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==The second pillar: Oni2.net== | ==The second pillar: Oni2.net== | ||
{{Anchor|2005}} | {{Anchor|2005}} | ||
In 2005, at a time when most gaming fandoms would be starting to decline, a new Oni fan site was opened, [http://www.oni2.net | In 2005, at a time when most gaming fandoms would be starting to decline, a new Oni fan site was opened, [http://www.oni2.net Oni2.net], run by Christian Illy. The purpose of his site was to serve as a community portal and also as a place for fans to store Oni-related content under personal subdomains. | ||
One of the sites Illy linked to (and later hosted at http://ssg.oni2.net), modestly called "Oni Stuff", was run by a fan named | One of the sites Illy linked to (and later hosted at http://ssg.oni2.net), modestly called "Oni Stuff", was run by a fan named [[User_talk:Ssg|Ssg]]. The site documented much of the inner workings of Oni's game data. In October of 2005, a member of OCF named [[User:geyser|geyser]] suggested using Oni2.net to host a wiki which could store this information in an easily-editable format so that others could help in the reverse-engineering efforts. Thus OniGalore was born. Over time, nearly everything about the game has been documented here. | ||
{{Anchor|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011}} | {{Anchor|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011}} | ||
Other important uses of the oni2.net domain included the [[Multiplayer#Fan-made multiplayer|OniPlayer]] project and the [http://edt.oni2.net subdomain] of user | Other important uses of the oni2.net domain included the [[Multiplayer#Fan-made multiplayer|OniPlayer]] project and the [http://edt.oni2.net subdomain] of user [[User:EdT|EdT]], which became the number-one source of information for Mac users on how to mod and run Oni on their machines. 2007 marked a high point in the community's reverse-engineering activity, leading to a near-complete understanding of the engine. With this increase in knowledge came an increase in the number of mods being made, and so in September of 2008 the [http://mods.oni2.net Oni Mod Depot] was opened by [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]], in order to serve as a central location for the community's mods. | ||
==OCF's journey== | ==OCF's journey== | ||
The original Oni Central Forum, now referred to as the Carnage board because it (and other B.org forums) ran on the carnage.bungie.org subdomain, was a flat-style board running on simple software known as WebBBS. In March 2003, Harry decided to move to more modern forum software, and OCF was restarted on the ikonBoard software, which presented the indexed style of forum that is usually seen on the Internet today. | The original Oni Central Forum, now referred to as the Carnage board because it (and other B.org forums) ran on the carnage.bungie.org subdomain, was a flat-style board running on simple software known as WebBBS. In March 2003, Harry decided to move to more modern forum software, and OCF was restarted on the ikonBoard software, which presented the indexed style of forum that is usually seen on the Internet today. | ||