The Bibby Team has existed for many years with its own identity, but this topic exclusively covers the history of the forum itself, including less-than-notable events like changes to the names of forums.
Nov. 23, 2010: Forum is created, shortly after the first public release of the JaxBoards forum software.
December 2010: Several new skins are added.
Dec. 16, 2010: Spam forum is first created, with the unoriginal title "Pointless Post Palace."
Apr. 1, 2011: Bibby Team forums transform into The Garden of Yoga for April Fools Day. All skins are replaced by yoga themes, and PPP becomes Yoga Discussion.
Apr. 25, 2011: Fujiko tapped as first global moderator. Arts Board opens.
Apr. 30, 2011: 24 users online shatters old record thanks to Fujiko's Twitter shoutout.
May 1, 2011: Mason creates 100th topic.
May 3, 2011: Jax forum archived and replaced with Game Development.
June 14, 2011: Bibby makes 200th topic.
June 8, 2011: Fujiko makes 1,000th post.
June 22, 2011: Admin Power Abuse Topic appears.
July 16, 2011: Blue Gazelle makes 250th topic.
July 27, 2011: Frank Sinatra Jukebox is introduced. This forum featured a different Frank Sinatra song most days, until it was archived on September 5.
Aug. 14, 2011: Heyhey06 makes 2,000th post.
Nov. 9, 2011: Supernova makes 2,500th post.
Feb. 22, 2012: Bibby makes 500th topic.
Apr. 1, 2012: Alfred the Chicken skin is launched.
Aug. 25, 2012: Kesha makes 5,000th post.
Sept. 7, 2012: Significant improvements completed for every forum skin, especially Vapor and Rainforest.
Sept. 21, 2012: Oktoberfest Jukebox appears, with the German/polka-themed song changing daily. Archived October 9.
Sept. 26, 2012: Progress on the complementary mainsite begins.
Sept. 28, 2012: World Rabies Day Trivia Challenge occurs.
Oct. 20, 2012: Hello Kitty skin is publicly released.
Feb. 9, 2013: Geno makes 1,000th topic.
Apr. 1, 2013: Poutine skin is launched for April Fools Day.
August 2013: Gridiron skin is now available.
Feb. 15, 2014: Miles becomes an administrator.
May 6, 2017: Bibby makes 10,000th post.
Jan. 11, 2024: JaxBoards server crashes after several weeks of glitchiness.
Jan. 15, 2024: Discord chat created to discuss the future of the BT Forums.
Jan. 8, 2025: Bibby buys a Bibby Team domain name in anticipation of future relaunch.
Jan. 13, 2025: Bibby sets up new JaxBoards installation for testing.
Jan. 18, 2025: Bibby Team Forums relaunch after a few days of debugging and testing.
Spam forum name changes
Mar. 12, 2011: PPP is renamed The Daylight Savings Time Buzzard's Lair.
Mar. 16, 2011: Eire.
Mar. 18, 2011: PPP, with a different forum description
Apr. 1, 2011: Spam forum becomes Yoga Discussion
Apr. 7, 2011: PPP becomes A Tradition Like Some Others in honor of The Masters golf tournament.
Apr. 11, 2011: PPP becomes Uncle Albert for no apparent reason.
Apr. 22, 2011: Uncle Albert becomes Easter Parade.
Apr. 26, 2011: Easter Parade becomes Pointless Place.
May 4, 2011: Pointless Place becomes The Night the Mayonnaise Sank.
May 6, 2011: Pointless Place becomes Radically Random Randomness.
June 3, 2011: RRR renamed Tallahatchie Bridge in honor of Ode to Billy Joe.
June 5, 2011: Spam forum renamed Juniper Jamming to Jamal's Jigsaw Jive.
July 3, 2011: Spam forum renamed Not Very Canadian Spam Forum.
July 4, 2011: Spam forum renamed King George Perfidy Forum.
July 6, 2011: Spam forum renamed Island of Makes Sense Not.
Aug. 7, 2011: ZUCCHINI POWER
Aug. 9, 2011: Yesterday's Octopuses Invading New Kingsland
Aug. 22, 2011: Ümlätïä
Aug. 23, 2011: Toucan Mania
Sept. 2, 2011: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Sept. 15, 2011: Forum Independiente
Sept. 18, 2011: Oktoberfestfestfest
Oct. 4, 2011: AAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Spam Forum
Oct. 30, 2011: Mystic Cave Zone
Nov. 4, 2011: A Penny for the Old Guy
Nov. 18, 2011: Home Hardware Kingdom
Dec. 5, 2011: Spam Forum 3-D Land
Dec. 26, 2011: Pugilism Powwow
Dec. 29, 2011: Dawn of the First Day
Dec. 30, 2011: Dawn of the Second Day
Dec. 31, 2011: Dawn of the Final Day
Jan. 1, 2012: Another Lap Around the Sun
Feb. 5, 2012: Jim Nabors Appreciation Forum
Feb. 8, 2012: The Sixth Dimension
Feb. 29, 2012: SPROING
Mar. 5, 2012: And I Sing, I Want
Mar. 21, 2012: Benito Juarez Forum
Mar. 25, 2012: Meatball Marinara Mountain
Apr. 6, 2012: A Tradition Similar to Some Others
Apr. 12, 2012: Korean Noodle Festival
Apr. 19, 2012: Pizza Planet
May 13, 2012: Tony Campana Appreciation Forum
May 26, 2012: Untitled Forum
June 2, 2012: Another Sleepy, Dusty Delta Day
June 4, 2012: Causal Conservation Cattle
June 20, 2012: Salty Sewer Summer Fun
June 30, 2012: Des Plus Brillants Exploits
July 2, 2012: Belarusian Independence Day Celebration Forum
July 4, 2012: King George III Strikes Back
July 6, 2012: Summer Breeze
July 26, 2012: Mount Olympus Rings
Aug. 17, 2012: Absentee Administrator Avalanche
Aug. 26, 2012: Replacement Referee Referendum Rampage
Sept. 10, 2012: Forum McSpam
Oct. 7, 2012: Joel Smeenge Appreciation Forum
Oct. 12, 2012: Bobby Tim Spam Form
Nov. 4, 2012: Sideways!
Nov. 10, 2012: Cotton-Eyed Forum
Nov. 21, 2012: TURKEY
Dec. 1, 2012: Vegetarian Pork & Beans
Dec. 18, 2012: Dawn of the Oneth Day
Dec. 19, 2012: Dawn of the Twoth Day
Dec. 20, 2012: Dawn of the Lastest Day
Dec. 21, 2012: The Grinch's Cave
Dec. 26, 2012: BOXING DAAAAAAY
Dec. 27, 2012: Eye of the Pomeranian
Jan. 18, 2013: Octopi and Flowers
Feb. 2, 2013: Super Harbaugh Bros.
Feb. 12, 2013: First Coast Poutine Party
Feb. 17, 2013: Thousand Taco Tower
Mar. 9, 2013: Daylight Savings Time Dungeon
Mar. 12, 2013: Sequestered Shamrock Society
Mar. 22, 2013: Democracy in China
Apr. 1, 2013: Joy Poutine Grande
Apr. 3, 2013: Colorful Currency Conservatory
Apr. 29, 2013: Savory Salsa Supremacy
Jun. 3, 2013: Bridge Over a Ridge
Jun. 11, 2013: Abdicated Administrator Alliteration
Jul. 8, 2013: Roberto Timothy
Aug. 14, 2013: Shoop Shoop Forum
Sep. 8, 2013: Refrigerators Rapidly Running 26.2
Oct. 8, 2013: Awareness Month Awareness Month
Nov. 5, 2013: British Bonfire Bonanza
Nov. 14, 2013: Happy Hobo Hideaway
Dec. 23, 2013: Santa's Silliness Symposium
Dec. 30, 2013: Fireball's Fireworks Factory
Jan. 13, 2014: Discount Daaa-ble Check
Jan. 20, 2014: Computer Repair Potato
Jan. 31, 2014: The Fast Food Games
Feb. 12, 2014: Curling Conversation Castle
Mar. 8, 2014: Daylight Savings Time Dungeon
Mar. 16, 2014: Spam's New Island
Apr. 8, 2014: Mac's Auto & Edie's Tree Inc.
Late April 2014: Baconed Awake
May 2014: Hexagon Heat
June 2014: Interesting Instrument Inventory
Jul. 23, 2014: Doro Fixtures
Jul. 30, 2014: Casino Shoe World
Aug. 5, 2014: Casino Shoe Zone
Aug. 13, 2014: Field Hockey Casino Shoe
Oct. 15, 2014: Forum 112
Nov. 17, 2014: Forum 113
Dec. 18, 2014: Sort-of-Meat Sandwich
February 2015?: The Level Grind
Apr. 4, 2015: Admiral Ethernet
May 3, 2015: Category: Potentially Good Names For Heavy Metal Bands
May 17, 2015: Towns with Zombie Problems
Nov. 18, 2015: Super Farah Bros.
December 2015: Spam Online
Jan. 1, 2016: 7E0
Jan. 16, 2016: Organizational Behavior Zebra
March 2016: Whose Spam Is It, Anyway?
Apr. 20, 2016: Roofs with Goats
May 1, 2016: Bring Your Own Scapula
Aug. 22, 2016: Much Improved Asylum
Sept. 23, 2016: Wedding Cake Batteries
Jan. 17, 2017: Mine Safety Disclosures
June 2, 2017: Velvet Sweatshop
June 20, 2017: Albert Einstein Flying Pig Mashup
Sept. 17, 2017: Western Land
Jan. 9, 2018: Pit of Misery
May 9, 2018: Ukuku Prairie
Fall 2018: Groovy Grove
May 9, 2019: Spammy Sandwich Shop
Sept. 25, 2020: Coronavirus Mountain
Nov. 10, 2020: Double Baconwich
Feb. 13, 2021: Scoop, There It Is
Aug. 9, 2021: Derp Sculpture
Aug. 12, 2021: LerpBoards
Nov. 15, 2022: Eight Dollars
Jul. 23, 2023: Clanker's Cavern
Dec. 2, 2023: Jingle Bell Granite
Jan. 18, 2025: Spam Solitaire
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