• History of There.com

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    07 Black Friday and Beyond


    * 5-19-04 *
    Apologies, for some reason I had the wrong year on this top line. I have no idea why. If you noticed all the dates that followed has 04 on them. Apologies for any historcial confusion this may have caused.

    Most of the remaining There staff (including Levi Jones and Minai) is laid off in one of the saddest days in the history of There. Members, including the MAB and other groups, rally to the support of the reaming There employees. At a special (packed) MAB meeting, attended by X-MAB and Current MAB members alike Michael Wilson addressed concerns raised by the membership.

    Michael Wilson also posted the follwoing to the news section of forums.

    "Today I would like to announce that There is changing its strategic direction to focus on our technology platform.

    We will continue to run the consumer service, but will need to make changes so that we can better align our costs and run this service profitably. As we go forward we will continue to evaluate the consumer service and our ability to meet our financial goals on an ongoing basis.

    All of us at There have poured our heart, soul, and in many cases, significant financial investment into There these last few years. We have been inspired watching you, the community, also pour yourselves into making There great and unique and so incredibly fun.
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    08 Makena and the rest of 2005


    4-19-05 A special last minute State of There address occurs.
    There Inc no longer part of Forterra Systems. They will be adding engineers and Michael Wilson is new CEO, Steve Victorino continues as COO.

    5-1-05 April fools arrives in There with a bang! Environments in key locations in there changed for the day! Daytime in tyr with no fog, Moon over Karuna Plaza, and Pink skies on Frosty island!


    5-3-05 Mackie introduces the return
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    09 There in 2006


    Janruary

    Feburary

    March

    3-11-06 Michael Wilson aanounces the new community top 10

    #1 New Emotes
    #2 Developer Hair and Headgear
    #3 Alternative Income Sources
    #4 Long Hair
    #5 Developer Sandbox
    #6 New Pets
    #7 Optional Invitation Pop-Ups
    #8 Stylemaker Bottoms
    #9 Atmospheres and Changing Daily Skies
    #10 Yards for Houses

    April

    May

    June

    July

    August
    8-6-06 Michael Wilson makes a partial announcment of There teaming with a large Media company to create two
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    10 There in 2007


    January

    1-15-07 Alex announces the release of "Virtual Hills" the second development project for MTV turned
    oued to be a section of VLB rather than its own online world.

    1-17-07 Four-Seater buggies and TUVs are now
    avaliable for developers to submit.

    1-18-07
    Dihtri gets a new job and leaves the MAB. Members quickly notice that she is still attending MAB meetings, but now as staff. Congrats Dihtri!

    Feburary

    2-2-07 There Fun Times web blog starts.

    2-9-07 Vash announces the TFT
    mialings would be on hiaitus temporarily.

    March

    3-1-07 There Live Help for abuse reports now open 24 hours!

    3-12-07 Developer pushes expand to three days a week adding
    monday as a new item day along side Wednesday and Friday.

    April

    4-3-07 Previewer 5.1 Released
    * New Submission Wizard
    * New exporter for 3dsmax 7 and 8
    * An XP and Vista-friendly UI
    * New menu items and time-savers
    * Additional lighting settings
    * Mouse scroll wheel controls camera zoom


    4-9-07 Vash announces sweeping changes to the There Forums
    Vash - "Over the years our forums have been a good source of information, member-to-member help, and a fun place to chat about the exciting things happening in There. It has also been a source of less-than-desirable behavior, and over the past months, one of the most common sentiments weve heard about the forums is "I stay out of them because I dont want to get caught up in the drama." Naturally, this isnt what we want for one of our best information resources. We have also received requests for posting guidelines that are spelled out more clearly. As a result, we thought this would be a good time to make some changes that we hope will provide a better, more welcoming environment for members (new and old) who come looking for help, news, and discussion.

    The first change is a new, more detailed set of Forum Guidelines. These guidelines will be posted at the top of every section and provide specific detail about what is allowed and not allowed in our forums. (Note: With a few obvious exceptions, these behaviors are things we have been moderating for already.) Everyone should
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    by Published on 04-22-2017 05:41 PM
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    12 There in 2009


    Feburary 2009


    2-27-09 in a tie in with Hush Puppies There releases a specialty Hush Puppies dog!

    March 2009

    New partnerships included Spin Magazine (with some clothing and magazine covers) and Viz.com with Bleach anime gear!

    Coke added more specialty itemws to thier store.

    More island hoods off Aurora were released.

    There offered a contract position for writing a basic help tutorial for developers.

    March 2-8 There holds a neighborhood fair. 50 spaces were provided, and many were filled in time for the start of the fair at a neighborhood with remarkably flat land! There Fair Grounds!

    3-11-09 The new MAB ( ) is introduced officialy - after several members are mentioned at a developer meeting acccidentaly.

    Delonya
    dj_tam_urradio
    DLMcKenzie2004
    FemmieD_GayGrrl
    Lynn88588
    MeadowAngel
    nikidaeman
    Pressleigh
    softlydreaming
    Spookie
    Trent7
    Wabbs

    On the same day There holds annother Develoepr Chat

    3-19-09 Brings a new Beta Test
    -- card game MotuMotu (based off the card game MauMau) which allows 2-4 players.
    -- updates to the Welcome Walkway - new blimp exit area. Removal of building models.
    -- 4 new hairstyles for women (without hats!)
    -- verification of the Cards and Quests functionality prior to the upgrade of those servers in production
    -- Real Estate functionality verification
    The card game causes many people to seg violate upon starting a new games. The Hairstyles look fantastic and are well approved of. The Blimp on the welcome walkway meets with some confusion. While many agreet that showtinging the walkway was a good thing, several are upset over the loss of the beautiful cruise
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    13 There in 2010


    January 4th - there announces Coke speciltry holiday items will be going away on January 5th. Limited items included a 2009 ornament, a female outfit, and a 3 seater hoverboat shaped like a train with an unsual exhaust particle system.

    January 4th - The suspension of auction try-its ends after 9 days. People can now do try-its from auctions again.

    January 11th Developer chat. - video link here

    January 13th neighborhood Visibility feature unleased!
    Good news, Neighborhood owners! We’ve
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