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Respect Robin, he's a lot more than just a person with power on a forum board!

Bullying Bullying is something that everyone has had to deal with at one point or another. It's a disgusting, brutal thing which can absolutely destroy a person. Systematic bullying is a huge problem in real life, and whether this occurs at home, at school or at work it can be just as damaging. In all of its forms bullying is completely unacceptable. Schools and places of work have rules in place to combat bullying, and these are backed up by legislation (at least in the UK). I'm afraid I can't really help with real-life bullying other than offering advice or simply listening to what you have to say. If you need someone to talk to, please get in touch. Sometimes it helps to just have someone understand what you're going through. If you want more information or help then there are some great sites which you can visit, such as bullying.co.uk. Internet Bullying Also known as 'Cyberbullying' or 'Online Bullying' this is a relatively new concept which has been making headlines. The internet offers a completely anonymous playground where people can act however they want. Naturally, this leads to a lot of situations where bullying takes place. Wikipedia - Examples of what constitutes cyberbullying include communications that seek to intimidate, control, manipulate, put down, falsely discredit, or humiliate the recipient. The actions are deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior intended to harm another. Cyberbullying has been defined by The National Crime Prevention Council: “When the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person." When people talk about cyber bullying they generally refer to people you know in real life using internet technology to carry existing bullying through in to a new medium. This isn't always true, however. Bullying in Nin I've seen the effects of bullying first-hand. Hell, if I look back to when I was a teenager I can see myself bullying people both in real life and on the internet. Sometimes the people doing the bullying don't realise what they're doing is genuinely effecting someone, and from a lot of the ex-bullies I've talked to many of them were bullied themselves. This kind of behaviour is simply not acceptable. Nin's (specifically #5, #6 and #12) explicitly state that we will follow standard disciplinary practices if we find any evidence of bullying in this community. Anything you post on this forum, regardless of whether it's through a PM, through a status message or forum post must abide by these rules. This is something which everyone must follow. Your position in the community does not put you above these guidelines. Veteran members especially must make sure they set a good example for people coming in to this community. If we feel that your behaviour is having a negative impact on the image of this community or game then you will have your posting privileges revoked, and in extreme circumstances your account banned. Please, please think very carefully about if what you're saying to someone could be seen as bullying. Your words carry weight, and you must wield them responsibly. You can report bullying through the standard report systems. If you feel like you're being bullied by a member of staff and don't feel comfortable talking to them about it please get someone else involved. Everyone in the team is accountable for their actions, and these actions will be scrutinised by the rest of the team if something like this occurs. Together we can keep this forum going strong. Thanks, Robin

That's why forums controlled by Oligarchy always fail. You brag about the government abusing its power/spying on people etc, then realize on a Naruto fan based game, you guys are doing the exact same thing.

taking it up to the admins... pfffft. a real noble woulda executed whoever bothered him. where are all these admins coming from tho? some of them haven't had even 1 update log and some weren't credited even once. and why is crosswise a developer now?

Don't listen to bubbles. You'll still get your a$$ handed to you and on top of that need weeks of therapy and tons of gauze.

Far from it in most cases, atleast the ones I've seen.

I couldn't have said it better. Although cyber bullying is bad, people have the option to leave the situation.

Considering the amount of misinformation being spread at the moment, and the shocking lack of understanding on how communication software like the Nin Online forum works, I felt the need to clarify some things about Nin, the internet and security in general. Database Storage Every single time you use a piece of software like Nin's forum or game you're presented with a wealth of information. This information does not come out of nowhere. It is stored in something called a database. For you to do something on this website and have it pushed out and shown to everyone around the world we store the information and a bunch of metadata in a table. Every time someone loads a webpage information is pulled from this table and presented to the user. Your messages, post count, avatar, name, e-mail address, hashed password, profile information, shoutbox posts etc. are all stored on this server. Some of this information is accessible to people through the front-end, some not. As I host this website on my VPS I have root access to all of this data, regardless of whether our software grants access through the front-end or not. This is not something unique to Nin Online. We use something called Invision Power Board to power our forum. This handles most of the forum functionality for us and this type of software is baseline standard across the entire industry. Everything you as a normal user have access to is only a fraction of the information stored. We keep full logs of every single thing which has ever happened on this website. Deleted posts and threads, locked accounts, hidden content, redundant forum sections... none of these things are ever wiped from the database. They're archived in the database for moderation and logging. Nin's moderation and administration team have limited access to hidden data through the front-end for the sake of moderating content, dealing with abuse reports and keeping everything running smoothly. If you have something you don't want to be read by myself or any of the other community leaders then for God's sake don't store that information in my database. I can't believe I actually have to say this. Every single website ever created stores this exact same information on you. Anything you can access through the internet is stored somewhere in the world on a computer. The internet is not run by magic. Educate yourself to stay safe. Privacy & Security Online I'm honestly worried by some of the situations being discussed, hypothetically or not. People talking about sending their account passwords through the PM system, talking about sending their parents credit card information to their friends... this is insanely dangerous. Please do not share sensitive information about yourself or your parents with anyone, regardless of whether it's online or not. We store things like your password using standard data-storage security. Your password is linked to your account using a checksum hash using account-specific salt. This makes it infeasible for someone to determine your password from the information stored in the database. However, if you send this as free text through a server like the PM system then you're effectively bypassing all of the security we have in place to protect you. If you're sending through the credit card information of your parents to anyone without their permission not only are you absolute scum and a thief, you're opening up your family to financial hardship and identity theft. Don't do something you're going to regret. As you can see from the first section, everything you do on Nin Online can be read like a book, regardless of who has this information. Right now Rory and I are the only ones with root access to the database, but God-forbid we ever do have a security incident where information is stolen by a malicious person then they'll have the exact same information. Please keep this in mind when using all online services. Several high-profile companies have had security incidents like this in recent years, and we make use of the exact same security systems that they do. Keep separate passwords for different sites and never use your e-mail password on any account linked to it. General There are thousands of articles online which will teach you how internet services work and how to stay safe using them. Please, for the sake of yourself and everyone around you, Get Safe Online. If you have a need for true anonymity online then don't use a service like Skype, Facebook or any mainstream internet service. You can remain anonymous online by using a service like Tor and, by extension, Tor Chat. If you have any questions regarding safe use of the internet in general, or how your data is used in Nin then please get in touch via PM. Stay safe, Robin

Rory is in bootcamp serving his country, he will be back on the site in a few months. No and the game server is in closed phase right now, which means only Gold/Silver have access.

As long as no other can claim my title as Lord Hokazekage-sama of Kirigakure no Sato, we're cool.