Scale
At its peak, Blade Zenon gathered:
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Registered members | 181 |
| Peak concurrent users | 61 |
| Total posts | 1,148 |
| Total threads | 155 |
The community reached roughly 100 members at its height of active engagement — the remaining registrations likely came from later joiners, bots or passive accounts.
Staff
The moderation team at the time of peak activity:
| Username | Role |
|---|---|
| Ryujinni | Founder / Moderator |
| BigeCZ | Moderator |
| Darky (@darkwolves12) | Moderator |
| Lady Nanami (@ladynanami) | Moderator |
| Sȶar (@star) | Moderator |
| Aʞasa | Moderator |
Notable Members
- Hiruko Kagetane 蛭子影胤 — One of the most consistent long-term members. Described themselves as "arguably the last one who remains," checking back "every couple months" even years after activity died.
- Fighter / Fighter6968 — Co-leader of the Chaos guild.
- Andrew Sunshadow — Active in guild threads.
- Fain (@fireblaster) — Founded the Chaos guild.
- Chew — Active community voice, started the "people leaving" discussion.
- ♥ Starlight ♥ — Co-led Ðivided guild alongside Sȶar and Aʞasa.
- Batman — Joined Ðivided guild.
- OfficialByraine — Joined in May 2017, one of the last recorded arrivals.
- Cosinus — Posted "Sooo... What happened?" in December 2016 during the silence.
Staff Friction
The moderation team was not without internal tension. BigeCZ posted "My opinnion about ower staff team" (14 replies, 678 views) — one of the most-engaged threads on the forum — airing public grievances about how the staff was functioning. The thread's high reply count relative to the forum's typical activity suggests it struck a nerve.
Lady Nanami posted "Parental Guidance" (17 replies, 809 views), which addressed community conduct — likely in response to behavior or content that the moderation team had to manage. The thread's engagement puts it among the top five most-replied discussions on the entire forum.
"Pre-set Names/Name Approval", also by Lady Nanami (7 replies, 400 views), indicated the staff was attempting to implement structured controls over how players would present themselves in-game before release — an administrative layer that reflected both the community's growth and the friction of managing it.
These three threads, all authored by staff members, collectively suggest that a meaningful portion of the forum's energy in mid-2015 was directed inward — toward managing the team itself rather than the game.
Community Tenor
The forum had a noticeably young, close-knit feel. Discussions mixed game development ideas with personal feelings — members posted openly about leaving, apologizing for absences, and hoping for revival. The General Discussion board accumulated 11 threads and 104 posts, almost entirely composed of introspective community check-ins rather than game discussion.
Significant discussion threads:
| Thread | Author | Replies | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| My opinion about the game coming out | Darky | 17 | 1,047 |
| Parental Guidance | Lady Nanami | 17 | 809 |
| What's going on? | Oкαмι-Rуυυкσ | 5 | 606 |
| people leaving. | Chew | 13 | 481 |
| Blade Zenon MV Sign-Up Song Poll | Aʞasa | 12 | 753 |
| Pre-set Names/Name Approval | Lady Nanami | 7 | 400 |
| Truth About The Release Date | Lady Nanami | 4 | 437 |
| Moving on... | alyssarr9fox | 3 | 477 |
| My opinnion about ower staff team | BigeCZ | 14 | 678 |
| I'm Sorry | ♥ Starlight ♥ | 0 | 349 |
| Sooo... What happened? | Cosinus | 0 | 748 |
| Lets revive this | Darky | 7 | 3,000 |