File:SMBDX.jpg Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, the game responsible for it all.
Stumpers’ parents always new they ultimately wanted two children. Because their first, Stumps, had turned out so well, they did not suspect the mess they were getting into by having a second child, Stumpers. Unlike Stumps, Stumpers was more energetic and less goal-oriented. Stumpers took after his mother’s personality, but grew up in a much more stable environment. The combination was explosive. At the age of three, Stumpers fell down a step onto the concrete floor of his parents’ garage, breaking his nose. It is unknown if this incident contributed to his wild, slightly neurotic tendencies.
Video games always played an important role in Stumpers’ life. From the near-beginning, his father would rent a Sega Genesis as a special treat. Eventually, he purchased one, and Stumpers’ grew to love Ms. Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many others. Near the middle of elementary school, Stumpers’ parents surprised him and his brother with a Nintendo 64 and Diddy Kong Racing . It was then that the true video game fandom began. Banjo-Kazooie shortly followed. His entry into the Mario series was Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the Game Boy. Viewing the game as a slice of “perfection” in the world, he played it to no end, unlocking nearly every secret the game had to offer. Other games followed, but that first game was likely the best for Stumpers.
As he grew up, Stumpers stayed under the wings of his parents, blissfully unaware of the animalistic, violent society that surrounded him. His first real taste of the cruelty of the world came during his first year of middle school, where he found himself “un-cool” and thus abandoned by his friends. After a tumultuous period, Stumpers found new friends, became broken in, and began to emerge as the person he is today: weird and proud of it.
High school saw less-dramatic changes to Stumpers. Many more like-minded people went to the high school than the middle school, and they banded together, forming a very nerdy, but feisty group. Stumpers also became more aware of the world of pop-culture. In addition to beginning to put stops on his wildness based on the situation, he also became obsessed with music. Enya, Pink, Shakira, and others brought him much happiness when he felt down. He also began to gain political beliefs, being classified as an absolute moderate, with no swing to either party, according to a political ideology test.
Once a writer of the main Wikipedia, Stumpers joined the Super Mario Wiki and left Wikipedia to “rot in its uppity ways.” Preferring to write his own articles, he seeks out badly written articles and stubs to build up. The results of his efforts can best be seen in the articles on Mario Strikers Charged and the Mushroom Kingdom.
Do you know Stumpers on the Internet? Here are some of his aliases:
- Albatross18: Stumpers
- Newgrounds: Stumpers
- Nintendo N-Sider Forums: Stumper
- Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:
- Pangya (Japan version): spazafrazz
- Wikipedia: Stumpers
I've been a fan of the Super Mario Bros. series since I got Mario Party for the N64. From there I went on to get Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Mario Tennis, and Yoshi's Story, to name a few.
My hobbies include running (not competitively), art (or cartooning :D), flash animation (just started :D), and of course video games. Sometimes I get a book or two that I actually like, but that's pretty rare. English class ruined reading for fun for me. Some of my faves off hand: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter (numbers 1-3. wouldn't recomend 4-6), many of Daniel Pinkwater's novels, and Watership Down.
For those wondering why I call myself Stumpers, it's not because I'm so weird that I'm a "stumper" to figure out. Stumpers is a game series of mine, based on puzzles or RPG-style gameplay. The main character's name was Stumper. How clever. The name Stumpers came about because of a typo on my part that I realized too late. I figured, "what the heck" and went with it, though. They were made on PowerPoint, and it looks like the last game will be flash (RPGs are really tough!). Perhaps in the future I will put one or two of them up online. I was worried about copywrites until I learned that, apparently, everything you create is automatic copywrite, unless you made it at work and there is some sort of company policy for that kind of thing. Then the company might own it! >_<