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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 7647992" data-attributes="member: 64209">So, here's the D&amp;DI timeline I've been able to hammer out (corrections or additions welcome):&nbsp;&nbsp;August 17, 2007 Announcement of Radiant Machine Entertainment (their existence).&nbsp;October 10, 2007 Gleemax Alpha&nbsp;June 6, 2008 RELEASE DATE OF 4e. (along with only Dungeon and Dragon available)&nbsp;July 28, 2008 The tragedy.&lt;TRAGEDY&gt;July 28, 2008 The announcement that Gleemax would be shut down.&nbsp;October 1, 2008 Gleemax shut down.&nbsp;January 10, 2009 Article on how people can't cancel their D&amp;DI subscriptions.&nbsp;April 6, 2009 WotC stops selling pdfs (via RPGnow)&nbsp;November 3, 2010 WotC announces Silverlight Character BuilderNovember 22, 2010 Virtual tabletop initial, closed beta&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other dates I'd like to add but can't find at the moment:-The date they added &quot;coming soon&quot; to the D&amp;D insider launch page (it was after June 6th, but not sure when).-The date each component came out (original character builder, the compedium, etc)-The date they announced officially that the components would be piecemeal.-The date WotC pulled the products in house from Radiant Machine.-The date WotC fixed the problem with recurring subscriptions and made it easier to cancel subs.&nbsp;Sources:<a href="http://www.wizards.com/company/downloads/Announcing_Radiant_Machine_Entertainment.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/company/downloads/Announcing_Radiant_Machine_Entertainment.pdf</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleemax" target="_blank">Gleemax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><a href="http://consumerist.com/2009/01/hasbro-casts-spell-of-greater-invisibility-over-dd-cancellation-page.html" target="_blank">Hasbro Casts Spell Of Greater Invisibility Over D&amp;D Cancellation Page - The Consumerist</a><a href="http://www.geeknative.com/16601/is-dd-insiders-move-to-silverlight-for-character-builder-too-little-too-late/" target="_blank">Is D&amp;D Insider's move to Silverlight for Character Builder too little, too late?</a><a href="http://wizards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2128/~/dungeons-%26-dragons-virtual-table-beta-faq" target="_blank">Dungeons &amp; Dragons Virtual Table Beta FAQ</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 7647992, member: 64209"] So, here's the D&DI timeline I've been able to hammer out (corrections or additions welcome): August 17, 2007 Announcement of Radiant Machine Entertainment (their existence). October 10, 2007 Gleemax Alpha June 6, 2008 [COLOR=yellow]RELEASE DATE OF 4e[/COLOR]. (along with only Dungeon and Dragon available) July 28, 2008 The tragedy.<TRAGEDY> July 28, 2008 The announcement that Gleemax would be shut down. October 1, 2008 Gleemax shut down. January 10, 2009 Article on how people can't cancel their D&DI subscriptions. April 6, 2009 WotC stops selling pdfs (via RPGnow) November 3, 2010 WotC announces Silverlight Character Builder November 22, 2010 Virtual tabletop initial, closed beta Other dates I'd like to add but can't find at the moment: -The date they added "coming soon" to the D&D insider launch page (it was after June 6th, but not sure when). -The date each component came out (original character builder, the compedium, etc) -The date they announced officially that the components would be piecemeal. -The date WotC pulled the products in house from Radiant Machine. -The date WotC fixed the problem with recurring subscriptions and made it easier to cancel subs. Sources: [URL]http://www.wizards.com/company/downloads/Announcing_Radiant_Machine_Entertainment.pdf[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleemax"]Gleemax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://consumerist.com/2009/01/hasbro-casts-spell-of-greater-invisibility-over-dd-cancellation-page.html"]Hasbro Casts Spell Of Greater Invisibility Over D&D Cancellation Page - The Consumerist[/URL] [URL="http://www.geeknative.com/16601/is-dd-insiders-move-to-silverlight-for-character-builder-too-little-too-late/"]Is D&D Insider's move to Silverlight for Character Builder too little, too late?[/URL] [URL="http://wizards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2128/~/dungeons-%26-dragons-virtual-table-beta-faq"]Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Table Beta FAQ[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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