Zeh

 No amount of phoenix downs could revive this former Final Fantasy moderator after he was  found “guilty” of shenanigans by the OtakuBoards staff.  Game over, brother.

Zeh (known also as Trunks, Cloud, Tasis, and Zayne) joined theOtaku community on August 22, 2000 when it was still known as AbsoluteGamboy, and quickly became a respected member of the OtakuBoards community despite his young age. Zeh was an avid gamer and was a valuable asset to AGC back in the day.  He helped to write some articles for the site as well as dispensing his vast knowledge through OtakuBoards.com.  Zeh was, at the time, the youngest person to be promoted to the status of a moderator when he began moderating the Dragonball forum, earning his spot on the team at the tender age of twelve (this was before the age thirteen cutoff was applied or enforced).

Zeh was the one of the only mods active near the end of V1,and thus was able to keep his staff position when the older mods were being replaced. However, Zeh would eventually switch from Dragonball mod to Final Fantasy mod, and he decided to change his name from “Trunks” to “Cloud.” Zeh continued to moderate for many years, and was among the longest serving mods in Otaku’s history. However, Zeh’s young age eventually got the better of him when a subversive member named Logan (who went by the name Anakin Solo) impersonated James and offered false staff positions  to several members. 

Originally, Zeh merely encouraged Anakin’s behavior. But then he began to impersonate Charles (who was Site Administrator at the time) with an AIM account called “elcracywhiteboy” and flame/spam various members via AIM. Also, he went to Kevin’s AE boards under other names and proceeded to spam them, whilst masquerading as OB members in order to create further tension between  the two sites.

Zeh’s IP address was able to be  traced since many AE Boards staff members were also OtakuBoards staff members. In an OtakuBoards chat, Zeh admitted what he had done to Charles and bragged about how funny he thought his mischief was.  Soon thereafter,  Zeh was removed from his staff position and the entire OB staff at the time agreed that Zeh’s status as a long-time staff member weighed heavily against what he had done and that he should be banned as a result.

Categories: Former Staff, Notable Bans, Oldies