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elheroeoscuro reporting for duty!
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If anyone doesn't know me my name's Matt. Above is a picture of me, guy on the right. I joined in 2009 and just recently got back into Pokemon with the release of X and Y. I used to be really active in the Trade Center and had one of the biggest threads there for a time, but I'm happily glad to say that I'm finally branching out into the other forums and to be honest disappointed that I didn't do so earlier. Love music, football, women, and adrenaline rushes. Just recently got into a lot of great anime like Space Dandy and Noragami. Currently in college and was studying to become a Registered Nurse until I changed earlier this spring. Most likely now will duel major in Human Services and International Affairs and hopefully one day go into the Peace Corps. Also really into video games (pff who isn't), and my systems include Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, N64, SNES, Nintendo 3DS/SP, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis! As stated before I'm a huge music buff. Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, The Colourist, Walk the Moon, Panic! at the Disco, Phoenix, John Legend, Mat Kearney, The 1975, Passenger, and Childish Gambino are only some of the bands that I listen to. If you want any good suggestions on what to listen to, I'm your man! I've also got a blog here on PC called the Daily Bloggity! It's really a consistently nonsensical blog where I write about whatever's on my mind during the day. Things you can find in there include my art, interviews and podcasts with fellow members of the community, great new music, reviews, and a wide slew of other topics that are posted everyday at 5PM Eastern Time! So, if you're looking for a good read, I suggest you check that out! I'll treat this like an AMA. I'm not afraid to answer any kind of question you may have for me, no matter how odd - it doesn't even have to relate to anything I posted above! No secrets from me! (: |
Are you at work/school atm? How's that working out for you?
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What made you decide to become a nurse? My older sister has been a nurse for a few years and she loves helping people, but she clearly doesn't have the patience for it XD
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Oh hey, people actually responded haha :3
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Because I am at home, I have two jobs: one is at a Dunkin Donuts, and the other is at a local movie drive-in. Dunkin Donuts just sucks cause the customers treat you like crap (I'm staying with it because of the hours), but working at a movie drive-in is awesome. I love getting out early and just climbing onto the roof of the concession stand in which I work in with a radio and just watch the movie from up there. It's a cool gig cause I get to see free movies whenever I want, and also helps me when I need to take a special someone on a date :3 Helpful, optimistic, gullible, hard-working (I'll just count those as 2.) I always try to put my all into what I do, but sometime's it's enough as I feel I might have been a little mentally impaired by a few concussions I suffered my senior year of high school. It's not too bad, but sometimes it hurts to think (yeah, I know, that's bad). But hey, I try. Quote:
I was born prematurely - about a month and a half to be precise - and without today's technology I probably wouldn't be here today. I had a lot of lung issues at the time. Thanks to the people who nurtured and took their time to bring me back to health, I was able to recover. However, not everything was perfect. I had a lot of hearing problems growing up, as every time someone would speak it would sound like they were talking to me underwater. Because of that, I was a very quiet kid as I didn't really have no one to talk to, and as a result I ended up going through the "star program" my first years in school, which essentially is the special-needs program. However, like the people before, the teachers and faculty there helped me overcome my problem and helped me become more outgoing and put me on pace with all the other kids. So essentially, the reason why I chose a career like Nursing was because I wanted to dedicate my life helping others the way others have helped me; I wanted to do something where I could give people the chances and opportunities to better themselves and make something of their lives as I was blessed with. This is where part 2 comes in: My grandfather was an Army medic during World War II, and was actually there on the beaches of Normandy on D-day. He's a huge inspiration to me, as I take a lot of my quirks from him, and for that reason I actually have a dog tag of his that I wear around my neck every day. I wanted to be like him, and although I didn't have the tenacity or bravery that my grandfather had in joining the Army, I decided to follow a similar path by fighting on the home lines in the hospitals as a Registered Nurse. Although I'm not currently a Nurse anymore, I still feel like I'm following his mission of helping others - just in a different major. Sorry for the long post, but just speaking the truth. Also, here's a picture of me with him that I absolutely adore haha ;D Spoiler:
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Oh my ♥♥♥♥ing god that is so goddamn cute. It truly is an excellent picture, yes. :'D
What do you look for when you watch anime? Is it the ability to make you laugh? Is it the action? The emotioally dramatic moments? Essentially asking what you like about anime. Oh, and you do not have marathoning 200+ episode series, do you? :p Anyway, moar questions - is it not slightly disheartening to sometimes see your daily bloggity not receive comments? I love your blogs, mate, and I think they deserve much more attention than any single one of my entry or heck even 95% of all entries here of any user here have. They're so well written and so much effort is put into them that it is clearly visible. Also, tips for a newbie when it comes to the opposite sex? edit: another question, do you listen to j-pop? That is, download openings/endings from anime and listen to them? I personally find them very catchy even if I can't understand whatever the hell is being spokenn. In fact, I have stopped listening to english/hindi songs altogether lol |
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And concerning the marathoning, I mean I've watched shows that have 200+ episodes. Naruto Shippuden, Dragon Ball, and Pokemon have all been series that I've watched that have episodes reaching that number. The key is moderation; I have a rules that I only watch 5 episodes a day to keep myself from blinding myself by my computer screen. xD Quote:
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As long as you have a layed back attitude about it and don't worry about what other people think of you, you'll be impressing a lot of people. And that comes from personal experience. Quote:
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Lol I personally didn't like SAO that much. Oh, and it was just planned to be a seasonal show. There are those like One Piece, Naruto, Detective Conan etc that are shows which will run as long as there's a manga. They don't generally take breaks. SAO was massively popular so I don't think money is an issue here ahaha. It was just planned to be seasonal. And season two of SAO comes this year, you heard?
And, well, keep at it man. That's a great way to keep yourself motivated - improes writing and helps you come across new info. Nice. And people will eventually comment on all of em. Just keep at it. @jpop/VG music - ahaha, I see. So you do listen to them, after all! Would you mind if I send you some jap songs and ask what you thought of them lol? Advise on opposite sex noted. Anywho, you into games too. What's your all time fave and why? Oh, and is there any character in anime or video games you found yourself relating a lot to? |
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The other game would probably be Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. I know a lot of people have issues with the game, but for me it's been the game that I've always had the most playback value. The cartoon version of Link was such a fresh character design when it came out, and I loved all of the new items they had added (aka. the Grappling Hook and the Skull Hammer). Traveling the high seas was a blast, and I loved all of the unique islands that were just waiting to be discovered and plundered. Dungeons were super cool to go through (especially the Earth Temple), and the final battle vs Ganon is absolutely epic. I mean come on, what's more badass then this moment from the game? Spoiler:
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Since we were told we are able to bump our threads, just doing so in case anyone has anything they may want to ask me! And feel free to do so, as I'm an open book and I'm not afraid to answer even the strangest of questions!
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so what made you decide to focus on PC's community in some of your blogs? |
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That's why I'm really excited about the podcast series that I just started. It allows regular members and staff members to communicate on similar topics in a judgement free zone and find interests with one another that we might otherwise not find in a forum on PC. I want regular members to know that it's perfectly alright to talk to staff members and that a colored title should not make them feel intimidated by them in any shape or form. Don't get me wrong, the staff do an excellent job with communicating with lower tiers of members. I'm just trying to help a little bit. Furthermore, PokeCommunity is a humongous community; there are so many unique individuals that it's impossible to meet every single person on there. I want my blog to become a tool that bridges this gap between one another, and in turn continue to make PokeCommunity a place where people want to continually come back to so they can build on their relationships and friendships that they've made with other members here. |
Dude. Why do you look so cool?
No, but seriously, what kind of games do you like? |
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I like all games! I wouldn't really say that I have a particular favorite genre of games. I can say though that I have a preference for third person shooters/hack n' slash games like Vanquish, Dead Space, Tomb Raider, and Dark Souls. I've also recently been gravitating into a bunch of RPG games which I'm really liking, especially Bravely Default! I like it when games like BD give you the option on how to customize your battle's skills/class so you can play the game how you want to play it; the game isn't set on such a linear path in how it needs to be played out, I suppose. Also just any game with a kickass OST. That's one of the main things I look for in a game ~ |
What do you think is the best thing you've featured or written about in the Daily Bloggity?
And on a more musical note, what do you think is the coolest-looking album cover artwork of all time and why? |
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What's the worst game you've ever played? Have you ever listened to Kings of Leon? What kind of scrubs do you think you'll get when you become a nurse? If you could dye your hair any unnatural color, what would you dye it to? |
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What was the best thing I've written though? Personally, I just love going back to my first blog entry, which you find right here. I like to go back to that entry from time to time because I like to see how much my writing and presentation has improved since then, as it's essentially a feat in progress that I like to evaluate myself on. Since then my styling has improved as well, which is probably one of the most proud things I am about - learning how to CSS properly. And I don't see that stopping anytime soon as well; as I continue to learn more and more how to utilize CSS to it's potential, you'll see a trickle effect as it's applied to the blog. I guess I didn't really answer that part of the question. However, I will say that the entry that I had most fun writing was this one, the time travel entry. I had come up with this principle of an idea but didn't have any clue as to how it may be done - or even if it was possible in that manner - so I found a lot of enjoyment in researching the matter. Quote:
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Will you ever do an interview with me?
Do you think you are charismatic when it comes to the ladies? Aside from PC Blogs, which part of the forums are you active in? |
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How many women have you dated/slept with?
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hahaha you stay classy pc
I'm gonna talk about something far more undeniably important than women. Music! What else, other than what you listed there, do you listen to? Does your music taste span a wider range of genres, and if not, are you open-minded towards other genres? Do you use any sort of music websites like last.fm or RYM? Do you tend to dig into new music, i.e. go looking for it, or do you tend to play it safe and listen to what comes to you easily? I'm not asking for your favourite song here, but what's one song that I have to listen to? As in what's one song where you were sat there listening to it, thinking "I think people need to hear this for [reason]"? What is that reason and why is it important to you? Also definitely far more important than women - this one'll be interesting since I don't usually think about what it'd be like from a non-staff perspective - what makes a good moderator? |
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Because I solely buy physical CD's for my music - meaning I don't use iTunes to just buy single songs; I like to have the full album to get the full experience or message that's being sent - I do use two music apps: Spotify and Last.fm. Those are the two sources that I use to find new music. I like Spotify's "Discover" feature because it helps me find a lot of new and similar artists to what I like, as well as it giving me a quick, straight-up discography of the artists in question. Similar to Spotify, I use Last.fm for it's "similar artists" feature. Usually when I like an artist I'll type in Google say, "Arctic Monkey similar artists" and Last.fm will always come up first, giving me a pretty accurate account of which artists have a very high tendency to sound similar to them or not. I really like that, and thus is why I use it! Quote:
Eminem - Mockingbird: Love him or hate him, people need to realize that this man is a lyrical genius. The way he just so easily and smoothly lines up lyrics is mind-boggling, which is why I own every single album of his in physical copy. Although there are many songs to pick from, I've always loved the message of Mockingbird. It's a song where Marshal sits down with his daughter Hayley and has a one-on-one with her and tries to tell her that he's trying to provide the best for her even through the chaos of there life. It's really a beautiful piece and gives a lot of insight into Eminem's personal life. Hedley - Anything: On a more upbeat note, I absolutely love this song and is a must here for everyone. I think a lot of people in this crazy world do things that they otherwise don't want to do because of the possibility of failure or disapproval. However, this song takes all that and just gives the world the biggest middle finger possible. "Anything" - as you might have already guessed by now - is an anthem that cries out for people to just do what your heart wants and strive towards what you are passionate about it. Which, I wholeheartedly agree with. Michael Franti - I'm Alive: If you've ever payed real attention to song, the majority of them lean towards losing someone close to them, whether it was on an intimate level or someone like a family member. However, this song takes a different, more positive approach. You know that feeling you get when you've fallen in love with the girl/boy of your dreams and there's nothing in the world that can bring you down? Well multiply that feeling x100 and you've got this song. It's very upbeat, it's got a very positive message, and it's just a song that you can get up and dance to! There are a lot more songs I could list - listen to Dr. Dre's "I Need A Doctor," as it's a great song about how Eminem is grateful for everything that Dr. Dre has done for him considering he was the one that signed Marshall - but those are the three that I felt like pointing out! Quote:
The first element of a good moderator would be that they are a very personable person. What I mean by this is that 1.) they don't get a hot head just because they have a blue emblem underneath their username and 2.) that they are very engaging with the constituents of their community. That would include but not be limited to creating events or activities that many people can contribute in while at the same time isolating the least amount of people possible, promoting positive discussions and new ideas to their sub forums to boost activity, as well as just being an approachable person where a user doesn't have to feel afraid to talk them and can easily ask them what's on their mind. Being a leader of numerous elective boards in real life myself, that's at least how I approach my volunteers or members; you can most definitely create a balance between being a good friend to them and still being a person that enforces the rules. It's a tricky, fine line that a leader must follow, but it's definitely doable. The second part that I would like to point out is being timely with your duties. Essentially, what I'm saying is that if you are assigned a task or promise something to your sub-forum's community, then you should follow through with said task/promise. A moderator is supposed to be an independent user who shouldn't have to be constantly reminded to fulfill their duties. For instance, with respect to a few moderators here who I won't name, if you run an event that promises an emblem at the end of said event, you need to follow through with it. Yes, I understand that real life complications may get in the way of doing this and yes, I know that the emblem system is shotty at best when it comes to handing them out, but the least that the moderator can do is update their community as to what is going on behind the scenes. A simple "Hey guys, the emblems will be rolling out in the next few days (b/c of [insert reason]) so keep an eye out for them!" would easily suffice and appease the participants; like I said in the emblem thread in Community Announcements, it's almost like you're fooling people by not following through with your responsibilities as a moderator, and thus can have a negative and inadvertent effect on your community. There are other things that I could go into with this - such as being an enforcer of the rules and not letting your emotions get into the way of your duties - but that's the jist of what I personally think makes a "good" moderator. |
What is your priority when buying a new game? As in, what is the most important aspect that goes into your decision to purchase it? (New as in a recent release.)
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If I had to change my color though, I would probably go with moderator blue or the admin red. I'm a big fan when it comes to darker colors over lighter colors, so I think both would look good in my opinion. It would take some time getting used to the boldness of the username, but that's doable. I think the SMod colors should just be a tad darker, as sometimes they are straining on the eyes, but that's just something minor that shouldn't raise any cause for concern. Quote:
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What Pokemon type do you like to associate yourself the most with?
When you're feeling nervous, what do you do to overcome it? How do you react to your fave singers/bands suddenly changing sound direction? And how long does it usually take you to get used to the new sound? |
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