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Staff Spotlight - December 2016

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Sorry for the delay, guys. Some things came up, but hopefully 2 days of wait haven't killed anyone #ab{>_>}

This month we have JackTheSpades for Staff Spotlight. He did no less than managing the recently released VLDC9 compilation. It wasn't easy, but it's finally here! Let's hear what he has to say about it and a few other things~

Koopster hijack
JackTheSpades hikoop
JackTheSpades doesn't sound nearly as good
Koopster Yeah, my joke is better :3
Koopster How are you today?
JackTheSpades Fine for the most part. Have to finish a paper for college till tomorrow but other than that, just chilling around =w=
Koopster Nice to hear!

Koopster So, most people have been eager to play VLDC9 for a while, and seeing the general reaction after the release, you've done a fantastic job managing it from start to end.
Koopster What are your thoughts after it's all done? Did you have fun or or was it mostly bothersome to take care of all bugs and code a bunch of ASM? Do you think it was worth it in the end?
JackTheSpades Hmm, well, it had it's ups and downs. Managing the contest was fun and putting together the collab was an interesting experience. Seeing as this huge project slowly takes form. Writing the ASM, while exhausting, was also interesting.
JackTheSpades If I had to point out something, it's the "middle part", where I was looking for people to help with various stuff only do then have them dropout after a month without anything to show. That was rather infuriating ^^'
Koopster Yeah, I can see that being pretty annoying.
Koopster But everyone loves the end result, so I'm sure your hard work paid off!!
JackTheSpades At long last xD

Koopster So, moving away from the VLDC9 a bit, do you have any other personal hacking projects? A hack, maybe some ASM thing?
JackTheSpades Not really unfortunately. For some reason, I felt kinda occupied over the last year ^^
JackTheSpades I don't really wanna stir the topic back on that but this is really all I've been up to (more or less) in regards to SMW for the last year :P
Koopster Oh, I see. That's understandable seeing the amount of work you spent on it, lol
Koopster Do you still have any interest in hacking regardless? Maybe a little chunk of motivation to start a new project?
Koopster I remember seeing a kaizo hack by you a long time ago, I was a bit more into kaizos and it looked pretty fun.
JackTheSpades I'd actually like to make something non-kaizo for once. But this was all I did for the first couple of years in hacking so even my "normal" levels end up giving people nightmares -.-
JackTheSpades I'd love to do some ASM heavy short hack thingy but I have zero creativity so...
Koopster I see. Yeah, creativity seems to be a barrier for quite a lot of ASMers D:
JackTheSpades ASM doesn't require creativity beyond the general concept of "what am I even making", so it is easy for us uncreative folks.

Koopster Now moving to SMW Central - you've been a moderator for over two years now, taking care of the ASM sections and more recently moving to hack moderation. What are your thoughts on the site, the community, and your position/"job"? Do you enjoy being here?
JackTheSpades Well, I'm not the most active mod there is (not even gonna blame that on vldc). As an ASM mod, it is quite interesting to see what kind of ideas people come up with that for some reason, nobody has thought of before (again, creative department)... or maybe just nobody bothered doing them?
JackTheSpades As a hack mod, I get to play and experience first hand the quintessence of this site, so as long as I don't have to put up with troll hacks, it is quite interesting too.
JackTheSpades The community is, of course, great too and I'm glad whenever I can help out in the forums with whatever kind of questions they have.
JackTheSpades The only downside... when I'm at work, given my timezone, there are only like 0-3 other people online most of the time TT.TT
Koopster Ya why do timezones exist tbh
JackTheSpades round earth rotating causing day and night cycles which is essential for life and flora to exist... you know in hindsight might not be all that bad a thing
Koopster People in the other side of the world should just sleep in the morning instead!

Koopster RANDOM QUESTIONS TIME!!11!
Koopster Favorite number?
JackTheSpades e
Koopster Favorite color? :o
JackTheSpades I guess my name color
JackTheSpades aka FACE69
* JackTheSpades runs
Koopster It's a nice shade of orange ¯\(°_o)/¯
Koopster Some place you'd like to visit?
JackTheSpades well, it was originally a joke but turned out to be a nice color, so I kept it
JackTheSpades also Fort Knox
Koopster Oh, interesting answer.
Koopster Someone famous you appreciate?
JackTheSpades Stephen Hawking
Koopster Okay, this one might be hard...
Koopster WHAT IS THE BEST ANIME!?
JackTheSpades unobjectively, whatever I rate 10 on MAL. Objectively, I guess the likes of Death Note, Code Geass (I swear if they fuck up with that third season of theirs, the internet will kill them), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Re:Zero and so on
Koopster Okay, for a final question
Koopster VLDC9 v1.11 this month or tomorrow?
JackTheSpades I'm gonna kill you in your sleep
JackTheSpades With a smile :D
Koopster :(

Koopster Okay, that should be it. Thanks for your time, and thanks again for your hard work!! Any final thoughts before the end of the interview?
JackTheSpades Not really~
JackTheSpades Good job for your first time I guess :P
Koopster Thanks lol. No better way to learn than by experience, I guess.
jack's name is not orange, it's a sandy yellow.

oh nice interview btw and congrats Jack, can't wait to play some VLDC9 during the next week or so.
Truly deserved. Thanks for everything!
That was definitely deserved. Congrats Jack, your hard work is always appreciated!
Windowless ride, feeling alive
Are you alive or just breathing?
Grats, Jack! Thanks for your hard work contributed to the beloved VLDC9! It was great, and you as a Staff Member seem the same.
Please Jackie
HackPortsASM"Uploader"

Nice collab good job I like it, when is VLDC10?
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Koopster should do more interviews
Originally posted by interview
Koopster Favorite number?
JackTheSpades e

Love you too #wario{<3}



Very good job dude, take some well deserved rest!
Congrats my man.
Congrats you did really well and deserve this! :3
vldc9 is my favorite hack. thanks you for making it
ask me if i give a f*ck...
Originally posted by Hobz
vldc9 is my favorite hack. thanks you for making it

Same for me.

Edit: Level up! 19!



Jack you're always there to talk to me about "special" anime which is great #wario{;)}

But jokes aside, you've been a great contributor here and you deserve the spotlight, dude!
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