During the Emo-Khakain War, Khakain tried to create a page for itself on Wikipedia and got into a fight with both VGX, who wanted the article to be about his forever-upcoming book, and Wikipedia's police force, who thought the article was a "vanity page". Still keen on the idea of a Khakain wiki page, we uploaded a wiki of our own onto our server. After months of on-and-off work it became a bit of a beast. CG himself praised the project, saying that it was the rightful successor to his now-dead Timeline. In addition to being the nerdiest thing many of us have ever done, the wiki's varied articles also get hits on Google and have led to many old members to return to us, if only for a few hours.

Lollipop is a group that is always looking for new material. When they aren't fakeposting they're sharing weird YouTubes, or writing weird stories, or just generally being weird creatively. In their tireless search for women to have join their board, they found Stanzi and her abusive boyfriend Heroin Rob. After several confrontations on AIM, Rob became one of the elite few to threaten FBI COMPUTER CRIMES DIVISION and hounded Lollipop all over the internet, including Khakain. Nobody was safe from his counter-harassment, until Kalimdel set him straight. Not so threatening was jere, no doubt a young fellow from ZU that became very confused by Lollipop. And when I say confused, I mean Lollipop members got him to believe a psychic heron would come to his house and reveal to him his true identity and purpose in life as the destroyer of Zalgo. This is the kind of stuff you get into with Lollipop, folks.

For a community with an increasingly aging population (not unlike Japan, or that retirement home down the road), it was inevitable that many Khakain members would eventually join the workforce and by extension enter the throes of depression. What better medicine for boredom and dissatisfaction than a message board, and how better to blow off steam than via a topic made for that exact purpose? Originally created by Abby in January 2007, “How Was Your Day?” became a regular feature on the front page, as it took its place as part of the daily routine of many of Khakain’s senior (and sometimes junior) members. A respectable 8,000+ posts and 57,000+ views somewhat belie the importance of HWYD? to Khakain’s smooth existence, as it gives members somewhere to vent frustrations, ask for advice or simply argue about whether The Little Mermaid’s “Sebastian” is a lobster or a crab.

What begun as a sly attempt by Absolut JJtH to obtain lewd self-portrait photography from the female members of Khakain ended up as one of the board’s most popular – and prolific – topics, taking on a life of its own far beyond the scope of its original purpose. Currently measuring in at a little over 16,000 posts and well over 150,000 views counting the thread from PHP Khakain (notable for a board with only around 75 regular members), PPoY is now a historical repository that measures so much more than physical attractiveness. Rather, it plots the ups and downs of the community, gives an almost exclusive window into the personal lives of its members, and, of course, allows the male members of Khakain unparalleled access to their female comrades’ breasts.

After the first Boardcon it became common knowledge that hanging out with other board members was in fact awesome and needed to be experienced by everyone. Board members had met before, but for the purposes of distinction we refer to most of those meetings as “microcons”. Minicons involved multiple board members planning a get-together and following through on those plans. Minicons include “Westcons” made up of West Coast people plus their visitors, Joecon, Sonacon, and Davecon. The three latter minicons all occurred in New York and at some point visited Joe’s basement, which his father did not like! Some members do not like the idea of a minicon involving only a few board members, but in reality the logistics often do not support the inclusion of added parties. Minicons are a result of circumstance, chance, and above all convenience. If a couple of board members’ paths cross and someone else happens to be close, there’s a chance a minicon could be brewing. If you’re on the other side of the country, odds are you’ll pass on the plane ticket.

From his Myspace, and from certain drunk AIM conversations, we knew VGX was a little off romantically. For a time he was in a relationship with an 18-year-old boy that looked like Link, so we knew he was at least bisexual. After the initial shock of these revelations, we thought there was nowhere else VGX could go to surprise us. We were very, very wrong. All at once, VGX confessed his life-long secret obsession with womanhood. He confessed having feelings for Perrday. And finally, he confessed that he was soon getting a sex change operation. It was, as he put it, his "third epiphany." And now, as we all know, his every waking hour is spent talking with us about makeup and how guys keep hitting on him even though he's still obviously a tranny. So, thanks, VGX, for keeping the routine fresh. I'm anxious to see where you go from here.

Khakainers were exchanging things through the mail for years, but it was mostly a novelty. With the first Boardcon coming, I figured if we trusted each other enough to meet up, surely we could do something for Christmas. It has since become a yearly institution. Gifts range from "I didn't get you anything and am proud of it" to "holy shit". At the end of the festivities, there is always someone disappointed and a big argument always breaks out. Just like Christmas for real families!

Emo-Khakain was the first enemy that Khakain declared outright war on. All resources were dedicated to its destruction. It was decided that we needed a mascot to represent our war effort. Ironically, Cubone, a Squirtle, stepped up to the task and created Sam. He was the embodiment of one of our stranger memes (IASAM), but still looked like he could kick a fair amount of ass. More importantly, his character and all the influences that went into him were completely divorced from anything related to Fichtl, making him a true mascot for Free Khakain. He remains our mascot to this day and is featured in many a cartoon.

The beginnings of Khakain's IRC chat are not that important. One day people just started using it. Nonetheless, from its conception it has endured for almost five full years as Khakain's second home. Unlike the AIM chats we had had since our beginning, the IRC chat was always open and accessible from any computer with Java. The continuity allowed the chat to develop its own culture. Memes of all kinds got their start on PGF. There were slow days, and for months at a time the chat would be completely dead, driven out of business by nightly AIM chats. Its membership has shifted often and most Khakainers have given it a chance at one time or another, but the chat has more often than not been dominated by our "nerdier" members. The new home for nerds to do their nerd things allowed the "anti-nerds" some breathing room on the increasingly nerdy Khakain. Lastly, being a part of an IRC server has allowed us to meet some interesting characters. Some have even migrated to PGF, giving the channel its own unique population. Personally, I don't think Khakain is the same when it's without PGF.

Westcons are very distinct from their eastern brethren. Firstly, they're usually in the same area around L.A. The group is significantly smaller than main cons, but that means that there doesn't need to be a lot of time spent on coordinating where everyone is. The group can just go where they want. This usually leads to weird adventures out in the desert, or riding in teacups. Westcons are also much more adept at keeping certain things under wraps. The first con Dragonair attended was a Westcon, and not only did he manage to not get photographed, but several group shots were staged with an empty spot to photoshop in an actual Pokemon Dragonair. The Westcon spirit has not been very strong lately; the latest was known as "Tiny Westcon". Its continued success may depend on how much Cabbage really loves Jesus more than us.