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==The founding of Bungie.org== | ==The founding of Bungie.org== | ||
{{Anchor|1998}} | {{Anchor|1998}} | ||
Steve Campbell was one of the Bungie fans who exhibited an early interest in Oni. When the game was announced in 1998, he opened a fan site called Oni Central, at onicentral.org. However, towards the end of the year, he was dared by James Pillar (who ran RuGGeR's Tavern, a Hotline server for Marathon files) to buy bungie.org, as a counterpart to Bungie Software's bungie.com, and use it for a Bungie fan site. | Steve Campbell was one of the Bungie fans who exhibited an early interest in Oni. When the game was announced in 1998, he opened a fan site called Oni Central, at onicentral.org. However, towards the end of the year, he was dared by James Pillar (who ran RuGGeR's Tavern, a [[wikipedia:Hotline_Communications|Hotline server]] for Marathon files) to buy bungie.org, as a counterpart to Bungie Software's bungie.com, and use it for a Bungie fan site. | ||
{{Anchor|1999}} | {{Anchor|1999}} | ||
Campbell took the dare and, together with Hamish Sinclair, Marathon superfans Gary Simmons and Claude Errera, and James Pillar and Nathan Kline (who helped with design), he opened the web site early in January 1999. In April, Bungie.org introduced its familiar subdomains devoted to each Bungie game: [http://pid.bungie.org pid.bungie.org], [http://marathon.bungie.org marathon.bungie.org], [http://myth.bungie.org myth.bungie.org], [http://oni.bungie.org oni.bungie.org], and blam.bungie.org (moved to [http://halo.bungie.org halo.bungie.org] once the game's name was revealed). | Campbell took the dare and, together with Hamish Sinclair, Marathon superfans Gary Simmons and Claude Errera, and James Pillar and Nathan Kline (who helped with design), he opened the web site early in January 1999. In April, Bungie.org introduced its familiar subdomains devoted to each Bungie game: [http://pid.bungie.org pid.bungie.org], [http://marathon.bungie.org marathon.bungie.org], [http://myth.bungie.org myth.bungie.org], [http://oni.bungie.org oni.bungie.org], and blam.bungie.org (moved to [http://halo.bungie.org halo.bungie.org] once the game's name was revealed). | ||
Hamish Sinclair and Matt Smith handled Pathways into Darkness and the massive Marathon Story page, Campbell and Simmons handled the rest of the Marathon subdomain, Forrest Camaranesi handled Myth, Campbell handled Oni (which was still in development), and Errera eventually handled the Halo subdomain. Miguel Chavez handled [http://bs.bungie.org bs.bungie.org], the Bungie Sightings page. The bungie.org domain came to be known as B.org for short, or sometimes simply Borg. | Hamish Sinclair and Matt Smith handled Pathways into Darkness and the massive Marathon Story page, Campbell and Simmons handled the rest of the Marathon subdomain, Forrest Camaranesi handled Myth, Campbell handled Oni (which was still in development), and Errera eventually handled the Halo subdomain. Miguel Chavez handled [http://bs.bungie.org bs.bungie.org], the Bungie Sightings page. The bungie.org domain came to be known as B.org for short, or sometimes simply Borg. | ||
{{Anchor|2000|2001}} | |||
In May of 1999, Campbell opened a simple forum on Oni Central, where fans would discuss Oni all the way up to its eventual release in January of 2001. Soon after the opening of the forum, the Oni Central subdomain was handed over to a fan by the name of Harry Al-Shakarchi, who had become acquainted with Campbell while spending time at the #bungie IRC channel. At this point in time, Bungie.org enjoyed a close relationship with Bungie Software, as evidenced by Harry being granted [http://oni.bungie.org/special/ interviews] with the Bungie West staff in August 1999. The Oni Central Forums (OCF) saw visits from members of Bungie and had an unofficial "official" status among fan forums. | |||
==The first heyday of the Oni fandom== | ==The first heyday of the Oni fandom== | ||
Oni Central reported the latest news from Bungie West, and covered the development by fans of early programs such as Oni Key Config and OniTools (see [[History of Oni modding]] for more about the history of Oni mods and tools). Other fan sites sprang up over time, such as OniShots, OniRes, and OniChars. OniShots operated a forum from Feb. 2001 to Oct. 2002, but the main purpose of the site was to highlight screenshots that fans had taken, and to share game tips and cheats. OniShots and OniRes eventually folded into the Oni Central Forum and were archived at http://carnage.bungie.org/onishotsforum/os.archive.pl and http://carnage.bungie.org/oniresforum/onires.archive.pl respectively. | Oni Central reported the latest news from Bungie West, and covered the development by fans of early programs such as Oni Key Config and OniTools (see [[History of Oni modding]] for more about the history of Oni mods and tools). Other fan sites sprang up over time, such as OniShots, OniRes, and OniChars. OniShots operated a forum from Feb. 2001 to Oct. 2002, but the main purpose of the site was to highlight screenshots that fans had taken, and to share game tips and cheats. OniShots and OniRes eventually folded into the Oni Central Forum and were archived at http://carnage.bungie.org/onishotsforum/os.archive.pl and http://carnage.bungie.org/oniresforum/onires.archive.pl respectively. | ||