Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

This week's interview features the user Mumbo, who will talk about MLP and about his thoughts on the chat. Also, it has been exactly a year now since I started to make those interviews. I want to thank everyone who participated in the series, you delivered awesome answers and made the interviews great :)

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

Mumbo:

"I found Newgrounds in like, 08. I remember it was the year Michael Jackson died, so maybe earlier or later. However, I chose to lurk the forums before finally making an account, mostly because I was lazy and didn't feel like making an email to make an account. First world problems, eh? But I eventually stopped lurking and decided to make an account. The reason I chose SolidToad was a really stupid reason. I had been watching Chuggaaconroy's Let's Play of Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door, and it was playing in the background. I remember him talking about the part where you go stealth with Princess Peach to get documents from General Grodus or something, after which he said "Another crisis heavily averted by Solid Peach," making reference to Snake from MGS. I was replaying TTYD as well, so I decided to use Toad instead of peach, for obvious reasons, and since Toadette is like the best ever. I recently changed my name though to Mumbo, since I've been replaying Banjo-Tooie recently. Mumbo is probably one of my all time favourite characters from video games. Dat Skull."

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

Mumbo:

"I've definitely changed during my stay here. I recently got back from CIY in Western Illinois University, which was great and refershing, reminding me to at least try my hardest to be a good Christian, and you know, that tends to have influences. But I haven't posted since I got back (as of yet) so that is yet to be seen. In some users (Travis) eyes, I'll probably still continue being annoying, just because some users (Travis) just need some form of self-justification or something petty of the like. Now obviously my recent activities haven't been my only change. I have been here since before I was a (gasp) Brony, and I was definitely different then. But that is a horse of a different colour, so I'll go over that in the question directed towards it. A lot of my Newgrounds habits are directly affected by how my day has been. If I've been hanging out with my friends Jess or Amber, I'm probably going to be more effimenate and horny than I would have been if I say, just got done working out. I'd probably act more like Rhinocerider in that case. He's so cool~"

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

Mumbo:

"As mentioned above, Rhinocerider is like, my e-spotter or wingman or what have you. He's an awesome user. Another buddy would be Xenomit, of course (<3) and as of late, zag has made it into my heart. s/he is actually really cool, despite some negative opinions from others. Skaren and I have quite the love hate relationship, but I'd say we're still friends. I know that his internet assholery is nothing but Baylife and I can't really blame him. Of course, I still have a laundry list of friends on my userpage, so I'll just list more of the tops without textwalling your entire interview with mindless prattle. Amaranthus is totally in love with me, so I was inclined to add him. Funneemonkee is like the best ever, and she's really hot, yet smart and deep too. ( I made a Tumblr just to follow her <3) YenMuffin is a friend on Xbox Live and we both annoy the shit out of our friend Bates (Lol, Bates) and so he's pretty cool. I have a friend named Henry Bankshaft, but everyone just calls him Chaw, so I do too.BizzarroPMP I would say is my forum wingman more than Rhino. Remember those stupid threads I made about poisoned cupcakes and grinding children into skittles? Yeah, Rhino made followup threads for my Job one, and posted consistently in the other. He's really cool. And last but not least, there's some guy named Asandir on my list. He's like never online and I can't remember the last time we had sex."

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

Mumbo:

"I disagree with having enemies, but I have some, yes. At most, I would say my enemies are the common ones, such as Insanctuary and his billions of alts, or even ngman7, just because he's annoying. However, my real only enemy is Fluttershy. He is so annoying, and it seems like he strives to give bronies a bad name. Back in like 07 or something he was found to have over 20 alternate accounts, if memory serves, and then Fluttershy itself, which just shows that this user has nothing much to really do but annoy others. He doesn't even do it as well as I do, I mean come on."

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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?

Mumbo:

"The forums are despairingly declining. I love them to death, as seen by my rediculous posting habits, but for lack of a better explanation, I'd say that they really were better in 07. Not to be one of THOSE guys, but it was true. You couldn't possibly have a topic with the last post being 2 hours ago on the front page of General. Of course, I love General, but it seems like the only people using it are the new users, and the battle-hardened asshole "old users" as they like to be known. They like to think highly of themselves for wasting more of their life on NG than the rest of us~"

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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?

Mumbo:

"Most moderators do good jobs, yes. EyeLovePoozy is like the best mod ever, simply because he doesn't give a fuck. Others (Murray and Travis) are extremely bias. Even though Travis is a useless mod with no real power, he still has that self-righteous air about him. Murray however simply hates bronies. As such, he will be more inclined to ban them for small shit that no one else would get in trouble for, and now double such for me since I've just told you that. But I don't care. I can hold my ground. And of course who doesn't love Asandir the chat mod!"

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

Mumbo:

"I'd love to be a forum moderator and a chat mod, if not because I would be decent at it, then for the sheer fact that I wouldn't need to put up with bullshit from spammy sillyheads, or for that matter, other mods. You know who. But the fact remains that I'd need to be here like 6 years or more to even begin to be considered, and even then I'd think Gagsy would be the next mod. Coupled with the fact that asking for modship pretty much garuntees the opposite, and I have pretty much just done that, I'd say my chances are slim to none. Whatever, I'll enjoy the forums for as long as they live either way."

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The redesign is finally here. Tell me what you think about it. What do you like and what is not so good?

Mumbo:

"I miss the chick with her knockers on the screen. The redesign was great, but now it's just become a regular thing again, kind of like gays in society. People will still be butthurt over it sometimes, but it's generally accepted. I miss the Mature content bar at the top of the page, but I'd rather find better quality stuff elsewhere. The old portal style was fine, I can't find anything in this mess unless I click "Classic portal" on the dropdown menu. I think eventually I'll be tired of the brown colour scheme though. Redesign 2013 anyone?"

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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?

Mumbo:

"Oh boy. It started when my friend AJ walked in to our history class wearing a Pinkie Pie shirt. I was like "Haha, whut?" as he explained. He pestered me to try it, so I told him I might. Two days later I was bored and on youtube. So I typed in "MLP: FiM E1 S1" and watched it. Over the span of the next few days I had downed the entire first season. I fell hard for the candy coloured ponies and the complete badassery of one in general; Rainbow Danger Dash. After I saw "Sonic Rainboom" my position was locked. I had my Rainbow Dash shirt ordered like the next week. Brony-ism (?) has made me more acceptant of people and definitely more friendly. You should try it. Lest you end up like Travis."

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You regularly use the Newgrounds Featureless Chat. Do you like the chat?

Mumbo:

"The chat is a nice addition. Personally I liked Radio Chat better for the rooms and ability to password it, but it was too much drama. The NG Chat has been long in coming, and has a decent community when Gory bans all the nubs that spam "b" and such things. Skaren is banned from it too, which is hilarious! I enjoy the quick talk ability that a forum simply cannot provide. As for the featureless part, you're required to have an account, so there's a feature. But instead of smartassing my way about the "featureless" part, I'll just say that, in not so many words: Yes I like the chat."

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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?

Mumbo:

"I've been looking for a way to tell people about this for a while, but not all the people, you know? Only if someone actually cared about me would they decide to read my interview, lest they be your normal readers, which I'm pretty sure I'm already friends with (HEART) so you have provided me with the perfect chance: I'm a Hermaphrodite. Yeah. Surprising huh? Genetic mutations are a beach with 120 degree sun and humidity. If anyone really cares to inquire, I'll accept PMs, but I'd prefer to not discuss much of that right here. Also, Jermy Soule is the best musician this side of the cosmos."

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

Mumbo:

"More irritatingly silly threads for the General forum, and definitely more activity in general as it is summer. Once I can manage to either get a bamboo tablet or something or a scanner, I'll start submitting art. You may not guess it, but I love art. I completely LOVE drawing and sculpting. Lastly, I'd like to thank you for inviting me to do this all those months age Asandir. You rock, keep up the good work!"

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

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