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''Note: This is an early version of this text. A lot of the early stuff is hazy and needs to be confirmed.'' | ''Note: This is an early version of this text. A lot of the early stuff is hazy and needs to be confirmed.'' | ||
Here's a brief account of the history of Space Station 13. When the path branched, the path that leads to /tg/station is taken. | Here's a brief account of the history of Space Station 13. When the path branched, the path that leads to /tg/station is taken. | ||
==2003: The Original SS13== | ==2003: The Original SS13== | ||
[[File:Oldstation.png|thumb|300px|The old look of Space Station 13]] | |||
Space Station 13 started out as the creation of a person known by the alias Exadv1, but not much else is known about them, according to [http://www.giantbomb.com/space-station-13/61-32586/ giantbomb.com]. It's not like he's a member of the community here or anything like that... ... ... | Space Station 13 started out as the creation of a person known by the alias Exadv1, but not much else is known about them, according to [http://www.giantbomb.com/space-station-13/61-32586/ giantbomb.com]. It's not like he's a member of the community here or anything like that... ... ... | ||
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In 2009, as Space Station 13 servers were getting up to 25 players at peak time, Goonstation coders and mappers made the biggest advance in years. They created a new, much larger station: [http://www.ss13.eu/map_donut.png Donut Station]. As Goonstation was closed source, no other community could use the map, so they stuck with the OpenSS13 version. popularity of SS13 steadily increased through 2009, eventually leading to the requirement of yet another map design in 2010, dubbed Uterus station. The release was accompanied by a rewrite of much of the old Space Station 13 code, much of which was still tainted by fallout from the reverse engineering from years before that. In April 2010, as player numbers on servers were hitting 50, Goonstation decided to release their source as the now infamous Goonstation r4407. This is still the latest version of the Goonstation code which you can get. | In 2009, as Space Station 13 servers were getting up to 25 players at peak time, Goonstation coders and mappers made the biggest advance in years. They created a new, much larger station: [http://www.ss13.eu/map_donut.png Donut Station]. As Goonstation was closed source, no other community could use the map, so they stuck with the OpenSS13 version. popularity of SS13 steadily increased through 2009, eventually leading to the requirement of yet another map design in 2010, dubbed Uterus station. The release was accompanied by a rewrite of much of the old Space Station 13 code, much of which was still tainted by fallout from the reverse engineering from years before that. In April 2010, as player numbers on servers were hitting 50, Goonstation decided to release their source as the now infamous Goonstation r4407. This is still the latest version of the Goonstation code which you can get. | ||
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==2010: This is Where /tg/ Came in== | ==2010: This is Where /tg/ Came in== | ||
[[File:tgstation2010ish.png|thumb|300px|Engineers in the Engineering Break Room]] | |||
After the release of r4407, the flood gates for new servers were open. 4chan spawned /tg/station, Bay12games spawned Baystation, both of which with their own set of coders, spriters and code, based on r4407 of Goon code. The three stations slowly gained player numbers. Goonstation with two servers, /tg/station and Baystation with one server. Each station with their own policies and expectations for players, covering the full spectrum of roleplay. | After the release of r4407, the flood gates for new servers were open. 4chan spawned /tg/station, Bay12games spawned Baystation, both of which with their own set of coders, spriters and code, based on r4407 of Goon code. The three stations slowly gained player numbers. Goonstation with two servers, /tg/station and Baystation with one server. Each station with their own policies and expectations for players, covering the full spectrum of roleplay. | ||
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So here's to SS13 and all the players, admins and developers who made it happen! | So here's to SS13 and all the players, admins and developers who made it happen! | ||
[[File:Businessasusual.png|thumb|300px|left|Business as usual]] | |||
[[Category:SS13]] | [[Category:SS13]] | ||