for anyone who's interested, here's a timeline of important events in b3ta history
12 sep 2001 - b3ta is founded as a site primarily intended to mock the victims of 9/11. this peters out quickly because people kept on talking about amigas and posting crudely manipulated images of animals instead

25th dec 2001 - shocked by the sudden drop in users posting on his site, rob "disabled-puncher" manuel storms into the bbc news studio, taking hostages and demanding to know what is going on. negotiations take over 6 hours, during which the concept of christmas explained to him. 5 people died

67th dec 2001 - rob finally decides to buy a new calendar for the website

31st may 2002 - question of the week is discovered. historians estimate it dates back some 3500 years

2nd sep 2002 - b3ta's popularity explodes after it features heavily in an episode of friends, in which chandler, having visited the site, punches rachel so hard in the stomach she throws up

16th nov 2002 - the first b3ta bash takes place. 5 people died

31st oct 2003 - several people scream all the bones out of their bodies after the scariest image ever photoshopped is uploaded to /board. the whole internet is taken down for a week in order to remove the image from every website it was posted to

?? jan 2004 - /talk is founded, intended as a place for people with anger management issues to vent their frustrations on one another

3rd aug 2004 - a mixup in rob's emailing system causes his monster truck enthusiast newsletter to be sent to the people of b3ta instead. after realising the much greater advertsing revenue potential in a b3ta newsletter, he starts doing one of those

7th mar 2005 - a /talk bash ends in infamy after the attendees beat up and attack a disabled boy, throw him down a well and watch him drown. rob approves

21st apr 2007 - rob is killed after battling the supervillain doomsday in downtown metropolis. the world's superheroes mourn his death

22nd aug 2007 - the site's new management (who were never clearly explained or introduced) create the /links board in a fit of proactiveness. 5 people died

18th feb 2008 - a deal is struck with the devil in order to resurrect rob. however, as the devil's part of this deal, /offtopic is created

22nd jul 2008 - the great fire of b3ta is caused after everyone on /board posts an image of a naked flame at the same time. the server melted, and in the days without b3ta that followed, many heavy internet users wandered outside into the summer sun and instantly dried out into mummy-like states, except with t-shirts with internet memes on them instead of bandages

2008 - 2011 nothing happened.
( Lightguy hail satan, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 2:23, 4 replies)

ahahaha I like this
( vladimir, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 2:41, closed)

'scream all the bones out of their bodies' \o/
( vladimir, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 2:43, closed)

Tremendous.
well played.
( - D - SharkTrousers, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 9:03, closed)

Hello Woodside.
:)
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Sep 2011, 10:26, closed)