Hatman

Hatman
Profile
Aliases:	NotSoAverageJoe, Hatsworth Joseph Manington
Real name:	Joseph Ryan
Interests:	Drawing comics, Video Games, "Cute" things

Hatman joined on August 16, 2006 after being on the main site for about a year. He is known as a generally likeable guy and probably best known for being a quick artist and the creator of Super Mario Skyhigh and Super Luigi Dreams. His fangame Yoshi's Tower won the MFGG '06 award for "Most Overlooked" fangame.

The Beginning

Hatman first aquired Game Maker in mid-2005, after watching an episode of Attack of the Show. The first game Hatman ever completed was a small pong-inspired game entitled Luigi Ball, in which the player controlled four pipes on the sides of the screen in an attempt to get Luigi to the Shine Sprite at the end of each level. The development of this game was aided by a close friend of Hatman's. The game had to be scrapped, however, as they were too lazy to finish it. Later in the summer of 2005, Hatman started to work on his first game, Super Mario Skyhigh. Upon completion in late 2005, he found the website MFGG and uploaded it there. It was then followed by minigame Yoshi's Tower and Super Mario Skyhigh 2. At the release of Super Mario Melatonin, a game created by Kaepora and Someguy, Hatman reviewed the game and gave it a one out of ten. Claiming it was "a waste of time to make and play". This caused tension between Hatman and Kaepora. The dispute was eventually resolved when Hatman reviewe the demo for Let's Go, Thingio! and gave it a higher score because he felt it was a better game. Keapora then advised Hatman to join the MFGG Forums after playing Yoshi's Tower, informing him of the Minigame Competitions. Upon joining, Hatman's first topic was not a "Hi, I'm new topic", but a poll about which Mario game was best. It got up to three pages. He is now an accepted and well-known member of the forums.

The End

On December 22, 2006, Hatman announced on the GC forum that he's leaving MFGG for now. His final words in his Good-bye topic were: "MFGG, I am failing high school. I do not want to blame anything, but myself. I have become extremely lazy and had increased my procrastination because I spend too much time on this website instead of doing what I am supposed to. Instead of taking notes, I make concept art for my next game. Instead of going to tutoring, I go to my computer lab for just a breif moment of this website. I am addicted to MFGG.

It's not only my schoolwork, though. It's my life. I have wasted weekends setting infront of this damn machine talking to people I have never met before in my life, working on programs that'll be worth **** in the end, instead of going outside and helping my family, and spending time with my friends.

So, MFGG, I am afraid I will have to take a temporary leave until I can turn my life around. As for my current projects, those are going on hold as well. Some of you will not miss me, but that's fine. I just wanted to let you all know that I am solving a problem that I have, and I WILL turn my life around.

Thank you, MFGG, and for once, I will make use of the "log out" button.

See you 'round. -Joseph "Hatman" Ryan"

Hatman returned on Christmas Day.

Character

Hatman's character is himself, though he occasionally is seen accompanied by a clam wearing a hat. His persona has a fake extension of his name that breaks down the word "Hatman" and lengthens it to "Hatsworth J. Manington". People complain, however, that his regular character doesn't wear a hat at all. When the member Darkzy complained about this, Hatman drew a picture of himself as Abraham Lincoln.

Activity

Though he is most active in the PPP (as most users are) He frequently participates in Minigame and Drawing Competitions. Enjoys drawing and drawing other members. Has an annual tradition in which he takes drawing requests depending on the holiday season.

List of Fangames

• Super Mario Skyhigh DX Edition
• Yoshi's Tower
• Super Mario Skyhigh 2
• Super Luigi Dreams
• Super Mario Skyhigh 3 (In development)
• Super Luigi Dreams 2 (Tentative Title)
• MFGG Grand Prix

Canned Games

• Super Mario Island: Kingdoms in Chaos

Trivia

• Hatman is actually the name of a character drawn by Hatman, but he uses his name because it's generally shorter than his other nickname, NotSoAverageJoe.
• Has trouble holding a stable opinion during debates and once he realizes that his opinion has been outmatched, he admits defeat, and takes his leave.
• Lives in Staten Island, NY and travels an hour and a half to reach his school in Manhatten, LaGuardia (a.k.a. The Fame School).