Site History
June, 1998 - I discovered
something called Age Of Empires. I was referred to this game by a friend at school. Then I
signed up on the ZONE to play multiplayer games of Age
Of Empires Trial. The first game had a no decision after my ISP disconnected me. Some time
after that, in summer holidays, I discovered something called newmaps. At first, I had
trouble with the site, then I got the URL to work and I was playing the newmaps
very soon.
September 12, 1998 - This site
officially started. It started off with only a index page and a downloads page. (most new
trial version pages start with that now, don't know why)
At first, I was the only visitor to this site. After validating the links, I began to
advertise it on the Zone. On the first day of advertising, I got around 20 hits. I decided
to expand this site. There were many new pages on this site, and soon, I began getting
more hits.
November 26, 1998 - My site
reaches 5000 hits. What a milestone.
And on the same day, this site broke it's one day hit record, this site got 166 hits.
December 10, 1998 - This site was
just upgraded this day. It is what you're looking at now. I've made new logos, images, and
files that will expand this site. There are too many new features to list. It is listed on
the news archives page, NO. 8.
Well, after the crisis with my downloads, this page is now OK. The first person to visit
this upgraded page was me. The next visit was by the host row3_3.smsu.edu using IE3 and
Windows 95. Even though this site has expanded, it only has one staff member, me. I am now
looking for someone to help me in making this site.
December 19, 1998 - Today, my
site broke it's hit record of 166 by a margin of 33. It now stands at 199. I wonder if and
when that record is going to be broken.
February 4, 1999 - The glorious
day in which my site reached 10,000 hits! What another milestone!
March 12, 1999 - On this day, my
site reached the 'online for half a year' mark. Thanks to everyone who visited us.
April 3, 1999 - A new beginning.
After getting a new username, I quickly setted up my old website on a new address. The old
address is still valid, but cannot be updated.
June 25, 1999 - We reach 20,000
hits!
September 12, 1999 - Still
kicking! This site has been online for 1 year now! Age Of Kings is coming soon...
November 29, 1999 - We reach
30,000 hits!
April, 2000 - This site gets a
new domain URL: http://www.ticaoe.com
May 17, 2000 - The URL, http://www.yesic.com/~wangx/ closes down and the
new URL, http://www.ticaoe.com is now used to access
the site.
The future - I hope this site
will expand and be one of the most comprehensive site for all of Age Of Empires Trial and
Full. It is one of the top trial sites now and I want to integrate the full version into
it. I am currently planning more Age Of Kings coverages. |