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Thanks for responding. I plan to have this project out by the end of the week, if not sooner.

I'd love to participate in this... do I respond to those questions now...?

Eh, I'll just answer those questions now, here in this post.

How did you get involved in Scratch?

A friend of mine: 1stCorinthians told me about it. I didn't actually join scratch until a few months after she told me about Scratch, but I immediately got into making projects and everything.

What's your favorite Scratch project and why?

Hmm... Tough one. I'd say Scratch Music V - Scratch MIDI by MyRedNeptune because it is absolutely amazing. It plays an absolutely beautiful song only using scratch sound blocks, and that is amazing.

What is something you would change about Scratch?

I would... hmm, I would probably love it if Scratch's paint editor would be able to have smoother images.

Describe a time when you couldn't figure out how to get a script to work. How did you solve your problem?

Actually, when I can't figure out how to get a script to work, I can't stop thinking about it. It's a lot like a puzzle, and I love puzzles. My brain won't stop thinking about it until I figure out how to fix it. Even if I'm in the middle of a class at school. Trust me, I've figured out how to fix a script in the middle of Science Class and couldn't wait to go home to fix it. Its fun, figuring the scripts out.

Tell me about one of your projects.

Then I'll have to tell you about my best project: Shadows Breach Beta Episode 1. Its not your typical everyday scratch animation at all. Though I think the animation is rather sloppy, I drew the sprites and their costumes outside of scratch and it wasn't easy to figure out how things would move so it would look more dynamic- since I have to use frame by frame animation. However, the quality is what makes it stand out from other scratch animations. SBBeta Episode 1 is a five and a half minute animation that doesn't use a single stick figure. It uses drawings in the manga style and you can see that it took a long time to create it.

What are you thinking of doing for your next project?

Another animation- SBBeta Episode 2 if I don't make another update. No spoilers though! 

What is your favorite Scratch block?

Tough question! I use a lot of blocks. I'd have to say my favorite block has to be

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because its made animating a LOT easier for me.

Last edited by Jaiku (2011-08-10 11:46:27)

Oh, yeah, and could you post a sprite you would like to use to represent yourself? If you don't post by tomorrow afternoon, I'll just make one for you.

How did you get involved in Scratch? My father wanted an 8 year old to learn programming. He was drawn to a bad drawing of a lolcat. 'Nuff sed.
What's your favorite Scratch project and why? An animation I made on an alt about a wizard cursing the Scratch Cat for using bad HTML.
What is something you would change about Scratch? It's a tie between allowing political/religious threads and removing the infamous 14 year old limit.
Describe a time when you couldn't figure out how to get a script to work. How did you solve your problem? I never solve that problem. I just... give up.
Tell me about one of your projects. ChaOS. It's a hunk of primitive scripts cobbled together, and stuck together by spit and prayers. My favourite part is the name. Chaos+OS=ChaOS. 
What are you thinking of doing for your next project? I quit Scratch. I only use the forums.
What is your favorite Scratch block? The "When Green Flag Clicked" block. It's the Alpha and the Omega.

Helltank and Bbbeb, and anyone else who comments later, you will be in a subsequent edition of ScratchNews, which I intend to get out every week, possibly every two weeks. I will try to keep you updated. And if you could each provide me with a sprite to represent yourself, it would be appreciated.

Also, further questions:

Helltank-Can you explain what the 14-year old limit is? What do you like to do on the forums? Do you do any programming besides Scratch?

Bbbeb-What are file I/O blocks and mesh and what do they have to do with multiplayer? Can you give me an example of how use use the wait-1-second block?

Can I be interviewed? 

And also, Spritemaster, after looking at your projects, I've got some more questions for you:
You've got a ton of projects. Where do you get your ideas from?
You also have a lot of views, etc. To what do you attribute your success?
Where does the name, Spritemaster, come from?
What is your favorite thing to do on Scratch?
What advice would you give a New Scratcher, based on your experiences?

moose12141 wrote:

Helltank and Bbbeb, and anyone else who comments later, you will be in a subsequent edition of ScratchNews, which I intend to get out every week, possibly every two weeks. I will try to keep you updated. And if you could each provide me with a sprite to represent yourself, it would be appreciated.

Also, further questions:

Helltank-Can you explain what the 14-year old limit is? What do you like to do on the forums? Do you do any programming besides Scratch?

Bbbeb-What are file I/O blocks and mesh and what do they have to do with multiplayer? Can you give me an example of how use use the wait-1-second block?

File I/O allows you to use .txt files for Scratch. Like save files, and such. And Mesh lets you connect to other Scratch Programs with different people.


And you can use the Wait-1-Second block to delay the script and time it. For accuracy and such. 

First Edition of ScratchNews is out! http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/moose12141/1973990

Finished.

Would anyone like to tell me about their Scratching experiences? You will be featured in the upcoming edition of my Scratch newspaper, ScratchNews. Please respond to the following questions:
How did you get involved in Scratch? I looked for a programming language on the internet.
What's your favorite Scratch project and why? I have many favorite projects, I can't choose only one.
What is something you would change about Scratch? The sprite editor.
Describe a time when you couldn't figure out how to get a script to work. How did you solve your problem? [b]Well, when I was new I couldn't figure out how to make him run properly, as I was using when right arrow pressed change x by 3, but then I looked up running tutorials and I learned how to make it smooth 
Tell me about one of your projects.
What are you thinking of doing for your next project? An RPG with Collabratory or Garageband Scratched with Technoguyx, though Collabratory's sorta falling apart.
What is your favorite Scratch block? The sensing  key [ ] pressed 

moose12141 wrote:

Would anyone like to tell me about their Scratching experiences? You will be featured in the upcoming edition of my Scratch newspaper, ScratchNews. Please respond to the following questions:
How did you get involved in Scratch?
What's your favorite Scratch project and why?
What is something you would change about Scratch?
Describe a time when you couldn't figure out how to get a script to work. How did you solve your problem?
Tell me about one of your projects.
What are you thinking of doing for your next project?
What is your favorite Scratch block?

I'd really like to be in this newspaper thingy!
1. My sister was on it, and I was curious, so I joined when I was about 8.
2. I really liked Jaiku's anime, Shadows Breach Beta episode 1. I liked it because it's only the first episode of something, yet it's so suspenseful! Lots of action to keep me entertained.
3. I would change the forums, so that there was a whole forum about advice. Not for Scratch, like advice for people in their real lives.
4. I couldn't get my voice recordings from my iPod to Scratch, but then I found a way! I burned a CD of my recording and it worked, but later I discovered an easier technique to get my recordings and music to Scratch. (Make a WAV copy of the recording on iTunes)
5. I have a project that has all the lyrics to a Lady Gaga song, and, though I made it with EXTREMELY simple scripts, I worked hard making each background work, please check it out!
6. I'm making a new series called Red Streak. It's about a boy who has to cope with the sadness of something tragic (No spoilers) that happens to him, and the bullying that comes with it.
My favorite Scratch block is probably the play sound block. (Without that I wouldn't have most of my projects.)


These things are long so if you need to shorten it it's OK.