Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

This week's interview features the user triplenoob.

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

triplenoob:

"I first learned the existence of the website when some distant relative of mine was on it when visiting. It must have been in 2003, back when I was 10. I thought the website looked cool enough so I starting visiting more and more often until at one point I came here practically everyday. It blew my mind when I found out, 4 years later, that I could sign up, and so I did. I chose this username because it was what served as such at the time. I saw someone on Runescape, back when I played that, whose username was something like "Tr1Pl3_N00b". So, yeah."

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

triplenoob:

"Most definitely. 6 years is a pretty long time. I remember at first I couldn't speak English very well, if at all. I'm a french Canadian, you see, so English is a second language. I used to leave poorly written reviews on shitty flashes and kept embarrassing myself for a couple years. Especially when I stumbled upon the BBS. My 14 year old mind was an immature one..."

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

triplenoob:

"I have been pretty inactive for about 3 years. I have only been back for a month or so. It's hard to say who I like the most, since the crowd sort of changed and most people I used to know very well don't use the site as often, if at all. And it would only seem fair to say who I like in the current crowd. Having said that, I would like to say 372, since I like most of his posts and he seems a pretty decent sort. He makes great art, too and everyone should check him out if they didn't already. Another user would be BasedBubbus, formerly known as a bunch of other names that I can't even pretend to keep up with. I like him for his weirdness and just being a bizarre person, and mostly being completely unapologetic for it. I couldn't say how they affect me, other than make me laugh and intrigue me as forum users."

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

triplenoob:

"I get along pretty well with the other users. I haven't had any problems with any of them before, and I don't intend to. I have found this site to be a friendly place for people to talk about and no one is really left as an outcast, unless they happen to be complete dickheads... But for 99% of the time, I would like to believe this doesn't happen."

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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?

triplenoob:

"I like the forums very much. I have been an on and off user for years, though. I normally stay for a couple months, before moving on and coming back in a year or something. I normally frequent the General Forum, but like to sometimes get on the less frequented parts like Clubs and Crews and the Help & How to forum. I like the General forum most, because this is where everyone can let loose and talk about anything they want (within a certain boundary, of course). Some of the funniest people I've ever encountered online are right here on this section of the website. I guess I would consider 372 for an interview. He's an awesome artist."

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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?

triplenoob:

"For the most part they do a good job, rounding up abusive users and deleting useless threads. But sometimes, just every once in a while, I can get banned for the stupidest reasons. I don't argue with the mods, but there are some pretty debatable decisions that left me confused. Some threads are locked for no reason, without a word from the mod who locked it and why he did it, sometimes I get banned for posting on a "spam" thread... and it was considered spam because it talked about how mods sometimes abuse of their power... I guess that's what happens when you give power to someone and no one can say anything about it."

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

triplenoob:

"If someone gave me the opportunity, sure, I'd like to try it out. Any kind would be okay. Only I'm not sure how good of a moderator I would be. I found that it is impossible to please everyone and there's always someone to bitch about any of the mods' decisions, even the logical ones. I wouldn't want to feel that I have power over the other users, as would probably happen. And I wouldn't want other users to watch what they say around and about me. I want everyone to have their own opinions about me and say it freely."

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You were a member before the redesign 2007. Tell me how you experienced Newgrounds back then and what changes you liked about the redesign.

triplenoob:

"Back in 2003, when I began using this site on a daily basis, I thought this was the most awesome thing ever. The site was full of great stuff and great people. The 2007 redesign was pretty much the best web design I've seen and it still is. It was organic and natural, and pretty much everything was better, including the level icons. I sometimes miss the 2007 design, but I can't say the current design is worse, it's just less... good."

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The redesign happened last year. Tell me what you think about it. What do you like and what is not so good?

triplenoob:

"I like the way the website looks, the buttons and all. But it can't hold against the ultimately superior 2007 design. One thing I like about it is the social features, where I can see if people replied to my blog or my posts, which is the handiest thing to come out of the new redesign. My biggest grind against it are the lame level icons, which doesn't seem like a lot, but it's pretty much why we're always voting on submissions; to gain an increasingly badass level icon. The experience is then shallowed by the fact that they don't look as cool as they used to..."

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Pico Day 2013 is happening soon. Are you looking forward to it? Apart from Pico Day, which Newgrounds Holiday is your favourite?

triplenoob:

"I'm always looking forward to Pico Day. It's fun to see so much great content being uploaded. It's arguably the time of the year with the most traffic on the site, which is always a blast. I also like Madness Day and Clock Day."

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You seem to be a fan of the professional freeskier Simon Dumont. What do you like the most about this sport?

triplenoob:

"I'm no longer a huge fan of him... I used to be, though, as you pointed out. I've been skiing since the age of 3 and used to do a lot of freeski. Most of my friends were skiers too, which was awesome for a lot of years. When I first learned about Simon Dumont, he was my idol. I looked up to that guy and wanted to become a pro too. I used to buy all his ski movies and a lot of his "designer gear". Then, all my friends suddenly stopped skiing. I've been skiing less and less over the years and I stopped caring about pros."

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I saw that you uploaded some promising art on your profile. Do you plan to make more art in the future?

"Of course. I planned to do a lot more over the summer, probably. I would do it now, but I'm pretty busy with college. Also, I've only uploaded a few pieces, because I always throw away my work after finishing it... I never thought of uploading it before seeing 372's work. I thought I might give it a try."

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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?

triplenoob:

"Since I was a kid, I have been intrigued with death. The idea of it is mysterious to me... I've always been wondering about the meaning of our lives and the meaning of its end. I have experienced it a couple times, with a lot of my relatives dying throughout my life. For example, my brother died a couple of years ago after being run over by a drunk driver. A friend of mine was also drunk and decided to drive. He then crashed in another car, causing the death of another one of my friends and 1 bystander. Both of my grandfathers and my uncle died of cancer, and 1 of my grandmothers is completely senile and aggressive and is expected to die soon. I also knew a kid who used to play soccer with me a couple years ago, until he hung himself with his dog's leash completely out of the blue. Then, a person I used to know for years, who held me when I was like 3 and has been in my life since then, whom I considered like an uncle died of a stroke recently. A distant friend of mine also died when he tried autoerotic asphyxiation for the first and ironically last time.

I also used to kill small animals regularly when I was a kid. I would shoot small birds with a BB gun and then curb stomp them... I would then kill animals in increasing size until my parents caught me finishing off a squirrel. I'm not pretending to be an expert on the subject, in fact I'm anything but. I have had a bunch of psychological help and had to be suspended from school for weeks at a time for being considered a danger for the other students. This made me an outcast pretty much everywhere I went. One could assume I use NG as a way to get away from my social issues. And don't worry, my childish death experimentations have been over for quite some time."

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

triplenoob:

"It would be safe to expect more art from me. I expect to be drawing more in the future and want to share my work with the great people of NG. I will also try to post on the BBS as often as possible."

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Now you are filled with more knowledge about triplenoob, 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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