Timeline

Five years of online life, reconstructed from file timestamps, chat logs, and document metadata. From Jedi Outcast duels to Brookdale AIM sessions.

Chronological View

2003
~2003
JK2 lightsaber battle

Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Multiplayer FFA servers. Lightsaber dueling, Force powers, clan recruitment. The Quake III engine running Star Wars. Screenshots survive from this era—254 images across multiple folders.

JK2 254 screenshots
~2003–2004

Jedi Order Clan Founded

JOC forms in the JK2 community. Tom joins as Tomar Dicol—a Jedi character with his own backstory, Force philosophy, and political entanglements. The clan builds a website with custom nav images, an RPG Vault, and forum infrastructure.

JOC Tomar Dicol Clan website
2004
Feb–Jun 2004

The Drama of JOC

Peak clan intensity. 74 documents survive: Tomar Dicol’s private journals, council meeting minutes, the Sukara drama arc, character background files, mission plans, and chat transcripts. Tzuriel discusses padawan trials and clan loyalty over MSN Messenger.

74 documents Journals Clan politics
Jun 2004

MSN Chat with Tzuriel

The earliest chat log in the archive. ka_tzuriel discusses JOC membership, padawan trials, and Killiann’s departure. Eric declares “Many think I wish to kill JOC.” 374 messages, 8 keyword highlights.

MSN Earliest log
2005
Feb–Aug 2005

Jedi Academy & JA+ Mod

JKA with JA+ mod on FFA servers. 92 screenshots from this era, AI-renamed with descriptive filenames via vision API. The JK series is still active but the golden age is fading.

JKA JA+ Mod 92 screenshots
2005

Movie Battles II

Team-based JKA total conversion mod. Class-based Star Wars combat with blaster heroes, Jedi, and droidekas. 12 screenshots survive.

MBII 12 screenshots
~2005

Star Wars Galaxies

Playing on a friend’s account. SWG screenshots received via AIM file transfer. Later, the NGE update destroys the game: “disgrace to the original SWG build.” Tom crafts pink underwear for 100 credits.

SWG 5 screenshots NGE
2006
Jul 16, 2006

First GL Ajax Session

“gel O-o” — “bought the adapter...it’s like i have a new comp / so fucking amazing”. Ajax is installing The Sims 2 and Sid Meier’s Pirates. Tom suggests Oblivion. The two-month conversation begins.

GL Ajax Session 1 AIM
Jul 24, 2006

“rpg world”

Ajax mentions RPG World for the first time in the archive. Tom discusses “no mind blowing jka sequel” with kronicdreamz99 the same day.

RPG World First mention
Aug 30–31, 2006

The Big Nostalgia Session

Multi-person AIM session. Tom and Ajax reminisce about SWG (“wasted my god damn time throwing grenades at biznatches”), JOC (“such a nerdy past”), and Tomar (“without teh tomar”). Krillin and Friends scarring is confessed. Handle evolution cataloged: “isellj0epnuts, pnutman, pnutmaster, tomar ducal/tomar dicol.”

SWG Krillin Tomar Handle evolution
Sep 6–7, 2006

JOC Forum Archaeology

Tom tells dark_shocker about visiting the JOC forums in July. “Chris told me they were searching for the bespin training platform map and no one seemed to have it. Being the almighty savior, of course i had the map stored on my backup folders.” Aslyn is still active at JOC.

JOC Bespin map
Sep 19, 2006

Last GL Ajax Session

Session 47. The final conversation in the GL Ajax log. 4,610 messages across 66 days.

GL Ajax Session 47
2007
Mar 14, 2007

Krillin and Friends Era Dating

Tom tells kararikku “i think they’re 1 year pre-krillinandfriends.” RPG World is discussed: “pnut rpg was different from other noob rpgs, like rpg world.” Also: “still depressed that SWG died.”

Krillin RPG World SWG eulogy
Apr 1–2, 2007

The Great Reminiscence

Multi-person mega-session across 6 contacts. JK2 screenshots hunted (“or jk2 shotz”), JKA nostalgia (“jka sucked” vs “jka blew up”), JOC forum checked (“yep, trusty ole JOC is here”), Tomar screenshots shared via uploadit.org, SWG account screenshots posted. RPG World discussed as a real place.

Multi-contact JK2 JKA JOC RPG World
Apr 30, 2007

Krillin and Friends Archaeology

Tom and aj excavate the old Krillin and Friends ezboard forums. “OLD KRILLIN AND FRIENDS.” Tom wonders if his episode is still hosted. Links to Krillin Theatre Talk threads are shared. The messageboard provider question is asked. Pre-SWG RP is remembered.

Krillin ezboard Forum archaeology
Jun 2, 2007

Final AIM Sessions

The last date in the archive. Sessions with kararikku, sinkingtheship, ranma_saru, and sarah_california. The AIM era closes.

Final logs Archive closes