GL Ajax Archive — Digital Archaeology

The Archive

JK2 lightsaber duel screenshot, circa 2003

Everything recovered from the Hoodrat HDD—a 4TB external drive containing backup images of two computers from 2003–2007. 14 categories, 907 files, 617MB of adolescent digital archaeology.

907

Files Salvaged

617MB

Total Size

AIM Contacts

68K

Messages

426

Screenshots

JOC Docs

The Eras

Five years compressed into file timestamps and chat logs. From Jedi Outcast clan wars to Brookdale Community College, traced through the platforms where it happened.

~2003–2004

Jedi Outcast & JOC Formation

Jedi Knight II multiplayer. The Jedi Order Clan forms. Tomar Dicol emerges. 254 screenshots survive from duels and clan gatherings on FFA servers.

Feb–Jun 2004

The Drama of JOC

74 documents: journal entries, council meeting minutes, Sukara drama, mission plans. The private journals of Tomar Dicol. A Star Wars roleplaying clan at peak intensity.

Feb–Aug 2005

Jedi Academy & Movie Battles

JA+ mod servers, MBII tactical gameplay. 106 JKA screenshots and 12 Movie Battles II shots. The last gasp of active JK-series play.

Jul–Sep 2006

AIM & GL Ajax

47 sessions with GL Ajax over two months. RPG World, Krillin and Friends, SWG nostalgia, late-night conversations about games, music, and what comes next.

2006–2007

Brookdale & The Full Archive

42 AIM contacts, 68,113 messages. Total War Center forum PMs. The social universe preserved in XML chat logs from the ka_tomar screenname.

Explore

Eight ways into the archive. Start with GL Ajax for the core friendship, or browse the full AIM Archive for the complete social graph.

GL Ajax Transcripts

4,610 messages across 47 sessions. The complete AIM conversation, Jul–Sep 2006.

Complete AIM Archive

All 42 contacts, 68,113 messages. Browsable by contact with session counts and date ranges.

RPG World & Krillin

Curated extracts from 14 logs mentioning RPG World and Krillin and Friends. 359 keyword highlights.

Timeline

Chronological view from JK2 clan wars (2003) through Brookdale AIM sessions (2007).

Relationship Diagrams

Social graphs, platform maps, and handle evolution. The connections that held the community together.

Screenshot Galleries

426 screenshots from JK2, JKA, Movie Battles II, and SWG. AI-renamed with descriptive filenames.

JOC Archives

The Drama of JOC: 74 documents of clan politics, Tomar Dicol journals, and the reconstructed clan website.

AJ Estrada

The person behind GL Ajax. Product designer, illustrator, musician. A dossier from gaming teenager to creative professional.

Glossary

AIM: AOL Instant Messenger. The dominant chat platform of the 2000s. Logs stored as XML with styling metadata.
GL AJAX: Gaming companion and AIM contact. 47 chat sessions preserved from summer 2006. Central figure in this archive.
JK2 / JKA: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003). Quake III–engine Star Wars multiplayer games.
JOC: Jedi Order Clan. A Star Wars roleplaying clan active 2003–2004 in the JK2/JKA community. Home of Tomar Dicol.
KA_TOMAR: Tom’s AIM screenname during the Brookdale era. All 42 chat logs originate from this account.
KRILLIN AND FRIENDS: A web comic/series featuring Dragon Ball Z characters in absurd scenarios. Referenced across multiple AIM conversations.
MBII: Movie Battles II. A team-based JKA total conversion mod with class-based Star Wars combat.
RPG WORLD: An online game/community referenced in AIM conversations with GL Ajax and others. A shared cultural touchstone.
SWG: Star Wars Galaxies. Sony Online Entertainment’s MMORPG (2003–2011). Discussed in AIM chats, screenshots received via file transfer.
TOMAR DICOL: Tom’s JOC roleplay character. A Jedi whose private journals and clan politics are documented in the Drama of JOC collection.
TWC: Total War Center. Strategy gaming forum where Tom posted as Pnutmaster. Private messages preserved in the archive.
HOODRAT HDD: The 4TB external drive containing backup images of the High School (2003–2005) and Brookdale (2006–2007) computers.