Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

This week's interview features the user YenMuffin.

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When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username YenMuffin?

YenMuffin:

"Let's go back all the way to 2005. I was in 7th grade and one day a friend asked me if I had ever been to Newgrounds. I told him I hadn't and he quickly told me about the Dragon Ball Z hentai on the site which to be honest, was a turn off for me. At the time I was into Stick Page and enjoyed Madness Combat and Killing Spree and I wandered over to Newgrounds once very briefly to watch them. I didn't come back to Newgrounds until late 2006 when I had started high school. A friend and I were bored one weekend and Newgrounds just randomly popped into my head and that's when it began. In fact I officially started visiting Newgrounds on Halloween. I was 14 when I joined; believe it or not YenMuffin isn't my first account. I originally was GreenShadow but I started playing Gaia Online because of an ad I saw here on the site in 2008. That's where I created the alias YenMuffin; it was random and holds little meaning to me. Later on I signed up as YenMuffin on Xbox Live and in 2009 decided to lock in the username here on NG. I chose YenMuffin originally because at the time of creation I was really into LazyMuffin's work and Yen was the first random thing to come to mind when signing up for Gaia. During the 2 year span that I was inactive I decided to abandon GreenShadow; oh and I forgot to mention GreenShadow wasn't original at all and I couldn't use it on Gaia that's why I made a new username in the first place. That my friends is how monsters are made."

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Do you think that you changed over the time you were here, as user, or also in real life?

YenMuffin:

"I think I have changed over time as both a user and in real life. Newgrounds showed me new things and ideas, introduced me to a community full of talented and creative minds. My sense of humor since coming to Newgrounds has become broader and darker; I honestly don't know who I would be today without the influence of Newgrounds. The harsh and sometimes unforgiving words of the BBS helped me to become a better person when I was younger as well, even though that's arguable for some people."

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Are there any other users that you like, and how do they affect you?

YenMuffin:

"You bet there is. BizzarroPMP is pretty cool, as well as JBK, KillerSkull, Klik and Nor. I play Xbox with Mumbo (who I want to smack sometimes) quite frequently and on occasion Jester. Jester is an awesome guy, in fact describing his awesomeness would take up too much space. On the forums I like saqwert, he's never serious and always manages to make me laugh. I feel like I'm leaving a lot of people out. Oh right, I almost forgot Jay. There are far too many users to keep up with. I have heard about this guy named Asandir though, but he sounds like a jerk."

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Are there any users that you would consider enemies or that you just don't like?

YenMuffin:

"Nope. There aren't any users that I consider enemies but some people I prefer not to talk to. I wouldn't give any names even if I could think of any. There are users I don't like but I don't bother to even remember their names. Some users do get on my nerves at times but I tend to keep extending the offer of being friends."

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What is your opinion about the forums? Is there one forum that you prefer? And is there another forum user that you want to see getting interviewed by me?

YenMuffin:

"My opinion on the forums is a terrible one in which I will share with you, probably. Basically, every year the quality of threads and posts lowers. People will always complain about them, the end. Personally the forums were much better in my opinion even just a year ago; it seems now that everyone has that meme spreading thought process. They are constantly churning out the same thing with a slight twist to be funny. I can understand a spam thread here and there just to break up all of the seriousness but there is nothing serious about General in the slightest anymore. I sometimes break out to other forums like Video Games, C&C or Art, but very rarely. I tried to become active on Clubs & Crews but nothing there really interests me. I prefer General forum. I can't think of any forum user I want to see be interviewed that hasn't been already."

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I guess that you have an opinion about the moderators of Newgrounds. Do you think that they do a great job or not?

YenMuffin:

"Some mods are good others seem kind of like, "Why bother?" As the forum mods go, ReNaeNae and TurkeyOnAStick seem to do a great job with the art forum. EyeLovePoozy and Timmy are great when they are on. Timmy seems like he would be pretty cool outside of being mod from what I've heard. I think Jay and Travis are also cool as non forum mods. The other million mods I don't have an opinion about."

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Would you like to become a moderator on Newgrounds? If so, what kind of moderator?

YenMuffin:

"I would be lying if I said I didn't want to be mod. Even if I lost my mod rank shortly after receiving it I think it would be nice to have the experience. I always thought forum mod since I hang out there frequently but that seems like a hassle so i'm not sure. If I thought really hard about it I might say portal mod but what do I know about anything? To be honest if I ever became a mod it would be a cold day in Hell for Newgrounds, I know I would be terrible at it. I don't think I would do nearly as much damage as Jester though."

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The redesign 2012 has arrived earlier this year. Tell me what you think about it. What do you like and what is not so good?

YenMuffin:

"Yes, yes it did. I wasn't active for most of the 2007 design and I don't remember the design prior to that so I have nothing to really compare it to. I like the new design. My complaints are about stupid little things. I hate that there isn't a list of levels on the site anymore at least not from what I've seen and it would be nice if the notifications for users your follow had an indication of new stuff. As far as browsing the site, it was difficult at first but I have gotten used to it."

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You seem to be a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Can you tell our readers how you became a fan and what you like about the show? Has being a brony affected your life?

YenMuffin:

"Is this question a trap? It seems I am more so everyday. The harder I try to not like it, the more I end up liking it. Had this interview happened earlier this year I would have said "No, i'm not a fan." How I became a fan is because of Mumbo. If you're reading this Mumbo so help me God, we better not meet in real life! Well anyway we play Xbox Minecraft together a lot because he's too poor to have nice things and as with all my friends we sit around and share videos with each other. He wouldn't watch my videos if I didn't watch his so he eventually got me to watch one of the 20 million fan videos that exist, next thing I know my recommended videos list is full up of ponies. After about a month they still wouldn't leave so I said to myself "Whatever, just watch it." That was a big mistake, not because I ever hated the show but I found the fan base to be insanely annoying and there are 50+ episodes. I like the personalities of the characters and the whimsical faces. Lol, whimsical makes me sound old. I have some pride left so being called a brony burns me worse than the Antichrist in a catholic church. It hasn't affected me really other than the fact that I feel never ending shame on a daily basis."

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This a wild guess.... but I think you like muffins. Please share your favourite muffin recipe with us!

YenMuffin:

"I do like muffins, how did you guess? I won't share the actual full recipes but I will list you some of my favorites. I like banana nut, lemon poppy seed, apple, butter rum, cinnamon and raspberry cheesecake muffins. If you never had a butter rum muffin, you're missing out and you probably didn't have a childhood either."

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Every person has secrets. Can you tell one of yours or something else that we didn't know about you yet?

YenMuffin:

"I don't really have any super dark secrets. I'm not a serial killer or a drug dealer even though I tend to joke about such things. My darkest secrets really aren't bad in comparison, I mean there's the whole MLP thing and then I would say that I like furry stuff. I try not to talk about these things though because it doesn't affect who I am and boy do people get pissed about either of those things. If the only person you ever met that was into furry was Xenomit, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to bash him but he seems like just a major stereotype to me."

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What can we expect from you in the future, YenMuffin?

YenMuffin:

"You can most likely expect nothing from me in the near future. Right after the near future though, you can expect stuff from me. It might be music or art or animation or anything really but in the meantime I will be chilling in chat or on xbox shouting racial slurs at my friends. I'm totally not racist by the way."

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Now you are filled with more knowledge about YenMuffin, dear reader.Feel free to leave a comment here, saying what you think about the interview, requesting users to get interviews is also appreciated. Tune in next week :3

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