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@TomFulp - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How grimdark does the future look for your website?

I see endless stress ahead but NG generally persists.

Q: You, PsychoGoldfish, liljim, and BrentHeMan share memes with each other. What types of memes do you share?

I searched and couldn't find the last meme that we shared, I think we are post-meme now.

Q: When will you close the Supporter Party?

When the rest of the forums become Supporter-only forums.

Q: Currently my voting power is "6.69 votes" how awesome is that?

It's ok.

Q: Do you ever feel impressed by how shit some users are?

More just sad.

Q: What would be your advice for being cool?

If I knew the answer to that, NG would be more successful!

Q: How do I get people to vote 5 on my spam?

Ask them to vote 5.

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@XwaynecoltX - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: Do you think your reviews are better than my reviews?

A- No lol

Q: What if instead of The Nightmare Before Christmas it was called gay sex before Christmas?

A It would put an interesting twist on it maybe the next Broke back Christmas lol

Q: How has your perspective on reviewing changed over the years?

A It started with 6 reviews and went upwards for better ones and I try for that at times but not always the case

Q: What makes you keep making reviews?

A Not sure just enjoy it I guess I dont get payed for it so it could be some of the OCD still lingering lol

Q: Do you sometimes feel people misunderstand your reviews?

A yep most probably

Q: What do you like about the GTA parody radio shows, including the relatable Lazlow! And do you think current GTA is going in the right direction?

A GTA was a great game since the first top view ones and the new ones are just as good , I dont have much time for GTA these days

Q: Do you think farts are rebellious?

A Sure why not LOL

Q: Is the current direction of Newgrounds going in the right direction, if so how can we make it worse?

A Newgrounds has seen many changes some great stuff comes through. There was some amazing humor back in the day though before 2010

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@Malachy - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: Do you look down on me because I'm only level 25 and you're level 51?

Pathetic.jpg

Srs answer: I am so bad at voting regularly and in the old system I never remembered to actually deposit even when I voted. NG Logs had a stat for missed deposits and I think I had missed 10 whole years worth despite being here every day.

Q: When you read a books, do you feel smarter than people who don't read books?

I read a lot of nonsense fiction for fun so I don't feel like I'm getting any smarter. But if you can't read then you don't understand what I'm saying in this interview. What are you doing here? Go watch adult swim you big dummy!!

Q: Why am I not banned from the BBS?

Who says you aren't >:)

Q: As a review moderator, do you feel that people have become better at writing reviews recently? (2024 to 2030)

Worse. Nobody takes pride in really examining the nuances of tentacle hentai anymore. It's a shame

Q: Is it lonely being at the top of the worst moderator list? Do you feel like the other moderators are not trying hard enough, or is it because you're just that good?

It took a lot of effort to come back after over a decade of losing the vote but I'm winner once again! @ZJ and @dobio can suck it.

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QA Interview - Index

Posted by Aalasteir - April 10th, 2024

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Open to Collaboration

Posted by Aalasteir - February 2nd, 2024

Gifs By @CoyKey

Information & collaboration

Perhaps I can help you with

Audio Production:

Community:

Collab Organizing:

Music:

Vocals:

Voice Acting | Sound | Music:

Movies

Games

Voice Demo:

I check Newgrounds at least once a day

You are guaranteed a response within 24 hours

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Post FEEDBACK To Get Supporter Status - PODCAST FEEDBACK MISSION

Posted by Aalasteir - December 30th, 2023

Hey, what's up! It's Aalasteir. I'm having a lot of fun listening to people, but are you also having fun listening? I need your help in sharing your feedback.

Maximum Slots: Max 20 Winners for a One Month's Membership. Once per poster

If you already have supporter status you can choose whether it should be given to somebody else, or the money be given to the website.

When 20 winners have been announced, then the thread will be planned to be locked.

If someone needs more time to create their post, then I'm more than willing to extend it beyond 20 winners. I will reserve extra space for you.

THE MISSION HAS BEEN UPDATED:

Write something, and win!

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MISSION:

1. Listen to A100

2. Write feedback on an episode

3. Post your feedback in this thread

You have won Supporter status

If you already have Supporter status: You can give it to someone else, or I choose at random.

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Free NG Cursors by ScepterDPinoy

Posted by Aalasteir - November 9th, 2023

Free NG Cursors by ScepterDPinoy

I asked if @ScepterDPinoy would accept a commission for creating NG-themed cursor sets, and I'm very happy he did. Thank you so much!

Tank

Tankman

Angry Faic

Utility

Download for the mouse cursors

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Tankmas Audio Message Collab

Posted by Aalasteir - October 21st, 2023

DEADLINE: November 29th

The audio is planned to be uploaded on:

December 1st

Share your heartwarming audio messages. Think of it like audio graffiti. It could be something like:

"Mary Tankmas!"

"I'm so happy it can be a part of an amazing community!"

"Bozo brigade incoming."

"Potato."

And more!

RULES:

You must be 18+ to participate

This collab is rated T

Minimal length 1 second -- Maximum length 5 minutes for each submission

HOW TO SUBMIT:

1 - Export in WAV format

2 - Upload your file to a file-sharing service

Google Drive: Click the share button and make a link that can be "Accessed by anyone"

3 - Send me a PM with the link

If it was a collaborative effort, kindly provide the usernames of all participants

The Newgrounds font can be found here

Art by @Aalasteir

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Wob Wob Rob: Tick Those Boxes; Musician. / 90AA Interview

Posted by Aalasteir - March 23rd, 2023

Rob: https://wobwobrob.newgrounds.com/

https://90aa.drr.ac/

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Thumbnail artwork: Wob Wob Rob

Introduction

https://wobwobrob.newgrounds.com/

Netspeak Games

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(1) - What does music mean to you?

“Listening and performing lots of different styles of music,

and the cool thing about playing the tuba is that you're pretty much always playing the root notes.”

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(2) - How to be successful, How to be happy

“Your actual success,

are you improving are you getting better,

are you getting happier?

I don't think money has much to do with those things.”

“I think the real metric is are you improving are you getting better as a creator.”

“That's easy to do if you've never done any music production or anything like that before,

and just starting the very first project is a massive improvement.”

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(3) - Elements to make a good song

“It's important to know why you are doing something,

and what are you trying to achieve with the thing,

that you're setting out to do.”

“Tick those boxes.”

-incorporate elements that the audience would like to hear-

Wobwobrobs checklist

1. What do you want the audience to feel?

2. Keep things simple - does it work on 4 tracks?

3. Chord progressions resolving in a satisfying way

4. If you delete an element from your song

and nothing changes, delete it. You don't need it

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(4) - Game Music

-It has a motif, it tells a story-

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(5) - How big does one's equipment play in the quality of music

“It is important,

but it's not as important as knowing exactly what you want to do,

and expressing it as best as you can.”

“Break down the music that you love

listening to and what is every single thing doing in that piece.”

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(6) - Who gets to decide what good music is?

“You decide what good music is.”

-If you working for a quiet you'll have to support their vision-

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(7) - What does it mean to make the right decisions? In life

“One's in success life comes down to the quality of the decisions that you make.”

“The more good choices that you make the most successful and happy you will be.

In general.”

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(9) - The games you like

Super Metroid (Super Nintendo)

Hollow Knight

GLASYS (covers)

https://www.youtube.com/@GLASYS

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(10) - The games you dislike

“Maybe because I'm not very good at it, to be honest,

I hate going online and just getting my ass handed to me when I play a game like this.”

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Conclusion

“I've woken up every day excited at the possibilities of what could be created.”

“The most important thing is. Are you happy with it,

are you proud of it,

and does it put a smile on your face?

There's a really good chance if it puts a smile on your face, it will also at least put a smile on at least one other person's face.”

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ThatJohnnyGuy Interview

Posted by Aalasteir - March 16th, 2023

Johnny: https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/

https://90aa.drr.ac/

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Introduction:

https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/

Reinvention: The Audiobiography of Real Faction

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/reinvention-the-audiobiography-of-real-faction

Music Portfolio:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/418e843790458b861066f2b199a8caba

Formally:

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/real-faction

Piercing Lazer - Simple Sight (Castle Crashers Necromancer Theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mZFdo-hY&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

Pico's School Soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHD84rUiKHo&list=PLM_ItXF6mgdqCwa6k9x7lcFcM_Aj8hsj5&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

Pico's School:

COLLABORATIONS ORGANIZED:

Pixel Day + BIG NG COLLAB TEASER:

https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/news/post/1333809

Art-Inspired Music Contest:

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1409442

NGAP20 Collab (Audio Portal's 20th Anniversary)

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1519057

Off The Wall Show:

https://offthewallshow.newgrounds.com/

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(1) - Before Newgrounds, what were some events that shaped your personality:

Johnny discovered Newgrounds in 2003 (Easter)

“Movies had a really big impact on my life.”

Steven Spielberg movies

Robin Williams

Jim Carrey

“The people on Newgrounds, help me struggle less in some ways,

I felt really welcomed there and I connected with a lot of people like me.”

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(2) - Experiences with other websites:

AOL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1UY7eDRXrs&ab_channel=RetroHead92

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3DudqwsRPw&ab_channel=LGR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv1B9sPPOXo&ab_channel=GreatBigStory

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bux83X6G99Y&ab_channel=Cinemassacre

Early use of the Internet:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961219123812/http://foxkids.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/19961229111201/http://www.kidswb.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20041204185743/http://www.ebombsworld.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20061231140225/http://www.stupidvideos.us/

2003-2004:

AIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNAgfMtRte4

MSN

Skype

2005:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050228223856/http://www.myspace.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20050401094836/http://www.homestarrunner.com/

Yahoo Search:

https://web.archive.org/web/20051101003433/http://search.yahoo.com/

ThatJohnnyGuy. My Retro Life (Podcast)

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/eb600da1c962f5758288946287a94662

“I kind of regret showing my face on the internet,

but at the same time.

I really like that I could bring my characters like Jack Serious to life

and old JKTV footage on YouTube.”

JKTV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlQL9Xrg1ro&list=PLM_ItXF6mgdojn1Z-AASs4AyNgTiYiP7o&index=1&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

“If I had advice; about using the Internet to anyone,

who's kind of new or they're teenagers and they're young

and it's haven't shown their face yet.”

“Don't show your face on the Internet.

If possible not your legal name.

Not too much personal information.

Cuz things go viral and you just don't know

and it could ruin your life or somebody else's life.”

“There are a lot of ways people

can take advantage of you on the net.”

Off the Wall - Season 4, Episode 4: LeviRamirez & TeraVex on Gappy's Playground & Making Games:

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(3) - What makes you happy:

“More anything, what's made me happy is throughout my life is connecting to others.”

“Life is about learning things,

not know them right away.”

“A wise man once told me to stop trying to be like a hammer,

and be more like a screwdriver.”

“Take it at your own pace, it's not a race.”

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(4) - Your history with Newgrounds:

2006 and 2007:

https://www.newgrounds.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20000510004620/http://www.newgrounds.com/

Pendulum (Drum and Bass)

Knife Party

Madness Combat

Madness Combat Fan Songs:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060701015117/http://www.newgrounds.com/

Queen (band)

Piercing Lazer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mZFdo-hY&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/

Piercing Lazer Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd6laXjGXY8&list=PLM_ItXF6mgdqhlYZV0dcAlSEsoJ-HfBk-&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

Halo 3

Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2

2023:

A Silent Voice - Cryptic

https://asilentvoice.bandcamp.com/track/cryptic

Hate to Love - Johnny Guy

https://thatjohnnyguy.bandcamp.com/track/hate-to-love

Cursed Server

https://cursedserver.bandcamp.com/

Pixel Day

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1520525

NGAP20 Collab (Audio Portal's 20th Anniversary)

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1519057#bbspost27617896_post_text

A.i.m. Audio Contest

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1339801

Off The Wall Show

https://offthewallshow.newgrounds.com/

TheNewgroundsPodcast

Show #1:

The Great One

https://the-great-one.newgrounds.com/

NG: Zero Hour Demo

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(5) - How does it make you feel about all the experiences you've had:

“It's incredibly humbling.”

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(6) - What does it mean to express yourself:

“What it means to express yourself is,

just to do what makes you happy just. Express no matter who you're around,

as long as you're not hurting yourself or anyone else.

People will just love you.”

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(7) - Soundtracks:

2008

Piercing Lazer - Simple Sight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mZFdo-hY

(2011)

https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/audio

2013

Fischer OST (Cancelled Game)

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/fischer-ost-cancelled-game

The Thing (Cancelled Fan Game OST)

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/the-thing-cancelled-fan-game-ost

2015

Realfaction

https://web.archive.org/web/20210227072748/https://www.realfaction.net/

2016

Pico's School

Pico's School (Original Soundtrack)

https://thatjohnnyguy.bandcamp.com/album/picos-school-original-soundtrack

Off the Wall, Season 4, Episode 5: Spazkid on Nightmare Cops, Animating, & Why Things Suck

https://offthewallshow.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344817

Fetal Fury

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/7c2613a0c4bf1c4863690f94df92f3a5

Inspiration:

Capcom Vs SNK 2

Tekken (Games)

Street Fighter (Games)

(Japanese rock metal bands)

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

BABYMETAL

Cuphead (Game)

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(8) - Music media and resources you can recommend:

Resume of past work mostly for game-style music

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/418e843790458b861066f2b199a8caba

Off the Wall Season 3

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/b09ec850ffc3d203f2397b28c54d0abd

Off the Wall Season 4

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/3f1df7b8c728ba432946dccc6c799c8d

A podcast series that took a deeper look into the earlier years of my music:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/f741fd1df5772e6b5a5e5285ca2d01a5

FL Studio

https://www.image-line.com/

Reaper

https://www.reaper.fm/

Audacity

https://www.audacityteam.org/

XLR Studio mic AKA G

Preamp

Audio box

Morphvox Pro

https://screamingbee.com/morphvox-voice-changer

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(9) - Podcasting:

The Faction Report

https://www.youtube.com/@ThatJohnnyGuyyy/search?query=the%20faction%20report

Factioncast

https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/audio?match=tags&tags=factioncast

Talking Real

https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/audio?suitabilities=etma&c=3&terms=talking%20real

The Newgrounds Podcast

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(10) - Podcasting media and resources you can recommend:

The official Newgrounds podcast

https://thenewgroundspodcast.newgrounds.com/

Conan O'Brien

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Conan+O%27Brien

Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hctVTiG5y6c&list=PLVL8S3lUHf0Te3TvS37LaF6dk4rhkc2gg&ab_channel=TeamCoco

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(11) - How do you improve at a craft:

“You study.

You keep practicing.

You have a passion for it.

It's really as simple as that.”

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(12) - Literature:

Halo

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Magician's Nephew

The Silver Chair

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

“Look up tips online.”

“Make sure you have proper grammar.”

Grammarly

“Go with what you know.”

Venturescape (Audio Drama Series)

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/9076bec75d496c58f9e6c4aa0b52b9b1

The Great Gatsby

The Lovely Bones (Warning story about sexual assault)

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(13) - Recommendations:

Lord of the Rings (Movies)

How To Kill a Mockingbird (Book)

God of War (Game series)

Life Is Strange (Game series)

The Fallout series

The Elder Scrolls series

Bioshock series

Peter Jackson King Kong (Game)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Game)

Portal and Portal 2

Undertale

The Last of Us

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Final Fantasy 6

Final Fantasy 7

Final Fantasy 7 (Remake)

Final Fantasy 14

Silent Hill series

Resident Evil 7

Legend of Zelda series

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(14) - Voice acting:

-Be careful with what roles you get. People can take advantage of you-

-You have to trust the people you work with-

(Started)

Voice acting with his built-in microphone in his laptop

(Early)

Blue Yeti microphone

PreSonus audio boxKRK rocket monitors

KRK rocket monitors

MacBook Pro laptop

(Later)

AKG microphone

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(15) - Voice acting in media you recognise as good :

Batman The Animated Series

Kevin Conroy

Fullmetal Alchemist

Atlantis the Lost Empire

The Lion King

Mulan

Avatar The Last Airbender

Aladdin

Robin Williams as Genie

-Learn to express emotion with your voice-

-Learn to do impressions-

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(16) - What is your self-image shaped by:

“Ultimately what's most important;

is that you are happy with yourself.”

-It's about taking small steps and recognizing the progress-

https://www.16personalities.com/

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(17) - How does one become a community organizer:

“Talk to someone who's done it before.

Just kind of shadow them, I guess a little bit.”

-Study contests-

Necromancer Theme Remix Contest

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1299957#bbspost23862468_post_text

-Putting the contest acronym inside of the beginning title of the art-

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(18) - How to help:

“Make sure that you're listening.”

“Sometimes it's not something you can help.”

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(19) - Eudaimonia:

“Enjoying the challenge.”

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(20) - How to process negative emotions:

“Study your personality type.”

“All about the journey, it's all about the challenge.”

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Conclusion

Hate To Love

A Silent Voice - Cryptic

“Life is unexpected,

so expect that.”

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Open to Collaboration

Post FEEDBACK To Get Supporter Status - PODCAST FEEDBACK MISSION

Free NG Cursors by ScepterDPinoy

Free NG Cursors by ScepterDPinoy

Download for the mouse cursors

Tankmas Audio Message Collab

DEADLINE: November 29th

The audio is planned to be uploaded on:

December 1st

Wob Wob Rob: Tick Those Boxes; Musician. / 90AA Interview

ThatJohnnyGuy Interview

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