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Where did "Forum Ninja" and "Master Forum Ninja" originate from.?Why aren't the mods just called "Forum Moderator"?

  • 03.19.2008 7:40 AM PDT

Because they're ninjas.

And Ninjas are awesome.

  • 03.19.2008 8:00 AM PDT

Thats Right I Was Banned For Watching The Webcams Too Much!Combat Arms - X647"He who'd walk a mile just to hold an empty hand, knows what it means to be a wealthy man."
Skin This Place Alive...

I risk sharing this info with you........not really

Because Shishka has far too much time on his hands.

"Ninja."

Nin is NOT the same as "No" in Japanese. Iie means no. Nai means no. Nin as a suffix means "people." Ninja is a word of its own meaning "One who endures."

Ninja were spies first, assassins second. While there is no absolute evidence of ninja amongst peasents, as the classic beliefs go, but samurai families have records of ninja (also known as shinobi, the women known as kunoichi) in their family tree. In the era in which ninja existed, Samurai would have denied this: Samurai publicly saw ninja as scum, whose acts of treachery and deception defied the doctrines of bushido, the philosophy of honor by which samurai swore.

The legendary "abilities" of ninja spring from myth, and this is by all means intentional on the part of the ninja. The use of shadow and deception made it possible to trick the enemy, convincing them they had seen things they had not.

Ninja and ninpo, the "way of the ninja," is well documented and easily researched. If you can't tell, I've done a book report or two on 'em back when I was in school.

Bungie ninja (Bunnin, or Bunji no Shinobi, as we're referred to in Japanese during our regular meetings) follow the structure put forward by the Iga and Koga clans, the two largest known clans of ninja.

The "master ninja" as you know colliqually are referred to as the jounin, the established, accomplished ninja that have been around some time, but do not have the rank of jounin are known as chunin, and our newest moderators are genin. Much like the ninja of previous era, we walk the shadows and the darkness is the only weapon sharper than the bankatana we weild.

Achronos has us in his employ, and his title is "Overlord," not ninja. I think properly we'd refer to him as Akuronosu-sama, Lord Achronos.

Unlike the ninja of lore, our mystical abilities are quite real.

You can also see what we do to our "unlucky" victims here. Poor thing, he should've followed the rules.. he could have been a little safe then..


Pain, secret islands...and the Webmaster's initiation procedure.

Being a forum ninja is cool. Fact. From getting a custom avatar to being part of the "in" crowd, those who aren't one want to be one, and those who are one want lots of money. But just how can YOU become one? Fear not, dear reader, as I uncover the truth behind being a moderator...

The path to ninjaness begins with a phone call. A gruff voice speaks, sounding vaguely simian. The voice tells you to go to the nearest airport. Tickets are waiting.

You arrive at the airport. Massive jumbo jets surround you. Luxury executive aeroplanes await. You look at your ticket, and look around until you can find it. Terminal 7. You look on in disbelief. A chair with pedals and a helicopter blade.

Eventually, you reach your destination: Hawaii. Great, you think. Then you bump it all goes black.

Later, you wake up in a cell. Naked. Wails surround you. Your heart pounds. The rest of the experience is one long blur...

After what seems like years, you wake up. Chained to your computer. Your browser only accessing bungie.net. Congratulations, your life as forum ninja has begun...

  • 03.19.2008 8:08 AM PDT

Bapa's explanation was better.... Couldn't have said it better myself.

  • 03.19.2008 8:11 AM PDT

Posted by: Mr SnuggIy
So I think Jun's a master chef, because he takes off his helmet and your like whoa, I think he's a chef.

So to shorten this up, Jun is master chef.

Because they are Ninja's.

However, I have always wondered what HFCS stands for.

  • 03.19.2008 8:26 AM PDT
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Do moderators actually work at bungie?

  • 03.19.2008 8:44 AM PDT
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Then why do they get to ban people?!

[Edited on 03.19.2008 8:48 AM PDT]

  • 03.19.2008 8:46 AM PDT

Because that's what moderators are for.

  • 03.19.2008 8:49 AM PDT
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-What doesn't kill us makes us who we are.
-Jesus tap dancing christ I feel so in the dark!
-Emo! Because homos exuality just wasn't ga y enough!

Cuz Ninjas are awesome and can do lots of cool stuff.

  • 03.19.2008 9:01 AM PDT
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I get more ass than a toilet seat.

And we can't have Pirates here or they would both be fighting.

  • 03.19.2008 9:04 AM PDT
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So the option to blacklisting for no freakin reason is at their fingertips?
neeto.

[Edited on 03.19.2008 9:33 AM PDT]

  • 03.19.2008 9:30 AM PDT
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I get more ass than a toilet seat.

Posted by: IIII Shiznit II
So the option to blacklisting for no freakin reason is at their fingertips?


Yes.

  • 03.19.2008 9:33 AM PDT
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so if they get mad at someone for a reason that doesent matter they can blacklist them weather or not it violates ANY rules at all?

  • 03.19.2008 9:34 AM PDT
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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

They get to ban people because they have Achronos' blessing at doing it. Rules are pretty easy around here.

Posted by: IIII Shiznit II
so if they get mad at someone for a reason that doesent matter they can blacklist them weather or not it violates ANY rules at all?

No. If you feel you are treated unfairly you can always ask higher/another moderator to undo the ban. I know people who've had their ban canceled because they were banned for no apparent reason at all.

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  • 03.19.2008 9:34 AM PDT
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as a matter of fact Qbix, i have been blacklisted unfairly on another account, but i dont use that account so it matters not. apparently the moderator wantted to get back at me for complaing about spam by blacklisting be because of spam that i did not committ.


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^if that paragraph violates anything plz tell so that i can cancel it out^^^^^^^^^^

  • 03.19.2008 9:41 AM PDT
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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

Did you reply to spam?

  • 03.19.2008 9:54 AM PDT

Posted by: Mr SnuggIy
So I think Jun's a master chef, because he takes off his helmet and your like whoa, I think he's a chef.

So to shorten this up, Jun is master chef.

Posted by: IIII Shiznit II
as a matter of fact Qbix, i have been blacklisted unfairly on another account, but i dont use that account so it matters not. apparently the moderator wantted to get back at me for complaing about spam by blacklisting be because of spam that i did not committ.


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^if that paragraph violates anything plz tell so that i can cancel it out^^^^^^^^^^

What was the account? You shouldn't just sit back if banned unfairly.

It's possibly that you were a target of the hacker over the summer.

[Edited on 03.19.2008 10:45 AM PDT]

  • 03.19.2008 10:45 AM PDT
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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

Meh, my guess is that he replied to spam.

  • 03.19.2008 11:10 AM PDT
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I always figured it came from this quote:

Halo 2 is alot like Halo 1, except it's Halo 1 on fire going 120 miles per hour through a hospital zone chased by helicopters and ninjas. And the ninjas are all on fire too.

-Jason Jones


But I dunno, it's all speculation.

  • 03.19.2008 11:19 AM PDT

They just kinda strike out of the night with bans and Warnings.

Liek Ninjas but not as cool.

  • 03.19.2008 11:24 AM PDT

Owners of the Katana: A place for those who have a Katana or over 1000GS in Halo 3.

Posted by: SHADOW167
Somewhere out there... in an alternate reality... Marty decided to stay in the ad jingle business, bringing about an age of amazingly orchestrated Pampers commercials.

Posted by: WhiffleBallTony
However, I have always wondered what HFCS stands for.

I think it stands for:
High
Fructose
Corn
Syrup.

[Edited on 03.20.2008 8:53 AM PDT]

  • 03.19.2008 12:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: IIII Shiznit II
So the option to blacklisting for no freakin reason is at their fingertips?
neeto.

And the wrath of those blacklistings are fun as hell to be apart of, I speak with personal experience.

I still stick by the first feeling I had of why they are forum ninjas, its part of Bungie's plot to take over the world.... Forum Ninja know more then we think. =/

  • 03.19.2008 1:11 PM PDT

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  • 03.19.2008 1:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: PKF_647
I risk sharing this info with you........not really

Because Shishka has far too much time on his hands.

"Ninja."

Nin is NOT the same as "No" in Japanese. Iie means no. Nai means no. Nin as a suffix means "people." Ninja is a word of its own meaning "One who endures."

Ninja were spies first, assassins second. While there is no absolute evidence of ninja amongst peasents, as the classic beliefs go, but samurai families have records of ninja (also known as shinobi, the women known as kunoichi) in their family tree. In the era in which ninja existed, Samurai would have denied this: Samurai publicly saw ninja as scum, whose acts of treachery and deception defied the doctrines of bushido, the philosophy of honor by which samurai swore.

The legendary "abilities" of ninja spring from myth, and this is by all means intentional on the part of the ninja. The use of shadow and deception made it possible to trick the enemy, convincing them they had seen things they had not.

Ninja and ninpo, the "way of the ninja," is well documented and easily researched. If you can't tell, I've done a book report or two on 'em back when I was in school.

Bungie ninja (Bunnin, or Bunji no Shinobi, as we're referred to in Japanese during our regular meetings) follow the structure put forward by the Iga and Koga clans, the two largest known clans of ninja.

The "master ninja" as you know colliqually are referred to as the jounin, the established, accomplished ninja that have been around some time, but do not have the rank of jounin are known as chunin, and our newest moderators are genin. Much like the ninja of previous era, we walk the shadows and the darkness is the only weapon sharper than the bankatana we weild.

Achronos has us in his employ, and his title is "Overlord," not ninja. I think properly we'd refer to him as Akuronosu-sama, Lord Achronos.

Unlike the ninja of lore, our mystical abilities are quite real.

You can also see what we do to our "unlucky" victims here. Poor thing, he should've followed the rules.. he could have been a little safe then..



Does anyone else think someone's been watching a little too much Naruto?
Anyone?

  • 03.19.2008 1:31 PM PDT

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