Site Updates

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The staff of Ultimate Shinobi are constantly working on bettering the forum for your enjoyment, and that means adding and changing things often. We'll always keep you informed of what's going on right here in this topic.

2012 Updates:

2013 Updates:

Sunday 5, January 2014: Site Toolbar Activated.
Tuesday 7, January 2014: Nukenin Professions Added.
Saturday 18, January 2014: Staff Sidebar Updated.
Tuesday 21, January 2014: Second Character System Introduced.
Tuesday 28, January 2014: Forum Suggestions has now been added to the forum.
Tuesday 28, January 2014: Forty eight hour rule set in place for breaking into a village.
Tuesday 25, February 2014: Crime and Punishment System has been added onto the forum.
Wednesday 26, February 2014: Babis and Miguel added as Trial Moderators.
Sunday 02, March 2014: Profession Entry Missions have been introduced.
Thursday 13, March 2014: Zack resigns from the Administration and Staff Team.
Thursday 13, March 2014: Enhanced Accuracy SC has been updated.
Tuesday 18, March 2014: The Genjutsu System has been updated.
Friday 21, March 2014: Clan Numbers & Availability has now been added to the forum.
Friday 21, March 2014: Crime and Punishment System has been updated.
Friday 21, March 2014: The Pin-Point Accuracy SC has been updated.
Saturday 22, March 2014: The Scroll Sealing guide has been updated.
Monday 14, April 2014: Evaluation Guide has been added.
Sunday 04, May 2014: The Breathing Apparatus has now been added to the forum.
Friday 6, June 2014: The Weaponry Rank Guide found here has been updated as to better describe the differences in weaponry between rank.
Friday 6, June 2014: Seika has been added as a trial moderator and Alex has returned from his hiatus to re-join the Evaluation Team.
Saturday 7, June 2014: Cross has been added to the staff team as a Trial Mod in the Evaluations Section.
Saturday 5, July 2014: Requirements for certain medical related items in the Kit Guide have been removed.
Saturday 5, July 2014: Traveling System Updated in regards to limitations of topics.
Saturday 9, July 2014: The Special Characteristics Guide has been updated, including changes to some SCs and their categories.
Tuesday 5, August 2014: Ace and Insanity have been added as trial moderators in Creations.
Thursday 7, August 2014: Lexi has been added as a trial moderator in Evaluations.
Thursday 21, August 2014: Chris has been added as a trial moderator in Evaluations.
Thursday, 21 August 2014:The Travel System has been updated.
Sunday 24, August 2014: A guide for poisons has been created for usage and limitation clarification.
Tuesday 2, September 2014: The NPC Guide has been updated.
Monday 22, September 2014: The topic limit has been raised to 5, with a 6th possible with administrator permission.
Saturday 27, September 2014: The Evaluation Guide has been updated.
Friday 31, October 2014: A new rule on private topics has been added.
Wednesday 19, November 2014: Shadow Clones may now be used across threads, see Travel Guide.
Wednesday 19, November 2014: Black Ops Profession have the option to choose between gaining the A-Rank stealth or Tracker Special Characteristic. [See Here]
Thursday 20, November 2014: Kurogane has been added as a trial moderator in Evaluations.
Wednesday 17, December 2014: The NPC Guide has been updated. [See Here]
Friday 19, December 2014: Special Characteristics can now be either trained or purchased.

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Summonings (Rules) have been added
~Chris

Edited by Adam: I'm also back and shit. o.o

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Shinji has been added to the Staff Team. He is a super awesome, super productive addition and is a great guy over all. So be sure to get to know him and send him your Love Letters of Congratulation & Support.

On the other hand, ₡amisado and Rockboy have been removed from the Staff due to inactivity.

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Sunday 8, April 2012: Genjutsu Guide updated and Sharingan Training Guide added to the forum.
Monday 9, April 2012: PM Advertising privileges altered.

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Friday 13, April 2012: Scale joins the moderator team.

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Monday 16, April 2012: Encyclopaedia Jutsu have been updated.
Sunday 6, May 2012: Brett joins the moderator team.
Wednesday 9, May 2012: Profession Rules have been updated in concern to dropping professions.

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Monday 14, May 2012: Training Elements information added into the Training System. Considering now all members choose to start with two elements we now explain how you can gain those affinities throughout roleplay though of course you can only have two elements.

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Saturday 26, May 2012: Both Kumogakure and Konohagakure have been privatised so that only members belonging to that village may view and post within the village. If, for example, a Konoha or Nukenin wishes to travel and post within Kumogakure then they will need to PM the current Kage (or an Administrator) of the village in order to seek permission to join a hidden group which allows foreign ninja to view and post within the village for an indefinite amount of time.

Saturday 26, May 2012: After a review of the canon clans, the Staff have agreed to archive the Kamizuru Clan due to several faults with the clan itself, the overpowered factor of some of the techniques and also because of the similarities it shares with the Aburame clan techniques.

Subject: Re: Site Updates Sun 27 May 2012, 8:12 pm

Sunday 27, May 2012: Locations for Missing Nin have finally been added.
Sunday 27, May 2012: The Experience System has been introduced.

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Saturday 2, June 2012: Account pages have now been set up within the Evaluation Section. An Account Template has also been placed up as a sticky within the Accounts page. All approved members should make an application topic within there as soon as possible.

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Friday 15, June 2012: Shinji has regrettably been removed from the Moderator team.
Monday 18, June 2012: TOPKite has ~~also regrettably~~ been added to the Moderator team.

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Monday 9, July 2012: Two new rules have been introduced within Clan Information, in regards to members becoming inactive with approved clans and clan member limits. These are rules Four and Five.

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Wednesday 18, July 2012: Brett has unfortunately resigned from the Staff Team due to real life complications, we wish him the very best in the future and hope he returns to US soon.
Wednesday 18, July 2012: The Storage Technique is now classed as an Academy Technique, thus it is now open for all to use regardless of what specialties you may have. If you currently have a WiP character, be sure to add this technique.

Subject: Re: Site Updates Sun 22 Jul 2012, 2:24 pm

Sunday 22, July 2012: The Experience System has received updates inregards to NPCing and the distribution of points after death.

The Experience System: Additional Ways to Earn EXP wrote:: Non-Playable Characters
Non-playable Characters or NPCs can be frequently found around the forum. These characters are only in use to further the role-playing journey of a member's so that they may reach their fullest potential. If one wishes to earn additional EXP for their character, they may sign up to role-play as an NPC for a fellow member. When these topics are put up for evaluation, they will be graded like a regular thread and all EXP that is gained from this venture will only be valued as 'Expendable EXP.' In other words, it does not count towards your overall total towards advancements in rank.

The Experience System: Additional Ways to Earn EXP wrote:

Approved Deaths
In the case that a death is given proper approval and the deceased character was killed in a regulated manner, the member will receive 30% of their previous overall EXP total which will then be transferred to their next shinobi. In the case where the number is a decimal, it will be rounded up in value. Suicide is excluded from this sub-category.

Therefore, a full transaction of an approved kill would be as followed:
Billy's genin, Koi, was killed in a battle with Sarah's C-Rank Missing Nin, Sanji.

The death is approved.
Sanji [Sarah] gains 20 EXP.
Koi, who held a total amount of 50 EXP earns Billy's next character 50 ÷ .3 = 15 EXP.

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Monday 30, July 2012: The Scroll Sealing System has gone through a large reform, making it more open and understandable in what can and cannot be stored within scrolls. It's also now quite similar to the new Ninja Kit System.

Monday 30, July 2012: The Ninja Kits have also gone through a massive change, completely replacing the former kits that we once had and now making them more fun and customisable for the members. For the first week alone, members will not be charged the additional 10 EXP it costs to upgrade to a Custom Kit. So if you're eager to gain your own custom kit, do so now for free!

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Wednesday 22, August 2012: The Puppetry System has gone through a large update, with new features such as the lag system being introduced as well. New Special Characteristics for Puppeteers will soon be available on US.

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Friday 24, August 2012: The Summoning Guide has gone through a recent update, introducing new rules and limits that will make Summonings as a whole more fair to use.

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Sunday 26, August 2012: Chris has now been added back to the Staff Team, he'll be covering the Creation areas. Don't forget to bug him to check your applications and topics, oh and congratulations Chris!

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Tuesday 4, September 2012: The Weaponry speciality has gone through a large update, which includes the following;

Weapons are no longer categorised as Swords, Axes, Exotic etc... They're now grouped as by as either Close, Medium or Long Ranged weapons. Descriptions have been included with these to help members find the appropriate category for their custom weapon creations.
Universal Weapons have been changed to the new categories.
The descriptions for how you rank a weapon have been updated to help members better define a rank for custom weapon creations.
Weaponry users are now able to own more weapons per each rank, apart from S - Rank where it remains at one. D - Rank has now been given a set limit of fifteen weapons per user.
A new rule has been introduced in regards to weaponry stealing.
A new Special Characteristic has been introduced for Weaponry Users. Chakra Conductivity now allows you to create jutsu that coats your weapons in chakra for elemental attacks, such as lightning coated kunai.
The Craftsman profession has now been removed, with all Weaponry users being able to create chakra conductive weapons when reaching the appropriate rank.

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Tuesday 9, October 2012: Jutsu Guide has been updated to introduce sub-specialties which apply to specific ranks. Now Taijutsu, Weaponry, Eijutsu and Fuuinjutsu gain a few extra perks and clear out previous confusions about multi-ranked jutsu.

PS. 1111 posts \o/

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Friday 12, October 2012: Mission Points/Reputation Points are now added into your "expendable funds" upon a completion of a mission. A and S rank missions have also received a boost in the amount of points that can be awarded with A rank giving a maximum of 20 and S ranks giving a maximum of 25.

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Thursday 18, October 2012: Four small edits were made to the forum.

Weaponry users may now wield sub-specialty weapons 1 rank below their own, as opposed to the aforementioned rule of 2 ranks below.
All members have access to Gauntlet, Glove, and Knuckle based weaponry regardless of their specialty or rank; however without Weaponry they may not have these weapons above C-rank.
Ninja Kits no longer control the amount of scrolls a person carries. Instead, the Scroll Sealing Guide now details the amount of scrolls available for all ranks. Members without Fuuinjutsu, Weaponry, or Puppetry are still limited to 3 scrolls overall.
Scroll Sealing Guide now includes details on how much of a raw material (such as water or sand) one is allowed to store in a scroll.

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Saturday 20, October 2012: Puppetry lag system has been updated. For more information check here for more details.

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Sunday 21, October 2012: Chris has been removed from the Staff Team, with MsMoney now joining the team. Congratulations to MsMoney!

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Tuesday 23, October 2012: Combat System has been updated to include a time limit for posts. Members must respond in 72 hours to a topic before they can be skipped. Those in combat situations will receive an auto-hit if they do not respond in this time period.