- Tell us a bit of who you are outside of CV. Who is KrleAvenger exactly?
I don't think there is much to say unless I reveal too much. As a kid and a teenager, I experienced some pretty rough things. I was naive and stupid. I thought everything in life was suppose to be ideal, which is not a good thing when you are surrounded by the worst examples of students and teachers in both elementary school and high school. The more time I spend in those so called "institutions that provide education", the more I developed inferiority complex and the feeling that I'm just a bad example of a human being. I was annoyed, angry and depressed almost all the time (I was pretty dumb) and I never listened to my parents. The biggest problem was the fact that I was too stupid to tell them what was actually going on, maybe because I myself wasn't aware of it.
Eventually I start noticing some pretty weird symptoms. Lack of strength and coordination, fatigue, low stamina, swollen neck and so on. Over the years we were visiting multiple hospitals, sometimes in different countries as well, and most of them were saying that I was either ok or not I just have to rest for a little while. Few years later, we found out that I was diagnosed with leukemia, a deadly disease that affects bone marrow and white blood cells. I was in my teenage years at the time, so I was more than old enough to understand what was going on. But to be honest, everything from that period seems completely blurry to me, and I can't remember a whole ton of it aside from like 5-8 scenes.
To point is, I was cured after 9 and a half months of treatment. And after 15 months of revisiting the hospital twice a week (because it's a part of Post-Therapy or whatever they called it, like I said, I don't remember much of it), I was mostly fine (although we believed it came back, but it didn't I was in the hospital for only a week). When were we done with it, I wasn't less healthy than any average guy with similar height and age. The thing is, this "event" as I call it, took a toll on me, my mom and my younger brother (ironically it affected the two of them more than me). We were confused, we were lost, we were angry, and most of the time after the treatment I spend thinking.
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I came to a conclusion that everything that happened to me was because of my ignorance and stupidity. For the sake of not turning this into a novel (LOL), I'll spare you the further details. After having a Batman type of struggle (with in myself), I started to learn what the world is like and what it means to be a man. Because of my experience with other people and that period I would rather forget, I decided to study psychology. I just couldn't think of anything else that would suit me (spending months thinking, jumping to conclusions and learning will do that to you). So far it's been going on pretty nicely. I study, I do my research and a lot of people that are familiar with the subject think I'm pretty good, so luckily I'll make something of it.
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Aside from psychology, I like reading books (and comic books, obviously, but I'll get to that in a second), watching movies and TV shows (sometimes cartoons, rarely tho), reviewing and talking about movies, talking with other people about life related things (gotta practice LOL) and so on. I also exercise a lot and I know a thing or two about box as well. I play video games but I'm not too crazy over it. I also like reading scientific theories on, whatever I come across (mostly astrophysics, although I'm no expert and I don't plan on becoming one). My biggest hobby tho is the writing, but I don't want to bother you with that. I don't have a lot of time for it anyway.
- How did you get into comic books (Western stuff like DC, Marvel etc. or Eastern stuff like manga, anime etc.) and when did you start out here in CV? How do you feel about the debating community in general?
When I was like four years old, my mom and I went to buy something. When we went home, we walked past a local comic book story and I saw a cover of a Spider-man comic (I don't remember which one it was, but I think it was drawn by Todd McFarlane). It looked cool to me so I told my mom to buy it. When my uncle found out about it, he told me a lot of things about Marvel, including Spider-man, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, the Avengers, SHIELD and (especially) X-Men and Wolverine, since he was a fan of those. I was too young to read them so I was either looking at the pictures or my mom was reading them to me. The first comic that I myself read was Secret Wars, which was pretty cool because I found out about the origin of Spider-man's Black Suit, which created Venom. Now I found out about Batman and Superman by watching 90s Batman Cartoon and that original Superman show from the 40s or something which, if I remember correctly, is the reason why Superman gained the ability to fly. But I haven't found out about DC Comics until like few years after my first Marvel Comic. Mostly I was reading Batman and Superman comics at the time, but I got interested in the Flash, Green Lantern and Justice Society of America (JSA >>> JLA).
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By the time we post it, I think it would be around 2 years and like two days since I've joined Comic Vine. As for the debating community, it's the same as pretty much any community out there. It is full of a lot of great users, and more not so great users. I could complain about it all day, but to be perfectly honest, I think there are way more reasonable people on Comic Vine than on any other online site or forms of social media (or Youtube). And here we have mods who keep everything in check.
- Do you have any particular favorite characters? How about comic book/manga writers and artists?
My favorite character would be Captain America. In my mind, he is the perfect example of the greatest super hero ever (not the most iconic tho). And I'm not saying that because of bias. That is how I viewed him before, which is the reason why he became my favorite super hero. My other favorites are Iron-man, The Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Spider-man, Fantastic Four, JSA, Superman, Wolverine and so on. As for villains, my favorite is probably Norman Osborn Green Goblin. On the second place would be Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash (Thawne). I also love Thanos, Ultron, Doctor Doom, Sinestro, Cyborg Superman...
My favorite writers are Jonathan Hickman (FF, Avengers, Secret Wars), Geoff Johns (52, JSA, Green Lantern, Flash, Infinite Crisis...), Mark Waid (52, Daredevil, Captain America, FF, Flash, Kingdom Come), Grant Morrison (52, X-Men, Final Crisis, JLA...), Jim Starlin (Infinity Gauntlet, Captain Marvel, Warlock and Infinity Watch, Thanos...), Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil...), Stan Lee (everything), Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men), Warren Ellis and Matt Fraction (Iron-man), and the list goes on and on.
-What do you think is your reputation in the Battle Forums and what is the highlight of your time as a debater here in CV?
My reputation? Well, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of viners heard about me simply because I joined the Daily Debater and BOTW. But as a debater, I don't think so. There are users who think I'm very knowledgeable debater and "expert" on many characters, but most of them barely spend more time her than I did. Debaters who were active for 4-8 years or something like that either never heard of me or don't know anything about me aside from being that one guy from the Daily Debater (not that I have a problem with it, I'm just answering the question). So when it comes to my reputation, I guess I'm no different than an average user who spends a lot of time on the Battle Forum. As for the highlight or my time on Comic Vine, that would be when I joined the Daily Debater.
- Lastly, Any advice you'd like to share with other fellow debaters and any other debaters you want to shoutout to and thank for your experiences in the Battle Forums?
I feel like a lot of people say the same thing. Don't be afraid to admit that you are wrong. That's a very good advice, but since a lot of people already mentioned that, my advice is not to get hostile and aggressive when someone says something absurd. It happens to the best of us, so when someone says something that might sound absurd to you, there is no need to be hostile when you debate. People get misinformed or don't know the whole story behind whatever he/she is talking about. As long as they don't make assertive claims 100% of the time, even when their proven wrong or when they ignore you everything you say, then there's no need to post hostile comments when you either share your opinion or explain why he/she was wrong. I was hostile myself few times when someone said something that was just illogical to me, and I'm not particularly proud of that. It's easier to convince people of something with good behavior, and even if they can't agree with you, it's better to end the discussion by "agreeing to disagree" instead of ending the conversation with insults. The point of the Battle Forum is to share our thoughts certain outcomes and characters' power with other users and/or provide information to people who are either misinformed or are not aware of certain things. On Comic Vine, it seems to me like most people focus on debunking people's arguments and wrecking them in a debate instead of having a conversation. That's a problem I see a lot of the Battle Forum, even when it comes to Hall of Fame debaters (I have/had that problem myself).
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I would like to give a shoutout to the Daily Debater crew (@supremegeneration, @emperorthanos, @blackestnight93, @sanitrize1999and @life_without_progress). I would never improve as a debater would spending more time on the Battle Forum, and I would completely give up on it if not for the Daily Debater (you can't post threads without reading them, and sometimes you have to debate yourself). I would also like to give a shoutout to @jashro44 and @lvenger. They probably don't know it but they actually helped me improve as a debater as well. I was also reading a lot of older CaVs. I also want to mention @New_World_Order/@heirtothekingdom. We participated in like four CaVs where we debated against each other, and neither of us every actually won (I think he won once by having a one vote more, and I kinda won the other time because he conceded or something, the other two were cancelled). We also spend a lot of time debating on regular Battle Forum threads, and he is the only user who I really enjoy debating against. Mostly we agreed to disagree, sometimes I agreed with him, sometimes he agreed with me (oh man, when I look back, I said some things I myself don't agree with now). I think I could call him my rival, but I don't remember whether he feels the same about me. Although we both respect one another as debaters. There is also @thor_parker82 but we never actually debate. Mostly we discuss things we agree with.
There are more people I would like to mention, but since this is just Battle Forum related, I can't think of anyone else.
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