The third title in the series, Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future, was by Appaloosa and did not have Ed Annunziata’s input. So when Caverns of Hope formed - a site with an aesthetic more centered around Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future for the Sega Dreamcast - Arkon was incensed and there was a bit of a “web war” (waged only by him if I’m being honest) against the site. Johnny was ambitious he had an Ecco fan game in the works among other things, and he also didn’t like the idea of competition. I worked with him to moderate forums and chatrooms, contributing screenshots and other content to the site as he refined his many engines over the years. Unhappy with some of the things going on in the community, he decided he wanted to go his own way and split into a sister site, humbly calling it. He was my first introduction to what I would call a successful “internet troll,” being young and brash and too smart with computers for his own good. One of the more outspoken members of the community was my friend Johnny, known as Arkonviox. It was the first time I took on a virtual moniker which stuck, wrote fanfiction, and generally interacted with a community of unique individuals talented and otherwise who had a single thing in common: love for a niche Sega Genesis cult classic. My first introduction to any kind of forum/fandom interaction was on a site called The Undercaves.
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