It was January 2012, some 12 or 13 years after the beginning, when the beginning happened.
- In the beginning, something created the sky routine and the land.
- And the land was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
- And the spirit of something moved upon the face of the waters, using a debug camera option, and a bit of imagination as the sea renderer hadn't been written yet.
- And something said, Let there be light: and there was light, after adding the appropriate call to DirectX.
- And something saw the light, that it was good, well it was ok, though the ambient/diffuse balance was never quite right.
- And then, much random stuff happened for a while, mostly involving firmaments (like ornaments but harder), and lo, some people turned up.
- And these first people were Fooli and cctoide and Caduet and zaroba and Morvis and Trannosaur and Usagi and blademaster00 and gk8000 and zero_gt. And more followed.
- And something blessed them all and saw every thing that they had made, and, behold, it was very good, but there was nothing to do.
- And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
When the sun rose the next morning, the Genetians had invented marketstalls. This was an unexpected plotline which was squashed shortly afterwards by a patch.
5 days later, with the population beginning to starve and Usagi still slowly roasting himself in the fire, a Shaman appeared with a suspicion accent, later discovered to be a welsh-mexican combination known as wexican.
The Shaman uttered mysterious things and shared potions with the Genetians, who believed themselves to by driving small cars around a racetrack. Limited enlightenment found Zaroba and GK8000 who gained wisdom. Zaroba and the strange Wexican used their wisdom to determine which nuts and berries were safe to eat, and lo, there was much plucking of the berries and munching of the nuts.
Slowly, very slowly, the Genetians grew older and wiser, and some died and new lives were created. The sun rose, the sun set. The sun rose again. etc.
A couple of weeks later, The Shaman returned - handed out some mushroom-based potions which everyone gulped down gleefully - then began with prophecies of doom. "Everyone will die" he said. "A great wrath is approaching" he said. A mysterious voice announced that "The Prophet has been chosen" then it began to rain, and rain. Slowly (as usual), the waters began to rise and in time, two prophets appeared gk8000 and MIshkaRX who started projects to use the Genetians collective wisdom to build an ark and a tower, for (so they claimed) they had been instructed to do so by Jehovah.
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It was in Leamington Spa, England, either in the year 1999 or 2000 (i've never quite worked it out), that a chap who adopted the moniker of 'Mit' began work on a project that he was shortly to call 'A tractor'. In the beginning, there was a landscape routine, and then a bit of player & camera control, a font routine and then a lovely model of a tractor (thank you, Dan) but with wheels that didnt turn. And then some basic comms, which didnt work for ages - and Mit learnt various things about the internet works, and doesnt - and then a 'DynamicObject' system to allow some particle effects. Within a few weeks Mit and Fooli sat on a hill and had a smoke and realised there was nothing to do, but it was fine.
It wasn't long after this that some other fellows turned up.
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During 2012 and 2013, a series of 'History chapters' were run, with 'History Points' awarded for performing unique tasks, finishing at the top of leaderboards and for various other events & activities in the game.
All kinda trailed off at about the medieval era, primarily coz i needed to work on other stuff and we'd done what we needed on the world engine. I'd like to try it again one day but as an opt-in and only when i've had the time to get everything prepared in advance
Here's the History Points Leaderboard as it stood at the end of 2013..
1.... Blaze (35)
2.... Morvis (32)
3.... zaroba (19)
=.... McHale (19)
5... Kirby (16)
6.... gk8000 (13)
7... RulerOfNothing (12)
8.... cctoide (11)
9.... stimutacs (10)
= ... Clementvw (10)
11.... targ42 (8)
12.... Toontom007 (7)
13.... Omni (5)
14.... zero_gt (4)
15.... zacharymillar (3)
=.... Fooli (3)
17 ... tiehunter333 (2)
= ... Usagi (2)
= ... blademaster00 (2)
= ... Harman (2)
= ... playabel (2)
= ... w00dchuck (2)
23 .... Cocohead (1)
= ... viad (1)
= ... dkangel87 (1)
= ... jazno (1)
= ... wes (1)
= ... Trannosaur (1)
= ... mishkaRX (1)
= ... Akatosh (1)
= ... Popiel (1)
= ... goomba (1)
Here is the detail of how those points were gained..
Chapter 1
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30th Dec 2011 - First players on new world : Fooli, cctoide, wes, zaroba, Morvis, Trannosaur, Usagi, blademaster00 ,gk8000, zero_gt (1 point each)
4th Jan 2012 - Blademaster00 first person to die (1 point)
10th Jan 2012 - Bonus point for most well-cooked player : Usagi (1 point)
14th Jan 2012 - First race winners : Zaroba & gk8000 (1 point each)
20th Jan 2012 - The chosen ones : gk8000 & mishkaRX for starting the ark and tower projects (1 point each)
- End Chapter 1: Top Wisdom
1... cctoide .... 14 wisdom .... (10 points)
2... zaroba .... 9 wisdom .... (7 points)
=... morvis .... 9 wisdom .... (7 points)
4... stimutacs .... 7 wisdom ....(3 points)
5... fooli .... 6 wisdom .... (2 points)
- End Chapter 1: Oldest ever age
1... gk8000 .... 95 years .... (10 points)
2... morvis .... 92 years .... (7 points)
3... zaroba .... 91 years .... (5 points)
4... zero_gt .... 91 years .... (3 points)
5... tiehunter333 .... 90 years.... (2 points)
Chapter 2
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5th Feb 2012 - 11:33pm GMT : Akatosh was the first person to invent something.(1 point)
5th Feb 2012 - 11:37pm GMT : Zaroba was the first to discover how to make a basket (1 point)
6th Feb 2012 - 12:05am GMT : Morvis discovered fire. (1 point)
15th Feb 2012 - Kirby discovered pottery (2 points)
19th Feb 2012 - 06:27 GMT : McHale discovered the basic Kiln. (2 points)
20th Feb 2012 - 12:58am GMT : Stimutacs discovered Tin! (1 point)
20th Feb 2012 - 3:17am GMT : Popiel discovered Copper! (1 point)
21st Feb 2012 - 1:20am GMT : Zaroba discovered Bronze. (2 points)
23rd Feb 2012 7:31am GMT : Blaze invented the Smelter (2 points)
23rd Feb 2012 3:03pm GMT : Morvis discovered Iron (1 point)
23rd Feb 2012 - 5:49pm GMT : Blaze invented Steel. (2 points)
3rd March 2012 - 11:26am GMT : McHale invented the sword (2 points)
11th March 2012 - Stimutacs - completed mini-history rerun in fastest time (46 minutes) (3 points)
25th March 2012 - First king, following battles - Morvis (2 points)
25th March 2012 - Second king, following battles - Morvis (2 points)
2nd June 2012 - Third king, following battles - goomba (1 point)
**TO BE COMPLETED** - Points to be added for the aspartan war
- End Chapter 2: Top Wisdom
1... Morvis .... 13 wisdom .... (10 points)
2... McHale .... 12 wisdom .... (7 points)
=... Blaze .... 12 wisdom .... (7 points)
4... stimutacs .... 11 wisdom ....(3 points)
=... Kirby .... 11 wisdom ....(3 points)
Chapter 3
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20th April 2012 - First player-town created by Blaze (1 point)
19th May 2012 - Lyceum constructed by Blaze (1 point)
24th June 2012 - Morvis put in the final wisdom required to unlock the Blacksmith skill
(1 point)
1st July 2012 - Kirby invented the Chisel (5 points)
1st July 2012 - Blaze invented the Pickaxe (5 points)
8th July 2012 - McHale put in the final wisdom required to unlock the Ethics skill (1 point)
10th July 2012 - RulerOfNothing invented the Plough (5 points)
**TO BE COMPLETED** - Points to follow for pyramids
8th Nov 2012 - Final Scores:
Most Wealth: Clementvw (10), McHale (7), Blaze (5), RulerOfNothing (4), targ42 (3), Omni (2), Zaroba (2), Harman (2), Cocohead (1), Kirby (1)
All time oldest : Blaze (10), Toontom007 (7), Kirby (5), targ42 (4), zacharymillar (3), Omni (2), w00dchuck (2), playabel (2), viad (1), dkangel87 (1)
Wisdom : RulerOfNothing (3), Blaze (2), jazno (1), targ42 (1), Omni (1)
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Feel free to raise up any achievements that might have been missed that you think justify history points, though note 'The Judge's decision is final'. The scale of points for different achievements may vary depending on the circumstances (such as reliability of code, frequency of exploits etc).
