June 2022 Intro text:

After retiring from Mugen, I went to pursue my calling. Met a lot of big people and turned myself into one of the pioneers from my hometown. Pulling a million streams via Soundcloud, 300k via Spotify and millions all together since I started. News articles, Single releases, Music Videos etc. There's no short answer for why I've been MIA for so long but If I had to say anything I'd tell you guys I never truly left just expanded my talent. With that being said, I'm on the hunt for the old screenpack files you guys have been searching for. Somebody has to have them somewhere and it is very possible they are on an old USB around my house. Recently I have launched my own esports team called "Dismantle Gaming". This will be one of the many ventures I have. I also have migrated back to windows, Which means there's good news for you guys. If I can squeeze in time I'll be working on Evolution 3. Skipping the first two and moving straight to the newest version of Mugen as my final hurrah within the mugen community. I'd love to see what you guys have been working on as far as screenpacks so feel free to post because I'm open for collaborating with the OG's and new generation. That's all for now, stay tuned for more updates. As Twon would say, Stay golden

January 2023 Updated Intro Text:

My name is Charlie Trevale Koonce, aka QuickSilver, Charleito and Kent Baby. Years ago, Me and GLB and a few others came up with the idea of Newage Mugen. In the early days, I was apart of establishing this community. With that being said, I'll drop a quick (no pun intended) MUGEN history lesson from the start. I found MUGEN around the age of 12, I've went through plenty of bans and kicks in the early XAT chat days for my immaturity at that time. It took about a year or so of learning from people like MOTVN, Syn, Twon and Anti-11 before I gained the respect I felt I deserved. After many name changes to avoid blocks, I was accepted as a member of Phantom G's. This took many days locked in, watching tutorial after tutorial. By this time, I was on my way to becoming a decent graphic designer. This is when I found GLB (another/main founder of Newage Mugen). The only peer at the time that I knew was close to my age bracket. I released and designed a few screenpacks, Evolution (rookie pro and elite editions) and developed the unreleased Evolution 2 screenpack. After releasing the original Evolution on MugenGuild and with the at the time newly launched Newage Mugen site I disappeared. With everyone excited for Evolution 2, I fell in love with music. For me, This was another way to express myself throughout audio and within the real world. I've accomplished many new things, Over a million streams on SoundCloud, Over 600 thousand streams on Spotify and I've been spotted all over the local news throughout my hometown. Fast forward to now, I'm back looking to explore MUGEN one last time. I've found MUGEN 1.1 and got a windows computer as a gift and luckily this time, It can handle creating for what's out in today's time. Like I said, This is a brief introduction. Love to see everyone doing great things, Peace and love

- Quick

welcome back to mugen.
thats quite an introduction. Its nice to see people living life and being productive.
I hope you got everything out that you put in to your endevours.

As for mugen, mugen has changed alot since you maybe left and is alot more popular than ever before.
There is many more users and most the old purists and gate keepers havent aged too well.
The millenials and console coin op generation arent the cool kids on the block any more - mugen is widely popular among the younger generation of manga and anime fans and the content reflects that.
there are still quite a few old souls here though, and more and more keep coming back.
You will probably be impressed by the amazing talent that some of these guys here have - some of their work doesnt cease to amaze me. Check out the Project threads for some of the most current things in the cook house

well well well, Another stray comes back to the newagemugens.
Join the club. I left in 2011 and came back in 2021 because lockdown and I had time on my hands.
You have a lot of catching up to do on le mugens

xXEnchanter.ZuXx wrote:back for good? but gone again since june XD

Haha, jokes on you. hahaha

It's funny how many people come back to mugen even 10 years after "quitting".
I even heard Alexlexus, Warusaki3 and POTs all came back in 2022 after a decade gone.
Mugen really doesnt get enough credit for the importance it holds over so many peoples lives

Yeah, MUGEN is a tool that has aged but the community surrounding it has always been filled with people who are welcoming, talented and overall masters in certain areas of work wether it's stages, characters, lifebars, etc. I've met a lot of good friends that I consider family to this day through contributing to what we felt like was the best experiences for MUGEN. I wouldn't call everyone's return a "comeback" but I do feel as if it's great to see what everyone's been up too after the years. There's a lot of contributors who aren't with us anymore and without MUGEN we wouldn't know who is capable of what. The community and many contributors will last for a long time from now.

We always get a good influx in january of oldheads returning to mugen but the problem is they usually ghost again by march or whenever work and school starts up again. But hi and welcome back bud

it's really true what they say about old mugen fans that come back at the start of every year^^
too bad they never stick around long

People come in go in mugen, including myself, but we always come back even if its only brief.
SOmetimes, i think to relive a happy time in our lives.
When i visit this forum, I get to have a nostalgia moment about being able to make a mugen compilation and set my own bgms to stages for 2 weeks uninterupted school holidays and stuff.
Im sure for you its the same nostalgia feeling coming back. well i hope to see what you plan on creating mr Q and godspeed!