A trio of friends(LianYL, Xak and Victor) who were bored with the national conscription programme called National Service came together one night at LianYL’s house to stay overnight to watch anime and play Dead or Alive on Xbox. It gradually became a routine event which later shifted to Kokanaden’s house after he got roped in (and due to other reasons lol).
Then came the joining of new members like Kwok, Tjhan, HalcyonDF etc. etc. It became a rather big group which eventually needed a name. It was later named First Otaku Battalion(1OBn) by Kokanaden.
Its expansion over to the MINDEF forums, where new relationships were forged, and new members recruited, and how every member migrated over to the Intranet spamlist etc. etc. Some may have ORD-ed, some have grown silent, but nevertheless, they’re 1Obn members. From the big organisation of 1Obn, several spinoffs came about; the doujin circle, the dota clanners etc.. Seems that 1Obn is quite a behemoth now. We’ve stopped recruiting members into 1Obn itself (membership in the sub-groups does NOT guarantee you status as a 1Obn member, neither does being included in our spamlist).
The group is now headed by Kwok and has several of its wings headed by oterh members. Of course, as an organisation grows, the relationships get more complex. Misunderstandings occur, arguments break out. *shrugs* These can easily be settled. 1Obn:Above all others, and above all members. Of course, another way would be to be more stringent when admitting new members, but hey it’s a democratic organisation!
Written with the aid of the post from Silens Silentium (Kokanaden’s Blog)
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