Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 22, 2019 8:46:32 GMT -8
MODERATOR NOTE: Original gameplay events added up to posts made 07/04/19.
Here is the timeline of events for our Ready Player One RPG! Please reply with the date (as specific as you have it) if I've missed anything or when a new plot is starting up.
***Canon events are in bold***
Events up to October 1, 2044
All events of the movie.
1972
JAMES HALLIDAY is born.
November 4, 1972
OGDEN MORROW is born.
1989
Gregarious Games company created by JAMES HALLIDAY and OGDEN MORROW where Anorak's Quest, a popular game HALLIDAY created in high school and sold locally was now produced nationally.
1998
Gregarious Games stops releasing new video games regularly as JAMES HALLIDAY begins putting all his concentration into developing a super-software.
2011
Gregarious Games almost goes bankrupt.
December 9, 2012
Gregarious Games rebrands itself as Gregarious Simulation Systems and launches the OASIS
2023
SAMATHA COOK aka Art3mis is born.
August 12, 2027
WADE WATTS aka Parzival is born.
2037
RAMESES GABON aka !B_a_l_d_u_r! is born.
2039
JAMES HALLIDAY dies.
2045
The hunt for Halliday's Easter Egg comes back to life as WADE WATTS finds the first clue in years after everyone had given up and assumed it wasn't real.
Shortly after October 1, 2045
WADE WATTS/PARZIVAL and SAMANTHA COOK/ART3MIS, now in charge of the OASIS, make the decision to keep the OASIS closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
2047
RAMESES GABON and his siblings are taken into foster care after their home is raided due to proof of mental instability of his parents. His parents, believing they and their children to be immortal, fight back and RAMESES witnesses them being shot and killed.
2048
OGDEN MORROW dies.
2049
MORRIGAN ASHEN aka xXxEsoteric_ArcanaxXx is born.
July 23, 2051
RAY JOHNSON aka B@nshee_Queen is born.
August 1, 2051
EMMETT RODGERS aka Drag0nSlay3r is born.
December 5, 2051
A girl is born in the stacks to a mother who doesn't want nor can afford a child. Shortly after, she is adopted by WADE WATTS and SAMANTHA COOK. They name her JOURNEY WATTS.
October 31, 2053
JEWEL O'NEAL aka M!ssMarla is born.
2063
RAY JOHNSON's mother dies in an accident. His father lets himself fall into grief and RAY is left to grieve on his own and practically raise himself.
June 2066
At only 15, JOURNEY WATTS starts working part-time at Gregarious. Having grown up spending a lot of time at her parents' company, she's already well versed in how things are run and particularly adept at coding, having played around for several years already with creating worlds and games within the OASIS.
September 2066
JOURNEY WATTS starts dating JAMES BUCHANAN. They date throughout high school and amicably break up after graduating as their lives takes them to opposite sides of the U.S.
June 2069
EMMETT RODGERS, JOURNEY WATTS, and RAY JOHNSON graduate from Ogden High School.
September 2070
After a gap year, EMMETT RODGERS, JOURNEY WATTS, and RAY JOHNSON start their first year of college at Halliday University.
2076
MORRIGAN ASHEN creates a nightmarish world within the OASIS called Tartarus. Shortly after, she begins to attend Halliday University.
2077
Mr. RAMESES GABON asks JOURNEY WATTS and RAY JOHNSON to stay after his World Religion Class. He congratulates them for being his top two students and, seeing them as potential additions to his secret collective, he gives them each a card holding $20 worth of credits for the OASIS. The codes on the cards are hacked to start giving the two clues once they've been input.
2077
EMMETT RODGERS, JOURNEY WATTS, and RAY JOHNSON start making plans to work together in the OASIS to find a magic flute, much like the one scene in Super Mario 3, that will transport an avatar to any world.
Here is the timeline of events for our Ready Player One RPG! Please reply with the date (as specific as you have it) if I've missed anything or when a new plot is starting up.
***Canon events are in bold***
Events up to October 1, 2044
All events of the movie.
1972
JAMES HALLIDAY is born.
November 4, 1972
OGDEN MORROW is born.
1989
Gregarious Games company created by JAMES HALLIDAY and OGDEN MORROW where Anorak's Quest, a popular game HALLIDAY created in high school and sold locally was now produced nationally.
1998
Gregarious Games stops releasing new video games regularly as JAMES HALLIDAY begins putting all his concentration into developing a super-software.
2011
Gregarious Games almost goes bankrupt.
December 9, 2012
Gregarious Games rebrands itself as Gregarious Simulation Systems and launches the OASIS
2023
SAMATHA COOK aka Art3mis is born.
August 12, 2027
WADE WATTS aka Parzival is born.
2037
RAMESES GABON aka !B_a_l_d_u_r! is born.
2039
JAMES HALLIDAY dies.
2045
The hunt for Halliday's Easter Egg comes back to life as WADE WATTS finds the first clue in years after everyone had given up and assumed it wasn't real.
Shortly after October 1, 2045
WADE WATTS/PARZIVAL and SAMANTHA COOK/ART3MIS, now in charge of the OASIS, make the decision to keep the OASIS closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
2047
RAMESES GABON and his siblings are taken into foster care after their home is raided due to proof of mental instability of his parents. His parents, believing they and their children to be immortal, fight back and RAMESES witnesses them being shot and killed.
2048
OGDEN MORROW dies.
2049
MORRIGAN ASHEN aka xXxEsoteric_ArcanaxXx is born.
July 23, 2051
RAY JOHNSON aka B@nshee_Queen is born.
August 1, 2051
EMMETT RODGERS aka Drag0nSlay3r is born.
December 5, 2051
A girl is born in the stacks to a mother who doesn't want nor can afford a child. Shortly after, she is adopted by WADE WATTS and SAMANTHA COOK. They name her JOURNEY WATTS.
October 31, 2053
JEWEL O'NEAL aka M!ssMarla is born.
2063
RAY JOHNSON's mother dies in an accident. His father lets himself fall into grief and RAY is left to grieve on his own and practically raise himself.
June 2066
At only 15, JOURNEY WATTS starts working part-time at Gregarious. Having grown up spending a lot of time at her parents' company, she's already well versed in how things are run and particularly adept at coding, having played around for several years already with creating worlds and games within the OASIS.
September 2066
JOURNEY WATTS starts dating JAMES BUCHANAN. They date throughout high school and amicably break up after graduating as their lives takes them to opposite sides of the U.S.
June 2069
EMMETT RODGERS, JOURNEY WATTS, and RAY JOHNSON graduate from Ogden High School.
September 2070
After a gap year, EMMETT RODGERS, JOURNEY WATTS, and RAY JOHNSON start their first year of college at Halliday University.
2076
MORRIGAN ASHEN creates a nightmarish world within the OASIS called Tartarus. Shortly after, she begins to attend Halliday University.
2077
Mr. RAMESES GABON asks JOURNEY WATTS and RAY JOHNSON to stay after his World Religion Class. He congratulates them for being his top two students and, seeing them as potential additions to his secret collective, he gives them each a card holding $20 worth of credits for the OASIS. The codes on the cards are hacked to start giving the two clues once they've been input.
2077
EMMETT RODGERS, JOURNEY WATTS, and RAY JOHNSON start making plans to work together in the OASIS to find a magic flute, much like the one scene in Super Mario 3, that will transport an avatar to any world.