Chronology

Here is a timeline of Emoticone history, from the beginning of time to the present


 * 18th Century: Modern Ice Cream invented in England.Taupo_Birthday_Cone.png
 * June, 1904: Syrian pastry maker, Ernest Hamwian, invents the ice cream cone at the St Louis worlds fair.
 * 1960: Timothy Leary begins doing experiments with psychedelic drugs, which he eventually starts using himself, and makes them popular by introducing them to the general population.
 * 2006: Awesome face begins circulating on the internet.
 * September 7th, 2008: The video game Spore is released.
 * Febuary 25th, 2010: Emoticone (then "Emitcone") meme born out of a typo made by maxd24
 * Febuary 26th, 2010: Emitcone Club created by kaleb702
 * Febuary 26th: Emitcone Roleplay created by kaleb702, stagnates on page 1
 * April 14th, 2010: BenKane makes the Emoticone Forum.
 * April 15th 2010: Lokaz and PrinnyGenocide join the Emoticone Forum.
 * April 16th, 2010: SMslime locks the Emitcone Club. Dragonvoid, Taupo, and Dracilust joing the Emoticone Forum as a result.
 * April 22, 2010: Davo joins Emoticone Forum.
 * May 5th, 2010: Vilageidiotx and MinionJoe joing the Emoticone forum.
 * May 17th, 2010: AaronMk joins Emoticone Forum.
 * June 12th, 2010: A disagreement between Davo and Haxorzunited14 sparks the previously quiet rivalry between the ECF and Hax's Chatroll cliques.
 * June 13, 2010: Ashkelon joins Emoticone Forum
 * July 1st, 2010: Forum closed down to public due to suspicious activity involving an SM and the ECF/Chatroll feud.
 * July 6th, 2010: Emoticone and part time prophet MinionJoe permabanned for defending Coupon12's cognitive deficiencies
 * July 6th, 2010: The ECF begins to take up the cause of justice at this time when davo creates the Unban MinionJoe Petition . The thread runs for 15 pages of pure fact until the man shuts it down for too much truth.
 * July 8th, 2010: Emitcone Roleplay revived.
 * July 12th, 2010: Emitcone Roleplay melvined.
 * July 20, 2010: Shadeofmoose318 joins Emoticone Forum.
 * August 12th, 2010: Thomas1134 joins Emoticone Forum
 * August 15th, 2010: STD (Shade, Taupo, Dragonvoid) club is made by Vilageidiotx in response tol a ECF chat discussion about clubs.
 * August 17th, 2010: Emoticone Forum Blog opened up to the public in response to internal pressure to open the Emoticone Forum to the public stemming from the ecf/chatroll rivalry calming down. Reason for keeping forum closed becomes the protection of privacy.
 * August 19th, 2010: The Great Emoticone Roleplay started as a reboot to the Emitcone Roleplay thread.
 * August 31st, 2010: DNR(Department of Natural Resources) made by AaronMk as a place to post North American wildlife creations.
 * September 1st: DAMD(Davo, Aaronmk, Masonicon, Dracilust) made by Dragonvoid as a prize for Davo after he won a contest.
 * September 6th, 2010: STD club locked by SMslime for "Sexual references"
 * September 11th, 2010: Thomas banned from Emoticone forum for 'shady behavior' and lack of activity.
 * September 13th, 2010: STRIP (Shade, Taupo, Random feature, Imperiex Prime) made by Vilageidiotx to replace STD.
 * September 20th, 2010: ECF group founded on DA. Emoticone art is had by all.
 * September 21st, 2010: Imperiex-prime Prime joins Emoticone Forum.
 * September 26th, 2010: Juniorcones Forum replaces blog as experiment in the ongoing discussion to reopen the Emoticone Forum to the public
 * November 15th, 2010: ECF Minecraft server founded. All those who don't play the game are squares.
 * November 29th, 2010: Creation of new accounts without being approved by Ben is allowed. The doors swing open and there is dancing in the streets.
 * December 31st, 2010: As the new year dawns, tragedy strikes and requires a petition
 * January 1st, 2011: New year celebrated. Time magazine predicts 2011 to be "The year of the Cone"
 * January 1st, 2011: Nevar forget.
 * April 14th, 2011: ECF turns 1.
 * October 16th, 2011: Vilage and Viz are perma'd by Blackbird. We have yet to see what consiquences this will have for the Sporum.
 * December 21, 2011: First ECF voice chat!
 * April 5, 2012: Vilage finds ham in his pants during ECF chat.
 * April 14, 2012: ECF turns 2! Emoticone meets the MCF.
 * June 21, 2012: Dragonvoid perma'd from the Sporum after 31 bans. Lol.
 * August 16, 2012: Trinity breaks; loyalty is a trait lost on some.
 * August 28, 2012: God Taupo becomes an adult!