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'''SoNick''' has been in the Sonic hacking community for quite some time. He was a SysOp for the Sonic Retro Wiki for awhile, but then he kind of wandered off and when he returned a few years later he no longer had the title. SoNick lost serious interest in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" game series long ago, but continues to use the name "SoNick" for lack of anything better to call himself. Sonic Generations was fun and Mania was p. good though. SoNick tends to drift in and out of communities online and off, although he's working on breaking this habit.
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Hey, I'm '''SoNick'''! Back in the day I'd say I'm some nobody from the middle of nowhere, but I suppose I have enough experience by now to say a bit more!
  
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Between 2014 and 2017, SoNick was heavily involved with the "TwitchPlaysPokémon" Twitch stream, and he hosted the PCs that run the whole thing in his basement from July 2015 - June 2017. During this time he was part of the TwitchPlaysPokémon administrative team, as detailed in [https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/3c66n9/i_would_like_to_congratulate_s_sonick_for/ in this reddit post]. Near the end of June 2016, [https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/4q7rpu/welp_its_been_fun/ he left the TPP administrative team citing frustrations and internal drama as reasons for leaving]. In April 2017, [https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/670qro/need_a_new_host_for_the_pcs/ SoNick advised he is stepping down from hosting the PCs that run the TwitchPlaysPokémon stream], prompting a search for a new host. The last PC was shipped near the end of June 2017 and SoNick has been free from TwitchPlaysPokémon ever since. He does stop by their stream once in a blue moon [https://tpp.chat/search/jRpBAbQFG2VK/?from=2020-01-01T10:52:22.790Z as evidenced on this chat log site], but it is a rare occurrence.
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I studied Computer Science at University before dropping out a lifetime ago and landing a Computer Networking job in the early 2010s. I'm studying the theory to get additional certifications, but I have enough practical experience at this point to tell you some basics for Cisco, Nokia, ADVA, Ciena, MRV, and several other networking devices.
  
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Outside of the internet, SoNick is a regular in the local music scene, attending almost every show put on at local bars. He's taken up playing Guitar, Bass, and as of late 2019 Drums as well. His guitar is a black MIM Fender Statocaster with an aftermarket green pickguard that really "pops" against the black of the guitar. His bass is an ESP LTD AX-104, although he has an older green Ibanez Mikro guitar-scale bass that he initially started to learn the instrument with. For drums, SoNick has an Alesis Surge e-Drum kit. The built-in samples aren't the best, but so far it has worked very good for a starter e-drum kit. On the first Friday of 2020, a local musician messaged SoNick asking if he wants to form a band and he agreed. No further details are known yet, but this should be a fun adventure!
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I dabbled in Linux back in the days of Ubuntu 6.10 or so and hated it. Later tried custom distros Mythdora and Mythbuntu and cut my teeth on Linux for real. The local cable providers eventually moved from analog feeds (picked up by any TV/capture card) to digital (requires a set top box for each TV/input), this rendered my TV tuner cards worthless so I moved back to Windows XP/7 for my setups. I tolerated Windows 10 but don't really see what it brings over Windows 7, and now that Windows 11 is a thing I'll likely eventually move to it as well.
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Finally, you may know me from some gaming stuff. I've been in the Sonic the Hedgehog hacking community since '99, finding unused content in the Wai prototype (then "Sonic 2 Beta") sparked my interest in game design and computer programming that lasted until a bad instructor at University verbally beat that out of me over the course of several years.
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Years later in the mid-2010s the PCs running that "Twitch Plays Pokémon" thing ended up in my basement, it was a nice gig but the rest of the staff didn't understand that I only agreed to provide power and internet; if the stream crashed they'd ping me while I was at work and I hated it. I was active in the chat and I found that I was made a mod, but then I had to play serious instead of screwing around like I had for the past year or two and it wasn't fun. I eventually sent the PCs on to the next person and to my understanding he's still the guy keeping it all running to this day.
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And finally, I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020. After reviewing the symptoms the signs were there my whole life. I had just written them off as "oh that's just a personality quirk." I've already gone through the "wait how much of this is me and how much of it is the disease" drama, now I'm just living my life one day at a time and doing whatever feels right.
  
 
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==Previously Known As==
 
==Previously Known As==
 
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*SoNick Belmont
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*SoNick Edgeworth
 
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*SoNick Harpuia
 
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Latest revision as of 05:09, 18 February 2024

Hey, I'm SoNick! Back in the day I'd say I'm some nobody from the middle of nowhere, but I suppose I have enough experience by now to say a bit more!

I studied Computer Science at University before dropping out a lifetime ago and landing a Computer Networking job in the early 2010s. I'm studying the theory to get additional certifications, but I have enough practical experience at this point to tell you some basics for Cisco, Nokia, ADVA, Ciena, MRV, and several other networking devices.

I dabbled in Linux back in the days of Ubuntu 6.10 or so and hated it. Later tried custom distros Mythdora and Mythbuntu and cut my teeth on Linux for real. The local cable providers eventually moved from analog feeds (picked up by any TV/capture card) to digital (requires a set top box for each TV/input), this rendered my TV tuner cards worthless so I moved back to Windows XP/7 for my setups. I tolerated Windows 10 but don't really see what it brings over Windows 7, and now that Windows 11 is a thing I'll likely eventually move to it as well.

Finally, you may know me from some gaming stuff. I've been in the Sonic the Hedgehog hacking community since '99, finding unused content in the Wai prototype (then "Sonic 2 Beta") sparked my interest in game design and computer programming that lasted until a bad instructor at University verbally beat that out of me over the course of several years.

Years later in the mid-2010s the PCs running that "Twitch Plays Pokémon" thing ended up in my basement, it was a nice gig but the rest of the staff didn't understand that I only agreed to provide power and internet; if the stream crashed they'd ping me while I was at work and I hated it. I was active in the chat and I found that I was made a mod, but then I had to play serious instead of screwing around like I had for the past year or two and it wasn't fun. I eventually sent the PCs on to the next person and to my understanding he's still the guy keeping it all running to this day.

And finally, I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020. After reviewing the symptoms the signs were there my whole life. I had just written them off as "oh that's just a personality quirk." I've already gone through the "wait how much of this is me and how much of it is the disease" drama, now I'm just living my life one day at a time and doing whatever feels right.

Forums History

Previously Known As

  • Super SoNick
  • s_SoNick
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