The 'Shroom XCI Part 1

The Shroom.

Opening Statement

by Superchao (Talk)
Hello, 'Shroom readers! Sorry about the delay in getting this issue up - and the extra delay in getting my statements up (not that it matters). Things happened. Beyond that, there's not really much news, other than the Special Issue, which I'll discuss in the closing statement.
Hopefully it won't take another five days.
Oh, and congratulations to Anton and Smasher for winning the Awards Director Election.

Section of the Month

Special Sections

Place	Section	Votes	Percentage of Votes	Writer
3rd	Uniju and Turb are Going Places	2	14.29%	Uniju :D (Talk) and Turboo (Talk)
2nd	Mario Kart 8 Tournament Thoughts	4	28.57%	SKmarioman (Talk)
1st	Awards Mafia IV Thoughts	6	42.86%	Super-Yoshi (Talk)

Main Team

Place	Section	Votes	Percentage of Votes	Writer
3rd	Interview	2	10.53%	Superchao (Talk)
2nd	Mario Kart: Wheel Tips Corner	6	31.58%	Ninelevendo (Talk)
1st	Beyond 120 Stars	11	57.89%	Megadardery (Talk)

Mario4Ever (Talk) here with last month's Section of the Month results. Starting with special sections, third place goes to Uniju and Turb are Going Places by Uniju :D (Talk) and Turboo (Talk). Second place goes to SKMarioman (Talk) for his thoughts on the Mario Kart 8 tournament, and first place goes to Super-Yoshi (Talk) for his thoughts on Awards Mafia IV.
Moving on to main sections, third place goes to Superchao (Talk) for his interview with Super-Yoshi (Talk). Second place goes to Ninelevendo (Talk)'s Mario Kart: Wheel Tips Corner, and first place, for the second time, goes to Megadardery (Talk) for Beyond 120 Stars. Congratulations to all, and stay tuned for next issue to see this month's results!

The 'Shroom Spotlight

by Yoshi876 (Talk)

Hey 'Shroom readers! Welcome to this month’s smashing edition of Spotlight. What we do here is highlight several articles that aren’t up to shape and then you guys go to fix them up. Last month went pretty well. Thanks to Lumastar (Talk) and Time Turner (Talk) the Warp Pipe article shed a lot of its trivia, and thanks to Time Turner (Talk) the Magic Paintbrush was rewritten and Poochy gained images, although unfortunately he did also gain a rewrite tag. Anyway, now’s it time to introduce our new smashing focuses. To celebrate the release of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS I have chosen six Smash-related articles for you to work on over the coming month.

• The Forest (stub) – The Forest is a level in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A layout section could prevent this article from just being a lump of firewood.
• Peach (item) (rewrite) – It may be a fruit, but that does not excuse all the flowery writing that is in this article.
• Little Mac (rewrite-expand) – Little Mac is one of the new fighters in the Smash Bros. series, however just because the word "Little" is in his name, doesn't mean the rest of his article should be.
• Princess Zelda (trivia) – The princess of Hyrule often finds herself in danger, most likely because she's an easy target to spot what with all that trivia.
• Assist Trophy (more images) – Assist this article and upload images for all the Assist Trophies.
• Iridescent Glint Beetle (Wanted pages) – This enemy from the Pikmin series gives great rewards if hit. I'll give you a reward if you create this article.

Be sure to check back here next month, where I'll review the progress made on each of these articles. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or feedback, or post a message in the dedicated forum thread and I'll reply as soon as possible. Thanks for reading, and get working!

Awards Director Address

by Hypnotoad (Talk)
Heya ‘Shroom readers, Mariowiki visitors, guests, whoever else! On behalf of Smasher (Talk) and Hypnotoad (Talk), I thank those who voted and supported our campaign for Co-Directors of the Awards Committee, along with our Sub-Director, Superchao (Talk). While no one ran against us, I do appreciate the people who encouraged me to take up the position and have already offered their support!
To re-iterate our plans of mostly maintaining and tweaking the system Turb and Superchao have set up the last two years:

• A topic on the forum for suggestions has proven to be very useful so it will definitely be utilized again and continued.
• While the time slot and schedule for ceremonies worked well last year, we will continue to take suggestions and adjust it to what best fits the community.
• We plan on keeping the awards at 65 this year, maintaining a balance between necessary and relevant awards with the amount of work and manpower that comes with setting up and presenting each.
• Meetings will be scheduled on alternating days to avoid conflicting meeting and release dates of The ‘Shroom, as well as other potential factors.

Some changes that we intend to make and talk over with the AC this year:

• Presentation quality control guidelines will be fleshed out more, including ideas on the relevancy of the presentation to the respective award, and midway checkpoints throughout the summer.
• UP and ‘Shroom polls will be moved back to the main poll page to help numbers, or another alternative to be discussed at AC meetings.
• Working to better the quality of Awards tournaments and their hosts.

While the general community can influence the awards through a Suggestion Box topic on the forum, a more effective and hands-on way to participate would be to join the Awards Committee. In anticipation of the upcoming awards season, anyone who’s interested please send Hypnotoad (Talk) (Forum profile), Smasher (Talk) (Forum profile), and/or Superchao (Talk) (Forum profile) a PM showing us that you can meet this simple list of requirements:

• An account on the wiki and forum, with access to chat being recommended.
• Have the ability to participate, whether by attending the weekly meetings or commenting on the forum in the Awards board.
• Not have any bans or some sort of negative reputation.

There may also eventually be other special positions, which along with applications will be discussed and decided upon by the core Awards staff and eventually other AC members.
Keep an eye out in the next few months for plans to start forming. We look forward to working with everyone this upcoming year and continuing the trend of making the awards bigger and better!

Editorial WARNING: THIS ISSUE OF THE FAKE NEWS IS NOT FOR THE FAKE FAINT-HEARTED. It was October 31st, 2011. I was in my local GAME store, trying to find a bargain in the pre-owned bin. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt a short, sharp jab on my right index finger. And then, hidden at the bottom of the pile, I found an odd-looking magazine, sealed in a plastic bag. Written on the front of the magazine, in blood-red writing, were the words "THE 'SHROOM". This was so red, it almost looked like real blood. I was terrified. I dropped the magazine and shouted "Aaah! That looks like real blood!" I tried wiping it off, but, because of the papercut I had sustained earlier, it only got worse. The magazine was now covered in blood. I tried turning the first page, but I got another papercut. That was odd, I thought. Looking back, that's the point where I should have known that continuing to read that magazine would have cost me dearly, but I wasn't one to miss out on gaming magazines, the last magazine I had picked up being Official Nintendo Magazine, which has, coincidentally, just released its last issue. Coincidence? I think not. The only thing present on the front of the cover was a large image of somebody's face. It was a man with a disturbingly large nose and a pointy hat. I wondered for a minute whether it really was the pages of the magazine that gave me this papercut, or the pointy hat atop this man's head. The look on this man's incredibly long, incredibly ugly face was quite angry. Suddenly, it turned and LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ME! But I thought back then it was just doing that thing that paintings do when it looks like they're looking at you but they're not really. I looked up at the cashier and asked "How much does this cost?". He turned pale the moment I hold up the magazine. He hesitated for a second, before saying "Just take it.", almost inaudibly, yet so clearly it echoed down each of the vertebra in my spine. As I returned to my house with the magazine, I could swear I felt the sensation you feel when somebody's following you, or when you're being watched, or something like that. I stopped in the middle of the road, looked around a bit, and then concluded that I was wrong and continued walking. A minute or so later, I heard a voice whispering in my ear. I couldn't make out what it was whispering, but it almost felt Satanic. As in, like Satan, who is the evil guy from Hell! "Oh no, I strongly dislike Satan", I thought. Nonetheless, I managed to get back to my house relatively unharmed. I made sure to lock the door behind me, and, once I was sure the coast was clear, I ripped the plastic cover off the magazine and tried to read it. As I turned the page, the first thing I saw were the words "BLOOD!!!" written in blood! "Ahhhhh!", I shouted. But I felt slightly relieved when I saw it was just part of the "Director's Notes" section, which said the following: "It took a lot of effort to clean up all the BLOOD!!! but ultimately the Awards after-party was a success!" I breathed a sigh of relief. Before I read the rest, I had assumed something terrible had happened, or was going to happen to me, because blood is creepy. I scrolled through the rest of the pages and it seemed almost like a normal magazine: there was a Fun Stuff section which included a number of games, a Critic Corner section which included a number of reviews. But I was shocked at the kind of games and language they were using in that section. I thought it was meant to be for children, but a lot of the games were quite violent and a lot of the language was left uncensored. Worst of all, I read it in my mind with an Australian accent! But the worst was yet to come. As I turned to the "Fake News" section, the image of the man with the large nose, wiry moustache, blue eyeliner and tired eyes POPPED UP OUT OF NOWHERE! The entire section was written in blood-red, and an even more realistic blood-red than the blood-red inlcuded on the cover of the magazine! The sections themselves were quite terrifying. Obituaries, written by Yoshi876 (Talk), apparently won something called "Section of the Month", with a blood-curdling 666 votes! (Note: '666' is commonly seen as the number of the devil). However, when I looked again, the number "666" was crossed out as if it was some kind of joke made beforehand. It wasn't funny. It actually won 27 votes. The number 639 was also relevant somehow. (Note: 27 + 639 = 666) The other sections, the Peddler's Place and Dear Anton, became increasingly graphic as they went along. I had to turn away from the magazine for about five minutes before I could continue reading. The final section was only called "fake ads". It was only one line long, and said the following: "I AM COMING, MCD" I yelled "Aaaaahhh!" again. MCD was my name! They had no right to use it like that. I had had enough of this haunted magazine. I put the magazine up to my face and yelled "What do you want from me?" at it. I turned the page and, amazingly enough, the magazine responded! You never see that in this kind of story! On the next page, it was written "CHECK THE BATHROOM." I walked into my bathroom to find that, sitting in the middle of it, was a HYPER-REALISTIC SHARK!!!!! It was covered in bloodstains and smoking a pipe. "What the hell was that?", I asked the magazine as I turned the next page. "THAT WASN'T ME, I HAVE NO CLUE HOW THAT GOT THERE. BUT ANYWAY. I WILL DEFEAT YOU." "Ha! It is I who will defeat you!" I then turned the next page. "NO YOU WON'T" I then turned the next page, and it said. "YES YOU DID" I then pointed at the magazine and yelled "Ha! I didn't say anything!" Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. The front door, not the back door. The back garden was inaccessible from the front of the house, so for somebody to knock on the back door, they would have to jump over a few garden fences, which was, to be honest, too much effort if all you were planning to do was knock on the door. With my hand trembling, I reached for the doorknob and opened the door. I was taken aback when I found the man on the front cover standing there, staring at me. I yelled in his face a couple of times, before asking him what he wanted. "My name is Gamefreak75...my house was destroyed in some kind of Brick Block accident...I'm going to need to spend a few nights on your sofa...FOREVER!!!!!" I fell to my knees and screamed "NOOOOOOOOO!" The author later rolled up his copy of the 'Shroom and hit himself on the nose with it.

Written by: Toadbert101 (Talk)

Written by: Yoshi876 (Talk) Sir Weston Artisit’s impression of the missing All eyes are to the West this month as October was marred by the disappearance of legendary climber Sir Weston, aged 30. The mountain explorer was the latest person to disappear recently, something that has been happening over the past few months. No-one knows where Sir Weston has disappeared to, but the police are fearing the worst as it has been discovered that like the previous victims his legs were revealed to have been chopped off the body. Police have identified no trend with the victims targeted, some have been small children like Henry and Orville, whereas others have been older like Shivers, some have been celebrities like Melody Pianissima, whereas others have been oddities like Madame Clairvoya. Another artist’s impression of the missing Sir Weston's family have appealed for whoever did this to turn themselves in and release Sir Weston, alongside the others who have been believed to have been captured. "He is an honest good-working man who did not deserve this, I pray he is found before harm comes to him," said his wife, Mrs. Weston. Others have described Sir Weston as a man who was afraid of nothing, and loved the cold. "He absolutely adores the cold, I get the feeling that if he is killed and becomes a ghost he’d put himself in a very cold place, and would become extremely angry at whoever freed him from his icy home," said one of his friends. We also went to interview a leading criminal psychologist, Professor Elvin Gadd, but he grew very nervous with the questions we asked leading us to believe that he is falling ill. Shame that the only doctor is currently away punching other patients in the face. Another artist’s impression of the missing In the aftermath of this disappearance, people are locking their daughters away houses as fears grow that they may become the next victim of the man dubbed “Professor Leg Grabber”. The police have assured citizens that they are safe, and that their king will make sure that nothing will happen to them. Although, after saying that Vincent Van Gore's studio is looking slightly empty.

Written by: Hypnotoad (Talk) Many thanks to Count Bonsula (Talk) (Forum profile), Koopartol Brick Block (Talk) (Forum profile), MeerkatMario (Talk) (Forum profile), and Brock (Forum profile) for asking questions, as well as to our Anonymous advice-seekers and readers! If you seek my flawless advice, please send questions to me on the forum, find me in chat, or if you don't care about anonymity post them on my talk page! Please be helpful and don't be too scary this Halloween and beyond by sending me questions I can actually answer! ;)