Title: History of the Scholars of Shen Zhou, Volume I
Short Title: Record of 2002
Original Author: Qu Hui
Keywords: history, sosz, forum, scholars, 2002
Description: The first volume in a series of articles detaling the history of the forum from 2002-2008.
History of the Scholars, Volume I (2002)
In the sixth month, on the fourteenth day, Scholars of Shen Zhou is established on Venture Domain Hosting by James and Jonathan Wu. Many of the original members migrate from Sain Cai’s 5 Tigers Forum, an excellent forum that declined when the administrator had to attend to more important real-life issues. This same day, Lion’s Mane, future forum administrator, joins the forum. On the twenty-first day, Maria, future forum administrator, joins the forum under the name Dragon_Girl. On the twenty-fifth day, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII was released in North America for the Playstation 2.
In the seventh month, on the eighth day, the board goes down. On the twenty-second day, the board is restored using data from before the eighth. Posts and accounts created in that period are lost. On the twenty-fifth day, the link buttons for the forum are created.
In the eighth month, on the twenty-fifth day, the Honorable Lady Wu, future forum administrator, joins the forum.
In the ninth month, the first RP related to the board begins. This would lay the foundation for SimRTK to be founded the next year. On the thirtieth day, Dynasty Warriors 3 is released in North America for the Xbox.
In the tenth month, on the eighth day, the forum’s database is corrupted. The database is restored on the nineteenth day. On the twenty-ninth day, the database is offline so a hard drive can be replaced.
In the eleventh month, the Honorable Lady Wu is voted Scholar of the Month. This marks the beginning of her rise to world domination. On the twentieth day, the forum is offline so that the motherboard can be replaced. On the twenty-third day, Rhiannon, future forum administrator, joins the forum under the name Wild-Eyes.
In the twelfth month, Mega Zarak is voted Scholar of the Month.