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Hey all you kingdom hearts kids! Welcome to another year of our Secret Santa event! As you may be aware, DPWolf was our leader and esteemed Head Santa, spreading cherry and merriment throughout the nice kids, while punishing the bad with coal (and fire). However, Wolfie's passed the torch and reins of the sleigh onto me, and I intend to do my best to honor the tradition she started.

WHAT IS SECRET SANTA
Secret Santa is an event we host every year, in which you guys sign up and get to make presents for each other for the holiday season! Previous Secret Santa threads may be found by clicking the following hyperlinks:

YEAR ONE - YEAR TWO - YEAR THREE - YEAR FOUR

PRESENTS
Presents are anything that you can make online and send to the person.

Examples include, but are not limited to:
  • Artwork
  • AMVs
  • Signatures/Avatars
  • Writing (Poems, Stories)
  • Pictures
  • Other things of this nature

You can make one big present, or do a bunch of small ones. But please, don't wait till the last minute and throw one little avatar together. You're expected to both give and receive, so make something you would be happy to receive in turn. On Christmas Day (December 25th), I will make a thread in which you can post your gifts for the person you're paired with. If for some reason you are unable to do it this day, you can send it in a message to your assigned member early, or, alternatively, have until New Year's Day (January 1st) to post it.

RULES
  • Digital presents only! This means nothing of monetary value, such as online giftcards and the like. LIKES ARE NOT A GIFT.
  • Keep it appropriate for KHV, if you need some help with that either look at the rules or message me.
  • Signups will go from today until Friday, November 28th.
  • If you sign up, you can’t back out once everyone is paired up (extreme cases permitting).
  • Gifts will be given on Christmas Day, but let me know in advance if you know you’re going somewhere so I can let your Secret Santa know when the best time to exchange gifts would be ahead of time.
  • In order to participate, you need to be an active member for at least a month, OR have 30-50 posts INCLUDING posts in areas without post count. This is just to make sure that you are an active member and won’t disappear on your Secret Santa.
  • Have fun!

SIGN ME UP
To sign up, please follow this link to our Sign Up thread within the SpamZone:


This thread is for general comments/questions/concerns only. Sign-ups are, as stated above, in the following thread: http://kh-vids.net/threads/khv-secret-santa-sign-ups.148752/

If you wish to toss out your question in private, please feel free to send me a message! Really looking forward to this, and hope you guys will be too!
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Don't worry, it's nothing too fancy!

Over the next few days we'll be doing some upgrades to our server setup. Because we're such a large site, we run an add-on called Enhanced Search that allows our database to be searched far more efficiently than the standard site search. Those who were on the site before we had Enhanced Search will well remember how searching was near impossible, so we're glad to have this addition! This server maintenance will free up some of the resources used by Enhanced Search (it's a rather intensive add-on) by running it on its own dedicated server. We've noticed the site does get sluggish during the late night / early morning. Hopefully this maintenance will alleviate some of those issues.

So what does this mean for you guys? Very little! Following said maintenance, the site search will function the same as before, and you should expect little to no interruption to the site during this time. If anything, the search might be out of commission for a little while.

Just wanted to warn you all in advance. Thanks everyone!
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Today I'm excited to announce an exciting and long-anticipated addition to our Cutscene Archive... scenes from Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, presented in lovely 1080p HD, for your viewing and editing pleasure!

For some time now the sole scenes we've had available from Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix have been from the Japanese release, recorded by @Mixt over a year ago. With Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix now upon us, I've kicked my butt into gear to personally provide you all with the HD scenes you've been waiting for. Of course, there was a steep learning curve for me, which was part of the delay! I can't tell you how many times I started recording from the game, found a better recording process, then started again from scratch. Still, I feel it was all worth it -- they're some mighty nice lookin' videos!

Each video is encoded using H264 for maximum quality and compatibility, and is available in both AVI and MP4 format (choose whichever works best for you -- quality-wise, they're identical!). Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix's native resolution is 1440x810 for most cutscenes (the FMVs are 720p), so the videos have been slightly stretched to 1080p for ease and familiarity. But really, seeing is believing -- so check out one of the videos, uploaded to our YouTube Channel:


Now I will warn you that just a few videos are missing -- I still have to grab the secret endings, Another Side, Another Story and Deep Dive, but it shouldn't take long! As such, we've yet to put up the bulk download links until we have a complete collection. Once that's finished, I'll set my sights on Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, while @Karuta continues plugging away on videos from Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix.

The videos are available for stream and download via our Cutscene Archive...


If you make some rad Kingdom Hearts videos of your own, please submit them to our Video Portal, and learn about how you can get them featured on our homepage through the newly-rebooted Top 5!

Find a broken or misleading link on the page? Need help? Feel free to post in either this thread or our Feedback & Assistance section.
Community KH-Vids Presents: Fundraising Night!
Hey there all you Kingdom Hearts kids! Do you enjoy video game streams? Do you enjoy new site features? And, most importantly, do you enjoy watching the staff make fun of each other and Misty in particular?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, you’re in the right place!

Fundraising Night, an idea conceived and brought forth by the ever lovely @Stardust, will be a streaming event hosted by the staff in an effort to raise donations for the site. It is no secret that typically, when it comes to add-ons that cost money, the staff usually foots the bill to bring it site-side. As a result of this, it can be difficult to obtain add-ons as soon as we’d like due to being pressed for money in other areas of life.

To counteract this, we would like to raise donations for these add-ons, as well as prizes for future events. As seen with the Trivia Tournament and the 10th Anniversary Event, we do like to hand out physical gifts for site competitions, and would be more than willing to do so again in the future! And, what better way to raise donations than through something entertaining for the whole site to join in on?

As this first few streams will be largely trial and error, here’s a few basic things to keep in mind:
  • Please behave appropriately in the chat. As this is an official KHV sponsored event, KHV’s rules do apply here.
  • You are not required to donate. As we are all mostly high school/university aged, it is definitely understandable if money is tight for you. Equally as important, just because you do donate does not mean you receive a boon of special bonuses and/or treatment. While it is hoped that we do receive some form of donations, we do want you all to be able to enjoy the stream more than anything.

Donation Goals
This list contains the add-ons and prizes that we have been considering. At the current moment, we have the following items in mind. The cost, in US dollars, contains a link to the listings of the items in question. If you are curious about what the items are, please feel free to click the appropriate hyperlink(s)!

Add-Ons
XenCarta Wiki (Pro): $30
Bests Posts: $10
Digital Point Search: $25

Merchandise Prizes
Sora and Roxas Necklaces: $6.40
Silver Keyblade Necklace: $9.85
13" Shadow Heartless Plush Doll: $20

If you aren't able to join the stream(s) and would like to donate regardless, please click the 'Donate' button on the KH-Vids homepage beneath our 'Affiliates' section!

Streaming
For the most part, we will be utilizing the KHVidsNet Twitch channel to do our streaming. At the moment, we don’t have an exact time frame for how long the stream will be going, but it will certainly not be an all day affair.

For streams in which a Visual Novel and other similar genres will be played, we will be utilizing our Ustream account. Streams that will be on Twitch will be indicated by this bold red, while streams utilizing Ustream will be indicated by this bold blue.

The first couple of streams we have lined up will be 1-2 player games, although we will usually try to have additional staff in the chat to talk (and taunt) the player. We do have some multiplayer games in discussion though, so you can definitely expect to see them soon.
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Hi guys! We've got some really exciting news.

Thanks to our illustrious recorder Mixt, we're proud to present all of the cutscenes from KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 REMIX: 358/2 Days! The videos are in their original Japanese (still waiting on that Fall 2013 international release, Square!) in lovely 1080p!

Mixt has really done a great job with these so be sure to give him a big thank you!

You can check out the cutscenes by either heading to the Cutscene Archive (listed under both 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix) or just clicking here! The videos are available in fourteen parts, in your choice of MP4 or AVI.

One or two of the download or watch now links might be down while I'm doing a little uploading but it should be 100% soon! :]

Make something great with these clips? Share your video with us in our Video Portal, and make sure you tag it for entry into the Top 5!