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[Saikoro]

Iced: what do you think of everyone voting for Rolento instead of you??

[Titiln]

operator at #IcedIsaGreatAdmin (thats a chatroom not a twitter thing), voting for Iced VIII

[Umezono]

changing my vote to iced as well to cement his dynasty

[Foobs]

Uh...

Iced - II

Those were actually meant to be two tally marks, not the roman numeral for two.

Iced: IIII IIII
Rolento: IIII III

[Gritsmaster]

Voting Rolento because you can't make a bow without any ties. IX

[TrinitroRoy]

I vote for O Ilusionista, not only because I will not break any ties, but also because Infinity MUGEN Team needs more representation outside of the horrendorous MvC:EOH and the cancellation of Robot Master Mayhem anyway (O Ilusionista would be like the perfect choice because of his projects).

O Ilusionista: I

[Jango]

Good job wasting your vote.

[TempesT]

Always vote 3rd party.

[Umezono]

the cancellation of Robot Master Mayhem anyway

i think this is the least of their worries

[Bastard Mami]

Why is Iced's penis so small ?

[Iced]

if you guys are still going on about iced or rolento, i gladly give away the seat to rolento.


I will even start some questions for him.

Whats your greatest inspiration?

Whats the best comic you ever read?

What are the mugen works you never finished you wish you had?

Whats the a bad moment you participated in at mugen? What about a good one?

Who is the worse mugenite and why is it E?

[JustNoPoint]

I was just about to ask if Iced was the legit next person or not. This thread got very confusing! Need to call @[user id=52091]Rolento[/user]: here

[Rolento]

This thread is now being monitored by ninjas. .\/.

I'll start off the answers in text here, but if there are enough later on, I could do a video response or two down the line.

Whats your greatest inspiration?
To be honest, that answer is pretty broad and somewhat difficult for me to answer as I'd honestly say I've had a lot of inspirations regarding a lot of topics. I'd actually like to answer this one by giving you an idea of the sort of things I keep on my personal bookshelf here in my office:

• A collection of both imported and Udon translated Capcom art books: In case the username didn't tip everyone off, I'd consider myself a big fan of Capcom related titles and franchises. I grew up playing Mega Man, Street Fighter and Final Fight among other things with a big part spent on CPS2-3 era work, so a lot of their aesthetic is pretty interwoven into my own sprite work at this point.
• Various books of specific comic artists, anatomy reference books, classical art books: I don't often get a chance to work with it in practice these days, but my education background covered a lot of studio art courses in addition to the study of art history. In terms of the latter, I likely spent most of my focus looking at both the drawn and sculptural works of the renaissance period and classical Greek work, although I am embarrassed to say my memory on the subject is now quite spotty. As for specific comic artists, I'd have to say the artist I have the most books about is Frank Cho off the top of my head.
• Robert Greene titles, Sun Tzu's Art of War, etc: The first Robert Greene book I read through was the 48 Laws of Power, which led me to look for his other titles. I really enjoy how the author pairs up his ideas and suggestions with relevant examples and stories, which I've skimmed over several times over the years as the ideas within are always still applicable.

Whats the best comic you ever read?
If we are talking in terms of pure enjoyability, I'd honestly have to say Yotsuba&, which now that I think about it you introduced me to back in the day. If we are talking in terms of story and such, then I'd have to answer more in terms of stuff I've read recently as my opinion on that has changed over the years; I've been reading a lot more stuff from Dynamite Press such as Red Sonja titles, I can strongly recommend main books in the Mouse Guard series, and I've rather been liking recent Marvel titles like She-Hulk and Storm. Additionally, anything done by Stjepan Sejic like Ravine and Death Vigil is considered an automatic purchase at this point.

What are the mugen works you never finished you wish you had?
There's been a number of things, but the top three are Zero, Broly and the alternate take on Genocyde. On the honorable mention list here would be Yellow Iris from Battle Circuit, finishing Suave Dude and She-Hulk. I'd also rephrase it as things I still want to finish, as I still have all of their working files around here somewhere...

Whats the a bad moment you participated in at mugen? What about a good one?
If we are talking good, then I'd say my involvement in sprite related work that appeared in various other projects with SF2NES still being one of my favorite things to have worked on. In terms of bad things, the worst thing hands down would have to be the involvement in the whole WinMugen mess. I'm not sure if there's still the archived post around, but years back someone who didn't identify themselves at the time wrote up a post that explained the happenings behind closed doors at the time when that whole thing fell apart. It's a poorly kept secret of who wrote that account.

Who is the worse mugenite and why is it E?
It's actually a tie between the both of you. Between that stupid bear with a wig and the robo-loli, I don't know who to hate more.

[Thedge]

- When did the .V. started?
- When you did your first KOF sprite?
- Am I better than walt at drinking beer?
- Why is Cristiano Ronaldo way better than me at soccer?
- Is there a single sprite that you know it's the very vest sprite you did?
- I like your site, that's not a question.
- Favorite Superhero?

[Orochi Gill]

When will Rolento make a Rolento and bring it full circle

[Japanese Jesus]

WHO ARE YOU BUD

[Rolento]

WHO ARE YOU BUD
I am not one but in fact several ninjas. I was also a former moderator/administrator of the Mugen Development Forum back when that still existed, technically an administrator on Guild for all of a few days tops, but these days I am mostly sticking to the artistic aspect of things with various pixel art based projects. Within more recent years, I began working on a series of gaming videos on YouTube, playing the role of a masked fellow who insists he is a ninja but rather than flipping out and killing people left and right seems content on playing classic retro video games.

When did the .V. started?
That had to have been back during the EzBoard Mugen Dev days; think of it as an extreme close up like you'd see in older martial arts films. I suppose I felt at the time that a more traditional was not nearly angry enough. Just to cover all bases, I still recall that I argued with another user named Koga at the time about which of us actually really started it since he was the other person who used to use it quite a bit. Wonder what happened to that guy...

When you did your first KOF sprite?
I honestly cannot remember, although if I had to pick the earliest I could remember doing a lot of frames for, it would have to be for the MB Goenitz sprite set. The very first draft of the set was awful to the point I actually chose to stop it and eventually start over, but I later learned that the public beta sff was picked up by a Chinese creator who finished the rest of the set based on that terrible look, gave the character bright blue panties, and called it Wind. I think that was the first complete edit around that idea, but technically the first MB Goenitz was that awful beta version I made all that time back.

Am I better than walt at drinking beer?
I'll get my crack team of ninja scientists to research the matter and get back to you on that, assuming they have finished their earlier task of trying to figure out why people insist on accepting minor color and lighting changes on KOF sprites as proper CVS conversions despite clear and present examples of proportion change, different handling of fabrics, etc.

You know who you are. .\/.

Why is Cristiano Ronaldo way better than me at soccer?
Because he has to be better than most of the populace for a good reason. If it became known that they had enough other good players to replace Ronaldo, he would be demoted from the Real Madrid club to Suspected Bootleg Madrid! They don't even get baby blue and bright pink uniforms, but crappy colors like Periwinkle and Salmon.  They fool no one.

Is there a single sprite that you know it's the very vest sprite you did?
While I may enjoy a general body of work, it's rare to have any single sprite I actually like on its own for a long period of time. I actually find it very difficult to maintain personal satisfaction with any of my work for a long period of time, as I often later feel that I could find ways to make things better.

I like your site, that's not a question.
Thank you kindly, although I wonder if that's referring to IRWT or the ManyNinjas site. I imagine the former, which I really should make a new update for. Hah!

Favorite Superhero?
I grew up reading Marvel Comics, with a big emphasis on X-Men and Wolverine titles, so he's sort of the defacto answer.

When will Rolento make a Rolento and bring it full circle
I recall starting a Rolento as far back as the DOS days, when sprites were still being actively ripped from PSX emulation. It was not very good, and the venture was dropped as Tenshin short afterward released what was the definitive Rolento for a very long time.

[Bea]

I know that you seek to achieve greatness, but I am curious about what are your plans for the next 10 years to achieve said greatness. And what are your ambitions with this whole Many Ninja moniker? Aiming to become a successful entertainer?
Also, any family plans for the future?

And last, we do not speak of bear with wig nor about robo-loli.

[Cobra Caddie]

Rolento.

Despite ninjas being cold hearted killers, why are you so kind hearted? Especially to people who wronged you?

Also, will you ever forgive me?

[TrinitroRoy]

Your favorite ninja that is not you and why?
Your most-hated ninja and why?