Let's see here...the beginning of my online life began in the year 1999, I think. I was amazed at the concept of a "chatroom," and that was where I found myself most often during the summer months of that year, mainly a few Homestead-sponsored Pokemon rooms. I went by LILVaporeon, if I remember correctly (don't make fun). I had a few acquaintances then, but I never really had any friends, until the end of that year, when I changed my name to Rhinox and befriended a fellow Beast Wars fan named Rattrap at that same Pokemon chatroom.
The beginning of the year 2000 saw me begin a new phase, out of Pokemon and into the world of Zelda. Forums were beyond my level of comprehension, so I went into my first IRC obsession, using a Java applet to log onto z64central.com's IRC under the name of Link2000. Now and then, I stopped by my old Pokemon stomping grounds, but helping people with Zelda: Ocarina of Time was my true calling, I felt. I quickly became enemies with the ops around those parts because I should have been an op, because *I* actually helped people with Zelda. I found myself banned a few times for flaming, ironically enough, an op named FlameCow.
The lazy summer of 2000 gave me a new place, and a new home: www.digital-monsters.com. My new obsession, Digimon, was the centerpiece of my life. It was there that I encounted my first experience with a "forum," until that point a forum concept. I was Izzy_Izumi, but I also became part of their chatroom under my old nom de plume Rhinox. The second forum down on their list was "Online Love," an ideal that captivated my imagination as a young seventh-grader. Like wildfire, girls were finding boys to be their "bf"s, and I definitely didn't want to be left out. Quickly, I found myself a young lady named Kari Kamiya to be "My Girl." There were other couples there, too, and a couple of fairly serious ones. Like at most forums, we formed our own clans, and I found myself against the evil "No Jikans," lead by "Kami No Jikan." I found a good friend in one of the webmasters of that site, whose current name escapes me.
Anyway, Kari and I became closer (*cough*) over the course of several months, however, eventually a long, unexplained absence from the internet resulted her breaking up with me. Oh, how I was sad! My love, Kari, would forever be gone from my heart. It couldn't be! Meh. I still had friends there, ones named Skittles, Tai Kamiya, and Biyomon. However, that forum had to shut down in June of 2001, and I found myself completely lost, without a forum to look to.
Final Fantasy had only been a part of my life for, eh, I'd say about 3 months by then, and it was new and exciting to me, especially my PC version of Final Fantasy VII, which I had purchased over Spring Break. An amazing concept, it seemed. The only other RPG I had ever played was the one and only Super Mario RPG. Oh, how I loved Final Fantasy VII, and I wanted to show off just how much I loved it, too. On the date of June 29th, 2001, I went searching for a place where I could participate in (:O) trivia, and it just so happened that, at a forum called Eyes on Final Fantasy, there was an FFVII General Trivia thread created by one "Raistlin" just a week before I joined, on the 22nd. I registered under (imo) a brilliant name "King Bahamut." However, at that time I could only log on at my grandfather's house, and I quickly had to leave before I could manage to post.
On July 10th of that year, I made my first post here at EoFF, resembling the following:
And, lo and behold, this ultimate trivia question stumped the one and only RAISTLIN! I was amazed! At that point in time, Raistlin meant the world to me! He created the trivia thread! I immediately felt as confident as pomp can get itself. I joined in the fun, with Raistlin and Rei, until my mind exploded.Originally Posted by King Bahamut
As I became part of the forums, I noticed that, like z64central of lore, this forum had an IRC channel with it! I quickly logged on, and had some wonderful adventures with Aexoden, Del Snizz, and Alixsar.
I didn't post that much until the following February, when I discovered FF Supreme and pretty much stuck to that. I'm tired of going into so much detail, so pretty much in 2004 I added the following boards to my repertoire:
Eyes Off Final Fantasy
Mavtalk.com
Joe Siegler's Texas Rangers Forum
The Gamer's Alliance
In 2005, I added Aiyon.
That's it. *sigh*
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