Latest history of [The World]

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● 2005.12
On December 24th, Pluto Kiss shuts down the Internet; all network computers and comunication control systems crash, only to recover 77 minutes later. A 10-year old student causes the virus.
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● 2006.1
ALTIMIT OS becomes The World's most commonly used operating system.
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● 2006 Summer
CyberConnect Corporation takes over and becomes the foundation for The World. Harold Hoerwick sells Fragment to CC Corp.
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● 2007.5
Rukishi Hiro becomes the new head of programming of CC Corp's branch in Japan and begins working on the Japanese version of Fragment, which later becomes The World.
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● 2007.7
Fragment becomes the most popular topic among network game users.
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● 2007.10
WNC announces that all computers switch to ALTIMIT OS. CC Corp announces the release of Fragment.
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● 2007.11
Within the beginning of the first hour, The World receives more than 100,000 orders.
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● 2010
While helping debug, Rukishi meets a vagrant AI. Rukishi investigates a black box found among Fragment's data. The second Internet crash, Pluto Again, occurs.
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● 2013
Rukishi hires new official debuggers.
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● 2015
A 'fire' destroys most of The World's game data. CC Corp splices together the remaining data with another game and creates The World R:2
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● 2017.10
A tragic car accident involving the son and daughter of the Head Programmer, Rukishi Hiro, makes the headline of newspapers all over the country.
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● 2017.11
Rukishi's daughter is declared dead.
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● 2018
The World R:2 services end.
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● 2019.5
Rukishi's son is admitted out of the hospital. CC Corp denies the rumors of discontinuing The World.
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● End of Autumn 2022
CC Corp releases an alternate version of The World and calls it The World R:Fusion, incorporating the features and servers of R:1, R:2, and a third unknown source not released to the media.
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● 2022 Beginning of Winter
Rumors of dangerous system malfunctions spread across The World forums.