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Timeline

Years covered2008–2028

Voice apps6

Still goingYes

Together since 2009

The
timeline

Ambient from the Wrath-era guild through FF14 and back — raids, servers, the voice chat of the moment, and the people who turned up. The dates below are the short version.

The full boardVent to DiscordSix voice apps in eighteen years

Two things before you read it

How to read this page#

The board is the real record. This page is the index to it.

The Lucidspark board is the full one

Screenshots, clips, the Ambientcon photos, the tournament brackets, and a lot of detail that does not fit in a line of text. Open the board — every entry below has more behind it there.

Tell me what I got wrong

If any edits are needed let me know. If you are missing and I forgot, please also let me know.

Eighteen years, newest at the bottom

The record#

Colour says which thread an entry belongs to — the key sits above the first entry.

  • World of Warcraft
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Minecraft
  • Everything else
  • The group itself
  • Who joined

  1. 2008

    1. Vent era
    2. Guild Ambient createdRichard and Jonny created the guild; when we wanted to raid, Killer took it over.
    3. First Ambient raid — Ulduar
    4. JoinedDick, Killer, Angryjonny, Sean, Astinof, Adonis, Gstring

  2. 2009

    1. Ulduar — Firefighter
    2. Ulduar — Algalon
    3. Trial of the CrusaderAstinof gets the final dot tick on the heroic kill.
    4. ICC 10 and Ruby Sanctum
    5. JoinedAladire, Ferrum, Vandrien, Razzo

  3. 2010

    1. Foam sword fight
    2. Guild takes a breakKiller goes to another server.
    3. Endless Rage Minecraft server
    4. Industrial Rage Minecraft serverFirst IC server, and still running years later — IC2, Buildcraft, Redstone In Motion, dungeons, market.
    5. JoinedDarkway, Graybierd

  4. 2011

    1. Mumble era
    2. Ambient returns for Dragon SoulFirelands mount missed, barely, before the drop rate change.
    3. JoinedHavok, Jamy, Clutchizzle

  5. 2012

    1. Mogu'shan Vaults — normal
    2. Heart of Fear — normal
    3. Facebook group created
    4. Guild moves to Proudmoore, then backSometime in Mists. No one remembers when exactly.
    5. JoinedKaziah

  6. 2013

    1. Teamspeak era
    2. Throne of Thunder — heroic
    3. Siege of Orgrimmar — heroic
    4. Progress tracked on WoWProgresswowprogress.com
    5. JoinedBrucezorz, Zozie

  7. 2014

    1. Back to Vent
    2. Highmaul — heroic
    3. Blackrock Foundry — heroic
    4. JoinedObama, Voks, Sam, Darkoo, Vod

  8. 2015

    1. Hellfire Citadel — heroic
    2. Project Rage Minecraft server

  9. 2016

    1. Emerald Nightmare — heroic
    2. Trial of Valor — heroic
    3. Curse Voice era
    4. Nighthold — heroic
    5. JoinedFlav

  10. 2017

    1. Tomb of Sargeras — heroic
    2. Discord era
    3. Antorus, the Burning Throne — heroic
    4. Selfie scavenger hunt

  11. 2018

    1. Uldir — heroic
    2. Battle of Dazar'alor — heroic
    3. Ambient quits WoW

  12. 2019

    1. SkyFactory Minecraft server

  13. 2020

    1. xkillerbees.com goes up
    2. Ambient moves to FF14
    3. JoinedMatthew

  14. 2021

    1. Death by TitanMinimum item level, no echo.
    2. Extreme GarudaMinimum item level, no echo.
    3. Killer and Dick's in-game wedding
    4. Endwalker — Savage 1-4 and Extreme 3
    5. Titan finally diesMINE.
    6. JoinedMai, Innocence

  15. 2022

    1. V Rising
    2. Endwalker — Savage 5-7, Extreme 4, first Criterion boss
    3. Risk of Rain 2
    4. Valheim
    5. Ambient quits raiding FF14Some still play.
    6. Goose Goose Duck
    7. The Quarry

  16. 2023

    1. King of the Castle
    2. Avorion
    3. Lethal Company
    4. Pathfinder starts
    5. Helldivers 2

  17. 2024

    1. Monthly game nights start
    2. You Suck at Parking
    3. Blood on the Clocktower
    4. Partial return to WoW
    5. Pico Park 2

  18. 2025

    1. Ambientcon 2025 — Kansas City
    2. Natural Selection 2
    3. JK (WoW)
    4. Jackbox, Scramble, and Goose Goose Duck
    5. Create Minecraft server
    6. ATM10 To The Sky Minecraft server

  19. 2026

    1. Ambientcon 2026 — DenverFive bedrooms, seven beds, three baths in Arvada.
    2. Warcraft ForeverAnnounced at BlizzCon in September and out on 4 November. A third version of the game that stops at 60, and the first fresh start everybody rolls into at once since 2008. Who is in.

  20. 2028

    1. Ambientcon 2028