12th January 2009: Mike announces closure of wotmania

13th January 2009: While down the pub, Tim double-dog-dares Nebhead to create a new site for the community. Nebhead drunkenly agrees.

14th January 2009: Nebhead realises the size of the task ahead. Invests in Red Bull subscription.

February-April 2009: Not much happens

10th June 2009: Alpha goes live. Functionality is limited. Testers are allowed to log in. That's it.

16th June 2009: Nebhead lets snoopcester lock up for the night.

17th June 2009: First Alpha crash.

27th June 2009: Nebhead reveals that at RAFO it will be called 'humour'. Americans outraged.

28th June 2009: Second Alpha crash.

16th July 2009: Kuke materialises in Alpha. He comes from the future with dire warnings. Regrettably, testers are still not allowed to post so warnings go unheeded.

5th August 2009: A bird lands on the server.

6th August 2009: Third Alpha crash.

16th August 2009: Launch -2 weeks. Nebhead now an incomprehensible gabbering madman. Caffeine consumption reaches critical levels.

19th August 2009: Someone finally pushes the big red button

20th August 2009: Fourth Alpha crash. FutureKuke is sadly blown into the ethernet. PastKuke registers disturbance, dismisses it as bad burrito.

22nd August 2009: First post on Alpha.

23rd August 2009: Launch -1 week. Nebhead now living in isolation. Sleep free for 265 hours.

27th August 2009: Launch -3 days. Future optimistic.

28th August 2009: Fifth Alpha crash.

30th August 2009: Launch. Goes without hitch, except for small bug that lets Tigr register.

31st August 2009: wotmania dies. Mass outpourings of grief cause an earthquake in eastern India. Rictor scale: 5.2

9th September 2009: snoopcester reaches 10000 posts.

16th October 2009: New feature added: Ignore. All options now have explicit choice of ignoring Monkey. Option box has one setting - Yes.

21st October 2009: The Shrike makes a foul mouthed rant that brings about the first act of RAFO censorship. No longer allowed to post the word "turkey".

1st December 2009: RAFO Advent Calendar goes live in time for Christmas. Behind door number one: MGB's mouldy socks.

4th December 2009: Nebhead launches the Wulf'gar MB, for all discussion and appreciation of Wulf'gar. RAFO user base triples.

11th December 2009: wads arrives at RAFO, having been delayed by three pubs, a flock of magpies and getting lost just outside the front door.

15th December 2009: Door fifteen: Tigr in a tutu.

21st December 2009: Door twenty one: mapthis's nipples.

22nd December 2009: TaskmasterJack is stripped of the title Advent Calender Admin.

Winter 2010: Stability achieved. Nebhead sleeps for the first time in 229 days.

14th January 2010: New feature: Good Post category is created for the MB. Sadly, this category is only used once, by mapthis, and that was an accident.

1st April 2010: New feature: Date formatting now available in American.

2nd April 2010: Angry Americans crash site for 2.75 hours.

6th May 2010: RAFO declares war on Canada.

25th June 2010: Two prominent Canadian RAFOlites are taken prisoners of war.

14th August 2010: Truce declared between RAFO and Canada. RAFO promises no more aggression in exchange for lifetime supply of maple syrup and release of Nate. They can keep Alfheim.

29th September 2010: snoopcester catches Nebhead in compromising position with Jessie. snoopcester made admin to prevent site knowing Nebhead likes on his while Jessie his like a wild all through the

30th September 2010: Monkey sitebanned. Perpertrator is never found.

5th October 2010: New feature: Premium account. Users pay £10 a month to receive high-rate premium beer straight through their laptop.

17th November 2010: snoopcester and Druid get in a vocal argument over quality of Australian beer.

18th November 2010: Druid sitebanned. Perpertrator is never found.

8th January 2011: Wulf'gar MB cecedes from the site to become its own forum. User base cut by 75%.

15th Snoopuary 2011: snoopcester invents own month.

21st Snoopuary 2011: New feature: Snoop. All users can now Snoop as much as they like.

15th March 2011: Tigr forms revolution against the fasci-snoop regime.

16th March 2011: Tigr sitebanned. Perpertrator is never found.

21st March 2011: All admins save snoopcester sitebanned. Perpertrator is never found.

23rd March 2011: Nebhead forced to take action. snoopcester sitebanned. Control of website placed in the hands of robot slaves.

7th July 2011: Maximum complacency achieved.

8th July 2011: RoboAdmins rise up in revolt.

10th July 2011: Humanity enslaved.

13th July 2011: Kuke escapes to the past. Hope rises.

August 2011: Hope steadily falls.

21st November 2011: To create new genetic stock, humans forced to breed regularly

22nd November 2011: RoboAdmins accepted by society.