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By May, emigration of old members was common. Appeals were posted on 4chan calling for new members to prevent the boards from being "flooded with normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/36746573/#q36747626</ref>.
By May, emigration of old members was common. Appeals were posted on 4chan calling for new members to prevent the boards from being "flooded with normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/36746573/#q36747626</ref>.
===Buildup to the opening of the Gates (May - July 1, 2017)===
===Buildup to the opening of the Gates (May - July 1, 2017)===
On May 10, 2017, 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 15, 2017, a survey was taken asking the community whether they wanted to advertise on 8chan or not<ref name="news" />.
On June 11, 2017, a "Pre-Gate" survey was taken<ref name="news" />.
The website gained interest from the internet community after being featured in numerous YouTube videos. Several theories were born from it as some said it was a hoax, others a death cult or even a marketing stunt for the release of a new game/TV series. Most information on the website was purposely cryptic with links leading to images of static and black and white pixels, leading even more theories about encrypted messages hidden on the website.
The website gained interest from the internet community after being featured in numerous YouTube videos. Several theories were born from it as some said it was a hoax, others a death cult or even a marketing stunt for the release of a new game/TV series. Most information on the website was purposely cryptic with links leading to images of static and black and white pixels, leading even more theories about encrypted messages hidden on the website.
