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Staff Spotlight - November

It's time for another Staff Spotlight! This time we've got Eevee, who was recently promoted to hack moderator. Apologies for being a day late here, but let's get on with the interview!

K3fka: Hello, Eevee. How are you today?
Eevee: Very nice, also a bit tired lol
K3fka: Ah, I see.
K3fka: Well, let's get right into it, shall we?
Eevee: Sure

K3fka: You were promoted as a hack moderator pretty recently. How do you like it so far?
Eevee: Well, I'm still enjoying it as of now. Played a whole bunch of hacks already, good and bad, but it's nice to get an idea of how different people design their levels
Eevee: it can even give me a bit of inspiration myself sometimes
K3fka: I wouldn't have the time or patience to play through all of the stuff I see in those removal logs. How you guys manage it is a mystery to me.
Eevee: yeah, I sometimes wonder that too lol

K3fka: Let's talk about your hacks now.
Eevee: sure
K3fka: You have a kind of series going on. How did that get started?
Eevee: the original Sicari originally started out as a testing ROM for me, where I'd just play around with GFX and the player GFX, but I ended up developing it into an actual hack
Eevee: iirc submitting a 1 world demo was the first thing I did after signing up
K3fka: Ah, so does that mean you were working on the hack before you signed up?
Eevee: yep
Eevee: a few months prior in 2012
Eevee: didn't even know how to add music back then lol
K3fka: Haha
K3fka: So this means you had the ideas for the story, characters, etc. even before you started hacking? When did that all start?
Eevee: Sicari was the only character I really had an idea for, even after I submitted the demo
Eevee: K-16 came much later actually
Eevee: story, I admit, I had no proper idea for it
Eevee: kept changing my mind on things
K3fka: Oh, so you really only started developing things after you joined.
Eevee: yep
Eevee: in fact
Eevee: it wasn't even until K-16 - Story of Steel where I had a larger idea for the series
K3fka: Interesting!
K3fka: And now you have bigger plans for the series, right?
Eevee: yep
K3fka: Care to share where you'd like to take the series going forward?
Eevee: well there's another hack for after SR I revealed ages ago, but it's postponed until I've finished what I'm doing
Eevee: I'd highly advise against working on two hacks at once lol
K3fka: Hell, I could never even manage one at once! I imagine it's pretty tough to take on multiple large-scale projects.
Eevee: it's hard enough to take on one :V
K3fka: Yeah, it is.

K3fka: Aside from your series of hacks, do you have other goals for hacking projects?
Eevee: Not too sure; all I really want is to develop my own skills as much as I can. I've learned a lot and I want to keep learning
K3fka: Ah, just see where it takes you.
Eevee: yeah

K3fka: So of course I have to ask how you even found out about SMW hacking in the first place.
Eevee: iirc, it was through YouTube videos related to hacking, since when I was younger the idea of level designing intrigued me, regardless of the game
Eevee: thing is, at least at the time, Mario seemed the most accessible
Eevee: there were so many things online that allowed my to create Mario levels, but I thought SMW hacking seemed the best way to do it
Eevee: before properly getting into SMW hacking though, I hacked the Gen 3 Pokémon games
Eevee: didn't get very far, but I'd like to try it again sometime
K3fka: Oh, I also tried Pokemon hacking before SMW, but it was too complex for me to get into much.
Eevee: yeah the tools aren't the most user friendly lol
Eevee: might have changed though, I'll have to check properly

K3fka: Alright, so aside from hacking, I know you also like to do art. How long have you been drawing for?
Eevee: as long as I can remember
Eevee: :P
K3fka: Hmm so you knew pretty early on that you liked doing art, then.
Eevee: yup

K3fka: As I imagine everyone knows, you're a fan of Pokemon, and I know you're excited for the new games coming out soon. What are you most looking forward to in them?
Eevee: Probably training the new Pokémon; I'm likely gonna go for a full Alola team. Also the meta game, I'm very excited for how that will play out with all the changes
K3fka: Yes, as someone with a bit of an interest in the competitive scene, the changes that have been made sound very interesting.
Eevee: indeed

K3fka: So let's move on to some random questions!
Eevee: sure thing lol

K3fka: What's your favorite movie? You can name a few if it's too difficult to pick just one.
Eevee: er yeah that's a hard question lol
Eevee: gonna probably say Empire Strikes Back since that's always tons of fun
K3fka: That's my favorite in the SW series too.
Eevee: nice

K3fka: If you could meet any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be?
Eevee: that one, I can't really say - way too many to choose

K3fka: Hmm maybe my interview skills are too strong...
K3fka: Let's try...what's your favorite game system?
Eevee: Ps1 without a doubt; so many childhood favourites on there
K3fka: That's a strong system for sure. It had a ton of games.

K3fka: Would you rather live in the city or the country?
Eevee: probably the city; when I went to New York a few years back, it was a really unique experience for me, since I've never been anywhere like that in my life. The country can be a bit too lonely at times I feel. Been to the Lake District a few times; lovely place, but you just feel so isolated
K3fka: Gotta agree, I love the business of the city. Country is too slow and empty for me.

K3fka: Well I think it's about time to wrap it up. Do you have any final thoughts you'd like to share with everyone?
Eevee: love you all <3

K3fka: Alright, see ya next time, everyone!
Originally posted by K3fka
Eevee: probably the city; when I went to New York a few years back, it was a really unique experience for me, since I've never been anywhere like that in my life. The country can be a bit too lonely at times I feel. Been to the Lake District a few times; lovely place, but you just feel so isolated


As someone who lived for 18 years in the Lake District, can confirm.

Congratulations Eevee, well deserved!
:o !

Eevee is a cutie!
ask me if i give a f*ck...
Congratulations Eevee. That's really all I can say. I'd say good luck, but you're so good you don't need it. Instead I'll say Good Work
Star Wars?! #wario{:puke:}
Your layout has been removed.
#wario{<3}
Windowless ride, feeling alive
Are you alive or just breathing?
the staff spotlight is rigged
K3fka crumbled under Eevee's cuteness

Congrats! I already knew a good chunk of what was said in the interview, but it still was nice to read it. Also it's cool to see your hard work is being recognized
Congrats Eevee! #w{<3}
You're really great! And also a true hero for Bits and Pieces, lol (still have to play it though)
It's easily the best thing I've done
So why the empty numb?
Congratulations, Eevee!

This is a really nice interview.
Хуй войне!

桐生会FOREVER #ThankYouCoco / Rest in peace, Near, thank you for everything
Not much to say more than, "Interesing interview! Nice learning these things," and "Grats". So without further ado; interesting review, cool stuff, congrats, blah blah blah.

Just one question, though:
Why does everyone love Eevee? Cool hack + funny posts ≠ instant love from majority of SMWC
Or does it?
Good person means well liked person!
It's easily the best thing I've done
So why the empty numb?
Originally posted by Chillah
Why does everyone love Eevee?
Same reason Everybody Loves Raymond

ask me if i give a f*ck...
Congrats Eevee! You've proven to be one hell of a productive hack moderator, not fearing to play even the most demanding hakks (as Koopster said, you saved all us by moderating Bits and Pieces fully). You kinda remind me of myself back to when I was an helper. Some of dem legacy hakks were so annoying lol like smi/smi2 or mario in midgard. As hack team leader, you impressed me so far.
Keep going! #tb{:DD}
Originally posted by Chillah
Why does everyone love Eevee? Cool hack + funny posts ≠ instant love from majority of SMWC

> implying that's all there is to it when it comes to her

#wario{>:|}#wario{>:|}#wario{>:|}#wario{>:|}#wario{>:|}

Protip: never judge people by what they do in the site alone. Many things happen on the IRC that make us see some people in a whole different point of view.
Might as well give my congrats as well.

Props!
Please pardon the eye.
late but
Originally posted by Gloomier
Protip: never judge people by what they do in the site alone. Many things happen on the IRC that make us see some people in a whole different point of view.
boi I've seen that stuff and I'm judging already

Oh, and on a serious note
I'd like to say congrats again. Like Wakana said: you're a productive hack moderator and that's always good ~~