The Legacy of the SOA Boards
About seven years ago, I was contacted by King Big. He was still at Mobius at the time, but he wanted me to look into SOA. He told me something bad was going to happen there, and he wasn't sure when, why, or how. So I took the job and did it, observing the site for a year.
In the year I saw many things, I saw grand heroes, greater than any before or since, and I saw despicable people causing chaos and anarchy for fun. I wanted to be there, to help those heroes. They were the people I looked up to.
After the year of observation, King Big sent me in. I was a teenager at the time so he was wary, but he needed a kid to get in if he was to learn anything useful, and more importantly, to prevent the evil of the prophecy from being carried out.
So I joined, and I started the Sonic Wars, an effort to unite the fanbase and create peace amongst the populace. In the short run, it worked, but there was fierce competition. You see, back then, SOA had no threats of supernatural warlords, only mob bosses.
Led by Greaseman, him and his lackies picked on anyone who stood against their ideals. As classic elitists, they were determined to prove that they were right and that everyone else was wrong. As a supporter of Love and Peace, I couldn't stand it.
So I did what I could, but I was outgunned, quite easily. King Big had made it clear, even at my best, I'd only take down one. If I was to succeed, I'd need an army to defeat them. And thus the purpose of the Sonic Wars of uniting the fanbase. If I could succeed, I'd make the forum a better place.
It took awhile, at least a year, but things finally shaped into peace and prosperity. We were entering a Golden Age, and I felt proud of all the hard work we'd done. But it came with a price, one that truly nearly destroyed us all.
There was a boy, he joined a few months after me, but way before Zezima. This boy had passion, youth, and even innocence. Truthfully, his story is a sad one. But if you knew his name, his legacy, that fact may surprise. He was MyliferockscuzofShadow.
A child who needed someone to lead him on the right path, but he came to SOA at the worst possible time. The gangsters of SOA were still running strong, and the Sonic Wars were only just getting started. He was young, so he defended his ideals like most children do, but he was alone in them, he hadn't grown up enough to even understand them himself. And he was punished by the mobsters because of it.
In anger and rage, he fought against them, furthering down a path of darkness. He became just as bad as Greaseman and the others, which meant there was little that could be done to save him. And as such, the staff of SOA decided he deserved banishment.
The corruption of SOA chose who to ban, not who deserved it. And even when they did, they hardly stuck to their decision. And as such, it doomed us. The gang eventually broke up, but at some point crazykramer12 showed himself.
It took awhile before we realized he was MyliferockscuzofShadow, but to the staff of SOA, that didn't matter, he looked different enough, so they let him in.
But it was a huge mistake, as he had changed. Any good left in him was gone. He was evil. It became our mission to stop him from causing more harm. It was practically comedic at how back and forth our efforts were to defeat him.
But one day, he vanished. Gone. And finally, we had that Golden Age. It was blissful. People could joke around without causing offense. People could be intellectual and they were taken seriously. Even a former villain or two realized the error of their ways. And with crazykramer12 gone, we realized we had won, for great justice.
But our happiness was short lived. A mysterious man, claiming to be a subordinate of crazykramer12 came along one day. He is forever famous for the fact he had 12 accounts banned in one week, which to my knowledge is an unbroken record. He was not smart, nor was he strong, but he brought back the fear that crazykramer could return.
At long last, King Big came to me, and told me that dark times were coming. Something bad was going to happen, and soon. Sure enough, crazykramer did return, and we went to war again, but only shortly. Somehow, the two had found a way to merge together.
King Big had arrived on Earth just in time, and informed me of what happened. An ancient evil, the Tails Doll, had found MyliferockscuzofShadow, and had been the one to plant the dark seed in him. It was Tails Doll's goal to unleash a prophecy of a monster called The Beast. The monster would be so powerful, it would somehow escape SOA and destroy all of the Internet. The world freaked out, and we rushed to battle. But it got worse.
You see, after the Sonic Wars were won, I decided I didn't want the title of hero. I wanted to be a mentor figure, so I pushed for our hero to be a member named HolyNightmaren. He had everything a leader needed, and he helped us greatly in the battles against crazykramer12. But he was a time traveler. He knew that The Beast won, so when the Tails Doll gave him an offer, he took it, and abandoned us. It hurt us all, but we won the first battle against the Tails Doll.
Another joined the Dark Side, taking his loyalists with him, and to make things worse, I was injured in battle. King Big took over for me for a few days until I healed, but clearly we were in trouble.
And then, it happened. The ritual was complete, and The Beast was formed. Tails Doll was ecstatic, he believed he had won. But he failed. The Beast could not be controlled. It crushed the Tails Doll and destroyed his army. Komodos and HolyNightmaren returned to us, realizing that, no matter how much power the Dark Side gave them, they were going to lose. There was only one hope left, and it was dangerous.
But desperate times called for desperate measures, so HolyNightmaren, Komodos, and I fused together. We became The Holy Komodo Fighter.
Needless to say, we were going for overkill. The Beast was amused, but we had one ace in the hole. Tails Doll had forced The Beast awake, which meant it wouldn't be the prophesied time, which meant it was much weaker than us. We had a long battle, but we were victorious, and the world was safe once more. The Beast was destroyed, and we believed it was in full. From this point, two different stories diverge. One concerning the aftermath and the creation of the Revolution of Gaming, and the other was the Tails' Doll's fate.
For the sake of this, let's stick with Tails Doll. After he was crushed, being a doll and all, he managed to escape and headed up north. King Big had a personal vendetta against him, and so him and I went together, along with some Mobian soldiers, and we hunted the monster down. It didn't take too long, but the battle was intense, and being a kid, I was totally outmatched. But King Big wasn't.
King Big pounded him senseless, and after beating him, we thought we were done, but Tails Doll thought he had an ace up his sleeve. He opened up the void to his power, and tried to seal us all in it. It was a stupid move, because King Big was ready for surprises, so he managed to grab the fool and throw him inside his own void, leaving him trapped, surrounded by all his power, and yet unable to use it.
And for three years, we eased a sigh of relief. Tails Doll was gone, and we had no supernatural evil to worry about. But there is one last bit of this story of Tails Doll. You see, King Big's research led us to discovering the Tails Doll was actually possessed by an evil spirit named Majora. After its near-death experience, it retreated to our dimension and possessed the doll.
Majora's greatest desire is destruction, and after failing to achieve it, it came to our universe, and decided that destroying Empress Cream was the best way to do it. It failed to beat her, but it was bitter, so it took out its anger on Earth, assaulting children and giving them nightmares.
When it discovered the prophecy, it tried to use The Beast to succeed, but failed. When that didn't work, it decided to hide away, so we stopped it. But despite all of that, it escaped, and desperate to possess someone, it went for one person: LightSpeedBlast.
LightSpeedBlast was once a hero amongst SOA members everywhere, but he fell to the Dark Side, finding its evil beautiful. He attempted more than once to become Mly's apprentice, and did many things to prove his chaotic nature was for real. After being sealed in the void for a few years, Majora decided he should be the next vessel, and went straight to him. Truthfully, Majora succeeded, and many of us, Jmh here included, feared for the consequences. But there was an upside.
Each of us has a gift, and for LightSpeedBlast's case, it's that, regardless of what would influence or possess him, he'd still retain command. Majora did possess him, but by doing so, was forever locked inside, with no way to actually control LightSpeedBlast.
Boastfully claiming he now was possessed by Majora meant nothing, because Majora's power could not amplify his because of his own gift, and he could not do anything powerful on his own. The two were stuck together, and to this day still are, living together in seclusion.
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