James Hadden

James Hadden, better known by his alias TheSilenceOfNoOne, commonly abbreviated TSON, or [TSON], is a SSF2 Developer and founder of the McLeodGaming Wiki. He is the leader of the SSF2 Balancer's Section, head of PR (appointed "PRincess" by Void), a character coder, and a self-proclaimed mediocre spriter.

The original forums
[TSON] joined as TheSilenceOfNoOne on the original McLeodGaming Forums. His first post was a list of changes he would like to see before Super Smash Flash 2 is released, at the age of 11, and posing (poorly) as a 17 year old so that he could stay without being banned for being underage. In November 2007, [TSON] made the Event Compilation Topic, which flourished quickly and helped to organize ideas for potential Event battles. Soon after, he made the Point Breakdown topic, and gained relevance and traction as a face for the SSF2 Devs when interacting with the public.

As a developer
In February of 2007, [TSON] made a suggestion to Cleod9 that there should be a private section where the development of SSF2 is hidden from the public, so that the game can generate buzz and excitement from players. The SSF2 Developer's Section was created the following month, and [TSON] applied to be a developer in April of 2007. After promising to make an item for the game (and having no spriting skill whatsoever), he was accepted. The promised item was never created.

After a strong history throughout his time on the MG forums utilizing the Bug Report topic, [TSON] became the lead Bug Tester, and continued to find bugs that went largely unnoticed and posted them in the Dev's section to show Cleod9 and have them fixed.

On June 1st, 2008, [TSON] created and posted the McLeodGaming Wiki on the Forums. Unfortunately, due to his duties as a Developer, it quickly began too much for him to develop the Wiki and it was entrusted with other users.

Mod era
Late May of 2008, [TSON] was promoted to mod of the SSB section after months of whining and implying that he wanted the position. At the time, he was hotheaded and 12, which led to his demise after a short two months in the position.

July 24th, 2008, [TSON] heavily flamed a veteran of the Forums in the Spam section, and gave himself 99 demerits (from 30). A thread was started in the VIP Section the day after, which suggested that he be banned for a short time to calm down. What was done instead was that he was banned for a short time and stripped of his moderator duties. This is one of the cases detailed on RyanKajito's raid-based website. This did nothing but discourage [TSON], who ranted about this every chance given, on how many people were 'watching him', whatever he did. He left MG for a short amount of time the week after due to the stress and embarrassment that ensued.

The New Forums
[TSON] joined the new Forums in July of 2009. He continued to be the leader as far as bug reporting, and when the devs could code characters, he quickly put skills from his work on the popular Super Smash Bros. Brawl hacks, Brawl- and Brawl+ to work, took hold of the new tools, and coded the third character made with the CDK,.

Sometime in 2009, with his newfound knowledge in mind, he asked Cleod9 to start up the SSF2 Balancer's Section. While this section was originally created for strictly balance, it has now evolved into Quality Assurance and the users give characters combos, clean up their imperfections, and offer the creators tips on what moves need respriting. It is also used as a proving ground for potential new devs.

On January 8th, 2010, [TSON] was remodded as section mod of the SSF2 Discussion section, alongside Kiki and Hakker.

External link

 * TheSilenceOfNoOne's YouTube channel