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===January to April=== | ===January to April=== | ||
The beginning of 2012 was bumpy. While there were popular features such as VB Experience and the Golden Community Awards, there was tons of conflict throughout the forum and Xat. The most significant one was | The beginning of 2012 was bumpy. While there were popular features such as VB Experience and the Golden Community Awards, there was tons of conflict throughout the forum and Xat. The most significant one was a fight in Roger's Lightbulb over rebranding SBC, which led to the resignation of [[tvguy347]]. Activity was heavily dropping. In February 2012, 70s resigned from his admin position, leaving [[Wumbology]] and [[jjsthekid]] as the only two administrators. Later, open auditions were held, and [[CDCB]] was promoted as an administrator. Things seemed like they were turning around for the community in March 2012, but instead, things got worse. | ||
Lunarpages turned SBC's forum folder off from March 12th, 2012 - March 16th, 2012 (essentially shutting down the forum), due to an overuse of resources and features. It was then impossible to get vBulletin back without risking further trouble with Lunarpages, so SBC was forced to move to new software, phpBB3, which further hurt SBC's activity in March. Many users got lost in the shuffle, with most leaving, and some having their accounts accidentally deleted in the process of moving on such short notice. Despite this, the site tried to pull through with things such as [[April Fools 2012]]. However, tvguy returned and fought to get the site on IP.Board, and on April 21st, 2012, it was announced SBC would upgrade to IP.Board, dubbed [[V8 Orca]]. This would bring SBC into a new golden age of activity, and the site would try to reshape the image of SpongeBob, which many believe declined after the movie. | Lunarpages turned SBC's forum folder off from March 12th, 2012 - March 16th, 2012 (essentially shutting down the forum), due to an overuse of resources and features. It was then impossible to get vBulletin back without risking further trouble with Lunarpages, so SBC was forced to move to new software, phpBB3, which further hurt SBC's activity in March. Many users got lost in the shuffle, with most leaving, and some having their accounts accidentally deleted in the process of moving on such short notice. Despite this, the site tried to pull through with things such as [[April Fools 2012]]. However, tvguy returned and fought to get the site on IP.Board, and on April 21st, 2012, it was announced SBC would upgrade to IP.Board, dubbed [[V8 Orca]]. This would bring SBC into a new golden age of activity, and the site would try to reshape the image of SpongeBob, which many believe declined after the movie. | ||
===May to August=== | ===May to August=== | ||
Things got a bit better, with some new members coming. It was then announced Orca would launch June 15th, 2012. A special new feature called the SBC Turntable was launched, which allowed users to share music in a virtual room, and it was a huge hot spot throughout May. There was some trouble however shortly before Orca launched with an [[Robertryan Cory Visits|SB crew member joining SBC]]. V8 Orca launched on June 15th, 2012, and throughout the rest of the month, brought back some older users, and many new features that would benefit the site. In July, there was an announcement of a | Things got a bit better, with some new members coming. It was then announced Orca would launch June 15th, 2012. A special new feature called the SBC Turntable was launched, which allowed users to share music in a virtual room, and it was a huge hot spot throughout May. There was some trouble however shortly before Orca launched with an [[Robertryan Cory Visits|SB crew member joining SBC]]. V8 Orca launched on June 15th, 2012, and throughout the rest of the month, brought back some older users, and many new features that would benefit the site. In July, there was an announcement of a new staff restructuring, which would bring a more clean and professional staff in [[tvguy's Administration|tvguy's Adminstration]]. The site had a huge bash on July 17th, 2012, for SpongeBob's 13th anniversary, which was a huge success with a trivia contest and xat screening. Orca 8.1 then launched on August 19th, 2012, bringing new features such as Teams 2, Donations, and a new IRC Chat. | ||
===September to December=== | ===September to December=== | ||
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* [[Site Incidents|SBC Shut Down Spring 2012]] | * [[Site Incidents|SBC Shut Down Spring 2012]] | ||
* [[April Fools 2012]] | * [[April Fools 2012]] | ||
* The Robertryan Cory Visit | * [[Site Incidents|The Robertryan Cory Visit]] | ||
* [[Countdown To Orca 2012]] | * [[Countdown To Orca 2012]] | ||
* [[Stop_What_You_Are_Doing_(SWYAD)|Stop What You Are Doing (SWYAD)]] (8) | * [[Stop_What_You_Are_Doing_(SWYAD)|Stop What You Are Doing (SWYAD)]] (8) | ||