Interviews SF Interviews 2.0 - Florete

[Zera]

The default question limit is 5 questions from each person for the entire interview period.

[I'm gay dabadeedabada]

1.) What inspired you to make Serenes Forest? Like, why the heck would you go to the trouble.

2.) Do you even know what I am?????

3.) What type of pasta?

[Carmine Sword]

1. Have you had that avatar for the entirety of Serenes Forest's existence?

2. Is there anyone in your opinion, real or fictional, who has a more swag hat than Joshua?

3. Have you met any of the other Serenes Forest staff members in real life?

Edited January 12, 2016 by Carmine Sword

[euklyd]

The default question limit is 5 questions from each person for the entire interview period.

yeah I know but

Indeed miss Fox; but recently it keeps the questions "5 at a time", rather than the intended "5 per person"(Which no one follows, which is understandable)

EDIT: If you raise the limit, just prepare for people going 10 at a time or something similiar

attitude is still a thing

[The Envoy of the Beginning]

1: Any video game (or video game series) that you haven't played that you want to try out?

2: Is the higher cost of living in California a non-issue to you?

3: What place in the world would you want to visit?

[Jyosua]

1. Hello

2. Favorite character?

3. What brought you into video gaming?

4. Favorite food?

5. Worst sport?

1. World
2. In what context? Fire Emblem? I like Joshua a lot, but I'm also very partial to Gaius.
3. When I was 3, there was a store in the mall that had a demo of MegaMan 3 playing. I later played it at a babysitter's house and the rest was history.
4. Nabeyaki Udon
5. Probably Football. I don't have a very dense bone structure.

1. How are you today?

2. Do you watch/read anime/manga?

3. Favorite subject?

4. Favorite singer?

5. Favorite bubble tea flavor?

1. Good!
2. Yes to both.
3. Probably math, but I like math and core sciences in general. I'm an engineer, after all.
4. Matthew Bellamy
5. Milk Tea

1- Have you heard of Sin and Punishment 2?

2- Favorite game review?

3- What does SF stand for?

4- What's a "Root Admin"?

5- Would you rather go to the past, or the future?

5.5- How will you use the one billion space credits in prize money?

1. I own the game.
2. Game review? Uhhh, I'm not sure what you mean by that.
3. Science Fiction
4. I'm the primary admin for the forums. There's certain backend stuff only the root admin can do for security purposes and just because they have to do with software installation/upgrading/configuration.
5. This depends on the type of time travel we're talking about. If it's a single timeline that is directly affected by actions taken in the past without any sort of divergence, I'd probably travel to the past. Whether to benefit myself or humanity as a whole, I'm not sure. That would require a lot of thought. However, if this is a multiple timelines type of time travel, I'd rather travel to the future, because correcting the past is a moot point, so travel to the future would be a chance to see things I couldn't possibly have seen in my lifetime.

5.5 Constructing the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon

1. What do you think of me?

yeah that's all I have at the moment

1. I have literally no idea who you are. lmao

[Renne]

I don't think he changed it? I mean Hatt. I mean the first post still says 5 questions per person and Jyo has now allowed 10 per person.

Anyway.

6. What do you think of sukusuku? (The walking fat things in my profile)

7. When did you move to that great and expensive city?

8. Have you played any Touhou games before?

9. Favorite animal.

10. Favorite book.

[Naughx]

1) How did you get to know Vincent/AveynKnight? (I'm quite curious about the whole backstory :L)

• World

2) Favorite coding/programming language?

3) Favorite season?

Edited January 13, 2016 by Naughx

[Jyosua]

1.) What inspired you to make Serenes Forest? Like, why the heck would you go to the trouble.

2.) Do you even know what I am?????

3.) What type of pasta?

1. I wouldn't say "made", per se. I saw potential in the tiny website Vincent had made, called Angel Sword, way back when. Back in those days, such a thorough collection of information for ALL the games basically didn't exist on the Big 3. FESS had the information scattered among forums. FEP only had info for the new games. FEFF (I think?) was mostly just a forum. Wikia wasn't really a thing then, either. Yet, here this tiny site called Angel Sword sat with a ton of information in relatively easily accessible form. I was mind boggled. The effort he had put in didn't deserve to be relegated to a crappy free webserver. With the right amount of effort (dedicated host, a real domain name, some better noticeability and SEO, etc.), we could turn it into a real great resource for the series; the one that the community should have had for years by that point.

   So, I offered to host it for him and take care of the backend of things. I basically paid out of pocket for years. I added ads eventually, because I realized that if anything ever happened to my personal income, the place would need to be self-sustaining, but it takes a long time to build up ad revenue to accomplish that. We're just about there, now, but our ad revenue fluctuates from month to month.

   At first there was also just a guest book. No forums. Vincent didn't really think the place needed forums. But the guest book system was kind of archaic and, to facilitate better interaction between Vincent and our visitors, I suggested we make a small forum. The idea was never to become the largest English-speaking FE forum. The forums were just meant to sort of compliment the guestbook and create a small place where people who visit the site regularly could congregate. Over time, we wound up overtaking the Big 3. Somehow. It still amazes me to this day how this even happened, but it's pretty neat, and I'm glad that things turned out even better than expected.

2. Nope. lmao
3. Fettuccine.

1. Have you had that avatar for the entirety of Serenes Forest's existence?

2. Is there anyone in your opinion, real or fictional, who has a more swag hat than Joshua?

3. Have you met any of the other Serenes Forest staff members in real life?

1. No, actually! I changed it to Hello Kitty Hitler once, after being basically called a dictator, and another time I changed it to the truck from Pokemon Red/Blue. Yeah, the one that totally has a mew under it. Go check it out!
2. I dunno, Zeppeli also has a pretty swag hat.
3. There was supposed to be a Florida meetup in our very early years, that I think one of the staff members was going to go to IIRC, but it never happened as far as I know. So no. :P Despite that, I consider some of the staff to be very close friends of mine. There are also members of this forum that I've literally known for over 10 years, so... if anyone ever tells you online friendships don't matter, they are SO full of shit. They are what you make of them.

1: Any video game (or video game series) that you haven't played that you want to try out?

2: Is the higher cost of living in California a non-issue to you?

3: What place in the world would you want to visit?

1. Oh man, there are so many. I still need to play the DMC and Bayonetta games I bought. I've never played any of the Fallout series. I started BioShock, but didn't finish because I didn't like playing on console. Still have been meaning to pick it up again on PC (I already own it, but I'm a man with little free time).
2. Helllllll no. I make a good amount of money now, as a software engineer, but I put myself in a lot of debt moving here and living here on a subpar salary for basically 2 years. I'm still recovering. I love living here, but HOLY SHIT IT IS EXPENSIVE!
3. Well, I already visited Japan. I really want to go back and climb Mt. Fuji, visit an onsen, and try crab in Hokkaidou. Outside of that, I'd like to travel to Europe and check out a bunch of places there, too, at some point.

[Jyosua]

I don't think he changed it? I mean Hatt. I mean the first post still says 5 questions per person and Jyo has now allowed 10 per person.

Anyway.

6. What do you think of sukusuku? (The walking fat things in my profile)

7. When did you move to that great and expensive city?

8. Have you played any Touhou games before?

9. Favorite animal.

10. Favorite book.

• I have never seen these things before. Lmao
• I moved to Lancaster (which is in LA county, technically) in July of 2012. I then moved closer to LA, in Pasadena, this past July.
• I haven't, but I have listened to a lot of the music from Touhou. I really like a lot of it, so I have some Alstroemeria Records albums on my iPod. :P I also managed to pass this song in the Groove Coaster Arcade:
  (not my playthrough, but I'm just happy I can pass that song lmao). I'm not great at bullet hell, though, so I haven't tried any Touhou games.
• Hmmm, hard to say, but probably a wolf?
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter

1) How did you get to know Vincent/AveynKnight? (I'm quite curious about the whole backstory :L)

2) Favorite coding/programming language?

3) Favorite season?

• We met way back on FESS. I was a pretty terrible member there (I was like 14, had limited experience in social interaction over the internet, had real life issues, and, let's be honest, FESS was pretty fucking strict when Superbus became a moderator there), but despite that, I made some friends there that I've kept in contact with to this day. You can read above for how SF came to be from that.
• By FAR C#. I actually kind of like Python too, but C# is very powerful and I've used it for many things. My first programming language was C, but I also learned C++ syntax in high school.
• Winter. I like colder weather, and where I live now, it has the added bonus of being our rainy season. I love rain.

[Alex95]

2. In what context? Fire Emblem? I like Joshua a lot, but I'm also very partial to Gaius.

Well, I meant in general, but that's a good answer, too XD

6. What's your favorite character EVER?

7. Greatest prank you pulled? (if any)

8. Impressions?

9. How long have you ran your own site?

10. Orange Soda or Root Beer?

[Renne]

11. But you have seen sukusuku now! What's your opinion now? 8)

12. Opinions on Burbank city.

13. How has life been treating you lately?

14. How do you feel finally living in Pasadena?

15. Favorite style of clothing.

[Fire Emblem Fan]

1. Favorite soda/pop (if you drink it)?

2. Favorite cake (if you eat it)?

3. Favorite pie (if you eat it)?

4. Favorite Path of Radiance character?

5. Chocolate or vanilla?

6. Have you ever read The Chronicles of Narnia books?

7. Have you ever ridden a horse?

8. Do you play Pokemon?

9. Besides FE, what's your favorite game series?

10. Do you watch The Simpsons?

[Jyosua]

Well, I meant in general, but that's a good answer, too XD

6. What's your favorite character EVER?

7. Greatest prank you pulled? (if any)

8. Impressions?

9. How long have you ran your own site?

10. Orange Soda or Root Beer?

• This is a really hard question. I have a lot of characters I really like. Top among them are: Jin (BlazBlue), Shizuo (Durarara), Archer (Fate/stay night), and Mitsuru (Persona 3). I can't really pick just one.
• Helped some coworkers completely cover another coworker's desk in paper toothpick umbrellas, tiki torches, cardboard palm trees, and more when they went on vacation to Hawaii.
• A type of measurement, which keeps count of the number of views an ad gets. Every time the ad is retrieved to be loaded, that counts as an impression.
• I've been running various websites since I was, like, 14.
• Root beer. Who would pick orange soda!?

11. But you have seen sukusuku now! What's your opinion now? 8)

12. Opinions on Burbank city.

13. How has life been treating you lately?

14. How do you feel finally living in Pasadena?

15. Favorite style of clothing.

• Reminds me of mameshiba.
• Burbank has a lot of stuff to do! A fun place to visit occasionally. There's also recording studios over there. lol
• I've been really busy, but overall things have been going okay. If all goes well, I'll even be able to pay off my car soon, which would be nice.
• I really like this city. Fuck the desert. Holy crap, living in Lancaster was so bad.
• I like graphic dress shirts and polos, like this http://i37.tinypic.com/35k23xu.jpg

  I also like stuff that borders on goth or visual kei, like this: http://www.sakazen.jp/photo/h-zenmall/c/7563100850c.jpg

  I used to dress more stylishly, but a lot of my clothes are worn out (and stuff like this is hard to get), I'm out of shape, and I've also been lazy.

1. Favorite soda/pop (if you drink it)?

2. Favorite cake (if you eat it)?

3. Favorite pie (if you eat it)?

4. Favorite Path of Radiance character?

5. Chocolate or vanilla?

6. Have you ever read The Chronicles of Narnia books?

7. Have you ever ridden a horse?

8. Do you play Pokemon?

9. Besides FE, what's your favorite game series?

10. Do you watch The Simpsons?

• IBC Root Beer
• Cheesecake
• I don't generally eat pie that much, but probably cherry pie? Maybe apple.
• Toss-up between Mia and Zihark.
• Most likely Chocolate, but there are times where vanilla works better.
• Unfortunately, no, I never got around to them.
• No. But, now that I think about it, I should probably do that some day.
• I do, although I haven't played it much, recently. I've been working on Alpha Sapphire. I was a huge pokemon fan up through Crystal, but I only got back into things during Soul Silver/Heart Gold. Play Alpha Sapphire because I don't know jack shit about Gen III pokemon. D:
• This is a hard question, but probably BlazBlue?
• No, my mom didn't let me watch that show as a kid, so I ended up never getting into it, even as an adult. I've watched an episode here and there, but that's it.

[Naughx]

Since you like "cold", would you live in Canada?

If so, would you live in northern Canada where you can see the aurora borealis?

(You'll just have to learn how to ride a polar bear)

Edited January 13, 2016 by Naughx

[Jyosua]

Since you like "cold", would you live in Canada?

(You'll just have to learn how to ride a polar bear)

---

Also, would you live in northern Canada where you can see the aurora borealis?

I probably wouldn't live in any place where it got below 0 Fahrenheit regularly, but anything above that is fair game. I've dealt with temperatures in the 10s before. It doesn't bother me quite as much as some other people. Just dress warmly. lol

[Carmine Sword]

Yeah, Gyro's hat is pretty swag.

4. Favorite anime?

5. What makes programming appealing to you?

[Starman]

favorite songs?

favorite musicians?

your top five favorite fighting games?

which group would better make an FE fighter in your opinion, French Bread or Arc Sys?

[Jyosua]

Yeah, Gyro's hat is pretty swag.

4. Favorite anime?

5. What makes programming appealing to you?

• Hard to say. At the moment, probably Fate Zero, but there's been a number of really good series that I highly enjoy. Brotherhood was amazing. There will always, always also be a special place in my heart for .hack//SIGN.
• I like solving problems, and I also like logic and computers. That's basically all being a developer really is. You're a problem solver with a specific toolset. I enjoy approaching issues in different ways, struggling, doing research, and ultimately finding a solution. The feeling you get from actually completely a project or even solving a really difficult issue is unparalleled, in my opinion. It's very rewarding.

favorite songs?

favorite musicians?

your top five favorite fighting games?

which group would better make an FE fighter in your opinion, French Bread or Arc Sys?

1. Plug In Baby by Muse, What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie, ハートに火をつけて and コスモス by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, 千の翼 by Livetune and Takuro Sugawara, Unbound by Avenged Sevenfold, Moondance by Nightwish, Seven by Symphony X, Valkyrja by Yousei Teikoku, and probably some I'm forgetting. lol I like a lot of music.
2. Muse used to be my absolute favorite, but their more recent stuff hasn't worked for me as well anymore. All of the artists you see above basically consist of my favorites, although this is by no means exclusive.
3. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, BlazBlue, Dragon Ball GT Final Bout (fite me), Guilty Gear, Smash
4. Personally, I don't like French Bread's input engine as much as ASW. I think either could make a pretty good game, but at this point, I'd lean more heavily towards ASW, since they have far more experience, especially when it comes to minute details like input shortcuts and buffers. Also, let's not forget how hilariously broken the first iteration of UNIEL was. Linnefinites ftw.

[Nightmare]

1. Favourite dinosaur?

[Naughx]

Favorite Operating System? (+Version)

Edited January 13, 2016 by Naughx

[Soledai]

Personally, I don't like French Bread's input engine as much as ASW. I think either could make a pretty good game, but at this point, I'd lean more heavily towards ASW, since they have far more experience, especially when it comes to minute details like input shortcuts and buffers. Also, let's not forget how hilariously broken the first iteration of UNIEL was. Linnefinites ftw.

I'm probably just biased towards French Bread, but that's who I'd choose, though I will admit to ASW having more experience.

But look on the bright side, if FE were to be developed by FB, we could have a Lynfinite. Not sorry.

[Peppy]

1. Biggest accomplishment you have ever achieved in a video game?
2. What programming language did you find most difficult to learn?
3. What FE games have you beaten?
4. Favorite FE weapon type?
5. What was something that you always wanted to try that you haven't yet?

[TheEnd]

favorite console(s)

why fallen angel

do you still stay in touch with bus

why is the fe4 thread your favorite guinea pig

have you gotten agarest on steam or should we gift them to you

[Ace Tactician]

1. Favorite Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part?

2. Coffee or Tea?

3. Getting up early or sleeping in?

4. Upcoming game you're most looking forward to?