[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]cthu1u seems to be somewhat of a fixture in the Blackbox world. Part of the community as far back as I can remember, he has regaled us with some of the prettiest styles around, and has been a co-admin of various Blackbox sites.[/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]A very likeable person and a good friend, he is well known as a hoarder of plugins and everything Blackbox-wise, so you know who to ask if you are missing something…[/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]He lives alone in the woods, near Lake Charles, Louisiana. As he puts it: “Relevant, I guess, if you've seen the TV show True Detective”.[/font]
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[color=#a3a3a3;][font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]Protoblack: My most downloaded style. Me trying to get to Dreamer standards.[/color][/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]1) When did you start using BB and had you used any other shells before?[/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]I started in the box realm with fluxbox. Then found out about bb4win, I believe, through boxshots.org. I wasn't all that interested in making styles until I saw Dreamer's work. I got determined to make styles that were as good as his. I got OCD obsessed after that.[/font]
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[color=#a3a3a3;][font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]Satellite: My first attempt at a style pack.[/color][/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]2) What was BB's most notable characteristic that made you use the shell?[/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]It's light, stable, clean and easy to theme, and the community has always been really great.[/font]
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[color=#a3a3a3;][font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]Oxide: My styles started to get really dark at this point.[/color][/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]3) What was your contribution to the community?[/font]
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I've been making styles since '04, and was a moderator on boxshots.org and the lostinthebox forum for a few years.[/font]
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River: A typical dark gray theme.
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]4) What do you think about the shell and the community today, in contrast to the shell and the community back then?[/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]BB is still stable and works flawlessly, but after Windows 7 and especially x64 systems became the norm, its community and development declined drastically. The community is doing good now though, thanks to blackbox4win.com.[/font]
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[color=#a3a3a3;][font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]Corpus: Another dark gray theme. bbLean was getting all the nice features at this point.[/color][/font]
[font="tahoma, sans-serif;"]5) What do you think the shell needs and how do you think it should evolve?[/font]
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IMO the priority should be getting all plugins ported to x64, where possible, so it's 100% compatible for new systems[color=#a3a3a3;].[/color][/font]