History Trivia / Roblox

** A third newbie boom occured in October 2021, when numerous popular streamers and YouTubers that almost never played Roblox, played various Squid Game-based games on Roblox and causing their fanbase to play it.

** A third newbie boom occured in October 2021, when numerous popular streamers and YouTubers played various Squid Game-based games on Roblox and causing it their fanbase to play it.

** The launch of Pet Simulator X caused many players of Roblox to play it and caused a newbie boom of people playing simulators.

** The rise of ''Roblox'' {{Lets Play}}ers has led to this. Older players will often blame [=YouTubers=], such as [=DanTDM=], for introducing ''Roblox'' to a wider audience of children.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The titular Metaverse Champions underwent [[https://twitter.com/EvilArtist_/status/1390718886236999688 some changes prior to the release of the event]], such as Sparks Kilowatt having a lighter skin color and white hair along with a [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and a mask, Fey Yoshida having dark hair with only purple tips and being a vampire, AJ Striker having a more mechanized design and no tattoo on his arm, and Wren Brightblade had orange hair rather than dark green hair.

* FanNickname:
** Free users are typically referred to by the unofficial name "[=NBCers=]", or '''N'''on-'''B'''uilders' '''C'''lub.
** "Bacon Noobs", for users who use the standard male avatar which came with a hairpiece called "Pal Hair", which has an overall shape and texture heavily resembling bacon.

** Roblox's dev tools were [[https://devforum.roblox.com/t/action-needed-upcoming-changes-to-asset-privacy-for-audio/1701697 updated on March 22, 2022]] to make audio uploads longer than 5.5 seconds private by default, a stopgap measure Roblox took to avoid [[https://www.billboard.com/pro/roblox-lawsuit-national-music-publishers-association/ a $200 million lawsuit]] by the National Music Publishers' Association[[note]]the lawsuit was [[https://www.nmpa.org/nmpa-and-roblox-settle-copyright-suit-launch-music-licensing-talks/ eventually settled out of court]] with the NMPA cooperating with Roblox on a new music licensing deal, but the update went through anyway[[/note]] This ended up gutting the copyrighted soundtracks of a lot of popular games, especially {{Rhythm Game}}s. As a consolation, audio upload fees were waived permanently, with the only limiting thing being how many audio assets one could upload per month.

*** This had the ripple effect of almost all ''Pokémon''-related games being purged in its wake, with only the most obscure games to use ''Pokémon'' themes remaining open. Even non-Poémon Nintendo games also met this fate.

*** ''VideoGame/Piggy'': Since then, there have been more ''VideoGame/{{Granny}}''-like games on Roblox albeit with Piggy's unique shticks, skins and in-game chapters. [=AlvinBlox=]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbxI7NIoTtgnU5Wx8SLN0xTpKuRrSDFF series on developing such replica]] only encouraged the trend.

*** ''Piggy'': Since then, there have been more ''VideoGame/{{Granny}}''-like games on Roblox albeit with Piggy's unique shticks, skins and in-game chapters. [=AlvinBlox=]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbxI7NIoTtgnU5Wx8SLN0xTpKuRrSDFF series on developing such replica]] only encouraged the trend.

** ''Adopt Me!'' is no slouch at making money, racking up $16 million in revenue mostly from {{Microtransactions}} as well as receiving a sponsorship by ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}''.

* DearNegativeReader: Rule 17 on ''Defend The Statue'''s Discord server made discussing [[ScrappyMechanic in-game functionalities]] not allowed. Not awful on its own, but what got people upset is when the creators downright ''mocked'' the complainers, comparing them to an "overzealous 9 year old who wants VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} cheese". Needless to say, the developers' rudeness towards players criticizing the game, combined with one of the game's ScrappyMechanics, caused it to have significantly reduced player counts, and ultimately led to its eventual shutdown.

* DearNegativeReader: The newly-added Rule 17 on ''Defend The Statue'''s Discord server not only made it that discussing about [[ScrappyMechanic in-game functionalities]] not allowed, but also had the creators downright mock the complainers, comparing them to "a overzealous 9 year old who wants VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} cheese". Needless to say, the rude attitude towards people simply for criticizing the game, combined with the existence of one of the more despised mechanics of the game, caused it to not go over well with audiences, resulting in the game bleeding playercounts like crazy and the like/dislike ratio dropping from an 89% to a 81%, and its eventual shutdown.

** The [[https://www.roblox.com/catalog/17981876/Hazmat-Isolation-Helmet Hazmat Isolation Helmet]] hat originally had a second sentence in its description reading "Someone’s put Ebola in the water supply." It was removed in 2014 in response to the West Africa ebola epidemic.
** Roblox's Twitter once tweeted "The Airports might be crazy right now, but that wasn’t of any worry for these [=YouTubers=]", around the time the news broke out that Juice Wrld had passed away at Chicago's Midway airport. The tweet was taken down later.
** Two seperate games, both unrelated to each other, named Virus Simulator were announced on April 14, 2020, and were immediately greeted with this reaction on social media due to the announcement coming right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eventually one of the games was cancelled and its dev team disbanded, while the other was released and almost immediately after was renamed Sneeze Simulator, abeilt with a ThisIsAWorkOfFiction disclaimer.

** "Bacon Noobs" for users who use the standard male avatar which came with a hairpiece called "Pal Hair", which has a overall shape and texture heavily resembling bacon.
* FollowTheLeader: Obstacle courses ("obbies" as they're called), which are usually [[FloatingContinent floating masses of land]] normally filled with free models[[note]] Which are models normally slapped onto places to make a place with little effort, like Lava Bricks, Spinners, Obby Pieces and such. To be fair, they ''are'' released to the public, so there isn't much excuse ''not'' to use them. [[/note]]. It's almost impossible to browse the front page without seeing at least one "WHO KILD WesternAnimation/{{S|pongeBobSquarePants}}PONGBAWB OBBI" or something similar.

*** [[http://www.roblox.com/games/142823291/Murder-Mystery-2 Murder Mystery]] (Link to original impossible, because this sequel replaced it)
*** [[http://www.roblox.com/games/192800/Work-at-a-Pizza-Place Work at a Pizza Place]]
*** [[http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=4421949 TrueStar's]] Cart Ride Tycoon Through a/the/- X

%% Before you add an entry with those, make sure it's 100% original. For instance, even though HyperDaniel's Lazer Tycoon looks original, it is NOT the original tycoon.
%% Also,if you can find the original tycoon, enter it in this list along with a note that it leads on to LAZER tycoon, not tycoons in general. Along with that, make sure to remove these lines with it.

** Any and all old versions, but especially the farther you go back. A lot of old clients have circulated around the Internet, but as of this writing (March 2018) the absolute farthest back you can go is August 2007. The 2007 client, in particular, took a very long time to find, and was only miraculously discovered by a user who found the files archived in a temporary file on an old PC. 2006 and prior still have yet to surface.
** A ''ton'' of classic ROBLOX games, far too many to list here, are either broken to the point of being unplayable due to site updates, haven't been updated in years, or just flat-out been deleted. The older the game is, the more likely this is to be true. In some cases, however, there's a reuploaded or repaired version of these games floating around somewhere on the site.
*** "Welcome to the Town of Robloxia" in particular was infamous in the early 2010s for having ''dozens'' of copies uploaded to the site. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise later on, as the original game has been closed to the public for years.

** ''VideoGame/AdventureForwardStarSavior'' was originally temporarily shut down for maintenance, but now remains unplayable due to the banning of its creator [=Explode1=] before the game was reopened to the public after the repairs were supposed to be completed. (See RoleEndingMisdemeanor below for what happened.)

** The rise of ''Roblox'' {{Lets Play}}ers has lead to this. Older players will often blame [=YouTubers=], such as [=DanTDM=], for introducing ''Roblox'' to a wider audience of children.

** [=MisterObvious=], once a respected fan animator who won a 2014 Bloxy, lost all his reputation and was forced to disappear from the Internet after allegations of sexually predatory behavior to underage girls on Discord were brought to light. It didn't help he tried to take legal action at first. Unlike the immediate action for the [=Explode1=] example below, his account took four years to get terminated on May 26, 2021 after pleas from many to do so.
** [=Explode1=] was well known for creating well-received clones of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' such as VideoGame/AdventureForwardStarSavior. However, in February 2018, his alleged sexually predatory behavior towards minors were uncovered, resulting in Roblox banning his account and having all of his ongoing projects cancelled. Later on, ''Adventure Forward 3'' [[https://twitter.com/SpectacleRBX/status/1043321872744624128?s=09 was later]] {{Retool}}ed into a SpiritualSuccessor called ''Hallowed Hero''.

** At the height of its popularity, content related to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' was taken down at the request of series creator Scott Cawthon due to numerous clones of his work being made. It was to the point where the game's name was one of the things censored by ROBLOX's chat filter, which is usually reserved for filtering out potentially family-unfriendly words or phrases. It should be noted that this has died down overtime.
** On April 18, 2018, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Brick Bronze'' was taken down, presumably because of a DMCA complaint from Creator/{{Nintendo}}. {{Justified|Trope}}, as the developers were making real money off copyrighted material that they did not have permission to use. The developers later re-released it as the spiritual successor ''VideoGame/LoomianLegacy''.
*** Less justifiably, almost all ''Pokémon''-related games were purged in its wake, with only the most obscure games to use ''Pokémon'' themes remaining open. Even Nintendo games also met this fate, not surprising, as Nintendo is infamous for not being enthusiastic about fan works.
** Thousands of copyrighted songs submitted to the site were removed starting from June 18th, 2018. To try and counteract this, Roblox signed a license agreement with APM Music, providing a massive library of license-free music for developers to use. [[BrokenBase The reactions weren't peaceful.]]
** In general, like the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Brick Bronze example above, if you make and publish a game with copyrighted assets, [[DoingItForTheArt whether it's nonprofit fanwork or not]], you're in risk for some legal trouble, as Roblox considers it self to be a professional platform. Copyright is treated as SeriousBusiness within the developer community and [[http://robloxdev.com/articles/Copyright-Guidance Roblox even published an article advising developers to not use copyrighted material.]]

** The forums were reduced to be about Roblox only in July 2017 then shut down altogether in December of the same year because the moderators didn't want to put up with the [[ForumSpeak G.I.F.T]] that was always around and went out of control earlier that year. It has also be theorized by some that it happened partly due to WebOriginal/QuackityHQ who, starting in May of 2017, repeatedly used his fans to raid the forums (some even going to non-affiliated spin-off sites) [[DisproportionateRetribution because he got a 3-day ban.]]

* UnwinnableByMistake: A large number of games from the old days of Roblox no longer work properly due to various changes over the years regarding the way scripts work. Pretty much every game from the early days of Roblox that relied on some kind of programming has been affected, though most in different ways. Issues range from minor things like malfunctioning weapons or vehicle tools, to massive, game-breaking bugs like respawn scripts that no longer function or game lobbies that you can never leave. More often than not, these broken scripts render games unplayable until the creator can fix them, but with games this old, it's usually not likely that they'll be repaired.

** [=MisterObvious=], once a respected fan animator who won a 2014 Bloxy, lost all his reputation and was forced to disappear from the Internet after allegations of sexually predatory behavior to underage girls on Discord were brought to light. It didn't help he tried to take legal action at first. To this day, unlike the [=Explode1=] example below, his account has not been terminated yet despite pleas from many to do so, which has proved very controversial.

** On April 18, 2018, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Brick Bronze'' was taken down, presumably because of a DCMA complaint from Creator/{{Nintendo}}. {{Justified|Trope}}, as the developers were making real money off copyrighted material that they did not have permission to use. The developers later rereleased it as the spiritual successor ''VideoGame/LoomianLegacy''.
*** Less justifiably, almost all Pokemon related games were purged in its wake, with only the most obscure games to use Pokemon themes remaining open. Even Nintendo games also met this fate, not surprising, as Nintendo is infamous for not being enthusiastic about fanwork.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There was a virual pet site (and toyline) called "[=AdoptMe=].com" before the Roblox game ''Adopt Me!'' came along (and grew more popular). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200616191726/http://www.adoptme.com/ The site's old closure notice]] notes how many people confused the site with the Roblox game.

** The forums were reduced to be about Roblox only in July 2017 then shut down altogether in December of the same year because the moderators didn't want to put up with the {{GIFT}} that was always around and went out of control earlier that year. It has also be theorized by some that it happened partly due to WebOriginal/QuackityHQ who, starting in May of 2017, repeatedly used his fans to raid the forums (some even going to non-affiliated spin-off sites) [[DisproportionateRetribution because he got a 3-day ban.]]

** [=MisterObvious=], once a respected fan animator who won a 2014 Bloxy, lost all his reputation and was forced to disappear from the Internet after allegations of sexual predatory behavior to underage girls on Discord were brought to light. It didn't help he tried to take legal action at first. To this day, unlike the [=Explode1=] example below, his account has not been terminated yet despite pleas from many to do so, which has proved very controversial.
** [=Explode1=] was well known for creating well-received clones of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' such as VideoGame/AdventureForwardStarSavior. However, in February 2018, his alleged sexual predatory behavior towards minors were uncovered, resulting in Roblox banning his account and having all of his ongoing projects cancelled. Later on, ''Adventure Forward 3'' [[https://twitter.com/SpectacleRBX/status/1043321872744624128?s=09 was later]] {{Retool}}ed into a SpiritualSuccessor called ''Hallowed Hero''.
** [=EpicCritcal=] was nearly the victim of this due to accusations of sexual predatory behavior against minors that caused a massive amount of drama to the point where he had to shut down his social media accounts, and went dormant for about 5 months. He then eventually returned, but stated that he was only returning to implement the remaining classes he had planned for ''Critical Strike''.

* BannedInChina: On May 23, 2018, ''Roblox'', along with other online games, were [[https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/blocking-of-blue-whale-other-destructive-games-ordered-in-the-uae-1.2222759 banned in the United Arab Emirates]], because they claimed that [[NewMediaAreEvil the games cause mental destruction in children]].

* CreatorBreakdown: Treelands' sudden stop in updates [[https://www.reddit.com/r/roblox/comments/ci5zed/why_i_quit_developing_treelands_and_made_adopt_me/ was explained months later by Newfissy]]. [=SoUpErHeRoW=], an important part of the Treelands developer community, passed away. This caused another member of the dev team to spiral into a deep depression, which in turn caused morale to drop and led to an unhealthy atmosphere which ended with Newfissy leaving the team. Though Newfissy would make a CreatorRecovery, by deciding to make a game that would leave an impact on kids the same way VideoGame/MapleStory and VideoGame/RuneScape left an impact on him, creating Adopt Me, currently one of the most popular games on Roblox.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Fey Yoshida's design for the Metaverse Champions event was [[https://twitter.com/Roblox_RTC/status/1390030114424082435?s=19 originally meant to be a vampire]].

* GenreKiller: While the Egg Hunt tradition is generally well-regarded by the fandom, it hit some rather nasty bumps over the years that encouraged extensive retooling before it was eventually retired after 2020:

** The 2014 Egg Hunt put a damper on egg hunts taking place in an exclusive game, and events using exclusive games in general. The event was designed around a hub game that would transport players to several variants of the same map each with their own individual eggs to collect. The problem was, either as a result of working on several maps at once or just mismanagement in general, the event was such an ObviousBeta that it kept getting shut down mere minutes after opening up to players ''several times in succession'' for bug fixes, and still wasn't the most stable even after that. The 2015 Egg Hunt followed ROBLOX's newer event style of adding objectives to pre-established games. Negative feedback led to ROBLOX switching between creating exclusive games and adding objectives to older games for the egg hunts each year with varying reception. 2019 was originally intended to be the last egg hunt, but an event was released for 2020 with the eggs scattered across ''49'' games that meant any sort of quality control or unified vision was impossible. It's saying that the 2021 event released around the usual time the Egg Hunt would used a similar concept of scattering the items across a large batch of games, but made it so that most of the games shared the same items with doing the extra objectives just being a part of the event's leaderboard gimmick rather than required to collect all the exclusive items.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The forums were reduced to be about Roblox only in July 2017 then shut down altogether in December of the same year because the moderators didn't want to put up with the {{GIFT}} that was always around and went out of control earlier that year. It has also be theorized by some that it happened partly due to WebOriginal/QuackityHQ who, starting in May of 2017, repeatedly used his fans to raid the forums (some even going to non-affiliated spin-off sites) [[DisproportionateRetribution because he got a 3-day ban.]]

** Two seperate games, both unrelated to each other, named Virus Simulator were announced on April 14, 2020, and were immediately greeted with this reaction on social media due to the announcement coming right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eventually one of the games was cancelled and it's dev team disbanded, while the other was released and almost immediately after was renamed Sneeze Simulator, abeilt with a ThisIsAWorkOfFiction disclaimer.

* DearNegativeReader: The newly-added Rule 17 on ''Defend The Statue'''s Discord server not only made it that discussing about [[ScrappyMechanic in-game functionalities]] not allowed, but also had the creators downright mock the complainers, comparing them to "a overzealous 9 year old who wants VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} cheese". Needless to say, the rather abrasive attitude towards the complainers, combined with the existence of one of the more despised mechanics of the game, caused it to not go over well with audiences, resulting in the game bleeding playercounts like crazy and the like/dislike ratio dropping from an 89% to a 81%, and its eventual shutdown.