SigmasonicX
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I got my Internet start on The Sonic Foundation. I'm not sure how much I would have enjoyed it at my current age, but at the time, I thought it was a really fun place with a tight-knit community. There were a ton of group fanfics and RPs, which I just observed for a while until I finally joined in on a few, and it was great. In particular, there were the group fics Sonic World Tournament (a new one every year) and Station Square (a script-style sitcom), and I actually started an RP called The Crystal Chronicles, I believe. I'd say the forums had their heyday between Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes, and after Sega stopped producing consoles, it definitely felt like a lot of the energy was drained from the site. Eventually, I just stopped going there, except to check in every year or so, until one day, there was nothing. All of the old threads are gone now.
And the thing is, for a period of time, I actually did have a bunch of the notable posts saved, since before a host transfer, the admin (Kedzie K) warned that some threads might be lost. When the transfer happened and nothing was lost, I deleted the posts I had saved.
There was also Sonic HQ, which still exists, I guess, but it's nothing like it used to be and it's definitely a shell of its former self. I didn't go there as much, but it's still a shame.
GameFAQs is still going strong, but I feel like the non-gaming communities used to be much better than they are now, particularly Anime and Manga - Other Titles.
And the thing is, for a period of time, I actually did have a bunch of the notable posts saved, since before a host transfer, the admin (Kedzie K) warned that some threads might be lost. When the transfer happened and nothing was lost, I deleted the posts I had saved.
There was also Sonic HQ, which still exists, I guess, but it's nothing like it used to be and it's definitely a shell of its former self. I didn't go there as much, but it's still a shame.
GameFAQs is still going strong, but I feel like the non-gaming communities used to be much better than they are now, particularly Anime and Manga - Other Titles.