Member Related

[Nightmare]

This threads purpose is to explain the Member related Customs and Traditions of the Zero Virus Community.

By member related, I mean things related to specific members that are important to know.

I'll make a list that will direct you to the section of your intrest...

Xero's Rambling
Tony's Singing
Nightmare's Wish Granting
The Village Idiot
The Xzero Translator
The Lord of Randomness
Evil Couch
Ninjas
The Master of WTFery
Mole Subjob
The Staff of Zero Virus
Peytral's Fail - NEW
Dragoons - NEW
Mr.Zanzibar - NEW

[Nightmare]

Xero's Ramblings

Xero Bloodline's pointless ramblings are a cherished part of The Pointless Thread**¹ and many people don't think that a Pointless Thread is official till Xero rambles in it, and Tony sings**² in it.

Xero Bloodline's rambles can mean nothing, or can have deep meaning, it really depends. What is known though, is that it's a Zero Virus classic, and everyone has fun reading them.

Xero Bloodline doesn't ramble as much as he used too, but that means we're long overdue for a good one, so stay glued to The Pointless Thread.




**1: See The Pointless Thread for more details
**2: See Tony's Singing for more details

[Nightmare]

Tony's Singing

Another ZV Classic, is Tony Singing Wierd Al songs in The Pointless Thread**¹.

Nobody is sure whether he types them up from memory or just copy/pastes from a website, but either way, it lightens up the mood and gives The Pointless Thread some fun reading.

Like with Xero's ramblings**², a Pointless Thread isn't considered complete until Tony sings a Wierd Al song in it.




**1: See The Pointless Thread for more details
**2: See Xero's Ramblings for more details

[Nightmare]

Nightmare's Wish Granting

Yet another Zero Virus classic, is Nightmare's ability to grant long, drawn out, horrible wishes in the Wish Game.

Nightmare usually saves his best material for when he grants Xero Bloodline's wishes.

One of the best wishes Nightmare granted, the one where Xero Bloodline wished for a replica of Dante's Guitar, The Nevan (from Devil May Cry) was so great, it actually got made into a poorly made, but funny movie on Youtube.

Click here to see it.

[Nightmare]

The Village Idiot

Many have attempted to take the title of Zero Virus' Village Idiot, but nobody has been able to outdo Vilex, Zero Virus' official Village Idiot and Emo.

Vilex has been with Zero Virus for years, and has time and again proved his stupidity and emoness. The rest of the Staff admits, Vilex has gotten better since we met him three years ago, but he still does dumbass stuff.

But just as Vilex has learned to embrace his title as the Zero Virus Village Idiot, everyone on Zero Virus has come to love Vilex's crazy/stupid antics, and he's become an irreplaceable part of the Zero Virus Community.

It'll only be a matter of time before Vilex does something stupid that'll result in him going emo for a couple days (don't worry, it's usually nothing THAT big, just pretty dumb).

[Nightmare]

The Xzero Translator

Anyone that's ever talked to Xzero knows that he's near impossible to understand...

What's why people usually flock to Xero when he offers Xzero Translators!

But even with this jibberish to english translator, it's still hard to understand him...

Nightmare has been known to sell them on occasion, since Xzero has been known to speak in such an unauidable way, that the translators break.

Remember good citizens of the community, see Xero Bloodline or Nightmare and pick up an Xzero Translator before attempting to speak with him.

[Nightmare]

The Lord of Randomness

Zero Virus' Lord of Randomness is none other than Teh Random Man himself.

Random is the undesputed master of all things random, more than half of the things he does or says makes little to no sense, but it's usually funny as hell.

Random has been known to rant in The Pointless Thread**¹, this is not to be confused with Xero's Rambling**². Random's rants are so long, and so insane, and make so little sense, that reading one all the way through is almost guarenteed to make your head hurt so much your IQ drops by roughly 4 points. Sometimes entire paragraphs are about penguins conspiring with pens, or is just the word "NARWAL!" repeated over and over again. It's crazy stuff.

Don't let Random's insanity fool you into thinking he's an idiot though. Random, although young, is also one of the wiser members of Zero Virus. Not to mention that he's practically an expert on (including but definately not limited too) anything Medival or Sharp. He can tell you just about anything you need to know about just about any kind of weapon, dragon, suit of armor, or alot of other things...

Random certainly is a unique one. Also, don't come between him and his Pudding**³, or he very well may do something crazy, like kill you, tare your soul out, then eat your family or something...

Did I forget to mention that he's not only random and smart, but he's also violent? Quite a dangerous combination...




**1: See The Pointless Thread for more details
**2: See Xero's Ramblings for more details
**3: See Food for more details

[Nightmare]

Majeh's Evil Couch

Majeh's Evil Couch... This joke was inspired by a conversation between Majeh and Nightmare in the Funny Conversations thread.

This said conversation can be found here.

The joke started as things getting lost in Majeh's couch, but soon evolved to the couch eating things, then to eating people, thus the terms "Monster Couch" and "Evil Couch" began to arise.

Majeh's Evil Couch has become a feared beast among the members of Zero Virus, but beware, Majeh doesn't take too kindly to jokes about his couch. People that tell couch jokes have a way of being savagely mauled, having their faces shoved into a waffel iron or blender, or just ending up in a The WoodChipper**¹

Majeh's Evil Couch is thought to be indestructable, since Xero Bloodline himself attempted to kill it, and failed.

The couch has been depicted as red, orange, baise, and green. It's actual color is still unknown.


**1: See Majeh and You or The WoodChipper for more details

[Nightmare]

Ninjas

Ninjas. You know, those guys that dress in black and fling throwing stars at people.

On Zero Virus, there's alot of contreversy on the "Ninjas vs Pirates" issue, but no matter which you believe is superior, Ninjas are celebrated on Zero Virus.

Once a year, during the month of January, Zero Virus' resident ninja, Ztrl, holds a ninja exam. Taking this exam gives you a chance to be one of Zero Virus' ninjas. The exam only has one question, but you can only take it once in your life (unless you're the Emporer's daughter, in which case you get three shots in your lifetime.) If you get the question wrong, you're screwed. You can only take it once a year, and assuming you're not the Emporers daughter, you can only take it once in your life.

Being one of Zero Virus' few ninjas gives you the potential to access the deadly "NIN/MOL" combination**¹.

Because of his occasional trendency to log in, post, then log out immediately, Nightmare has been dubbed a "Post Ninja."

And since Xero Bloodline is always right and always knows what to say, he's been called a "Cerebral Ninja" by many.




**1: See Mole Subjob for more details.

[Nightmare]

The Master of WTFery

The Master of WTFery, not to be confused with The Lord of Randomness, specializes in things that make you go "WTF!?" rather than general randomness.

The Master of WTFery is resident Zero Virus member Z-Kat. Z-Kat is the younger sister of Nightmare and the older sister of another member of Zero Virus, RockRichard.

Z-Kat is known for many WTFish things, the most popular probobly being the butchering of Nightmares old comics.

These comics can be found here.

[Nightmare]

Mole Subjob

One of the less popular traditions of Zero Virus, is the "Mole" class in FFXI. This is a class that gives you cool abilities, such as burrowing.

The Mole class has its downsides though. It makes your agility and accuracy really really low. Which is why, it's best to make it a subjob. It's best combined with the Ninja class, since ninjas are fast, and accurate, making up for the short-comings of the Mole class.

The Mole Subjob was dreamed up originally by Nightmare, who claims to be a NIN/MOL, along with Ztrl.

Despite Tony's hate for the class, saying it's useless, it has saved Ztrl's life on more than one occasion.

[Nightmare]

The Staff of Zero Virus

The Staff of Zero Virus are the members of the forum that moderate the members and keep everything under control. These people are all highly respected members.

The Staff Members usually wield "Godmodding Weapons**¹" that give them a unique style of moderation.

This list of Staff Members is subject to change by Forum Administrators at any time.

Zero-Sama:

Rank	Head Administrator
Join Date	Jun 21, 2003, 4:19am
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	The BanHammer

Notes: Zero-Sama, Iruparattso Sama, Krellian. Although he goes by many names on the forum, he is best known as "Bossman", a title the Staff of Zero Virus address him by that many members have picked up as well. Bossman is the founder of Zero Virus, and recieves a high amount of respect from members and Staff alike. Bossman doesn't come around Zero Virus as much as he used to though, so it's usually a rare treat to get to see him and even talk to him.


Xero Bloodline:

Rank	Forum Administrator
Join Date	Jul 11, 2003, 9:41pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	His Gun

Notes: Xero Bloodline is the definition of cool. On Zero Virus, he recieves just as much respect as Bossman does, and many of the younger members look up to him. Xero Bloodline is not only a talented spriter and musician, but is also quite wise, known for always being right. Xero Bloodline is easily recognized by his silver hair, shades, and trademark trenchcoat dubbed "The Bloodline Coat."

NightmareMegaManZero:

Rank	Forum Administrator
Join Date	Sept 14, 2003, 6:00pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	The Fire

Notes: NightmareMegaManZero aka NightmareMMZero, Nightmare (or NMMZ if you perfer) is easily recognized by his purple appearance. Nightmare, wielder of The Fire**², has brought alot of new things to Zero Virus, examples being The Zero Virus Chat and The Zero Virus Trading Card Game. Unlike many of the other Staff Members, Nightmare's personality seems somewhat childish and playful, causing some dispute on his capabilities of a Staff Member, but when the time called for it, he always pulled through.

Ne0:

Rank	Forum Administrator
Join Date	Jun 21, 2003, 4:19am
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	N/A

Notes: Ne0 is another highly respected Staff Member on Zero Virus. Ne0 is known for being skilled in web design and flash. Not much is known about Ne0, since his appearances are sudden and rare, although more frequent than Bossman.

Tony:

Rank	Global Moderator
Join Date	Jul 11, 2003, 7:17pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	The Shovel

Notes: Tony is one of Zero Virus' olders members, and one of the most respected. He's rather quiet and calm most of the time, but can get rather worked up when talking about Final Fantasy, his favorite video game series. Tony also makes fake and rather hilarious Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in his spare time. You can see them here. That reminds me, send him some ideas;

demon said:

Just need to make sure everyone sees this.

demon said:

If you want me to make you a card, just send me a PM with the following info.
1) Card name.
2) Card type. (Monster (Normal, Effect, Ritual, or Fusion), Magic, or Trap.)
3) Please tell me what you want your cards ATK and DEF to be. The minimum amount for both is 0 and the max is 9999, but there can be a few alterations to the rule (monsters only).
4) Attribute: Light, Dark, Fire, Wind, Water or Earth. (monsters only).
5) Type: Dragon, Spellcaster, Zombie, Warrior, Beast-Warrior, Beast, Winged Beast, Fiend, Fairy, Insect, Dinosaur, Reptile, Fish, Sea Serpent, Machine, Thunder, Aqua, Pyro, Rock, Plant, Divine-Beast, or make one up. (monsters only).
6) You must include an Effect if you want me to make a Magic or Trap card. Effects may also be used for Monster cards, but they are not needed.
7) If you do not want your monster to have an effect, please include a short description of the monster for the card.
8) And a picture for the card would be really helpful

He is no longer taking card ideas from VirusMaverickZero.

Zero the red lightning:

Rank	Global Moderator
Join Date	Feb 3, 2004, 4:57pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	Teh Newspaper

Notes: Zero the red lightning (or Ztrl as he's best known by now) is Zero Virus' resident Ninja. He's best known for his ninjaness, coolness outmatched only by Xero Bloodline, and his skill with computers. Ztrl's artwork is quite popular on Zero Virus as well, he probobly being the most skilled artist on the forum.

Renegade:

Rank	Global Moderator
Join Date	Oct 19, 2003, 10:04am
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	N/A

Notes: Renegade is best known on Zero Virus for being Xero Bloodline's right hand man, and being the creator of the TransGender Weaponry. Renegade doesn't frequent Zero Virus much anymore, so alot of the members don't know him very well, excluding the older ones.

Fusion:

Rank	Moderator
Join Date	Jul 6, 2003, 9:12pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	N/A

Notes: Fusion is one of Zero Virus' oldest and most respected members. Fusion is known for his ability to sprite, and write, as well as his usage of TG Weaponry, like Renegade. Despite what they may think, Fusion and Nightmare are alot alike, even if they don't always think the same way. This has led to not only the two making a great team, but also some conflict between the two. Fusion has the ability to "..." with such force that it can eject people through the air, although whether this can be considered a Godmodding Weapon or not is still unknown.

Majeh:

Rank	Moderator
Join Date	Oct 1, 2004, 7:14pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	The Woodchipper

Notes: Majeh is one of Zero Virus' respected and most feared members. Majeh is best known for his violent and rather savage behavior. This makes Majeh great for dishing out punishments on Zero Virus. For people looking to die though, the best way to piss him off is to mention his Evil Couch**³.

Swim:

Rank	Moderator
Join Date	Oct 30, 2005, 7:00pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	N/A

Notes: Swim hasn't been on Zero Virus as long as any of the other Staff Members, but still recieves alot of respect from the other members. Swim is best known for his skill in the The Zero Virus Trading Card Game and his great ability to write. Not much needs to be said about Swim other than he's fun, loves the water, and a good guy to be around.

Vilex:

Rank	Moderator
Join Date	Aug 8, 2004, 11:33pm
Gender	Male
Godmodding Weapon	Buttsecks?

Notes: Vilex is one of Zero Virus' older members, although his respect seems to be pending with alot of members. Vilex is best known for being a great spriter, shouting the word "Buttsecks!", and most of all, being Zero Virus' Village Idiot**⁴. Vilex is a good guy, and Zero Virus wouldn't be the same without him, but his retarded and sometimes rude behavior can ware thin on the patience of the other members. Although Vilex is childish, emo, and sometimes idiotic, he always comes through for his friends and is a dependable guy.



**1: See Godmodding Weapons for more details
**2: See The Fire for more details
**3: See Evil Couch for more details
**4: See Village Idiot for more details

[Nightmare]

Peytral's Fail

Peytral , one of Zero Virus' many members, is prone to epic fits of fail.

What I mean by this is, he says things that fail, does things that fail, believes things that fail, and pretty much everything related to him fails.

He's a good person, he just fails. We like to poke fun at him for it, but we keep it tame.

"What is fail?" you might ask. To fail is to be exceptionally bad at something, or to be unsuccessful at doing something. It can often be used a slang term for "suck" (this is as in "YOU SUCK!" not as in what a straw is used for) To say to someone "You Fail!" pretty much means "You suck!" or some variation.


Peytral on surprisingly not so rare occasions reaches a whole new level of fail oftenly called "Epic Fail." This is pretty much just a much greater extention of the normal definition of "fail."

[Nightmare]

Dragoons

Dragoons. They're that class from Final Fantasy that likes to jump, and has pet dragons, you know?

Dragoons are held in high regard on Zero Virus. Tony is the head Dragoon around here, and if you wanna be officially recognized as one on Zero Virus, you gotta go through him first!

Not unlike the Ninja Test**¹ , there is also a test to become a Dragoon.

Here's how the Dragoon Test works; Tony will ask you a single dragon related question. If you get the question wrong, you are to be fed to a dragon. Unlike the Ninja test, you can take it year round. But like the Ninja Test, you can only take it once...

Unless you happen to be the King's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate. If that is the case, you can take it up to six times in a lifetime. Assuming you survive being fed to a dragon.




**1: See Ninjas for more details.

[Nightmare]

Mr.Zanzibar

Mr.Zanzibar is another name that belongs to Xero Bloodline

The name was given to him by Nightmare through a series of events.

First, in attempt to guess Xero's real name, Nightmare guessed "Zanzibar!" after which, Xero commented saying it sounded like a cool stage name.
Then, on another occasion, Nightmare jokingly blurted out that "Mr.Zanzibar" was Xero's real name.
Shortly after, Nightmare googled "Mr.Zanzibar" and found pictures associated with Xero (i.e. Boobies, Pirates, and Guitars). After this, Xero determined that "Mr.Zanzibar" must really be his name and has taken it on as such on several occasions since.

Since that day, Mr.Zanzibar has become quite feared as well as respected. Not unlike Xero , he is always right, and he has an uncanny ability to command the masses of Zero Virus. Mr.Zanzibar usually ends issued orders with "Mr.Zanzibar has spoken." And so it shall be.

A slightly more recent development of Mr.Zanzibar was his ultimate technique; Eufchacisinism.

Although named after random gibberish that occured after hands spazzing out on a keyboard, Eufchacisinism is hardly nonsense. The technique can do absolutely ANYTHING. But, it's unstable, making it highly unpredictable. As powerful as Mr.Zanzibar is, not even he can completely control Eufchacisinism.

Zero Virus' greatest scientists have found that after casting Eufchacisinism, it has a 85% of smiting it's intended target (usually causing members to disconnect from the chat room or inflict great pain.) The other 15%, well, who knows. Usually if it falls into that 15% it does what it was casted with the intention of doing, but Eufchacisinism is as earlier stated, highly unpredictable.

It's best to use caution when approaching Mr. Zanzibar, especially if he's casting Eufchacisinism.



NOTE; Tony is the only other living thing that can cast Eufchacisinism, having trained under Mr.Zanzibar and used his Blue Mage abilities to copy it.