We’d like to thank you for reading in on our first entry into the Member Spotlight vault. This is meant for the forum and the sites readers to get a better insight to the character behind the username. The first person we chose and felt was very deserving of this spotlight, was Uncool.
Uncool has been a longstanding member with PS3’s forums for well over a year and a half. During this time, a lot of you have seen him go from being one of the regular guys, to being a guy you see on the moderator’s team of members. Now that we’ve gotten the chance to talk to him one on one, we’ve been able to take a further look into not only his PSU.com history, but a part of his humorous personality as well. We hope you enjoy the read.
David Wales: What does psu.com and its forums mean to you? You’ve obviously put a lot of time and energy into it, so we’d like to know what kind of part it plays in your life, even though just an internet site.
Uncool: You could’ve called me out as a super stealth troll against the 360/Wii back then. Now, I actually appreciate the aspect of enjoying all three consoles: 360 gives me pink eye, PS3 mad mudbutt, and Wii, the awesome batting average of a major league player with a dislocated shoulder. Seriously, this site did some good for breaking down stereotypes and educated me about what to listen to and what to muffle out. You’ve got to take the good with the bad, there is no end all be all console. Technology advances and the mindset of gamers changes with that.
David Wales: Sounds like a good grasp on the idea behind just being a normal gamer, you obviously have a definite advantage being able to enjoy all tools of the trade. What’s some of the crazier things you’ve seen suggested or perhaps done on the forum itself?
Uncool: I’ve seen it all from rep rebellion to mod takeovers to admin toppling, and sp laundering, yeah that about covers it; and of course taking over as the current Siren of the forum (without the tech savvy). I make sure we don’t have too many trolls on here. Besides, everyone likes a good banned list with comical input right?
David Wales: Some of the infractions I’ve seen sure have a comical side to them; some kind of boggle me as to why they even were considered infractions. As a mod, do you guys have a set list of things you’re told to watch for or do you all have your own personal line of cleanliness that gets to decide which side is too far over the divider?
Uncool: I actually wrote a bible, so to speak, about how to approach trolls, especially stealth trolls, as I was once one of them. It’s kind of funny that PS3forums has a Stealth Trolling Mod working for them huh?
David Wales: Well, it’s kind of like the FBI recruiting the top hackers to work off the damage they cost on the other side of the law. It sounds like a good solution to unearth the problem behind it. Do you happen to have a member on the forum that you look forward to seeing posts from, whether comical or serious?
Uncool: Definitely, there are some people here that are too funny to even be considered normal members. Minimal for instance, even Carsonal. Anyone who’s seen these guy’s posts, know they’re downright hilarious. On a serious note, I do look also at veteran posters that think they are untouchable, even for most of the staff to either ban or restrict from posting.
David Wales: Do you have an example of one of those posters?
Uncool: Anyone who remembers GSKid/Mbbest can tell you that these guys were untouchable from what most people thought of here, if the staff was scared of getting rid of them (primarily GSkid). It doesn’t matter if I like a member here a lot, if they troll/derail/flamebait, they are considered target practice.
David Wales: So the ban hammer is a little top heavy from Uncool. Does that help give meaning to your forum name?
Uncool: No, I am just as the name indicates; there is nothing cool about me or what I do. And if people think otherwise they are lying.
David Wales: If you were forced into admitting something that made you cool, what would it be?
Uncool: I wouldn’t even know what that would be, until this day there is nothing I can admit that would negate my username.
David Wales: We have one more serious noted question before getting into some of the fun stuff. What would you like to see implemented at PSU.com that isn’t already available?
Uncool: An actual bracket system for weekly competitions with huge sp lottery’s. A Vs teams for COD4 for example that play one another for pride and sp. Maybe even see some prize-oriented contests happening for the forum members.
David Wales: Those are all pretty solid ideas and I’m sure Morpheus will put some time into thinking about them. Alright, we have to start getting into the important stuff now. We’ve all seen the Whopper Burger King commercial, so if your favorite burger stopped being made from your favorite joint, what would your freak out possibly sound like? Include action sequences if you’d like.
Uncool: First off, I would go mad ghetto because: 1) It will bring about an inner hood in me. 2) I’d want to hate because I am hungry as a mofo. Heck we can even go into a scientific vs. religion debate on how this is morally and scientifically wrong to not meet my basic food eating needs.
David Wales: So I take it there’s a little Malibu’s Most Wanted inside you?
Uncool: I think it’s in everyone, whether they want to admit it or not. I have to stop watching late night BET, I suppose.
David Wales: Yeah, urban television is ruining American society. Now let’s say, hypothetically, of course… If a pixie stick and a sugar cube were to say, battle it out, which side would you bet on and how would the fight go down?
Uncool: Pixie Stick…Think about the name for a second. You had to be a super stoned dude to make a name like that and seal it. Sugar cube sounds like some prissy girl not giving me any goodies.
David Wales: Haha, I can see what you mean. Can you give us an example of something you’ve done that was incredibly dumb, yet fortunately nobody was around to witness it?
Uncool: I tried to squeeze my cheeks (not the ones on my face) to make it home before crapping my pants. Funny part was when I cleansed myself on a really small tree, weeks later that tree grew so much larger. Lesson of the day, make sure you use excretions for the betterment of not mankind but for nature. Circle of Poo so to speak.
David Wales: So basically, you’re telling us that a human’s version of manure probably has better potency?
Uncool: I’ve had some experiments (more like accidents) to make it factual.
David Wales: YouTube.com has this crazy idea going around where if you tag someone else who makes videos, they have to give up 5 facts that probably nobody in the community knows about them. So I’d like to end our interview just like that. What are 5 things that around 99% of the forums readers have no clue about you?
Uncool: 1) Nearly all of the forum’a members have a problem with what my gender is. It’s funny That I get internet harassment for being a stuck up ******, haha.
2) I sided with half of the trolls on PS3forum before I betrayed them all and took mod powers to get rid of them.
3) I have a set list of banned members, where to track them, where their IP’s are coming from, and whether they are using a proxy or not. Very rarely does anyone notice why there has been stealth trolls banned immediately after some new usernames came by and took refuge in the main discussion areas.
4) I am as much of an antihero as I am in real life. Trouble follows me and bad things happen all the time. Heck that’s one aspect (out of ten) that make the name synonymous with Uncool.
5) A lot of the members here that are my favorites also happen to be great female gamers Svetlana, girlgamer, mone, and spazchicken (when I used to frequent the forums more often). I love the ratio of guys to girls here = priceless.
David Wales: I wouldn’t mind putting in some game time with Svetlana, rawr! Haha, anyways, thanks for your time and letting our readers get to know you a little bit personally and internet-speaking-wise.
You can expect another interview done with another sought after individual in 2 weeks. We’ll bring you the down and dirty on who these people are.