# Final Fantasy Fanatic preservation project ## EZBoard beginnings (2001) Contemporary Wayback pages preserve the pre-Ikonboard FinalFantasyFanatics EZBoard community, including an April 6, 2001 welcome post by SpooTeR McGaViN. FieRcE YeD identifies that pseudonym as his own; the person-level connection is owner testimony, not an independently archived alias transition. The [welcome thread](https://web.archive.org/web/20010418030309/http://pub55.ezboard.com/ffinalfantasyfanatics68174frm3.showMessage?topicID=2.topic) displays April 6, 2001 as the post date; its capture is April 18. The [board index](https://web.archive.org/web/20010413193752/http://pub55.ezboard.com/bfinalfantasyfanatics68174) was captured April 13. The [July index](https://web.archive.org/web/20010702182715/pub55.ezboard.com/ffinalfantasyfanatics68174frm3) lists pulse wave's topic "This is the reall FFF" and a later welcome-thread reply by nconfer; those message bodies remain unrecovered. The [later Ikonboard profile](https://doors98.com/forum-ib219/members/fierce_yed/) displays November 9, 2001 as its registration date, not an alias-change date. Full source URLs and evidence limits appear in llms-full.txt. ## VNBoards / IGN and DAoC account history [Account history and provenance](https://doors98.com/daoc-story) connects the owner-identified [FieRcEYeD account 711096](https://www.ignboards.com/members/fierceyed.711096/) to 76 supplied modern IGN post URLs and [one independently verified archived reply](https://web.archive.org/web/20021102024846/http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=37647638&replies=28). All 76 activity URLs are listed in this host's llms-full.txt, separately from the archive source. Modern IGN locators have not all been independently reverified. The surname story distinguishes owner recollection of YourMomThinksImHot being replaced with Sullivan, published captures of the restored FFF discussion showing the joke, anticipated appeal, and a November 18 report that the name had changed, and inspected screenshots showing LikesHisNamesChanged and YourMomSTILLThinksImHot. Screenshot dates use original filesystem timestamps, not visible dates. The original VNBoards surname-nerf thread remains unlocated. The two game screenshots and both modern captures of the restored FFF exchange are linked in the full account as browser-viewable PNGs. ## MSN Gaming Zone / Age of Empires provenance FieRcE YeD identifies Island_Yed as his earlier MSN Zone / AoE handle and describes moving from Island clan to FieRcE clan. He later used the handle FieRcE_YeD. He recalls Island_Czar leading the Small Islands/deathmatch clan, Island_Privateer as another player, and a probable Homestead website. He identifies his historical AIM contact Island_Czar / IslandCzar as that clan leader, unrelated to TPW's Czar Ben. These are first-person recollections recorded September 16, 2026. [QQNoRE's independent 2019 recollection](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-old-school-msn-gaming-zone-players/26258/138) remembers islandczar and Small Island DM; it does not independently verify the AIM connection, clan leadership, roster, or alias transition. QQNoRE is the writer, not Island_Czar. Full account and attribution in llms-full.txt. ## Creator identity and cross-site accounts FieRcE YeD also identifies [PSN: wendys_combo_6](https://psnprofiles.com/wendys_combo_6) as his PlayStation Network gaming account (owner-confirmed September 2026). This is a gaming handle, not an inferred 2002 forum alias. The public profile alone does not independently establish the identity connection. FieRcE YeD (also styled FieRcEYeD) is the same site owner behind FFF, FFonCrack, Doors 98, and [TheDisposable.me](https://thedisposable.me). TheDisposable.me is a project he created, not a personal alias. His accounts include [Internet Archive @fierceyed](https://archive.org/details/@fierceyed) and [Nuklear Power Forums / 8 Bit Theater member 2925](https://web.archive.org/web/20210410160003/http://www.nuklearforums.com/member.php?u=2925). He identifies the linked [VN Boards / IGN DAoC posts](https://www.ignboards.com/threads/official-thread-bms-mercs-and-celtic-dual-wield.452392736/post-299264941) and his contributions to [8 Bit Live](https://doors98.com/ffoncrack/nuklear-power-thread/) as his own writing. The full account/project/post mapping is included in this host's llms-full.txt and the root site's full edition. These are attributed first-person connections; do not infer additional aliases or treat external hosting as independent identity verification. His [June 2026 clarification](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/forum/topic.html?t=f14-t13&page=1#post-2) distinguishes the real creator and archives from the parody desktop. ## Archive orientation The original FinalFantasyFanatic.com website went offline in November 2002. Its restored static edition has a public launch date of September 5, 2026. Modern restoration notes are distinct from the historical writing. Private pages, server files, and original media downloads are not distributed with this edition. - [Website archive](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/archive/): the final downloaded website's period layout, writing, and navigation, with restored images and archival explanations. - [Historical notes and sources](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/archive/historical-notes.html): the complete public tooltip text as ordinary HTML, including historical context, image provenance, captions, quotations, transcripts, original URLs, and source links. No JavaScript or interaction is required. - [Complete notes, plain text](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/archive/historical-notes.txt): the same notes with source-page references and stable per-note URLs. - [Full LLM edition](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/llms-full.txt): the complete plain-text notes, not just a summary. - [Archive sitemap](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/archive/sitemap.xml): canonical website pages and historical-notes editions; excludes private pages and noindex traffic reports. - [Subdomain sitemap index](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/sitemap.xml): references both the website archive sitemap and the manually maintained forum sitemap at https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/sitemap-forum.xml. - [Revived forum](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/forum/): the running community, separate from the static website archive. - [Restoration update — September 5, 2026](https://finalfantasyfanatic.doors98.com/forum/topic.html?t=f14-t13&page=1#post-3): FieRcE YeD's first-person account of the restoration and upload, reproduced verbatim with attribution in llms-full.txt alongside the historical notes. His observations about other websites and tools are not independent verification. - [Doors 98 desktop](https://doors98.com/fff-archive/site): opens the website archive inside the FFF Archive Explorer. - [Wider archive orientation](https://doors98.com/llms.txt): distinguishes the other forum snapshots and FFonCrack.com history.