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*31 December 2013: '''Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*7 October 2016: '''Assistant LD Ben Rome steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
:In the name of the Admin staff, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<br />Again, we can look back on the past year as a successful one. Both BattleTech and the Sarna.net BattleTechWiki are going strong and adding great content; Sarna has added another 2000 new content pages this past year. Thanks to all who contributed!
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: Long-time Assistant [[BattleTech Line Developer]] [[Ben H. Rome]] announced on his homepage that as of 7 October 2016 he was no longer Assistant Line Developer, and not working for BattleTech or CGL anymore. Raised to the position by his gaming friend and then-Line Developer [[Herb Beas]] (who left the LD position in 2013), he had himself declined the LD position and had been hinting for some time already that he might retire. Ben Rome's work includes the acclaimed ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]'' and ''[[Combat Manual: Kurita]]'' and is held in particularly high esteem by the fan base, who had nothing but praise and good wishes for him and expressed regret at his decision to leave BattleTech.
  
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*25 May 2016: '''2015 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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: Please congratulate the winners of the [[BattleTechWiki:2015_Founder%27s_Awards|2015 Founders Awards]], giving recognition to all of the amazing community members and their contributions over the last year.
  
*26 August 2013: '''Line Developer Herb Beas steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*17 February 2016: '''MediaWiki upgraded''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
:Today, the official Catalyst Game Labs website announced that Line Developer [[Herbert A. Beas]] has stepped down. Randall Bills (the previous Line Developer) is taking up the position as interim Line Developer.
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: We've upgraded Sarna.net from MediaWiki 1.24 to 1.26.  Please [[User_talk:Nicjansma|let me know]] of any issues.
  
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*13 February 2016: '''MWO Hero 'Mechs declared canonical''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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: [[Line Developer]] [[Randall N. Bills]] [http://community.battletechgame.com/forums/threads/1190 expressly confirmed] that the fluff for the Hero 'Mechs in [[MechWarrior Online]] is considered [[canon]]ical for BattleTech. The storyline for the upcoming [[BattleTech (Video Game)]] is also intended to be canonical. This is notable as computer games are otherwise expressly excluded from the definition of canon, being considered apocryphal instead.
  
*20 August 2013: '''Sarna.net Design Update''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*01 January 2016: '''A Happy New Year!''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
:Sarna.net has fully transitioned to a new visual style. Please [[User_Talk:Nicjansma|let me know]] what you think about it.
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: 2015 was another great year to be a BattleTech fan. The ''[[Unseen]]'' issue is finally going away through the retroactive introduction of new designs that actually look recognizably like the earlier, unseen images. New print novels have been announced (and a small print run of one was sold at GenCon).<br />On the Sarna.net BattleTechWiki side of things, we've seen a continuous drive to improve the existing database, and another 549 new articles added this past year. The 20,000th article will probably be written this year, which is very exciting.<br />The signs are good. Here's to a great 2016!
  
 
*15 May 2013: '''Introducing the Sarna.net BattleTech News Blog!''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
 
:I'm excited to announce a new section for Sarna: The [http://www.sarna.net/news/ Sarna.net BattleTech News Blog]!  We aim to bring you the latest tabletop and video game coverage as well as product reviews, community highlights and more.  [http://www.sarna.net/news/ Check it out!]
 
 
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Revision as of 04:06, 12 October 2016

  • 7 October 2016: Assistant LD Ben Rome steps down (Frabby)
Long-time Assistant BattleTech Line Developer Ben H. Rome announced on his homepage that as of 7 October 2016 he was no longer Assistant Line Developer, and not working for BattleTech or CGL anymore. Raised to the position by his gaming friend and then-Line Developer Herb Beas (who left the LD position in 2013), he had himself declined the LD position and had been hinting for some time already that he might retire. Ben Rome's work includes the acclaimed The Wars of Reaving and Combat Manual: Kurita and is held in particularly high esteem by the fan base, who had nothing but praise and good wishes for him and expressed regret at his decision to leave BattleTech.
  • 25 May 2016: 2015 Founder's Awards (Nicjansma)
Please congratulate the winners of the 2015 Founders Awards, giving recognition to all of the amazing community members and their contributions over the last year.
  • 17 February 2016: MediaWiki upgraded (Nicjansma)
We've upgraded Sarna.net from MediaWiki 1.24 to 1.26. Please let me know of any issues.
  • 13 February 2016: MWO Hero 'Mechs declared canonical (Frabby)
Line Developer Randall N. Bills expressly confirmed that the fluff for the Hero 'Mechs in MechWarrior Online is considered canonical for BattleTech. The storyline for the upcoming BattleTech (Video Game) is also intended to be canonical. This is notable as computer games are otherwise expressly excluded from the definition of canon, being considered apocryphal instead.
  • 01 January 2016: A Happy New Year! (Frabby)
2015 was another great year to be a BattleTech fan. The Unseen issue is finally going away through the retroactive introduction of new designs that actually look recognizably like the earlier, unseen images. New print novels have been announced (and a small print run of one was sold at GenCon).
On the Sarna.net BattleTechWiki side of things, we've seen a continuous drive to improve the existing database, and another 549 new articles added this past year. The 20,000th article will probably be written this year, which is very exciting.
The signs are good. Here's to a great 2016!