Year:2008

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This is a brief summary of various events in the PPC, Real World Time and HST-wise, during the year 2008.

''Note: Links to the Board older than 2012 are broken thanks to YourWebApps deciding to be evil. Fortunately, Tomash archived everything as far back as mid-2008, and hS put all that plus scattered post titles from even earlier up in a set of Gdocs for posterity.''

January

 * 1
 * Happy New Year!!!!
 * First mirror multiverse incident. Death of Agent Nick. Agent Tangara stays to get subconscious commands removed.
 * 2
 * A Myst movie has been roundaboutly more or less announced. (Read: Tawaki found this out. Somehow.)
 * 8
 * Huinesoron releases Crashing Down: Chapter Seven.
 * 10
 * JulyFlame, Huinesoron, and Sara team up to create an audio version of the PPC Playscripte. They post a running commentary & links to finished parts here. Post titles archived here.
 * 13
 * Laburnum is in the early planning stages for a Redwall Purging Party and asks for help coming up with ideas on the Board. Post titles archived here.
 * 22
 * At 10:23 pm, the fanfic "Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera" is discovered by Err..., with the disclaimer "NO...WORDS....FOR...PAIN...DX" added by Err... before collapsing. Within 24 hours, it is decided that this soul-destroying smutfic is to be added to the Legendary Badfic list. Within 36 hours, Huinesoron releases a limited-edition reading of the first chapter online (limited edition because it is no longer up).
 * 24
 * Trojanhorse releases the sixth mission of Agent Trojie; read it here if you're over 18.
 * 26
 * Christopher Paolini announces that his popular Inheritance Trilogy series of books is to be changed into the Inheritance Cycle. All the smart people in the world shake their heads and mutter, "Why, God?" Details here.
 * 28
 * After discussion starts in the Eragon Thread of Doom, it is announced by Adagio that a fantasy short story-writing competition is to go ahead. Details can be found here.
 * 29
 * Tawaki releases the conclusion to the Mirror Multiverse arc. Read it here.
 * 30
 * Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro "99% confirmed" to direct the film version of The Hobbit.
 * 31
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl is first released in Japan for the Wii.
 * Late-month
 * The first mission to "Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera" takes place with Agents Trojanhorse and Zach Homewood, plus a little help from their friends.
 * Unspecified
 * Agent Kamkenta Duval is repartnered with Agent Omicron.
 * Agent Paddlebrains is recruited.
 * IndeMaat releases the sixth mission of Agents Tasmin and Emma here. Contains spoiler to Torchwood 2x1.
 * Tomato releases the third mission of Agents Maria Falcone and Crispin Reed. Read it here or here.
 * The PPC Wiki has a logo at long last! (Post note: Logo and Favicon created by Huinesoron.)
 * Pigeonarmy puts up the first PPC mission of Agents Murtagh and Titus. Find it here.
 * JulyFlame seeks people to volunteer their agents for explicit roles in a planned 2008 event on the Board.

February

 * 2
 * Pigeonarmy releases the second mission of Agents Murtagh and Titus. Read it here.
 * 4
 * The Department of Temporal Offenses is formed with the Toffee Tree as its head. Agent Tawaki is transferred to it and partnered with Agent Melpomene.
 * Tawaki releases a new mission handled by Tawaki and Melpomene. Read it here.
 * 9
 * Insanegrrl FINALLY finishes her second mission. Read it here.
 * 10
 * Jhae joins the PPC Posting Board!
 * 12
 * In the Real World, the Writers' Strike concludes, having achieved a qualified success.
 * 13
 * Scenes Six and Seven of the Radio Play are released for public enjoyment.
 * 14
 * Happy Valentine's Day!
 * Rorschach asks for Permission on the Board.
 * Mid-month
 * Agent Laura Dukes is assigned to a long-term field investigation of the Kingdom Hearts Generic High School AU setting. She is recalled in April, after the Invasion ends.
 * 15/16
 * Huinesoron finally posts an old mission featuring Agents Alec Troven, Dafydd Illian, and Neshomeh; an interesting essay by Terri Ryan; and the [latest chapter of [[Crashing Down]].
 * 18
 * A plan for insanity to celebrate the Board's fifth birthday? Anniversary? Something like that, by Araeph.
 * An important announcement from the SO.
 * 19
 * JulyFlame posts up the last of the Radio Play, and then collapses into mad laughter. Many Boarders go temporarily deaf.
 * Late-month
 * The Division of Bad Het is formed with the Gladiolus as its head. Gypsy Roberts and Katie Cray become its first agents.
 * Unspecified
 * Trojie posts the MST of "Tainted Perfection" (in four parts).
 * Tawaki posts the latest Things I Am Not Allowed to Do at the PPC list part here.
 * Welcomes and Welcome Backs to Mari Braveheart, Lee Trynace, EmJay (formerly Rian Silverleaf), A Random Boo, and WikiMaster.

March

 * Early-month
 * Joyce Odelia Reesin is recruited from a Fullmetal Alchemist Suefic by Anjilly Ka and Brenden Sanderson.
 * The first Australian Indoor-Rules Quiddich match takes place.
 * 1-5
 * Welcomes on the Board to BeetleFire, Fichunter, lynxihez, and PuddleJumper42!
 * Agents Allison and Tasmin take out an A-Team Sue.
 * Agents July and Library more or less fumble through their second mission.
 * Agents Trojie and Paddlebrains generally lift everything they can get their hands on in a Discworld mission.
 * Mission tackled by Agents Tia Giltine and Car'rok.
 * Mission tackled by Tomato.
 * 9
 * Sara decides to right her own wrongs as well as those of others and MSTs an old poem.
 * 10 or 11
 * Cassie Young and Nat Freidar are recruited.
 * 11
 * Derik is recruited and brought to FicPsych by Jennifer Robinson.
 * 12
 * The Fifth Anniversary of the PPC Posting Board.
 * The Flowers celebrate by putting HQ in lockdown and partying.
 * The League of Mary Sue Factories sneaks two macrovirus-infected Mary Sues into HQ, kicking off the Macrovirus Epidemic. Makes-Things, Morgan II, Entropy, and many other agents die during the subsequent quarantine.
 * 13
 * Makes-Things (seemingly) dies, skewered through the heart by a large macrovirus.
 * 19
 * In the Real World, Arthur C. Clarke dies. RIP. Post titles archived here.
 * 22
 * Welcome to Kalidas! Post titles archived here.
 * 23
 * In the Real World, the sporking of "Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera" commences.
 * 25
 * The author of LxC posts a new chapter; Trojie and Pads post a new sporking. The mission also takes place at this time.
 * 30
 * Third mission released done by Agents July and Library. Find it here. (Set March 13.)
 * Late-month
 * Dazey Baker snaps in action.
 * Unspecified
 * Russell Holston, Kayla Richards, Dayn Aisenhek, Raphael Sabbat, and William Archer join the PPC.
 * The Agent and the Disentangler both regenerate.
 * Welcome to Ryuu!
 * Mission tackled by Agents Maria Falcone, Crispin Reed, and Moon.
 * Mission tackled by Agents Tawaki and Melpomene.
 * Welcome back to Angel Barchild!
 * Agents Luxury and Nin Brandt tackle a That Series mission (preliminary version on archive.is, replaced by this.)
 * A game of Fill the Plotholes takes place on the Board.

April

 * Early-month
 * Singsong Jacobs is partnered with Joyce Odelia Reesin.
 * 1
 * April Fool's Day! The EPC takes over the wiki's main page.
 * 8-16
 * Mirror!Honesah leads a force of mirrorverse Daleks through HQ, eliminating the visible macroviruses and enabling the cure to be released into the atmosphere.
 * 15
 * Fritz Sorgebrunnen is recruited to the PPC.
 * 17
 * The 2008 Mary Sue Invasion begins on the orders of the League of Mary Sue Factories, the same day the quarantine from the Macrovirus Epidemic is ended.
 * 19 and 23
 * hS updates Crashing Down, twice!
 * 20-24
 * The Mary Sue Invasion RP takes place on the Board. Post titles archived here.
 * 21
 * Trojie and Pads post the third sporking of LxC. The mission also takes place at this time.
 * 22
 * Maria and Crispin's fifth mission! With crazy sideplotness!
 * Unspecified
 * Tyler recruited to DoSAT (MTFFAT).
 * The Wellington 2008 PPC Gathering takes place. Trojie and Pigeonarmy attend.
 * Songs for the PPC Soundtrack are suggested by various Boarders.
 * Agent Zed is partnered with Kippers Axolotl.
 * Find out what Sabbat and William Archer did during the Macrovirus Epidemic.
 * Pluggage for Singsong and Joyce's second mission!
 * Welcomes to Cassie, Guardian's Song, Evelyn, Eni, and anyone else looked over!
 * Welcome back to wingnut and Chatvert!

May

 * Early-month
 * Agent July Flame snaps during a mission to her own badfic and runs off. Her doppelganger, JF, is recruited by Agent Library.
 * Kyran the Hammer is recruited.
 * 1
 * Agent Ella Darcy, the last remaining agent in the Department of Author Correspondence, retires from the PPC. The department is closed, with the last of its workload going to the Department of Intelligence.
 * Crashing Down Chapter Eleven is released.
 * 3
 * Trojie and Pads stick it to a femmeslash fic.
 * 9
 * The second All-HQ Australian Indoor-Rules Quiddich League match occurs between the DBS and the Floaters, with a decisive win going to the Floaters.
 * 17
 * Voting for new Permission Givers begins on the Board. Neshomeh and Laburnum are elected.
 * 22
 * A water fight is started on the PPC Board, and rapidly escalates into a war. Post titles archived here.
 * The Official Fanfiction University of the Abhorsenverse is launched.
 * Unspecified
 * Rina and Galeya Telcontar are recruited and sent to the Nursery.
 * The Official Fanfiction University of MREDURE is launched.
 * A new webcomic is launched by hS, named Generic Surface.
 * Welcome to Thrusday Next.
 * Another Ten Years Hence fic is published. Agent slash, this time between Manx and Shadow. It is slashy.
 * A new template is added to the Wiki, to remind people to add links to their agents' articles. Huinesoron will be shoving this template onto all the agents he comes across without any links, so be warned!
 * Random Fun! When sporks attack.
 * Anjilly Ka and Brenden Sanderson meet up with Sabbat and William Archer in Medical, and then things... happen. Features agent!slash.
 * Welcome to Platinumyo and welcome back to Mackenzie!
 * Manx and Shadow have an interlude in Medical. 'Tis what they get for attacking an indestructible centaur. 'Specially Manx.
 * Redd and Jill Greenleaf's first mission is released.

June

 * 6
 * Kung Fu Panda is released in theaters.
 * The Incident with the 37,000 Weasels and One Lobster Trap happens to Agents Branwen Beaton and Sophia Cole.
 * 14
 * The York 2008 PPC Gathering takes place. Paddlebrains, Serra, Ansela, Huinesoron, Laburnum, and Cassie Cameron-Young attend. Witness the insanity here, complete with video.
 * 18
 * The manga series Inuyasha concludes its twelve-year run with 56 volumes.
 * End of the month
 * July Flame returns.
 * Unspecified
 * Agent Len betrays the PPC in the 1984 fandom and spills PPC secrets. Agents Tawaki and Melpomene hunt for the pieces of the Key to Canon while Big Brother attempts to steal it.
 * Agents Iodin and Alagos get married. Their former partners, Aegis and Riboflavin, are assigned together.
 * Teek Virtanen joins the PPC.
 * Robin Thorne joins the PPC and is partnered with Agent Lucien.
 * ShipFicFest! Begun by hS on the PPC Board.

July

 * 1
 * Fanfic Land reopens for business. Thread archived here.
 * 4
 * Trojie and Pads post the fourth and final sporking of LxC. The mission also takes place at this time.
 * 15-20
 * Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is released in three parts exclusively on the Internet.
 * Unspecified
 * The Disentangler's fifth regeneration.
 * Kamkenta Duval travels to Aslan's Country, saving Tadkeeta from eternal sleep on Ramandu's island.
 * Tawaki marries Tadkeeta.
 * The Robecca exorcism takes place.

August

 * Unspecified
 * The DIO rescues Tawaki and Dustin from a PPC Badfic involving time travel.
 * The Board is inundated with spam. hS creates the PPC Message Board, a.k.a. "the Other Board," as a refuge.
 * Veridian Green is recruited and trained by the DBS, then transfers to the DCPS and is partnered with Agent Stevius.

September

 * 14
 * The Hunger Games, the first book in a trilogy of the same name by Suzanne Collins, is published.
 * Unspecified
 * Tarian Toran is recruited to the Department of Bad Slash and partnered with veteran Dana Trent.
 * Eledhwen Elerossiel joins the PPC.
 * The Ypurs return.

October

 * 13
 * Dead Space is first released in North America for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
 * 14
 * Adagio publishes Ryni and Tirsaer's fourth mission, "In the Most Unlikely Places," on the Board.
 * 23
 * Bill Fallis and Lori Starrett join the PPC with the Department of Mary Sue Experiments and Research. For their first report, they document the Spectrum of Suvian Species.
 * Unspecified
 * The Venomous Tentacula kills the Forget-Me-Not and becomes head of the LMSF.
 * Zodfang Gobrunt accidentally runs into a pair of agents, and is subsequently recruited.
 * Nurse Timbledim recovers from his coma.
 * Oscar Henson graduates from the Nursery and is assigned to the newly re-formed Division of Mpreg.

November

 * 17
 * Left 4 Dead is first released for digital download on Windows.
 * 21
 * The film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is released in theaters.
 * Neshomeh releases "Harry Potter and the Dragonriders of Pern", in which Supernumerary and Ilraen finally get a crossover and nothing goes as planned.
 * 25
 * Adagio publishes the interlude "Descent Into HQ" on the Board. Agent Key is repartnered with the newbie Hawthorne.
 * Unspecified
 * Stephanie Fielding is rescued from a LotR Suefic and adopted by Cara Fielding.
 * Following a showdown in Silver Gate Studios, Agent Tawaki turns Gallifreyan to survive.
 * Dustin O'Grady marries Five of Six.
 * Agent Amara retires.

December

 * Throughout
 * The PPC Advent Calendar is released.
 * 25
 * Merry Christmas!
 * Ansela Jonla hosts the 2008 Christmas Party.
 * Zodfang Gobrunt is partnered with Agent Marcus Langston.
 * Unspecified
 * Kelvin Talathion falls into the PPC via plothole, is recruited to the Department of Mary Sues, and gets partnered with Cassie Young and Nat Freidar.
 * Marcus Langston's suspension is repealed, reinstating him as an agent.
 * The PPC Holiday Filk Game is played on the Board.
 * Andy Henson Black and Spencer Black are born.

Not specified

 * Late in the year, Agent Caitlyn awakens from a coma, is transferred to Floaters, and is partnered with Kimmie.


 * Len is killed by the DES in response to the aforementioned betrayal.
 * The Department of Wilful Ignorance is established, in an attempt to revive the Department of Author Correspondence.
 * Rosalie joins the PPC.
 * Nyx Nightingale composes the poem "Lofty Skies."
 * Daphne Flamewrite joins the PPC with the DBS and is partnered with fellow-newbie Elaina Thyme.
 * Cassie Cameron-Young takes over mini-Balrog adoptions from Miss Cam.

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