Never saw one of these and the whole Era concept intrigued me, so I did some research. Thanks to Lucas for information concerning the purpose of the Member Eras.
Information may be inaccurate, please state if so.The
first Era is the
Alpha Era.The Alpha Era consists of members who joined the forums during the first few weeks of construction.
It started on August 27th 2010 with the creation of the forum by the head administrator
Lucas. It ended with the joining of administrator
skyy0731 on September 30th 2010. Eight members joined during the Alpha Era.
Significant Members Who Joined in the Alpha Era:-
Lucas (Administrator)
-
skyy0731 (Administrator)
- DaBozz23 (Former Administrator)
The
second Era is the
Beta Era.The Beta Era consists of members who joined the forum for about a month after the Alpha Era.
It officially started on October 2nd 2010 with the joining of current moderator
Gravy Train. It ended on October 31st 2010 with the joining of 13hockey. Twelve members joined during the Beta Era.
Significant Members Who Joined in the Beta Era:-
Gravy Train (Moderator)
-
xxKay (Global Moderator)
-
Aether (Administrator)
The
third Era is the
New World Era.The New World Era was an active era after the Beta Era in which many members posted.
It officially started on November 4th 2010 with the joining of Emma.B.7. It ended on April 24th 2011 with the joining of <Null>. Fifteen members joined during the New World Era.
Significant Members Who Joined in the New World Era:-
Zelexion (Global Moderator)
-
Porsius Mars (Moderator)
The
fourth Era is
The Reviving.The Reviving was an era when activity climaxed after a long period of inactivity.
It officially started on June 19th 2011 with the joining of Crossbones. It ended on June 8th 2012 with the joining of MrSplashBack. Twenty-nine members joined during The Reviving. Two members who joined in this timeframe are different, as explained in the below quote:
- Lucas wrote:
- About the Persius/Porsius Mars thing. The reason she has the New World Era is because her first account was made during the New World Era. So I transferred over all of the stats.
EDIT: The couple of members (including iSpeakUp) weren't labeled for an unknown reason. I gave them their proper era. I'm not sure how this would occur since I have it set to automatically label user's eras when their account is made.
Significant Members Who Joined in The Reviving:-
Flybird (Administrator)
The
fifth Era is the
Grave Era.The Grave Era was the time when Spud Forums was considered dead. Activity ceased for nearly a year.
It officially started on August 16th 2012 with the joining of slowbrock. It ended on January 12th 2013 with the joining of wertyuipo. Thirteen members joined during the Grave Era.
SenorBUGZ is labelled under The Reviving although he joined during the Grave Era. It is thought he had a former account.
Significant Members Who Joined in the Grave Era:-
Webbi (Forum Volunteer)
The
sixth and current era is
The Reviving II.The Reviving II was a period of high activity that was triggered by the death of the FMK Gaming Forums. It marked the sudden end to the Grave Era, as the previous record of most members online was broken.
It was announced on January 12th 2013. It officially started on January 15th 2013 with the joining of Blazeth.
Significant Members Who Joined in The Reviving II:-N/A
Subject: SF Member Era Guide 
Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:27 pm
