If you win a contest or get premium
Speaking of names, is there any other way to obtain a name change besides Premium? It's been down for quite a while now and I've been seeking one.
Best way with it broken is to win a SWF contest and get free premium that way. Actually, since it's down I may push for more contests to give more people the opportunity. The current WWYP (Write With Your Power) contest just ended, but more should be up soon
As in your shoes how do you feel about rules? Do you think the rules or the reasons matter more when you should or shouldn't infraction someone. I'm cusious to know if you think there is no total right or wrong also. Like during ww2 jews lied about their year for a "good" reason to live. But most people would say lieing is wrong and i'd only see it to them rationizling an excuse or changing their veiws(unlikly).
I am by no means a totalitarian; if rules prove useless, redundant, or ineffective then they should be removed. There are some rules I don't truly approve of but can understand why they are there and, as long as the other staff agree on the rule, I relinquish that decision to them.
I think the big question is name changes...Everyone wants one...When?
The answer no one wants to hear is: when premium gets fixed. Don't know where that is. I've asked Bionic for periodic updates but... it seems unlikely.
But due to the demand, perhaps I'll make a lottery of some sort for name changes that will be drawn each month. Yeah, that sounds good. I'm up for other ideas if you have good ones.
What do you do in your free time?
I play some video games (League of Legends takes up most of my game playing time nowadays) and do a lot of reading and writing. I also am a bit of a nerd and make up math/logic problems and solve them, though I really do that all the time because my mind just works that way. For example, one day I was reading a book (
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson) and he described the scenery as a 2D image and I thought "I wonder if you can uniquely represent two numbers with one?" I was pretty certain the answer was no, but took me a few months to create a formal proof why. Same thing with philosophy and politics; my mind just comes up with some stupid question and I ponder about it for a while till I think I have an okay answer.
I also play a bit of guitar. I'm not great by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm okay for a self taught guy who has a horrible singing voice
Not much of a partier; loud music doesn't suit me well and I don't get drunk (hate the feeling).
Do you enjoy super banning people if you get the opportunity?
Do life-long bans exist or after like 5 years, can people come back?
Honestly, I don't enjoy banning people. There are a lot of people that try to pick fights with me over moderation issues, but when it reaches that point, I tell other admins to handle any punishments; I don't want to bring any bias into the punishment. The people that I do personally ban I just view as part of my job, but there is no delight in it.
Life bans do exist, though many permabans can be given a temporary reprieve after a long banned period.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would you change?
I would wish all people were taught to think rationally; I think that would solve many problems and dilemmas. When whims and emotions start crafting dogma and centuries old prejudices, violence and conflict are bound to follow.
Did you go to college? If so, where and what did you study?
Yes, I did. I got my undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and then started my Masters in Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California. One semester away from finishing, though this semester I am interning and on a leave of absence.
What's the best name you've seen on Smashboards?
How long do you see yourself staying on the site?
Best name... I honestly love the name 'Fast Like Tree'. In fact, when I drew comics for the school newspaper in college, I named my strip that. Have some of those strips floating around the internet some where...
I see myself being here for a while; there will be more smash games and as long as other internet friends hang around, I most likely will as well.