Warlocks history may be divided into a number of 'eras' each characterized by a different environment, both competitively and socially.
  1. Prehistory (2000 – 2003)
  2. The RP Era (May – December 2003)
  3. The Era of the Master Warlocks (January – October 2004)
  4. The Winter of Tchichi (November 2004 – September 2005)
  5. The Renaissance (October 2005 – May 2006)
  6. The Interregnum (June 2006 – April 2007)
  7. The Second Reinaissance (May 2007 – )

Prehistory
  General Ladder Politics
2000      
2001
  • August: Database wiped
  • Zapmeister and RavenBlack hold top spots
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    2002
  • September: Maladroit implemented
  • October: Pig ascends
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    Early 2003  
  • January: Pegster/Milster ascends
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    The RP Era (May – December 2003)
    Ladder dominated by Pig * covens created * BR and OOS fight
    May
  • 18th: The Great Server Crash resets stats
  • Pegster disappears
  • Pig holds #1
  • Mooncalf creates RavenBlack-Magic
  • 11th: Relsqui forms BR, disappears
  • 15th: Mooncalf forms OOS
    (w/WOGHD, Emrys, Akuma)
  • June
  • 26th: Server Crash
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  • Dubber re-forms BR in response to OOS aggression
  • July    
  • CodProphet forms EOM
  • August    
  • 3-on-3 team melee leads to OOS/BR conflict
  • September  
  • 11th: Pig wins RB-M 2003 tournament
  • Clone and fraud accusations on RB-M over JMAN
  • Witch's questionable accounts of JMAN cause infighting on BR listserv
  • 24th: BR listserv disbanded
  • Kryptonite (secret WOGHD alter ego) forms BRC
  • October  
  • Pegster returns as Tchichi
  • 8th: Kryptonite engineers BR/OOS peace
  • Dubber forms BR(Dubber)
  • November
  • Gandledorf creates Scribe of Sorcery zine
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  • Dubber and Merrick form d-1337
  • WOGHD forms Warlocks School
  • December    
  • Witch forms Warlocks Federation
  • WOGHD expels Emrys from OOS

  • The Era of the Master Warlocks (January – October 2004)
    ELO implemented * Pig dethroned * WOGHD unmasked * covens die out * tier one players abound
    January  
  • Taliesin ascends
  • Taliesin, Emrys form COTP
  • February
  • ELO implemented
  • 11th: Gandledorf, Mordrell form Warlocks University
  • Taliesin wins d-1337 tourney
  • 13th: Taliesin kills Pig, holds #1
  • ExDeath ascends; he and Tchichi hold #2 and #3
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    March
  • 2nd: Nawglan officially opens Warlocks Archives
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  • 5th: WOGHD forms Warlocks High Council
  • d-1337 rejects ExDeath and Emrys
  • 18th: WOGHD is unmasked by COTP (Mordrell, Dubber, Emrys)
  • OOS abandoned; Maven forms Brotherhood
  • April  
  • Tchichi & Taliesin double death
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    May      
    June  
  • Yaron ascends
  • Fladriff wins BR tourney
  • DeathEx-Prioli incident
  • July  
  • Prioli takes the ladder by storm, kills Taliesin, holds #1
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    August      
    September  
  • 21st: Taliesin retires
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    October      

    The Winter of Tchichi (November 2004 – September 2005)
    Ladder dominated by Tchichi * brief spring thaw foreshadows reniassance
    November  
  • Pig, Prioli, Yaron, and ExDeath retire
  • Tchichi holds #1 spot at an unreachable 18-24 points
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    December  
  • Taliesin aborts a comeback
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    January 2005      
    February      
    March  
  • Surial wins 2004 tourney
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    April  
  • Taliesin returns
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    May  
  • ExDeath returns briefly
  • Taliesin-Slartucker think tank
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    June      
    July      
    August      
    September      

    The Renaissance (October 2005 – May 2006)
    Tchichi dispatched * resurgence in activity
    October  
  • 17th: Taliesin reaches Tchichi... double death again
  • Slartucker ascends, holds #1
  • Spacca-Slartucker incident
  • November      
    December      
    January 2006      
    February
  • Slartucker's Refuge opens
  • Taliesin reclaims #1
  • Yaron returns
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    March
  • Refuge Forums open
  • 1st: Taliesin reaches 2100 ELO and retires
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    April  
  • Yaron wins 2006 tourney
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    May  
  • Slartucker and Yaron retire
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    The Interregnum (June 2006 – April 2007)
    Ladder up for grabs * pseudonymous masters lurk in the shadows
    June      
    July      
    August      
    September      
    October      
    November      
    December      
    January 2007      
    February      
    March  
  • ExDeath returns, holds #1
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    April      

    The Second Renaissance (May 2007 – present)
    Resurgence in activity * high point in discussion of strategy
    May
  • Resurgence at Refuge Forums
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    June      
    July  
  • Slartucker returns
  • s-lect appears (?)
  • August
  • Slartucker's Refuge greatly expanded
  •