A brief history of CoP via the Big Picture on Top

This is a collection of all the big pictures on top juxtaposed for comparison, accompanied by an informal timeline.

March 2009: The birth of Church of ProZ, then called "1337 hax0rz forum 64". This was the default picture in the black gold skin I chose.

Yeah it's not very indicative. You should have seen the rest of the forum at the time. Oh right, it was empty.
March 2010: MarthMarthy makes the awestruck discovery that I am an administrator and joins this forum.
April 2010: I replace the default picture with this ghetto semi-shop to commemorate the release of Starcraft 2 later that year.

May - July 2010: I make the first banner that actually has Church of ProZ on it and learn how to use GIMP in the process. The result is decent looking but very unoriginal and flawed. The First Renaissance occurs- wave of new members. A lot of trolling and spamming is done.

August 2010: Vampire Hunt game one.
September 2010: Vampire Hunt game two, probably the biggest event that has ever been held here. Kelvin's action banner is finally perfected to my liking after a way long process and is put up. Also, the cool symbol that you see everywhere was prototyped and made.

Christmas Day 2010: We get a present in the form of the epic banner made by Vroopmaster.Details here.
If your screen isn't wide enough just right click it and view image

May 2011: I start considering Rule Breaker. The Second Rennaissance occurs when numerous people join just to play the game.
July 2011: The GTA picture by MarthMarthy and Kelvin is finalized. I didn't like it as much, maybe because I'm not into GTA.

October 2011: After a long wait, Rule Breaker finally starts. Mayhem ensues when I remember that xenoe and Kelvin are playing.
April 2012: Grimwind makes the current banner. It was like fricking magic so many people came back.

We've come a long way.

The minimalist banner circa September 2012:

Forced CYOA Redux shop picture that I found oddly appropriate.