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| − | '''Roland M. "ColBosch" Boshnack''' was a longtime BattleTech fan and prolific – and often very outspoken – high profile poster on the [[BattleTech forum]]. On 26 August 2018 he announced his withdrawal from BattleTech as a hobby, and that was already in the process of selling off his entire physical collection. | + | '''Roland M. "ColBosch" Boshnack''' was a longtime BattleTech fan and prolific – and often very outspoken – high profile poster on the [[BattleTech forum]]. On 26 August 2018 he announced<ref>In [https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=62702.msg1440655#msg1440655 this] thread on the [[BattleTech Forum]]</ref> his withdrawal from BattleTech as a hobby "after thirty years of playing the game", and that he was already in the process of selling off his entire physical collection. |
As a fan, he had compiled a massive [[Technical Readout]]-style catalogue of all existing BattleTech units prior to 2010 but ultimately chose not to publish his work over copyright concerns. However, it became one of the cornerstones for the official [[Master Unit List]] project; Boshnack was among the initial members of the MUL team. | As a fan, he had compiled a massive [[Technical Readout]]-style catalogue of all existing BattleTech units prior to 2010 but ultimately chose not to publish his work over copyright concerns. However, it became one of the cornerstones for the official [[Master Unit List]] project; Boshnack was among the initial members of the MUL team. | ||
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| − | Boshnack was vocal about his dislike for the "Ost" series of [[BattleMech]]s (''[[Ostscout]]'', ''[[Ostsol]]'', ''[[Ostroc]]'', ''[[Ostwar]]''). CGL alluded to this by putting the 70-ton '''OSB-4H ''OstBosch''''' on the [[Random Allocation Tables]] in the official | + | Boshnack was vocal about his dislike for the "Ost" series of [[BattleMech]]s (''[[Ostscout]]'', ''[[Ostsol]]'', ''[[Ostroc]]'', ''[[Ostwar]]''). CGL alluded to this by putting the 70-ton '''OSB-4H ''OstBosch''''' joke 'Mech on the [[Random Allocation Tables]] in the official (but [[canonical|noncanonical]]) 2012 ''[[Third League Turning Points: Free Taiw...St. Ives]]'' [[:Category:April Fools Products|April Fools]] publication (among a range of other joke vehicles). |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:06, 9 May 2022
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Roland M. "ColBosch" Boshnack was a longtime BattleTech fan and prolific – and often very outspoken – high profile poster on the BattleTech forum. On 26 August 2018 he announced[1] his withdrawal from BattleTech as a hobby "after thirty years of playing the game", and that he was already in the process of selling off his entire physical collection.
As a fan, he had compiled a massive Technical Readout-style catalogue of all existing BattleTech units prior to 2010 but ultimately chose not to publish his work over copyright concerns. However, it became one of the cornerstones for the official Master Unit List project; Boshnack was among the initial members of the MUL team.
As a BattleTech writer he is credited for the primary writing in Era Digest: Age of War and, together with then-Line Developer Herbert A. Beas II, as the author of the short story Just Following Orders therein, as well as contributions to Technical Readout: 3085.
OstBosch[edit]
Boshnack was vocal about his dislike for the "Ost" series of BattleMechs (Ostscout, Ostsol, Ostroc, Ostwar). CGL alluded to this by putting the 70-ton OSB-4H OstBosch joke 'Mech on the Random Allocation Tables in the official (but noncanonical) 2012 Third League Turning Points: Free Taiw...St. Ives April Fools publication (among a range of other joke vehicles).
See also[edit]
- Category:Works by Roland M. Boshnack on BattleTechWiki
References[edit]
- ↑ In this thread on the BattleTech Forum