Deathknight

OtakuBoards’ eloquent Deathknight’s candor and outspoken nature has covered him in glory.  He’s like Sir Lancelot, only he’ll tell you to “Shut the f**k up.”

 DeathKnight (Ken) joined the boards on October 5th, 2001. He is a former moderator of the PC/Mac forum, and is known for his writing ability, dry humor and cutting sarcasm.

Due to home schooling and an abundance of free time Ken became drawn to OtakuBoards through theOtaku.com’s Dragonball Z section. Immediately after joining he ‘spammed it up,’ posting over 60 times a day for nearly a month. These posts were first confined to the Dragonball Z and General Otaku (now Otaku Lounge) forums, but eventually spread into other gaming and creative writing areas of the boards. These initial posts put him in conflict with OB staff, but Ken always managed to just barely avoid moderator intervention and banning.

However, the spammy nature of the Games & Stories (now Adventure Square) forum suited his posting style to a tee, and he soon found himself participating in and creating dozens of successful RPGs during this period. These included some of the most popular RPGs the boards have ever seen, including Mercenaries and Apocalypse.

During his first summer on OB Ken signed up for OtakuBoards’ first true ‘event,‘ the legendary Otaku Big Brother 2. There he was responsible for giving life to Queen Asuka’s ‘plushies,’ and inadvertently spawned an OtakuBoards obsession that continues to this day. At the end of the competition Ken was chosen as the winner.

Over time Ken’s post quality rose along with that of the boards, and in early 2003 he was chosen as a moderator for the PC/Mac forum. Due to the forum’s slow activity boredom quickly set in, and he chose to entertain himself by posting off-topic discussion and numerous profanities on a regular basis. It wasn’t long before this put him at odds with the rest of the staff, and he was de-modded within the year. Also during this time Ken served as a moderator of AE Boards and eventually an administrator, where he was also fired as a result of his personal conflicts with Rick Hunter.

Despite this setback he has shown no animosity, and has remained consistently active since first registering. Ken takes great pride in the contributions he has made (and continues to make) towards raising the quality of discussion and creative writing on the site he calls his internet home.

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