Development timeline

Date Event
21-Aug-2000
Rotain and KaVir discuss (via email) having a God Wars II forum.
06-Oct-2000
Kastagaar and KaVir discuss some of the God Wars II concepts via email.
17-Oct-2000
KaVir emails an initial proposal for God Wars II to Rotain and Kastagaar.
23-Oct-2000
KaVir writes a post to the GODWARS_and_DERIVATIVES mailing list asking for feedback concerning God Wars II.
24-Oct-2000
KaVir forms the GodWarsII mailing list.
15-Jan-2001
Glad2.0 released as a prototype for the God Wars II combat system.
6-Mar-2001
KaVir rewrites the God Wars II design and restarts the project.
21-Nov-2001
Jobo joins the God Wars II development team.
28-Nov-2001
KaVir creates an example of the development infrastructure.
14-Jan-2002
Sethmir joins the God Wars II development team.
23-Jan-2002
Koryon joins the God Wars II development team.
23-Jan-2002
Tepic joins the God Wars II development team.
17-Feb-2002
Jobo gives KaVir a verbal kick, and the coding begins.
10-Mar-2002
God Wars II alpha 0.1 release.
24-Mar-2002
God Wars II alpha 0.2 release.
31-Mar-2002
God Wars II alpha 0.3 release.
02-Jun-2002
The combat system is added.
21-Jul-2002
The movement system is added.
29-Sep-2002
Vampires are added.
13-Oct-2002
Werewolves and Demons are added.
11-Jan-2003
Beta testing begins.
28-Oct-2003
The God Wars II beta closes and is replaced with Gladiator Pits III, a public testing engine.
27-Oct-2004
Gladiator Pits III loses hosting with gryphonmud.
02-Nov-2004
Gladiator Pits III moves to a new host at mudmagic.
29-Mar-2005
Alayla joins the God Wars II development team.
19-Jul-2005
The redesigned classes are implemented and Gladiator Pits III is transformed into God Wars II open beta.
11-Dec-2006
Grulk joins the God Wars II development team.
21-Jan-2007
Dragons are added.
22-Jul-2007
New Nexus opens.
19-Jul-2009
Titans are added.
19-Jul-2010
God Wars II comes out of beta.

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