Smogon's Flying Press: Behind the Scenes Exclusive (accepting questions)

[skylight]

Hello all! Soon there will be an article coming up explaining what being staff of AW is really like. The following day we'll release a tell-all interview with the current staff members, and a few recent retirees, based entirely on all of your questions.

If you have anything you wanna know about Jellicent antemortem FireMage anto Albacore and myself, post your questions here. Each person will answer only five questions, so make 'em count. This can range from anything like, their favorite articles, biggest challenge, etc.

If you want inspiration for questions, check this out: http://www.smogon.com/articles/farewell-interview

Post away (and mention who you're aiming each question at). The five most interesting questions will be picked for each person!

 

[rubsomebacononit]

Favourite part of working in AW?
Hardest part about releasing articles for AW?
Hobbies outside of Smogon?

Edit : this question is for everyone

 

[truedrew]

What inspired you to become a contributor?-everyone
Is there a lot of politics involved as head - skylight
Who best contributor of all time?- everyone
Which user do you hold closest to your heart?- everyone
What tips do you have for aspiring article writers?- Everyone

Will add more as i think of them

 

[Engiineer]

How do you combat the evil force known as "writer's block"? - everyone
Ever wrote in an IRL newspaper or something of the like? - everyone
Which famous people would you conduct an interview with? - everyone

 

[DragonWhale]

To everyone, what's the number one goal (or goals if you have several) you want AW to achieve in the near future?

 

[cant say]

do any of you have 'the smog' or AW on your resumes?

do any of you guys actually do / want to do stuff like this irl for a job?

 

[Reisen]

Anto and the HTML team: Does the AW help you in real life for the HTML if you are studying / working about it ?

Everyone:

Does your implication in the Smog, and recently the AW affect your irl ?

Have you ever contributed for an article that you didn't really like ?

 

[Steven Stone]

What kind of articles would you like to see from AW in the future? Are you satisfied with the ones in AW right now? - Everyone
How much time do you usually spend in AW? - Everyone
Do you enjoy working in AW more than playing Pokemon? -Everyone
Did you ever had any issues with AW and your real life? If you did, what was it? -Everyone
If there was one thing you'd like to change from AW right now, what would that be? - Everyone

 

[Da Pizza Man]

Is Mayonnaise an Instrument? - Everyone
Other than Spy, what is your favorite TF2 class? -Spy
Do you do any other HTML work other than articles? - Everyone
What is your favorite article? - Everyone
Is there any article that you have ever regretted writing/approving? -Everyone

 

[skylight]

Spy and Quarkz' interview will be out shortly hopefully (ten of your questions were picked!) Keep posting questions as the other interviews will still be happening eventually. :)