Micheal

***Micheal*** (known as ***Mikey*** on Discord, ***Micheal Discord***, ***Malphasura,*** and dubbed ***MonkeyPoo***) is the head moderator of the MonkeyNess Discord server, *MonkeyNess's Barrel*, and has made many major contributions, including roles, organization, and more. Micheal is also a moderator in MonkeyNess and Alpha Theories' livestream chats. Since March 2023, he has taken on the username Malphasura on YouTube, and streams regularly.

#### Personal Info

**"*the only way I know weeks are even passing anymore is because of monkey mondays"*** *-Micheal*

Micheal is from Canada, and has described himself as very lean, with some muscle. Micheal has expressed he's struggled with gaining weight much of his life, but in recent years has finally been able to start building some. Michael is an asshole

#### YouTube Channel

In March 2023, Micheal created a YouTube channel called Malphasura and streams frequently. He did a ton of streams of him playing every North America N64 Game. He has also streamed other things, like other game playthroughs, Weekly Monday Mix-Up, Backlog Games of his, and tier lists. In June 2023, the channel went on hiatus with all its stream VODs privated, but returned in late July the same year.

#### Game Development

For Monkey Monday on August 29, 2022, Micheal programmed a ROM-hack of Pokemon Emerald Version, replacing the starters with Salsa from Mother 3, appropriately titled *Pokemon Salsa Edition*. The hack includes front/back and menu sprites for Salsa, as well as a full Pokedex entry. Additionally, Salsa's cry is ripped from Mother 3. It is unknown if the game includes a shiny version of Salsa. The game was released on the Discord #creative channel via an .ips file download to be patched over an existing Pokemon Emerald ROM, and later was re-released the same day as a .zip file including the .ips file, a readme, a spoiler log, and other info about the hack. Screenshots were later posted by MonkeyNess in the #creative channel.

#### Lore

Micheal has been awarded the title "MonkeyPoo" by MonkeyNess, the MonkeyNess Lore Chosen Four being:

* MonkeyNess
* MonkeyPaula (EarthBound Girlfriend)
* Alpha Theories
* Micheal

##### Execution of Alph

On July 25, 2022, Alph was publicly executed by Micheal in the Discord server for repeated use of the @everyone ping.

**Alph:** @everyone Hey all, I made a second poll for everyone. You don't need a twitter for this one.

**Micheal:** Alph fucking LOVES to use the @ everyone ping for not even MonkeyNess related things / hold on Alph lemme do something real quick I'll set you up with a place to shill your stuff / welcome to the MonkeyNess discord where getting notified when MonkeyNess uploads is optional but you will be pinged every time Alph needs his insecurities reassured

###### Aftermath

This resulted in Micheal creating "Alph Pings" so people who wanted Alph's *@everyone* messages would receive them, followed by the channel #MonkeyNess-friends. Both features were removed within hours.

**MonkeyNess:** 7/26/2022 Update: The short-lived Alph notifs and “MonkeyNess Friends” channel have been removed.

#### In MonkeyNess Videos

Micheal has been mentioned in some videos and livestreams:

* Mentioned several times on *MonkeyPaula Plays EarthBound Blind* livestreams
* Thanked in some video descriptions
* Part of MonkeyNess's test audience
* Translation help for *History of EarthBound Rumors*
* Research help for *What is the Best Version of EarthBound?*