Tiandi:History

This is a meta page regarding the History of Tiandi.

Pre-founding and background
Joining the site in the fall of 2009, Arumdaum joined his first RP region Lisosia in early 2010. Lisosia at the time was falling apart, and coincidentally Arumdaum stopped going onto NS in the spring of 2010 due to RL. Unlike other regions, Lisosia was unique in that it was headed by East Asian nations. Also, Lisosia was where Arumdaum discovered irc, which Arumdaum's regions would continue using (including Tiandi) up until spring of 2017. After moving to Korea in the summer of 2010, Arumdaum began going on NS again, this time joining an affiliate region of Tarquinia (predecessor to Maredoratica) called Otcina. In 2011, Arumdaum began a series of Alternate World RPs (AWRPs) which enjoyed a significant degree of popularity on F7.

In the summer of 2011, Arumdaum founded a region called Illuscinora; Illuscinora was the first RP region which Arumdaum founded. People were largely drawn from his previous AWRPs. By the end of 2011, the region had largely fallen apart, and Arumdaum joined a new region called Lucerna in the beginning of 2012. The people in Lucerna were initially those who had been in Illuscinora. Inactivity by the founder and other old members led to Arumdaum taking complete control of the region, to the point where Arumdaum organized a refounding of the region in which he would be the new founder.

It was in Lucerna that Arumdaum first insitituted the idea of East Asian industrialization and colonization. Issues arose in Lucerna over the issue of East Asian dominance around spring of 2014, and around the same time, Arumdaum was more occupied by RL affairs. Lucerna gradually crumbled as Arumdaum went inactive and many of its members moved to Maredoratica. After a halfhearted attempt to start an AltHist RP in P2TM during the fall of 2014 and a brief stint in the region A Modern World in early 2015, Arumdaum decided to found his own region again, but this time with the previously controversial East Asian dominance being a core concept of the new region.

Foundation and Spring 2015
The NS account Tiandi and the region Tiandi were first founded on April 17th, 2015. He messaged old members of his region (such as Sabara) and later people who participated in his earlier failed AltHist RP (such as Toishima), and several of them soon came to join the region. At the time of founding, Arumdaum was primarily interested in exploring racial issues and the evolution and development of cultures with East Asian dominance rather than Western, as non-whites and non-Westerners would be dominant in the new region.

Early members included Arumdaum, Sabara, Toishima/Akitsukuni, Victoriala/Raj, Senkaku, Zhouran, Kibland, and Sebtopiaris/Kibetsu. Less active members included the sliver cross, who made a square tank. Early Tiandi was primarily focused on worldbuilding, although RP was also present. Sabara was made an administrator. At this time, a "cabal" of core members formed on irc.

One user, Rephesus, suggested that the names of the continents be changed away from Mandarin Chinese. Arumdaum decided to switch the continent names to Korean and made the langauge the IC lingua franca for reasons of convenience and also the belief that it would be more interesting if neither Mandarin nor Japanese were the global lingua franca.

Summer 2015
Around late-spring/early-summer, Senzu joined. Insaeldor was also present. Chat and development moved from irc to Skype. Skype chat was filled with incessant amounts of spam; Cyllea spammed the attack helicopter copypasta multiple times, and Sebtopiaris constantly spammed goatse, jumpscares, extremely graphic walls of text, and stickers. Both Sabara and Arumdaum eventually left. Rules were eventually introduced banning spam and graphic content.

Fall 2015
Daeseong joined. Yasashii from Lucerna made a puppet called Himmelstadt but quickly went inactive.

Between December of 2015 and January of 2016, Sabara and Akitsukuni role-played a "one-day" war between Meisaan and Akitsukuni; and due to Sabara's lack of knowledge regarding military affairs, Meisaan was soundly defeated. The role-play sparked some controversy over the realism of a major war occurring in Sinju between two SU members, and later led to major OOC tensions over Akitsukuni's role in the region.

Spring 2016
Aki joined the Singaporean military, but still maintained activity. Intermountain States/Haeseon and Dayganistan joined. Senkaku was told to leave. Cresadine started the original Tiandi high school RP.

Summer 2016
The summer of 2016 saw a large influx of players from a divided NS region called Atlas. The most prominent of these people was Kven. In order for there to be an RP for all these new people, Arumdaum created a new high school RP. At this time, there were divisions regarding the position of NPCs, Heidi, and the role of Europeans in the region. Heidi left due to Akitsukuni.

Spring 2017
Activity and development moved entirely to discord. Arumdaum made his account on 4/20.

May 2017 - February 2018
Tiandi underwent a significant hiatus as Arumdaum went missing due to IRL. Several long-term members, including Daeseong, Akitsukuni, and Haeseon moved to Ordis. Mingdai/Hokan/Sorgan joined in February 2018.

Spring 2018
Daeseong singlehandedly revived Tiandi as he started a Tiandi-sponsored Alternate History RP in P2TM. Kven made the map, and Mingdai was made an admin. Eventually, more attention was given to Tiandi than to the Alternate History RP.

Summer 2018 - September 2019, Chatroom Period
Dayganistan left in August 2018.

As an NS region, Tiandi underwent a significant hiatus, and the server turned into a casual chatroom. Members of the chatroom period included jeezy/CPC Greg, Arumdaum, Sabara, New Kvenland, Daeseong, Valaran, New Hayabusa, Mingdai, and Kolintha.

Arumdaum spent much of September revamping the map to make it larger. Miju was also completely reworked.

October 2019 - February 2020
Arumdaum spent money on NS for the first time and bought TG stamps. Several new people joined, such as Manaban/Yalen, Jihwa/Woom (who is Korean from Korea), Xencovia/Blue, and Somyrion/Sansiao. Heidi rejoined.

February 2020 - May 2020
Somyrion was made an administrator. The First Wiki Olympics were held, with Rainau, Arumdaum, and Ebatica coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. Heidi left in April. Gibia joined in May.

June 2020 - November 2020
June began with a purge of members for being fascists and for issues of racism. Kven also left. Activity was primarily driven by Rainau, Ebatica, and Ryccia. Many Ohio memes were made. Arumdaum went largely inactive and the map was not updated.

December 2020
There began to be greater activity by more people. Ebatica was made an administrator. Arumdaum added self-assign roles and an about page to the Discord server, which was also pruned, kicking out 27 inactive accounts.

January 2021
Arumdaum created a version of the map on Photoshop, and Somyrion began to take on greater map responsibilities. Somyrion also altered the appearance of the map. Disputed regions were added, in addition to a scale.

Ren, a longtime lurker, was accepted with his Longzhou app. Lionggong, Jupon, and Scueria were also accepted. Ryccia agreed to reform his nation in exchange for increasing his population. After not having a nation for a long period of time, Dae created Namju.

February 2021
Kyeugh (pronounced "Q") and MrOwo/Byzantine joined.

Spring 2021
Lassie joined in March.

Conversations regarding Rycc and their beliefs, termed "Ryccism", dominated the server. Rycc and Lassie did not get along.

March
Rainau mailed some of the mods gifts, to their surprise. Hamenkin and Hinachi joined the region. The Second Wiki Olympics were held.

April
Development of Tiandi slowed down slightly, but Discord conversations about Ryccism continued stronger than ever. Jeezy/CPC Greg finally applied for a nation and was accepted, becoming an official Tiandi member. A Bangju workspace was opened to discuss major changes to that region. Ryccia decided to abandon their Bangju nation, Tosan, and replace it with Taikieng.

May - June
Work on Tiandi slowed further as Arumdaum, Dae, and others became busy IRL. The moderators attempted several times to limit excessive and off-topic discussions about Ryccism, to little avail. Lassie departed after a heated argument in June. Most activity in the regional server involved posting memes and debating politics. Major participants included Rainau, Ryccia, Samanohuwa, Gad/Araswa, Kyeugh, MrOwo/Byzantine, jeezy/CPC Greg, and Ebatica.

July
In late July, Eba started a Miju workspace, with substantial input from Gad/Araswa and Rainau. Arumdaum resumed API telegram recruitment for the first time in a while.

August
The 3rd Wiki Olympics and the Tiandi Book Club were started. The first book for the Tiandi Book Club was Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson. Kven's new nation was accepted after a long delay, making him an official Tiandian again. Gim joined again but was banned shortly afterward. He tried to claim Nukigurun.

Fall/Winter 2021
Lassie returned in November 2021. Ryccia and Lassie were able to get along and even became friendly.

2022
People played a lot of diplomacy.

Summer
In July, Rupudska/Samanohuwa was banned. Rainau was made an admin. The 5th Wiki Olympics started, with the introduction of themes. The theme was people.