The Posts That Never Were

The Posts That Never Were, also known as the Lost Year, refers to a period of time (technically twenty months) that was erased from the Tales Forum database.
==Background==
On November 8, 2012, Tales Forum unexpectedly went down. Tales Forumers were used to random downtime and thought nothing of it, although FilthieRich assured forumers over Twitter that the forums were receiving "TLC".
The forums came back online on November 13. However, instead of coming back as they were on November 8, they were restored to the state they were in on March 10, 2011, with everything since then– posts, private messages, name changes and new members– gone.
==Reactions==
Initial reactions were lighthearted; forumers believed it to be a simple clerical error that would be fixed shortly, and used the opportunity to joke around. Tales of Xillia 2-related jokes were especially frequent, as the game had recently been released and involved time travel.
As time wore on and the forums remained as they were in March, forumers grew restless and annoyed. Particularly peeved were Dr. Casey (who lost several important PMs), Tenshigami (who lost nearly his entire record in Tales Forum), and Conn (who really didn't lose much but is perpetually grumpy).
By early December, most forumers had moved on and accepted the new status quo. It is believed the final nail in the coffin for hope was Flamfas' "In Memoriam" thread.
==Notable content lost==
* The entirety of the Tales of Graces subforums and all content within
* Tales of Graces localization announcement thread, the only thread to break 1000 pages
* Tales Series Discussion megathreads for Xillia 2, Hearts R, Xillia's localization, and general Tales News
* Video Gaming megathreads "What games did you play today?" and "Today in Gaming"
* The Best Tales Lady contest, and most of the skits within
* The Jamil Neate fad
* The third "What do you like about other users here?"
* PO5ITIVIE5, NEGATIVE5 AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN FICKRAKEN 5
* The Tales of Tales Forum stories
* Various troll shenanigans, or The Second Great Troll War, including: quezcatol, ultimatetalesfan19, Zopheir, and Sarah the Black Mage and Whispers Blowjob Queen.(Basically, every user on the forums.)
* The "opinions that make others go wat" series
* The General Discussion Awards
* The entirety of Nuit's Signature of the Week competition threads in Avatar and Sig Requests
==External Links==
* What Happened?
* I'M HERE TO SAVE THE FORUM - one example of initial lightheartedness
* The Forums WILL Be Restored
* Dear Rich (please read, everyone)
* In Memoriam TSF November 8, 2012
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