James Hadden

James Hadden, nicknamed Jimmy Hadden and previously known by the alias TheSilenceOfNoOne (commonly abbreviated TSON, [TSON], or tson), is a community manager for McLeodGaming and former developer for Super Smash Flash 2. He is also the founder of the McLeodGaming Wiki.

History
James Hadden joined the McLeodGaming community as TheSilenceOfNoOne on the original McLeodGaming Forums in 2007. His first post, at 11 years old, was a "wishlist" for Super Smash Flash 2, before the same had gotten released.

Since becoming a Super Smash Flash 2 developer, Hadden has been one of the most active and prominent public figures in the McLeodGaming community, serving as an administrator in both the McLeodGaming Forums and Discord server, as well as creating the McLeodGaming Wiki in 2008. Hadden also assisted in the creation of the McLeodGaming website's redesign in 2016, working with the design and quality assurance.

Outside of McLeodGaming, Hadden is also the co-founder of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl modification Brawl Minus, though he is no longer a developer.

Work with Super Smash Flash 2
In February 2007, James Hadden made a suggestion to Gregory McLeod related to a private section of the McLeodGaming Forums where SSF2 ' s development would be hidden from players. That section, "SSF2 Developer", was created on the following month and would serve as the primary platform for the game's development for several years. In April 2007, Hadden applied for the developer role with plans to create an item for the game. He was accepted, though the aforementioned item was never created.

Hadden would later become the leader of the department for quality assurance, which he requested to be created for the McLeodGaming Forums in 2009. He would also become one of the main programmers for the game's content, as well as for characters such as. Most notably, he is the head of public relations for the game and actively posts news and updates on the McLeodGaming website, as well as McLeodGaming's social media accounts.

Hadden has also helped to develop the sprites and movesets for certain characters, most notably, which was handled almost entirely by him up to Beta.

In 2020, James Hadden left the game's development team due to changing aspirations and the stress of working for the game. Despite this, he still remains an active community manager.

Work with McLeodGaming Next
It has been revealed that James Hadden will be a developer for the upcoming fighting game from McLeodGaming, codenamed McLeodGaming Next. His role is currently unknown.

Trivia

 * James Hadden has notably coined the "Sanddrop", a technique in SSF2 with Sandbag's down special move, Sanddash, in which Sandbag moves slightly downwards in the air.