Post by Azira on May 7, 2014 23:11:32 GMT -5
Sony has shut everything online-Resitance related down, and I know some people like looking through this so here it is:
MyRes 1.0 History
September 2006
September 20
sqweak is the first registered member of MyResistance. The forums would not go live to the public for nearly two months.
November 2006
November 17
MyResistance.Net goes live to the public. Moderators include ArrRCSI, Cron-Z, Div, Fayroe Fox, Pokiehl, ProudClod, Ratchet, and yashmaf. Of these, only Fayroe Fox, Ratchet and yashmaf are still Moderators. Snip511 is the first non-Moderator to register after MyResistance goes live to the public.
IGCaptKirk makes the first thread that is open to registered members. Though the thread did not catch on, it is still available for all to see.
December 2006
December 11
casper is promoted to Moderator. He is de-modded at a later date.
December 29
Skidd is promoted to Moderator.
Detroit is promoted to Moderator on or around this date.
December 30
kaiyul forms what would later be known as one of the strongest clans on MyResistance, Slay! 9.
January 2007
January 31
MiKeY-- forms FOXHOUND ASSASSINS.
February 2007
February 7
jstevenson announces one of the driving forces of MyResistance: the Crawler system.
February 12
Lord Yod is promoted to Moderator.
March 2007
March 8
CplWeyer forms Your $hits Weak.
March 12
Crossrose forms HIDDEN WOLVES OF WAR.
March 15
Bpowter, the first player to reach 5000 multiplayer games, is interviewed on Episode 2 of The Full Moon Show.
March 19
aceofdiamonds forms Murders & Acquisitions.
March 21
ItsJustAGame wins michico's "Beyond Thunderdome", Resistance tournament, which featured over 100 players.
March 24
Draicus wins the first Signature of the Week competition, started by kaiyul. The SotW continues to this day, having been revived by A7XFREAK and, most recently, Volcomsocom.
March 28
BranMuffin is promoted to Moderator.
April 2007
April 6
xx_insane_xx becomes the 50,000th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
April 16
The_Joker (aka SoldierOfGondor) is promoted to Moderator.
April 17
secretsquirrel forms ShadowWarriors.
April 19
The Infected group goes live. The following members are all promoted to Infected on or around this date: -KoW-Xisle, beer_baron, borkl, Bpowter, Chrisbond007, Crackerman, DiRtYd1cK, Draicus, EcR967, fosslis, FyiFoff, GenJones32, kaiyul, Mezmerizer, Naustradamus, OneAdam12, ownage_machine, Pookums, Postal, RANKMAN, RocknChick, sicknasty12, Simi, Slayer007, SonicTonic, Streck, TheRooster, tricky, Young Sinema, zhahaman2001, ZeroStrike (aka Singlestrike), and Zotmaster. Of these, Bpowter, FyiFoff and Mezmerizer are later de-Infected. The first Infected to post on the Infected boards is Zotmaster.
April 26
Coletrain (aka forgottenfluxer) is promoted to Infected.
May 2007
May 3
Th3_N1NjA, Postal, and The_Joker survive the first round of Zotmaster's The Werewolf Game (T.W.G.).
May 7
Sentry is promoted to Infected. He is de-Infected at a later date.
May 15
Sugarman (aka iShot) is promoted to Infected.
May 20
The_Joker, Killer_Chimera, Blackcat008, Postal and x-xWaRgReYmOnx-x survive the second round of T.W.G.
May 21
Lordlock2 is promoted to Infected.
May 25
Zeek sends his first ever PM to btail888. Thousands of PMs later, inboxes are no longer the same.
May 28
Stryke, cheetahman, Postal, stop-the-world, Th3_N1NjA, x-xWaRgReYmOnx-x, and Killer_Chimera survive the third round of T.W.G.
May 31
Zotmaster starts the MyResistance.Net Ego Battle to answer the question of who is the greatest user of all.
Doctor_Cactus becomes the first member to lose a Crawler.
June 2007
June 1
Lordlock2 starts the "Interviews with Your Mods" thread. To date, Lord Yod, kaiyul, The_Joker, ProudClod, Fayroe Fox, BranMuffin, Skidd, MOMOwheeler, Rxforwar, DarkRebel, Fack_Off, jueboy, and Postal have all been interviewed, as well as a few "Special Guests", including Vlad<3Kevin (aka VladTheImpaler), Zotmaster, KEFIOX, and Player02.
June 7
MyResistance reaches 575 online users, smashing the previous high of 338.
June 10
HiFoNiX- is promoted to Infected.
June 11
RocknChick wins the official Ego Battle bet and is rewarded with a thread dedicated to the losers talking about how great she is.
June 17
The Crazy Russian (aka RussianCommunist) is promoted to Infected.
June 22
sqweak introduces the MyResistance Signature Generator. It allows users to easily display their in-game stats in Userbars and signatures.
June 23
jueboy forms Black Label. With a motto of "play above the game", Black Label eventually becomes one of the largest and most successful clans on MyResistance.
June 25
Vlad<3Kevin formally welcomes all mindless discussions with Insomniac's clan thread, Agentz of Doom.
June 28
Controversy erupts in the Ego Battle as evidence of cross-forum vote-fixing is unearthed. Ratchet and Detroit are ultimately disqualified from the competition for this reason.
June 29
MyResistance reaches 636 online users less than a month after setting its previous record. It would be nearly a year and a half before MyResistance would reach comparable numbers again.
July 2007
July 1
Vlad<3Kevin emerges victorious in the Ego Battle.
July 10
iSuk starts the first MyResistance Presidential Elections. Zotmaster ultimately assumes the presidency after iSuk goes inactive and other candidates fold.
Fack_Off pulls off the greatest recorded instance of post whoring in MyResistance history, posting a staggering 17 consecutive times in one thread.
July 19
EcR967 is promoted to Moderator.
July 26
Rasputin forms damage, inc.
July 30
Zotmaster opens up the floor for questions. To date, over 500 questions have been answered by Zotmaster.
August 2007
August 6
redhamuSLA forms the Bearded Squirrels.
August 10
Volcomsocom is promoted to Infected.
August 11
Fack_Off is promoted to Infected.
August 18
Hyperion_Excal forms The Elites.
August 28
pyro85 is promoted to Infected.
August 30
Volcomsocom makes the millionth post on MyResistance.
September 2007
September 5
DarkRebel is promoted to Infected.
September 27
twig1 asks the first of what becomes his Question of the Day. Over a year later, a new question arrives daily.
October 2007
tao_of_pi becomes the 100,000 registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
October 10
Jizz91 conducts the first annual MyResistance Awards for 2006, as voted by the community. Best Male Member is Zotmaster, Best Female Member is RocknChick, and Member of the Year is Zotmaster.
October 18
Postal asks one of the most discussed questions to ever hit MyResistance: "How do you guys perceive the Infected/Crawlers?" A year later, the issue is still discussed on a daily basis.
October 22
Postal is promoted to Moderator.
October 31
Grover (aka SRSJ4) is promoted to Infected.
November 2007
November 5
jstevenson introduces the Gallery Section of MyResistance. The Gallery is a place where users can upload their screenshots as well as any other images related to Resistance.
November 7
Jizz91 forms the town of Sparta and assumes the duties of Mayor.
November 13
A7XFREAK is promoted to Infected.
November 15
Cron-Z is interviewed on Episode 18 of the Full Moon Show.
December 2007
December 5
wolfwoodnyo forms BABY DON'T HURT ME, which was originally based off Evil Minded Soldiers, formed by Angman722 in December 2006.
December 14
Postal forms the MyResistance Member of the Month thread. Each month, a Member is recognized for his or her accomplishments and awarded three Crawlers and Userbars to commemorate the achievement. Sabbath is voted Member of the Month for November, and Doctor_Cactus is voted Member of the Month for December.
December 19
Zotmaster forms the first MyResistance "musical group", Zero Talent and the Homosexicles. Over the next few days, they release several "hit" singles: "Little Yodder Boy", "EcR is Banning You Now", "Kaiyul the Moderator", "12 Days of Christmas", "Vlad the Impaler", and "Clog the Boards and the Buttcracker". Exactly one CD of the music is created, and a few days later, that CD is sent to Insom_Kevin. The current status of the group is unknown.
December 21
Rxforwar lends a helping hand to the newbies and forms Operation Save a Newb: Resistance Basic Training 101.
January 2008
jueboy is voted Member of the Month.
January 1
Formed on February 26, 2006, GenJones32 creates the official thread for The Best Kill.
January 5
Rxforwar is promoted to Infected.
January 7
In an effort to reduce the amount of "I need a clan!" clutter on the boards, Lordlock2 forms the MyResistance Free Agent Placement Thread. The thread is an accumulation of all the players who are looking to join clans so clan leaders can easily expand their recruiting efforts. Shortly after the thread is created, control of the thread is transferred over to Mdawgg.
January 11
FoxxyLady and Malpractice become MyResistance's first official couple, having met each other for the first time the week before. They are still together as of this writing.
The Resistance 2 Discussion Boards are opened to discuss the future PS3 title. are opened to discuss the future PS3 title.
January 14
MrMustard creates the original Photography Thread. Though the thread would ultimately be locked, its influence would not end there, as the idea is resurrected later on.
January 15
Draicus, DarkRebel, and Rxforwar are each promoted to Moderator.
January 23
Fack_Off goes in-depth with MyResistance In-Depth. The thread is basically an introduction to MyResistance and contains a great deal of information on the basic functions of MyResistance.
February 2008
eattheword is voted Member of the Month.
February 1
Jizz91 conducts the second annual MyResistance Awards for 2007. Best Male Member is Postal, Best Female Member is FoxxyLady, and Member of the Year is Zotmaster.
February 4
Zotmaster starts MyResistance.Net Ego Battle 2.0.
February 6
Zotmaster is interviewed on Episode 20 of the Full Moon Show.
February 8
gothiclord2000 is promoted to Infected.
February 14
Rxforwar reaches out to the newbies once again with Operation Save a Newb, V2.
Rex1623 forms LeR MenTaLiTy.
February 16
jueboy is promoted to Infected.
February 18
Controversy, flaming, and spamming overtakes Ego Battle 2.0. The contest is suspended and ultimately canceled.
February 19
flamefly proposes coming up with a MyResistance newspaper. Though his idea does not end up panning out, it does evolve into something else entirely...
February 21
Zotmaster officially starts MyRes Monthly, a monthly magazine dedicated to the community. The original staff included Zotmaster as the Editor, SoldierofGondor and Volcomsocom as Layout Designers, Ender- as Illustrator, ZeroStrike and Laelaps as Community Columnists, GenJones32 as Online Columnist, Maximus-Prime as Resistance 2 Columnist, BlackAzimuth as Clan Columnist, and Sabbath as Southern Command Columnist.
February 24
The town of Sparta falls and the thread is locked.
March 2008
Jizz91 is voted Member of the Month.
March 3
PhillyPride88 is promoted to Infected.
March 7
wolfwoodnyo starts the Photography Thread as it currently exists today, allowing photographers to exhibit some of their work as well as introducing photography contests under various themes. The idea for the thread was based on a thread created by MrMustard and was originally created in its current form by OMEGATIGER, and has passed to other users, including Laelaps.
March 17
Sentry makes his final post on MyResistance before he is ultimately banned. Seven months later, he still has almost 4000 more posts than the next closest poster.
March 18
MyRes Monthly releases its first issue.
Ender- is promoted to Infected. He would be de-Infected at a later date.
March 21
PhillyPride88's "The End of an Era" Tournament wraps up. N-R_Wolf wins the One Day Free for All and the Last Man Standing; ZOMGLAZERGUNZPEWPEWPEW wins the Team Deathmatch; Make LuV, Not War wins the Great Assault and Capture the Flag; and Passive wins the All Female Free for All.
WhiteMike5 is promoted to Infected. He is de-Infected at a later date.
April 2008
SONY_G4MER is voted Member of the Month.
April 3
eattheword delivers a speech on Episode 23 of the Full Moon Show.
April 7
BryanI becomes the newest Administrator on MyResistance.
April 14
In what would prompt reminiscing from many members, secretsquirrel quits SW1 and the clan thread is locked.
April 28
iSouLeZz is promoted to Infected.
May 2008
TG <3 JSD (aka thisgirlcankillU) is voted Member of the Month.
May 3
SONY_G4MER is promoted to Infected.
May 19
Sabbath is promoted to Infected.
May 23
Kingpin326 is promoted to Infected.
May 29
Resistance61513 is promoted to Infected.
June 2008
Necromant1c is voted Member of the Month.
June 3
In an effort to both encourage people to nominate more as well as expose more people to good posts by often overlooked members of the community, Meat forms the MyRes Nominations thread. The thread accumulates and archives posts deemed worthy of nomination in an effort to get more users recognized.
June 4
eattheword is promoted to Infected.
June 6
Fack_Off and jueboy are both promoted to Moderator.
June 9
Jizz91 is promoted to Infected.
June 10
Laelaps is promoted to Infected.
June 12
Russ and Neal present what is simply referred to as A Dueltage of Epic Proportions. The video is well-received and still receives bumps to this date.
June 16
Zotmaster kicks off the second MyResistance Presidential election. Over the next few weeks, candidates are nominated, political parties are formed, and the field is narrowed.
June 19
TG <3 JSD is promoted to Infected.
July 2008
Chamberdog is voted Member of the Month.
July 12
Representing the Awesome Party, Zotmaster secures the Presidency with 59% of the vote over BigDaddyDLo, representing the Backslap Party.
July 15
Moderated by Sony Bend, the Resistance: Retribution Board is opened to discuss the future PSP title.
July 21
MrOlympiaSC is promoted to Infected.
WhiteMike5's Infected status is removed.
July 23
BigTime Entertainment attempt to book Zero Talent and the Homosexicles for a show.
Safarii formally uncovers the Resistance 2 beta, as later confirmed by jstevenson.
July 25
Less than a year after the millionth post, RocknChick makes the 2 millionth post on MyResistance.
July 29
TiG3Rmc becomes the 150,00th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
August 2008
JackMichael- is voted Member of the Month.
August 4
Chamberdog is promoted to Infected.
August 28
PreSiDeNT- forms the Friendliest Clan of the Month/Friendliest Clan Leader of the Month, as voted by select members of the Infected. LeR MeNTaLiTy is the first winning clan and jueboy is the first winning clan leader.
September 2008
Frozenboard is voted Member of the Month.
September 2
Dedicated to finding out just who the best 1v1 Resistance players are, THeGaME-- introduces the MyResistance Singles Ladder. The ladder documents matches between individual players and ranks them accordingly based on how well they do.
September 3
Zotmaster is inducted into the MyResistance Hall of Fame.
September 4
Postal, jueboy, GenJones32, Volcomsocom, and SONY_G4MER are each inducted into the MyResistance.Net Hall of Fame.
Necromant1c is promoted to Infected.
September 5
Lord Yod is inducted into the MyResistance.Net Hall of Fame.
September 9
Due to arguments, smears and distortions, jstevenson declares MyResistance to be a Politically Free Zone until after the elections.
September 28
Zotmaster resigns as Editor of MyRes Monthly due to recurring bouts with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Volcomsocom assumes the role of Editor.
September 30
Meat, REP- and wolfwoodnyo are each promoted to Infected.
October 2008
Seyelback is voted Member of the Month.
October 2
Jizz91, PhillyPride88, and Eckks conduct the third annual MyResistance Awards for 2008. Best Male Member is eattheword, Best Female Member is iRideAPalmer, and Member of the Year is Zotmaster.
Black Label is voted Friendliest clan of the Month and AceofDiamonds is voted Clan Leader of the Month.
October 10
Mushkratt is promoted to Infected.
Zotmaster assembles the first edition of this history thread, attempting to chronicle all noteworthy events in the history of this community.
October 12
jueboy debuts the first MyResistance tournament for charity. Titled as "Gamers Give Back", the tournament will donate all of its profits to The Ronald McDonald House.
October 16
Interest in the Resistance 2 Public Beta causes MyResistance to crack 500 online users for the first time in nearly a year and a half.
The Resistance 2 Beta gets its own independent board.
Having met on the boards, TG <3 JSD moves in with JSD.
October 17
Zotmaster is promoted to Moderator.
October 19
In a devastating blow to post counts across the community, the Black Label thread is apparently deleted. No concrete details have emerged except for the fact that many users lost hundreds, or even thousands, of posts. Shortly after, the thread is re-created by Meat, where it continues to grow at a rapid rate.
October 27
Necromant1c and Volcomsocom are both promoted to Moderator.
November 2008
Topcat is voted Member of the Month.
November 4
Resistance 2 is released to the public. The Resistance 2 General, Resistance 2 Online, and Resistance 2 Technical Issues boards go live.
November 7
Insomniac Games holds its first of what it hopes to be an annual Community Day. Well over 100 gamers attended, including REP-, PhillyPride88, Zotmaster, Lord Yod, jueboy, Rxforwar, EcR967, Fayroe Fox, BranMuffin, Postal, DarkRebel and kaiyul. Zotmaster and Postal have done write-ups of the event.
December 2008
SixHousePull is voted Member of the Month.
December 3
Mdawgg is promoted to Infected.
December 11
Rep- is promoted to Moderator.
December 16
Jizzy and Ozzy officially announce their clan [>P<] Enemies of the Public.
December 22
EcR and Rep- leave XX and join AoD.
January 2009
mojo33 is voted Member of the Month
January 13
SixHousePull and Seyelback are both promoted to Infected.
MyRes 2.0 History
February 2009
February 26
MyRes 1.0 is frozen and forums.myresistance.net becomes the new site for the Myresistance community.
March 2009
March 24
The XX thread is scheduled to be locked at over 1900 pages, there was a bit of a delay and got locked a couple of days after because JB's daughter was born that same day.
March 26
R2 Downloadable Content and the long awaited R2 patch 1.5 hits the PSN. It includes the Aftermath Map Pack, a host of skins, SH Co-Op, Meltdown Mode, and other fixes and additions.
May 2009
May 13
Aftermath Monday is created as a means to make use of the DLC not seeing heavy use in ranked servers.
May 20
ferginator88 creates Superhuman Saturdays! which still continues today.
June 2009
jajo is voted Member of the Month
July 2009
Solarisphere is voted Member of the Month
August 2009
RESISTANCE61513 is voted Member of the Month
August 24
Raider5382 heads the MyResistance Elections of '09, which begins with five candidates.
September 2009
RatchetH22 is voted Member of the Month
October 2009
SixHousePull is voted Member of the Month
November 2009
November 23
P-A-N-I-C and the Sentinel Party win the MyResistance Elections of '09.
December 2009
banded1 is voted Member of the Month
January 2010
January 8
Azira013 creates the Sentinel Party R2 Events, a monthly event that stopped due to lack of community activity.
February 2010
February 11
Many users begin losing their custom PSN avatars in exchange for the default PSN avatar, which came to be known as the "Great Avatar Purge of 2010". At a later date the action of logging out and logging back in again is found to be the culprit of the missing avatars. Later known as the MyResistance Apocalypse the four Horsemen can still be round today: Azira, eattheword, banded1 and ferginator88.
August 2010
August 17
Resistance 3 is announced and discussion begins in the Resistance 2 General Discussion boards.
August 27
The Resistance 3 boards are created and all discussion moves there.
October 2010
October 6
A thread is created for discussion as Resistance 3 appears in Game Informer's magazine.
December 2010
December 11
At Spike's VGA Awards, Insomniac shows a Resistance 3 gameplay trailer.
January 2011
January 27
With the announcement of Sony's new handheld system the NGP, the Resistance NGP boards are created.
April 2011
April 8
IG and Sony announce a "MyResistance 3.0" but it has not yet materialized.
April 20
Sony pulls down the PlayStation Network, MyRes remains mostly unchanged.
May 2011
May 14
Sony turns on the PlayStation Network.
May 26
Being told that MyRes 2.0 and all its contents will disappear, MyResistance 3.0 comes online.
July 2011
July 12
Azira went to look at MyRes 2.0 only to find it was not there.
R.I.P, MyResistance 2.0
MyRes 3.0 History
August 2010
August 26
Robbie is the first user registered on MyRes 3.0.
May 2011
May 26
Jueboy makes the first thread on MyRes 3.0 after it's opened to the public: [XX] Black Label -- Fresh as a Daisy.
May 27
Zotmaster recreates his "Ask Zotmaster Thread."
May 29
MyRes 3.0 hits a record of 541 users online.
June 2011
June 27
Truelosopher wins the June Signature of the Month Contest.
July 2011
July 5
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 656.
July 21
The Global Resistance launches providing fans with a new way to participate in the war of Humans versus Chimera.
July 26
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 846.
July 28
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 929.
August 2011
August 1
Kingpin326 and Nick win the July Signature of the Month Contest.
September 2011
September 4
The Resistance 3 Online Beta ends.
September 6
Resistance 3 is released.
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 1226.
September 7
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 1493.
September 8
Bunglin and eattheword are promoted to Moderators.
September 9
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 1827.
September 24
purple Dude 13 becomes the 50,000th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
November 2011
November 11
MyResistance 3.0 is taken offline for security reasons.
December 2011
December 23
MyResistance 3.0 is brought back online.
January 2012
26 January
Insomniac Games announces that they will not make any more Resistance games.
May 2012
29 May
Resistance: Burning Skies is released in North America.
September 2012
7 September
Lort_Adrian becomes the 100,000th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
April 2014
8 April
Sony shuts down the servers for all Resistance games.
May 2014
7 May
Sony pulls the plug on MyResistance.net
MyRes 1.0 History
September 2006
September 20
sqweak is the first registered member of MyResistance. The forums would not go live to the public for nearly two months.
November 2006
November 17
MyResistance.Net goes live to the public. Moderators include ArrRCSI, Cron-Z, Div, Fayroe Fox, Pokiehl, ProudClod, Ratchet, and yashmaf. Of these, only Fayroe Fox, Ratchet and yashmaf are still Moderators. Snip511 is the first non-Moderator to register after MyResistance goes live to the public.
IGCaptKirk makes the first thread that is open to registered members. Though the thread did not catch on, it is still available for all to see.
December 2006
December 11
casper is promoted to Moderator. He is de-modded at a later date.
December 29
Skidd is promoted to Moderator.
Detroit is promoted to Moderator on or around this date.
December 30
kaiyul forms what would later be known as one of the strongest clans on MyResistance, Slay! 9.
January 2007
January 31
MiKeY-- forms FOXHOUND ASSASSINS.
February 2007
February 7
jstevenson announces one of the driving forces of MyResistance: the Crawler system.
February 12
Lord Yod is promoted to Moderator.
March 2007
March 8
CplWeyer forms Your $hits Weak.
March 12
Crossrose forms HIDDEN WOLVES OF WAR.
March 15
Bpowter, the first player to reach 5000 multiplayer games, is interviewed on Episode 2 of The Full Moon Show.
March 19
aceofdiamonds forms Murders & Acquisitions.
March 21
ItsJustAGame wins michico's "Beyond Thunderdome", Resistance tournament, which featured over 100 players.
March 24
Draicus wins the first Signature of the Week competition, started by kaiyul. The SotW continues to this day, having been revived by A7XFREAK and, most recently, Volcomsocom.
March 28
BranMuffin is promoted to Moderator.
April 2007
April 6
xx_insane_xx becomes the 50,000th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
April 16
The_Joker (aka SoldierOfGondor) is promoted to Moderator.
April 17
secretsquirrel forms ShadowWarriors.
April 19
The Infected group goes live. The following members are all promoted to Infected on or around this date: -KoW-Xisle, beer_baron, borkl, Bpowter, Chrisbond007, Crackerman, DiRtYd1cK, Draicus, EcR967, fosslis, FyiFoff, GenJones32, kaiyul, Mezmerizer, Naustradamus, OneAdam12, ownage_machine, Pookums, Postal, RANKMAN, RocknChick, sicknasty12, Simi, Slayer007, SonicTonic, Streck, TheRooster, tricky, Young Sinema, zhahaman2001, ZeroStrike (aka Singlestrike), and Zotmaster. Of these, Bpowter, FyiFoff and Mezmerizer are later de-Infected. The first Infected to post on the Infected boards is Zotmaster.
April 26
Coletrain (aka forgottenfluxer) is promoted to Infected.
May 2007
May 3
Th3_N1NjA, Postal, and The_Joker survive the first round of Zotmaster's The Werewolf Game (T.W.G.).
May 7
Sentry is promoted to Infected. He is de-Infected at a later date.
May 15
Sugarman (aka iShot) is promoted to Infected.
May 20
The_Joker, Killer_Chimera, Blackcat008, Postal and x-xWaRgReYmOnx-x survive the second round of T.W.G.
May 21
Lordlock2 is promoted to Infected.
May 25
Zeek sends his first ever PM to btail888. Thousands of PMs later, inboxes are no longer the same.
May 28
Stryke, cheetahman, Postal, stop-the-world, Th3_N1NjA, x-xWaRgReYmOnx-x, and Killer_Chimera survive the third round of T.W.G.
May 31
Zotmaster starts the MyResistance.Net Ego Battle to answer the question of who is the greatest user of all.
Doctor_Cactus becomes the first member to lose a Crawler.
June 2007
June 1
Lordlock2 starts the "Interviews with Your Mods" thread. To date, Lord Yod, kaiyul, The_Joker, ProudClod, Fayroe Fox, BranMuffin, Skidd, MOMOwheeler, Rxforwar, DarkRebel, Fack_Off, jueboy, and Postal have all been interviewed, as well as a few "Special Guests", including Vlad<3Kevin (aka VladTheImpaler), Zotmaster, KEFIOX, and Player02.
June 7
MyResistance reaches 575 online users, smashing the previous high of 338.
June 10
HiFoNiX- is promoted to Infected.
June 11
RocknChick wins the official Ego Battle bet and is rewarded with a thread dedicated to the losers talking about how great she is.
June 17
The Crazy Russian (aka RussianCommunist) is promoted to Infected.
June 22
sqweak introduces the MyResistance Signature Generator. It allows users to easily display their in-game stats in Userbars and signatures.
June 23
jueboy forms Black Label. With a motto of "play above the game", Black Label eventually becomes one of the largest and most successful clans on MyResistance.
June 25
Vlad<3Kevin formally welcomes all mindless discussions with Insomniac's clan thread, Agentz of Doom.
June 28
Controversy erupts in the Ego Battle as evidence of cross-forum vote-fixing is unearthed. Ratchet and Detroit are ultimately disqualified from the competition for this reason.
June 29
MyResistance reaches 636 online users less than a month after setting its previous record. It would be nearly a year and a half before MyResistance would reach comparable numbers again.
July 2007
July 1
Vlad<3Kevin emerges victorious in the Ego Battle.
July 10
iSuk starts the first MyResistance Presidential Elections. Zotmaster ultimately assumes the presidency after iSuk goes inactive and other candidates fold.
Fack_Off pulls off the greatest recorded instance of post whoring in MyResistance history, posting a staggering 17 consecutive times in one thread.
July 19
EcR967 is promoted to Moderator.
July 26
Rasputin forms damage, inc.
July 30
Zotmaster opens up the floor for questions. To date, over 500 questions have been answered by Zotmaster.
August 2007
August 6
redhamuSLA forms the Bearded Squirrels.
August 10
Volcomsocom is promoted to Infected.
August 11
Fack_Off is promoted to Infected.
August 18
Hyperion_Excal forms The Elites.
August 28
pyro85 is promoted to Infected.
August 30
Volcomsocom makes the millionth post on MyResistance.
September 2007
September 5
DarkRebel is promoted to Infected.
September 27
twig1 asks the first of what becomes his Question of the Day. Over a year later, a new question arrives daily.
October 2007
tao_of_pi becomes the 100,000 registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
October 10
Jizz91 conducts the first annual MyResistance Awards for 2006, as voted by the community. Best Male Member is Zotmaster, Best Female Member is RocknChick, and Member of the Year is Zotmaster.
October 18
Postal asks one of the most discussed questions to ever hit MyResistance: "How do you guys perceive the Infected/Crawlers?" A year later, the issue is still discussed on a daily basis.
October 22
Postal is promoted to Moderator.
October 31
Grover (aka SRSJ4) is promoted to Infected.
November 2007
November 5
jstevenson introduces the Gallery Section of MyResistance. The Gallery is a place where users can upload their screenshots as well as any other images related to Resistance.
November 7
Jizz91 forms the town of Sparta and assumes the duties of Mayor.
November 13
A7XFREAK is promoted to Infected.
November 15
Cron-Z is interviewed on Episode 18 of the Full Moon Show.
December 2007
December 5
wolfwoodnyo forms BABY DON'T HURT ME, which was originally based off Evil Minded Soldiers, formed by Angman722 in December 2006.
December 14
Postal forms the MyResistance Member of the Month thread. Each month, a Member is recognized for his or her accomplishments and awarded three Crawlers and Userbars to commemorate the achievement. Sabbath is voted Member of the Month for November, and Doctor_Cactus is voted Member of the Month for December.
December 19
Zotmaster forms the first MyResistance "musical group", Zero Talent and the Homosexicles. Over the next few days, they release several "hit" singles: "Little Yodder Boy", "EcR is Banning You Now", "Kaiyul the Moderator", "12 Days of Christmas", "Vlad the Impaler", and "Clog the Boards and the Buttcracker". Exactly one CD of the music is created, and a few days later, that CD is sent to Insom_Kevin. The current status of the group is unknown.
December 21
Rxforwar lends a helping hand to the newbies and forms Operation Save a Newb: Resistance Basic Training 101.
January 2008
jueboy is voted Member of the Month.
January 1
Formed on February 26, 2006, GenJones32 creates the official thread for The Best Kill.
January 5
Rxforwar is promoted to Infected.
January 7
In an effort to reduce the amount of "I need a clan!" clutter on the boards, Lordlock2 forms the MyResistance Free Agent Placement Thread. The thread is an accumulation of all the players who are looking to join clans so clan leaders can easily expand their recruiting efforts. Shortly after the thread is created, control of the thread is transferred over to Mdawgg.
January 11
FoxxyLady and Malpractice become MyResistance's first official couple, having met each other for the first time the week before. They are still together as of this writing.
The Resistance 2 Discussion Boards are opened to discuss the future PS3 title. are opened to discuss the future PS3 title.
January 14
MrMustard creates the original Photography Thread. Though the thread would ultimately be locked, its influence would not end there, as the idea is resurrected later on.
January 15
Draicus, DarkRebel, and Rxforwar are each promoted to Moderator.
January 23
Fack_Off goes in-depth with MyResistance In-Depth. The thread is basically an introduction to MyResistance and contains a great deal of information on the basic functions of MyResistance.
February 2008
eattheword is voted Member of the Month.
February 1
Jizz91 conducts the second annual MyResistance Awards for 2007. Best Male Member is Postal, Best Female Member is FoxxyLady, and Member of the Year is Zotmaster.
February 4
Zotmaster starts MyResistance.Net Ego Battle 2.0.
February 6
Zotmaster is interviewed on Episode 20 of the Full Moon Show.
February 8
gothiclord2000 is promoted to Infected.
February 14
Rxforwar reaches out to the newbies once again with Operation Save a Newb, V2.
Rex1623 forms LeR MenTaLiTy.
February 16
jueboy is promoted to Infected.
February 18
Controversy, flaming, and spamming overtakes Ego Battle 2.0. The contest is suspended and ultimately canceled.
February 19
flamefly proposes coming up with a MyResistance newspaper. Though his idea does not end up panning out, it does evolve into something else entirely...
February 21
Zotmaster officially starts MyRes Monthly, a monthly magazine dedicated to the community. The original staff included Zotmaster as the Editor, SoldierofGondor and Volcomsocom as Layout Designers, Ender- as Illustrator, ZeroStrike and Laelaps as Community Columnists, GenJones32 as Online Columnist, Maximus-Prime as Resistance 2 Columnist, BlackAzimuth as Clan Columnist, and Sabbath as Southern Command Columnist.
February 24
The town of Sparta falls and the thread is locked.
March 2008
Jizz91 is voted Member of the Month.
March 3
PhillyPride88 is promoted to Infected.
March 7
wolfwoodnyo starts the Photography Thread as it currently exists today, allowing photographers to exhibit some of their work as well as introducing photography contests under various themes. The idea for the thread was based on a thread created by MrMustard and was originally created in its current form by OMEGATIGER, and has passed to other users, including Laelaps.
March 17
Sentry makes his final post on MyResistance before he is ultimately banned. Seven months later, he still has almost 4000 more posts than the next closest poster.
March 18
MyRes Monthly releases its first issue.
Ender- is promoted to Infected. He would be de-Infected at a later date.
March 21
PhillyPride88's "The End of an Era" Tournament wraps up. N-R_Wolf wins the One Day Free for All and the Last Man Standing; ZOMGLAZERGUNZPEWPEWPEW wins the Team Deathmatch; Make LuV, Not War wins the Great Assault and Capture the Flag; and Passive wins the All Female Free for All.
WhiteMike5 is promoted to Infected. He is de-Infected at a later date.
April 2008
SONY_G4MER is voted Member of the Month.
April 3
eattheword delivers a speech on Episode 23 of the Full Moon Show.
April 7
BryanI becomes the newest Administrator on MyResistance.
April 14
In what would prompt reminiscing from many members, secretsquirrel quits SW1 and the clan thread is locked.
April 28
iSouLeZz is promoted to Infected.
May 2008
TG <3 JSD (aka thisgirlcankillU) is voted Member of the Month.
May 3
SONY_G4MER is promoted to Infected.
May 19
Sabbath is promoted to Infected.
May 23
Kingpin326 is promoted to Infected.
May 29
Resistance61513 is promoted to Infected.
June 2008
Necromant1c is voted Member of the Month.
June 3
In an effort to both encourage people to nominate more as well as expose more people to good posts by often overlooked members of the community, Meat forms the MyRes Nominations thread. The thread accumulates and archives posts deemed worthy of nomination in an effort to get more users recognized.
June 4
eattheword is promoted to Infected.
June 6
Fack_Off and jueboy are both promoted to Moderator.
June 9
Jizz91 is promoted to Infected.
June 10
Laelaps is promoted to Infected.
June 12
Russ and Neal present what is simply referred to as A Dueltage of Epic Proportions. The video is well-received and still receives bumps to this date.
June 16
Zotmaster kicks off the second MyResistance Presidential election. Over the next few weeks, candidates are nominated, political parties are formed, and the field is narrowed.
June 19
TG <3 JSD is promoted to Infected.
July 2008
Chamberdog is voted Member of the Month.
July 12
Representing the Awesome Party, Zotmaster secures the Presidency with 59% of the vote over BigDaddyDLo, representing the Backslap Party.
July 15
Moderated by Sony Bend, the Resistance: Retribution Board is opened to discuss the future PSP title.
July 21
MrOlympiaSC is promoted to Infected.
WhiteMike5's Infected status is removed.
July 23
BigTime Entertainment attempt to book Zero Talent and the Homosexicles for a show.
Safarii formally uncovers the Resistance 2 beta, as later confirmed by jstevenson.
July 25
Less than a year after the millionth post, RocknChick makes the 2 millionth post on MyResistance.
July 29
TiG3Rmc becomes the 150,00th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
August 2008
JackMichael- is voted Member of the Month.
August 4
Chamberdog is promoted to Infected.
August 28
PreSiDeNT- forms the Friendliest Clan of the Month/Friendliest Clan Leader of the Month, as voted by select members of the Infected. LeR MeNTaLiTy is the first winning clan and jueboy is the first winning clan leader.
September 2008
Frozenboard is voted Member of the Month.
September 2
Dedicated to finding out just who the best 1v1 Resistance players are, THeGaME-- introduces the MyResistance Singles Ladder. The ladder documents matches between individual players and ranks them accordingly based on how well they do.
September 3
Zotmaster is inducted into the MyResistance Hall of Fame.
September 4
Postal, jueboy, GenJones32, Volcomsocom, and SONY_G4MER are each inducted into the MyResistance.Net Hall of Fame.
Necromant1c is promoted to Infected.
September 5
Lord Yod is inducted into the MyResistance.Net Hall of Fame.
September 9
Due to arguments, smears and distortions, jstevenson declares MyResistance to be a Politically Free Zone until after the elections.
September 28
Zotmaster resigns as Editor of MyRes Monthly due to recurring bouts with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Volcomsocom assumes the role of Editor.
September 30
Meat, REP- and wolfwoodnyo are each promoted to Infected.
October 2008
Seyelback is voted Member of the Month.
October 2
Jizz91, PhillyPride88, and Eckks conduct the third annual MyResistance Awards for 2008. Best Male Member is eattheword, Best Female Member is iRideAPalmer, and Member of the Year is Zotmaster.
Black Label is voted Friendliest clan of the Month and AceofDiamonds is voted Clan Leader of the Month.
October 10
Mushkratt is promoted to Infected.
Zotmaster assembles the first edition of this history thread, attempting to chronicle all noteworthy events in the history of this community.
October 12
jueboy debuts the first MyResistance tournament for charity. Titled as "Gamers Give Back", the tournament will donate all of its profits to The Ronald McDonald House.
October 16
Interest in the Resistance 2 Public Beta causes MyResistance to crack 500 online users for the first time in nearly a year and a half.
The Resistance 2 Beta gets its own independent board.
Having met on the boards, TG <3 JSD moves in with JSD.
October 17
Zotmaster is promoted to Moderator.
October 19
In a devastating blow to post counts across the community, the Black Label thread is apparently deleted. No concrete details have emerged except for the fact that many users lost hundreds, or even thousands, of posts. Shortly after, the thread is re-created by Meat, where it continues to grow at a rapid rate.
October 27
Necromant1c and Volcomsocom are both promoted to Moderator.
November 2008
Topcat is voted Member of the Month.
November 4
Resistance 2 is released to the public. The Resistance 2 General, Resistance 2 Online, and Resistance 2 Technical Issues boards go live.
November 7
Insomniac Games holds its first of what it hopes to be an annual Community Day. Well over 100 gamers attended, including REP-, PhillyPride88, Zotmaster, Lord Yod, jueboy, Rxforwar, EcR967, Fayroe Fox, BranMuffin, Postal, DarkRebel and kaiyul. Zotmaster and Postal have done write-ups of the event.
December 2008
SixHousePull is voted Member of the Month.
December 3
Mdawgg is promoted to Infected.
December 11
Rep- is promoted to Moderator.
December 16
Jizzy and Ozzy officially announce their clan [>P<] Enemies of the Public.
December 22
EcR and Rep- leave XX and join AoD.
January 2009
mojo33 is voted Member of the Month
January 13
SixHousePull and Seyelback are both promoted to Infected.
MyRes 2.0 History
February 2009
February 26
MyRes 1.0 is frozen and forums.myresistance.net becomes the new site for the Myresistance community.
March 2009
March 24
The XX thread is scheduled to be locked at over 1900 pages, there was a bit of a delay and got locked a couple of days after because JB's daughter was born that same day.
March 26
R2 Downloadable Content and the long awaited R2 patch 1.5 hits the PSN. It includes the Aftermath Map Pack, a host of skins, SH Co-Op, Meltdown Mode, and other fixes and additions.
May 2009
May 13
Aftermath Monday is created as a means to make use of the DLC not seeing heavy use in ranked servers.
May 20
ferginator88 creates Superhuman Saturdays! which still continues today.
June 2009
jajo is voted Member of the Month
July 2009
Solarisphere is voted Member of the Month
August 2009
RESISTANCE61513 is voted Member of the Month
August 24
Raider5382 heads the MyResistance Elections of '09, which begins with five candidates.
September 2009
RatchetH22 is voted Member of the Month
October 2009
SixHousePull is voted Member of the Month
November 2009
November 23
P-A-N-I-C and the Sentinel Party win the MyResistance Elections of '09.
December 2009
banded1 is voted Member of the Month
January 2010
January 8
Azira013 creates the Sentinel Party R2 Events, a monthly event that stopped due to lack of community activity.
February 2010
February 11
Many users begin losing their custom PSN avatars in exchange for the default PSN avatar, which came to be known as the "Great Avatar Purge of 2010". At a later date the action of logging out and logging back in again is found to be the culprit of the missing avatars. Later known as the MyResistance Apocalypse the four Horsemen can still be round today: Azira, eattheword, banded1 and ferginator88.
August 2010
August 17
Resistance 3 is announced and discussion begins in the Resistance 2 General Discussion boards.
August 27
The Resistance 3 boards are created and all discussion moves there.
October 2010
October 6
A thread is created for discussion as Resistance 3 appears in Game Informer's magazine.
December 2010
December 11
At Spike's VGA Awards, Insomniac shows a Resistance 3 gameplay trailer.
January 2011
January 27
With the announcement of Sony's new handheld system the NGP, the Resistance NGP boards are created.
April 2011
April 8
IG and Sony announce a "MyResistance 3.0" but it has not yet materialized.
April 20
Sony pulls down the PlayStation Network, MyRes remains mostly unchanged.
May 2011
May 14
Sony turns on the PlayStation Network.
May 26
Being told that MyRes 2.0 and all its contents will disappear, MyResistance 3.0 comes online.
July 2011
July 12
Azira went to look at MyRes 2.0 only to find it was not there.
R.I.P, MyResistance 2.0
MyRes 3.0 History
August 2010
August 26
Robbie is the first user registered on MyRes 3.0.
May 2011
May 26
Jueboy makes the first thread on MyRes 3.0 after it's opened to the public: [XX] Black Label -- Fresh as a Daisy.
May 27
Zotmaster recreates his "Ask Zotmaster Thread."
May 29
MyRes 3.0 hits a record of 541 users online.
June 2011
June 27
Truelosopher wins the June Signature of the Month Contest.
July 2011
July 5
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 656.
July 21
The Global Resistance launches providing fans with a new way to participate in the war of Humans versus Chimera.
July 26
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 846.
July 28
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 929.
August 2011
August 1
Kingpin326 and Nick win the July Signature of the Month Contest.
September 2011
September 4
The Resistance 3 Online Beta ends.
September 6
Resistance 3 is released.
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 1226.
September 7
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 1493.
September 8
Bunglin and eattheword are promoted to Moderators.
September 9
MyResistance 3.0 hits a new record for users online: 1827.
September 24
purple Dude 13 becomes the 50,000th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
November 2011
November 11
MyResistance 3.0 is taken offline for security reasons.
December 2011
December 23
MyResistance 3.0 is brought back online.
January 2012
26 January
Insomniac Games announces that they will not make any more Resistance games.
May 2012
29 May
Resistance: Burning Skies is released in North America.
September 2012
7 September
Lort_Adrian becomes the 100,000th registered user. To date, no posts have been made from the account.
April 2014
8 April
Sony shuts down the servers for all Resistance games.
May 2014
7 May
Sony pulls the plug on MyResistance.net
