| Generation
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Date Range
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Description
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Notable Members
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| Zero
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Pre-2007
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The proto-generation from the Runescape Era that predated established history of The WIDEVERSE
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Shelarahn, Darkfire500, Darkmage, JoshRose
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| 1st
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April 16th - June 2007
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Founding members of COMMUNISM are the first true generation. Anyone that was a member just before or in the months preceding the Gorgonnash guild being created.
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Spaceballs, Malade, Tjfrost, Donbrasher, too many to name
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| 2nd
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June 2007 - March 2008
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People who joined after COMMUNISMS rise to infamy and those that were recruited as raiders. Lasted from Shelarahn joining until the COMMUNISM Civil War.
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Secondary, Smolder
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| 3rd
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March 2008 - May 2009
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People who joined in the lull after the Civil War and those who joined to raid in WotLK. Ended when everyone left for more progressive guilds.
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Prude, Jorgan
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| 4th
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Winter & Spring 2010
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COMMUNISM during its ill fated revival at the hands of Shelarahn and raiding in ICC. Also includes Dark Ages
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Petrus as PREMIER pro tempre
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| 5th
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Summer 2012
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This generation is those that joined in the rebirth of COMMUNISM during the Darkspear Project.
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Nuggs, Dlight
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| 6th
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July 2013 to Spring 2014
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All those that fled the sabotage of the Darkspear Project and those found on Lightninghoof
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Donny, Pigeon
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| 7th
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May 2014 to 2015
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Members that joined during the Third Golden Age of COMMUNISM from Wildstar, Guild Wars 2, Tera, Minecraft, and others
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Dianic, Solgnir, Sicari
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| 8th
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Early - Mid 2015
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The last generation of COMMUNISM. Mostly Bimmers and post-Wildstar COMMIES
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Peaches, Lea, Haleigh, G-Mach, Rej
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| 9th
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May 2015 - August 2015
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The first generation of BMW, prior to the merger
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Kimsemus, BearintheWoods, The Wonkas
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| 10th
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November 2015 - August 2016
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2nd Rust Generation during the transition of BMW into The WIDEVERSE
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Ashy, Joe, The Hotdogs
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| 11th
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December 2016 - March 2017
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Post-Rust Generation & Conan Exiles. Still mostly Goons, but also Redditors.
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Nonpoint, LindseyLohan, Mez
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| 12th
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Mid 2017 to Early 2018
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The Great Slump of 2017 & SA Rapefugees. The Wrongthink Generation
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Alt, DrCoathanger, ADL
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| 13th
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Early 2018 to December 2019
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Pre-Wonka Uprising & BMW 3.0
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Orkle, Crumb, Variouscheeses
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| 14th
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2020-2023
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The WIDEBOYS, the first fully non-Goon generation
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SCIENCE, Tato, Kanae, Prind
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| 15th
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2024-Present
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Schism & Widehaus Era aquisitions, notably from the fallout of the Photo Friends Arc
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Harland, Grace, Elizabeth
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