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Kenneth Tran

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Kenneth Tran (born Kha Trong Tran December 1, 1988), also known as Kenny I. Tran, is a Vietnamese American gamer (MMORPG/ARG/CS 1.6), viral author, esoteric interfaith student priest, and digital marketer/influencer.

He is best known as the Ragnarok Online player Dash Bandit who was the leader of Crimson guild on iRO (official server) who founded it after he left Resurrection guild. He was the #1 ranked player in SukiRO, a PvP private server with thousands of players rated in the top 5 of servers in 2005 according to ratemyserver.com, (of which there are 164 private servers as of 2023) where he was a. He was also the co-leader of the SomethingAwful.com guild known as the GoonSquad in SukiRO through GM-Karna, another SA forum member.[1]

Tran has claimed that the DC Comics character Fang Zhifu aka August General in Iron was inspired by his original creation of the paladin build and look used by his character Dash Bandit which was circulated amongst his fellow guild members from SomethingAwful.com. DC Comics has yet to respond regarding ownership of the character.

He has written and published "The Art of War 2" in early 2017.[2] Tran, a son of Captain Luong "Tam" Tran of South Vietnam's ARVN, who was in his late 20s at the time, had already claimed to have pioneered warfare by video games as dedicated in the foreword.[3] The initial digital release of the book generated much controversy' along with both positive and negative comments on the internet which ended up becoming a 'copypasta' source or quoted text that is often recycled by many users online.[4]

In early 2017, Webfluential.com ranked him as the 26th top digital influencer in American politics and the 30th most infuential in finance due to his livestream personality of 'Asian Adonis'.[5]

In late 2017, Tran resurfaced in the public eye as the head of an organization called the National Committee for Games Policy (NCGP), which was formed to police and influence video game politics and legislation during the lootbox controversies. Tran and the group went were featured on Forbes, Breitbart, VentureBeat, Rooster Teeth, MMORPG, Jim Sterling, Geekreply, GamersUnite, and many more news channels/publications.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The NCGP went on to win "Best Video Game Safety & Welfare Advocacy 2018 - USA" at the Toy Game and Gadget awards 2018 by Lux Life Magazine.[17]

He has been featured as a meme multiple times on me.me, memegenerator, and others.[18][19][20][21]

Tran is known in some circles as the first person to have ever hacked MENSA to assist with penetration testing as a member of Profundus High IQ Society.[22] Tran has won the lifetime achievement award from the RNC (Republican National Committee) and is a member of the Republican Advisory Committee (also at the RNC).[23]

Kenny Tran is a black belt in both combat ninjutsu and combat karate as well as holding instructor certifications in both self-defense and kickboxing along with holding a blue belt in brazilian jiu jitsu. He feels that the most notable thing about him is his modern style of ninjutsu which he believes allows him access to the Siddhi (supernatural powers in Buddhism) and Singularity. He is the founder of the Thousand Arms Ryu (style) school of Ninjutsu.[24][25][26]

References[edit]

  1. https://ragnarok.fandom.com/wiki/North_America_(iRO)_Guilds
  2. "National Committee for Games Policy's backstory: politics, religion, and 'The Art of War 2'". VentureBeat. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  3. "The Art of War 2 – The Sequel to Sun Tzu's The Art of War (5th Centur…". archive.is. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  4. "r/copypasta - The Art of War 2". reddit. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  5. https://webfluential.com/destructionirl
  6. Kain, Erik. "The 'National Committee For Games Policy' Was Created By A Self-Proclaimed Troll [Updated]". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  7. "Game 'Self Regulator' NCGP Responds To Criticism". Tom's Hardware. 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  8. "Kenneth Tran | NAG". NAG. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  9. "The NCGP is a Hoax Created by a Troll (But not Really) - Geek Reply". geekreply.com. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  10. "NCGP formed to tackle "unscrupulous video game companies" | PC Invasion". PC Invasion. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  11. "New Industry 'Think Tank' to Tackle Issues Including Loot Boxes - General News". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  12. "National Committee For Games Policy: Vermeintliche US-Organisation soll nur ein Fake sein". GIGA (in Deutsch). 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  13. "Foro Games Legacy: Fundan el NCGP organismo en contra de las Loot Boxes en 3DJuegos". 3DJuegos. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  14. "VidMid". VidMid - Best Viral News, Stories & Videos. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  15. "Un grupo de desarrolladores fundan el National Committee for Games Policy". TekCrispy (in español). 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  16. "'Gaming industry vets' form 'crisis' coalition to fight lockboxes and 'unscrupulous' studios [Update]". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
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  18. https://me.me/i/u-rye-shoes-fucking-neckbeards-the-art-of-war-2-the-13454278
  19. https://me.me/i/kenneth-tran-youtuber-and-art-of-war-author-united-nations-954f9cdc746d4a0cb6d18b55b7805ac3
  20. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OHwVT0ob8lUJ:https://memegenerator.net/Social-Justice-Champion+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
  21. https://me.me/i/man-over-800-of-his-own-family-and-friends-conquered-40d7126944804190af5c9b0795135c19
  22. https://medium.com/profundus-journal/how-i-outsmarted-the-smartest-people-in-the-world-hacking-mensa-13e0a0071cf7
  23. linkedin.com/in/reverendkennytran
  24. https://legendsofthemultiuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/LOTM:_Template_Guild
  25. https://ninjutsutar.com/
  26. http://www.icmaua.com/



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