User:Talvin
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| — Miyamoto Musashi, Go Rin No Sho (1645) | ||
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Profile
Call me Talvin, more people know me by that than my real name anyhow.
I have been playing casually off and on, both tabletop (that's been a while) and computer games since the early 90s, and I have a significant collection of the novels, some in print from back when, though nowadays I mostly get Kindle. My most interesting achievement is losing a Highlander to a Gauss headshot (after I kept saying "There can be only one!") during a free-for-all game in college. And I have a degree in English and Education for all that's worth.
I have been enjoying this Wiki for a few years and decided it was time I stepped up to pay my dues.
Previously, I have been involved in a lot of "clean-up" and community service efforts here on the Wiki. As of early July 2022, I am focusing on specific areas that are of personal interest to me.
Discord
If you want to chat on Discord, send a friend request to my username here with #3561 tacked on the end. (Obfuscating that a bit so bots can't just grab it.)
Task List
- Every week, look at the Orphans and deal with new stuff as appropriate.
- For those Orphans already classified: pick a category and try to knock it down some. Find homes for stuff. Some of these are just not going to happen. Accept it gracefully.
- Media Companies is going to be slow but sure. Figure out how to fit that into the Wiki as a whole, too.
- Word of Blake Navy is a long-term project.
- Category:Foreign Language Editions In fact, let's go large on this. To the extent possible, add info about all the publishing houses that have handled foreign editions, and put them under Category:Game Publisher, since that states it is for Novels as well. They don't need huge writeups, just something to help people find them and their products more easily.
- User:Talvin/Character Mining
- User:Talvin/Sandbox
Just Keeping Score
Projects
Foreign-Language Publishers
- List of BattleTech Products in French
- Fleuve Noir https://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/3529 https://www.lisez.com/fleuve-editions/17
- Hexagonal https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/2775/hexagonal/linkeditems/boardgamepublisher (just a lead, nothing confirmed)
- Jeux Descartes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_Descartes and related: Casus Belli
- Japanese
- File:Black_Widow_Company_Japanese.jpg Follow up on the ISBN #, that company may have done others.
- Polish
- Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil, anywhere else?)
- Spanish
- GOLD MINE: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Novelas_de_Battletech#Novelas_de_MechWarrior:_Dark_Age
IlClan Jade Falcon
A few members of the community have expressed that having a well-cited list of Jade Falcons to survive the ilClan Trial would be useful. As this will necessarily involve some speculation and inferences, the proper format is an Essay. So I have begun Essay: IlClan Jade Falcons to serve until more canon information becomes available.
User:Talvin/Word of Blake Navy is something I tinker with when I want a break from the other stuff. Space battles need more love and attention.
Stuff on the Back Burner
Other Projects I am considering or have set aside for now.
Pages That Amuse or Interest Me
- Four Horsemen of Errai - The first big "gem" that I dug out of the Orphanage, that I recall. I hope they expand on this in canon someday.
- Jeffery Foxworth Love the reference.
- Schedar Enlightenment and Liberation Force (SELF). I mean, if they got forced to join a Clan, they would be...SELF-Absorbed!
- Callandra Witch There's a story here, and I hope they continue developing it.
- Dagen's Daggers Looks like they were just fluff from a Technical Readout, but this is the sort of thing that could make a whole Scenario Pack or Novella. Both? Both is good!
- Precentor Who Lost His Name Huh! I read the novel, of course, but I didn't know about this little followup. Interesting....
- "Pilot! Can you identify the DropShip?"
- "Wait a minute!"
- "Pilot! Identify that DropShip!"
- "I said WAYTAMINIT!"
- Bob. It's a planet. It used to have a different name. Check it out.
- Tai Dai Cult Somebody actually went there.
- Hobb V. Ess
- Kalvin Hobbes commanded the Third Taurian Lancers. We should make that page. Because.
- Rekkem: I should apply to be the guy that comes up with names for Clan OLWs (One Line Wonders). I really should.
Saving this from Project Orphanage
Had to pull this off when the project went public, so saving it here:
I am the very model of a Modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the Khans of Falcon, and I quote the fights historical,
From Dieudonné to Galedon, in order categorical
Awards
Oh, this place has awards. Neat. I'll probably update my little red ribbon every Friday for now. It's a fun way to keep score.
