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Those guys are moderators,

be a good member, be active for about 3 years.

then you'll get that,

and MUCH more.

no promises

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Posted by: CPO Fraser
Those guys are moderators


Right now. but the New Hawtness v2 is gonna have a choice of color texts.

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Really? Where did you hear this information? How will the mods be distinguished from other members, other than the icon that they posted in the forum.

*Thinking to self* Well, maybe it's a good ideaa for different colored text. Then people won't just read the moderators text, but other member's as well.

However, I do remember way back when (about two years ago really) when colored text was allowed. However, many members abused it to the extent that it was taken away. That's why mods and Bungie and employees only get colored text now.

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Really? Where did you hear this information? How will the mods be distinguished from other members, other than the icon that they posted in the forum.


Well... me thinks the gold/yellow and white texts are off limits.

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Really? Where did you hear this information? How will the mods be distinguished from other members, other than the icon that they posted in the forum.


Well... me thinks the gold/yellow and white texts are off limits.

Before the New Hawtness, we had color text-markup tags. But abuse of that system forced Achronos to get rid of it.

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Posted by: CPO Fraser
Those guys are moderators,

be a good member, be active for about 3 years.

then you'll get that,

and MUCH more.

no promises


Well, actually, the yellow text belongs to employees. It would be a fairly safe to say that he will never get that. But as for the white text, which is for moderators, and some other, different types of employees, that you could possibly get in the future.

Not withstanding any currently unknown changes to the site format, of course.

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Before the New Hawtness, we had color text-markup tags. But abuse of that system forced Achronos to get rid of it.


What's you point? Achronos will just not allow the Mod colors to be used by non-Mods.

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Posted by: Twinfire0
Before the New Hawtness, we had color text-markup tags. But abuse of that system forced Achronos to get rid of it.


What's you point? Achronos will just not allow the Mod colors to be used by non-Mods.

The abuse that took place with the color text-markup tags happened long before the mods got their white and gold text.

People would do things like find the color of the background of their post and would deliberately make their text the same color, while others would constantly make posts with different colors in it because it was "cool."

It kinda sucks that the color text-markup tags had to go, but it was really for the good of the forums that they did.

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Posted by: Twinfire0
Before the New Hawtness, we had color text-markup tags. But abuse of that system forced Achronos to get rid of it.


What's you point? Achronos will just not allow the Mod colors to be used by non-Mods.

No, that's not what I'm saying. You know how people constantly type in italics or bold because they want to be "unique?" Well, that's what the people did with colors. It was annoying, and the mods didn't like it either. So anybody who posts using italics or bold or underline will usually get a vacation from the forums.

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I'm surpised no one has said "This belongs in the Septagon" yet. I always expect to see about 100 of those in misplaced threads.

But yeah, colored text is never coming back is what I'd assume. It's been gone about 2 years now and I doubt they'd give in now.

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There used to be color markup tags.... Then some morons abused it, and they took it away. Never remembered if you could use white or yellow though.

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Considering that I deliberately shut off colored text, why in the world would we turn it back on?

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Right now. but the New Hawtness v2 is gonna have a choice of color texts.

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Posted by: Achronos
Considering that I deliberately shut off colored text, why in the world would we turn it back on?

Posted by: Snakedude4life
Right now. but the New Hawtness v2 is gonna have a choice of color texts.


Like someone said earlier, you could just prevent it from using White and Gold colors.

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I've seen people with yellowish text, how do I do that?

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Considering that I deliberately shut off colored text, why in the world would we turn it back on?

Posted by: Snakedude4life
Right now. but the New Hawtness v2 is gonna have a choice of color texts.


For kicks and giggles?

You have to admit, it would be funny, in a morbid, "OMG my eyes are bleeding!!!" sort of way. >.>

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Posted by: Achronos
Considering that I deliberately shut off colored text, why in the world would we turn it back on?

Posted by: Snakedude4life
Right now. but the New Hawtness v2 is gonna have a choice of color texts.


How would I know how Achronos works?

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Considering that I deliberately shut off colored text, why in the world would we turn it back on?

Posted by: Snakedude4life
Right now. but the New Hawtness v2 is gonna have a choice of color texts.


Exactly. I was just going to explain that each color has a code. For example, the color white is coded as "FFFFFF." Black is "000000." My point is that, although the mods have white text, and Bungie employees have gold text, a lot of members would just change the coding of their text to almost match the moderators and employees. The code wouldn't be the same, of course, but it would appear very very close.

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man, I wish I could have colored text & a custom avatar. I've learned to accept the fact that the Bungie people are better than me & they can do whatever they want (except try to gloat that their better than us & rub it in our faces). But, sometimes I would REALLY like to have a custom avatar & red text.

Alas, I can't have them.

But, since they don't allow it for a good reason then I'll cope with it.

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man, I wish I could have colored text & a custom avatar. I've learned to accept the fact that the Bungie people are better than me & they can do whatever they want (except try to gloat that their better than us & rub it in our faces). But, sometimes I would REALLY like to have a custom avatar & red text.

Alas, I can't have them.

But, since they don't allow it for a good reason then I'll cope with it.



Well......I don't know if "better" is the right word. Sure, they're on a higher rank than us (the ninja/employees) but that's because they've earned it.

The employees work for Bungie, so they get the Gold stuff. The Ninja Moderate, so they get the white. I guess it's just to distinguish them from us, and for good reason........mostly.

As far as those avatar thingies go, I guess that's just a bit of a reward for the hard work. They put in the time and dedication and get a little something like a preferred picture as their reward. Except for Skiptrace, whose pic is just BLEEEH.

Oh and Theme Masters get it as well. Another reward for making the coolio theme backgrounds. But yeah, do something special for the site and you get rewards, yo. But it has to be something super duper special.

And about the different color text stuff, I think it's fine the way it is, but I do wish I was here to see it. I think the code went something like:

[color=red]Type text[/color]

Or something like that. But yeah, our text is fine the way it is. It's just text after all.

Though I do wonder what it would be like if we all typed in pink. Now THAT would be cool.

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I still rememeber when there were different colored texts...I remember one guy always typed in green...

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* Theme Master- The final rank, does not really fit into the list of ninjas they are a different category all together. These are individuals who have created their own themes, submitted them, and had them approved by the b.net staff.

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First rule of becoming a ninja, do not under any circumstances ask to be one EVER! Doing this will get you put on the least likely to ever be one list. The best way to become a moderator is to constructively post, helpful, and tolerant to new members, be knowledgeable of the inner workings of the community. (Join groups for this, rise through the ranks, once you get in a place of authority, become friends with the leaders of other groups, and stay in touch with them. They can be valuable sources of information, and will usually help you to know what is going on in the community. Avoid “Group War”) In addition to your track record of behavior, Achronos also looks for certain traits in individuals. Such as…

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How to become a Theme Master
Theme masters are those who have created new themes (the design of chapter pages).

To create your own theme you will need either extremely good MS paint skills, or a series of tools. Here is a link to a nice Q, and A style post that explains theme masters.[url= http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=4135962] Link to post [/url]

Theme Masters have their own group
The group “Theme Masters” was founded by Sir Fragula on July, 6 2005. Here is a link to their page. [url= http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/themes/GroupHome.aspx] Theme Masters[/url] I find it ironic that they are using the default theme, when they are a group that was founded exclusively for theme makers.

The HFCS

The ninjas like any other group of people, has their own chapter. It is called the HFCS, it was founded by Stosh (a master forum ninja) on April, 19 2004. Here is a link to the main page. [url= http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/1467/Group/GroupHome.aspx] HFCS home page[/url]. Don’t try to join though, or you will be “smited”.

Over all the Ninjas at Bungie are no different in their knowledge of the future Bungie games (other than Sketch, and Achronos who are both Bungie staff.). Although people try to gain their support, by worshiping them (them being the ninjas) many of the ninjas just prefer to be known as another member of b.net with greater responsibilities. In fact some even find it insulting to be patronized by other members, because they know that theses statements are more than likely attempts to better their chances at becoming a future ninja. If you wish to be a ninja, don’t try to become one. If you naturally fit the character of one, then you will be picked. Other than that do not waste your time worrying about it, enjoy the community, found a group, and who knows maybe one day you will get that message from Achronos telling you how he wants you to join the moderating team.



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Nice post, iamthey.

But there's also "Content Monkey" and "Super User"

Frankie is the Content Monkey, and he interacts with us as well, and teams up with Sketch for shenanigans.

Super Users are: Weresnail and Sawnose.

Weresnail reports problems to Achronos (or at least that's what he says he does, but I'm not sure that's his actual job) and Sawnose handles the stats page on this site.

Then there's Runningturtle. I guess you can call him a Super User, but his title is "On-line Team." But the fact that he's the only other one who can program this site leads me to believe he has Super User status.

Skiptrace and KP should technically be a little higher up on the heirarchy. At least, I would imagine, seeing as how they both have Master Moderator status in HFCS. But neither of them are here to Moderate (but they can still issue bans.)

Other than those little things, that was a very thorough and organized post.

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Before the New Hawtness, we had color text-markup tags. But abuse of that system forced Achronos to get rid of it.


What's you point? Achronos will just not allow the Mod colors to be used by non-Mods.

No, that's not what I'm saying. You know how people constantly type in italics or bold because they want to be "unique?" Well, that's what the people did with colors. It was annoying, and the mods didn't like it either. So anybody who posts using italics or bold or underline will usually get a vacation from the forums.


Yeah I hate Those people

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And about the different color text stuff, I think it's fine the way it is, but I do wish I was here to see it. I think the code went something like:

[color=red]Type text[/color]

Or something like that. But yeah, our text is fine the way it is. It's just text after all.

Though I do wonder what it would be like if we all typed in pink. Now THAT would be cool.


Ah yes. You sire are correct on the color code. Haha, man I remember the guy who always typed in green too. Wooo! Those were some wild times... Pink would also be the shiznit.

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