Dear Ninja,

As part of an initiative for us to focus more of the active staff onto in-game moderation, we've decided to start delegating the role of forum moderator to a non-staff role filled by dedicated members who want to help us out!

This means that forum moderator is now a role for active community members, rather than lesser staff member. It will not be a very time consuming role, and we will not monitor your daily contributions. If you have time on your hands and would like to help out, we are looking for you! Send an application or a PM my way.

Regards,
Rory

Dear Ninja,

This month is Nin Online's 4th Anniversary month, which means 4 years ago, I began development on the game you are experiencing live now. We have come so far since then, and still have a lot more planned. This month, we will run the 1st Joint Chunin Exam as well as launch ANBU, Sand Assassins and the Akatsuki, which we are very excited for.

To celebrate our 4th Anniversary, we are going to be selling a limited time only cosmetic item - Ceramic War Armor!

   

While it may look like the Red War Armor, it features improved animations and some small golden embroidery. The Ceramic War Armor will be on sale from 1st June - 30th June. As with any future time-exclusive cosmetics, after it's sale period, it will not be available for purchase anymore, but will be tradeable in-game so that it may be passed on.

We hope that you continue playing Nin Online, and look forward to more updates soon!

Regards,
Rory

Dear Ninja,

You are invited to join the 3rd Chunin Exams on the 10th June 2017. This will also be the 1st Joint Chunin Exam, where both Sand Ninja and Leaf Ninja will participate in!

Chunin Exams details
The event registration will take place at 1pm EST on 10th June and the entire event will commence at 2pm EST. It may last anywhere between 1 - 4 hours depending on how far our Genins make it. Participants are expected to stay throughout the event. The registration will take place in the Chunin Exam registration hall!

Requirements

• You are to form your own teams of 3 before or during the registration phase. There is no level requirement!
• Academy Students are not allowed to participate, you have to promote to Genin rank if you want to participate.
• The entry fee for each team is 15,000 Ryo, prepare to hand over the in-game currency to Shiken during the registration phase after a GM has verified you through the gate.
• Teams that are registered along with a Chunin/Jonin Rank Sensei will have their entry fee waived. However, the Sensei must stay throughout the event and may only enter one team.
• Missing Ninja cannot participate in the Chunin Exams.
• Kages of each village have the right to debar ninja from their village from joining. Valid reasons include (but not limited to) misbehavior, breaking treaties, disobeying commands.

Rules & Regulations
In order to run the event smoothly, your cooperation is required, as such, rule breakers will be kicked from the event which may result in his/her entire team's disqualification.

1. Stay in character
   Unless you need to ask a serious question,  stay in character during the event.
    
2. Remain online and active
   If you choose to go AFK and you miss calls for you, we will not wait for you.
   If you disconnect, quickly reconnect and inform a GM.
    
3. Follow instructions
   The GMs and myself will be giving instructions to follow throughout the event

Watching the Chunin Events Live
We will be streaming the event Live on our Twitch channel, there will be live commentary by @HypnoMan who also covered the first Chunin Exam, which you can view on our Youtube Channel.

Conclusion
For participants of the previous chunin exams, you know how tricky everything can be, so be extra careful!
What will change up this time? Who knows really? Will anyone even pass?

Regards,
Rory

Dear Ninja,

As you may or may not have noticed, I've been quite inactive the past month. I'm making able to spend as much time working due to some personal health reasons, as well as a loss of a family member. It's going to be a hard next couple of months for me, and I'm trying to move out and find my own home so that I can better work in peace.

Don't worry though, the game is not in danger of closing down or anything like that! Infact, thanks to all your support, I've made a decent living in the past month. I hope this continues, but it's hard living on the edge and paying rent is the scariest part! We're a small niche game and community, so I don't expect massive support, but I'll be thankful if it even helps with a 1/4 of my rent haha



I know there are players who want to support the game. If you're one of them consider pledging dollar to help me pay rent!
There's some new community related content I've announced on the page if you want to know more, you can read about it here under the backers rewards tiers.

Click here to visit my Patreon

Sorry for the shameless e-begging, back to resting. :')

Regards,
Rory

Dear Ninja,

The server will be down for a few hours on 18th May, 22:00 EST for us to test and release some updates.
Please take note and find some other things to do during this time. We will also be bringing back the Event Headquarters.


Regards,
Seth