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== The tvguy Era (2012-2013) == | == The tvguy Era (2012-2013) == | ||
The drama following the Civil War, coupled with a slow site running on vBulletin, crippled SBC's activity. Following the coup that removed 70s, tvguy became the de facto lead administrator of SBC but was soon embroiled in site-wide controversy following the [[Roger's Lightbulb Fight 2012|Roger's Lightbulb incident]] in early 2012, prompting his own resignation. 70s had been reinstated as an admin in December, but abdicated administrative responsibility and had essentially left the site by January. He resigned from the staff altogether in February 2012, leaving [[Wumbology]] and jjs as the sole members of the admin panel. Turmoil continued to grip the site and in March, SBC was shut down for a week by LunarPages for overusing its resources – a direct result of vBulletin. Activity was at an all-time low as SBC moved onto phpBB3, free forum software. CDCB was hired as a new administrator a week after 70s's resignation. SBC was in the wilderness, without a clear leader, without direction, and slowly dying. tvguy spoke to 70s about this, and the two agreed they could not let the site die, and so reunited to redevelop the Community. The new push was called [[Orca 8|the Orca Project]], although 70s quickly fell out of planning and the new SBC was forged primarily between tvguy and | The drama following the Civil War, coupled with a slow site running on vBulletin, crippled SBC's activity. Following the coup that removed 70s, tvguy became the de facto lead administrator of SBC but was soon embroiled in site-wide controversy following the [[Roger's Lightbulb Fight 2012|Roger's Lightbulb incident]] in early 2012, prompting his own resignation. 70s had been reinstated as an admin in December, but abdicated administrative responsibility and had essentially left the site by January. He resigned from the staff altogether in February 2012, leaving [[Wumbology]] and jjs as the sole members of the admin panel. Turmoil continued to grip the site and in March, SBC was shut down for a week by LunarPages for overusing its resources – a direct result of vBulletin. Activity was at an all-time low as SBC moved onto phpBB3, free forum software. CDCB was hired as a new administrator a week after 70s's resignation. SBC was in the wilderness, without a clear leader, without direction, and slowly dying. tvguy spoke to 70s about this, and the two agreed they could not let the site die, and so reunited to redevelop the Community. The new push was called [[Orca 8|the Orca Project]], although 70s quickly fell out of planning and the new SBC was forged primarily between tvguy and MDPP. | ||
Launched on June 15, 2012, Orca pumped new life into the site, featuring games and a chat party on the Xat the night of the release. Orca received universal acclaim and the site's activity rebounded considerably. tvguy sent out emails to old members and pivoted SBC back towards SpongeBob – ironic, considering the reason he had resigned earlier in the year was because others had disagreed with him about turning the site into a My Little Pony forum. tvguy assumed full control as the new main admin, now called the [[Director in Chief]] with several self-placed democratic restraints on his power to avoid another power struggle. A [[2012 Staff Restructuring|complete staff restructuring]] occurred in July 2012, with CDCB fired, CDCB, | Launched on June 15, 2012, Orca pumped new life into the site, featuring games and a chat party on the Xat the night of the release. Orca received universal acclaim and the site's activity rebounded considerably. tvguy sent out emails to old members and pivoted SBC back towards SpongeBob – ironic, considering the reason he had resigned earlier in the year was because others had disagreed with him about turning the site into a My Little Pony forum. tvguy assumed full control as the new main admin, now called the [[Director in Chief]] with several self-placed democratic restraints on his power to avoid another power struggle. A [[2012 Staff Restructuring|complete staff restructuring]] occurred in July 2012, with CDCB fired, CDCB, MDPP, and [[ssj4gogita4]] promoted as administrators. terminoob returned as a moderator, alongside Jelly, [[SpongeSebastian|SpongeSebestian]], and [[teenj12]]. 70s became Chairman of the newly created [[Representative Board of SBC]]. | ||
This was intended to balance the power of the staff and avoid the type of drama that had plagued the staff since SBC's inception. tvguy oversaw the design overhaul of SBC throughout his tenure, including the further releases of Orca 8.2 and Orca 8.3. He founded and orchestrated the SpongeBob network known as SpongeBob Universe, which officially came into existence in November 2012. It consisted of SBC, the SpongeBob Wiki, and the SpongeBob Fanon and would come to include new sites, such as [[Treedome Daily]]. This partnership catapulted SBC to new heights. The forums continued to lead SBM is activity throughout tvguy's administration. The largest [[Octerror Fest]] in SBC's history was held in 2012. However, in June 2013, a blowout argument between jjsthekid and tvguy led to their resignations. Aquatic Nuggets was chosen by tvguy to become the new Lead Admin. | This was intended to balance the power of the staff and avoid the type of drama that had plagued the staff since SBC's inception. tvguy oversaw the design overhaul of SBC throughout his tenure, including the further releases of Orca 8.2 and Orca 8.3. He founded and orchestrated the SpongeBob network known as SpongeBob Universe, which officially came into existence in November 2012. It consisted of SBC, the SpongeBob Wiki, and the SpongeBob Fanon and would come to include new sites, such as [[Treedome Daily]]. This partnership catapulted SBC to new heights. The forums continued to lead SBM is activity throughout tvguy's administration. The largest [[Octerror Fest]] in SBC's history was held in 2012. However, in June 2013, a blowout argument between jjsthekid and tvguy led to their resignations. Aquatic Nuggets was chosen by tvguy to become the new Lead Admin. | ||
== The Aquatic Nuggets Era (2013-2015) == | == The Aquatic Nuggets Era (2013-2015) == | ||
Aquatic Nuggets assumed power in June 2013. jjsthekid and tvguy returned as administrators two months after they resigned. Nuggets oversaw a second attempt to launch SpongeBob Universe, what he dubbed "SBU Squared." tvguy and | Aquatic Nuggets assumed power in June 2013. jjsthekid and tvguy returned as administrators two months after they resigned. Nuggets oversaw a second attempt to launch SpongeBob Universe, what he dubbed "SBU Squared." tvguy and MDPP reunited to create the followup to the beloved Orca, called [[Oceans 9]], alongside Nuggets. Oceans was launched alongside the second SBU launch, both of which failed to achieve the same success Orca had. Ocean was criticized for being slow, pretentious, and lacking in features. While SBU briefly achieved a 20-user spike in activity for SBC, it did not have any long-lasting effects on SBC. Additionally, the SB Wiki became increasingly hostile towards the partnership and impatient with its progress. Inconsistencies between the three SBU sites, lackluster features, and poor execution led the SB Wiki to hold a referendum in August 2013 where they voted to withdraw from SBU. With the SB Fanon Wiki mired in its own internal problems, SBU was officially dissolved on January 1, 2014. Meanwhile, following the backlash to Oceans 9, MDPP, tvguy, and Nuggets surprise-released [[Tiki 10]] on New Years Eve 2013. A radical forum redesign, Tiki polarized the board. Some users praised the unorthodox design while others hated it. Tiki marked the last release that was a result of tvguy, MDPP, and Nuggets working together. tvguy left the staff permanently in coordination with Tiki's release alongside ssj and teenj. | ||
Aside from SBU and Tiki, Nuggets started a weekly content-sharing event called Good Fridays that gave users a sneak peek at upcoming SBC features and events. He oversaw the release of Teams 3, several Christmas and Halloween events, and a variety of staff mixups. He ultimately brought stable leadership to SBC not only following the collapse of SBU, but also for the first time in its history. Conflict plagued the administrations of terminoob, 70s, and tvguy. Nuggets brought a sense of professionalism and maturity not previously seen on SBC. In the first peaceful transfer of power in SBC history not marred by drama or conflict, Aquatic Nuggets stepped down as Lead Admin on January 16, 2015 and named jjsthekid his successor. He remained an administrator until September 20, 2015. | Aside from SBU and Tiki, Nuggets started a weekly content-sharing event called Good Fridays that gave users a sneak peek at upcoming SBC features and events. He oversaw the release of Teams 3, several Christmas and Halloween events, and a variety of staff mixups. He ultimately brought stable leadership to SBC not only following the collapse of SBU, but also for the first time in its history. Conflict plagued the administrations of terminoob, 70s, and tvguy. Nuggets brought a sense of professionalism and maturity not previously seen on SBC. In the first peaceful transfer of power in SBC history not marred by drama or conflict, Aquatic Nuggets stepped down as Lead Admin on January 16, 2015 and named jjsthekid his successor. He remained an administrator until September 20, 2015. | ||
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Jjsthekid came into power as SBC began to grow out of the vision for the site established by tvguy, which was dominated by SpongeBob Universe and Orca. He oversaw the release of [[Starfish 11]] on September 25, 2015, the first release not influenced by any Orca design elements, as well as the first not designed by tvguy. Starfish received critical acclaim and was lauded as the greatest SBC release since Orca three years earlier. Jjs also ushered in a new period of peace on SBC, devoid of the drama that existed on the site for most of its history. Immensely popular with forum members, jjs is deeply rooted in the Community and has overseen an unprecedented number of forum events, including [[March Madness]], [[Camp SBC]], [[The Fry Cook Games]], Freebooter February, [[Summer Knights]], [[July of Justice]], the return of [[Spin-Off Festival|Spin Off Festivals]], [[May Mayhem]], and the reintroduction of things like [[Customer Appreciation Weekend]]. His tenure has also included new site features such as the launch of [[SpongeCraft]], [[SBC Music|SBC Music 2.0]], the revival of [[Wheel of Fortune]], and [[Clubs]]. | Jjsthekid came into power as SBC began to grow out of the vision for the site established by tvguy, which was dominated by SpongeBob Universe and Orca. He oversaw the release of [[Starfish 11]] on September 25, 2015, the first release not influenced by any Orca design elements, as well as the first not designed by tvguy. Starfish received critical acclaim and was lauded as the greatest SBC release since Orca three years earlier. Jjs also ushered in a new period of peace on SBC, devoid of the drama that existed on the site for most of its history. Immensely popular with forum members, jjs is deeply rooted in the Community and has overseen an unprecedented number of forum events, including [[March Madness]], [[Camp SBC]], [[The Fry Cook Games]], Freebooter February, [[Summer Knights]], [[July of Justice]], the return of [[Spin-Off Festival|Spin Off Festivals]], [[May Mayhem]], and the reintroduction of things like [[Customer Appreciation Weekend]]. His tenure has also included new site features such as the launch of [[SpongeCraft]], [[SBC Music|SBC Music 2.0]], the revival of [[Wheel of Fortune]], and [[Clubs]]. | ||
For a time, jjs maintained the most stable administrative panel in SBC history. He, JCM, and | For a time, jjs maintained the most stable administrative panel in SBC history. He, JCM, and MDPP served as the admins of SBC for nearly 2 years, the longest any group of admins have served together consecutively (without resignations or removal). Cream became the first female administrator in SBC history in 2017, as well as the first new SBC admin in over 2 years at the time of her promotion, also a record. However, following [[Metalgate]] in June 2018, the first real drama of jjs's tenure, both [[Cream]] and [[Metal Snake]] resigned. Later in the same month, MDPP resigned as an administrator amidst the events of the [[Third SBC Renaissance]], widely viewed as the most serious series of events in SBC's history. Jjs's leadership throughout the emotionally charged crisis was praised by the community. | ||
Jjsthekid is both the longest-serving admin and lead admin in SBC history, having served as an admin for over 7 years and as lead admin for over 3 years. | Jjsthekid is both the longest-serving admin and lead admin in SBC history, having served as an admin for over 7 years and as lead admin for over 3 years. | ||
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7. [[CDCB]] (2012) | 7. [[CDCB]] (2012) | ||
8. | 8. MDPP (2012-2018) | ||
9. ssj4gogita4 (2012-2014) | 9. ssj4gogita4 (2012-2014) | ||
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7. [[Face]] (December 2010 - April 2011) | 7. [[Face]] (December 2010 - April 2011) | ||
8. | 8. MDPP (March 2011 - December 2012) | ||
9. [[CDCB]] (May 2011 - November 2011) | 9. [[CDCB]] (May 2011 - November 2011) | ||