1. A computer-implemented method for using an event system, comprising: receiving a start epoch declaration at an event request handler from a computer operated by a consumer; beginning an epoch for the consumer at a time of receiving the start epoch declaration, including assigning a unique epoch number to the epoch for the consumer; receiving a first event; associating the first event with the first epoch in an event list; ending the epoch for the consumer at a time of receiving an end epoch declaration at the event request handler from the consumer; and reading an event associated with the first epoch from the event list after ending the first epoch and sending the associated event to the computer operated by the consumer.