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What's your favorite part of Flash? I mean Drawings, Animations, Codes..? Not necessarily what you like to do, but what you like seeing or doing?
Personally, I love animating. I think that, since I began, I improved a lot and, in my opinion, I can make some really amazing animations (some that I can't even believe I made). But what matters is experience; the more you try, and the harder you do, better your work will be. Just never give up.

Do you think any of it (the constant flow of new material being pumped into Flash communities by the thousands per second) inspired you to start with Flash? Or was it merely some other desire to work with it?
I always wanted to work with Flash. When I got the opportunity, I used it and now I certainly do not regret.

How do you think you got started? Who introduced you to it?
I was actually introduced to Flash MX long ago, but never used it completely. I made some small games, but never a big project. When I found Space Fable, a Battle On! Forums project, I bought Flash CS3 and its Project Leader, //.Shadow.\\, sent me a Space Fable file. I studied all the codes by myself and asked him some small questions. That was the start. One year has passed, and here I am now.

What could have helped you the most when you were starting with Flash?
Some people may think that Flash Tutorials are useful. In my opinion, they aren't. Mostly because they don't make you think; thinking is the only way to code, so they didn't help me. I believe what most helped me was the file that //.Shadow.\\ sent me. About animations, all I could do was training. You can only improve it if you try lots of times.
I honestly couldn't agree more... I just hope other people realize this and use tutorials the way you used the **** file, and learn from it. Though, Althorne taught me a great trick a few years back; he said he never c/p's a tutorial, but rather write it all word for word by yourself, so you understand each line, and keep trying it until you remember the entire code, and know what each specific line does.

Have any people, games, animations contributed to your learning of Flash?
Yes, certainly! I learned Flash because I had an opportunity. Although, if I didn't want to learn, the opportunity would have come to me in vain. Back on 2006, when I first played Dragon Fable, I couldn't believe someone could have done such an amazing game in Flash. That was my first real Flash dream - I always wanted to make a game like that. I was impressed, especially with DF trees; I loved those tree designs. Then, in 2007, I played MQ and my dream to learn Flash got stronger. On August 7th, 2008, I joined the Forums, and I joined Space Fable too. After studying, I was able to finally master Flash.

What do you believe helped you the most when you were making games? For instance, while everybody else was busy making RPG's, you made a shooter. Clearly, you were quite ahead of the game (no pun intended) ;).
The story of Shoot It! (for those who don't know, the first real game I made with the SI! team, which has ended) is really impressive. Dudu was thinking about life when he tought about making a shooter. I had never seen good shooters on the net, and that situation encouraged me. I started building it (and, at first, it would be a Space Fable Entertainment game. But since only I made the game and I had no real help from SFE except Carbine's, I went solo and built the SI! team) on the next day and, one month later, it was ready. Thanks to the SI! team (Atriax, Davyo, Luggy, THE DRAGON MASTER22 and TarrianLoki [alphabetically] [I hope I didn't forget anybody]), it was getting better every week, but, then, I decided to close it because I had priorities in real life. For me, what most helped when I were making games was the public; if people like your stuff, it makes you want to make more of it.

Are there anythings you would like to tell others, which you think helped you when you were developing in Flash?
There's only one thing: never give up. If you do something, but don't get any comments, it's because people like it. Perhaps they are just too shy to comment. Just never give up, and you will reach perfection.

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