You actually wrote this up ;*D great read! I've heard some of these stories through the grape vine, but it's great to actually see it all. It's crazy how even back in the first days of ST there was drama, betrayal, and backstabbing, I guess history always repeats itself.
Would love to see some more name drops of players who kept playing, like My-World, who was able to confirm for me that what you wrote is all true lol.
Also, add some exact years if you know them! I can speculate this was all between 02-04 before TFT. I guess up next was StH, the great divide of TFT (LSS, FSW, A2ST), Garena/GGC, STWC's, PLC/DR, the great MERGE of TFT, host bots, Shift to ROC/European Union, dark ages, last bit of light, and then the void (present).
It has been a wild ride! And share screenshots if you have them!!!