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Still working on the User thing, guys, sorry about that. Told ya things may be slow. Just to say two very important things - Sonic_Hedgehogs / @Andrew P, owner of Sonic News, has officially returned to The Sonic Stadium to run his section again. Yum! And, even more exciting news... the best Sonic comic in existence has now officially returned - only this time, instead of Fleetway returning like we all hope, a bunch of great STC fans have taken the time to make their own 'Sonic the Comic', based on the Fleetway verse. Enjoy... View full story

It's both a good day and a sad day today. The incredibly good news is that the world's #1 Resource in Sonic the Hedgehog, The Sonic Stadium, has opened its doors once more. The very sad news is that Sonic_Hedgehogs, the guy responsible for Sonic News and one of the most influential Sonic News reporters online, has officially quit TSS, and consequentially Sonic News. There are many reasons of S_H leaving, when he was talking to me about it. The official reason is project work. Sonic_Hedgehogs has other commitments from his alternative websites Die Hard Fan and Terminator Fan, and is planning many other sites, one of which involves a mix of Fantasy related themes. S_H (or Mr H, as he was sometimes known as), real life name Andrew P, started off Sonic News as a solo website that was more news orientated. He gained a lot of fans from his website, and was the very first winner of The Sonic Site Awards, when Sonic News won the top prize at the SSA 2001. Since then, things went up for Sonic News - one of these steps upward was merging Sonic News with The Sonic Stadium back in mid-2002 to create SSNG (the Sonic Stadium News Group). When that lasted merely 2 weeks, Sonic_Hedgehogs left temporarily and I rebuilt TSS from the ground up - Andrew later helped incorporate Sonic News into The Sonic Stadium. For the last 8/9 months, Sonic News has continued to be the best source in news information of Sonic you can find, and was much quicker than more popular websites. His leaving will no doubt be sad for all of us. Sonic_Hedgehogs wasn't available to leave an official statement for you all, but I'll pass on any messages you have for his departure. To send S_H a message, contact Dreadknux so I can pass them on, or you can head to Sonic Stadium Message Board, where you can post any goodbye messages you may have. As for Sonic News itself at TSS, well it's been given a new look to incorporate TSS' layout, and will soon be run by a team of newscasters. I will be looking for people who are interested in becoming part of the Sonic News team very soon. SOON, I said, so don't email me about the position just yet, OK? Finally, we thank Andrew P for his incredible contribution to the Sonic Online Community with Sonic News. It was surely Sonic News that kick-started the Sonic Fan News 'industry', so he should be highly commended, and can leave proud that he has made a difference in the Sonic Community. All of us at The Sonic Stadium wish Andrew all the best in any and all future endeavours he attempts - no doubt he will make as big an impact as he has in this community already. Andrew P, we salute you. View full story

Famous for Sonic News. Growing to be the biggest Sonic News sites online... until it hit problems. After a chat with Dread, the two became best of buddies, and the two worked alongside each other heading up SSNG. Now though, Sonic News is back and kicking, as an active and integral section of The Sonic Stadium. You love it. ^_^ TSS: Dreadknux here from The Sonic Stadium, sat here with Sonic_Hedgehogs (aka Andrew Paulson) who runs the 'Sonic News' fansite. Andrew, thanks for your time to do this interview. SH: My pleasure. ^_^ TSS: Firstly, for those that don't know, tell the Sonic world what your place is in the community. SH: Well, I'm the webmaster of the website Sonic News. I try my best to bring news and content daily, which might be why Sonic News has gotten so popular in such short while. TSS: Sonic News has had a great impact since the turn of 2001. Was the site always intended for news, as the name suggests? SH: Sonic News was intended for content at first but as you can see, now it has a lot of information. Though, Sonic News stands for Sonic Team News, where you can find up to the minute news on anything related to Sonic and Sonic Team. News like release dates for SA2 Battle or PSO PC, to comic previews and when SatAM DVDs will be released. TSS: How did the idea for Sonic News come about? SH: Being a fan of Sonic games for a while now, Sonic News at first wasn't set out to be anything like sites such as the Sonic Foundation and Sonic HQ - though now it's shaping out to be in under a year. My dad had a computer at his house years back, where I surfed the web for Sonic sites. I found one called 'Sonic Info Site' and liked the idea: I wanted to create one of my own. A year later my mom decided to buy a computer and from then on I created Sonic News. TSS: Why did you call your site Sonic News? Obvious question, really. SH: When I first created Sonic News, it had no name, this was back in December 20th of 2000. I had a few sections, like a Sonic Adventure 2 preview, comics, and links, but not much info besides. I decided a few days later to create a news section. Suddenly I was emailed by fans saying I had great news, and there ya have it - I decided to call it Sonic News. TSS: You are known for your 'Sonic News' (see how I did that?), but there is plenty of other worthy Sonic content. Is your knowledge based on pure Sonic fandom? SH: Well no, I know tons of other stuff. I get into other games as well like Metal Gear Solid and Syphon Filter type games, or NFL and NBA type games. If you look around in Sonic News you'll see my site isn't just about Sonic but Sonic Team, with news of other Sonic Team games and information as well. TSS: Like The Sonic Stadium, Sonic News has grown in terms of content and information. Will there be any more Sonic additions to your site as time passes? SH: This year you can expect tons of new features. In the near future a new version of the Encyclopedia will be made, along with more music, a completed Game List section, and monthly-to-weekly interviews (already in progress). Other things to expect would be more and more updates, on a daily basis. TSS: You've been nominated for an 'Emmy' by TSSZ, and several 'Sonic Site Awards' by The Sonic Stadium. How does that make you feel, based on the achievements made since December 2000? SH: I feel surprised that I could create a site in under a year and have so many fans of it already. I'd say I feel very happy to know my site impacts the internet community. TSS: Many Sonic fanatics that have been dedicated to Sega and Sonic since the beginning can almost predict what the future holds for Sonic. As well as news, can you make such predictions now? SH: I predict that Sonic will become an icon like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, an icon of the gaming world. But I think Sonic will get more and more popular year by year. Since Sonic will be heading to other game systems like the Gamecube, this will bring Sonic to more and more people, making more fans. The future looks great (or way past cool) for Sonic. TSS: Alright, now it just HAS to be asked: SEGASonic (Fleetway STC) or Archie 'SatAM' Sonic (...erm, Archie Comics obviously)? SH: Most definitely SEGASonic, since SEGA started Sonic from the beginning. Though STC and Archie Sonic are great and all, they don't bring out the most of Sonic that SEGA and Sonic Team do. TSS: What's your weirdest Site Fan Mail? Go on, spill. SH: It would have to be this one email asking for my autograph. They had mistaken me for the blue blur himself! TSS: How tough has maintaining your site been, through the time it has been open? Any webmaster would have sympathy in this area. SH: As tough as it gets, Mr. Dread. The work webmasters like you and I do to make visitors happy isn't always fun but it pays off. Though I do get unhappy fans who don't know the work that gets put into my site. TSS: Damn straight. It's the public that count after all. Evidently, what did the site used to look like before its lush new look? SH: Ouch... you don't wanna know... well actually, head to the History page and you can check out old pages from an older version. The pages are from around Jan 2001 so you'll get the idea. The pages were very plain with bad grammar, ugly backgrounds that hide text and broken links. After a year's experience, I seem to get smarter and better at HTML day by day. TSS: Every webmaster takes pride in their work. What's the area on your site that you are most proud of? SH: Besides everything, I'd say the Encyclopedia I started half a year ago which has hundreds of definitions from every Sonic universe. TSS: Finally, what's the future for Sonic News? SH: My biggest dream for the future would be an interview with the man who started it all - Yuji Naka. Though a dream for the future of Sonic News itself is for the fans of my site to hold. Many fans take a big part as I listen to their comments, change things for them and help them to make Sonic News a better place. TSS: Andrew, webmaster of Sonic News, thanks for your time. Peace. For anyone who's interested in checking out the awesome Sonic News, you can find it right here. SH: No problemo Dread, keep up the work on that fab site of yours, The Sonic Stadium. View full story