Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users
This week's interview features the user Halberd.
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When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username Halberd??
"I found Newgrounds at school when I was nine years old looking for flash games to play. My favourite games were Madness games and tower defense games. Me and my brother made an account at home in 2007 when were ten years old but I wanted to have my own account so I made this one under the name of FurryDemon. I still remember the moment I picked that name. At the end of 2011 I got Tom Fulp to change the name to Halberd because I thought it was a more appealing name and I wanted people to stop mistaking me for a furry and talking shit to me (SAY IT TO MY FACE AND NOT ONLINE MOTHER FUCKERS !!!!!!)"
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Do you think that you changed over the time you were here, as user, or also in real life?
"I went through puberty and matured a lot, both online and in real life. I'm still an introvert in real life and on the internet. I tend to agree with people too much which I really gotta change. I'm also a very immature poster who can't articulate his opinions very well. That is also something I'd like to change."
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Are there any other users that you like, and how do they affect you?
"When I first started posting on the BBS there were a lot of users that influenced me and my posts but unfortunately I've forgotten most of them. Lost-Chances, Gagsy and Sensationalism are really cool users and I've loved their posts since I first went on the forums. More recently my favourite users are Skaren, AnonymousOfCali, Jester, Sekhem, Spirit, HomicidialFrog (even though his threads are shit and everyone hates him) yert, cast, KillerSkull and tons more who I've probably left out Q___________Q"
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Are there any users that you would consider enemies or that you just don't like?
"I have no enemies on Newgrounds but some users can be really shitty sometimes. Insanctuary and Xenomit for obvious reasons, and Travis and Richard because of their argumentative/dickish posts. I should stress though that its just the internet and you lose at it when you get mad at other people."
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What is your opinion about the forums? Is there one forum that you prefer?
"I think the Newgrounds forum is a unique place where as long as you aren't too stupid or too smart you can enjoy it. Its sad to see it decline in popularity in recent years. Sometimes I go on the C&C section, political section and video games section. I wish more people posted in the video games forum. I wonder if they'll merge the general forum and video games forum if the NG forum keeps losing users."
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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?
"I think they do a good job and I have no complaints about them. If it was pre-2012 then I would probably be complaining. The mods were nazis before then. Or maybe I was just a bad poster back then."
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Would you like to become a moderator on Newgrounds? If so, what kind of moderator?
"I don't have the interest or skill to be a moderator for any of the portals and I have no interest or the right qualities to be a forum mod. I'm not really intelligent enough and I don't really have the self confidence/heart for it. I won't say its impossible though."
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The redesign 2012 has arrived earlier this year. Tell me what you think about it. What do you like and what is not so good?
"Both have ups and downs...I liked the colours and design of the old one more and I loved the emphasis on level icons but I like having my own changeable forum icon and all the other various improvements added."
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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?
"I can't think of any secrets (though I probably have some repressed from my memory right now) but my STEAM account if anyone reading is interested is steamcommunity.com/id/skittlesmonkey and I like to play TF2 when I should be doing homework."
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What can we expect from you in the future, Halberd?
"More NG BBS posts definitely. I can see myself sticking around for a long time unless I die or become homeless though if the latter happens I'll go to the local library to access Newgrounds. I might also submit avant garde (spam) flash animations though the last time I did that Wade Fulp deleted it for 'hardcore pornography' (i.e he's fucking retarded and doesn't understand it at all)"
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Now you are filled with more knowledge about Halberd, 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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JBK
Good guy.
Asandir
I agree :)