Editing /tg/ (section)

==History of /tg/==
The history of /tg/ as a board and a userbase seems to have been muddled by the passage of time. The following was collected from various oldfags and checked with others.

Long ago on /b/ a tradition of Warhammer Wednesdays started. 40k fans would gather together on wednesdays to fill /b/ with their neckbeardedness. The future fa/tg/uys would compete with the furries for control of the board, and some of the oldest of fa/tg/uy drawfaggotry was of 40k characters purging the furfags from the board. Eventually moot had had enough of /b/ being flooded by Warhammer 40k fans and created a new board for them to inhabit along with other oldschool RPG players: /tg/.

The newly christened fa/tg/uys flourished on their new board, unmolested by the administration. Due to the nature of the hobby, many writefags, drawfags, and other creative types came to /tg/ and much unique content came from the board. But /tg/ was a blue board (that means it was supposed to be SFW for all you newfags), and the vast amounts of porn posted eventually caused the mods to come down on /tg/.

Sometime after the purge of nsfw content /tg/ reportedly entered a golden age in which the board became a sort of melting pot of various creative interests. It seems that many of the /tg/ original characters such as Crazy Hassan, [[Sir Bearington]], and more came about during this era. It seems that it was during this time that /tg/ developed its reputation as a board of far-strewn subjects and appeal. Also during this time period a [[/tg/_Dice|dice rolling mechanic]] was added, the last bit of good attention /tg/ got from the admins.  

These times would not last, however, as /tg/ entered an era where the board suffered greatly at the hands of the 4chan administration. According to various users, there were a number of bad mods which have been collectively known as a single entity: the nazimod. Board content went to level of shit never seen before around 2010. Mods cracked down on both the shit flooding the board along with the material that while, not directly related to traditional gaming, were important parts of /tg/ culture. Some of the mods brought in due to the shit flood went stupid with power, and bans were handed out like candy to those who posted anything not directly related to traditional games or otherwise managed to displease the mods. While this got rid of some of the trashy members of the board, the purges also inflicted great casualties on the positive side of the userbase.

The history of /tg/ seems to go without major events until the advent of quest threads. Quest threads became popular on 4chan's many boards, but a lot complained that they weren't proper for the board at all, so mods eventually decided that all quest threads should go onto /tg/, which has resulted in approval, indifference, or utter rage from the various users of /tg/, which continued untill, In April 2016, a new "/qst/" board was formed for all questing and questing accessories. Sadly it seems that the gap left by the content of the questers, -while not always quality was usually genuine- has been filled with nothing but more meaningless shit threads like the ever loveable [[Elf Slave, Wat Do?|"elf slave wat do?"]] and countless number of their permutations. Or up to 9(!) 40k threads at once, rather than compacting that number into the general (Though to be fair the Warhammer 40k General is not really the best place even for actual 40k fans and generals are just a whole other can of worms). 

<s>It seems another time of newfaggotry may be upon us, with anons who don't know proper thread etiquette, and are general shitters. Time will tell if these anons will assimilate into true elegant gentlemen, or if their cancer will leave /tg/ in a worse place.</s>

And so it was that the cancer metastasized. 

*'''''See Also:''''' The [[Story of teegee]], a collection of dramatized stories of the history of the board.