Hello there dear MFFA'ers!
My name is Winmugen11, a.k.a. Vincent in real life. Today (17/11/2013) I have finally registered myself at this site in order to become a part of this community.
Now the introduction (*ahem*). I got to know mugen somewhere in it's beginning days. One day I was surfing the almighty (and sometimes cruel) interwebs and on Youtube I found a video titled "Link vs Ryu". This was rather odd because as far as I knew back then, there was no such game that would allow for this kind of character match-up. Turns out it was made possible thanks to a game/engine known as Mugen, developed by the good folks over at Elecbyte who back then didn't really knew which way to go with it (and still don't as of this day).
Mugen quickly became my favourite game in a mere matter of days. Because of the impact mugen had on my life and the interest it sparked in me, I found life to be more enjoyable as I didn't have the most normal youth so to speak.... In fact, my username is inspired by this awesome game that is capable of giving enjoyment to people. For more information (and so I won't make this introduction overly long) I happily refer you to my profile. Look at my "About Me" section and read my story if you wish.
This may sound strange but as fun as mugen is, it has made me fall into a depression. As of this writing, this is the 3rd time I have reinstalled mugen along with a great deal of characters and stages. This is because throughout the years I have built up quite a collection and gained some general knowledge about mugen. Unfortunately I lost everything mugen related 2 times already. Once because my pc got infected with a damn virus and the second time when, while testing a lot of characters, I accidentally perma-deleted my mugen. I was suffering from a depression for a few months because Mugen was one of the only things I honestly enjoyed.
I wasn't really sure wether or not to install mugen a 3rd time because mugen was dying. Hardly any content was made/released for it. That was until I came across MFG & MFFA. For months I quietly followed everything mugen-related on MFG and this site, downloading characters and stages once again.
Until today I truly struggled with registering but thanks to some prominent members of MFFA like Laharl, Ultimecia, Zombie-brock, Ryoucchi, Ryon & the Magic Toaster to name a few, and their dedication and love for the engine and the people who use it, I cut the knot and decided I wanted to join this caring community. I want to do whatever I can (as far as real life allows it) to contribute to this community ranging from helping people with request to participating in discussions and learn things about making content for mugen so that one day I may release a character or two of my own which, thanks to the great feedback I know MFFA gives, will become better.
And just between you and me..I want to join MFFA and MFG but I chose to register at MFFA first because you guys are not so harsh like some of the guys at MFG who can appear to be rather cold and cruel in their feedback towards creators.
Finally I want to conclude by saying that it's simply amazing that a game like mugen is able to bring together people with a common passion and create new friendships and that's one of the many reasons I registered. It's great to see and know what is made for mugen but I'm really curious about your stories. The stories of the people of MFFA, the stories of possible friends even?
Signing out,
Winmugen11