Founding Day

Founding Day, also known as the Formation of the AoC2 server, amongst its other derivatives is an annual date of significance formerly observed on 25 March. It marks the initial formation of the AoC2 server, later known as Strategy Hub 'A G E' as an English-speaking community dedicated to the sharing of media and content relating to Lukasz Jakowski's game, Age of Civilizations II, also known as 'AoCII', and since rebranded to 'Age of History II'.

The server is often considered the starting point for the contemporaneous Midnighter-PTR-WRP Community, often including large portions of their 'colonies' and derivatives. Because of its common association with the 'ancién regime' of Strategy Hub 'A G E' however, it was by and large deprecated and replaced instead by celebrations of Anniversary Day, which take place annually on 22 February. It is also associated with marked rememberance of the so-called 'old server'.

Background:
Presumably seeking a respite from the heavily non-English speaking communities that were formerly gathered around Age of Civilizations II, and with few other alternative options, Angel (also known as Enexpi) settled on founding a purely English-speaking Discord server for the game, which later became the AoC II Discord. The initial influx was of English-speaking members, many of whom mainly came from non-native English speaking countries. The formation of the Discord also came on the heels of news that Google+ was being shut down, a major hub of AoC2 related activity and anticipation regarding its release.

Not much is known about the initial days of the server, as all living memory prior to October 2018 has been practically erased.