Difference between revisions of "Orca 8"

Orca 8 is the 8th version of [[SBC]] design, being the upgrade to IP.Board 3. It was also concurrent with [[Oceans 9]]. It was first announced on April 26th, 2012 by tvguy347. It was released on June 15th, 2012, and like vBulletin, many features were added as time went on. It featured a massive launch party leading up to the release on the Xat Chat. The release became the most successful in history and revived the Community after the disastrous second half of 2011 and early part of 2012. Activity rebounded considerably after the release of Orca and the release is responsible for setting the course of SBC in years after. Orca continued to be updated even as succeeding skins were launched, proving its continued popularity. It was one of the skins recreated when SBC updated to ipBoard 4.0. [[Tiki]] replaced Orca on January 1st, 2014, but the skin still remained in the selector. Orca was exclusive to [[Loyal Customers]] from September 25th, 2015 to January 15th, 2017. It was later removed due to lack of usage and age. However, it made a return for [[SBC's 10th Anniversary]] as a main skin, and was kept for Loyal Customers until April 3rd, 2021 for [[Jellyfish 14]], where it was permanently retired for good.