Original Generations

'''Please note that the information on this page is outdated as of March 30, 2021. For the new Generations system created by the Chatno Lore Discord server, see Generations. This page is no longer being edited.'''

Generations
Generations, usually shortened to "gens", are a system of categorizing members of Chatnotwt based on the time they first joined chat. Although members of Chatnotwt tend to be close with other members who arrived around the same time that they did, particularly in earlier gens, there is no formal hierarchy or division between gens. Most gens are based around defining events such as large-scale reveals of Chatno's existence or milestones in the count.

Gens established after November 2020 tend to be less defined than those established during November, largely due to the fact that most newcomers after Gen 3 arrived gradually instead of in major floods, with no major shifts in Chatno culture. The list in this article is based on the list created by Chatno Discord admin Char, pinned in the #general channel of the Official Chatnotwt Discord.

Gen 1: The Beginning [11.9.2020]
Individuals and groups of people were occasionally present in Technoblade's offline Twitch chat prior to November 9, 2020, but Gen 1 founded the community that Chatnotwt is built around today.

Gen 1 arrived due to Twitter user Little Kribbit's tweet in which they asked for Technoblade's Twitch channel. At this time, Techneoblade's account had yet to be suspended, and Little Kribbit was one among the 148K people (at the time of their asking) who had followed Techneoblade under the assumption that the account belonged to Technoblade. After finding the real channel, they encouraged others to follow the channel to get his account, which had 39.1K followers at the time, to 100K followers. As a result, people began to chat in his offline chat, and Gen 1 was established.

Gen 2: 100k Counting [11.14.2020]
Gen 2 arrived during the dispute over whether to reset the first count before hitting 100k. This is a smaller generation, as not many new people arrived during this time.

Gen 3: Philza Raid/Mention [11.16.2020]
Gen 3 arrived as a result of the first Snitchza Incident, when Philza discussed Chatnotwt's count live on his stream on November 16, 2020. As he had joined the Dream SMP in the middle of a major plot event earlier that day, and since Technoblade had just ended his own stream and told his viewers to raid Philza, this resulted in large influx of new people visiting Chatnotwt.

Gen 5: Modza Event [11.28.2020]
Many individuals in Gen 5 found Chatnotwt after posts and fanart that mentioned Philza getting mod in Techno's chat gained popularity on Twitter.

What Gen am I?
If you joined Chatnotwt around any of the above dates, you can identify yourself as part of that gen.

For those who joined on or after December 12th, 2020, gen identification is much more loose. Despite a few attempts to define Gens 8 and above, gen creation has largely stopped. As Chatnotwt's existence inches closer to common knowledge, users are more likely to find the chat on any random day, rather than because of a snitch or a milestone.

New users are still encouraged to commemorate the day they found Chatno by celebrating its monthly anniversary and reminiscing about the old days to annoy newer members.