluxe code to the staff of GodWars Retaliation.
?? Sep 1999 God Wars: The Oracle restarts, using using the Lords of War 2.5 codebase.
?? Sep 1999 Savage Wars: Utopia released (date taken from license).
14 Sep 1999 Lords of War 3.0.3 released by Sage (datestamp on release).
?? Oct 1999 God Wars the Oracle switches to Lords of War 3.
22 Oct 1999 The first post is made to a new Last City mailing list.
26 Nov 1999 GodWars 95 and GodWars 96 released on KaVir's website.
22 Dec 1999 GodWars Deluxe public release (datestamp on public license).
15 Jan 2000 Revenge of Kalos released by Xkilla (datestamp on release).
18 Jan 2000 War of the Kingdoms released by Serenity and Tamas (datestamp on release).
19 Jan 2000 Lords of War 4 released by Sage (datestamp on release).
09 Feb 2000 Shadow Wars released by Ryan Waliany (datestamp on release).
06 Jun 2000 The first post is made to a new GODWARS_and_DERIVATIVES mailing list.
15 Jun 2000 Dystopia MUD opens to the public for beta testing.
?? Jul 2000 God Wars: The Oracle is renamed to Legend of Chrystancia.
01 Nov 2000 Dystopia 1.0.1 released by Jobo.
27 Nov 2000 Dystopia 1.0.2 released by Jobo.
27 Dec 2000 Dystopia 1.0.3 released by Jobo.
03 Jan 2001 Dystopia 1.0.4 released by Jobo.
15 Jan 2001 Gladiator Pits II released as a prototype for the God Wars II combat system.
18 Jan 2001 Dystopia 1.0.5 released by Jobo.
28 Jan 2001 Dystopia 1.0.6 released by Jobo.
28 Feb 2001 Dystopia 1.0.7 released by Jobo.
10 Mar 2001 Dystopia 1.0.8 released by Jobo.
19 Mar 2001 Dystopia 1.0.9 released by Jobo.
01 Apr 2001 Dystopia 1.0.10 released by Jobo.
01 Apr 2001 GodWars the Gathering version 1.0 is released.
12 Apr 2001 Dystopia 1.0.11 released by Jobo.
23 Apr 2001 Dystopia 1.0.12 released by Jobo.
03 May 2001 KaVir starts work on the GodWars timeline.
08 May 2001 Ascension to Darkness 1.0 released by Tracker.
12 May 2001 Dystopia 1.0.13 released by Jobo.
20 May 2001 Dystopia 1.2.1 released by Jobo.
25 May 2001 Dystopia 1.0.14 and 1.2.2 released by Jobo.
30 May 2001 Dystopia 1.0.15 and 1.2.3 released by Jobo.
10 Jun 2001 Dystopia 1.2.4 released by Jobo.
14 Jun 2001 Dystopia 1.0.16 and 1.2.5 released by Jobo.
28 Jun 2001 Ascension to Darkness 2.0 released by Tracker.
11 Jul 2001 Vampire Wars 1.0 released by Joker and Genghis.
11 Jul 2001 Vampire Wars: Second Edition starts up.
16 Jul 2001 Vampire Wars: Resurrection starts up.
26 Jul 2001 Jobo announces that he's no longer working on Dystopia.
14 Aug 2001 Vampire Wars codebase complies with the GodWars license.
17 Feb 2002 Coding begins on God Wars II.
11 Jan 2003 God Wars II goes into closed beta testing.
28 Oct 2003 God Wars II beta closes and is replaced with Gladiator Pits III.
19 Jul 2005 Gladiator Pits III is transformed into God Wars II open beta.
?? Jun 2005 GodWars: Apocalypse server suffer a virus which results in a playerfile wipe.
?? Jul 2005 GodWars: Apocalypse returns, with new owners, and a new vampire class.
?? Jun 2006 Tijer returns to GodWars: Apocalypse and brings the mud into the 21st century.
31 Aug 2006 GodWars: Rebirth of Apocalypse starts up running code from 2004, and generates quite a good player base
20 Apr 2007 Zoth who recoded GodWars: Apocalypse passes that code onto Tijer GodWars: Rebirth of Apocalypse takes over from GodWars: Apocalypse.
17 Oct 2007 Legend of Chrystancia is closed down and released to the public after numerous code thefts.
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