Built by a fan for fans, Metal Gear Online celebrates their first year of service by reflecting on the past year and looking towards the future.
"If you build it, they will come." From the time those words from Field of Dreams echoed throughout theaters nationwide, they have inspired many to live out their dreams in whatever they envisioned. Such is the case for one fan site that sprang up from the murky depths of Geocites and became a thriving place for news, media and fan interaction.
Metal Gear Online (http://www.metalgearonline.org) began one year ago because of one mans vision, brought forth through the coaxing from fellow members at Gamewinners, and became a haven for casual and hardcore fans to visit, discuss and read about the upcoming games in the series. Now celebrating its one year anniversary, Metal Gear Online has successfully eclipsed the 100,000 visitor mark and continues to grow a fan base worldwide. Hosting a vast library of videos, a message forum and with fan hungry visitors from the United States to Japan; and from the United Kingdom to Australia, Hideo Kojima's game series has not only inspired the ingenuity of sites like this, they have also captured the hearts and minds of people all over.
As part of the one year anniversary, Metal Gear Online is proud to launch (for a limited time) their former site Metal Gear Universe (http://www.metalgearuniverse.com) as a way to show visitors how the current site got started and to display the transition between domains. Metal Gear Universe originally came into existence by way of a free site located on Geocities. The aim and original theme consisted of utilizing a web based service to construct a detailed profile for active members from Gamewinners and Ignitegaming for the online clan "FOXHOUND". After the eventual dissolving of "FOXHOUND", the focus shifted from clan orientated identification to a news and media based outlet with the theme "Your one stop source for all things Metal Gear."
Metal Gear Online was founded by Otacon, a member of the Metal Gear Solid Series forum and Moderator at Gamewinners. Special thanks goes to MGM and Kyvek, former members of Gamewinners and current administrators of Forever Gaming for their efforts and support in the creation of the original site, as well as all the members and visitors past and present for their continued support.
