Syphin

Introduction
Syphin is a first generation Twelvian and is best known as Twelve's most eloquent writer/blogger. In addition to his senior Old Guard position, Syphin regularly contributes elaborate, well written articles relating to japanese animation and sports. During the most recent two Olympics (2008 Summer and 2010 Winter) - Syphin volunteered his time to provide high-quality written coverage of the events (in the form of daily posts to his Olympic megathreads).

Syphin is an occasional poster on the forums, but is famously known to reply in essay-like quality and quantity when he eventually does have something to share. There's an in-joke amongst the Twelve anime subforum users that each of Syphin's replies are almost like individual blog entries. Syphin also regularly contributes his in depth summaries of each anime seasons' upcoming series.

Exit & Return
In the bloody days of the Troll Wars, Syphin was beleaguered and preyed upon by the commanders of the Troll Fleet and even Spoon. He was the target for scrutiny and ruthlessness due to lardman (an outcast troll) being banned, and with the hungry horde needing someone new to push all the hate to. During the days of the troll wars, Syphin had a reputation for making one or two-word responses. This was enough to earn him the wrath of the content-quality overlord, Spoon. The mounting pressures and stresses of war caused Syphin to leave the community for an extended period, beginning on November 2006.

When Syphin eventually returned to Twelve on September 2007, the Troll Wars had already ended for a few months. The calm and peaceful state of the forums (now separating the WoW and Non-WoW discussions) was the signal to Syphin that Twelve had finally become the place he had always wanted to belong in. With Twelve finally being reborn into a new sanctuary for flourishing ideas and hosting a united community, Syphin began to post with the high quality that he is known for in the present day.

Doing the 180
Syphin is one of the more extreme examples of a completely reformed contributor within Twelve. Before his exit in 2006, he suffered the wrath of Spoon for his lack of post content. Upon his return and subsequent tenure as an Old Guard within Twelve, all of his posts have been of decent content and elaborate quantity. As a result, Syphin's reputation also experienced a complete turnabout. Learning from his past as a victim of trolling, he worked hard and transformed to become a respected veteran member known to deliver good quality posts.

Full details can be found here.

Syphin Facts

 * Syphin runs his own anime blog, called 12Dimensions.
 * He is a big sports buff, and likes it as much as anime.
 * Syphin is an self-confessed One Piece fanboy.
 * Enjoys reading elaborative entries as much as he does creating them.