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As for KH proper, I started playing it since my half-brother gave me the KH1 disc. I discovered Final Mix from a friend, and decided to get that too. I enjoyed every moment of KH1 to the point that I actually wept wehn I saw Sora sacrificing himself, and at that point (because I was 11) I became scared of the dark. Now, I don't anymore. Still, KH never fails to move me. | As for KH proper, I started playing it since my half-brother gave me the KH1 disc. I discovered Final Mix from a friend, and decided to get that too. I enjoyed every moment of KH1 to the point that I actually wept wehn I saw Sora sacrificing himself, and at that point (because I was 11) I became scared of the dark. Now, I don't anymore. Still, KH never fails to move me. | ||
KH teaches about charity where the protagonists are concerned. I know all of us wanna make use of this charity. : ) So let's, I say !}} | KH teaches about charity where the protagonists are concerned. I know all of us wanna make use of this charity. : ) So let's, I say ! | ||
EDIT 10:24, August 1, 2010 (UTC) : I admit I can't write at length, but I've come across awesome people over here, and there are just too many to name. Too many to the point that I haven't even updated my Friends List. It seems strange that everyone just opens up to me and I open up to everyone else, but you're a part of me just as I'm a part of you. And I must thank the Lord for this, I must thank all of you for this. ^_^}} | |||
{{Dan da Man36|time=10:11, August 1, 2010 (UTC)|lion=I've always been a huge fan of anything Disney, and I remember renting the ''Kingdom Hearts'' when I was young, not even knowing it had Disney characters, and when they did appear on-screen, I was like "Wow!" I instantly fell in love with the game, and soon bought a copy of my own. A year or two passed, and I was watching a gaming review show on TV, and I noticed that they said ''Kingdom Hearts II'' would be released soon in Japan, but not for another year in the UK. I eagerly awaited the release of the game, and when it did, I soon grabbed a copy and began playing, thinking it couldn't possibly surpass the first game, but of course it did. I had not played CoM before KHII, as I thought it was simply the same game, but on the GameBoy, so I was a little confused with the plot. | |||
During the years of 2008-2009, I began browsing KH3 fansites, hoping for it to be released soon. I remember typing "Kingdom Hearts 3" into Google during the summer of 2009, and a suggestion titled "Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days" appeared. I was curious, clicked the link, and it brought me here to the wiki. I read up on nearly every article, especially the CoM ones. During the month of September, I was thinking of joining wikia, and seeing as I knew a lot about Kingdom Hearts, I thought it would be great to start editing here. I had no clue about coding or formatting, but I learned, and began to enjoy contributing. October soon came, I bought Days and CoM and began to settle in to a friendly community. I think that joining the IRC further helped me to understand the wiki, and in all honesty, I hate writing, but contributing here doesn't feel like a task... it's enjoyable. We've had our ups and downs here on The Kingdom Hearts Wiki, but in my opinion, I think we have one of the best communities that are out there. We can solve these issues together, and <s>if</s> when we do, this wonderful wiki will reflect the theme of trust and friendship that the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series has not failed to engrave into our own hearts since the very first game.}} | |||
{{Organization 13|happy= | |||
Well, I first stumbled across this Wiki by complete accident! I was over at my friends house and I was on his computer and I typed in "Kingdom Hearts Wikipedia" to bring me to its Wikipedia page but when I clicked it, I was brought to this Wiki. And I was shocked. IT WAS AWESOME!!! Kingdom Hearts was my favourite video game series ever. | |||
I was an Unregistered Contributer for a while I think but then I finally decide to make a User File under [http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:DiZ_the_Wise DiZ the Wise] in December 22, 2009 but I didn't really like the User name so I made [http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Papou_Boy Papou Boy] and stuck with that for a while but then I started to hate that name too so I made Organization 13 and stuck with it. | |||
Where I live only 1 person I know actually has the game, so when I found a whole great community who love it I was so happy. The first Kingdom Hearts game I got was Chain of Memories, I didn't know it was a sequel until Kingdom Hearts II came out. I then fell in love with the series.}} | |||
{{The Inexistent|text='''I realized that in my last post, I did not explain how I came across KH itself... Well, the story really begins in kindergarten, where I started to make my first. As I was quickly gaining friends, I ended up with many gamers. Years later, I wished to join the pantheon of video game masters. So, I asked my parents for some sort of game system. I got a GameBoy. I started off with a Pokemon game, but I quickly beat it. At some point a few years previous, I had seen a KH commercial, and it looked amazing with all the different enemies (I didn't notice the Dsiney). So, one day when we were at WalMart, I saw CoM for GameBoy, and, remembering the commercial, asked my parents if I could get it. They said yes. So, now I had my first KH game. I beat it several times over.''' | |||
'''Soon enough, though, the gameboy was becoming out of date. So, I asked my parents if I could get a PS2. They said no. Until Christmas, that is. They knew how much I loved Kingdom Hearts, so they got me PS2 and KH and KHII. I promised myself I wouldn't play II until I beat KH. When the first battle started, the first words out of my mouth were: ''Where are the cards?''. I soon adapted.''' | |||
'''Sometime during KH, I discovered the wiki.''' | |||
'''After beating the original, I moved on to II, and found it far easier. It was beaten quickly. During the period of not having new releases, I replayed the games [[User: The Inexistent#KH Record|several times]].''' | |||
'''Once I heard that RE:CoM was coming out for the PS2 in America, I had to get it. I could finally play my favorite KH game in PS2 graphics (although for GB graphics, the original was amazing).''' | |||
'''Sooner or later, I heard about Days. By now, the GB had become obsolete, and my sister wanted a DS for Christmas. So, she got one, and she let me play Days on it! YES!''' | |||
'''After Days, I joined the wiki. Now I need to figure out how to play BbS when it comes out...'''}} | |||
{{Riku's Love|time=18:39, August 1, 2010 (UTC)|text= I never gopt into any of the forums stuff and i have never tried to get hooked either. But i did cause of the preople here. Most of the users here are great friends or in my case a brother. This wiki cause got me to actually waanna fisnish a game. Thats why i have borrowed my brothers' Ds'd after i broke my third onw. I got a psp because of BbS. I hope no one else leaves its great here and i love ya'll!}} | |||
{{Chitalian8|time=02:21, August 3, 2010 (UTC)|text= Alright guys. I am a new guy to this wiki. I am not as skilled in editing as other people. I can't write as good descriptions as Lapis, I'm not good with pictures like Xiggie. I'm just a User trying to be a good asset to the wiki. I think that this wiki is great on the mainspace. Articles are great looking, and people can tell that this is a high quality wiki. I joined this wiki with high hopes. I just wish that there wasn't so much drama going on. Like BK said, this is a wiki, a place for entertainment. This isn't Gossip girl, this is a wiki about Disney characters and Keys and Light Doors and whatnot. I agree with KKD, the standards of this wiki are at an all time low.}} | |||
{{BebopKate|time=02:27, August 3, 2010 (UTC)|text=Yeah. The conversation has evolved a bit... -_- | |||
But the entire discussion up there is pretty much a summary of everything I've been hearing over the last two weeks. The staff is too controlling! So-and-so won't stop socializing and causing drama! The IRC is...well, let's leave IRC out of this for the moment. That's a whole different ball game right now. | |||
But you see why I wanted you guys to look carefully at why you are here. | |||
I see some users who are here because they want to help organize a wiki on a video game. I see others who are here for accomplishment and praise. Still others who want to socialize. None of those things are bad in and of themselves...it's when people begin viewing them as the ONLY reason to be here we have a conflict. | |||
1.The editors: Yes, the main reason we are here is the wiki. That mainspace ain't going to edit itself. But there are people behind the edits. Thinking, living, flawed people. In our case, mostly fairly young people as well, who are still growing and learning. Remembering the people behind the manners and offers to help will get everyone much farther than accusations and stealth edits. | |||
2.The achievers: Yes, we do praise and notice those who do good work. It's only natural and pretty common in any social situation. Granted, some work gets noticed more than others; a huge section of new info is a striking difference versus fixing a few links and grammar errors. Both are important to the wiki, I think most of us realize that, and it really is a shame we don't always take time to say it. But if you are motivated to edit or post just to be recognized or become one of the "bigwigs", or think it's the only reason to be here, please rethink your priorities. | |||
3.The chatters, the talkers, the princesses: the socializers are very good at getting things done as a group, at organizing projects and people and helping the communication around the wiki. It's when they ''only'' talk that others feel annoyed or angry; the fact is, wikis are great mediums for communication, but they're primarily for information, and it gets hard to sort that information with a lot of activity around. There are thousands of places to socialize on the internet, but there are very few ''Kingdom Hearts'' wikis. | |||
I think most everyone here fits into one of those three groups, perhaps two. The question I ask now is: think about where you fit in. How can you take your type (or types) and make it work with the others?}} | |||
{{Auror Andrachome|text=<s>By the controlling staff, I think you mean DTN</s> By your statement that the admins know everything and are better than average users was quite rude. Not trying to start something, but...............you know better than me.}} | |||
{{LapisScarab|time=02:41, August 3, 2010 (UTC)|text=Auror, enough with the user-bashing.}} | |||
{{BebopKate|time=02:42, August 3, 2010 (UTC)|text=The plural form in point two refers to the wiki as a whole, not staff members.}} | |||
{{The Inexistent|text='''I can see this coming, and, although I don't know how it may work, or what it may be about, or if you guys will even end up reading this, I can see only one solution: Project:Community.'''}} | |||
{{Xion4ever|time=19:02, August 3, 2010 (UTC)|text=First, kudos to Kate for creating this forum! Now for my reason for joining the wiki: | |||
I was a fan of ''Kingdom Hearts'', just like the rest of you. I played the games to completion and then some, had a few discussions here and there with some Elementary school friends and such. However, in my later school years I couldn't find people who shared my love of the game. While others talked about pointless "drama", I was busy daydreaming about music and video games. So, after a few years of looking around the internet, I ran across this place. I saw the happy community and discussions and thought, 'Wow, those people are having fun.' ...Fun. Over a video game! A video game, something others use as mindless lesisure time! That passion and dedication, to write and talk about a video game they enjoy and make this Wiki the best it can be, is what brought me here. | |||
Although we've all had our rough times here on the Wiki/IRC, I, for one, have loved my time here. I wouldn't give up my memories/time spent on here with the great community/staff/video game, for anything. Nice job, everyone. ^_^}} | |||
{{The Inexistent|text='''The Inexistent claps for finally seeing a a heartwarming addition to this conversation.'''}} | |||
{{Yuanchosaan|time=08:48, August 4, 2010 (UTC) | |||
|text=Cheers, Kate. | |||
I had just started editing on the FF wiki. Azul noticed that I had played the KH series, and invited me over to edit. He's also the reason why I'm on the KH wiki IRC.}} | |||
{{TNE|time=13:47, August 4, 2010 (UTC)|happytext=No kidding, Yuan ? :D It was Azul ? Wow. | |||
And cheers, Xion. ^_^}} | |||
{{EO|time=14:15, August 4, 2010 (UTC)|hooded=The fact that those walls of text were moved does not erase the fact that they were created. We should link to the page where they are now contained somewhere in the forum. Regardless, let's keep the sunshine and lollipops attitdue alive as we waltz hand-in-hand into a shining future!}} | |||
[[Forum:Wiki Thoughts - Please Read/Statements]]{{User:LapisScarab/Sig}}14:21, August 4, 2010 (UTC) | |||
{{TNE|time=14:52, August 4, 2010 (UTC)|happytext=/cue ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XgXKmxUnek Yume No Mirai]''}} | |||