Sato's Timeline

Sato's Timeline was a series of 2b2t timelines created by Sato86, which is generally accepted by the 2b2t community. It was updated every year or so until 2020 before being discontinued following Sato quitting the server. It includes an "Age" followed by a shorter "Period." The following was the last timeline in written form:

Age of Unrest
The Age of Unrest was a period of time between Beta 1.2 and Beta 1.8 where 2b2t had between 50-80 rising players. The main sources of players were ads run on 4chan which sparked the 4channers or the collected Facepunchers.

2010

 * 2b2t Begins (December)

2011

 * Player Data Corruption (May)
 * THEJudgeHolden posts the first page of the 2b2t comic (July)
 * 2b2t Gets Backdoored (December 2011/January 2012)

The Great Server Decay
The Great Server Decay, or simply Great Decay, was a time in 2b2t's history where the player-base stagnated in numbers. It lasted from 2012 to 2013, and during it the average amount of players online was about 40. The period was mostly fueled by 2b2t's domain change from 2b2t.net to 2b2t.org, coupled along with 3 months of down time during the change. This made many players believe that 2b2t was gone for good. This period is also considered one of the most widely-agreed periods on the 2b2t timeline, as many iterations of 2b2t timelines use it and due to its objectiveness. It is often represented with a skull and was thought to have no major active groups during its inception.

During the decay, overall activity was low and not as many bases where being built and griefed as in the 2011 days. Hausemaster did a lot to try to save the server, such as hiring helpers for the server and setting up temp maps to experiment with plugins on.

Context
Before the Great Decay, the server was experiencing a busy time in its history with lots of new bases being created and griefed, and many players joining and having conflicts with each other. This period is called the "Age of Unrest" in Sato86's timeline. All of this activity strained the server, and 2b2t had to get better hardware to run. That coupled with player disinterest and some unknown factors, made Hausemaster and Georgebush420 shut down the server for 3 months.

End
The end of the Great Decay is not fully agreed upon. Sato86 himself has put the end at April 29th, 2013, the founding date of Valkyria. However, this could be a biased view of it, as Sato86 is one of Valkyria's founders. If Valkyria is not counted, its end could be put around mid-2013. Many new players began joining and stayed active, many of them from a Reddit post.

Semi-Notable Events
2012 marked the beginning of the Great Server Decay period. It was a period of time where the general player base fell due to lag spikes, Facepunchers/4channers leaving, and the IP change from .net to .org.
 * The Old Spawn Road (originally named the West Road) is founded by LegitYarik, along with the early construction of The West Road Inn. It was, for a period of time, one of, if not the, longest Non-Axis roads.
 * 2k2k, the last Facepunch Republic base, is founded as a refuge for remaining republic members and later buried in a lavacast.
 * x0XP griefs The Judge's Group's 1 million base (which can also be thought to involve the decay).
 * Imperator's Base is founded.
 * First wither is spawned by Rickenman at spawn.
 * Hausemaster is caught in-game experimenting with lightning.

2012

 * 1mil base is Griefed (February)
 * End of the Facepunc] Republic Project (February)
 * Imperator's Base is Founded (April)
 * 2k2k becomes the last home for Facepunchers (June)

2013

 * Hitlerwood is founded (February)

Age of Resurgence
The Age of Resurgence was a rebound in the 2b2t Playerbase and activity in general. It is commonly, but not always, associated with the founding of Valkyria due to its importance and prominence in this time period.

2013

 * Valkyria is founded (April)
 * 1.5.0 (or 1.4.7) Dupe (May)
 * 1st Spawn Incursion (June)
 * 2nd Spawn Incursion begins (August)
 * NFE is finally destroyed (October)
 * 2nd Spawn Incursion ends (October)
 * Shenandoah is founded (October/November)
 * 3rd Backdoor (December)

2014

 * 2k2k is buried in lavacast (May)
 * Legion of Shenandoah is founded (June)
 * Gape I is founded (June)
 * Fenrir is founded (June)
 * Nova is founded (October)
 * Southern Canal is founded (December)

2015

 * 2b2t Updates to 1.8 (January)
 * Fenrir is finished (February)
 * Asgard II is founded (March)
 * 3rd Incursion Begins (April)
 * Vortex Coalition is founded (May)
 * Aureus City is founded (May)
 * King's Landing is founded (June)
 * Last Facepunch Thread is Closed (June)

Pre-Hype Period
This period marked the beginning of Project Vault and saw a mass decay in the player base towards the end due to the 3rd Backdoor crisis.

2015

 * Project Vault begins (August)
 * Motherboard Article released (October)
 * Imperator's Base destroyed (December)

2016

 * RPS Article released (February)
 * Olympus destroyed (March)
 * Bed TP exploit (March)
 * OP'd account is stolen and used to abuse the server (March/April)
 * The Lands destroyed (April)
 * Space Valkyria destroyed (April)
 * KGB is destroyed (April)

Age of Hype
The Age of Hype marked the period where the 2b2t player base saw never before seen attention after Rusher started his series on it.

2016

 * TheCampingRusher starts his series on 2b2t (June)
 * 4th Incursion begins (June)
 * Prio/Vet Queue (July)
 * Hardware Upgrade (July)
 * Lag Machines used and abused (August)
 * End of 4th Incursion (October/November)
 * Drop Dupe (November)
 * Fifth Incursion Begins/Ends (November)
 * Emperium Founded (December)

2017

 * Map Crisis (February)
 * SpawnMasons Founded (February)
 * World Border Reached (March)
 * Highland Founded (April)
 * Point Dory Griefed (May)
 * Society Founded (June)
 * Museum Opens (July)
 * 1.12 Dupe Patched (July)
 * Summermelon Griefed (July)
 * ElRichMC arrives on server (September)
 * Elytras disabled (September)
 * PreJune Queue removed (October)
 * Astral Order founded (December)

2018

 * UGE Founded (January)
 * Temp Map (March)
 * AntVenom Invasion/6th Incursion start (April)
 * Month of Destruction (31days31griefs) (May)
 * Boedecken griefed (May)
 * Block Game Mecca griefed (June)
 * Donkey Dupe (August)
 * FuzeIII begins a 2b2t series (September)
 * 7th Incursion fiasco (September-Late 2018)
 * Book Ban discovered (October)
 * Chunk dupe found (November)

Automation Period
This period is controversial in the 2b2t community and has a monotone version of 1.12.2 throughout, It is usually defined by the introduction of Baritone that has allowed large structures to be built around the server

2019

 * YouTube algorithm promotes the server (March)
 * Godmode exploit is discovered (April)
 * Etika Streams (May)
 * Purge Concludes (June)
 * Infinity Incursion founded (August)
 * 8th Incursion begins/ends (August)
 * Entity Speed patched (September)
 * NoServerNovember (November, duh)
 * 100k Mapping project released to the public (November)
 * Largest Spawn structure constructed by Baritone (December)
 * Elysium griefed (December)
 * Death of Donkey Dupe (December)

2020

 * Monastery is griefed (February)
 * Authentication/Session ID Hacked (February)