Toast++
Nexus is literally the worst.
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Username: Toast++
Areas of Expertise: Wi-Fi, The Smog, Programming & HTML
Background
I came to Smogon back in 2010 after I learned to RNG. After getting tired of some lagging issues with the then standard RNG timer, I made a very simple version of my own. There was a bit of interest and over the next few months it grew into a pretty cool app. I spent a lot of time hanging out in the RNG help thread back then. I ended up on IRC shortly afterward and became pretty involved in the 5th gen RNG research, thanks to Bond697 and Kaphotics. We made a tool called PIDRNG that was used until RNG Reporter was brought up to date. As I brought my timer to 5th gen, I became unhappy with it and my ability to work with it. I opted to rewrite the whole thing in another language and EonTimer was born.
After all that excitement, there was a lull where I had no idea what to do around here. I ended up contacting Setsuna about doing work for The Smog back in June of 2012. Somehow that went nowhere until November when they told me I was being considered for staff. Seeing that it was my first real conversation with these people, and I had never even read the magazine before that, it really confused me. It may have had something to do with the
I officially joined The Smog staff in January of 2013 and gained the powers of moderation along with it. I even had a brief stint as the editor of issue 29. Some genius decided it was a good idea to turn me into a Super Moderator in October (direct all complaints to user: Birkal). I've been on a power trip ever since.
Hobbies
Video games, programming and.. umm.. I hope there are others. I'd really like to get back into art and math but ugh.. time.
Favorite Pokemon
I've never been good at picking favorites. Articuno, Lapras, Jolteon, Espeon, Glaceon, Porygon & Mew have all held that spot at one point or another.
Good Questions to Ask Me
Feel free to ask whatever. I'm fine with personal questions. If you want anything competitive though, you've got the wrong guy.
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