Here's an interesting way to look at it:
The Beginning -The start of the new forums (there was an old one... maybe that's what you're talking about?)
Growth -Things started getting added to the game, users came, it was good.
The golden age -Rich community, Great game, intelligible people on forums ect.
The decline of the golden age -Influx of people, a decline in save uniqueness, old users start leaving
The Infamous user age - A subset of the golden age. A time where there always seemed to be succession of annoying users on the forums. It ended with the banning of PacBrad.
The ++ era -The Time after the decline when TPT++ was created. I cant say much about it because we are in it*
*or on the edge of it, or already passed it and going on a different era, you can't tell with these things until after its over
**Different people will have different opinions about when these things happened.
Im pretty sure we all remember PacBrad and Tong-47
Also the most anoying troll we ever had on tpt
Not one person, but many.
PacBrad?
He was, simply put, a user packed in a troll, baked until crispy, and served on a plate of annoyance beside the butter of the banned.