Tek7 (Legacy)
CGA & ToJ President
While chatting with Corpfox last night, I began to think over Tribe of Judah's (nearly) seven-year history and indulged in a bit of nostalgia. I found a file named "toj-history.txt" on my computer, which I had intended to post to the ToJ web site but never did.
The information below was compiled from various sources. Some is written in third-person perspective, some in second-person.
Whether you're "old school" or a recent addition to ToJ, I think this will be an interesting read.
To continue the recording of our history, here's a sort of "timestamp" as we prepare for the upcoming Real-time Strategy Section and consideration of new chapters.
Chapter list, April 9, 2006:
The information below was compiled from various sources. Some is written in third-person perspective, some in second-person.
Whether you're "old school" or a recent addition to ToJ, I think this will be an interesting read.
The information trails off after late 2002, but with some time on the forums, I believe I could reconstruct ToJ's history from 2003 forward. I also have thousands of e-mails, dating back to ToJ's establishment in May 1999, that can help fill in the gaps.On May 18, 1999, he posted a call for interested Christian players at the War Room, a popular Battle.net forum, and received several responses. Winds of the Past, a member of the Infoceptor staff, posted a link to the invitation to aid the effort of the beginning Christian clan.
On May 19, 1999, he drafted a charter for the clan, and issued it to interested parties. Interest continued, and he began the Tribe of Judah discussion group at eGroups.
On May 20, 1999, several members joined the group, and thus officially joined the Tribe of Judah. The need for a website was quickly realized, and work on a prototype was begun.
On May 26, 1999, Tek7 uploaded the first sneak peek to Geocities. Shortly thereafter, he moved the site to ClanSite.
On October 20, 1999, Tribe of Judah administration decided to expand the ToJ name to other computer games.
On January 3, 2000, Tek7 moved the Tribe of Judah Starcraft Chapter web site to ClanPages.
October 20, 1999 - I first publicly announced my question as to found a Half-Life chapter or not on this date. I decide at this time not to start the chapter.
November 4, 2000 - I pose the question about founding a chapter based on a violent game (Unreal Tournament) again.
November 7, 2000 - I hold a poll asking whether ToJ members want to form an Unreal Tournament chapter or not. We found the Unreal Tournament chapter later that month.
April 20, 2001 - Half-Life chapter opens
October 2001 - Dark Age of Camelot chapter is founded
September 10, 2002 - Battlefield 1942 chapter enters "Forming" status
October 2002 - BF1942 chapter goes active
Nov 4, 1999 - Starcraft chapter Yahoo Group founded
Nov 10, 1999 - Tetrinet chapter Yahoo Group founded
Jul 17, 2000 - Age of Kings chapter Yahoo Group founded
Nov 30, 2000 - Unreal Tournament chapter Yahoo Group founded
Apr 11, 2001 - Half-Life chapter Yahoo Group founded
Oct 8, 2001 - Dark Age of Camelot chapter Yahoo Group founded
Apr 12, 2002 - Quake 3 chapter Yahoo Group founded
Jun 13, 2002 - Warcraft III Yahoo chapter Group founded
Sep 10, 2002 - Battlefield 1942 chapter Yahoo Group founded
Aug 27, 2002 - Neverwinter Nights chapter Yahoo Group founded
Aug 27, 2002 - Medal of Honor: Allied Assault chapter Yahoo Group founded
Jun 13, 2002 - Jedi Knight II chapter Yahoo Group founded
October 19, 1999 - Tiberian Sun chapter founded
03-28-2002 (March 2002) - Tribe of Judah web site moves to toj.cc
CHAPTER COUNTS:
2001-02-21
Age of Kings
Starcraft
Tetrinet
Unreal Tournament
2001-05-16
Age of Kings
Half-Life
Starcraft
Tetrinet
Unreal Tournament
CHAPTERS CONSIDERED:
Everquest
Red Alert 2
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Tiberian Sun
To continue the recording of our history, here's a sort of "timestamp" as we prepare for the upcoming Real-time Strategy Section and consideration of new chapters.
Chapter list, April 9, 2006:
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