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Hello everyone! So I'm sure many of you have been wondering exactly what it is that we've been talking about releasing over the past few days, and the time has finally come for us to reveal it!



Before I go in to the specifics of this new addition to the site, I want to give a bit of background to help you all understand how this came about.

Since the site was purchased by myself and various other staff members back in July of 2016, we've been discussing and working towards ways that we can raise funds to keep the site running. Like most other websites, we have been utilizing Google AdSense to earn revenue from ads placed on the site. We think that thus far we have implemented this in a fair and unintrusive way and are mostly happy with the results, but unfortunately it is likely that we won't be able to support the site in to the coming year on AdSense revenue alone. We deliberated a lot as a staff team about what would be the best way to raise extra funds in a way that would give back to our user base, and we think that this is the best way to do that.

We have created a new usergroup which we are calling "Contributor". This usergroup is available to all members on the site, regardless of join date or post count, that pay a small monetary contribution towards the site. Subscriptions are offered in two payment plans, one plan for $4.99 per 6 months and one for $8.99 per year. The Contributor usergroup will function similar to Premium, but will have many more benefits, which are outlined below:

• Your own section to spend time in. Here, you'll be able to post ideas and suggestions about how you think our site should be run from an administrative perspective.
• Advertisements completely removed.
• Priority in community events, such as the podcast and streams.
• Chance to beta test new site features, including skins, one of which is available now.
• A special pin for becoming a contributor.
• The ability to upload larger avatars (1MB) and have three images in your signature.
• Be given a special rank on our Minecraft server (coming soon). More details will come with the release of the server.
• Some Premium Member perks.
• Many more to come.

We want to make it very clear that both regular and Premium members won't be losing any features and should feel no obligation to become a Contributor if they can't or don't feel the need to. We will be working in the near future on more advancements for regular and Premium members, including a possible color change if interest persists, and we will make an effort to include you all in community events despite Contributors taking priority.

Since our purchase of the site, and even back when things were out of hand, we saw an immense amount of support from you guys, and your love and dedication towards the site was made very apparent. We can't describe how much your support means to us and we wouldn't be able to run this site without you.

To celebrate the launch of the Contributor user group and a new era for KH-Vids, we'll be offering a launch deal on the 1 year subscription for $7. This deal will only be available until March 13th, so make sure to get it while you can.

If you don't wish to be part of the Contributor usergroup but still want to donate, you can go here to do that, which we really appreciate. We would also be happy to disable advertisements for you if donate this way, just contact us.

There is more information available in the Contributor section, but if there's any questions that you have before contributing, feel free to contact any staff on here or the Discord and ask away. We really appreciate your support and cooperation with this and are looking forward to a smooth implementation.

Welcome back to Daybreak Town! Everyone ready to see how your hard work has stacked up?

In fifth place this week is KHV_Leopardos with a total of 2,836,101 Lux! The top scorer was @Noizless with 872,979 Lux--about 31% of the party's earnings. @Haseo followed with 858,175 Lux, and @Scarred Nobody with 657,886 Lux.

In fourth place this week is KHV_Ursus with a total of 4,879,990 Lux! The top scorer was @KHGrl15 with 3,487,248 Lux--about 71% of the party's earnings. @PrincessKairixXx followed with 798,335 Lux, and @tamale with 585,539 Lux.

In third place this week is KHV_Vulpeus with a total of 14,209,000 Lux! The top scorer was @Xephos with 9,245,394 Lux--about 65% of the party's earnings. @Randy kelly followed with 2,131,973 Lux, and @Fearless with 1,029,192 Lux.

In second place this week is KHV_Anguis with a total of 32,110,312 Lux! The top scorer was @cstar with 20,115,068 Lux--about 63% of the party's earnings. @Explode followed with 8,936,997 Lux, and @Beucefilous with 3,044,310 Lux.

In first place this week is KHV_Unicornis with a total of 71,644,863 Lux! The top scorer was @Captain Arch with 37,250,412 Lux--about 52% of the party's earnings. @Aelin FireHeart followed with 16,450,485 Lux, and @Glen with 15,109,147 Lux.

1. KHV_Unicornis
2. KHV_Anguis
3. KHV_Vulpeus
4. KHV_Ursus
5. KHV_Leopardos

Congratulations to the Keyblade wielders of KHV_Unicornis! Master Ira would be thrilled with all your work!

Special congratulations to this week's top scorers from each party--Noizless, KHGrl15, Xephos, cstar, and Captain Arch! You'll all be sent special pins to commemorate your accomplishments if you've not yet received one!

If you want to join in the competition, you can still sign up for our official KHV parties here!

NOTE: If your Player ID is not already recorded in the party sign-up thread, please post it there in order to facilitate the creation of these leaderboards every week!

See you all back here at the fountain plaza next week!

A new Kingdom Hearts picture by Tetsuya Nomura is apparently on display in a shop in Japan. This artwork features Sora and Roxas and looks super cool.

Thanks to Yurinahp for posting it on Twitter.

Square-Enix has announced a limited edition of the upcoming PS4 re-release 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix', available exclusively at the Square-Enix online store. The limited edition will come with an exclusive pin, just like the limited editions of both 'Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix' and 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue'. 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix' will be released March 28th in North America and March 31st in Europe.

Hey everyone! First off, I want to thank everyone for the great turnout we had on the 2.8 community livestreams. We're glad you guys enjoyed watching and commentating as much as we liked hosting. And I have an announcement for you all: starting this Friday, February 10th we'll be having a bi-monthly stream every other Friday! Unless there's an announcement saying otherwise, streams will always start around 7PM Eastern time.

For the first stream I'll be playing more of my Dream Drop Distance proud mode file, but from then on there will be polls for what game you'd like to see me play. Who knows, there might even be some online multiplayer games that you can join in on.

Just like last time, you'll be able to sign up for one hour time slots to guest commentate. And should we only have a couple people sign up, you can join back in for a big group commentary - though you need a PS4/Vita and a mic to commentate. Available slots are down below, but they're first come first serve so if you want a specific time then go get it.

If you have any suggestions for the stream, or would like it moved to another day, just shoot me a message.


And as always, the stream will be hosted on our official Twitch channel. Follow us there so you don't miss out!