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{{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=#FC0 |image=Emblem-important.svg |heading=Reduced Presence|message = I recently got a 3D printer, as a result a lot of the hobby time I would be spending on Sarna, I am spending watching tutorials on youtube scouring the internet for 6mm terrain that isn't fantasy or 40k. I will be likely be back upto full speed on here once I have a divisions worth of unpainted minis.[[User:Dmon|Dmon]] ([[User talk:Dmon|talk]]) 20:10, 24 September 2020 (EDT)}}
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==About Me==
 
==About Me==
 
I am not sure what came first for me, [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]] Video Game or the [[BattleTech: The Animated Series]], at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. [[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries]] came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found [[Technical Readout: 3050 Revised]] in my local comic shop (circa '98). At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!
 
I am not sure what came first for me, [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]] Video Game or the [[BattleTech: The Animated Series]], at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. [[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries]] came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found [[Technical Readout: 3050 Revised]] in my local comic shop (circa '98). At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!
  
In the greatest of ironys I found sourcing BattleTech books in the UK a slow and expensive process using my local (not very friendly) comic shop that was unknown to me situated 5 minutes walk from [[Ral Partha]]s european headquarters. [[MechCommander 2]] and [[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]] kept the torch burning until [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] came out in 2003 and for the first time ever getting physical product became easy.
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I found sourcing BattleTech books in the UK a slow and expensive process using my local (not very friendly) comic shop, it was about a decade before I discovered that said comic shop was situated five minutes walk from [[Ral Partha]]s european headquarters. [[MechCommander 2]] and [[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]] kept the torch burning until [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] came out in 2003 and for the first time ever getting physical product became easy.
 
 
I have been knocking around Sarna since Feb 2007 and finally after initially struggling to make sense of the universe I was happy to find a place that has everything.
 
  
In that time I have been promoted to Admin in November 2019 having contributed about 30,000 edits to the wiki, backed the [[BattleTech (Video Game)|2018 Video Game]] (no. 23,284) and the [[BattleTech: Clan Invasion]] (no. 2,863) and still have hopes of playing an actual game of BattleTech one day!
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I have been working on Sarna since Feb 2007, I was promoted to Admin in November 2019 having contributed about 30,000 edits to the wiki at the time. I backed the [[BattleTech (Video Game)|2018 Video Game]] (no. 23,284) and the [[2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign]] (no. 2,863). Mercenaries number 24,871.
  
 
After accusing Catalyst Game Labs of mismanaging the IP in the wake of the collapse of [[BattleCorps]] in 2016 and release of the extremely shoddy [[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]] in 2017, I am incredibly happy to see that in 2019 CGL have not only reversed direction but seem to be pushing BT back towards greatness.
 
After accusing Catalyst Game Labs of mismanaging the IP in the wake of the collapse of [[BattleCorps]] in 2016 and release of the extremely shoddy [[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]] in 2017, I am incredibly happy to see that in 2019 CGL have not only reversed direction but seem to be pushing BT back towards greatness.
  
 
Let the good times roll.
 
Let the good times roll.
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==Current Project Jobs==
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* [[Project Planets]], Update Planet Infobox to new standard. [[:Category:Planets]].
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* [[User:Dmon/Project Stellar Cartography|Project Stellar Cartography]], Create redirects for moons. [[:Category:Moons]].
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* [[:Category:Systems with Undetermined Coordinates]]
  
 
==Awards==
 
==Awards==
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[[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]]
 
[[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]]
 
[[File:CE 1bol.jpg|Casual Edit Award, 2nd ribbon]]
 
[[File:CE 1bol.jpg|Casual Edit Award, 2nd ribbon]]
[[File:AP 1sol.jpg|All Purpose Award, 5th ribbon]]<br/>
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[[File:AP 2sol.jpg|All Purpose Award, 6th ribbon]]<br/>
[[File:RAA_1bol.jpg|Random Act of Appreciation Award, 2nd ribbon]]
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[[File:RAA_2bol.jpg|Random Act of Appreciation Award, 3rd ribbon]]
[[File:EC3 1c.jpg|Edit Count (25,000)]]
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[[File:EC4 1c.jpg|Edit Count (75,000)]]
[[File:TIS5 13.jpg|Time in Service (13 years)]]
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[[File:TIS5 15.jpg|Time in Service (15 years)]]
  
 
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===General stuff===
 
===General stuff===
 
* [[User talk:Dmon/To Do List|To Do List]]
 
* [[User talk:Dmon/To Do List|To Do List]]
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170628225012/http://www.battlecorps.com/BC2/static.php?page=15 Style Guide]]
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* [[https://characters.battletech.com/ KS canon characters]] for [[List of Clan Invasion Kickstarter Characters]]
* [[https://characters.battletech.com/ KS canon characters]]
 
 
* [[Help:Commonly used templates|Tags]]
 
* [[Help:Commonly used templates|Tags]]
 
* [[Special:UserScore|BTW Edit Counter]]
 
* [[Special:UserScore|BTW Edit Counter]]
 
* [[Special:SpecialPages|Special Pages]]
 
* [[Special:SpecialPages|Special Pages]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:History/Article Count History|Article Count History]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:History/Article Count History|Article Count History]]
* [[Special:NewPages|New pages]]
 
 
* [[:Category:Announced Products|Announced]]
 
* [[:Category:Announced Products|Announced]]
 
* [[:Category:Sources under Moratorium|Moratorium]]
 
* [[:Category:Sources under Moratorium|Moratorium]]
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* [[:Category:Considered for deletion|Considered for deletion]]
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* [[Special:NewPages|New pages]]
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* [[:Category:Articles with no sources|Articles with no sources]]
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* [[Special:WantedPages|Needed pages]]
  
 
===Quickly Create===
 
===Quickly Create===
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*Universe
 
*Universe
** [[Help:CreatePlanetArticle|Planet Article]]
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** [[Help:CreateConflictArticle|Conflict Article]]
** [[Help:CreateNobleHouseArticle|Noble House Article]]
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** [[Help:CreateCorporationArticle|Corporation Article]]
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** [[Help:CreateDynasticHouseArticle|Dynastic House Article]]
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** [[Help:CreateSystemArticle|System Article]]
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===Human Sphere searchable PDF map===
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'''Lifted from [[User:Volt|Volts]] page since he deleted everything.'''
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*PDF Maps made with Excel scatter chart and Rob Bovey's [http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/ChartLabeler.htm XY Chart Labeler Add-in], showing all identified systems as of February 2022. Maps are borderless so people can use them for whatever suits their fancy (would appreciate a shout-out to the SUCS in any case). Systems names use the SUCK convention (system names, including alternate names or name changes plus the year, instead of the more popular or Official Map names)
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HlORxk-9keO8qSj1wditPLLZjSh9tc1g/view?usp=sharing 900LY x 900LY Map]
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b0EK2bqsw3EqXjsAeJ3WG1wu1GOUhWDd/view?usp=sharing 2010LY x 2010LY Map]

Latest revision as of 15:28, 17 March 2024

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About Me

I am not sure what came first for me, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat Video Game or the BattleTech: The Animated Series, at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found Technical Readout: 3050 Revised in my local comic shop (circa '98). At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!

I found sourcing BattleTech books in the UK a slow and expensive process using my local (not very friendly) comic shop, it was about a decade before I discovered that said comic shop was situated five minutes walk from Ral Parthas european headquarters. MechCommander 2 and MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries kept the torch burning until MechWarrior: Dark Age came out in 2003 and for the first time ever getting physical product became easy.

I have been working on Sarna since Feb 2007, I was promoted to Admin in November 2019 having contributed about 30,000 edits to the wiki at the time. I backed the 2018 Video Game (no. 23,284) and the 2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign (no. 2,863). Mercenaries number 24,871.

After accusing Catalyst Game Labs of mismanaging the IP in the wake of the collapse of BattleCorps in 2016 and release of the extremely shoddy Technical Readout: Succession Wars in 2017, I am incredibly happy to see that in 2019 CGL have not only reversed direction but seem to be pushing BT back towards greatness.

Let the good times roll.

Current Project Jobs

Awards

Awards Board

Founder's Consistent Service Award Founder's Superior Editor of the Year Award (2018)
Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2019) Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2012) Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2011)
Tireless Contributor Award, 1st ribbon Problem Solver Award, 1st ribbon Vandal Cop Award, 3rd ribbon
Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon Casual Edit Award, 2nd ribbon All Purpose Award, 6th ribbon
Random Act of Appreciation Award, 3rd ribbon Edit Count (75,000) Time in Service (15 years)


Tools

General stuff

Quickly Create

Human Sphere searchable PDF map

Lifted from Volts page since he deleted everything.

  • PDF Maps made with Excel scatter chart and Rob Bovey's XY Chart Labeler Add-in, showing all identified systems as of February 2022. Maps are borderless so people can use them for whatever suits their fancy (would appreciate a shout-out to the SUCS in any case). Systems names use the SUCK convention (system names, including alternate names or name changes plus the year, instead of the more popular or Official Map names)