<--- The 4Chan Period --- > Great Server Decay The Forum Massacre Period is the second section of history on 2b2t. It started when Facepunchers came to the server after finding out about it after Chezhead saw George and Hause's 2b2t post, who then posted more about it on the Facepunch forums. Due to the chaos of the server (mainly stemming from the 4channers), the Facepunchers decided to start a republic to bring order to the server. The Facepunch Era ended in February of 2012 when the Facepunch Republic disbanded, kicking off the Facepunch Decay Era.