[b]Hancock's Death September 28, 2008[/b] Hancock was a popular member, who gained popularity after he announced that he had been diagnosed with "Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma" on September 28th of 2008. He explained that by the time it had been diagnosed, it had "metastasized, spread to the rest of his liver and small intestine," so it was now inoperable. Most members believed what he said, and shared their condolences with him, though there were some doubters. Most expressed their disbelief that if he truly had been diagnosed with cancer, then why was he spending time on an internet forum? Hancock posted no specific date of death, but did say that he had less than a year to live Hancock posted an update on March 17, 2009. He explained that he had undergone surgery in October which had removed many affected organs. He talked about how he gone to Greece and seen the world. His post was notably more depressed, and how he was looking forward to death at this point. His last post was on 4/22/2009, but that does not mean for many members that he is dead. Some have questioned his threads as simply very clever trolling, and said that he had simply stopped using that account, and switched to using an alternate. Using an alt is such a common practice when someone is banned, that it is not unlikely. [b]Draw-Ball October, 2008 - April, 2009[/b] A Floodian by the name of Knightmare01 petitioned the Flood to go draw on the Draw-ball. Floodians flooded in to flood draw-ball with the colors of The Flood. This would continue for months, with multiple invasions planned by The Flood in private groups and The Flood forum. Floodians saw it as a way to compete with /b/ and 4chan in general without actually attacking or provoking their website. As with the PETA incident, however, moderators couldn't have The Flood using sites where you draw in coordinated ways. On 4/7/2009 the thread was locked, though many members had started to grow tired of all the draw-ball threads. [b]10,000 Pages January 29, 2009[/b] On this day, at around 6:40 PM The Flood reached 10,000 pages of content. [b]Porch Day May 24, 2009[/b] It all started with a post talking about how a pet recently showed up on a member known as Lil Stew13's porch. From there Floodians created multiple parody threads. From there, Floodians created multiple parody threads of parody threads. From there, Floodians created parody threads, of parody threads, of parody threads. It spiraled wildly out of control, to the point that over 4 pages were covered with parody threads, all of which had something to do with a porch. Porch Day has since become a yearly tradition of porchy shenanigans. [b]All Wings Reporting In August 31, 2009[/b] In the middle of a crisis of some sort, the Flood quickly organized itself into squadrons. From red wing to redrum, the Flood prepared to fight an enemy of some sort, for over 24 hours. Of course they never actually fought an enemy, they just reported in, and reported on the situation of each other’s toilets. [b]Flood School September 3, 2009[/b] Founded by The Flood Sniper, The Flood School was initially a a thread with a great number of hyperlinks to other threads which claimed to have an educational purpose. Everything from Dance, to Philosophy to Martyrdom was taught at The Flood's New School. There was even a teacher’s lounge, though that department was still in need of more education professionals. In case you failed, there is always Flood Summer School. [b]The Harlow, Rhea, NAKED NOOB Popularity War September 21, 2009 - November 30 2009[/b] Floodians have always been easily rallied up behind the cause of a popularity war behind specific members, and this case was no different. It started with HarlowOO197 attacking Chris Lyonz because he betrayed The Flood by supporting /b/ in a hypothetical war. He coupled this with declaring himself the emperor of The Flood. Harlow already had a group dedicated to himself called Harlow's Royal Guard which helped to spread and defend his empire. He would eventually expand into a second group. Meanwhile, Naked N00B 14 was constantly creating threads that either broke, or barely stayed within the rules of the forum. Most of his threads became hot topics and he quickly became a popular Floodian, know for his willingness to debate the issues of the day. He declared his bid for President of The World on October 12, 2009. Rhea on the other hand had been working the popularity game for over a year at this point. She is a chick, and talked about sex, and college, so she was instantly popular. The Flood is still part of the internet, after all. She had created a group Take Over Teh World in 9/29/2008. Multiple polls were created in order to accommodate the need of The Flood to discuss the topic. Eventually some of the candidates used alts to create polls that eliminated a candidate that did better than them. Ultimately HarlowOO197 stepped down as emperor, and Naked N00B 14 was banned because of the threads he made. Harlow eventually left HRG because he felt it had become too militant, and started another group, Sapphire, in hope that it would be more laid back. In most cases this would make Rhea the winner. However, during the campaign Naked Noob had called her a man, and the insult stuck, as well as the title of "The Flood's Attention Whore" by Elite Mouse. Floodians have since jumped on the bandwagon, and she was never able to claim victory. [b]POKEALTS Day February 8, 2010[/b] On this day many members created specifically Pokemon named accounts and started posting on the forums. However, almost all of these accounts have been since banned, so the only evidence that it happened are large numbers of Pokemon related threads that have hardly any posts in them at all, all of which occurred on a specific date, and the testimony of Floodians. [b]The Flood Saves a Life April 2, 2010[/b] Rampant Tragedy created a thread asking if he should help someone. Not help someone as in terms of whether or not to carry her groceries, but whether or not he should get help to prevent her from committing suicide. The Flood responded with an overwhelming response asking Rampant Tragedy to try and help his bipolar friend. Though many claim the thread was a troll to begin with, the very positive encouragement shows that the Flood can do good work when it is pushed in the right direction. [b]The Flood Conquers Antarctica July 12, 2010[/b] A member (whose name, due to the .Nextopocalypse has been lost) created a thread about how the members of the Flood needed to invade Antarctica and prevent the Militant Penguins, led by infamous troll Cleopatra, from taking over the continent. The entire original thread was devoted to what species and people would help the cause, leading to multiple pages of preparation and training needed to win over the penguins. These preparations then led to a thread made by Comrade Napoleon where the battle officially began. At launch hour, airborne units dropped in on the Palmer Land peninsula and encountered heavy fighting, while naval units provided support and launched the amphibious beach assault from the Weddell Sea. After intense inch-by-inch fighting, the Flood Coalition pushed to the South Pole, stopped Cleopatra from using nuclear weapons, and successfully wiped out the Penguin forces. Joyous celebrations were had, and the names of all the fighters went down in history as war heroes. [b]Challenge Accepted November 13, 2010[/b] In a thread created my Bosnian101Fish entitled "When your teacher tells you.." the question is asked "'You can't finish this homework the night before, so use your time wisely.' Do you take it as a challenge?". The thread resulted in pages of replies stating "Challenge Accepted". Because of this thread, many members of the Flood now claim to have created the challenge accepted meme (Completely ignoring the fact that the phrase came from the popular television show How I Met Your Mother, years prior). [b]Invading Bungie Studios November 15, 2010[/b] The idea was simple, for The Flood to make a plan to invade Bungie studios. At a rate of about 10 pages of posts every hour, the idea gained massive interest from Floodians. The Flood came up with many plans of attack, and strategies to get through the "positronic energy shields" that surround Bungie studios, and who was going to bring the snacks. The targets of the raid included Ling Ling's head and Sergeant Johnson. The Flood was never able to materialize the plan of attack, and eventually the thread was locked. [b]20,000 Pages December 17, 2010[/b] On this day, around 7:35 PM The Flood reached 20,000 pages of content. The Flood had also reached over 500,000 topics by this point. [b]The Day The Flood Ran Away January 28, 2011[/b] It all started early that night (Around 8:00 Pacific Time) when a troubled young boy posted a thread titled "I'm Running Away." In his post, this user ranted about his depressing life, his plan to run away, and his notable effort to keep us updated via internet cafés. After a few pages of ridicule, the Flood quickly took hold of this opportunity and launched the most massive parody flood(no pun intended) since Porch Day, spanning back 4 pages. The threads ranged from basic "I'm running away" threads, to the more creative additions, such as, "My Porch Ran Away"(A notable nod to the famous day), "I'm fapping away," "Amber Alert!" (Which was a parody thread in disguise), and "The mods ran away." Order was in tatters and lols were had. Though it only lasted a span of about 10 minutes, and all those involved were banned(largely thanks to True Underdog), it is still commendable for being one of the largest and most successful parody waves in Flood history.