Timeline/Legacy

This is a timeline of the events relating to the history of Megaman Zero Online, both game and community. Some may call this the "lore" of the game.

## 2021

### March

*This time covers only events before development on Megaman Zero Online started.*

* **March 27:** Warrior555 plays Megaman X Online: Deathmatch for the first time, meets Seyro and other players for the first time. Seyro asks to try the newly-added votekick option, chooses Warrior because he is new, everyone including Warrior votes Yes and he gets kicked. Immediatly rejoins and does a few matches before logging out.
* **March 28:** Warrior joins the MMXOnline Discord channel under the name "zero gaming".

### April

*April 2021 was the month where the game both started development and entered semi-closed beta-testing. There were no matchmaking servers at that time, so netplay required setting up peer-to-peer servers between players.*

* **April 9:** Seyro makes a joke about a potential Megaman Zero Online Deathmatch, Warrior replies, hinting towards the existence of Megaman Zero Online.
* **April 10:** SandvichShotgun asks if Megaman Zero Online Deathmatch really exists, Warrior confirms and reveals info about development status.
* **April 11:** The Discord is created, albeit kept private until the next day.
* **April 12:**
	+ Warrior posts in the #general channel of the MMXOnline Discord server the invite to Megaman Zero Online's Discord server.
	+ The first ever public build of the game is uploaded nearly 20 minutes later at approx. 2:24 PM GMT.
	+ A hotfix is released 6 hours later to add music and fix some bugs.
* **April 13:** Version 0.0.3 is released, adds dashing and a version check on the title screen. Versions 0.0.1 and 0.0.2 are unlisted 2 hours later.
* **April 15:** Version 0.0.4 is released, adds walljump and revamps the title screen. Warrior announces upcoming Version 0.1.0 is to add a major feature to the game.
* **April 17:** The game's website goes online.
* **April 24:** Version 0.1.0 is released, adds chat, playerlist, and other features. Warrior reveals multiple features were cut and will be kept for a next update.
* **April 25:** Version 0.1.1 is released, optional patch to fix the "Ghost Zero" glitch.
* **April 29:** Luphoria joins the Discord server and is subsequently given moderator.

### May

*This month saw a notable increase in popularity for Megaman Zero Online, notably due to the Discord invite being reposted in the MMXOD Discord server for the first time since April 12, enticing Spainlords to join.*

* **May 3:**
	+ Version 0.1.2 is released, adds attacks and placeholder key remapping menu.
	+ ISG4 joins the Discord server and is subsequently given moderator.
* **May 13:** PJ asks Warrior to post the invite to the Discord server, joins shortly after followed by a few spainlords.
* **May 15:** Version 0.1.3 is released, adds healthbars, walking slash, join/leave messages and fixes an oversight which made all hitboxes massive.
* **May 18:** Version 0.1.4 is released, adds pause menu, dash afterimages and settings.txt support.
* **May 25:** Luphoria's 1st Discord account is banned.
* **May 29:**
	+ EsmBot is added to the Discord server.
	+ Cydoxaiket joins the Discord server and leaves shortly after.
* **May 31:** EsmBot stops working in #bot-commands-archive.

### June

* **June 1:** #bot-commands-archive is archived and moved to Neo Arcadia.
* **June 2:** Luphoria rejoins with a 2nd account and is given access to the source code.
* **June 5:** YAGPDB.xyz is added to the Discord server.
* **June 6:** Version 0.1.5 is released, massive QOL update.
* **June 11:**
	+ Warrior announces the implementation of color codes is delayed indefinitely.
	+ The Discord server gets level 1 nitro.
* **June 22:** The Discord server gets a rainbow Zero animated icon.

### July

* **July 13:** Version 0.1.5.1 is released, identical to 0.1.5 but uses the new exporter to eliminate false positives.
* **July 16:** Warrior releases version 0.1.6 teaser trailer.

### August

* **August 6:** Version 0.1.6 is released, adds new map, rising slash, Potato and several other features.
* **August 10:** Version 0.1.7 is released, added dab, down slash and the 255-kills secret.
* **August 13:** Warrior teases color codes for next version, releases The Trial 5 hours later.
* **August 15:** Version 0.1.8 is released, adds color codes and multiple spawnpoints.

### September

* **September 14:** Version 0.1.9 is released, adds win/lose system, Michael/Omega color codes, re-adds Dataroom and abandons the title screen drm for a p2p version check.
* **September 16:** Version 0.1.9.1 is released, bugfix update.
* **September 17:** Warrior gets his PC destroyed, forced to do a fresh Windows reinstall.

### October

* **October 9:** Version 0.1.10 is released, adds Rakusaiga sparks and hitflash.
* **October 12:** Version 0.1.10.1 is released, adds saving controls for settings.txt.
* **October 21:** Warrior teases master server update.
* **October 22:** Warrior joins the Megaman Zero Rezurrection Discord server.

### November

* **November 10:**
	+ Version 0.2.0 is released, adding official matchmaking support along with other features.
	+ Several users report random disconnects ingame, Warrior start working on it, releasing several versions to try and patch this out.
* **November 11:** Warrior finally gets a fix working with Version 0.2.1.3.
* **November 13:** Version 0.2.2 is released, adding private rooms and other features.
* **November 20:** Version 0.2.3 is released, QOL update.

### December

* **December 12:** Version 0.2.4 is released, fixing bugs and altering Resistroof's appearance to be christmas-themed.
* **December 18:** Luphoria leaves the Discord server.

## 2022

### January

* **January 12:**
	+ Jack.W.Wily leaves every server he was in after Conney (lead developer of Paradox Wars) removed him from the devteam following allegations of illegal things which won't be disclosed here.
	+ These allegations turned out to be complete bs spread by an user called "Orca", but most people didn't know it.
	+ He is officially outed from the development team after NOOBR1X tells Warrior about the allegations.
	+ Warrior joins the Megaman X Paradox Wars Discord server along with several MMZO members.
	+ Vent is officially promoted to spriter in order to replace Jack.
* **January 15:** After playing through one especially awful game of MMXOD, SandvichShotgun realizes that MMXOD was a mistake and loses all hope in humanity, causing him to delete his Discord account and the Chadppl Discord server.
* **January 18:** Warrior teases 0.2.5's upcoming crouch feature in #announcements.
* **January 31:**
	+ Warrior announces that from on now, builds will now be uploaded to itch.io and the changelog will be published as an itch.io post linked to from the version announcement post.
	+ Version 0.2.5 is released, which removed christmas content introduced in 0.2.4, added crouching, revised framedata and fixed a few bugs.

### February

* **February 22:** Jack.W.Wily rejoins the server and is readmitted into the team.

### March

* **March 27:** Version 0.2.5.1 is released and omar0 easter egg got readded.

### April

* **April 20:** Mega Man Zero Online was added to Gamejolt.
* **April 22:** DaMasko is promoted to moderator after accepting Warrior's request.

### May

* **May 14:** The discord server is upgraded to discord community.
* **May 28:**
	+ Warrior releases Sage Harpuia, version 0.3.0's new character trailer.
	+ The whole community immediately started to mock Leviathan simps for not getting their favorite character released.
	+ Warrior posted a recolored image of Leviathan with Harpuia's face edited over the Zexro emoji, he used the same edited emoji for the server's picture.

### June

* **June 19:** DevChat was requested by Bozo, DaMasko and Jack.W.Wily. Vent, Yoh and ValHam were added to the chat as well after Warrior created it.

### July

* **July 21:** Geno is added to the DevTeam.

### August

* **August 1:** Ruben typed "LMSO" as a response to a meme, everyone started to type "lmso" to mock him.
* **August 3:** Version 0.3.1 is released.
	+ Turns out that the Raikusaga attack was glitched and became pretty much overpowered.
	+ Warrior desperately made 2 attemps to fix the update issues.