The Well #37 - Haunter

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haunter

Banned deucer.
"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Saturday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Saturday?" A voice from in the well shouts back, "Because on Saturday, it's your day in the well."

Hello, I'm Haunter - also known as Alucard for a short period of time - and I joined Smogon in august 2007 though I started to actively contribute only in late 2008. I've been recently interviewed for the Smog, so many informations on my career can be found there. Summing it up: I went from registered user to official team rater in 5-6 months, then I got mods and became badge leader in summer 2009, then got super mods in early 2011 and finally Articuno64 made me administrator in late 2011. I'm currently involved into many areas of the site such as RMT, tiering, Pokemon Online and PS!, Pokemon discussion forums.

In real life I'm a 29 (just turned a few days ago) years old white male who lives in a small town near Naples, Italy. I have a degree in law and I'm what you would call a "junior lawyer" as I'm currently finishing my legal practice. Yes I'm "a bit" older than the average smogoner. My hobbies are football (soccer) and sport motorbikes other that hanging out with friends.

Ask away.
 
I was optimist before the match as we have a great tradition against Germany, needless to say I was very happy for both the final score and for the quality play Italy expressed.
 
Tell me more about your BIKE

ALso have you actually raced it / done bike sporting events yourself / been tempted.
 
iss said:
Also, why did you change your name from Haunter to Alucard and then back?
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Trollmingot changed my name to "molestatore" -.- so, since I had to change it anyway, I picked Alucard (the character from Castlevania, if you ever played that game).

ginganinja said:
Tell me more about your BIKE
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It's an Honda cbr 600 rr

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same color.

ALso have you actually raced it / done bike sporting events yourself / been tempted.
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I've never used it on a racing track but I plan on doing so.
 
What do you feel is your role on Smogon?

What is your favorite and least favorite Pokémon?

Who is your favorite female user?

What is your favorite Italian food?

Why is your badgeset so ugly?
 
Haunter said:
Trollmingot changed my name to "molestatore" -.- so, since I had to change it anyway, I picked Alucard (the character from Castlevania, if you ever played that game).
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Describe your relationship with mingot. While you're at it, describe your relationship with Solace.

What is your second favourite Pokemon?
 
Zacchaeus said:
What do you feel is your role on Smogon?
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Lately I'm seeing myself more like a supervisor or a coordinator. I have the presumption to think that I konw what is the best for the community (in relation to my areas of competence) so, when a new idea is presented, I approve\reject\modify it according to my experience and knowledge of the community.

What is your favorite and least favorite Pokémon?
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Aestetically: Haunter. Competitively: Garchomp. I don't have a least favourite, if I had to pick one then I'd probably say Regigigas (excellent example of how to ruin a Pokemon completely by giving it a bad ability).

Who is your favorite female user?
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I don't know many female users on Smogon. I'd probably say Jumpluff for the level of her contributions and for being a very nice person to talk to.

What is your favorite Italian food?
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Pasta.
Why is your badgeset so ugly?
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I have no clue, lol.
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Are you married?
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No, fortunately :)

New World Order said:
Describe your relationship with mingot. While you're at it, describe your relationship with Solace.
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I've interacted with mingot only a few times so I can't say that I know him very well but he's of course is a funny person to talk to and is one of those users that will always have my respect for both the level of his contibutions and for the fact that he's one of the few users who're older than me.

All I can say about Solace is:
1) she's fat;
2) generic female was a better name;

Nah I'm joking, Solace is a good friend of mine and I love to troll her.

What is your second favourite Pokemon?
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Garchomp for both its aestetic and its sheer power competitively.

Rodan said:
favourite and least favourite italian stereotype
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I'm not sure what's my favourite but I can say that I hate when foreign people look at italians with suspect for our admittedly bad taste in the most recent political choices. I'm talking specifically about our ex-prime minister - Silvio Berlusconi - and the bad reputation that he built for both himself and by reflex for our nation.
 
symphonyx64 said:
Your opinion of me as a user and what I've contributed to this website.
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I've had good interactions with you, especially on our simulator. I can't judge your contributions to the site cause they're mostly in areas that fall outside of my competence. I'll just say that you have been a very good moderator and tour host and a pleasant person to talk to.
 
Haunter said:
I'm currently involved into many areas of the site such as RMT, tiering, Pokemon Online and PS!, Pokemon discussion forums.
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What do you feel has been your greatest contribution to Smogon since becoming an Administrator?

Why do you feel you deserve to be an Admin? To me it seems like all you do is ban blarajan on PO (or whatever the new memes are, I don't keep up), but I don't know what goes on behind the scenes. Describe a Smogon day in the life of Haunter the Admin.
 
You once infracted me 9 hours after I made a post (you were a mod at the time). I replied back to you giving you an infraction of my own for being a terrible mod. You said you would have given me another one but since I made you laugh you let it slide.

If I tried the same thing on you now as an admin would you do the same thing?
 
Haunter said:
"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Saturday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Saturday?" A voice from in the well shouts back, "Because on Saturday, it's your day in the well."
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Are the incorrect quotation marks in this paragraph intentional?
 
Do you enjoy working as a lawyer? If you could "start over," so to speak, do you think you would still choose to become a lawyer?

On the topic of international news, what is your opinion of the Obamacare bill that recently passed here in the United States?

Since you and I used to be fairly good acquaintances before my departure from Smogon roughly two years ago, would you personally recommended that I come back and participate more in the community?
 
locopoke said:
What do you feel has been your greatest contribution to Smogon since becoming an Administrator?
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I've continued to do what I used to do before becoming an administrator. I moderate RMT and DST. I moderate and supervise PO and now PS!. I'm part of the OU tiering council. I've been tutoring until a month ago.

Why do you feel you deserve to be an Admin? To me it seems like all you do is ban blarajan on PO (or whatever the new memes are, I don't keep up), but I don't know what goes on behind the scenes. Describe a Smogon day in the life of Haunter the Admin.
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I'm not sure what you would expect from an administrator. I don't honestly remember any particular form of contribution from other administrators after their appointment. I use my access to admin CP to badge people (both team raters and server mods), edit and create forums, edit permissions etc. and I think I'm among the most active ones. If you honestly think that all I do is "kicking blarajan on PO" then probably you're either trolling - which wouldn't surprise me, given your recent history - or you're just not involved enough into the community.
 
i am always amazed at how fluent foreign speakers speak english, and your english is particularly good. would you say that your english skills are a result of the italian school system or an independent learning of the language?

how do you think smogon will end and will it be under your reign?????
 
Faint said:
You once infracted me 9 hours after I made a post (you were a mod at the time). I replied back to you giving you an infraction of my own for being a terrible mod. You said you would have given me another one but since I made you laugh you let it slide.

If I tried the same thing on you now as an admin would you do the same thing?
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lol I still remember that PM. And yeah as long as people's protests are funny\ironical and not just rude\offensive then I don't infract them.
Ray Jay said:
Are the incorrect quotation marks in this paragraph intentional?
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No lol.

Flashstorm1 said:
Do you enjoy working as a lawyer? If you could "start over," so to speak, do you think you would still choose to become a lawyer?
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I like the job though I don't think I'm suited for "public relations" that, unfortunately, are a large aspect of it.
On the topic of international news, what is your opinion of the Obamacare bill that recently passed here in the United States?
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If it grants a minimal sanitary insurance to those people who couldn't access it before for various reasons, then it's of course a good bill in my opinion.

The american insurance system is really incomprehensible for us italians since our sanitary system is for the most part public.

Since you and I used to be fairly good acquaintances before my departure from Smogon roughly two years ago, would you personally recommended that I come back and participate more in the community?
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Of course, I still remember our talks on suspect Pokemon on #rmt and I'd be glad to see you come back actively. You were an excellent player back in gen IV and I believe that getting more top players involved into our comunity could be only beneficial to it.
 
Competitively-speaking, which generation was your favorite? RBY, GSC, RSE, DPPt or BW?
Additionally, which tier do you enjoy playing the best?
 
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