The Boss

The Boss, in all his censored glory.

 The Boss  happened upon OtakuBoards while searching for information on “Trigun … and RPGs in general”. He posted initially under name Double_B_Diago with low quality relative to his current standards, and soon switched to ReFlux.

Under this moniker, he began carving his niche in OB as a skilled roleplayer and strong writer in the Battle Arena. His forte was rap battles (Charles started the trend with Heaven’s Cloud), and The Boss is quick to proclaim his unsurpassed skill in the art even today. However, it was his roleplay writing that gained him much more widespread respect and pushed The Boss to become a more prominent member of the Boards. As with most writers, he struggled through his cliché-riddled prose and predictable plotlines for quite some time.

After a brief hiatus, he changed his name once more, this time to Mugen. While known as this, he continued to collaborate with other reputable RPers in the Arena. He penned several fanfictions directly related to and based upon OtakuBoards all of which received mixed reviews. All Mugen’s prose was of very narrow scope. Rarely did he stray from themes of the Far East, feudal warfare, and martial arts. Almost all RPs he created or joined had one of the three aforementioned elements, and while his writing continued to improve, it still contained his old weaknesses.

Once again, he went on a hiatus, this time slightly longer than ever before, and returned as The Boss. It was at this point he attained the height of his fame, perhaps through notoriety (or genius, depending on one’s perspective).

The Boss and Silpheedpilot (at the time AC!D!C) co-founded a clandestine organization Viva Otaku. According to The Boss, it was “just for the betterment of the members and for quality OB posts with less allowance of n00bish behavior”. The two’s group intended to “get people banned”, and organically merged with MAMA (Members Against Mods and Admins), another clandestine group that was formed to “get some less-than-liked mods fired”.

These two groups seethed at the current staff for an undisclosed period of time until tensions came to a head in a notorious thread known as “The Complaint”. Started by Silph, the thread outlined the two groups discontent with the state of affairs. The Boss came quickly to aid his right-hand man and support his argument. In the end, The Boss contests that the ad hoc group had definite impact – two members from the merged organizations became moderators soon after “The Complaint”. The two organizations’ impact has been dismissed entirely by both James and Desbreko.

The Boss slipped once more into hiatus after the incident and returned only recently to the Boards (Summer 2007). He continues his efforts to start and participate in high-quality RPs, as well as expand his posting to additional areas of OtakuBoards.

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