Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

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

Lintire:

"Newgrounds was the mythical land that I was thrust up in a sweaty and horny state many a year ago, where Cyber Doggy-Style Porn was the word about town and all Hentai movies were ripe game for my slobbering pubescent mouth. But alas, no masturbation was to be had, for I was browsing this ripe little fucking nuthouse with a friend, and we were not GAY.

Fuck knows when that asshole found this wankhouse.

As for the username, I've had two usernames on the internet - Nitecreeper, because "Nightcrawler" was too fucking long for whatever the fuck I wanted to jack off to at the time and I popped a boner whenever I heard of the X-Men, and Lintire.

Lintire was something I shat out when I decided I wanted a username that meant nothing. No, not literally, you dickwank, just some random word I wanted to define myself. My own personal label.

Turns out it's the name of a worldwide wholesale trade fucking company in used passenger-car tires, casings, and condoms. WELL GUESS WHAT, SHITHEADS, MY USERNAME APPEARS FIRST ON GOOGLE RESULTS. LAP THAT UP LIKE THE FOREIGN MOTHERFUCKERS YOU ARE.

Not to mention that people tend to associate it with pocket lint. But it's still alright."

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

Lintire:

"Two years ago I took some personality test or other (fuck knows the internet has plenty of those fucking things) and got some dickass response. Two years later I took the same test, same fucking response.

Just an example, calm the fuck down.

I haven't changed one bit since I signed up to the shit-slinging festival, but as a user I've changed so fucking much it's unbelievable - just looking at my newspost I've gone from a newbie user all over HP Lovecraft's dick to, well, this asshole right now."

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

Lintire:

"I like a bunch a users - usually I try not to list my opinion of other people just to keep them on their toes. But even I have to give a shout-out to my brothers kisame (the kickass motherfucker who pulls the strings behind every underground porn studio in Hollywood), Light (and tight), and Dosensuppen (with his magnificent vanity mirrors) and everyone in the Art Forum ever.

How these motherfucks affect me? Life is always more fun when you're sharing it with other people. and seeing these bastards on the internet slowly increases the BPM of my dick by a few beats."

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

Lintire:

"I can't really consider anyone over the internet a freaking "enemy". I can just fucking turn off my monitor - CHECK THIS SHIT OUT - their sphere of influence just fucking... ends.

As for people I just don't like, people who spend the entire time bitching really get on my nerves - whoever that guy that keeps whining about women, modernpatronizer, and seemehaveacrisis, who went a bit of a whining streak some time back. I don't mind outright bad and pathetic posting, fact is I mostly find them funny, but dear motherfucking diety the bitching on the internet gives me a headache.

It's the internet. Have a wank. You'll feel better."

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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?

Lintire:

"This is a really odd question. My "opinion" about them is about the same as the rest of the internet - it's one giant self-loathing cesspool clusterfuck that I'm downright fucking delighted to get in on the action. As for the forums themselves, they're a hell of a more structured then most internet chat rooms I've gone on, but it does feel a little constrictive when you've got a great idea for a cool as hell animated sig and you have to pay tribute to the Elder Ones to make it a reality.

My preferred forums are by far General and Art. General because I can fuck around without thought to the consequences, and Art because, well, I fucking like Art. It's a thing.

As for users, I'd suggest interviewing a few from outside General drama antics - perhaps some art mod or someone from within the Wi/Ht crew."

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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?

Lintire:

"Any opinion I have of them is distant, noncommital and tangential. If you break the rules in an unamusing way, they will ban your shit. My opinion is that they do that. That's really about as objective as it fucking gets. For the moderators themselves, the fuck would I know? I don't know those guys. They don't even post that often."

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

Lintire:

"Making me a moderator would be the worst idea since Nintendo's 2006 E3 press conference. I've been a moderator and administrator on various shitholes throughout the internet, and in each and every one of them I've been a facetious mothefucker abusing my powers in the name of comedy and whimsy.

Besides, we don't even need another moderator. Being a moderator isn't a title, a rank bestowed unto particularly good users, it's an enforcer of the rules when enforcement is needed. And I'm not seeing any particular outbreaks of child pornography threads. Besides, I'm not too hot on rules."

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

Lintire:

"I'm not so much looking towards the redesign itself as the inevitable backlash that's going to occur from it. So many people are going to get pissed off, and it's going to be delicious. I can't wait for the threads upon threads of people crying their eyes out over the littlest details.

There will be many hijinks.

Personally though? Not digging the redesign. Looks too commercial. Bright. Fun. Which is great for the site, and all, but not my style."

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You bought a Tankman Sticker and a Newgronds Poster from the Newgrunds Store. Do you appreciate the possibility to buy merchandise from Newgrounds? Is there anything that you would like to see getting added to the store?

Lintire:

"NO I STILL NEED TO BUY EVERYTHING THERE THAT EXISTS.

Not much to say about that, really. I'd really like to grab myself some more NG Gear, as in a lot more then what I have now. I've also got a Penicorn which I nabbed in this contest, courtesy of TOAS.

And yeah, I love the ability to show my appreciation for Newground's draining of my time for cashy money."

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I am personally a fan of your art. Can you tell me when you started to make art? Is there one piece of art that you are most proud of?

Lintire:

"When I actively started to make art was pretty much primary school - used to draw a lot of guys killing other guys with a variety of fuck-instruments. First it was scribbles, then I fell into practicing from a few manga books, and have spent the time since trying to make my style a hell of a lot more western.

I'm not a big fan of manga.

As for the picture that I'm most proud of, it's always the one that I've finished latest. Then I realise how much that sucks, and move on to the next picture, critisize the shit out of it. It's a repetitive cycle. I like critism, and it's really how I motivate myself to be better."

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How did you feel when you got the offer to get scouted? What is your opinion about the scouting system?

Lintire:

"Felt a little giddy, because back in those days I knew exactly how much my stuff sucked and didn't think I'd get in for a long while.

I've been pruned and scouted a few times, and I think that the scouting system really is one of the best systems ever used in any fucking portal. Seriously, it's not until you're scouted until you see the sheer amount of stuff that shouldn't be in the art portal ever.

Very occasionally it can skip someone who deserves a place in that portal and get a bunch of people who don't, but it's honestly the best outside of having a basement-full of starving asians poring over every submission."

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You're a tool! That's the name of the art collaboration that was submitted on the 29th of June to the flash portal. Did you enjoy the possibility to work together with the other artists who participated?

Lintire:

"Woah man that was ages ago. Truth be told I was a little blaise about the collab. Not happy with my submissions, but it managed to limp out of the portal in one piece. If anything it did clue me into the general treatment of art collabs in the portal. So many people get so fucking pissed off that it's not a game, yet labelled as one. Really is a shame to see hard work get spat on because of a label.

Wouldn't pass up the chance to participate in another collab of that kind, lots of motherfuck fun to be had."

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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?

Lintire:

"I absolutely hate fish. Seafood in general, I just dislike, but fish? Fish are fuckers, and shouldn't even be eaten. They should all be gathered and burned, then laughed at. Asshole carps. Take your ecosystem and die in a fire.

I never miss a chance to verbally abuse a fish."

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I heard that you like to write and I also get that feeling from your well written posts. Would you appreciate the addition of a Literature Portal and would you use it to publish stories?

Lintire:

"I love writing and illustrating stories, so I'd absolutely use it to publish some motherfucking stories! Hell, I could even see myself becoming a regular on it.

Right now, there's the Writing Forum, but to be compeltely honest, putting out stories on the forum is such a hassle - managing large amounts of text is a nightmare on Newgrounds. Hell, take this; I'm writing it in Notepad. Which is incredibly underrated.

Hell, if anything, I've mourned the inability to really write my own stories as much as I'd like. There's not much in the way of a managable, well, portal out on the internet to subject them to critiscm (or frankly, provide it) and if there's one online shithole that can manage to make a fun, easy-to-navigate portal for Literature it's Newgrounds."

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

Lintire:

"Don't expect anything from me. I'll deliver on my own terms."

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username mwmike and why did you change it to EmmDubya?

EmmDubya: "I began visiting Newgrounds years upon years ago when I was back in primary school - I cannot remember the exact story however I have vague memories of clicking a link in a preloader of some game and being brought here. Initially, it took up a pretty small portion of my life, becoming one of the many 'games websites' that I frequented.

Eventually, in the opening months of 2008 (just two months after my eleventh birthday), I decided to sign up as I wished to create and submit Flashes in addition to reviewing others - about half a year later I went on to stumble upon the flash forums in the search of knowledge and began to spam up the flash reg lounge with my own inept posts. A few people (somehow) had patience and showed patience towards me, and from that I eventually became quite close to a few people on there - pretty much all of whom have since left. I considered myself close to Luis at the time and I still think he's a good guy, so if I was counting him then he'd be the only person whom is still active that I knew from back then, even if I rarely ever speak to him.

The names 'mwmike' and 'EmmDubya' are both different stages in the same evolution. When I first registered an email address I did so under the name 'millwallmike12' - looking back now I trace that account back to 2006. Millwall is the football team that I was, and still am, a fan of. I dropped the numbers, as they held no significance and the name without any numbers had not been taken on any site that I could find. The next logical stage of shortening it only actually happened when I finally signed up for Newgrounds - considering despite at the time watching them regularly I don't really consider myself a great football fan, and I felt that putting a team in my name gave an incorrect impression of my interests.

If you say the first two letters of 'mwmike' on their own phonetically you get the sound 'Emm Doubleyou, or Emm Dubya'. Even though I personally said it the first way, together it didn't have exactly the same ring to it. While in a rather strange state of mind and beginning a new Morrowind playthrough I ended up writing in 'Emm Dubyaaaaaa <3' or something along those lines, and from there I hassled the admins with another PM every month asking for a name change for several months, before giving up. Eventually I ended up just asking Luis for a change on Facebook and he granted it to me on the spot, which was certainly easier. The main reason I prefer this is because in real life very few people call me Mike, they just go with Michael most of the time and that's what I'm most used to, even if I like the sound of the word 'Mike' a lot. :3"

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

EmmDubya: "I can say a very certain yes for this. When I joined, in real life I was a pre-teen boy whom was very quiet and, along with the natural mental and physical changes throughout the past three years the main thing that I think has changed through Newgrounds is my ability to put thoughts into words. It sounds rather strange, but at the time I simply thought things and rarely ever said much of it for fear of embarrassing myself as I had a big problem with converting my thoughts from simply that to spoken sentences (despite being a good writer even then). Actually, just now while reading through my old posts I found this one from citricsquid apparently shocked by my age, so it must not've been quite as apparent as I remember it being, even if my post quality was piss-poor as a whole.

On the site, initially my age was pretty clear from all of my posts that did not consist purely of excerpts of Actionscript taken from various tutorials I found across the portal - my spelling, grammar, maturity and post volume were both very lacking indeed, with posts full of insight such as the classic "Who are u talking ?", along with my other spamming in the same thread. I moved with the same habits over to the General forum a few months later, realising that I was a terrible flash artist and was beginning to annoy all of the regulars over at the Flash forum, and continued to go down the spammy path before making the decision to finally join the NGPD, which I managed to scrape in by the skin of my teeth and learning by example from all of the superior posters before I eventually began to become one of them.

Nowadays I'm glad that I'm a far superior poster than I used to be and prefer to only post when I actually have something to say. I think the root of most poor posting habits is people attempting to post even on threads regarding issues that they have no real opinions on, so I try and avoid doing so, although of course I'm not a robot and alongside that I'm still not one of the best posters on the site, but by trying to keep the majority of my posts in threads that I actually have an opinion on rather than attempting to get one or two in every thread on the first page of general as I used to. Now I tend to spend more time on the BBS (a few days ago I ended up spending 18 hours D:) and still make less posts than I once did in far less time, but I feel more satisfied after making the posts. Of course, sometimes I go against this, but I'm obviously not a robot - I'm very far from it. Generally on the days where I'm posting more I feel my standards for whether a post is worthy of making slip, as they have done a few times recently, but as a whole I've managed to keep quality rather on the upside.

I'm still younger than a lot of members, especially in the barracks and such, and although it's been about four years since my signup I still feel like there's a lot of change in store for me still in terms of Newgrounds, and I'm fairly confident that change will be for the better - at least, that's what I hope."

What is your opinion about the forums? Is there one forum that you prefer?

EmmDubya: "The forums as a whole are what turned Newgrounds from one of many flash sites to the place where I keep on visiting years later, and where the sentimental bond that makes me keep coming back to this place comes from. In the past I've been a member, even a rather prominent one, of many other forums however this was my first and not one other has given me the same feeling as I get when I open up the Newgrounds BBS, and after the closing of The Party, the only other forum that ever came close, I cannot imagine any other will.

As for specific forums over here, I've gone through many different stages. At first, as I previously mentioned, I spent more time on the Flash forums than any other before migrating to general and spending months spamming exclusively there. Later on, I came to have interests in the C&C forums - as I still do. The thing about the club threads is that as you're speaking to the same group of people more and more you tend to learn more and more about them and over time and through that you tend to begin to foster (as much as I usually dislike the term being used on the internet) friendships - and along with that the general crowd is more mature. At its peak I was one of the most active members of the NGPD and from the fact that I was pretty much constantly posting in there I faded away from general, and seeing the good work many of my fellow members, along with members of the Barracks, I started spending more and more time in the Where is/How to?, although being the first person to stumble upon a question seems to come pretty rarely.

At the moment, my posting really is a mix between them. I tend to constantly cycle between four: General, Wi/Ht, Video Games and C&C. General obviously is the most active and as such more posts generally come in, but as a whole I have less to say about the large majority, so I tend to just lurk there. I have a soft spot for Where is/How to, however I don't make too many posts there simply as very few threads that need answering that stay unanswered for long. The final two are probably the ones that I post the most on. C&C, as I said before, tends to harbour a lot of interesting people across its many threads and for most topics of conversation it seems to be the best place to go. I began to get interested in gaming again during one of my hiatuses from this site, and since then discussion of them's become pretty interesting for me - so the video games forum on this site has become a recent favourite of mine, moreso for lurking than anything else. I also lurk a bit on the politics forum, however admittedly my personal knowledge is lacking so I very rarely make any posts there, I just watch and wait."

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

EmmDubya: "There have been many, although a lot of them, including a few of the very closest have since left. If we simply are talking about liking, then I certainly have a positive opinion on many members, particularly fellow barracks members or those whom I see around the forums that I frequent the most. The people whom I have been closest to are likely those I remember being a fellow member of the NGPD in back in early '09, Lizzardis and Insanimation in particular standing out as those whom I remember competing with on the roster back then and getting very close to in terms of speaking, and TailsPrower being an incredible leader for that particular club through numerous tough times causes me to have a deep respect for him even if I've moved on from that club. Through The Party, a forum based on users recruited from Newgrounds I became friends with people like DA-Freakshow (whose account seems to have disappeared), KemCab (whom has had his 19k or so posts wiped by request), agustana (whom has had her posts wiped twice by request and made a hell of a lot since the most recent time), and Nacale (whom was never too active here in the first place) all of whom I have since kind of just stopped speaking to since that place shut down.

At the moment a few people stand out. Several days ago Jolly, a user whom I have vague memories a long time ago whom has since taken up a position of Elite Guard Barracksroster manager and developed great posting habits, sent me a nice personal message and reading it certainly made that evening far better (and satisfying my ever hungry ego ;D). Another barracks member, Decky, stands out to me as a great user likely because we're mutual members of several clubs and I just tend to see him around a lot, meaning I read more of his posts and they always seem to be relevant and he seems to be a really nice guy. After digressing from some icon related conversation a few days ago I had a nice conversation with Murray, whom I have always held in high regard but never really spoken to too much, and alongside you seems to be at the pinnacle of the icon modding team. And then there's you, who I didn't originally want to put in this list considering you're the one I'm sending this message to and it'd seem a bit weird, but I've said it before both in my December newspost and post in the BBS awards nomination thread."

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

EmmDubya: "I may have to break your rule as to no less than a few lines long, however I genuinely cannot think of a single person whom I really do not like on the forums. Occasionally I disagree with somebody's opinion on a certain subject, but at the end of the day I just see it as that - their opinion differing from mine, and in the majority of cases pushing that on somebody else and disliking them solely for that I'd just feel a little bit silly, especially via the internet. I honestly think I'm a bit too weak willed to get in a situation where I'd have a good reason not be keen at all about a particular person who I have met only through the BBS, even if I occasionally can find somebody annoying then usually by the time I've left that particular thread I've already stopped thinking about it and possibly forgotten the whole annoyance.

It turns out I didn't break the rule, even if I did have no good answer. :3"

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

EmmDubya: "I, personally, have no complaints about the moderators. Perhaps with one exception, although I think not, I haven't been banned since September of 2008 and although I believe I had something like fifteen or so just in my early posting time and I got rather annoyed at a few of the moderators in hindsight I deserved each one and if anything now I'm thankful, as only from my mistakes of posting terribly and having to spend time away from the BBS (which, at the time, was intolerable) did I begin to want to improve my habits and in doing so avoid being further tenderised by the mighty banhammer. I believe that over a half of my bans back then were from Malachy, whom at the time I wasn't too keen on for that exact reason, but over time I've began to realise that if I was let off for my rulebreaking back then it only would've continued - as a result he received my nomination and vote for best mod over the past year in the annual BBS awards rather than the worst mod I sent in a nomination for in at least once in the past."

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

EmmDubya: "Considering I spend nearly all of my time on the site on the BBS, then I'd say the most fitting kind would likely be a BBS mod. Whether I'd actually like to become one isn't such a simple question. It's the kind of thing that, if offered a place as, I would almost certainly accept the offer, however it wouldn't be as big a deal for me as it would have in the past. When I was younger the thought of being a moderator on the forums would have really excited me, but in practice it'd be a position of responsibilities and although in the past the thought of having authority was a very positive one I have since stopped thinking of it as such a big deal, especially as now a few people whom I used to speak to in the past are now forum moderators I see that mods are regular users in all senses other than having the ability to lock and ban, which aren't even used particularly often.

On top of that, as a user whom is still pretty young being trusted with those aforementioned responsibilities doesn't ever seem to happen, and likely for good reason - the thought of posting on a forum run by people in their early to mid teen years isn't exactly a great one even for me, as somebody whom is still in their midteens myself - and usually age and maturity are very closely tied to each other; it's just logic from that point onwards that the more mature forum users tend to be the older ones, and immature mods (again) doesn't equate to a well run forum and I can imagine would lead to a lot of dissatisfaction from the other users. If I were several years older and found out that a fifteen year old had banned me from the forums I'd assume that'd feel worse than getting banned from somebody else."

You are an icon moderator. Do you like this activity or would you like to become also another kind of mod in the future?

EmmDubya: "I'm certainly glad to once again be an icon mod. Although the creation of icons itself can feel like a bit of a grind, after I'm done with a batch I feel like I've done something in order to aid Newgrounds, and even if my speed doesn't stand up to that of many other users, especially yours (I seriously question if you have a team of icon-trained robots in your garage looking at how many you get done), it feels like - to loosely quote Insanimation - steps in the right direction, even if those are baby feet. I want to get more involved in icon modding and to improve the amount I create soon, even if that means that I spend some more of my BBS time on doing so, getting a group of them done just gives me a sense of satisfaction. :3"

You are a member of the Elite Guard Barracks. What are you doing for the group and how did you become a member?

EmmDubya: "My position as a member of the barracks, like many other questions, goes back to the NGPD. Back when I was a member I used to always look up to the EGB but as it seemed more formal in comparison to the generally quite relaxed nature of the police thread at the time (in the time approaching the lockdown it was pretty much just a lounge thread littered with abusive flashes, which was likely the same reason the lockdown happened), and for that reason the thought of joining it - and thus leaving the NGPD - wasn't too attractive to me simply for the fact that I absolutely loved being a member of the police force. I eventually became Unit Ops there for a while, and after that settled in and retired from B/Ping about thirty points away from Private, doing my B/Ping on an alt in order to stop myself from ranking up.

After a while, I ended up going inactive from Newgrounds. During this period I ended up losing contact with all of the people I knew from the NGPD, bar from maybe one or two, After finally returning, this time being after the thread was temporarily locked and had come back, things didn't really feel the same but I continued hanging around there. Eventually, in one of my periods of fading in and out of activity, I realised that out of nowhere after Wade deleted a prominent spammer (cannot remember which one) I gained blam points for all of the 0-1 votes I had previously given him, bringing me up to Private and officially in the Barracks' range of B/P. Alongside me, funnily enough, SpiffyMasta, whom had succeeded me as Unit-Ops of the NGPD ranked up too and was no longer a member of that force.

I intended to continue defending the portal and once again get onto the B/Ping train, so I immediately made the decision to join the Barracks. Unfortunately, as previously stated, I was going in and out of one of my inactivity moments, and after life started picking up for me I ended up completely disappearing from Newgrounds and, by extension, the EGB. I didn't really feel like I was right for the EGB at the time, despite knowing a lot of members there from my past whom had passed through my own native club before joining up there. Finally, in the latter half of last month, I came back to Newgrounds and for once I didn't tell myself that I'd be returning properly, just dropping by and saying hey to a few people whom I had lost contact with since, but funnily enough it was this time that I ended up deciding to come back. After about a week, I had realised that this time I was here to stay and sent in an application on the first of December, I believe. By the second, Byte had swung by in order to accept my re-entrance, and I was once again a member.

This time I'm far happier as a member, I think in the past my allegiance to the NGPD was what had stopped me from getting into being a proper member and that combined with the pressure of life getting busy just made it difficult to be a proper member. In the brief time since I've rejoined I've stayed pretty active in the thread, usually making at least one post a day that and also improving my B/P rates - not to the inhuman rates of a certain member (*cough* 55 per day *cough*), but nonetheless far better than the big fat 0 I had previously been gaining. I'm personally loving being a member once again, and I'm proud to be part of one of the strongest and oldest active groups on the site."

In one of your newsposts, namely "What do I think about you?", you offered Newgrounds users to tell them what you think about them. How did you get the idea and would you consider to reactivate this offer for our users in the future?

EmmDubya: "Funnily enough, I was thinking about this the other day and whether I should catch up and then reopen the whole thing. There were two main reasons I decided against it. The first, primarily relating to the first thought of simply catching up with past posts, is that it was such a long time ago now that most of the people have forgotten about the whole thing and are often inactive, so dropping them a message saying "oh hey there, I finished that piece of writing you asked for two and a half years ago" would likely be met with a response of absolutely nothing. In the September of last year I tried starting it up again on the same thing - I believe I wrote out two more things on people and then disappeared again.

The reason I decided against making another one was simply that it'd likely get very few people commenting on it. Around that time I was far more well known on the site - my blog post before that has received 87 comments, and right now my most recent three (including one that was up for a month short of a year) have had only had six on each of them - I have a feeling that if I created a post like that again I'd end up just looking slightly silly with an empty newspost - I'd just look and feel like a failed attention whore. :3 Also, I'm trying to adhere to a monthly update system for newsposts (as shown by that huge wall of text on my page at the moment), and making irregular things like that would skew one of my pitiful attempts at organisation (something I've never excelled at)."

Judging from the newspost "MwMike's statwhoring quest, now with images.", you had high stat goals in the past. Somehow it seems like you stopped being a stat whore. Can you tell us the reasons, or can we expect that you will start to gather stats like there is no tomorrow?

EmmDubya: "I used to always describe myself as a statwhore, however my stats were never too impressive back then and to this day are far from anything special. I think the fact that I mainly spent time around the Wi/Ht and EG groups of users, many of whom are those most interested in competition regarding site statistics made me want to catch up with some of the far more seasoned members in terms of that sort of thing. The two main stats I focussed on both ended up being halted at different stages. My B/P, which had for a long time been higher than my postcount (both roughly 1000 or so for a while) ended when I decided that I didn't want to rank out of the NGPD, meaning that ended and after a while I ended up distancing myself from the BBS during mid 2009, when my posts per day dropped down from the 11 or so I had dragged it up to from its old rate of about 1.5 a day after nine months of having an account in the space of less than half a year. Last month it had fallen all the way down to three point nine something, and at my old rate I'd be comfortably into the 10k margin, however nowadays I'm not too fussed with postcount, although realising a few days ago that it's finally exceeding 4 per day brought a smile to my face.

Essentially, I had club allegiances that would end if I continued and then I went through an extremely long period of inactivity, only with brief spells of use in between them, usually filled with a few BBS posts but never getting back into the swing of things enough to begin getting back into collecting stats properly. Also, my flagging of reviews and whistle consciousness was stopped after I lost my prized gold whistle and it fell all the way down into an extremely, extremely deep pit of garbage - it took until this year to get out of that from it happening right at the end of 2008 when Rage's threadwas locked shortly after. Nowadays I hope to improve my deposit rate, maintain a good, strong B/P rate (I'm planning on stopping just before Corporal for this month, then attempting to average 40/day next month), and finally spending enough time on the forums to get a good number of posts without resorting to spamming in order to do so. I'm pretty much guaranteed all of those stat milestones in my most recent newspost, other than Silver Whistle (which isn't likely), and 15000 total stats (which will be possible, but difficult considering how little time is left)."

4 submissions from you can be found in the flash portal. Would you consider yourself a flash artist and is there a flash that you are most proud of?

EmmDubya: "I consider myself a past flash artist, however admittedly none of the work I have on Newgrounds is particularly pride-inducing. As I said about my posts in my early days, my age was very clear in those flashes that I did and if I stumbled upon any of them (other than the dropping egg collab) nowadays I'd more than likely vote to blam them, and I'm surprised they didn't suffer that fate at the time. I actually began work on a third instalment in the 'Button Finder' series, in which I worked pretty hard to make that simple concept into a half decent game, and I think I did pretty well on it. I started about six months after the last one in the series and took several months of observation of successful games and work, primarily on getting the UI nice and clean and adding countless levels, each one set into a particular theme totalling in a few hundred overall, each set to a difficulty that's well balanced and fair I honestly think it made a pretty good flash, even if not award material purely due to the overall concept being so weak. After that laptop was fried, I lost all of that work and didn't touch flash in a long time.

After all of this time, a few months ago I decided to give it another try and work on creating an interactive encyclopaedia including information about the lore of The Elder Scrolls video game series, after a friend of mine began to get extremely excited about the upcoming release of Skyrim, despite in the past slagging off the previous instalments, and all of a sudden he was actually quite interested in the world of Nirn and the history that encompasses it. It made me realise that with all the new people coming across the series that many would find interest in the details of it beyond the surface, and as it is in the past had been a personal interest of mine I began work on creating a far more compact flash based entity for those that found the thousands upon thousands of scattered UESP and Imperial Library pages cumbersome to extract important information from. I'm currently only about 2% of the way into it after having created only about nine pages, not even finished with the outline of each game in the series yet. My general lack and poor work ethic drove that project to the ground as it did many in the past, but I intend to eventually finish it off."

The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

EmmDubya: "I'm certainly hotly anticipating the release of the redesign. Thus far we have pretty little information as to what it really looks like, which makes me nervous considering I love the current layout and right now there is no way of knowing how different it will be - I think we can trust in Bob's CSS prowess and the work of the rest of the team in order to deliver something that's really. I remember seeing a supposedly leaked image of the redesign frontpage showing a faded orange sunbeam background behind the main gray frame and I'm personally hoping that screenshot is not legitimate as I think all of that orange just looks a bit too strong on the eyes for my tastes. If that is, indeed, the update, then perhaps after some time when I get used to it I'll love it and wonder how I ever preferred the current design to it and it's just fear of change that's my problem. :3

My main hope is the supposedly confirmed literature portal, which definitely pleases me. Although my aforementioned poor work ethic causes me to have difficulties actually finishing pieces of work, I'm naturally a very good writer and in the extremely rare case that I finish a piece of work (or even start one, for that matter), I'd love to be able to share it with Newgrounds in a manner other than creating a post in the Lit forum, which just seems daunting for me for whatever reason.

Another hope that I see floating around in threads is that some kind of quote tracker is implemented, notifying you whenever one of your posts are quoted. I think that this would be a good idea seeing as if you have little time you would simply be able to log on, see if anybody have said something in response to your posts and thus would be expecting another response back, make any responses necessary and log off, in addition to meaning that people would be able to focus on things off of the forums (such as visits to the portal) and be able to check back when necessary. Somebody created a makeshift online application like this recently, but it's not ideal at the moment.

I also hope that if it contains new level icons, I'll at least be able to hit level twenty-three first. I've loved that axe for quite some time now, and it's what I used to want to retire on. Now it's coming pretty close (in two months or so) after my long absence of depositing, and I want to at least have it beside my name for a while before it's taken away from me forever."

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

EmmDubya: "It's hard to speculate, but I expect more of the same. I hope to continue spending a lot of time on the BBS and over time begin to become a larger part of the community once again. I also wish to hone my writing skills somewhat in time for the literature portal, keep my B/P rate up and as a whole get back into my prime. It'll be difficult after all this time away, but I think I've made a decent start and things can only get better from here on out. Onwards and upwards!"

Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join?

Luke:

"I was in fifth grade and there was this kid named Carlos that I'd always hang out with, one day we got talking about cool websites and he mentioned Albino Black Sheep, Gaia, and Newgrounds. The same week, my friends down the street (who have now all moved on in life) were talking about Frank's Adventure. This strange Brazilian kid walked past us and overheard, he said we should play those games on Newgrounds because it is a better site for that sort of thing.

So, there it began. I didn't discover the BBS for a few years after that though. Was too busy watching cool flashes to even care."

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You were formerly knows as EpicFail. Why did you choose that username and why did you change it to Luke?

Luke:

"I still remember the day I moved accounts to make that name, I was known as luke734 before I was EpicFail. EVERYBODY was saying EpicFail, I think I was in seventh grade when I made the account (2007, makes sense). It was just a popular saying, so I thought to myself one morning before heading to school, "Somebody is going to take this name... And I need it", so I gave it a shot and was actually quite surprised that nobody was using it. I guess that was a lucky little day in my life."

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

Luke:

"Oh yeah... Big time, there's no doubt about it. When I first signed up with this account I was quite young, 13 I think. That was a big age for me because I was just getting in to the females, I was getting in to a lot of things really. The big one was drugs, and that turned me from a kid who was passing school to a kid who was now dropping out of school. So from the time I registered on here in seventh grade, up to 2 years ago, it was constant downhill spiral with me and I believe my earlier posts will show that. I had a shit attitude and I was probably a really shitty person to deal with. So definitely in real life, and now I have changed yet again in the past 2 years, I've found something that I enjoy doing with my time, and I keep a positive attitude when the goings get tough.

As a user, definitely. I care more, because I look at the forums differently than I did when I was when I first came around. Then, it was just fun and piss people off, or try to. Now it is a place that I respect and also appreciate. The BBS has become a huge part of my life, even though I have slowed down my posting quite a bit lately.. It's just that I'm busy with other things now. But this is my home away from home, and a place on the internet I feel extremely comfortable being a part of."

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

Luke:

"Believe it or not, my best friend was found on here. His alias is Gergaloth actually. We met back in 2007, he was just pissing me off and I was just pissing him off - But the two of us know it was all just in good fun, so we kept talking and talking. He was there for me when I was going through my depression/suicide stage in eighth grade, he was there for me aways since then. 2007 would have been almost five years now, if I'm doing my math correctly. To keep it simple, from about the first week of this account existing, there was Gergaloth in my life. And now I have a friendship with his family too which is super cool.

We thought by now we'd have met in person, but it isn't easy considering he is in the states and I am in Canada, but we will meet one day. I talk to his mom, his friends, his ex girlfriend was a friend too! (until they broke up) ... Ultimately, they're all super cool and I am VERY lucky to have met him on here."

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

Luke:

"Lol - Yeah, there are definitely some users on here that I don't like - None that I hate, and none that I'd ever hold a grudge against. We're all here for fun really, so they're doing their thing and I'm doing my thing, I just don't like their thing that they're doing...

It's cool though - It makes the BBS interesting, and I've matured enough to not make huge scenes about drama and shit anymore, so it's all fun and it's all good, really."

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You have over 10.000 posts. What do you think about Newgrounds forums? Do you consider yourself as a forum regular?

Luke:

"The forums are a lot of fun - I think a lot of people believe it's going downhill or whatever, but there are still some great threads and I really have no issues with any of the people who post on it as far as post quality goes. There are the few that leave pointless posts that are only a few words, but we're all guilty of that at times.

I definitely consider myself a regular on the BBS."

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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?

Luke:

"They keep shit in order, so yeah. Without them it would be a disaster on the forums. So I can't complain about any of them and I think for the most part, all of them do a great job in the bigger picture. There are times where I disagree with some of them, but it's their responsibility to do that, and the fact that they do it in their own time is important to remember, it's all volunteer. So really, nobody should be complaining that they take care of things and get nothing in return."

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

Luke:

"If the opportunity came around, I definitely wouldn't decline... But that isn't to say I would want to be one, things would be a lot different if I did become a moderator as far as my posting habits go, etc etc. But it would be fun and it would make me glad to be a part of keeping Newgrounds user friendly, and a place everyone can enjoy.

If it were up to me, probably a forum moderator - Since that is where I spend most of my time, it just makes sense to me."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

Luke:

"Well, I look forward to Christmas with my family more than anything... I don't know what there is to celebrate here as far as Christmas goes, I expect a lot of threads about people getting cool things, and that's really awesome to see what people get, it also tells you a bit about the person by how they act and how excited they are for something... So that's really cool. But at the end of the day I'm going to be more concerned about spending time with my family on Christmas, rather than spending it on Newgrounds."

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

Luke:

"I was looking forward to it, but now it isn't a huge deal to me... The wait has kind of killed that - It's just that we waited and waited and were told it was coming, and it hasn't yet... So I'm not really excited for it any more in all honesty. But it will be excellent when it comes around, I'd say it's time to switch things up a bit.

I know a few things about what's to come, but most of all I'd like to see everyone be happy with it, the first person I see bitching about the redesign is going to get an e-smack. I think change is great, I hope the art portal is fixed up, I look forward to the changes in the audio portal considering I have quite a few submissions in there, and I frequent it regularly... I look forward to it all, and I don't have many changes I want to see, I'll appreciate it for what it is, really."

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You bought a poster in the Newgrounds Store. Do you appreciate the possibility to buy merchandise from Newgrounds? Is there anything that you would like to be added to the store?

Luke:

"I like the idea of Newgrounds having their own merchandise, definitely. What I like most is that they sell things like Retarded Animal Babies and things that the staff members didn't create, but the talented artists that come here. It's excellent and really amazing how well the community is on here to be able to allow that sort of thing. One thing I'd like to see in the store is talking Tankmen, we have the Tankman figure, but how cool would it be to have the Tankman figure with a button, and about ten different quotes from the series? That'd kick ass..."

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You are a member of the Elite Guard Barracks. What are you doing for the group and how did you become a member?

Luke:

"I'm not doing much of anything for the group. I'm not active in the thread of the forums - I joined because somebody told me I should, and that's about it. I like the idea of the EGB, but I don't have the time to dedicate myself to it like I thought I would. I became a member by applying, and then the members vote to say yes or no about me joining. I guess I was approved."

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6 flashes were submitted by you. Would you consider yourself a flash artist? Is there a flash that you are most proud of?

Luke:

"They all deserve to be deleted. I did those out of pure boredom and never took them seriously. I look at them now and think they make my account look pretty gross. The real art of mine is in the audio portal, that is where my heart is - Especially in my recent submissions. I'm not proud of any of my flash submissions, and I am not anywhere near a flash artist."

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I think that everyone knows that you are making music. Please tell our readers how you started to make music, what kind of music you make and what plans you have for it in the future.

Luke:

"To be as detailed as possible without boring people... I started in 2010, April 12th to be exact. It really came out of pure interest as well as complete boredom. My friend irl, who is also a member on Newgrounds got me in to a rap sub-genre called 'horrorcore' it was really cool to me at the time, so I started doing it since I was dropped out of school and had a lot of spare time to do that sort of thing. Since then I kept improving and eventually I'd take it really seriously. I got networked with producers and other artists in the genre pretty quick through Facebook and it all started there, I met some local artists in Saskatchewan here (Saskatoon specifically), and that is where a lot of recent inspiration has come from. Just the past month or so ago, I have left 'horrorcore' and now I am doing my own thing, which is sort of nerdcore with my own style.

I'm moving to more of a generic sounding style of rap/hip-hop and have a lot of plans in mind for what to bring in the future. I'm starting a side project with two other acts, and we will hopefully be releasing a full length mixtape if things work out as planned.

I want to learn more and more about producing as well eventually, and I may actually be going to school for audio-engineering to hopefully make some money on the side doing that sort of thing professionally. But one step at a time, I'm just doing it out of pure love for the genre, and soon I'm working on spreading my name more locally, hopefully do some shows and see where music can take me... I'm just in it for the ride right now, and I'm loving it."

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

Luke:

"More music... I don't know what else to expect from me, I can't make any promises outside of music, but I can let everyone know that there is more music to come and there is not any chance of me stopping with that. So, to those interested... Keep your eyes peeled, 2012 will hopefully be a great year for me as an artist, and every year I will have improved greatly (this is proven by my first submission, and my latest.... Wow my first one's in 2010 sucked!). So yeah, just music is all I can promise. And I hope people can enjoy it, I love making it and I love hearing people's feedback!"

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

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

TailsPrower:

"Not to sound like a pompous oldfag, but NG and I go a ways back. My earliest memories of NG were from back when I was in 5th grade, about 10 years ago, when I would hang out with a bunch of other friends and watch Eskimo Bob and parody flashes (particularly the "Harry Potter meets DBZ" series and "Behind the Hero: Mario" comes to mind), laughing our asses off because even poop and cock jokes were funny back then haha! But even before then, I first learned about Newgrounds when my older cousin visited my home for some occasion that I can't recall, but I distinctly remember afterwards him telling me that "this is our site, keep it a secret" or something to that effect. Looking back, I image that he didn't want my parents to think that he opened some sort of Pandora's Box if they ever found out that I was frequenting a site that was known for morally and politically controversial stuff (but it's okay, they barely know how to use the internet lol). When I was 13, I finally cracked and made myself this account because I really wanted to enjoy Newgrounds as much as I could and be one of those awesome users who had super high exp. levels and shiny, colorful b/p badges. At the time, I was a really big fan of Miles "Tails Prower, Sonic's adorable two-tailed sidekick so it's not difficult to imagine why I chose TailsPrower as my alias. Fortunately for you and I, that part of me is long gone, never to return, but I still occasionally get crap for it. AND NO I WAS NEVER A FURFAG. Some decisions ya just gotta live with. I'd request a name change, and I'd probably get it too, but my alias grew on me and now means something far more to me than just some silly game reference. Plus it's pretty late for me to waffle over to some new name now that people have known me as Tails for so many years. And even then for the first few months following the creation of my account I only really used it for writing reviews and voting on submissions to elongate my e-penis. Hey, I was some dumb kid and that sort of stuff actually mattered to me."

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

TailsPrower:

"I openly accept the fact that my time here on NG has actually helped form the person I am today, almost solely from my experience in the BBS. I've told this story before, but I'm sure lots of others share my experiences and can relate to what I'm about to say. You see, as a wee lad I was quite short tempered with people who I thought were trying to pick fun at me; I was a rather sensitive kid and my former childhood friends often exploited that for their own amusement. When I got settled into the social scene of the BBS, I found that it was no different. In fact, in a lot of ways it was worse! Putting up with trolls, day in and day out, driving me up the wall with their inane crap that, truth be told, made me rage pretty hard at my screen, lol. But dealing with that sort of stuff helped me build character. And for a while I always felt like I needed to achieve something great on NG for everyone to acknowledge me for. I think just about everyone around that age wants to be famous or get a lot of attention. Eventually I learned to just shrug my shoulders and chill whenever people are all in my face about whatever nonsense they're spewing at me. I became more laid back and learned to let things be, ya know? Though it is fun to put a few noob thugs in their place every now and then. The most personal growth I've experienced on Newgrounds can be attributed to my time in the NGPD, the crew I am currently running. Being the head honcho gave me a lot of opportunities to grow and learn too. If someone's stepping out of line, you make that known and nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem. Mods don't see things your my way? See the situation from both perspectives and suck up my pride if necessary. Tomorrow will mark my 6th year of being a part of the NGPD and through that time I learned how to be a mature and responsible NG'er.

{hold on, gotta watch that Derpy Cardcaptor flash again}

So as I was saying, I developed a hell of a lot from being a part of the NG community :)"

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

TailsPrower:

"I've met quite a few people that I've grown fond of! People like... ah fuck who do I name first? Well, LimblessAvenger was my first real friend on NG and he and I still keep in touch once every blue moon. There's also PowerPrower (no relation except for the occasional office buttsecks), Lizzardis, Sheizenhammer, Kaizerwolf, pretty much all of the people I've gotten to know in the NGPD, Squidbit, Tateos, and I suppose by association the local Brony community too :3 I'm probably forgetting a bunch of people and I'll hate myself afterwards and my friends for not being memorable enough for me to list them here (I kid, I kid) but for now that should hold. People like them are really what makes my time here worthwhile. Folks who are fun, intelligent, and have cocks for me to play with. It's a real joy hanging out with people who have so many interesting things to share with you, whether it is lulzy banter, working as a crew, exploring deep and perilous caves for diamonds, or even personal struggles, it's real talk and so the friendships and connections I've forged here are significant to me."

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

TailsPrower:

"For a while I disliked Mal and Poozy because we rarely ever saw eye to eye on a lot of matters, often at my expense. But, again, this is a part of life in NG that gave me a chance to grow up a bit. There have been times where I just had to suck up my pride and come to realize that it all boils down to some guy on the internet who I will never meet and has no real impact on me. It's still annoying as hell to deal with but I always get over it in due time. Nowadays I'd like to believe that Mal and I are alright now that he and I have figured out how to work together and avoid future conflicts. As for Poozy, well I don't really have any comments on him. He does his thing, I'll do mine and hopefully we'll steer clear of each other. Though somewhere deep down I do look forward to the day when he either steps down or gets fired. Also I'll dance on his grave HA-CHA-CHAAAA!!!!"

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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?

TailsPrower:

"Haha, ohhhhh I should really read all the questions before I answer them. Well, aside from the "joke moderators" like UltraBear, I'd say as a whole they do a pretty darn good job from keeping the BBS from turning into 4chan's (way more attractive) doppelganger or at the very least maintaining some form of civility around here. They have actually helped me a lot when dealing with spammers and trolls, especially in the NGPD so I appreciate the work that they do. Other times they can be a pain themselves, it's a give and take kind of thing. But hey, nothing's perfect so all things considered I can't complain."

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

TailsPrower:

"From one of my previous answers you can guess how I feel about being a BBS mod. I can safely eliminate icon, audio, and art mod since I'm hardly active in those parts of NG anyways. So as of right now, I definitely would not become a mod because I don't really have the vested interest or patience to effectively serve as one. HOWEVER, if Portal Mods are ever implemented, you bet your ass I'll go for that position. Yes, I admit I'm a lazy fuck getting b/p points, but when it comes to hunting down abusive submissions, few can contest my expertise. Plus my experience in the NGPD led me to develop a strong code of ethics and principles which I teach all my guys in the crew to abide by. Tenets like ALWAYS providing links to the originals when reporting stolen content, never telling anyone to whistle something, and always thinking independently when investigating abusive flashes rather than going off on someone else's opinion. I feel that a position like that would be right up my alley, and plus I know quite a few others who would be highly qualified for that position too so I'd be a great way for me to help Newgrounds and keep close ties with friends."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

TailsPrower:

"Hell yeah, I'm always excited for the holidays! Forget all that commercialism and propaganda bullshit, there's no room for that noise to spoil my annual dose of happiness! Christmas is a special time for me to enjoy the cheer that only comes around once a year! Even on Newgrounds I love how they put on the holiday banner and how the Portal gets waves of awesome holiday submissions! My personal favorite is still "Little Orphan Boy" by Timmy...someGermansurname. But I'll be occupied hanging out with family and friends too. So to answer your question, yes!"

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

TailsPrower:

"The last redesign back in 06 or 07 (I keep forgetting) really fucked me over in terms of b/p badges. I was actually planning on retiring from the NGPD and joining the Barracks back then, but SURPRISE! Back to police sergeant for you, mr. tailsypoo! Anyways, I really haven't paid much attention at all to how this development is coming along, nor do I really care to tell you the truth. I've heard many rumors of when it was supposed to be released and others complaining about how it's taking so long and how it'll never happen. It really doesn't make a difference to me one way or another. The only thing I'm hoping is that it doesn't affect my badge or there might be some problems I'll have to deal with."

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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?

TailsPrower:

"Saw this one coming hehe. Well, to all who care about ponies or just want to see my take on this, I became a Brony myself sometime around June, when curiosity drove me to check out a few episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I had seen a few images circulating about here and there, and noticed that more and more people were talking about it online. So I decided to check it out for myself and see what the big deal was. Suddenly I was immersed in a world of colorful and magical ponies who went on well animated and well written adventures with REAL life lessons! Plus I just love how diverse the mane 6 characters' personalities are; they all foils and, in some way or another, really help develop eachother's character. Plus the ponies are just so adorable, how could anyone not love them? But the list would end right there if it wasn't for the absolutely incredible and tremendous Brony community that made MLP into something far more than just a cartoon. There are some pretty damn good fan arts, music, and fanfics out there. If people can enjoy these things and be happy, then more power to them! It just really fun!"

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You are a member of the Newgrounds Police Department, Please tell our readers about the history of this group, what the purpose of it is. Furthermore ,what are you doing for the group?

TailsPrower:

"I have already wrote and edited an effective summation of my crew's history in the Wikigrounds page. I believe it will explain it better than I can in any interview and it is in my words so hopefully you'll dig that. Yeah, laziness taking over lol. But I will tell y'all about what we're about. The Newgrounds Police Department is a crew that exists to help Newgrounds through the Flash Portal and its members. Our job is to crack down on abusive submissions which are most commonly thefts - people submitting works that are not theirs. Malicious and highly inappropriate flashes are also subject to being reported. At the same time, we also work to help our members become well versed in defending the Portal and being mature and honest NG'ers so that they may make positive influences on their own outside of the NGPD. Through these goals, there have been many NG'ers become superb servicemen/women of the Portal and together we have brought many abusive submissions under administrative review. I've been with the crew since the first week it was created six years ago and I've been in a leadership role for about 5 of them. I've taught many of my men how to properly report an abusive submission so that no innocent flashes get flagged or no mass voting/flagging occurs. Enforcing club and BBS rules within my crew is also a constant task in order to maintain peace and order in the thread. Also I am responsible for releasing weekly performance summaries called Rosters every Sunday, but I do a pretty half-assed job of that too lol. It's become a running gag around the crew that my appearance on the top 5 b/p gain list is a mythical event. Oh those silly spooty heads."

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I can remember that you were once a scouted artist. Do you know why you got unscouted? Are you planning to release more art in the future?

TailsPrower:

"Ya know, I really don't know what's up with that to be honest lol. Back then, I was really eager to get scouted since that meant I was a certified artist of NG. I guess some hacked art mod or my lack of activity must've resulted in me having my scouted status revoked. It surely can't be because my art is not good enough for me to be scouted....right? D: It really doesn't matter to me one way or another, as long as people can see (and hopefully enjoy) my work then that will suffice. The only thing that stands in the way between me and successfully completing a drawing is the lack of inspiration or ideas. Plus being an artist is perhaps the one thing that can rival my laziness in b/p'ing. But I do enjoy it a hell of a lot when I can get an idea off the ground and onto paper. My best forecast is probably a solid chance of additional pony drawings and more military themed stuff. You know... the usual."

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

TailsPrower:

"Please, call me Tails, dear ;) Let's see... well college has been taking up a lot of my time these past months but hopefully I'll at least be able to continue what I've been doing. I'll always have a place for NG. Things have been going rather slowly around the crew as well, but I'm still keeping an eye on things from afar. And like I mentioned earlier about the Portal Mod thing, if that ever becomes a reality then I'll definitely be running for a spot there and help NG directly. While I have responsibilities here on NG, I always love to have fun and lulz with the locals, granted they're not doing something stupid like making troll threads or hatin' on each other or posting furry porn. But in the end, I can't say for sure what I'll be up to in the future, I've always lived my NG life in the present and I've never looked back since :) "

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join?

Asandir:

"When my memory doesn't betray me, then I stumbled across Newgrounds the first time 2009. I didn't really recognise it as site, but more as place to play Toss the Turtle. One year later in December 2010, I played this game again. I wanted to keep my earned medals so I decided to make my very first account on a website. My main goal was to earn medals and to play a lot of games. Since my english is not really good, I used the forums very sparely at this time."

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Why did you choose the username Asandir?

Asandir:

"Well, I didn't want to use my real first name (which wouldn't be available anyways, since an account with that name existed already when I registered), so I just took a name from one of my favourite book series, The Curse of the Mistwraith. When you look it up, then you will notice that the name Asandir originates from there. It is kind of funny, since I originally wanted to choose the username Arithon, but someone took that name already. In the books, Arithon means Destiny Changer, and I always wanted to change my destiny for the better. As my closest friends on Newgrounds know, the history of my family is quite sad and filled with way too early deaths. However, since that name was taken, I decided for Asandir, not because of the meaning but since I think that it sounds like a good username. The meaning for Asandir would be "Heart of Stone", which is quite ironic, when I think about it."

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

Asandir:

"Definitely. I am here since a rather limited amount of time, but the process that I made should be pretty noticable for anyone who knows me since the early months of my membership. I mainly played games in my first months on Newgrounds and almost got bored enough to leave. I thought to myself "Hey, why not checking out the forums a bit, maybe you could have fun?" And so I started to post more on the forums, my daily postcount raised up a lot, I became kind of known on the forums and made some friends, who made me decide to stay on Newgrounds. My posts were not very good back then, I have to admit it. Then the day came where I passed 10.000 posts, while being on Newgrounds for less than a year. I thought that it was time for a change, and since I had the wish to join the Elite Guard Barracks, I tried to become a better user. I already had a Deity Whistle due to massive flagging of older abusive reviews, but there were aspects that I had to work on. Jolly gave me a lot of advice, and so I managed to get my reviews deleted with the help of Tom Fulp. However, I had to work most on my post quality. I still find it difficult, but I think that I became a decent poster by now. I am now a proud member of the Elite Guard Barracks, something that was one of my biggest goals. So all in all, I became a better user and I am proud about the process that I made."

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

Asandir:

"There are plenty of users that I like. When I look back at the early months, then agustana was one of the first users that I started to like. Everyone who knows me well should know that I like her. I also have to mention Suprememessage, we had some kind of stat gathering rivalry back then and he is one of the reasons that I started to post more. I was pretty sad when he left, since he is one of my best friends and it makes me very happy that he recently decided to return. A list of the users that I like would be without meaning when I wouldn't mention Gimmick. We are Newgrounds friends since a lot of months and of his biggest values is that he is one of the few users who criticize me in a honest way. With all the praise that I got, it is important to get some feedback that shows how I can become a better user. One of my best friends has to be bilalz, he is most likely the user who I talk the most with. He has a nice attitude and when you check out his art, then you will see that he is very talented. As I mentioned earlier, Jolly had a l lot of influence on me. He is truly underrated in my opinion, I hope that more users appreciate his work for not only the Elite Guard Barracks but also for Newgrounds in general. I wouldn't have improved without him and I would have probably left Newgrounds, but he believed in my ability to become a member of the Elite Guard Barracks, a group that I respect so much, that I can't decribe how happy I am that I was allowed to join them. The last user that I want to mention is Light, because I always saw and still see him as perfect rolemodel. I admire his post quality and I want to thank him for increasing the quality of a topic, when he decides to leave a reply. Without him, I wouldn't have a Deity Whistle. I also know that I can always talk to him when I have a problem and I am very thankful for that."

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

Asandir:

"You probably expect that I say that I don't dislike users on Newgrounds. However, that is not true. I don't hate anyone or would go as far as to call them my enemies, but there are indeed some users that I dislike for their posting behaviour. Calling names is useless, giving them more spotlight is not needed. I think it says enough when the majority of them gets banned regularly from posting on the forums."

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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?

Asandir:

"I indeed managed to get an opinion about the moderators, yes. All in all, they do a great job in my opinion. When I get the feeling that they oversee rule-breaking behaviour, then I send them a pm. I think that some of the moderators are already tired when I yet again report someone for the usage of homophobic language, since this rule is broken quite often. The vast majority of the moderators is really nice and they reply when you got a question. From all the moderators deckheadtottie is my favourite one and I think that he is a bit underrated. It also made me pretty happy that Dean became a forum moderator recently. He is a good user, with a lot of knowledge and he appears to be very sincere."

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

Asandir:

"That's a though question. Would I like to be a mod? The answer is "Yes, absolutely". However, my chances couldn't be lower to become one. The forums are by far my favourite place on Newgrounds but I am not qualified enough to ever become a forum mod. When you compare the forum mods, then you will notice that all of them have pefect language - although Rucklo hides that sometimes - and they are highly intelligent. I am intelligent too, but my english lacks heavily. so, we can easily outrule a position as forum mod, it isn't realistic. From the other positions, I am only interested in review and icon moderation. The first one, since I know the review guidelines pretty well and would love to help to get rid of abusive reviews more than now. However, you also have to be able to make good reviews and a lot of them, so that is also no option. I think that I would be best suited for being an icon mod. My english wouldn't be a problem, I could contribute to Newgrounds and I could even keep my blue aura. so, when the day comes when I don't make interviews with forums users anymore, then I would try to become an icon moderator. Now it becomes kind of funny and it shows that it is kind of bad that I had this interview since quite some weeks saved on my harddrive and I am too lazy to rewrite the answer completely. I became an icon moderator in early December and I am doing a pretty good job in my opinion and enjoy the opportunity to help out. The redesign comes closer so it is good that we get some more icons ready for it. Do you want to know the amount of flash icons that I made? It's over 9000!!! The interviews will be still continued since I can choose my working schedule pretty freely as icon mod, so please look at my userpage every Monday when you want to read a new interview :) "

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

Asandir:

"I am probably one of the users who is looking forward the most to the redesign. The current design looks really good, but I believe that there is place for improvement. I heard that there will be new level icons, which means that I wouldn't have to use the Level 22 icon, which is my least favourite. I just hope that they improve the search function, since the current one is not useful at all. The introduction of the new portals will change Newgrounds and allow more content, which will hopefully result in more amazing projects. More custimization for our userpages would be also appreciated but I heard that this will happen sometime after the redesign."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

Asandir:

"Well, I am looking forward to Christmas on Newgrounds for sveral reasons. First of all, I hope that we get those nice christmas/winter icons again, they help to get me in the christmas mood, similiar to the Halloween icons that we had this year. Secondy, christmas time means more flashes, and more content is always good, especially since we have many talented artists."

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Some users say that you are a stat-whore. Would you agree with them or not?

Asandir:

"I like to be honest. And it is therefore impossible for me to disagree with them. One look at my userpage should be enough to show you that I like top gather stats. With a 100% deposit rate, a Deity Whistle and a decent B/P rank, I indeed qualify as stat-whore. My postcount is also pretty high for a user with such a young account. The only thing that I don't care about is reviews, I find it too time-consuming to write constructive ones and I know that there users who can do that better than me"

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You have over 10.000 posts. What do you think about Newgrounds forums? Do you consider yourself as a forum regular?

Asandir:

"Well, I like the forums a lot and had tons of fun there in the past. Although I have to admit that I was pretty unhappy with the recent quality of topics that were made. It seems like the quality is now increasing again, thankfully. I am indifferent about the question if I am a regular or not. After all, I don't post much anymore, so you won't see my name in every thread anymore like in the past. Still, I post every day, so you can definitely say that I actively participate in our lovely forum discussions on a daily basis."

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You won the Rookie of the mid-year award for the NGBBS mid-year awards 2011. Do you think that you deserve this award and how did you feel winning it?

Asandir:

"Well, I indeed think that I deserved to win this award. POTaTOS is also a great new user and I think that he also would have deserved to win. But I still think that I had from the three nominated users the most impact on the forums, and my influence was not bad for Newgrounds in my opinion. I was of course very happy with this result and I want to thank everyone who voted for me. Now I am looking forward to see who will follow in my footsteps at the end of the year awards. I for one hope that Emma will win the award, I like her the most from the users who joined 2011, and winning such an award is a nice way to get some feedback."

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You recently started to make interview with forum users. How did you get the idea for this?

Asandir:

"Well, it all started when Suprememessage mentioned in a thread that he was never interviewed before. I offered to him in a joking manner that I could interview him, which I did then. The idea grew on me, so I continued to interview users, and the leayout of my interviews became better, thanks to the help of The-Great-One, who also interviewed me in the past. Different to The Interviewer, I am not looking for famous artists, but for forum regulars that I find interesting. Past experience showed that those interviews can be pretty interesting and that different users leave highly different answers to similiar questions. my goal is it that the interviewed person shows his/her personality, so that we get to know the person better. I found out a lot of interesting things through those interviews."

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

Asandir:

"I think that you can expect from me that I will continue to interview forum users. I won't go back to post as much as I did in the past, so you won't see much forum activity from me, although I am used now to make posts with a somewhat decent quality, but keeping up the pace from the early months of my membership is impossible. However, I am often online, looking out for abusive reviews and stolen content. And I will continue to fulfill my duties as icon moderator."

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

Ericho:

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

"I was originally a forum member of a website called TVTome (now just TV.com). It was there that I met Kirbopher, whom recently made a new TTA series. He eventually had me in as a character and first posted on this website, and I got hooked. My real name is Eric, so I decided to just use a funny sounding variant of my real name."

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

Ericho:

"I think I have become more mature in that I have probably become smarter. Probably not much else, though."

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You have over 10,000 posts. What do you think about Newgrounds forums? Do you consider yourself as a forum regular?

Ericho:

"I certainly consider myself a forum regular. I think it's as good a place as any other forum to go to express thoughts and ideas, especially given that there are so many non specific ones."

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

Ericho:

"Kirbopher, obviously as mentioned, and he really paved the way for my work here. I got affected postively from feedback from other prolific reviewers like XwaynecoltX and ViceFullbuster."

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

Ericho:

"Yeah, there's a couple I find annoying, particularly poxpower and Bacchanalian. They just keep bothering me about how dumb I am for being religious and stuff. I pretty much just stopped going to the "Official Atheism vs. Theism" thread."

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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?

Ericho:

"I think they do a pretty good job. I mean, I haven't been banned in quite some time, lol. I honestly don't know much about them, but they seem like competant people."

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

Ericho:

"Probably not, as it would create more work for me. I just have so many reviews to catch up on! I started going to this website in 2004, but didn't get an account until 2008, so I feel like I missed so much. If I could be a moderator, I guess it would be something like a Review Moderator, simply because I'm so familiar with them."

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

Ericho:

"I really haven't thought about it much, but I have noticed the changes this website has had over the years, I even made a YouTube video about it. The changes would hopefully be for the better."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

Ericho:

"Certainly! In fact, I look forward to pretty much anything regarding Christmas as it is easily my favorite holiday and certainly the biggest out there."

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In the last 3 years, you made over 6000 flash reviews and additionally over 1000 audio reviews. Do you like the ability to give feedback to the artists of Newgrounds?

Ericho:

"I really do. All my life I had read reviews by people like Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin or people on the IMDB and realized it was great to connect with someone on a personal level for a narrative."

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How does it make you feel when an author replies in a mean way to a review?

Ericho:

"I usually just try to ignore them. I mean, I see a lot of spammy flashes that aren't meant to be good, so it's best to just think they shouldn't be taken too seriously."

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Do you think that author's replies should be flaggable/reportable too, when they leave insults under a constructive and fair review?

Ericho:

"Yes, I do. I understand that a lot of people get banned for writing neglectful reviews, so why wouldn't the authors get the same treatment? We all have to adhere to the rules."

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

Ericho:

"You can expect more reviews simply and hopefully some voice work. My single voice clip "Ericho's Voice Acting" is doing really badly, but I hope to voice myself in Kirbopher's new TTA series."

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

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

coleknows:

"I found Newgrounds a couple years back during middle school. I mainly went here for the awesome games like Momentum Missile Mayhem. That was like the first game I have ever played on this site. Later, during my freshman year, I decided to go ahead and make an account so I could be updated on all the latest stuff like songs. I posted on the forum like a year later although, I was quite inexperienced on the forum and made myself look like a fool. I adapted to it over time.

Nowadays though, I hardly post anymore mainly because I don't see my favorite users too much. Like Xenomit.

I made music during the time I joined the forum although it really sucked. All I did was just play with sample loops and thats it. I got better over time. For an example, I would probably view one of my really old songs like MHO remix and then compare it to a song like my dnb version of =(Discord)= or =(Magic)=."

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

coleknows:

"As a user, it taught me how to become more mature. I acted like a 6 year old when I first started posting on the forum XD. Later on, I learned how to respond in a more respectful manner. I used to put an one of those emoticons on almost all my posts. Now, I hardly ever do. In real life, im not sure if it changed me much though. If you were to see me in real life, you would see I am still somewhat immature but sweet. I hardly ever swear too but when I do, I do it when I am VERY angry. It's pretty rare."

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

coleknows:

"Probably Xenomit (even though I don't see him anymore), FurryNG, and you although I haven't been on much. I liked Xenomit because of his weird qualities like how he once said he would fap to ANYTHING that was furry related. FurryNG was a good user because he gave me some good support even during my crappy era where I posted shit songs. I returned the favor by emailing equestria daily fluttershine. I somewhat miss him though and wish he would be on more often. Plus, he never continued the collab that me and DJ-Babokon were hoping for. Your a good user because you are very wise and it is hard to break. I have never seen you rage or get frustrated over some insult to you or a comment. I don't know how you do it, but you just do it. I forgot to list him but DJ-Babokon is also a good user because he supports my work despite the fact I use garageband. I hope I can interact with him and learn from him when I get FL studio in December (hopefully)."

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

coleknows:

"I like all users. If a user insults me for being a brony, I don't consider them enemies because everyone has their own opinion on stuff. If you don't like MLP, it is perfectly ok to me. It's not for everyone anyway.

I think Sevkat hates me alot though but I ignore her. She is quite the experience user anyway."

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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?

coleknows:

"Of course, I think they do a fantastic job. The forum would be filled with so many pointless threads if it wasn't for them. Some of them do like to abuse power sometimes though. Like EyeLovePoozy, I remember he locked my favorite thread which was the drawing request thread. He later unlocked it though, so it's all good. Some abuse it in a very funny way though. I remember JohnnyUtah when he made that hilarious spam thread. I never had so much fun laughing at all the random posts on there. The fourm should occasionally do that everyonce in a while. Just have fun causing absolute chaos."

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

coleknows:

"Hmmm, maybe. I don't go on that site much anymore. Infact, you were very lucky I got this message you sent me. I could of gotten this like a week later and would of been late. But if I still frequently went on like during my junior year, I would probably be a forum moderator. Some of the threads I see that seem pointless and random sometimes get away with a few pages. Meh, thats my opinion anyway."

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

coleknows:

"I would like to see some changes to the audio portal. I remember when FurryNG got feature on EQ daily, I swore he was going to get weekly top five but no, somehow he didn't. Glad to see his Equestria in Grey song up there though. About dang time he showed up. Forum I think needs a little bit of a change too. Some of the users I have seen occasionally get away with being a total ass and posting random stuff."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

coleknows:

"I probably won't be here during christmas. I probably will be busy messing around with FL studio :3 I may drop a song or too though."

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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?

coleknows:

"I knew you were going to ask about that :3

Surprisingly though, NG was actually the first place i ever heard or seen a reference from the show. It was from Reimagine: THE GAME. When I first saw the little characters on the screen after I cleared the level for Justin Bieber, I wasn't really that curious or knew there origin. I just went meh.

Later on, I became an avid fan of knowyourmeme.com (I no longer am). I read all about it there and I was literally stricken by the fact that male fans were watching a little girls cartoon. I didn't bother watching it until when my anger exploded (because I was seeing references all over the place) when I saw one of my subscriptions posted a bulletin about it saying that all of his friends were favoriting the first episode. I got curious and watched the first episode. I didn't get it at first glance. The only thing that really attracted me was fluttershy but that was it. I stayed away from watching until the first week where I got bored because nothing new was happening on the internet. Most of my subs were busy and Newgrounds was getting boring. So I continued on to the 2nd episode and I just want to say, I very easily could of not been Brony if my freaking Xbox 360 wasn't broken. CURSE YOU MICROSOFT!

Anyway, after I was done with it, I thought it wasn't that bad but I still didn't get it. So I moved on to the next episode and the freaking feeling creeped up to my soul that I was actually...enjoying it. There is more to it but I don't want to go into more detail. I have like 10 paragraphs already, lol. I like the show because of the characters and animation. I have never seen such smooth movement for flash. It impresses me to this day.

It changed me by me being a nicer person and learning to accept that some people are just plain weird and you shouldn't let it bother you, no matter how bizarre it is. You could watch stuff like carebears and scat porn and I would still find you an ok person."

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You submitted 54 audio submissions to Newgrounds audio portal. How did you start to make music?

coleknows:

"I first fidgeted with garageband during middle school. It was for a project in one of my classes. I was amazed by its simplistic design and samples. I learned how to use different instruments for samples and how to apply effects. I loved it. I played around with it at least twice a week. I lost interest though during like 8th grade. I gained it back during my junior year of highschool when I sent my laptop to the tech office for them to fix my airport. All they did was update it, not really fixing it. But they accidently gave me all the loops and instruments to garageband. That was when i REALLY had fun.

And now I am on my senior year. I know how to make dnb, Trance, Techno, and even a little Dubstep although this program is not made for it. I also know how to make my own melodies despite not knowing much how to play Piano. My song =(Overdrive)= is an example of this."

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Is there a song that you are most proud of? Do you like the audio portal or are there things that could be better?

coleknows:

"More like series. My MLP theme song series I am especially proud of because of all the different genres i tried. =(Magic)= probably has to be my most mastered one and detailed but I personally like =(Kindness)= more because it was for my favorite character :3 The audio portal voting system should be fixed. I remember when i saw F-777 released a new song called Skittles, I was expecting it to make the top five and it somehow didn't sadly. The featured artist thing only shows like dead users to which should be fixed."

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

coleknows:

"Not a whole lot. I may completely ditch this site soon. I only use this to provide download links to my songs I put on Youtube. But it was still nice to partake in this interview. I hope to other users that the redesign will be everything we have hoped for. Heck, it may want me to come back posting again. Small note to Wade, do you think I can get a name change? Coleknows is kind of getting old. I would prefer CK more since it sounds a lot more, I dunno simple and not so silly.

-CK"

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join?

Squidbit:

"I don't remember exactly when. I know I saw some kids playing a game on Newgrounds when I was in elementary school, and I went on the site then, but it just confused me so I gave up and went back to the Cartoon Network site or something. I didn't join until some time when I was in high school, I think so I could get medals. I do remember people giving me shit for getting an account just to play games, so I didn't use it very much."

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Why did you choose your username and why did you change it from squirrelking69 to Squidbit?

Squidbit:

"Because that was a terrible name, basically. I probably never would have changed it if it didn't have the 69 in it, or if it had at least been capitalized, but I didn't like having such a shitty name, so I changed it. I picked Squidbit because I decided to stop using SquirrelKing when I was signing up for some other game, and it had a pretty low character limit. It was going to be Squidbite at first, but I couldn't fit the E in, so I just left it at Squidbit. I like it better than Squidbite anyway."

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

Squidbit:

"I've probably become a little more of an asshole as a user, but I don't think I've changed at all in real life."

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

Squidbit:

"The only people I really know personally are people that play on my minecraft server that xports and I run together. I'm friends with Jolly, but I have no idea how we ever started talking. I like Light and Gagsy, but don't talk to either of them very much. Other than that, I only really talk to whoever decides to send me PMs. I wouldn't say anyone here affects me much at all."

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

Squidbit:

"Not really. Every day I find myself thinking some user is a shitty poster, but then I completely forget about it a few hours later. Nobody has annoyed me to the point that I would care long-term."

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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?

Squidbit:

"They do their job fine, I've never been banned unfairly, and I've only seen a few unfairly locked threads. The only thing I can really think to mention would be a couple backseat modding bans I've gotten; helping people out isn't backseat modding."

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You are an icon moderator. Do you like this activity or would you like to become also another kind of mod in the future?

Squidbit:

"Yeah I like being an icon mod, although I've gotten really lazy with it. I need to start making icons again. I wouldn't really want to be any other kind of mod, though. I'd be pretty terrible at it."

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The redesign is rumoured to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

Squidbit:

"The redesign has been rumored to happen for the last 6 months. I was excited but I just don't care as much anymore. I mostly just want to see the new layout, level icons, and thread/message moods."

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You were a scouted artist earlier this year. Can you tell our readers why you got unscouted? Do you plan to make more art to get scouted in the future?

Squidbit:

"The guy who scouted me did it just because he wanted me to be more active on his forum, so it was almost like a bribe. I was excited when I saw that art portal invitation picture, so I just clicked yes without putting a whole lot of thought into it, then later asked an art mod to unscout me when I realized why I was scouted. I might put up more art, but I don't take it very seriously and don't really expect to get scouted again."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

Squidbit:

"Eh, my eyes are used to staring at the ng gray for hours at a time, all the light blue is gonna be annoying. Maybe if they have some sort of special Christmas thing, but otherwise I don't care much."

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I think that some of the regular users remember your old sig, that was created by multiple users in a thread. How did you get the idea for this and would you do this again?

Squidbit:

"I stole the idea from another user that did the same thing, except he used his for about an hour. To be fair I think his turned out pretty awful, though. I liked mine, and I said I would use it until the redesign came out. At the time I thought that was only going to be a few weeks away. But I liked it, so I never really bothered changing it until recently. I might do it again after the redesign, if I can't come up with a better sig, since my current sig will be outdated. Also, a little birdy told me that sig sizes will be changing with the redesign. I did the same thing with my profile banner, which is still up."

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Judging from your signature, The Squidbit Appreciation Thread has a special place in your heart. What did you think when your username appeared in a thread title?

Squidbit:

"I didn't even notice the thread when it was made, I think I was sleeping all day that day. One of my friends pointed it out to me when I got online. I definitely wasn't expecting it, it was pretty cool."

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

Squidbit:

"Hopefully more flash, but I'm pretty lazy, so probably nothing decent. Right now the only thing I really like that I've done is the cake thing that my sig links to."

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join?

XenonMonkey:

"I originally found Newgrounds back in either 2003 or 2004 when I was back in elementary school. I never really got into the site for a while. I would just visit every now and then to play some Mario-themed flash movies and games. After a few years, in early 2005, my friend from middle school reintroduced me to the site and showed me a ton of great games, like Pico's School and some early Madness stuff. I was hooked, and decided to visit every once in a while and check out everything on the front page. In May of 2007, I finally decided to join, so I could review some flash games and movies, when I eventually stumbled upon the BBS."

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

XenonMonkey:

"Back in 2007, when I joined, I was an annoying little bitch who idolized this MMORPG, MapleStory. I couldn't form a decent sentence on the internet to save my life, and I would overreact to everything people said that countered my idea. In fact, sometimes I would make posts that made little to no sense, attaching random pictures I found on the internet or drew in MSPaint.

In short, yes."

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

XenonMonkey:

"I like a good amount of users on here, to name a bunch: Klik, Ptero, Jolly, Rummy0, Sevkat, ihatesonic1, Domo, Dosensuppen, Tetros, Tateos and Spackled."

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

XenonMonkey:

"I'm not a fan of Firewolf109, but I'm not going to get into that. I'm sure anyone who knows him would know why I wouldn't like him."

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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?

XenonMonkey:

"I think some of the mods do a good job on NG. Though I can't really say, because I've never been what I would consider a real mod (Sorry Icon Mods). The forum mods seem to do a decent job of locking/deleting the threads that are blatant rule-breakers, but sometimes they're a bit too strict with what they delete. Like I said before, I don't know how difficult a review, audio, or art mod's job is, but it seems like I always wind up waiting forever for mod action on a flagged review or something along the lines of that."

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You are an icon moderator. Do you like this activity or would you like to become also another kind of mod in the future?

XenonMonkey:

"I like being an Icon moderator, it's nice to know I can do something and have the slightest bit of power for all the time I've spent on here. I WOULD like to become a higher-powered mod at one point though. Preferably a review or forum mod, but I guess modship is reserved for some older users that may have been here much longer than I have. I guess I'd just have to wait and grow up some more if I wanted to be a mod."

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The redesign is rumored to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

XenonMonkey:

"I've been looking forward to the NG redesign for a couple years now. I had always wanted to see a dramatic redesign in process ever since I missed the last one. I just sort of logged in one day and saw how much changed thinking "Holy shit, what happened?". Since then, the current layout's gotten a little stale. If the new redesign actually looks like the unconfirmed preview I saw a while ago, I don't think I'll like it very much, but hey, all things need to change eventually or wind up dead.

I'm more interested in seeing a bunch of tweaks of some features here on NG, like an edit button on the BBS. Maybe some image/design changes, but nothing major, like a video portal, or a like/dislike system like Youtube swapped to."

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Christmas will be there in a few weeks, a special time on Newgrounds. Are you looking forward to experience Christmas on Newgrounds?

XenonMonkey:

"There's usually not much going on on Newgrounds around Christmas time. Maybe a few Christmas themed flashes and stuff, and probably a brief change to the icons we had last Christmas (The weapons with red ribbons tied on them and such). Though I WILL be looking forward to Christmas in general, because I'll be building a new computer then."

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You have submitted 40 flash submissions to Newgrounds over the years. Would you consider yourself a flash artist? Is there a work that you are most proud of?

XenonMonkey:

"I wouldn't consider myself a very serious flash artist, but I suppose I would consider myself a flash artist anyway. Usually, when I make a flash, I'll just think "You know, it would be pretty funny if I made a flash where..." and then start to plan the details out in my head. Most of the flashes I make take about 20 minutes to an hour, but in isolated situations will take a few days, like StrawberryQuest. But typically I'll make something like my Fishing Simulator or more recently, my Gordon Freeman Soundboard."

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You have your very own website, xenonmonkey.com. Can you tell us when the site was made and the history of the site? Does the userbase differ from the one of Newgrounds? And most importantly : What would you say when I ask you why someone should join the site?

XenonMonkey:

"I originally intended that website to be for my IRL friends back in late 2009, when I used fleeforum.net for it. I decided to link it to my NG page and see what would happen. Eventually, people from started visiting my forum and it was pretty cool. Then the Fleeforum domain died and I had to switch hosts to Forumotion. Eventually due to activity, Forumotion gave me a free domain, and more people started joining, like Jolly, GiveUpYourWaffles (Now Death), Ptero, Tetros, Coleco, Domo, and several more users. Originally, we would goof around with each other and have a pretty good time, but nowadays it's gotten a bit stale with a lack of users and some people have started to become irritated with each other, but we get a good time in every once in a while. I think we'd be better with a bit more activity.

I'm not going to say we're a totally bad-ass site site full of cool people, but if you ever want to check out a new, different, forum: Sign up."

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

XenonMonkey:

"You can probably expect a good chunk of flashes that I'll make every once in a while, and maybe some more posting from me on the BBS, but I can't promise that. I don't usually plan things very far in advance, so everything I make or post is on impulse. So yeah..."

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Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join?

Mismo:

"I think I found Newgrounds some time around the year 2003. I had seen some Madness animations on some other website and noticed the name "Newgrounds" in the pre-loader and I googled it and voilà, I found the best website for flash animations on the web. Then I don't quite remember when I first joined the site, but I think it was not so long after I discovered the voting system and I created my first account so I could make more of a difference when I voted on something. But then I think I got bored with that account and I didn't use it for a long time and forgot both what username and password I had. Then 2007 I re-signed up again with the account GuitarrMaster92, and there are two reasons I don't use it anymore. First of, I really hated the user name and secondly, I wanted a new fresh start. There is some stuff on that account that I'm not proud of."

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Why did you choose your username?

Mismo:

"As I mentioned, I hated my last username, because it is so pretentious, unimaginative, not the least bit unique and it sounds boring. So when I created this account that I am using now, I wanted something simple, memorable, unique and which sounds kind of fun when you say it out loud. So I thought of this Spanish word which for some reason had stuck on to my mind, "Mismo", which means "myself" or "the same as". So I thought that it was fun that I could be myself, but also "the same as" at the same time."

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

Mismo:

"To some extent, I guess. What have happened in my own life have effected very much on how I act here on Newgrounds. I don't know if anybody noticed or would agree with me, but over the time I have had this account I have developed a feminist opinion and I try as hard as I can to quickly end religious debates in the forums that doesn't lead anywhere. Because before I was a very cynical teenager, I loathed anything that had with religion to do. But because of one wonderful religion teacher I got a new view on religion and have a neutral view on the matter. Then there are things here on Newgrounds that have changed me too, I would think. I'm one of those guys that have learned the rules the hard way. With two BBS bans and multiple review deletions, I do now know what not to do and why."

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

Mismo:

"Generally I like many of the users on Newgrounds, but there are just a few stands out amongst the other.Natick, a a very nice and awesome. I don't really know why I like him the way I do, but we get along very well and he is a funny guy. Rivergrey, very nice girl (I think :P) fun person to discuss with. Kupia, made my profile picture, and she (I thin :P) is awesome for that. Although these are person I like the most I can't say the have affected me so much, yet. Maybe in the future but not as of now. The only that has affected me is this guy Asandir. Thanks to this guys, I have started to flag abusive reviews, and I have now make much more effort when I write reviews."

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

Mismo:

"Well some people can be annoying and I'm not going to mention names. But otherwise I don't have any enemies, or dislike anyone. Well although, there is this one guy that have made himself my arch-enemy. He is a nice guy."

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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?

Mismo:

"Well they're doing a job that can I witness for. But if they're doing good job or not I guess it depends on which mod it is. Some are doing a very good job, and they are the people that don't show that they're doing their job. In the mods case, a good job is a job unnoticed. But overall I would say most mods are doing a good job, and if they oversee something, I send them a PM."

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

Mismo:

"When I started here I wanted to, just so I could make sure the forum rules is uphold. But now I can say I would most certainly fuck it up. Also I don't think I could be able to keep my interest alive for so very long."

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The redesign is rumoured to happen within the next months, are you looking forward to it? What kind of changes do you want to see?

Mismo:

"I'm curious, but I haven't really looked forward to it that much. I think the sites current design is good enough and I think I might miss it. But one thing I would think would be neat in the new design is an improvement of the search engine. Right now it is not so easy as one would like it to be to search for something on this site."

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You said in the thread "If you described yourself by class", that you consider yourself to be a warrior. I want you to elaborate on that. Why do you think that the class warriors defines you best? Where does your heart of a warrior show in your daily life?

Mismo:

"Oh that, I just wrote that for laughs and giggles. I think it is boring with stereotyping, and just because one might belong in a certain class I don't think I would have traits of its stereotype. So for no reason I made fun of the idea of class and wrote and a RPG fantasy class instead. But if I would now have to analyse myself as a warrior, I would say that I'm a noble hearted man, and I live for the adventure of life."

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Pets seem to be a part of your life - I am talking about your dog Elvis and your cat Figaro. How important are they for you, would you consider them family members?

Mismo:

"They're extremely important, since they are in fact family members, just the thought of losing of one of them is unbearable. Elvis is like my over energetic little brother and Figaro is my fat and lazy but also loveable uncle. If anything where to happen to them, well I can't come up with words."

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You will turn 19 on the 4th of December. What kind of plans have for your personal future, job wise? Will you celebrate your birthday also on Newgrounds?

Mismo:

"Well I have just recently started to play in a band with some of my closest friends, and I'll be playing the base. We don't have a name yet but it will come in time, and if everything goes well we'll earn some money of it. We might perhaps get a gig this summer to play for a local restaurant/pub where we will play three nights a week, and for every night earn about 2000sek (about 300dollars) each. Other than I can just keep on applying for jobs, and hope that I get some, but I will towards next autumn start to study again. I'm thinking religion or psychology. About my birthday, I can't quite say for sure that celebrate my birthday here, but will try to pop in and see what is happening."

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

Mismo:

"I was thinking about maybe start a voice acting career here on Newgrounds. But that is a big maybe, since I got to first buy a decent microphone for recording, and those things cost money. Something I'm a little bit short on. So what I can say for sure is that I will keep on my activity on the forums as good as I can. The more I have to do in my personal life the less I will be able to keep up here on Newgrounds. But nevertheless I will keep up my activity on the forums."

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