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=== 🏆 Landmark Articles ===

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<div style="font-size:1.12em; font-weight:bold; color:#d4b8ff; margin-bottom:0.4em;">📼 [[The January 2018 Viral Surge]]</div>
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The event that changed VRChat permanently. In four weeks, the platform surged from '''1,745''' to '''20,212''' peak concurrent Steam users — a '''428% increase''' driven by Ugandan Knuckles, PewDiePie, VideoGameDunkey, and Jameskii. Every day, every creator, every downstream consequence documented — including the GFR Fund investment, the Open Letter, and the Sonic corporate tweet.
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<div style="margin-top:0.6em; font-size:0.8em; color:#9080b8;">📅 Dec 22, 2017 – Feb 2018 &nbsp;·&nbsp; Peak: 20,212 CCU &nbsp;·&nbsp; Platform Event</div>

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<div style="font-size:1.12em; font-weight:bold; color:#d4b8ff; margin-bottom:0.4em;">🦁 [[Furality Online Xperience (F.O.X.)]]</div>
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The world's largest furry convention — virtual or in-person. From 2,692 at F.1 (2020) to a record '''26,405 at F.8 Somna''' (2025). '''$219,835+ raised for charity''' across nine events. Full forensic history: F.O.X. Portal infrastructure, VRChat commercial partnership, five-world structure, Somna's fictional language Somnatus, and what F.9 Ultra will bring in June 2026.
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<div style="margin-top:0.6em; font-size:0.8em; color:#9080b8;">📅 Founded May 2020 &nbsp;·&nbsp; Record: 26,405 attendees &nbsp;·&nbsp; Annual Convention</div>
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<div style="font-size:1.12em; font-weight:bold; color:#d4b8ff; margin-bottom:0.4em;">🍺 [[The Great Pug]]</div>
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One of VRChat's oldest surviving worlds. A bar-themed social hub created '''January 19, 2017''' by '''owlboy'''. Over '''28 million visits''', '''113,000+ favorites''', and '''version 1,131''' as of April 2026. The Great Pug witnessed the January 2018 surge, survived 12 Unity migration cycles, opened a Creator Economy World Store, and was taken over by VRRat during April Fools 2025. A living primary document.
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<div style="margin-top:0.6em; font-size:0.8em; color:#9080b8;">📅 Created: Jan 19, 2017 &nbsp;·&nbsp; v1,131 &nbsp;·&nbsp; wrld_6caf5200 &nbsp;·&nbsp; PC Only</div>

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<div style="font-size:1.12em; font-weight:bold; color:#d4b8ff; margin-bottom:0.4em;">🧑‍💼 [[Graham Gaylor]]</div>
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Co-Founder and CEO of [[VRChat Inc.]] — the man whose 2013 dorm-room experiment became the platform this entire archive documents. Full origin story (Oculus Kickstarter → VRChatroom → Jesse Joudrey), all 10 funding rounds totalling $96M, the avatar customization paradox, and his unredacted 2024 layoff email — one of the most transparent executive communications in tech.
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<div style="margin-top:0.6em; font-size:0.8em; color:#9080b8;">Role: Co-Founder & CEO &nbsp;·&nbsp; Vanderbilt '14 &nbsp;·&nbsp; $96M raised across 10 rounds</div>
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