Entries in the "Notable Threads" category

55 Fiction Read

 55 Fiction, created by Sara on 12/18/2004 in Otaku Anthology, would become one of the mosty wildly successful threads in a forum whose offerings often languished, unnoticed.  The basic idea of 55 Fiction, was for members to write a story in 55 words or fewer.  The challenge of the premise, was that each offering had to be a […]

Adam makes fun of COPPA Read

Adam makes fun of COPPA was a thread created in 2002 in which the founder of theOtaku.com, Adam, poked fun at a correction letter he had received from COPPA regarding a faulty privacy policy on pokecheats.com, a site that had (at the time) been inactive for the better part of two years. Much of the early discussion […]

DeadSeraphim’s Guide To Becoming An Internet Superstar At OtakuBoards – An Essay Read

In perhaps one of the more unique attempts at humor in regards to popularity at OtakuBoards, DeadSeraphim started the thread: Guide To Becoming An Internet Superstar At OtakuBoards – An Essay.  DeadSerpaphim provided the first three methods of how to obtain stardom at OtakuBoards and the thread encouraged others to follow suit. The thread quickly caught on as […]

Dragonball – Battle Field: End of the Universe Read

Created by Final Flash back when The Arena was still Games & Stories, DB:Battle Field was the first epic RPG of OtakuBoards. Made during late v1/early v2, Final Flash would create a new thread for each story arc. Each arc would be fully planned out by Flash with an endpoint in mind which the narrative would work toward as individual […]

Enter the Net Read

OtakuBoards: Enter the Net [PG] was one of the earliest OtakuBoards fan fictions, written by renowned furry Solo Tremaine. Sparked off as a tribute to James, it chronicled the trivial adventures of OB members in a virtual OB world as they went about a life filled with danger, intrigue, and Junior High-esque moments, exploring and […]

Kill Adam Read

Kill Adam was a groundbreaking RPG created by James and Shy in November 2003. It garnered much praise and attention due for its adult content, excellent presentation, and the quality of members who participated in it. These included Shinmaru, Shy, Queen Asuka, Generic NPC #3, Heaven’s Cloud, Babygirl and Hinata (formerly sweetreyes,) who never officially posted. […]

Maverick Hunters Series Read

Maverick Hunters: Replimasters OtakuBoards’ Maverick Hunters series of RPGs is possibly one of the most prolific series in the site’s history – at the very least, it has spawned several incarnations over a period of years. The very first RPG in the series, Maverick Hunters: Replimasters, was created on 04/01/2002 by Flash (known as Final Flash […]

n00b Hunter Read

n00b Hunter [M-LV] is an OtakuBoards fan-fiction created by DeadSeraphim in December of 2004. This story featured Alan as a cold-blooded killer, hunting out members who continued to spam up the boards and exacting violent revenge on them. Much more adult and violent than other OB fan-fiction up to that point, n00b Hunter’s success helped […]

Otaku Idol 2: Who Wants to Become an Event Master? Read

                                                               “Otaku Idol 2: Who wants to become an Event Master?” otherwise known as simply “Otaku Idol 2,” is the 2006 follow-up to 2003’s writing competition, Otaku Idol, won by Lady Asphyxia.  Shortly after winning the first Otaku Idol, Lady Asphyxia went on to become the moderator for Otaku Anthology.  Therefore, it was only appropriate that Otaku Idol […]

OtakuBoards Graphic Worm Read

Also known as the “OBGW”, the “Graphic Worm”, the “Worm,” among other variations, the project was constructed by placing a continuous string of graphics horizontally, each measuring 600×450 pixels. The left and right sides were to be made in a simple manner, to allow smoother transitions betwen pieces. The OtakuBoards Graphic Worm was started by Retribution […]

Otakupedia Read

Otakupedia is an encyclopedia that attempts to chronicle the vast history of Otakuboards. As such, it is awesome. While the desire to create a repository of Otakuboards lore has existed for years (as early as v2), it was Charles who finally got around to making one. It started as a simple thread in Otaku Lounge, […]

Put On Your Red Shoes and Dance Read

Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance is an RPG created by Raiha and Charles on April 16th, 2007.  The project was essentially meant to be a love letter to the 2003 RPG called Body Language that both Raiha and Charles both look look upon fondly.  Coincidentally, Charles had not actually participated in an RPG since Body Language.   […]

Star Wars 411 Read

   Star Wars 411 is a thread published by Dragon Warrior in the Music, Movies & TV forum, dedicated to the discussion of all things Star Wars. The thread originally hit the boards in 2002 in the Introduction forum and was ultimately closed.  Dragon Warrior’s version, (created directly after the closure) continues to the present day. It is to […]

The Banner/Avatar Orphanage Read

The Banner/Avatar Orphanage is a thread (currently a sticky) in the Art by Request subforum. Created after its suggestion to Syk3 by Retribution, the Orphanage intended to serve members looking for pre-made and out of use banners. The idea behind this thread was to essentially recycle banners as they fell out of use by a […]

The Christmas Banner Contest Read

The Christmas Banner Contest thread is a semi-annual thread created by James to give members the chance to create banners for the honor of having their entry displayed on OtakuBoards for the holidays. This idea was inspired by James in an attempt to spruce up OB for the holiday season. Looking back at previous Christmas Banner […]

The Daily Otaku (2001) Read

The original Daily Otaku was a series of threads in the General Discussion (now Otaku Lounge) forum, created by Stardust and others in 2001. The Daily Otaku was the original OtakuBoards newspaper, and each “issue” featured brief articles discussing popular threads and interesting quotes of the day. These articles were written by Stardust and a […]

The Daily Otaku (2004) Read

OtakuBoards: The DailyOtaku [PG] was one of the more successful OtakuBoards fan fictions written by the Desbreko in January 2004. What made it so unique was that it was written from the perspective of a real newspaper reporting on unexpected events happening at OtakuBoards. As it so aptly put it: “It’s what you don’t need […]

The Game Read

The Game was a godawful thread Desbreko created when games in Otaku Lounge were on a seasonal upswing. The biggest spamfest in recent history, it had three fairly simple rules: 1. Knowledge of the Game is all you need in order to play. 2. You lose if you think about the Game. 3. When you […]

The OtakuBoards Survivor Series Read

OtakuBoards Survivors were three competitive RPGs created by Sage/Sandy. Their common factor was that they were all based on the widely popular reality-tv-series “Survivor”. The RPGs were all quite popular during their time, and the popularity grew with each new game. The three games shared the same basic mechanics: the chosen players were divided into […]

The Otakuties Read

The Otakuties was an unofficial event created by Dragon Warrior and Charles.  The basic concept behind Otakuties was that it would give OtakuBoards members a structure and purpose for posting their pictures.  Otakuties was intended to be OtakuBoards’ first beauty pagent. Initially Charles urged Dragon Warrior to capitalize on the lackluster reception of the Otaku Idol […]

The Padded Room Party! Read

The Padded Room Party! (created by Mike aka Char!) was one of the largest and arguably spammiest ‘role playing’ threads to ever exist. The PRP was typical of most OtakuBoards Version 3 role playing threads; if featured little to no premise, barely any character development and chaotic action-oriented posts with a weak (or nonexistent) overlaying narrative. […]

The Razr Incident Read

The Razr Incident refers to a thread titled “Motorola Razr” that was started in August of 2006 by DaSilva, who wanted to obtain an unblock code for his “aquired” Motorola Razr. Things quickly backlashed against DaSilva when the suspiciousness of his acquisition was questioned by the other members, who feared that it had been stolen. […]

The Reanimatrix Read

The Reanimatrix was a thread created by James on April 4th, 2004, in what would be his first contribution to the OtakuBoards Anthology forum. The Reanimatrix was modeled after 2003’s collection of short anime films inspired by The Matrix mythos– The Animatrix. The Reanimatrix was intended to be a collection of short stories written by […]

Today’s Poem Read

Today’s Poem was a massive thread in the OB Anthology started by Heaven’s cloud in 2002. The concept was simple.  Heaven’s Cloud would post a daily poem in this thread, either one that he write himself or one that he found relevant to his current mood.  He encouraged members to follow suit urged them to post a poem in […]

What’s your favourite type of sock? Read

What’s your favourite sock is a 2001 thread created in the ashes of OtakuBoards Version 2 and the formative days of V3 of the boards history. The discussion revolved around socks, and members’ preferences for sock types. Some members perferred fluffy socks, while others preferred thinner types. Master O Beans only liked the ones with […]