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* 18-Oct-04 - The [[Perplexcity.com]] website was being explored and trawled over by many people.  Among the discoveries: talk of [[Shoes]], [[Gatehouse 24]], and some [[Perplex City Errorlogs]].
* 18-Oct-04 - The [[Perplexcity.com]] website was being explored and trawled over by many people.  Among the discoveries: talk of [[Shoes]], [[Gatehouse 24]], and some [[Perplex City Errorlogs]].


===The newspaper Text===
===The Newspaper Text===
*[[Perplex City Postcard]]s were spotted in random places around the world.
* 16-Feb-05 - [[Perplex City Video]] was spotted on the [[Perplexcity.com]] website.  It would be updated periodically over the next few weeks.  All of the cumulative bits would combine to become the [[Newspaper Text]].
* 16-Feb-05 - [[Perplex City Video]] was spotted on the [[Perplexcity.com]] website.  It would be updated periodically over the next few weeks.  All of the cumulative bits would combine to become the [[Newspaper Text]].
** 17-Feb-05 - [[USA Today 17.02.05]] Also the first actual contact: [[Sente Emails]]
** 17-Feb-05 - [[USA Today 17.02.05]] Also the first actual contact: [[Sente Emails]]
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==Grand Opening==
==Grand Opening==
* 21-Mar-05 - The [[Newspaper Text]] was completed;  [[The Perplex City Sentinel]] discovered.
* 21-Mar-05 - The [[Newspaper Text]] was completed;  [[The Perplex City Sentinel]] discovered.
**Updates would occur weekly.
**Past issues can be read here: http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/
**This issue: http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/28.03.05/ gives surprising amounts of contextual setup for events which would continue to unfurl over the next year.
**Updates to the Sentinel continue to this day, though the schedule has changed slightly over time.
* 02-APR-05 - [[Scarlett Kiteway]], Sente's daughter, writes a letter to the Sentinel.  In it, she embeds a clue to her own website: The Scarlett Kite.  This site, too, has been updated continuously ever since then.
* 06-APR-05 - "Recon Eight Released from Police Custody"; we are introduced to the Reconstructionists as a radical group of religious zealots.
* 22-APR-05 - [[22.04.05 Update|Sente sent us some mail]] promising a package.  [http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/04/kiteway_plans_l.html The sentinel scooped this story] before Sente contacted us personally, actually.  We were sent to http://www.perplexcity.com/email/ (which is now defunct).  This simple action allowed people to get entered into the system to recieve their "[[Parcels|333 packages]]".  This appears to be the only time the 333 [[Leitmarks]] are ever to be given out.

Revision as of 00:08, 3 March 2006

This is a work in progress.


Please see the In-game Timeline for a brief history of the city. This includes births, deaths, time frames, eras, major events, and so forth.

Pre-Game

Syzygy and Gatehouse 24

  • 24-Feb-04 - Projectsyzygy.com Intial Annoucement
  • 08-Oct-04 - Perplexcity.com Website Update
  • 14-Oct-04 - "Project Syzygy Is Complete"; New cache file added "0595630738.cache"; Link on Firebox to "The Cube" found in catalog. Description of item on website follows to UnForums!
  • 18-Oct-04 - The Perplexcity.com website was being explored and trawled over by many people. Among the discoveries: talk of Shoes, Gatehouse 24, and some Perplex City Errorlogs.

The Newspaper Text

Grand Opening

  • 02-APR-05 - Scarlett Kiteway, Sente's daughter, writes a letter to the Sentinel. In it, she embeds a clue to her own website: The Scarlett Kite. This site, too, has been updated continuously ever since then.
  • 06-APR-05 - "Recon Eight Released from Police Custody"; we are introduced to the Reconstructionists as a radical group of religious zealots.