What it has all lead up to: A brief history of ArenaNet

[Larynx]

13,700,000,000 BCE --- Big Bang
~12,000,000,000 --- Formation of the Milky Way
4,550,000,000 --- Formation of Earth
3,200,000,000 --- First fossils
430,000,000 --- First land animals
210,000,000 --- First mammals
80,000,000 --- First primate
30,000,000 --- Separation of hominoids and monkeys
2,400,000 --- First members of the genus Homo
8,000 --- Neolithic Revolution
476 CE --- Last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1492 --- Columbus' first voyage, Age of Discovery
1775 --- First exploration of Washington
1889 --- Washington officially a state
2000 --- ArenaNet founded by former Blizzard employees
2005 --- Guild Wars: Prophecies released
2012 --- Guild Wars 2 released
2013 --- Colin Johanson struck down in single combat. Squirrelbanes crowned God-Emperor of the World.

[Squirrelbanes]

2013 --- Colin Johanson struck down in single combat. Squirrelbanes crowned God-Emperor of the World.

LOL

I would do no such thing!
>.>
<.<

(how did they find out...........I was so careful!)

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2014 --- Confirmation of the eradication of the last surviving squirrel. Surplus of nuts forcibly distributed around the world.

[Larynx]

2014 --- Confirmation of the eradication of the last surviving squirrel. Surplus of nuts forcibly distributed around the world.

World hunger is a thing of the past.

[Blznsmri]

No one can beat Colin Johanson in single combat, THE DUDE SWINGS A SWORD! And he swings it again, and hey! He swings it again.

[Larynx]

No one can beat Colin Johanson in single combat, THE DUDE SWINGS A SWORD! And he swings it again, and hey! He swings it again.

He's been working on his sword arm.

[GW2 is LEGEND]

No one can beat Colin Johanson in single combat, THE DUDE SWINGS A SWORD! And he swings it again, and hey! He swings it again.

I hope his IGN reads: Colin Johanson 'Swinger of Swords'

[Squirrelbanes]

2014 --- Confirmation of the eradication of the last surviving squirrel. Surplus of nuts forcibly distributed around the world.

2015 - Expedition to Gamma Beta 352 launched. Primary mission goal designated the prejudiced eradication of all Sciuridae genus life forms present, which were found to be the source of the universe's squirrel infestation.
- coincided with GW2 expansion Squirrelius Terminus, the hugely popular title that saw the destruction of Squirrelius, Elder Dragon of nuts.

[Snow White]

OMG look how ADORABLE Colin is in that picture.

/nerdcrushing

[Kelesti]

OMG look how ADORABLE Colin is in that picture.

/nerdcrushing

dat smile... since leaving Blizzard, I don't think the man knows how to frown.

[Mif]

dat smile... since leaving Blizzard, I don't think the man knows how to frown.

He's worked for Mythic, Zipper Interactive and Games Workshop, but Never Blizzard

[Kelesti]

He's worked for Mythic, Zipper Interactive and Games Workshop, but Never Blizzard

Ah! Shows how much I know.

Sorry, for scoring how much of his staff from Blizzard? Playful jabs, nothing more.

[rhinomatic]

He's worked for Mythic, Zipper Interactive and Games Workshop, but Never Blizzard

What did he do at Mythic and when did he leave? My smart phone is being really dumb right now and won't open a lot of sites.

[Mif]

What did he do at Mythic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Gate

in 1999 Lead Game Design was passed on to Colin Johanson.

[WorldofWorkcraft]

2020: "After the release of 5 more expansions for Guild Wars 2, its player-base reaches 1 billion subscribers galaxy-wide and galaxy-peace is nearly achieved," says CNN news reporter Mif Miffington.

(note: At this point, 8 years from now, we've somehow moved to other planets (must have found a way to travel fast), gotten internet to connect between them, and have really overpopulated...)

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2036: Apophis. "Following the defeat of Colin Johanson, who is revealed to be the only person who could stop Apophis from colliding with earth, Squirrelbanes must take up his burden and his sword and fight off Apophis, which scientists believed to be an asteroid, but actually turned out to be a Vogon inter-galactic highway demolition ship."

Why has this thread turned into coming up with silly dates?

[Larynx]

2050: Rata Sum revealed to inspired by the remains of a Borg cube found off the coast of Peru.