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While the number of dedicated Systemspace threads decreased once the new imageboard was started, Systemspace-related content began to spill over into unrelated threads, like dating threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35821819/#35826756</ref>, game threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35802446/#35813709</ref>, and threads about hoping to be reborn in a different body<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35669096/#35673133</ref>.
While the number of dedicated Systemspace threads decreased once the new imageboard was started, Systemspace-related content began to spill over into unrelated threads, like dating threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35821819/#35826756</ref>, game threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35802446/#35813709</ref>, and threads about hoping to be reborn in a different body<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35669096/#35673133</ref>.
Despite minor hiccups, things seemed to be on the up and up through March and April. The number of registrants reached four digits<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170317111608/https://systemspace.link/</ref> and increasing numbers participated in the community. Then the dam burst.
Despite minor hiccups, things seemed to be on the up and up through March and April. The number of registrants reached four digits<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170317111608/https://systemspace.link/</ref> and increasing numbers participated in the community. Then the dam burst.
===Buildup to the opening of the Gates (May - July 1, 2017)===
===Buildup to the opening of the Gates (May - July 1, 2017)===
By May 5, 2017, Arisuchan, which had split from [[Lainchan]] earlier that year, became affiliated with the Project<ref>https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/x/res/2.html#q20</ref>.
By May 5, 2017, lainchan.jp (later known as Arisuchan), which had split from [https://lainchan.org Lainchan.org] earlier that year, became affiliated with the Project<ref>https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/x/res/2.html#q20</ref>.
On May 10, eNdymioN announced the liquidation of a developer System, in order to gain more Aurora (fundamental energy of Systemspace) for the mission of the Project. This Aurora could "be used either as slots for users (28K) or time (560 days)"; hence, every 20 new migrants would bring the unlink, for which it was feared Tsuki would have to kill himself, one day forward<ref name="news">https://classic.systemspace.network/news.php</ref>. The increase in migrant slots was not universally popular; some complained that the new slots would only go to "normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37055891/#q37064407</ref>, but Tsuki reasserted that "Robots are still the higher priority for us."<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37055891/#37058468</ref>.
On May 10, eNdymioN announced the liquidation of a developer System, in order to gain more Aurora (fundamental energy of Systemspace) for the mission of the Project. This Aurora could "be used either as slots for users (28K) or time (560 days)"; hence, every 20 new migrants would bring the unlink, for which it was feared Tsuki would have to kill himself, one day forward<ref name="news">https://classic.systemspace.network/news.php</ref>. The increase in migrant slots was not universally popular; some complained that the new slots would only go to "normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37055891/#q37064407</ref>, but Tsuki reasserted that "Robots are still the higher priority for us."<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37055891/#37058468</ref>.
An unofficial Project BBS was in existence by June 26<ref>https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1421402/#1423096</ref>.
An unofficial Project BBS was in existence by June 26<ref>https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1421402/#1423096</ref>.
The event anticipated by all was the opening of the Gates on the 1st of July, for souls would be transferred to LFE only if their bodies died after that date<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37527215/#q37529307</ref>.
The event anticipated by all was the opening of the Gates on the 1st of July, for souls would be transferred to LFE only if their bodies died after that date<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37527215/#q37529307</ref>.
===A long, hot summer (July - Sep, 2017)===
When the Gates opened, a countdown to a few days later appeared on systemspace.link<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38093044/#q38093175</ref>. What would happen when the countdown expired was not stated<ref>https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/x/res/2.html#q42</ref>. Some assumed it counted down to the time when all migrants would kill themselves<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38193473/#q38193909</ref>; others, that the whole Project was an alternate reality game<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38193473/#q38198093</ref>. The truth was far more mundane.
The countdown expired to reveal the homepage of systemspace.link with a new button, "Join Chat", prominently displayed<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38209530/#q38211959</ref>. Less than half an hour later, the chat was inaccessible due to overload by the torrent of users<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38209530/#q38212194</ref>. Still, as a separate chat system independent from Discord, it continued to possess a hold on the migrant psyche far out of proportion with its limited lifespan.
What happened a week or two later, however, was anything but mundane.
In 2018 the website came under fire due to the suicide of a seventeen year old boy directly influenced by the TSUKI Project.
In 2018 the website came under fire due to the suicide of a seventeen year old boy directly influenced by the TSUKI Project.
