Tidying the place up, one slaying swing at a time.
The Average Joe contingent once again takes a brief backseat for a week as we introduce you to another one of our awesome Forum Ninjas. If you want to learn a little about what makes The Slayer tick, what you can do to keep yourself off the "naughty" list, or whether or not that iceburn PM you fired off right after he revoked your posting privileges had any effect on his attitude, scroll down and get an eyeful. Just make sure you shut them tight when you get to the part about Stosh. Because, gross.
Q. Who are you and what do you do?
A. I am a junior in high school. When away from the computer, I try to dabble in the arts and get a bit rowdy with the friends. I am a pretty normal dude who enjoys driving his Mazda 3 and picking up the babes. You can usually catch me around town, pillaging and plundering.
When at school I attend the art academy, VADA. It’s a cool little thing, getting to stick with pretty much the same students for nearly every class (sounds boring, but when you are with the same people, things can get way rowdy). This year we have been focusing on photography and the use of Photoshop along with a lovely painting course. I am the suck at painting.
I now live in an apartment with my father, the apartment being right across from the school awesomely enough. (Not that I love living near the school, but that lunch breaks are now as easy as pie.) We both had to move into this fine establishment because of the California Tea Fire. It ended up burning our lovely casa in the mountains to the ground. Aside from that mess, life could not be going any better. School has become more manageable for me, I have some wonderful friends, and a family that smells nice.
Q. What did you do with your time on Bungie.net before you took up Banhammer duty?
A. Before pulling the mighty hammer out of the stone, I was a dude posting in groups and occasionally in the Septagon.. You could catch me in the Bungie Jumpers, a group I would call home. I would also be heavily involved in the group For Carnage Apply Within, focusing on and playing some of Bungie’s older multiplayer games. I would also pal around with evilcam in the group WHTI (We Hate The Internet).
Q. Speaking of hating the Internet, do you ever want to just drop offline and take a break for a bit?
A. Less wanting, more doing. If the job of moderating ever turns out to be just a bit too hectic I can always stop, which very well does happen. It’s just as easy as logging out and venturing back a couple of hours/days later. Though this isn’t a sign of the forums getting to me, it is merely the sign of a man needing to take his occasional break.
Q. When you do take your occasional breaks, what other online places do you check out?
A. I venture into my online home, The Frozen Minority (Nearly the same group of dudes from the Bungie Jumpers). I also visit For Carnage Apply Within, the most welcoming group I am a part of. There are not many other sites that I visit really, though I do love the occasional #moap. #moap, pronounced moh app, is an incredible chat server where tons of wonky talk goes down.
Q. Once you've recharged, what compels you to return to Bungie.net?
The nudes of stosh, mostly.
[Editor's Note: No. Just, no. -urk]
I don’t know really, the place is just fun! The front page gets plenty of action that I get to witness. The groups are great, always being able to organize games with your friends. The stats on this site are amazing, always a fun thing to check out. There are just too many features on this website to ignore. I could never leave this place, it being my first online community of sorts. I have also met a few friends that I can safely say are, in actuality, friends.
Q. Aside from meeting a few friends, how has your view of the B.net community changed during your tenure?
A. It hasn’t really. If anything, I simply see the moderators in a bit of a different light and am able to view the forums with a whole new perspective. When seeing a naughty thread/post I am now able to do something about it. I like that. Though I suppose my times on the forums now have gotten a tad hectic, I am no longer on the forums just to post, but also to moderate. So, I suppose things have changed.
Q. Be honest, how awesome is it to swing the Banhammer and take care of those "naughty" posters?
A. It’s pretty damned awesome. It feels nice to have someone trust me in helping out the forums. It also feels very nice in knowing that I do have the ability to help the community and tidy the place up. Some may view the terrible PMs as a bad thing, but I look at it as being hilarious. Anyone over the Internet who has never met me before, but insists that I go play in traffic deserves my thanks, without you I would not be laughing nearly as hard every day.
Pretty awesome, indeed. Big thanks to The Slayer for taking some time out to provide us with a few details about who he is and what he does when he's not banning fools and laughing at the response PM's. Huge thanks for picking up the mantle of the Banhammer and keeping our forums clean. Immeasurable admonishment for bringing up Stosh candids, even though we hope and pray such things do not exist in this world. Considering everything else, we'll let it slide.