Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join?

Gimmick:

"I found Newgrounds around the same day I joined, on 20th August 2008. I didn't really find newgrounds per se; it was rather my brother who joined it. He found it after we fiddled a bit with Flash, and I decided to learn flash soon after and then I began to submit flash soon after. I asked him if he could join, and he reluctantly accepted, but not for long. He quit flash, and moved on to another hobby, and he's inactive on Newgrounds -- which is why I use that as an alt account."

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

Gimmick:

"I like plenty of users, especially the old artists that left suspiciously (e.g Moosh) and the BBS regulars."

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

Gimmick:

"To tell you the truth, I hate anyone who hates me back, and it's just a vicious cycle. Thankfully, it's rare, and not many people actually hate me, except for maybe this guy, and he went to the extent of leaving reviews with a low rating not for the content of what he reviewed, but rather just to spite me.

Apart from that I don't not like many users. Except for maybe myself, a little bit."

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

Gimmick:

"Certainly. It has been a life-changing experience on NG for me, and not necessarily in a bad way -- I used the BBS for some time in 2008, but looking back now, I was alarmed, seeing how horrible a user I was back then -- you could have said I was a typical stupid noob on the internet. I was pretty hard-hit by what other users' remarks were and what I thought of myself, and I focused on improving myself, hence the 2 year hiatus from the BBS.

Not only was it that, my english has vastly improved thanks to the Writing forum and the frequent posting on General, which, over time, improved it as well."

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

Gimmick:

"Well! I don't really remember which opinion I had about them, but I'll try to answer this question even if I didn't.

The mods are doing a good job, and I feel that they're one of the best I've seen on any site I visited previously. They ban users who don't follow the rules, and their bans aren't too harsh; it just depends on the offense. Of course, my reaction to me being review banned in 2008 near christmas was rather the exact opposite."

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Newgrounds has good aspects, but also bad ones. Could you tell our readers one thing that you dislike about Newgrounds and another that you like the most?

Gimmick:

"I can't really think of any negative points, seeing as the redesign would correct the ones I have, and neither can I think of any point I like the most; I like all of them equally. Except for maybe the forums, which I regularly turn to when I'm bored."

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You had 2 Username changes. Firstly you were Sanjeev98, then Gimmick and now your are known as Legnus. Can you tell us the background story for those three names? And are you happy with your current username?

Gimmick:

"Sanjeev98, at the time, was my "master username" -- I used that same username on every site I joined. The thing is, I first got that username when my father signed me up for a website, and told me the username. Since I didn't know what the Internet was (I was around 6 at the time) I thought I could use only that username, and I've since stood corrected.

Since I found out I could use other usernames, but I couldn't change the one on this site, I stuck with it for around 2 and a half years, and during the latter part, I found out I could change my username (thanks to the forums), and I decided to give it a shot.

I thought Gimmick was a good username, which I was thinking about one day in school, when the teacher was going through with the other students, and I just sat there, staring at the wall, and trying to think up a good username and after a while, I came up with Gimmick.

Of course, I decided to switch over to Legnus because I was i) getting a bit tired of the jokes associated with my username and ii) Legnus is an obscure video game reference. Searching for it returns no relevant results; but just as a hint it's got nothing to do with WoW. I don't even know what WoW is."

* Namechange back to Gimmick happened on 26th September 2011

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You are a member of Newgrounds since 2008. Can you tell our readers how Newgrounds changed in your opinion over the time? And do you enjoy Newgrounds more nowadays or do you think that it was better in the past?

Gimmick:

"I joined late 2008, but here's something: I didn't log on a lot, I just signed up and submitted flash occasionally, but while I just frequented the site for the sole purpose of submitting flash, I did visit the forums back then, and I also witnessed the creation of the art and audio portal. It's definitely better now, seeing as there's a lot of content and entertainment to be received from the forums, the art portal and the audio portal."

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You were, sadly, one of the users who got affected by the Canas incident. You got review banned and some of your reviews got unrightfully deleted. How do you think about it?

Gimmick:

"I'm indifferent on this issue. The review bans were all lifted and I duly re-reviewed the flash, thanks to the PM I received from M-Bot."

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You have 34 flash submissions. Would you consider yourself a flash artist and is there a work that you are most proud of?

Gimmick:

"If by "flash artist" you mean something like a professional, hell no -- I'm nowhere near that level. The thing I'm most proud of, however, was Chalkboard Pong; I'm proud not of the scores, but of the effort I put into the flash and the reception I got from people."

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

Gimmick:

"Maybe some more BBS posts, flash, that kind of stuff?"

* Proofread and created with the help of Confucianism

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