Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

This week's interview features the user T3XT.

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When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username T3XT?

T3XT:

"Newgrounds goes way back. I found it browsing the web for games in.... 2008?.... although I can't really say I frequented it back then. A couple years later, though, I discovered the Doom Triple Pack flash game on here. That really got me into this site; I made Newgrounds a part of my regular internet tours from then on. I lurked on here playing games until January 2012, when I actually decided to make an account. I'm one of those weird people that goes straight to the forums when they sign up for a site, so I did just that. It took me a while but I found a niche within the community and decided I was here to stay."

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

T3XT:

"Definitely. The past year or so has been particularly crazy for me in general, both in real life and on the forums. As far as the forums, I can gladly say that my posts have gradually improved over time, as is often the case with new users. I've made a few friends here as well (You're awesome, Otto!) and become a part of the community. I also make regular trips to the Art portal to admire the work; some of the artists there never cease to impress. Speaking of artists, I'm also an artist myself, although I haven't drawn anything I consider upload-worthy yet, lol. In real life, I've been battling through a lot of things, mostly personal issues that I won't say here. Suffice to say, the things I've encountered in real life really changed me as a person, and that is reflected in my forum posts. I'm not as upward-looking as I used to be, heh. On the brighter side of things, I've also explored different kinds of financial investments via buying and selling precious metals, namely silver and palladium. More on that to come."

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

T3XT:

"There are certain popular animators that I like on here, particularly psychicpebble, Oney, Stamper, Egoraptor, and SpeedoSausage. And while I'm at it, I truly miss Edd Gould.

As far as people I've actually talked to, the aforementioned Otto is an awesome user, one of my favorites on the forums. Some of my favorite posters are Cootie, yurgenburgen, Sense-Offender, Painbringer, Dr-Worm, and Luis, to name a few. I always keep an eye out for their posts when I'm on here."

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

T3XT:

"Hmm...There are some posters I'm not very fond of, but I don't want to list them out here. That just feels like some kind of declaration of war, and I don't really want to invite that. I like to be on okay terms with everybody, even people I don't like, so I don't end up butting heads with someone when I use the forums."

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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?

T3XT:

"I could be cynical about the forums and judge them by a minority of bad users, but truth be told, I think the community here is generally pretty good. I definitely spend most of my time on General, though occasionally I pop into Video Games too. (I really wish that place was more active.) The users I mentioned earlier I think would all make for good interviews."

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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?

T3XT:

"They're a mixed bag. I think most of the regulars are pretty good, namely EJR, Zachary, and Murray (formerly Bahamut). On the worst side of the spectrum, there's that one that everybody hates. You know who it is."

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

T3XT:

"Hmm, I never really thought about that. Yes, I think being a mod would be pretty awesome. Probably a forum mod since the majority of my time goes there."

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

T3XT:

"I like the inclusion of the chat, that's a plus. On the downside, I really, reallly, really miss the old level icons. I'd give anything to have those back. I also miss having a larger sig space. Most of the other changes I'm indifferent to."

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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?

T3XT:

"I have major seasonal depression. I suppose that's something I haven't confessed before. It gets particularly bad around this time of year; wish me luck."

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What can we expect from you in the future, T3XT?

T3XT:

"Remember earlier when I said none of my pictures were upload-worthy? Well, I lied. There's a couple pictures of mine that are coming along quite nicely, the best of which I'll release on Pico Day. Also, I recently got Flash!"

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Now you are filled with more knowledge about T3XT, 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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