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'''Selbi''' is a German scener and a [[member]] on the Sonic Retro forums. He is most commonly known from [[SSRG]], though.
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'''Selbi''' is a German scener and a [[member]] on the Sonic Retro forums. He is a staff member on [[SSRG]].
  
==History==
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== History ==
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=== Beginnings at SSRG (2007-2009)===
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Selbi's original join date is actually near the end of 2007. However, at that time he wasn't more than an arrogant student with incredibly bad English skills. This quickly designed him to be a foolish kid, so he didn't get validated at all, but banned.
  
===Retarded beginnings at SSRG===
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Because of that, about half a year later (in June 2008), he joined the [[SSRG]]. However, his attitude and English skills didn't really improve since then at all, meaning he still was that arrogant kiddy from Sonic Retro.
Selbi originally joined the scene in late 2007. Because of his bad English and thinking he is awesome at [[hacking]] (which of course wasn't the case), he didn't get validated at all, but banned. In June 2008 he joined the [[SSRG]] and started his "hacking carrier" there, but because of his sub-par English, he quickly became something ''new'' (in other words, retarded).
 
  
By releasing a hack called [http://sonicresearch.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=611 ''Sonic 1: Project 255''] on August 2008, he got banned from SSRG (the hack was just a piece of crap with stolen content from [[Sonic 1 Harder Levels Version]] and the very first [[Sonic Megamix]]). After this time was over he returned being much more active, but not more careful (as he actually should be). At this point, he started learning [[ASM]], and eventually got better and better at it.
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This was only proven by releasing a hack called [http://sonicresearch.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=611 ''Sonic 1: Project 255''] on August 2008. This hack was nothing but a combination of [[Sonic 1 Harder Levels Version]] and the very first [[Sonic Megamix]]. If the administrators wouldn't had so much mercy, Selbi wouldn't be here today, because he was banned for two months.
  
===On Retro===
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His patience was eventually his pay-off, because when he returned, he was much more careful, less arrogant and also started learning [[ASM]] programming for real.
Selbi tried astounding 9 times to get approved on the Sonic Retro validation forum (9 accounts and not just 9 tries with 1 account), which is probably the current record in the whole community. 8 times he failed miserably because of poor English, bad validation posts, etc. But on June 2009, exactly 1 year in the scene, he finally made a good validation post and got approved.
 
  
===Today===
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=== On Sonic Retro (2009) ===
While Selbi isn't much of an artist, but he does know his deal of programing ([[ASM|Motorola 68k ASM]], Visual Basic .NET and PHP to be specific). He likes helping people and creating tutorials (he feels embarassed by those though, which is why he only posts them on [[SSRG]]). He is a member of a number hacking teams, including [[Team ZX]] and [[Harder Project]]. One of his main goals is to be a [[Tech Member]] in the future (even though he doesn't think it ever will be accomplished). Nowadays he is mostly working on his hack, hoping it'll be something really special one day. He also works on hacking utilities sometimes. His latest project was [[Sonic 2 - Text Code Generator]], which is able to create or modify title cards and end cards. He doesn't really contribute much to the Wiki, just mainly stuff about his own pages or random edits here and there.
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Selbi holds the official record of validation requests on Sonic Retro (at least from those people, who eventually got approved), with a total of 9 tries split over 5 different accounts. Ban dodging and his general stupidity in the beginnings were the reason.
  
==Projects==
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But on June 2009, which was excactly one year after he joined SSRG, he finally showed to be no longer an idiot and got approved.
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=== Becomming a scener (2009-2011) ===
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With his validation on Sonic Retro, Selbi's way of becomming a good scener was set. He tried to get to know many different people and did his best at creating tools and further improving his [[ASM]] skills, eventually creating his own hack, [[Sonic ERaZor]]. It recieved a lot of positve and mixed feedback, which is why Selbi continued working on said hack for over two more years.
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Selbi never tried to do much in the areas of art and music. He always thought of himself to just not having that certain sense and therefore focused on programming. His main areas were Visual Basic .NET, PHP and obviously ASM. Helping people and creating tutorials was also one of the main things he did at that time. Additionally, he also was (or still is) in a good number of hacking teams, including [[Team ZX]], [[Harder Project]] and [[Masochistic Maniacs]].
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=== Today (2011-Present) ===
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Selbi is one of the few people who lost pretty much all interests in hacking. He feels like it just isn't what it used to be when he joined the scene in 2007, not only for himself, but the entire community. While that is no reason for him to leave the scene, he isn't as active as he was in his earlier days.
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That, however, doesn't mean he longer does any contributions. He still helps people and still works on utilities/tutorials, but he doesn't work on hacks anymore and generally toned things down a bit.
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The overall interest in the community went down, and when there are not much people wanting stuff, less people will do stuff. When there are less people doing stuff, there are even more people losing interest. It's a vicious circle.
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== Projects ==
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=== Completed ===
 
* '''[[Sonic ERaZor]]''' - Sonic 1 Hack ({{linkRetro|topic=19107|title=Forum Topic}})
 
* '''[[Sonic ERaZor]]''' - Sonic 1 Hack ({{linkRetro|topic=19107|title=Forum Topic}})
 
* '''[[Sonic 1 - Text Code Generator]]''' - Hacking utility to edit any kind of text in [[Sonic 1]]
 
* '''[[Sonic 1 - Text Code Generator]]''' - Hacking utility to edit any kind of text in [[Sonic 1]]
 
* '''[[Sonic 2 - Text Code Generator]]''' - Sequel of ''Sonic 1 - Text Code Generator'' for [[Sonic 2]]
 
* '''[[Sonic 2 - Text Code Generator]]''' - Sequel of ''Sonic 1 - Text Code Generator'' for [[Sonic 2]]
 
* '''{{LinkRetro|topic=25359|title=Selbi's Parallax Editor}}''' - Generates code for background deformation in Sonic 1 and Sonic 2
 
* '''{{LinkRetro|topic=25359|title=Selbi's Parallax Editor}}''' - Generates code for background deformation in Sonic 1 and Sonic 2
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* '''{{LinkRetro|topic=23731|title=HEX2ASM}}''' - Converts binary files (hex) into a Notepad friendly ''dc'' array.
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=== Cancelled ===
 
* '''Sonic 1: Project 255''' - Canceled illegal hack project (Click [http://sonicresearch.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=611 here] for more information (You need to be registered))
 
* '''Sonic 1: Project 255''' - Canceled illegal hack project (Click [http://sonicresearch.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=611 here] for more information (You need to be registered))
 
* '''Sonic 1 - Hardcore Terror''' - Discontinued beginner hack ([http://selbi.se.funpic.de/s1ht.bin Link to the lastest build])
 
* '''Sonic 1 - Hardcore Terror''' - Discontinued beginner hack ([http://selbi.se.funpic.de/s1ht.bin Link to the lastest build])
 
* '''Sonic Extreme Gore Edition''' - Attempt to make a Sonic game with blood, violence etc. Canceled before anything but a few sprites were done. ({{LinkRetro|topic=17457|title=Forum Topic}})
 
* '''Sonic Extreme Gore Edition''' - Attempt to make a Sonic game with blood, violence etc. Canceled before anything but a few sprites were done. ({{LinkRetro|topic=17457|title=Forum Topic}})
  
==External Links==
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== External Links ==
* [http://sonicresearch.org/forums/index.php?showuser=469 Selbi's SSRG page] (Contains some extra (outdated) information. You need to be registered to watch it.)
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* [http://youtube.com/user/selbi182 Selbi's YouTube page] - Features videos about his hack, [[Sonic ERaZor]] and more hacking related stuff.
* [http://youtube.com/user/selbi182 Selbi's YouTube page] (Video tutorials based on the [[SCHG How-to:Guide|How-tos]] on the Sonic Retro Wiki.)
 
* [http://selbi.se.funpic.de/ Selbi's FTP Homepage] (In case you are bored and want to see every kind of stuff he ever uploaded.)
 
* [http://bsv-lueneburg.de/svprg/daten/Selbi/ Selbi's FTP Homepage 2] (In case you are even more bored.)
 
* [[wikipedia:Mark_Selby|Selbi's page on the english Wikipedia]] (Where he is depicted as a famous Snooker player.)
 
  
 
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[[Category:Sceners]]

Revision as of 10:11, 17 September 2011

<forumuser name="Selbi" /> Selbi is a German scener and a member on the Sonic Retro forums. He is a staff member on SSRG.

History

Beginnings at SSRG (2007-2009)

Selbi's original join date is actually near the end of 2007. However, at that time he wasn't more than an arrogant student with incredibly bad English skills. This quickly designed him to be a foolish kid, so he didn't get validated at all, but banned.

Because of that, about half a year later (in June 2008), he joined the SSRG. However, his attitude and English skills didn't really improve since then at all, meaning he still was that arrogant kiddy from Sonic Retro.

This was only proven by releasing a hack called Sonic 1: Project 255 on August 2008. This hack was nothing but a combination of Sonic 1 Harder Levels Version and the very first Sonic Megamix. If the administrators wouldn't had so much mercy, Selbi wouldn't be here today, because he was banned for two months.

His patience was eventually his pay-off, because when he returned, he was much more careful, less arrogant and also started learning ASM programming for real.

On Sonic Retro (2009)

Selbi holds the official record of validation requests on Sonic Retro (at least from those people, who eventually got approved), with a total of 9 tries split over 5 different accounts. Ban dodging and his general stupidity in the beginnings were the reason.

But on June 2009, which was excactly one year after he joined SSRG, he finally showed to be no longer an idiot and got approved.

Becomming a scener (2009-2011)

With his validation on Sonic Retro, Selbi's way of becomming a good scener was set. He tried to get to know many different people and did his best at creating tools and further improving his ASM skills, eventually creating his own hack, Sonic ERaZor. It recieved a lot of positve and mixed feedback, which is why Selbi continued working on said hack for over two more years.

Selbi never tried to do much in the areas of art and music. He always thought of himself to just not having that certain sense and therefore focused on programming. His main areas were Visual Basic .NET, PHP and obviously ASM. Helping people and creating tutorials was also one of the main things he did at that time. Additionally, he also was (or still is) in a good number of hacking teams, including Team ZX, Harder Project and Masochistic Maniacs.

Today (2011-Present)

Selbi is one of the few people who lost pretty much all interests in hacking. He feels like it just isn't what it used to be when he joined the scene in 2007, not only for himself, but the entire community. While that is no reason for him to leave the scene, he isn't as active as he was in his earlier days.

That, however, doesn't mean he longer does any contributions. He still helps people and still works on utilities/tutorials, but he doesn't work on hacks anymore and generally toned things down a bit.

The overall interest in the community went down, and when there are not much people wanting stuff, less people will do stuff. When there are less people doing stuff, there are even more people losing interest. It's a vicious circle.

Projects

Completed

Cancelled

  • Sonic 1: Project 255 - Canceled illegal hack project (Click here for more information (You need to be registered))
  • Sonic 1 - Hardcore Terror - Discontinued beginner hack (Link to the lastest build)
  • Sonic Extreme Gore Edition - Attempt to make a Sonic game with blood, violence etc. Canceled before anything but a few sprites were done. (
    Sonic Retro
    Forum Topic
    )

External Links