I joined in 2009 February so I can tell only a few things, mostly learned from old mangas and pictures, I know much less about the events before 2009.
I really loved some events in 2009/2010 (but I like all events in general).
My most favourites were Promageddon, Frontier Skies, SIN vs BOO Halloween, Rejected Olympics 2k12.
Aliens... Mother. And those I saw in the comics (02, 09, 11).
Ian was blonde.
The videos were called MVII and they finished the plot of the chapters Convergence, Damian and Gun Show (found the videos later, don't remember how).
The bank NPC was Meredith. I know she didn't run the bank in 2009 anymore but I found some old pictures of her in an old thread.
Like these (if you click them, you see the full ones):