Bumping because I want to share my story.
I suppose it all went underway following closely with Chain of Memories' inception in Japan. I lurked on kingdomhearts2.net (now Khinsider). I joined in December 2005. They would discuss their theories regarding "BHK" (Blonde Haired Kid) "GEU" (Glowing Eyed Unknown) and DWU (Dual Wielding Unknown) As time passed...they speculated that BHK was Sora's "shell" ("shell" was derived from what the "Enigmatic Man", who we now know as Xemnas) stated in regards to both himself and Sora. They were right
Release date topics for KH2 were in mass abundance...which grew highly annoying after a bit. For the longest, they thought Diz was "Ansem's" "shell" (Nobody) but apparently...they were wrong
They made this mistake due to Diz's mask resembling Ansem's dark skin and orange eyes.
I vividly remember checking Kingdom Hearts Ultimania every 5 seconds for updates. Pete, Mors, and the others kept the site constantly updated with plethora's of new information (this was back when KingdomHearts2.net (Khinsider) literally RIPPED OFF all of their information from them. Now it seems to be the other way around) :/
It's a shame that Ansem's Report became lame and went down the drain...
I also remember when Kingdom Hearts Ultimania was probably the BEST kh site in terms of news and dicsussion,now its merely a shadow of its former glory.
Khinsider that used to eb a haven of virus, spam and STEALING other peoples info is now one of the best KH sites currently >_> oh how the times have changes.
I remember kh-2.net and Paul's obsession with TOMOGIRL. Back then I used to post as dreadlife and dreed and this kid used to defend t-girl as if he was her sugar daddy/escort.
And don't get me with Dk gerbil and his nasty attitude on Sora's Domain. I wonder what hes up to these days.
Anyone else remember this LYING ass troll called CEDELES aka Namine4life who used to spread rumors on khinsider, kh-2.net and khultimania? *yawns*
I miss the awesome XIII points chart.
And being more of a lurker on AR. Thus, I don't think I really got myself that involved in that community too much.
But I digress, today's KH community are just as cool. V_V
Gerbil constantly horribly insulting everyone who crossed his path flaunting his flawless theories that were in reality horribly wrong.
Or Gerbil insulting anyone who didn't like his fansite. He was very entertaining...until he went poof on Gfaqs.
Now that I think of it..
One thing I miss of KHU's time, getting that letter from S-E...