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Re: Xenonetix's Final Ask Me Anything!

intestine blocks WHEN?

Whenever Satanya wishes to add them.

Question #1: Can you extend this topic to 48 hours?

I've now answered all questions from 48 hours rather than 24, yes.

Question #2: Will there be a block limit in EEU?

Although the current world size limit is 600x400, it can theoretically go considerably higher than that. There has to be an upper limit of some sort though, for technical reasons.

Question #3: Why do you think you should step down has game owner or what made you step down?

It became clear to me that the speed of progress under my ownership was sadly far too slow to continue making reasonable progress. It was proposed to me that, under new ownership, they could deliver content and updates much faster, and I believed at the time that they had similar views and ideas for the future of the game. As such, I thought the best decision for the sake of the game and the community was for me to pass the game on to people with better resources and know-how, so the game could make enough progress to maintain and build the community, rather than weeks apart with no updates at all.

Question #4: How much do you think EEU will make?

I really have no idea.

Question #5: Who is Satanya? And why do you trust her?

Well, I don't trust her as much as I did when I passed ownership to her. Her former username is Lunarys, and she was an avid supporter of EE and EEU for around 2 years, having played the game off and on since it started in 2010. She seemed to be passionate about the community and the game, as well as our plans for the game in future, but now it feels like almost all those plans are being abandoned, and she's gone back on her word in multiple cases. I still wish the best for the game, the community and its future, but I've now lost trust in a person I thought had become a good friend over the course of two years, and it was a big blow to find out she wasn't necessarily as trustworthy as I thought she was. I had a few other offers from other people, but I trusted them less than I trusted Satanya at the time, and the end of EE's lifespan felt like a reasonable transfer point. Ultimately though, the aim was to have the game progress be much faster than it would have been if I had continued.

Question #6: Do you think the graphics in final in EEU?

No. They are likely to change.

Question #7: Are there plans for EEU to have frame skips. For Computers that lag with very smooth fps.

Not currently as far as I'm aware, although when drawing blocks, it fills in the gaps for you if you're lagging, which makes it smoother than EE.

Question #8: Do you think there will be rejected features in EEU in the future?

Of course. That's the case with any game project I think.

Question #9: Can you guess when EEU will be publicly released?

Not really, no. The aim was to make it Open Beta after the Server Rework and Shop had been added, but plans may have changed under new ownership.

Question #10: (Connects with question #9) How will it be publicly released? In what way?

Following Open Beta, the intent was to call it "Released" when we launched it on Smartphone Apps and Steam, but again, these plans may have changed.

Question #11: Do you personally think trollers make the game good?

Not if you mean trolling in the sense of scribbling over other people's work, no. I think it's very disrespectful to the people trying to draw good content.

Question #12: Will there be differents worlds in EEU? (Open World (The one in EE)/etc.)

Possibly, just not at the moment. We were planning on eventually having more game modes, before the transfer happened.

Question #13: Do you think EE Veterans will return to play/have interest EEU?

Many already have. A lot of people returned in 2020 who were previously only active in 2010-15. Whether they stick around or not is another matter, as I think they mostly returned out of nostalgia and curiosity.

Question #14: Do you have plans in joining future EEU Contests? Or other competitive Events?

Personally? Probably not, although I would love to see a lot more building and gameplay contests as time goes on.

Question #15: How do you treat your staff?

As they treat me for the most part. If we get along well, fantastic, and if not, well, that's resulted in some problems sadly.

Question #16: How do you treat your staff if they did a mistake?

People make mistakes. With some members of staff, we talked it out and it was usually ultimately fine, especially when it could be a mistake fixed easily.

Question #17: Do you think staff adore you?

No. I think some of them like how I was as an owner, but none of them loved me as a person.

Question #18: Do you plan in doing a live stream of EEU/EE?

I was. I doubt I will do now, but we'll see in future.

Question #19: Do you have plans in playing EE before flash ends?

I did indeed. I wanted to make sure to play Super EE Party one final time, and I succeeded in doing so, as most of the rest of the levels I could play in EE Offline anyway, but that one was multiplayer.

Question #20: What do you think about EE in its current state with only a little amount of players in the lobby?

To be expected, although it shot up to almost 1000 simultaneous players on the final day if I recall correctly.

Question #21: What was your favorite block pack in EE?

Sci-Fi (or Music).

Question #22: Favorite Smiley?

Bat.

Question #23: Aura.

Galaxy.

Question #24: And your favorite feature?

Not sure quite what you're referring to here, but Jumping I guess?

Question #25: Do you perfer 200x400 worlds? Or 400x200 Worlds?

400x200.

Question #26: What do you think about Player.io in its current state?

Appalling. I don't really understand how they're still in business at all. Their backend was mainly a nightmare to work with, they had numerous security flaws, and I'm very pleased to never have to work with them again, but we couldn't reasonably migrate away from PIO. Very hard to work with, but we made the most of the tools we'd been given. It's a relief that I no longer have to work with Player.io again.

Question #27: Do you think older dropped out staff will be able to become staff again with Satanya's ownership?

Some already have, yes.

Question #28: Do you think a even bigger world like 1000x1000 would be possible in EEU in the future?

It's possible, but there's no logical reason to have one that size, as it would never be properly utilised or made into a full level. I would love to be proven wrong here, but it would still take many months of work and effort to build a world with 1M blocks. In comparison, 300x300 in EE was 90k blocks, and 600x400 in EEU is 240k blocks. That means if it was taking approximately 1 month to make a decent 300x300, it would take 3 months to make a decent 600x400, and around an entire year to properly make a 1000x1000.

Question #29: Do you think minecraft mechanics is possible in EEU in the future?

Probably, although I doubt the new team would want to steal too many mechanics from rival games.

Question #30: Can you expose all the secrets of EE?

Nope.

Question #31: Can you recall how did EE excatly began?

I wasn't around for its inception, but I'm pretty certain development for it started in 2009, with the first public build available circa May 2010. Accounts weren't available until September 2010, and that was just on Kongregate and Facebook, with main site accounts not coming in until October-November 2010. World saving didn't even exist I think until late November/early December 2010, and I joined in November, having previously played it briefly on Kongregate during the summer. If you still have a way to play Flash games, here's one of the original versions: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/535677

Question #32: Did EE won anything in its early age?

Not sure, although Chris Benjaminsen did a series of seminars about its success in 2011.

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Question #33: What did you learn while your position as a game owner?

It's often still worth persisting with your aims and not giving up, regardless of any backlash and confrontation you may face.

Question #34: Where did Xenonetix, the name itself came from?

I took the name "Xenon" professionally on GameGlobe as my staff name alternative to "MegaLamb". I then moved to another project professionally where the name "Xenon" was taken, as was "Xenonex", so I eventually took "Xenonetix". It then became my online professional persona username, while MegaLamb remains my casual username.

Question #35: Are there plans for any "Grahpic Suggestions" to become real?

Some did, and some might. I feel like perhaps fewer graphics suggestions are likely to become real now after the transfer, but we'll see.

Question #36: Do you think EE/EEU will have some kind of copyright law?

Yes. Not sure what you mean by "will have" here, as it already has done, but it has copyright law applied to it and will continue to do so.

Question #37: Did your plan about bringing EEU to gamescom worked out?

Not in the slightest. I still hope it will happen in future. It was only going to happen if the advertising budget was large enough and we had already gotten to the stage of release. No point advertising it at this stage, because it's too early in production to do so.

Question #38: What does gamescom do?

Gamescom is Europe's largest gaming convention, hosted in Cologne, Germany. In 2019, 370,000+ people attended, so it's a massive deal. It can greatly boost playerbase and popularity, demonstrating the game to thousands of visitors at its own individual booth. I attended Gamescom two years in a row while working for Square Enix Europe, the second one of which I had been tasked with arranging and organising myself, so as I had the experience to do so, that's why I had planned to take EE Universe to Gamescom in particular rather than other gaming conventions. It was an amazing experience, and one I wanted to relive and share with other members of staff and the community, along with the intended massive playerbase boost that would have come from showcasing the game, helping the community and game greatly.

Question #39: When or will EEU Patron end after you step down?

It was disabled at the end of December, yes. Satanya has the financial side covered better than I could, so the Patreon is no longer required.

Question #40: How did you know about Satanya?

She became a Patron in August of 2018, and I have spoken with her relatively frequently ever since.

Question #41: What impact did Satanya do to you make you think that she has high potential for the game?

She convinced me of her passion for the game, and wanting to see it succeed and grow. She also demonstrated she had the friends and resources to update the game considerably faster under her leadership, and I believed she could make that happen. She also seemed to believe that many of the plans I had would still happen, even after I was gone, meaning I felt more comfortable in passing it on, but now I don't know whether that'll actually be the case. I may have made a mistake, but I hope I haven't, and I guess we'll see over the coming months.

Question #42: Can you put here "The topics from game suggestions that will become real in EEU?"

Nope, sorry. That said, I don't know if it's still planned or whatever, but one suggestion I definitely wanted to make sure would happen was Water Zones, which was from Game Suggestions. Unknown if that will still occur now though.

Question #42: Do you think you will be legend when you step down as a game owner? Along with tales of it?

I guess, although not sure it'll be a positive legend. - People still talk of Chris Benjaminsen regularly, and are likely to continue to do so well after I'm gone.

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Question #43: What is your most regretable EE moment?

I suppose how I handled things in January 2019, as that was the biggest turning point for the game, prior to the Data Breach, and we believe the Data Breach may have occurred as a result of the events of January 2019 anyway. It caused me a lot of stress and hardship for the remainder of my time as owner, although thankfully there were good times as well.

Question #44: How often do you check EE fourms?

I used to have it as one of my startup tabs, so I'd quickly check new threads quite often, even though I would rarely respond or interact with them. I think I'll be done with them completely after today though.

Question #45: Have you ever been banned once? And for what reason xD

Not legitimately. Hackers banned me while I was owner, but I was never banned prior to becoming staff/owner, no.

Question #46: Do you think EEO will have a multiplayer feature in the future?

Nope. It is intentionally "Offline".

Question #47: Do you think EEO will be used in certain contest events?

I doubt it, but if the community's able to organise some successfully, that would be cool.

Question #48: Do you think EEU will have guns in the future?

I didn't plan on including guns myself, no. There were many plans for other PVP options though.

Question #49: What makes EE so addicting?

Difficult to pin down, but I guess the fact that it got to the stage where there were regularly newly made community levels and content, so it always kept people coming back to play new levels and have fun. The mechanics in general were just fun to play with as well, so Chris had managed to make a game where even just running around and jumping in almost any environment was a fun thing to do. Then there's the fact there was so much versatility in minigame types and difficulty, so people could come and play casually or challenge themselves, and Campaigns (and eventually Time Trials) helped that sense of accomplishment and achievement.

Question #50: Is making EE servers still playable are possible after 2020?

I think it's unlikely, but that would be up to the new staff team.

Question #51: Do you think smileys are better without arms?

Of course! - They'd look weird with arms, but I do really like the NPCs.

Question #52: Is there anything that worries you about EEU?

Mainly just the fact it won't necessarily get the updates it needs to grow and succeed, but I hope I'm wrong. That Server Rework still needs to happen.

Question #53: Do you think there should be EEU game ownership elections in the future?

No, I don't believe elections are the right course of action for a game such as EEU.

Question #54: Do you think you might be a game owner again?

No, nor do I intend to be. I did the job I set out to do the best I could do it, and it's time for me to move on.

Question #55: Do you think Memes about EE should be allowed?

I don't see why not.

Question #56: What do you think about games that steals ideas from EE?

Generally, that's fine. Creative endeavours are almost always inspired or built upon ideas from other projects, whether it be in music, video editing, film and TV, or computer games. It would be almost impossible to create a fully original new game that takes no inspiration from anywhere else.

Question #57: Do you think casino worlds in EE are good?

No, because they generally promote gambling, and we want to avoid promoting gambling to people under the age of 18, as EE's demographic is 13-18 years of age.

Question #58: Are there still possible secret dragons in EE?

None that weren't already found.

Question #59: Is Secret Santa event is still a thing?

Sadly not. We had wanted to do it again for 2020, but it turned out there were a lot more complications in reimplementing it than we initially thought. It wasn't simply a matter of 'just turning it back on again'. Nevertheless, it was community-run for years, so I see no real reason for the community not to be able to organise it themselves in future if it's not official, except that world purchasing would have to be available by then.

Question #60: What do expect about EEU?

My expectations were definitely higher when you asked that at the time I've ended up answering. I hope for the best, but I really don't know what to expect at this stage.

Question #61: What do you expect about EEO?

I hope that making it Open Source will result in some cool new modifications, but for the most part, it's just there to allow people to continue playing EE if they wanted to.

Question #62: What is the purpose of EEO?

To allow people to continue playing their favourite worlds after EE shut down, if they wished. It was a preservation effort.

Question #63: Have you ever played any EE fangames?

Played, yes, although probably only once for each game. I played EBE and Nobody Edits at least once each at some stage, but never went back to playing them.

Question #64: What do you think about EEU in its current state right now?

I think it's reasonably playable, but it's definitely a massive problem that there's no World Purchasing yet. After people can easily gain new worlds, there shouldn't really be much holding people back from making great creative worlds. Sure, it's missing a bunch of the gameplay features from EE, but portals can easily be used in place of spikes in most cases, and there's still a massive amount of variety in minigames that can be created just with arrows and vision zones.

Question #65: Do you think there should be weekly updates about EEU? Or monthly?

If possible, I think fortnightly would have been best.

Question #66: Are we able to create our own music in EEU in the future?

No plans for that, no. However much I loved Music Blocks, they were too niche an item, and rarely utilised in actual gameplay. The current plan, as far as I know, is still that there will be Music Zones where you can select from a set of music tracks for the players to hear while playing.

Question #67: If Flash DID NOT end, what are your current plans for EE?

We may not have made EEU at all, and might have just continued working on EE, but I don't know. We'd definitely have worked on migrating the entire project away from PIO to make it easier to administrate, and we probably would have rewritten and streamlined far more of the code than we did. In doing so, we would have liked to have added far more content, such as lasers which Priddle suggested in 2018. Flash still had a lot of technical limitations though, so we may still have made the new game anyway.

Question #68: What are your ideas to bring EE's popularity back to play EE?

I never expected it to reach the heights of popularity it had in 2010-11 again. For the most part, it was a "build it and they will come" model, where if we managed to succeed in adding content and keeping it fun along with holding regular events, the community would naturally grow on its own, and eventually, it would get to the stage where we'd start advertising it to bring in more players.

Question #69: Do you remember the game "Everybodyedits 2", and what do you think about it?

I vaguely recall a fangame called that, but don't really remember. Technically, from 2015, EE was EE 2.0.

Question #70: Are there plans of "builder membership" in the future in EEU?

Not that I'm aware of. I had Membership plans of my own, but it's unknown whether they'll be implemented by the new team.

Question #71: Do you think there would be moving NPCs in the future?

I would love it if there are.

Question #72: How did you know that Satanya was part of the community since 2010?

Because she told me.

Question #73: In your own words, do you have a nickname for Satanya?

Not really, no. I'll pass up the opportunity to potentially start a new meme here. You can figure some new nicknames out for yourselves.

Question #74: Will there be seperated servers in EEU? Or just 1 huge server?

Unknown. Currently only 1.

Question #75: Will there be a player limit in worlds?

I don't believe there is currently. I believe we reached a peak of 109 in a single EEU world after EE's shut down, which is much better than EE's soft cap of 45 and hard cap of 60.

Question #76: What are your ideas of different contests in the future?

I had lots, whether it be specific themes for building, or leaderboard contests for time trials. Guess we'll see if any come to fruition.

Question #77: (Connects to Question #76) Do you think Santanya will make ideas real?

I did in December. Not as sure any more, but still hopeful.

Question #78: How much money did EEU pateron collect in total?

$14,310.24 total from August 2018 to December 2020, averaging at $493.46 per month, which went towards server/domain costs, and then paid out to various members of staff. Any amounts that initially went into an advertising budget were eventually paid out to staff as the Patreon dropped over time. For the latter third of 2020, the Patreon was bringing in lower than the total server costs, so the excess was being covered by myself, where necessary. I know the community doesn't believe me when I say that I made a personal financial loss overall from my time as owner, but I assure you it's true, and sure, I'm to blame for the money management here, so I don't expect sympathy, but it would be nice for people not to keep claiming I'm greedy and keeping all the Patreon money for myself, because that was never the case.

Question #79: What is the amount right now? And what is this amount for?

$0.

Question #80: Do you perfer EE's pixel art or the art EEU currently uses?

EEU's art personally. I know others prefer the pixel art though.

Question #81: Do you think the community is great?

I think some members of the community are great, and I think the community was great back in 2010-11, and I think it became great again in 2015-18! Not sure whether we can class it realistically as 'great' since, but I still love the community as a whole, with some incredibly creative individuals.

Question #82: Have you ever had fear about a community

Regularly.

Question #83: Do you have plans in joinning community games? Like mafia? I know right?

I play Among Us regularly, including sometimes with members of the EE community.

Question #84: Who do you think is an honorable person/user in this community?

Kank. Wonderful human being, made amazing content for the game, and very supportive, understanding, and generous. He's amazing, and thank you Kank for everything you've done for EE and its community!

Question #85: I've heard that 2B55B5G is very cute. Do think this is true?

I think I'd have to reserve judgement until I've seen for myself.

Question #86: Do have plans in making EE memes?

I don't purposefully generate memes myself, but it seems I've been turned into somewhat of a meme machine.

Question #87: Does the community itself can make EE great again?

I believe it really can! It may take a couple of years though.

Question #88: Does Egg taste better then meat?

Not in my personal opinion.

Question #89: Have you ever tasted a lollipop in your age?

Of course. Not sure when the last one I had one was though. It was most likely when I visited Blackpool with my family back in 2019.

Question #90: What is your opinion on tomahawak's awesome moderation in fourms?

He does a fine job.

Question #91: What does EEU fourms look like, and whose created EEU fourms

As far as I'm aware, Diff will still be involved with whatever the new forums are, but we'll have to wait and see.

Question #92: Can you post an image of your favorite EE meme?

Shush you. (Not so much an image, but those in the know know.)

Question #93: Can you also post an image of a awesome chocolate bar of sweets?

Question #94: Do you grow pimples?

Nope.

Question #95: What kind of content do you watch on YouTube?

Recently, quite a lot of Among Us videos, although I also watch a lot of Magic (Penn & Teller Fool Us), and then subscribed to people such as Jacksfilms, Markiplier, Jackscepticeye, and many, many others.

Question #96: Does Chris Benjamin know anything about EEU?

He is aware of its existence, yes.

Question #97: What is the difference between EE server and EEU server?

If you mean the Discords, the EEU server was specifically intended for those invited to EEU, while the EE server allows anyone in to participate and talk about EE.

Question #98: Who do you think is the silliest person in this community.

Quite possibly rat. She was the first to spring to mind.

Question #99: Do you eat... burritos?

Yup, love burritos. I often have Indian Butter Chicken Curry Burritos.

Question #100: Most awkward moment in EE

I'd rather not say. Sorry that this is an immensely disappointing end to these questions.

Question #101: Will EEO will get updates?

Not officially, but it's open source, so anyone is able to modify it themselves to update it and commit community updates.

anything else you want to tell us?

Thank you to everyone who has ever supported or helped me through this difficult time in my life over the past few years. There have definitely been some highlights as well as the lows, and I thank every single one of you who brought any joy to EE in 2018-20, whether it was through staff, chatting, level creations, bot creations, just playing levels, or hanging out with friends. I'm glad I could at least help keep EE going longer than it perhaps may have done under someone else, as that was my primary aim after all, and I want to believe I helped the community as a whole, even if we had some turbulent trials and tribulations along the way. It's been a pleasure playing Everybody Edits with all of you, and I hope the friendships I made along the way will last long beyond this game and its community as well. Thank you again, and even though I may not see you in the next game, I hope you all have a wonderful future, whether you remain part of this community or not.

Good luck to the new team and Everybody playing!

~ Xenonetix ~

Time to play Squarelaxy.

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Re: Xenonetix's Final Ask Me Anything!

Master1 wrote:
intestine blocks WHEN?

Whenever Satanya wishes to add them.

Boi do I have some good news for you

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Re: Xenonetix's Final Ask Me Anything!

Allen why are your questions weird as **** especially #85

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Re: Xenonetix's Final Ask Me Anything!

I thought this is an AMA not an interview between Allen and Xeno

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