Happy Anniversary, GUNetwork!
& more to come!
View the previous State of the Union here:
https://www.gunetwork.org/t3519-new-vgu-anniversary-state-of-the-union/
In honor of 2 YEARS since this platform has been created, I'm putting together a walkthrough of important moments of our community, and we hope everybody has enjoyed and will continue to enjoy our journey, together!◕ Mon 23 Feb 2015The
VGU Anniversary Screenshot Contest begins. ALL video games. Theme: Explosions.
◕ Mon 2 Mar 2015@Tesvixen has been promoted to
Sentinel◕ Tue 3 Mar 2015Share a Tune 4 is created.
◕ Thu 5 Mar 2015Fallout Screenshots V is created.
◕ Fri 6 Mar 2015The
VGU Rules the Dark Video & Screenshot Contest begins, for
@dragbody 's FNV companion mod Riddick, under his direction.
◕ Sat 14 Mar 2015@ArgusMercenary has left the
Sentinels.
◕ Tue 17 Mar 2015@ArgusMercenary has been promoted to
Purple Hearts.
@Drusvak has left the
Sentinels and was promoted to
Purple Hearts.
◕ Thu 19 Mar 2015The
VGU Anniversary Screenshot Contest ended.
Winners:
1st Place -
@7thNightHawk2nd Place -
@Suredude3rd Place -
@tru3th4th Place -
@maybenexttime5th Place -
@Cpt.Rex◕ Sun 22 Mar 2015The
VGU Rules the Dark Video & Screenshot Contest ended.
Video Winner:
@TheHermit aka OrmrSnaethorsen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Wt4yKOWKI
Screenshot Winners:
1st Place -
@Cruz0112nd Place -
@tru3th3rd Place -
@AdvancedTerror◕ Fri 3 Apr 2015@Drusvak has left the
Purple Hearts and was promoted to
Paladin.
◕ Fri 10 Apr 2015@Kira Yoshicage aka DiamondDog
@TheHermit aka OrmrSnaethorsen and
@snowglobecollectorhave been promoted to
Sentinels.
◕ Tue 14 Apr 2015A New Age: GUNETWORKBy the graces of the Forumotion devs, we've been rewarded for our exceptional activity with a free year of having our very own domain name! So it was at this moment that, from vgunetwork.forumotion.net, we became
gunetwork.orgForums have been updated and reorganized, all the way towards 18 Apr 2015.
Chatbox Overhaul, Word Counter script and more were added with
@Drusvak 's scripting. Details if you click that link above ^
◕ Sat 2 May 2015@BoomBewm was suspended from
Sentinels for breaking the rules.
◕ Thu 7 May 2015Fallout Screenshots VI is created.
◕ Wed 3 Jun 2015The
GUNetwork June Screenshot Contest begins. ALL video games. Theme: Heatwave.
◕ Mon 8 Jun 2015@Tesvixen and
@Dio Brando aka KrizalidBrando have left the
Sentinels.
◕ Wed 10 Jun 2015Staff Edit Notifications PM's were implemented with help from
@Drusvakhttps://www.gunetwork.org/t5588-psa-staff-edit-notifications-pmsSince then, the script glitched out and we've removed it. But it had a nice run!
◕ Fri 12 Jun 2015We've restructured and reorganized the Graphics Effects (G.FX.) Specialist team and created their own
Headquarters◕ Sun 14 Jun 2015To our greatest anticipation, the E3 Bethesda show has revealed
FALLOUT 4!!!
as well as Fallout Shelter for mobile devices
https://www.gunetwork.org/t5685-psa-colonial-color-change-other-gfx-tweaksAlso, we swapped the Colonial and Established member group colors.
@Tesvixen and
@Dio Brando aka KrizalidBrando have been promoted to
Purple Hearts.
@mpaz96 has been promoted to
Sentinel.
◕ Mon 22 Jun 2015@Tesvixen has been repromoted to
Sentinels.
@BoomBewm has been repromoted to
Sentinels.
◕ Wed 24 Jun 2015The
GUNetwork June Screenshot Contest ended.
Winners:
1st place:
@MrMeowMeow2nd place:
@AdvancedTerror3rd place:
@predatorwow4th place:
@AdvancedTerror5th place:
@Cruz011◕ Fri 26 Jun 2015The second
Promotions - How to get Mod Access topic was created.
@noodles1976 has been promoted to
Sentinels.
◕ Tue 30 Jun 2015@tru3th has left the
Sentinels and has been promoted to
Purple Hearts.
◕ Thu 16 Jul 2015@Sentience has been promoted to
Sentinel.
@AlexScorpion has been promoted to
Paladin.
◕ Mon 20 Jul 2015The
The T-800 Screenshot Contest begins for
@suredude 's FNV mod T-800 race mod.
◕ Tue 21 Jul 2015@Dragbody has stepped down from Overseer
For General Gaming purposes we've created
Gaming ModdingFor a gaming niche we hadn't covered before, we've created
Racing & Drive SimulatorsWe've made an
Archives subforum (under News & Administration) to store the locked topics from most of the regular subforums.
The re-organized GFX Specialist crew has setup a new category of banners:
the Mod Banners. They will feature some of the best screenshots of some of our best mods.
◕ Mon 10 Aug 2015The first
G.U.N. Wallpaper Contest begins. Theme: GUNetwork.
https://www.gunetwork.org/t6926-day-report-10h-august-2015The subforum Suggestions & Feedback has been renamed to
Site FeedbackEven though we had a Mod Suggestions master topic, we've created a
Mod Suggestions & Requests subforum specifically designed for
individual Mod Suggestions topics.
Lastly, thanks to the glorious Forumotion team
our Private Messages capacity has increased significantly!
The Inbox could previously allow 50 maximum messages, while Sentbox, Outbox and Savebox only allowed 25 each
Now each of them allow 200 messages!
◕ Fri 14 Aug 2015@mpaz96 has left the
Sentinels.
◕ Sun 16 Aug 2015Fallout Screenshots VII is created.
◕ Fri 28 Aug 2015Share a Tune 6 is created.
@FoVet20 aka falloutveteran20 has been promoted to
Overseers.
◕ Fri 11 Sep 2015The
The T-800 Screenshot Contest ended.
Winners:
1st place:
@AdvancedTerror2nd place:
@Ashi Itachi3rd place:
@Cpt.Rex◕ Wed 16 Sep 2015The
Mad Max Screenshot Contest begins. Only Mad Max game. No theme.
◕ Sat 19 Sep 2015@me444 has been promoted to
Sentinels.
◕ Thu 24 Sep 2015@TheHusky has left the
Sentinels.
◕ Wed 30 Sep 2015The
G.U.N. Wallpaper Contest ended. Winner:
@Suddenly Psychotic. The 4 other winners were disqualified on technicalities.
◕ Thu 1 Oct 2015The
2015 October Screenshot Contest begins. All video games. Theme: Halloween.
◕ Mon 20 Oct 2015The Halloween Decorum was implemented. Spooky colors and imagery have bewitched us until Tue 3 Nov 2015.
◕ Mon 26 Oct 2015Chatbox Rules have been implemented.
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More site enhancements◕ Sat 31 Oct 2015The
Mad Max Screenshot Contest ended.
Winners:
1st place:
@AdvancedTerror2nd place:
@AdvancedTerror3rd place:
@dragbody4th place:
@mpaz965th place:
@DVAted◕ Sun 1 Nov 2015The
2015 October Screenshot Contest ended.
Winners:
1st place:
@Cruz0112nd place:
@Cruz0113rd place:
@AdvancedTerror4th place:
@tdk015th place:
@AdvancedTerror◕ Fri 4 Dec 2015Fallout Screenshots VIII is created.
◕ Sat 5 Dec 2015The
December FO4 Screenshot Contest begins. Only Fallout 4 game. No theme.
◕ Sun 6 Dec 2015Winter Holidays Decorum was implemented.
Winter colors and imagery have cheered us through the holidays until Fri 8 Jan 2016.
◕ Mon 7 Dec 2015@Sentience has left the
Sentinels.
◕ Fri 11 Dec 2015@snowglobecollector has left the
Sentinels.
@GUARDian and
@lukaboot have been promoted to
Sentinels.
◕ Sun 13 Dec 2015@snowglobecollector and
@Sentience has been promoted to
Purple Hearts.
◕ Sun 3 Jan 2016@Fidller has been promoted to
Sentinels.
The
December FO4 Screenshot Contest ended.
Winners:
1st place:
@dragbody2nd place:
@MrMeowMeow3rd place: @"The Hermit"
4th place:
@Kira Yoshikage5th place:
@Havoc◕ Mon 4 Jan 2016Share a Tune 7! is created.
◕ Sun 10 Jan 2016@AdayDr1en has left the
Sentinels.
◕ Sun 17 Jan 2016@Kira Yoshikage and
@alonewolf003 have left the
Sentinels.
@hitman47101 has left the
Overseers.
◕ Fri 22 Jan 2016@Fidller has left the
Sentinels.
◕ Fri 29 Jan 2016@Keevs aka Ahsoka has been promoted to
Sentinels.
◕ Sun 14 Feb 2016Another 1 year extension for the a domain name ( gunetwork.org )
once again offered free by Forumotion as a reward for our exceptional activity!
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*more info will be added over the next couple of days*
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Time for some statistics of our past year:
https://www.gunetwork.org/statistics--------------------------------------------------
Number of new users for the last 12 months
| Month | Members | Percent |
| Mar 2015 | 963 | 3% |
| Apr 2015 | 2474 | 8% |
| May 2015 | 2638 | 9% |
| Jun 2015 | 4970 | 16% |
| Jul 2015 | 4771 | 16% |
| Aug 2015 | 4024 | 13% |
| Sep 2015 | 2128 | 7% |
| Oct 2015 | 2843 | 9% |
| Nov 2015 | 2290 | 8% |
| Dec 2015 | 1116 | 4% |
| Jan 2016 | 1141 | 4% |
| Feb 2016 | 1103 | 4% |
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Number of new posts for the last 12 months
| Month | Posts | Percent |
| Mar 2015 | 10001 | 10% |
| Apr 2015 | 11819 | 12% |
| May 2015 | 10481 | 10% |
| Jun 2015 | 11197 | 11% |
| Jul 2015 | 12479 | 12% |
| Aug 2015 | 10739 | 11% |
| Sep 2015 | 7356 | 7% |
| Oct 2015 | 6910 | 7% |
| Nov 2015 | 4819 | 5% |
| Dec 2015 | 4066 | 4% |
| Jan 2016 | 5656 | 6% |
| Feb 2016 | 4657 | 5% |
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Number of new topics for the last 12 months
| Month | Topics | Percent |
| Mar 2015 | 533 | 10% |
| Apr 2015 | 600 | 11% |
| May 2015 | 530 | 10% |
| Jun 2015 | 602 | 11% |
| Jul 2015 | 707 | 13% |
| Aug 2015 | 534 | 10% |
| Sep 2015 | 394 | 7% |
| Oct 2015 | 411 | 8% |
| Nov 2015 | 349 | 6% |
| Dec 2015 | 246 | 5% |
| Jan 2016 | 296 | 5% |
| Feb 2016 | 229 | 4% |
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Board up days: 730 (2 x 365)
Forum started Sun 23 Feb 2014 - 21:02
Most users online 133 Fri 17 Apr 2015 - 22:34
Posts 171122 Posts per day 234.41
Number of topics 8977 Topics per day 12.30
Number of users 35420 Users per day 48.52
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Numbers and stats don't matter as much as the enthusiasm and loyalty of most of our members.
I'd like to thank you all for being part of our day to day.
May we celebrate many more years together.
Our GFX specialists have been collaborating to bring new visuals to the site. You can pitch in to improve it further right here:
https://www.gunetwork.org/t9255-anniversary-update-2-the-greater-bluification
This community is for you, by you, so get involved
We have officially launched our customary Anniversary Screenshot Contest:
https://www.gunetwork.org/t9264-gunetwork-2016-anniversary-contest
Enter it with your own screenshots and you'll have a great chance to win a Steam video game, among other honors!
And further down the line, we have big plans for our community!
Be part of it, at the heart of it 
Much love and respect!
Best wishes!
by 
Calendar
It's been an amazing ride being a part of this wonderful community and I hope it continues for many years to come. 
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GUN! May we all go forth together as one big community, and make many more wonderful memories. 
Wow, this community looks so awesome 
I am glad that I became a member and hope to experiance many anniversaries to come 
