The Cipher Clan

The Cipher Clan is a group of gamers, particularly Halo gamers, and others interested in science-fiction stories, movies or games. Currently the clan is thirty five members strong, and is showing few signs of slowing down. It discusses a broad range of topics, from Halo to current events, on its Bungie’s 7th Column forum, http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/cipher/Group/GroupHome.aspx.

History

Cipher Clan was founded by two gamers, Willgirzim and Zarts (gamertags on Xbox Live and also forum usernames). At first, it was not seen as a serious venture, but more of a novelty. As more members joined the clan, Cipher began to take off.
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Some of the clan members have contributed ambitious plans and ideas to improve the clan. It was Fishtank133 who inspired the clan’s imagination by suggesting a video of Cipher’s achievements be created to attract potential members. After this proposal, Tony360 announced his plan to create a website to promote the clan further, and Frozen Fire began writing a Wikipedia page with important information about the clan and its members.
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Since then, the clan’s forums have been a bustling source of conversations, as well as the odd debate. Many threads are devoted to the discussion of wacky ideas, incredible feats of gaming and even jokes. All the clan members enjoy the friendly, yet competitive, atmosphere the clan has to offer.

Members

There are a broad array of members in the Cipher Clan, ranging from talented gamers and militaristic would-be dictators, to outright lunatics and, of course, computer geeks. Some of the clan officers are listed below:
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Willgirzim, Administrator: Co-founder of the clan, keeper of the peace on the forum and fearless leader of the clan.
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Zarts, Warleader: Co-founder of the clan, Willgirzim’s closest ally and an ambitious, exceptional gamer.
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Tony360, Top Dog: The most gifted when it comes to technology, often teaching others about advanced computer techniques, and bestowed with the ability to create his own games!
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Fishtank133, Clan Chaplain: Militaristic, proud and usually argumentative, he is always suggesting grand plans to turn the clan into a feared, elite military force. However, he has no idea how to write an e-mail and often throws the keyboard into the computer screen while yelling “colourful metaphors” at the top of his voice.
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FrozenFire, Heroic Member: Assisting in the propaganda campaign launched by Fishtank133, he is a valued officer when it comes to computers and not going insane.
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Dubbledudez, Squad Leader: A gamer with a substantial amount of raw talent, he is an esteemed ally in team games, but a feared rival in free for all.
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Clan Organisation

The Cipher Clan follows a chain of command similar to modern military organisation, however the names of ranks vary from army standard. The clan also prides itself on its democracy policies. Usually respect is shown to senior officers, but more often members don’t particularly care about ranks and instead voice their opinions freely, even if they directly defy an officer’s command. Some members oppose the current organisation of the clan and appeal against the so-called “rowdiness” and “lack of respect”, but these members are often told to hold their tongue by the majority of members who value left-wing ideals.
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The Cipher Clan is organised into smaller sub-sections, called Fire Teams. These Fire Teams consist of four members each, with a Squad Leader at its head. Each Squad Leader is responsible for their Fire Team’s discipline and uniform. Fire Teams also exist for the purpose of organisation for intra-clan team games of Halo.
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Present Day

The Cipher Clan is yet to reach its zenith. Many members are applying to join the ranks of one of the most elite gaming groups. Ideas are constantly flowing into the forums, and many are being implemented. For Cipher Clan, this is just the beginning.

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