WakelessDream

For sure! I’ll admit I don’t frequent the discord chats much but if you need to contact me there I go by Wakeless! I do hope you’re enjoying your time on the server as well!  

Ah that makes sense! Also that's cool that you guys had a currency system on your forums! I've never heard of something like that before, but I'm sure it encouraged engagement nicely!

Glad to have made a friend too haha  You'll find people are pretty welcoming here, though the activity is so-so most people will be happy to chat with you!  

That's pretty rad! Sounds like it was a lot of work, but I'm glad your users enjoyed it! How did the staff stay on top of making sure everyone was receiving the pins they were eligible for? *Totally not taking notes for our own awards system*  

Ah I think we adapted to discord well but I do attribute the launch of our discord to cannibalizing a chunk of our forum activity too. A few of us did raise that as a concern pre-launch but there was more of a push to launch the discord than to take it slowly and consider the implications on the website.  I'm not against it and am glad we have a thriving community on there I think I just wish it was handled better at the time. 

And Daniel, I guess you could say he's our resident tech wizard, we've always gone to him for bugs and errors and what not. But he's also a supportive admin/owner in general like I've gone to him for non-tech issues as well and he's been able to help and steer things in the right direction.

I think I remember seeing the pin system while lurking one time! I thought it was cool, TWEWY inspired I'm guessing? 

Daniel comes on fairly frequently, I don't know if he'll necessarily engage in chit chat like you and I are having right now but if you have an issue or feedback regarding the site or discord server that you want him to look into he's usually pretty helpful and responsive. 

Oh that's interesting! I thought it might be Spanish inspired with the double "Ls" 

So the only username color variations are those that correspond to different staff teams (blue for mods, yellow for news/archives/social media and red for Admins/Owners). We don't have a premium membership type of thing with exclusive areas for other members I'm not sure if one existed before I became a member here. 

I think we probably wanted everything to be inclusive to everyone because in the past there were a contingent of people who got carried away with things like # of posts # of likes etc and kind of displayed superiority over others because of it so we didn't want to encourage stuff like that. I know it might sound kind of lame, but just sharing my best guess. 

We do have an awards system so people can have cute little badges on their profiles for site achievements like # of posts and other contributions - but awards have to be distributed manually so admittedly we haven't kept up with it, its probably due for an overhaul haha. 

Ah gotcha! 
 

Yeah this has always been my username here most people just call me Wakeless since the full thing is a bit of a mouthful haha. So basically our name changing system is that anyone can change their name on their own once per year and then if for some reason they need to go through another change but it hasn’t been a year yet they can just reach out to us and someone on the team will change it given it’s a good reason like if they had personal info on their username they wanted to scrub. 

I wouldn't say I was a goofball here, there were definitely other members much more deserving of that title than myself,  and you were probably more likely to find me in the serious discussion topics haha, but I didn't mind goofing off and just having fun with the community with all our inside jokes and random shenanigans that would go on here. 

Postbox sounds like a sweet concept! I'm sure the community over there really appreciated you running it and appreciated people sharing fun messages about them! 

Also that's cool that you were into art! Is your current avatar something you made yourself? 

Hmm I guess just participate in random discussion topics with other people. When things were a bit more lively it seemed like there was a little bit of something for everyone whether it was KH related or not. One of my fav topics was a forum game called avoid the mods where regular members would count up for each post they made in the thread but if a mod came in the counter would reset to 0 and they’d have to start over. I loved letting them count up really high and then coming in at the last min to reset the counter, I’m sure they hated me for it  

It definitely does! Most of the people I grew close to through here moved on a few years ago but we still keep in touch. They will jokingly ask me why I’m still here but I guess because this place means so much to me I’ve been here for all these years haha. 
 

Yep we’ve been on Invision Community ever since I’ve been on the site, I’m not sure if there was a different forum software being used in years prior but it’s always been Invision during my time here. I like it, don’t really have many complaints about it. I don’t think I’d actually heard of it before coming here as well though I didn’t frequent many Internet forums in general prior to this one.  

Wow sounds like a pretty rich history with a broad spectrum of owners. It makes me feel a lot more gratitude that KH13 has essentially remained consistent under the original two owners/creators. I’m glad that KHV is under good ownership now, though it does suck about activity. I guess that’s just a general challenge forum sites face in this day and age with social media and places like discord being the preferred method for communication for a lot of people now. I do hope things change in the future especially in the lead up to KH4 whenever that may arrive but that’s me being optimistic.  

Haha well I did say feel free to reach out if you have any questions  But in all seriousness I don’t mind the questions it’s actually nice to have a conversation about the forums, haven’t had one in a while 😅

The original owners of the site still own the site. They’re pretty chill. 
 

That’s wild that KHV changed hands a couple times, I can’t imagine going through different owners. How was that on the community and the staff? 

I think it started around 2008 or 2009. I also became a staff member in 2013 so the parallels keep on coming haha. 

Khinsider is pretty alive and well last I checked. That’s actually the first KH forum I joined but then I found KH13 and just kind of stuck with it without looking back. 
 

I’m glad you like the forum-discord bridge! A lot of people usually prefer one platform over the other but the integration is nice. We have a separate mod team that handles the discord moderation, but we collaborate with them for issues that might impact both platforms. So I focus more on the website, technically we can mod the discord though if it’s urgent and no one else is available! 

No way! I started out as a sectional mod here too! We also got converted to global mods and then after some time I got the opportunity to lead the team. 
 

Congrats on all the life milestones! It’s so funny to look back over the course of the series and see how much we’ve changed as people between then and now haha. I do hope you’re able to play the other games sometime soon and you’re able to enjoy them! 
 

Days is such a gem. I understand some of the criticisms about it and yeah I guess you could say it’s a bit dated now but some of the character interactions were hilarious like Jack Skellington creating a Roxas inspired scarecrow or Larxene telling Roxas to go bang his head on a window.  The story and ending really got to me too. As for BbS Blank Points was such an effective build up for what was to come at the time and I really enjoyed getting to try out different play styles in Terra, Ventus and Aqua. Definitely some good times! 

Oh no way! That’s rad. What did you do on the staff there? I don’t think I’ve actually had much interaction with staff from the other big KH fansites so it’s cool to come across one! 
 

Ah games that’s a tough one because my favorite changes every time I’m asked. I do have a soft spot for Days and BbS though. (Days maybe more so) I have fond memories of hiding under my covers playing both when I should have been sleeping on school nights  Surprised you haven’t played KH3 yet! Is there a reason you haven’t gotten around to it? 

I don’t advertise it because it ages me quite a bit but in January I’ll have been on the staff for 11 years 😳

So I know news has been sparse, but is there anything in particular that you’re looking forward to in terms of Kingdom Hearts right now? 

Yikes I’m sure that’s pretty discouraging especially with a community you really care about. 
 

I’m glad to meet you too! No pressure on being active I know it can be daunting joining a new community sometimes! I do hope you find at least a little of what you’re looking for here at KH13!  

Hmm maybe around the later half of 2019? I think post KH3 some folks wanted to jump ship from the series and I think you’re right that some others kind of just grew up and grew out of it. We did see a little uptick during Covid but I’d say it was negligible and then again during the KH4 announcement but otherwise it’s been kind of the way it is now.  

Pretty much yeah! We used to have a section called Random & Forum games that kinda sounds like Spam Zone but it’s one of those that ended up getting archived. It’s definitely okay to post fun/goofing off threads in the General forum. Honestly we’re pretty lenient about that nowadays.

KH13 I guess we’re known for our video archives as well, we had a pretty comprehensive playthrough and cutscenes archive, our news obviously too and I want to say our community too. Probably pretty similar to KHV?

I do miss those days haha! Actually yeah we actually used to have more forums on the site though as time and activity changed on here we either merged them into other sections or archived them depending on how much participation we were seeing in them. 

Of course! And oooh KH-Vids I used to lurk on there from time to time but never made an account, because I'd always been so attached to this place. I do recall it being a bit more active back in the day...as was KH13 to be honest  Things are okay here, like I said it does fluctuate so you'll find some days are slower than others but it is what it is.

Welcome back to KH13! I do vaguely remember your username. If you need help with recovering your password, feel free to PM me. If you want to just stick to this new account that's fine too.  

Glad it worked! Feel free to reach out at any time if you’re ever experiencing problems with the site.  

The issue was fixed yesterday, but try clearing your browser cache and cookies if it’s still happening and then revisit the site. This is what worked for me. 

In terms of RPing unfortunately not. In general though we have a lot more people on here when there’s a steady flow of news, or big news. 

Ehhh yeah sorry!   Hope you're able to enjoy other parts of our site though!