User talk:Madman97/Archive 2

Can we talk?
Hey, when you have the chance, I was hoping we can talk. If you dont think we can meet up in chat then let me know and we can just discuss in here.Cheatcodechamp (talk) 04:43, August 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * No need to be sorry about being away, I have forgotten I was in chat until hours later, if not the next day at times. Anyway, How you would handle the interviews is up to you, and any way you wanted to handle it would be yours to do as you see fit.  The interviews are written as a blog, and are put in their own category.  I would speak to Jarjarkine if you want advice on how to handle it, but I will assume that the answer is "However you feel is best".Cheatcodechamp (talk) 07:25, September 3, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Passing the Torch
First off, I really want to thank you for considering me to pick up the interviews. I have always enjoyed them and I think I can do you proud. Second, I would like to know the finer details of how you went about them, meaning did you do them weekly, is there a template of questions you always used, things like that. Anything you can give me will be great. A list of people already interviewed would be good too.

Well, doing it weekly would have been my dream but, i never could do it because at first, it was taking 3h per interviews. I changed the way to do thems, so that it would be quicker. First, make a short introduction of what you are doing, like hereor for Timeoin. Then,  a first section,


 * 1) Questions  this is your first section, and you have to, when asking your questions,

The Elder Scrolls Wikia: Blablablabla TES Questions
 * Then you writte the answer as a column.

Theses are the game question, about skyrim or else but, the number of question is at your discretion.

In the end,

Well, thanks for this interview X ! If you guy liked the interview, Feel free to leave a comment of your appreciation of the interview and, we'll see ourselves next month !Emperor Jarjarkine The Ragged Flagon - Cistern 03:05, March 4, 2015 (UTC)



You send your questions in the talk page of the users, like I did for you. Also, do not forget to add the Interviews category and, an image on the interview, of TES representing the person you are interviewing. If you ever need me, leave me a message :P
 * end the interview with something like this.

I guess we could do to begin with, if you have time, try to do thems at the same time, it would be great :P But before that, i'll have to make a blog, saying that i'm resigning from my interviewer position. May the force be with you, alway Emperor Jarjarkine    The Ragged Flagon - Cistern  20:58, September 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) RenzXVI
 * 2) QueenFinelia



How about chating now ? :P May the force be with you, alway Emperor Jarjarkine    The Ragged Flagon - Cistern  19:25, September 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Good :P May the force be with you, alway Emperor Jarjarkine  Aldmeri_Dominion.png  The Ragged Flagon - Cistern  19:23, September 4, 2015 (UTC)

Interview
Yes, I am up to it. :D When does it happen and where? I assume chatroom, but how does that work if many people are in it? A heads up, people often say I am one of the weirdest guys in chat and I accept the title. I just hope I don't mess it up too much. XD
 * 08:32, September 4, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok. I'd just wait for your message then. I'd answer them as best and as interesting as I can. :D
 * 00:52, September 5, 2015 (UTC)

Interview
Sure. :D I would love to. :3 Sounds fun :) Queen Finelia &#937; the Mighty High Goddess of God Dimension &#8859; (talk) &#5099; 19:22, September 4, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the interview question, do I just paste the answers here on your talk page or what? &#8752; Queen Finelia &#937; the Mighty High Goddess of God Dimension &#8859; ( talk ) &#5099; 07:15, September 6, 2015 (UTC)

New interviews.
I am glad yo see that you are not only taking it over, but that you are making it your own. The interviews do have a spot on the front page, in their own section already, is what you are asking or do you want the interviews to be listed AS news?

I do have an idea about the interviews I think would be interesting, we could tie it in with our protect getting wikis better connected (maybe). What do you think about interviewing wiki staff and people like helpers and VTSF about what they do? I think it would be an idea worth considering.

I am hoping this will be a new stage for everybody involved, and I am glad you are a part of this. If you have any thoughts or ideas you feel you need to run by an admin please feel free to ask, but do not feel you need to come to me for everything, the interviews are your thing now, so do them how you feel is best.Cheatcodechamp (talk) 22:10, September 4, 2015 (UTC)

Glow
I saw you asking about the glow on Ren's talk page. It's actually shadow, it just looks like glow because bright colors on dark bg. I copy-pasted the code from my talk page onto this heading so feel free to use it :D &#8752; Queen Finelia &#937; the Mighty High Goddess of God Dimension &#8859; ( talk ) &#5099; 07:27, September 6, 2015 (UTC)

Interview: RenzXVI
1) You are making waves starting here as a more prominent member of the wikia. For a user so new, it's unusual to see people like you become a chat regular and mod so quickly. So the first thing I want to ask you is how you came to be on this site and where your drive to be involved came from.


 * I started playing Skyrim, sometime back in March, so I am also fairly new at playing the game. I've always liked reading about all the TV Shows / movies that I watch, things I do, games I play, so When I started playing Skyrim, I have been doing a lot of reading on this Wiki. At first, I thought the forums were inactive because Skyrim had been released several years ago, then I stumbled upon an article page with a thread preview at the bottom, which had a post dated very recently. I immediately did some forum reading and found out that this place was actually active. I've always been eager to join in on forums, facebook groups and the-like, so when I found the forum and the chat, I instantly became an active user. I love the game and it's pleasant to discuss it with people who share the same interests that I have, and since I am a part of the community, I believe it is just natural to help others, as they help me whenever I need it. :D

2) Going off of the first question, what made you want the chat mod job specifically? Was there any trouble getting it, any naysayers (refrain from using their names)? Were you afraid of taking on the job?


 * To be honest, at first, I didn't have any thoughts on becoming a chat mod because of how "weird" and childish I can be on the chatroom, but after having several encounters with spammers / trolls on the chat, I decided to start reading the rules and help out by reporting the trouble makers to the admins / staff. After a while of helping out, a few users have pointed out that I could do good as a chat moderator. I gave it some thought and when I finally qualified, I wrote an application. Before I sent the application, I was afraid that people might think I am too "weird" to take on the job, but the amount supporters who voted for me, and lack of opposes, gave me confidence that I can take on the job. :D

3) Now that you're a chat mod, is there anything you want to do to improve this site? Any ideas? Be specific!


 * Being a chat mod is fairly simple: welcome chat users, answer their questions, be friendly and spend some time with them to build up the chat community, maybe encourage them to help out too, and of course, to kick / ban the trouble makers. On a personal note, I came here on the wiki searching for knowledge, and I believe the chat is not just a place to hang out, but also a tool to learn about editing and how the wiki works, et cetera. With the knowledge I have gathered, I've recently been able to help edit a few articles, and in time, I believe I will be able to do much more. :D

4) Big quetion. Do you think UESP is better in any way than the Wikia?


 * Hmmm... Let's just say that Internet Explorer has been around much longer and had always been there for everyone, but Google Chrome had managed to build a good reputation which attracts lots of users, several of whom, actually doesn't use Internet Explorer, unless their Google Chrome crashes. XD

5) How long have you been playing Elder Scrolls, what is your favorite in the series, and what is your preferred class?


 * I have only been playing The Elder Scrolls for about 6 months and unfortunately, I've only played Skyrim but I do have all of it's DLCs. I've always liked using magic whenever it's available in a game that I play, so I played as a mage in Skyrim. :D

6) What do you think happened to the Dwemer?


 * Since I only play Skyrim, this would be a tough question... My first theory was that the animunculi had turned on their masters, but if that were the case, where are the bodies? It's most likely that the Dwemer has been banished from the mortal world, by the Gods that they've refused to worship.

7) Favorite Daedric Prince? Why?


 * Sheogorath! We are all prisoners within our own minds, bound by logic and reason... Only insanity can set us free!

8) Now we get serious. Have you ever read or heard of Wabbajack Grinding?


 * No... I don't have any idea on how a person grinds their Wabbajack, but I did meet Sheogorath. He told me something about "giving a Wabbajack" and about "his staff". Something, something... Oh, and cheese exploded all over the place...

9) Considering the boisterous antic of Alduin, proclaiming to be the first born of Akatosh and the idea that he is an aspect of Time...what is your opinion on the conflict between Israel and Palestine?


 * I believe, Alduin should be a responsible "first born" and give the younger folks some "time" to chill out...
 * 19:58, September 6, 2015 (UTC)

Glowing Text
Insert text here I set the text-shadow only at 10px size so it follows the contours of the text, if you increase it to 20px or bigger, the glow around the text would look like a flat box instead of following the contours of the text. Samples:

- 30px text-shadow size -

 * 19:58, September 6, 2015 (UTC)

Interview Answers
1) Thanks :D Like probably many others, I found this wiki on google. I was having problems with Skyrim so I posted on the forums many times. Eventually I decided to sign up for an account because I kept forgetting to check what I posted later and thus never read the answer to my questions. Then I found the chat and found awesome people and decided this is where I wanna hang out.

2) I’ve always wanted to be a mod but at the same time I didn’t want something that would consume all my time and energy and I feel a chat mod is perfect. I can continue just as I have before in the, I just have a bit of power now. Yes there were a few people who were against me becoming a mod, saying that I’m too quick to judge so I would judge people too harshly maybe but the support was overwhelming. Not at all, this is something I’ve always wanted to do.

3) Idk if there’s anything more I can do because of my position that I couldn’t before but we definitely need better articles and more articles, so I’m planning to update all the missing info I can on my next Skyrim play-through and probably Oblivion and Morrowind too if I ever finish them :P

4) Well as you probably know the quest and map system is terrible in Morrowind and especially the quest articles are way more detailed on UESP so while playing Morrowind I usually use UESP for help. Other than that I don’t really like the site that much.

5) I started with Skyrim in 2013 I think, so not that long. My brother actually originally got Skyrim and begged me to try it. I’ve never been into a fighting type game before that, only videogame I’d played before that was Sims 3… Now I’m the one obsessed with Skyrim. My fav TES game is Morrowind. Idk why but I just love it. I’ve always liked mages; magic is one of my huge passions.

6) I heard this theory not long ago, I can’t exactly remember how it goes but they find some kinds of powerful evil magic(or a god or something) and it wiped all Dwemer from the face of Nirn. Straight out of existence.

7) I have 2: Sheogorath because you interact with him most of all in the games. Meridia because she’s the good Daedric Prince and I love her beacon and Dawnbreaker. Also in one of my favorite series W.I.T.C.H. there’s a city called Meridian, so Meridia makes me think of W.I.T.C.H. :3

8) Nope :/ Explain! Explain!!!! (that was a Dalek reference btw :P)

9)   To my shame I have to say I don’t follow the news so idk anything about it.

10) Yep, born and raised :D Sometimes I think even speak better English than I do Finnish. In school I always felt English wasn’t hard enough and in high school I would constantly correct my teacher which would drive everyone crazy :P

 &#8752; Queen Finelia &#937; the Mighty High Goddess of God Dimension &#8859; ( talk ) &#5099; 07:49, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

re: chat pm
Hi. I noticed this morning that you had sent me a PM on chat about an interview. I wasn't able to respond, 'cause I'd left chat open by mistake. Since I'm not really editing here on a daily basis (just posting in some ct's and giving my 2c on things that are cropping up), I don't think I'd like to do an interview. Maybe when things die down a bit and I can get back to fixing up stuff, you can do an interview then. Problem is, I can't really contribute in any meaningful manner here now, because I no longer play Skyrim without a mod installed, so my contributions would be limited to just link fixes and cleanup, which another editor is already working on. But thanks for the offer. :) --Sajuuk 16:12, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

Interviews advice and other stuff
Hey Madman. Now that you're in charge of interviews, I figured I should give you some important information. For your interviews to be seen on the front page, you have to put them in the "Interviews" category.

Also, on the front page, they are listed under "Staff Interviews". I'm not sure why since it displays interviews from all kinds of members on the wiki, so I'll talk to them about renaming it. Also, a while back I discussed with CCC about making Jarjarkine a member of the News Team due to his part in the interviews, and he agreed to adding him as one of the members. I'm not sure why he hasn't done the same with you, so I'll talk to him about that. ☞ Rim < Talk 02:33, September 14, 2015 (UTC)

News Team
Hey, Wanted to talk to you about the news team.

When Jarjarkine joined the news team, his main focus was the interviews, that is all he really did. Now that you are taking it over, I think that you joining the news team would be a good move.

I also have another item I want to talk to you about, but would prefer to discuss that in chat if possible. I am having some computer problems but I will try to attend the moot tonight.Cheatcodechamp (talk) 20:44, September 19, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Wikia History Lessons
Well, I've been writing chronologically for the most part. I've been using the user rights log as a timeline-type guide, and I've looked into many of mentioned people's profiles and talk pages to get a decent idea of what they did. Bronkiin actually added a lot about the old wiki (under the "Mismanagement" section); he got that information by digging through old talk pages as well. Basically, the system I'm using goes something like: "+admin, date, accomplishments." —Atvelonis (talk) 00:36, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Interview Questions
1) I actually came to this wiki in general, after being banned from a Creepypasta wiki for a month. I'd used this wiki for over a year by then, so I decided to join the chat.

As far as the UESP/This Wiki thing goes, yes. UESP has us beat in their pages, especially in lore. The community of this wiki is the entire reason for staying, along with the problem itself. If we need more lore help, people who know lore should give help. I teach it in chat, whilst talking to other users. We can only improve our wiki, and any and all improvement is positive.

2) To Finelia and Renz? Don't wait to ban already proven trolls. That was an issue that has already occurred. I've offered assistance to both, and either can PM me, or leave a talk page message if they have any questions.

Best piece of advice- Don't take shit. You have it pretty well, now. The administrators that are left are our best. The corrupt ones are gone. The users whom were the worst, have left. You have the new community. If either of these two things comes back, deal with it. Just because an admin is higher in rank, doesn't mean you let what they do slide. You have a say.

3) I debate with a lot of people, and argue with a lot of others. I am very blunt in my views, and people tend to know exactly what I think of them. You and I have fought, because we disagreed. Both of us were blunt, and both of us defended what we thought. As far as I'm concerned, it was nothing personal at all. I was fighting against your points, not you.

As for what aspect of this keeps me around, the new community in general seems to have an interest in learning, know when is right to do certain things, and when to stop doing others. It's a strange transformation that was fun to watch. For instance, Kora manages to get all the others to converse well. Renz manages to keep a pretty good eye. Finelia seems good at calming people down. It's sort of like a self sustaining hive, with each part fueling the rest.

4) My stance for the Imperial Legion stands just as it did back then. Not just because of the military strength, but the possibilities that could occur from their control again. If Landfall makes it into the next game, (if not, most likely the next), the Stormcloaks wouldn't be able to give any form of resistance.

5) Kill the lamb by severing the head. If the Towers are protected, the Aldmeri Dominion are fought back, and the Stormcloaks assimilate into the Imperial Legion as a sort of splinter faction with West Skyrim as capital territory, that's less chance for the end.

6) The Dwemer were fused into the skin of the Numinduim. They are long gone, and no longer a part of existence. Of course, we know of the Dwemer we met in Morrowind, Yagrum Bagarn. He wasn't here for that event. If more followed like that, perhaps more lived. It's either that, or Numinduim erased them. We say him erase every Race of Men (Sorry, Nord and Imperial fans, along with the rest) and High Elves in C0DA. One attack is all it takes.

7) If I could improve the games in any way, it would have to be core mechanics. Unarmed combat that actually feels aggressive, and includes some form of combos. Melee weapons that have more than a few ways to swing them. Spells that feel more damaging, and have larger scale effects. With Fallout 4 improving all of its mechanics, I have no doubt TES is next to do so. ShawnHowellsCP (talk) 01:52, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Interview Proposal, Harold
Sure I'm interested, I will just write up my replies and post them here as soon as I can. 13:24, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

1) Well I'll start with some history and explain its function as tell you its story, then in the end I'll give you some general stats and you can decide whether it is a big deal or not. Originally Psychomantis108, Apollo42 and I were a part of an old TES fanon site called elderscrollssandbox Wiki. We used it to store articles about characters we used in Roleplays and in my case my Last Dragonborn from Skyrim, which my profile is named after. However the site's staff was MIA and that began to bug us, me especially, because of the wiki being very out of date and we were not able to update it. We were going to adopt it but then I decided to make my own wiki, The TES Sandbox Wiki, and we moved to there. So technically I am the co-founder, I was one of the three original users. I just have the title of founder because I took the initiative. In the beginning its purpose was only to store articles that didn't belong here in the TES Wiki, like fanon pages and images for characters and other TES related content. When the RP Board here was effectively shutdown, the Sandbox took in a lot of the RPers and it began to host RP threads. A few weeks later, we merged with the Elder Scrolls Roleplaying Wiki to combine the whole TES RP community under one roof. Currently the Sandbox is home to 1082 fanon articles, 1419 fanon related images and 227 blogs. Most blogs about user-made stories, but we also have a weekly Arena-type blog series in which users vote on characters that are pit up against each other. It also has its pretty active chat, the incredibly active RP Board which has 22 active threads currently, but has reached over 35 in the past. In only about 11 months it has reached about half the size of the TES Wiki's 2 year old RP board, no doubt by the time our RP board reaches two years it will at least reach the same size. Our current active user base is around 20-30 users daily, but over all there are 140+ users in the Sandbox.

2)It came from my love of writing and of RPGs like Skyrim. Ever since I was a wee little lad, around 10, I have been writing stories. Mostly comic books with poor drawings, for I am not the best artist. After my second playthrough of Skyrim, I began to think of what my Dragonborn would do after the game's story was over. That was the first time I wrote fanfiction. It was pretty entertaining to imagine what Tamriel would be like after the game, but that could only go so far for me, it got a bit boring after a while. Then, when I was looking through Zippertrain's contributions, I think I was looking for a link to an older blog of his, I found a link to an RP thread that he was a part of. I went to it and read it all. When I saw how multiple users created a story together I became hooked on the concept of RPing. I have been doing it ever since.

3)Let me start with saying that things ended pretty well in the eyes of the RPers, many consider things better now. For a long time while I was a part of the TES Wiki I noticed that there was a divide in the community. There was an "us and them" mentality between the RPers and the regular mainspace contributers. Wen the RP Board grew to the point where people found it disruptive to the wiki the Admins at the time opened a discussion thread to solve the problem. There was a bit of fighting there but within a couple days we were able to find an agreeable compromise. So the Admins then opened a vote thread, that is where sh*t hit the fan. Everyone was at each other's throats, completly forgetting about the compromise that we had talked about on the discussion thread. In my opinion the vote thread was handled very poorly on the part of the staff at the time, the way they presented the vote it made it seem like they wanted to completely delete the RP Board and that caused the RPers to react in defense of the Board. Some users that voted against the thread also didn't help the situation by insulting the RPers. It was during this thread that the mentality I mentioned above became a "us vs. them". Luckily, Psycho, other and I were able to calm down the RPers and start talking about a compromise, since the vote was heavily for keeping the Board. Psycho and I knew that if the Board was kept as it is the divide would only get worse down the line, so we convinced the RPers to accept the Hub Compromise. The HC won the vote and it was installed, moving RPing to the Sandbox and the ESRP Wiki.

4)Not really. The RPers at the Sandbox are all pretty much satisfied with the outcome of the whole thing. I was talking with Lazarus Grimm about this a few weeks back and even him, one of the RPers that was most against the Hub Compromise, agreed that things ended for the best. We have a lot more freedom at the Sandbox. There almost everyone is into the same thing, roleplaying in the forums, and that creates a great environment for the community. Unlike how things were here before, there there is no "us vs. them". There is only "us".

5)I must confess, I have not read all of C0DA. I've only read snippets of it here and there, and even that was a while ago. I hardly remember it, so I'll probably have to re-read it in the future. Though from what I remember it is an interesting story, but like most of MK's out-of-game work that he has done since working on Oblivion...I take it with a grain of salt. Writings about the 5th Era, which hasn't even happened yet in the TES universe, make me a little skeptical. I mean in like TES 12 or something, will the things in C0DA and the rest of MK's writings about the 5th Era actually happen? I am not sure. Still, it is a fun read. Makes the TES world more sci-fi in my opinion, which I am not all that against. I like sci-fi.

6)Well I am sort of a game purist, as in I only take what we find out in game as canon. To me all out-of-game content is taken with a grain of salt. As such when it comes to the Dwemer I take only what we learned from the game as canon, meaning that Arniel Gane's experiment is the best lead we have. So I still believe that the Dwemer, like Arniel, were transported out of the Mortal Plane. I don't think they all became shades like him, that was likely because he was using the Warped Soul Gem instead of the Heart of Lorkhan. I don't think them all becoming the metal skin of the Numidium is a satisfying conclusion to the mystery of their disappearance, since it would mean they are gone for good as the Numidium was destroyed.

7)I want to believe that they can, but I have no idea how they could. In my opinion it would be interesting to experience in a game the return of the Dwemer in some form of another. But even if they do I am sure it won't happen for some time. Bethesda has set up a future conflict between the Aldmeri Dominion and the human races, so I am sure the next game will deal with that.

- Done. 14:24, October 3, 2015 (UTC)

Email
Hey,

As you recall, I have been hoping to speak with you, however due to my crap computer, I have not been able to get on, so we have been unable to meet in chat. The Subject I wish to discuss is wikia related yet I do not want to share it in public at this time. If you can email me at my gaming email, that would be great. my email is Cheatcodechamp@gmail.com

I hope to hear from you soon, be safe, and happy editing.Cheatcodechamp (talk) 04:35, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

Role play questions
Well if you want to release a story for your character there are many ways to go about it. You can do it in numerous places too. You could release it here, either in the off topic forums or in a blog. Or you could release it in either the Fanon Wiki or the Sandbox Wiki. On either of them you could make an article about your story, in the case of the Sandbox you could also release it as a blog to get feedback from other users. 11:25, October 9, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Interview Proposal
Sorry but like i said to Emperor Jarjarkine not my kind of thing. AzuraKnight (talk) 10:04, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

Moot Time and Jr Mime
Hey, got two things I need/want to tell you.

First, we have reached a time where we thing more people can attend the moot with minimal loss of high activity editors and current Moot attendants, we are talking about moving it four hours earlier. At this point, I can attend, but due to my faith, feel a little weird about voting on my Sabbath, but that may change and that is only one vote who cannot make it. Seeing as you are one of the people who where behind the founding of the Moot (that is what I recall anyway) I am hoping you can let us know on the forum thread if this time change would effect your attendance.

Also, I spoke with JR Mime, a editor and member of the VTSF. I used to work with them at Wikianswer where we where both admins (Not my best work, I did not stay long, although I do try to send help their way nowadays). Jr Mime agreed to do an interview, assuming of course "we don't do a Skype call". At this point, I will leave it to you how to handle it, but I think this could be a fun interview, where you will be able to interview a well respected member of the wikia, and help people learn more about how the VSTF protects it from vandalism. Here is her page on the CC, where you can see my message I sent.

I have to send some more messages, I want to make sure as many Moot regulars speak up in the CT about the time change. Have fun, and happy editing-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 17:26, October 11, 2015 (UTC)


 * I do not think so, I was unable to meet them in chat, so was unable to discuss it. If possible I will try and contact them soon, or you may have to ask prior to the interview. Not a lot of people would know about this, as its not a common item to occur. I will let you know if I speak with them prior to you, but proceed how you feel best. Also, they love Narwhals, fun fact if you did not know.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 04:13, October 12, 2015 (UTC)


 * If these rumors are true, then things could go sideways if they get out, I am not sure how much is true or how many are involved. I want to prevent this from happening, but I do not want to cause a scare of its still a long way off.  I would say focus more on the implications of such an item then the item itself.  If Mime asks questions you may need to fill them in on or off record as you see fit, but I am the kind of guy who prefers safe over rash actions.  I am sorry for the delays in my responses, they added Flash and Arrow to Netflix, catching up on them.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 06:26, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

Experimental Profile
Just wanted to say that I've already come up with a few ideas and tested them out in my sandbox, just click on the tab button in there; at the top to see the new version(s). I hope you can appear sometime in the chat so we can talk about it, I am not so sure I listed your blogs in the correct order when I merged them all together + some other stuff. :p 12:50, October 14, 2015 (UTC)


 * What you are describing seems to resemble what I did for TEST 2? 16:56, October 14, 2015 (UTC)


 * I decided to use a different picture for the second image, look at TEST 4. :D 17:39, October 14, 2015 (UTC)


 * It's done, you could customize it a bit though if you want. Some sections, like the Blog Tutorials part has no description yet. Some titles in your series have no description too (the last links you gave me) 18:48, October 19, 2015 (UTC)

Interview
Sorry, have not been active over the past few days.

Can you give me a description on how these interviews work before I agree?

Dovahsebrom (talk) 01:11, October 25, 2015 (UTC)


 * I think I'm going to pass on this. Sorry if I have wasted any of your time Madman.


 * Dovahsebrom (talk) 12:12, October 25, 2015 (UTC)


 * It is passable on the 'this is what I like to think happened sense', but otherwise, it doesn't have much basis in the lore. I would agree that there is something mysterious about Peryite but I wouldn't necessarily make the claim he's pulling the strings and played a role in the disappearance of the Dwemer. The mystery of Peryite relates more so to his probable connection to Akatosh. That said, I will say that a slight connection in your theory you may have over looked is Peryite's reoccurring artifact, Spellbreaker, which was originally created by the Dwemer Rourken Clan.


 * Dovahsebrom (talk) 16:24, October 25, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Proposal
If you really want to, sure! I won't have the time to do it in real-time if you were hoping to catch me in chat though :P -- { 22:56, October 25, 2015 (UTC) }

what is a blogMinecraft158 (talk) 16:52, October 26, 2015 (UTC)minecraft158


 * Heh, asking me to elaborate my answers is not great when I'm known for writing big blocks of text XD Long interview response is long, I've enclosed it in a show/hide table so it doesn't flood-out your talkpage :P
 * -- { 06:08, October 27, 2015 (UTC) }


 * Aww thank you, that means a lot to me considering you're the real Loremaster here :D I tend to avoid discussing it because I don't want to make obvious my block-of-text syndrome XD Looking forward to the finished blog! (And someday I will get round to using your tutorials to make blogs of my own haha.)
 * -- { 08:30, October 27, 2015 (UTC) }

Re: Interview thing
I think that's because the Main Page only showcases a certain number of them. They are in the Interviews category, but since there have been a few newer ones, the older ones have been pushed to the bottom. I could probably figure out a way to add a link to the rest of them though. —Atvelonis (talk) 02:26, November 11, 2015 (UTC)

Skyrim Guild update
Just as a reminder to all members, we've got quite a few ongoing projects in addition to many different tasks that could use your help, in particular expanding stubs (or removing the stub template if there's sufficient information). Also, users who aren't active in the guild after 2-3 months will need to be removed, just as a heads up. Anyways, enjoy the weekend and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. --Shockstorm (talk) 23:19, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Interview proposal
Sure, I'll answer the questions as best I can. Still can't believe I'm the most senior user here now...  DRAEVAN13  22:56, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Interview answers
1) I wasn't really that involved back when I joined, I just edited articles and read over them when I was stuck or when I was bored at work. I can't even remember if it was Oblivion Wiki or TES Wiki yet, I can see Morrowind articles dating back from 2008.

2) I can't say, either I didn't notice the change or it went down so smoothly I didn't notice.

3) I wasn't very invovled in the wiki when I joined, I was only editing/reading articles.

4) I remember joining because I was tired of the undropable quest items in Oblivion (the Mages Guild gives you several of those) and I first came here checking if there was a way around them. When I was on the "Confront the King" page I noticed a spelling mistake and that was my first edit.

I still mostly edited articles for about a year or so if I recall correctly, I didn't join in on the blogs for a bit.

5) I wrote my first blog because of what I viewed as the dumbing down of the TES series as a whole, and how much it was being lauded as a near-perfect game despite notable flaws. The blog was received well enough, though I seemed to have shocked a lot of people by saying in the comments that Oblivion was my favourite TES game. Apart from that the comments are usually positive.

Yes, some of my blogs only reached the 100+ comments mark because Zipper and I were debating on another blog/thread and the person who made it didn't want us to, so I moved it over to one of my blogs to keep things going there.

6) I don't really think I'll be writing any more blogs, threads seem to have become the new staple for this wiki. I think the "Gold and Silver" ages of blogs here are past, at least until TES VI comes out. Even then I think threads will be where the discussions happen, but you never know.

7) I think it's due to everything that can be discussed having long since been done to death, honestly. It's been a while since Skyrim came out and when it did the blogs exploded here. Now, we've been over everything. Things seem to be going on well in the threads, but those are slowly petering out too for the same reason.

8) When it comes to most internet drama like what we've experienced here, I tend nowadays to add my two cents and then but out unless it's required of me to chime in. Over the years, and especially with last year's GamerGate fiasco I followed closely (but didn't get involved in), I've learned that Internet drama tends to rarely get resolved, moreso that both sides agree to stop bickering.

But at least here on the Wiki we do tend to get a decisive relosution.

9) The all-encompasing "don't be an asshole" comes to mind, but apart from that... as with anywhere on the Internet, just remember: don't take it personally. Most of the time it's not directed at you. Even if it is, don't feed the trolls.

10) Well winter's almost here, so it's going to be busy as usual up here.

 DRAEVAN13  12:21, November 18, 2015 (UTC)

Interview Options
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User:HumboldtLycanthrope An acclaimed and loved author. Took professional writing classes. Great author, great sense of humor. Specialized in NSFW stories, with very mature themes. I would say start with him.

http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User:Blacknumber1 Wrote one of the best stories I've ever read: Pasta Noir. It's a dark crime story. Blacknumer1 has a good sense of humor as well, and writes in a professional manner. He is very respected, and is kind as all hell. He's also a martial arts instructor for citizens, police, and even military. Badass guy.

http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User:EmpyrealInvective My personal favorite author. Wrote the Tobit series, which while reading, fueled me enough to continue my own series, In Torment. Great guy, great personality, amazing works of art.

I think these three should be satisfactory for now. They're all great options. ShawnHowellsCP (talk) 04:38, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Fan Contributor Program
Hey Madman. In a recent blog, Wikia announced that they were starting up what they called the "Fan Contributor Program." If you're in this program, you write editorials and stuff pertaining to your Wikia community, and they would expose us to millions more fans. The reason I'm telling you this is because I think you would do fantastically in this role, if you're interested. You're an amazing writer and it would be absolutely awesome if you could get the word out there about The Elder Scrolls even more. Some perks of this would be obviously spreading the word about the series and getting people to come here, and also you'd be able to go to special events like Comic-Con and E3.

What do you say? I'd highly recommend you read the full news blog Wikia posted on Thursday as well as the FAQ if you're interested, and get back to me on it with what your decision is and any questions you may have. Thanks! —Atvelonis (talk) 00:24, December 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * That's a tough question. Perhaps try writing something informative and speculative about a cool topic in the series. I thought the analysis you did in Bluesonic's interviews was pretty insightful, so something else like that. There are loads of things in the games themselves and in lore especially that you could interpret in a number of really interesting ways. So perhaps try taking a fairly well-known (and reasonably incomplex) topic that most fans will want to read about, and do some in-depth analysis and make predictions and try to fill in gaps and all. It would be best if you used a topic that hasn't been beaten to death already unless you can come up with something seriously unique about it, which might be rather difficult. And I'm not much of a blog critic but I can definitely give you my opinion of it after it's written, no problem. :) —Atvelonis (talk) 19:56, December 22, 2015 (UTC)

Alduin
Hey! Just a random thought I had TES-lore wise (not sure if you covered this already in one of your series), but is Alduin as bad as everyone makes him out to be? In the sense of... is the "Dovah" nature as evil as NPCs claim it to be? The whole premise for it is that it's in a Dovah's nature to dominate others (if they realise they are more powerful). Yet, isn't that what every single other race has also done, and even some are currently doing right now? The High Elves are dominating the Empire, the Empire dominating Skyrim as it tries to become independent and break free from Aldmeri dominance, the Dunmer have dominated Khajiit, Argonians and Nords, the Snow Elves and Nords dominated one another, the Forsworn and Nords dominate each other, the Dwemer dominated the Snow Elves, the Highland Heart Elves dominated the Imperial ancestors.... essentially all wars are a form of domination, which there have been plenty of in TES history, and the elves in particular have a fondness for slavery.... are the dragons really that crazy, that evil? At least they concede that if one can demonstrate they are stronger than them, they will follow that individual, as was the case for Alduin and then the Dragonborn. Not to mention that when they ruled, it was considered a golden age until certain priests (i.e. man not dovah) went mad with power and abused their rights? Just thoughts :) Hope you're doing well! -- { 10:51, January 7, 2016 (UTC) }
 * Ehh, I don't think the sexual desire one is a good example as most people tend to agree that death is worse than rape :P That said, there are plenty of instances in the TES universe where humans have not suppressed their desire to dominate, hence the huge amount of wars that have waged and still currently wage. War is a fantastic example to use in this case because most of the time, it literally is domination. One nation fighting the other to take over their land, resources or in some cases, to take over the people themselves in the form of slave capture. Why is it then that when other races wage war, it's just war between nations, but when dragons waged war on humans, they were considered an abomination of a race that required total eradication (enter the genocidal Blades here)?
 * -- { 01:20, January 8, 2016 (UTC) }
 * I think I find the comparison with rape too generalised because of my background in sexuality studies. For one, you assume that everyone has the desire to engage in sexual intercourse- enter Asexuality. Sexuality is a hugely complex topic so I won't get into it (there are others who have or may/may not have sexual attraction and etc), but I will agree that it was generalistic in the same way my comment about war was. There are many reasons for war, dominance being just one. And it's a good point raised that it's only the Blades who seek to eradicate dragonkind in such a fashion- others who wage war with the Dov have done so in the same manner that other races have waged war on one another (and in the case of the Nords, they were defending themselves/freeing themselves much akin to the Argonians vs Dunmer). I wonder though if supporters of the Blades realise any of this :P Or even players who go out of their way to kill and hunt dragons in-game. I definitely think this subject is one like the civil war, where they really failed to divulge appropriate details in-game (like you said, poor storytelling).
 * -- { 07:33, January 8, 2016 (UTC) }

Re: Weird Notification
Oh, that. So when you rename a page, it automatically leaves behind a page with the old name, so if you link to the old name it points you to the new one. We usually delete the redirects that are unlikely to be used, that's why you were notified about it. —Atvelonis (talk) 02:39, January 13, 2016 (UTC)

Re: The Project is Complete
Oh man, sorry I took so long to respond. Been very occupied lately.

Anyway, it was very well done—hard for me to say where you can improve. There are a few very, very, very minor syntax errors that no one will ever notice. Things like using ect. rather than etc. Honestly, other than that, I don't see any real problems with it. In general I think you did a really good job!

I appreciate the Princess Bride reference (inconceivable!). I've left some of my personal opinions as comments on the blog. This is probably my favorite of your blogs (that I've read at least, I admit I haven't read many of your older ones yet) and it's definitely a good thing to put into the application. So keep up the awesome writing, it's great to have these on the wiki! —Atvelonis (talk) 19:16, January 17, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Interviews with a Manman!
Hey Manman! I'm glad I could grab an interview! Here's the questions you asked for (I chunked them into a col., since it's so big): Like I said, I'm glad that I got the chance to fill this out! I actually enjoyed filling those questions out quite a bit! PS: You had some open tags left from earlier talkpage messages. Cleaned them up. I think Draevan13's signature had an open  that was never closed.


 * Oh, no! Atvelonis is running for Bureaucrat! I just have the avatar. :P


 * I'm not officially running right now, but I wouldn't be opposed to it if that's what the community wants. —Atvelonis (talk) 22:05, February 5, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Congrats!
Thanks, I'm glad the community approved my application too. In regards to the swear thing, what happened was that a little meeting between the admins and G0LD took place mainly about the overuse of racial slurs in chat. I expressed approval that we should cut down on the swearing and then took a nap, but they continued without me and ended up just censoring all remotely offensive words in chat, I guess assuming I would agree with it? So when Ika and Scp cursed they were banned. I reversed the whole thing later since the community wasn't asked, but we all came to an agreement in the moot on Saturday; instead of censoring swear words entirely, we would just be a little tighter on how much people could use them. So things are fine now.

Due to absolutely ridiculous amounts of inactivity coming from all levels of the staff, we universally decided in the moot that we should do staff re-evaluations as soon as possible (for everyone, no exceptions). We plan on staggering them, so admins, then patrollers, then forum mods, etc. or something like that, but beginning the process sometime next week regardless of the order. Chronic inactivity is something we've been dealing with for a very long time, and this is a good way to deal with it. —Atvelonis (talk) 20:51, February 28, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Interview
Well, Mad, I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that I definitely want to be interviewed. It's awesome :D! Jarjarkine was gonna at one point a long time ago, but then it got mixed up. I'm glad to be given another chance. Anyways, here goes:


 * 1) How did you fall into our community and get so involved?
 * Well, that's quite a long story. Well, my first edit ever here was vandalism, I think. When I was 12, my best friend and we thought it'd be funny to write something crude on some Skyrim page. Can't remember what it was, though. Anyhow, my IP got blocked for a week or so, and I didn't think much of it. Eventually, a few months later, I began to seriously consider editing for real. In June 2013, I made my grand debut - which wasn't really that grand. I made a couple of crappy pages on the drug dealers in Cragslane Cavern. Then, I added some categories to pages that pissed the local admins off, and this guy named Kroq banned me for 30 minutes. Well, I was kind of annoyed, but I continued to edit, doing useless junk like adding commas to sentences and creating invalid cats. Eventually, at around 100 edits, I began to attract the attention of the admins at the time, mainly Tomb. She blocked me again for 3 hours for something similar, and then I quit for a few months. I came back in December, and made around 1000 mainspace edits in a week (A lot of those were commas XD). To say the least, the admins...weren't my friends. I was accused of badgehunting even after I had actually stopped, got dozens of warnings over the next 2 or 3 months, from just about every admin and patroller 'round the block. The whole place was coated in drama, and I got blocked for 3 days twice for disturbing the peace. I remember having a nervous breakdown right around the time of the Exodus, and I left. Ghost and I thought that, because every staff member resigned, the wiki would be in perpetual anarchy for a long while. When I left, Rim had something like 300 edits, Atv was just some noob, and I never got to be my ultimate goal of being a patroller. Well, I came back, and I found that all the patrollers and Atv basically make the same type of edits I was making before - looks like I was just a bit ahead of my time before :P. So, I started editing again, and here I am!


 * 1) How long have you been playing the Elder Scrolls? 
 * About 11 years. I've been playing since 2005, when I was 4 and my parents bought Oblivion. I thought it was awesome, what with all the different types of Daedra, and, of course, the Shivering Isles. When I was allowed to play Skyrim, I was psyched, and it has turned out to be my favorite game of all time. Morrowind, which I played last year, has a really great story, but it isn't the same as Skyrim for me.


 * 1) Where did you get the idea of making an Elder Scrolls Wikia Wikia? 
 * From my own head, which is a big expanse of disorganized imagination. I don't know exactly how I thought of it. I think I just thought of it and eventually just created it. Wanted to see how it'd turn out.


 * 1) Is it making any progress? How would you like to raise more awareness?
 * Progress is slow now, but that's because most of the badges and things like that have already been completed. Everyone who was going to be aware is aware already. It's up to them to create their pages.


 * 1) I read your interview with yourself while surfing through the blog section of your little pet project and I have to say, you should have came to me. What sort of blogs would you even make for that site?
 * No idea, I don't really think there's any need for blogs on TESWW. That "interview with myself" was an utterly random thing that I felt like doing, because why not? Lol.


 * 1) I noticed my page is still sorely lacking...I know that it would be more convenient for me to write about myself, but then where is the fun of reading it? I want to see someone else's interpretation of my grand history here. If you need help, just look at my blogs! It's not so much a question as it is a request. Sajuuk's page is super detailed, but what about THE MOST IMPORTANT USER HERE?! Ahem...So do you think you could do that?
 * Hm, don't know. I mean, I never thought about that. I don't know what I'd write. I could read all of your blog posts, but I'm not sure that I could do that for everyone, especially active users, when we should be doing research on people who are inactive. We'd have to have a larger staff than we do. As of yet, it's Otto, Crusader and me as admins and Fini as a chat mod - but that's it. I'll have to think about it.

- 17:29, March 17, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Interviews!
Here are the responses to your questions. 1) Tell me a little bit about yourself. How did you find your way here?
 * Well... About myself. I'm a shy, liberal, atheist, hipster who works for a small construction company in a religiously conservative west Texas town.  As a result i don't have too many friends, so i find solace in my music and games.  Anywho enough about that.  I discovered Wikia in 2011 when i was looking for walkthroughs for Dragon age 2.  I signed an account with the Dragon Age wiki under the name Ser Pouce-a-lot, a name i later decided was kinda stupid so i changed it.  Anowho, i didn't edit much on that wiki, except for maybe a few spelling fixes, and forum posts.  I lost interest in it pretty soon afterward when i lost interest in that game.  I also tried out the Mass Effect wiki, but i thought it was way too clickish, and that one of the admins there was a tyrant who was a way too trigger happy with the revert button.  Didn't stick around there too long.  Now on to the TES wiki.  I started coming here in November 2011, a few days after the the release of Skyrim.  I didn't edit much back then, but i did help clean up some of the then new Skyrim pages.  My activity back then was sporadic, and didn't last long.  That coincided with the beginning of a traumatic period of my life.  That coupled with limited access to the internet, it took a couple years before developed an interest in editing.  I returned about this time last year when i wanted to find out why vale sabre cats in Dawnguard didn't respawn.  Well i didn't find anything on that kitty's article, so i posted a question about it on the forums, and Azura Knight responded with an answer explaining that there was a bug with it.  As a result i decided that info needed to go in the article, so i added it.  Well, that is when the wiki bug got me.  As i was looking through other pages i noticed a lot were missing the bugs template, so i took it upon my self to add them.  I knew Skyrim was buggy, but I had no idea how bad it was until l took on that project.  From there i worked on other formatting stuff, as well as adding journals to quest pages, starting new pages, and creating a few navboxes for some Morrowind articles.  For a while i thought my contributions went unnoticed, until one day Atvelonis suggested that i apply for the patroller position, so i did.

2) How are you enjoying your position as a Patroller? Is it strenuous work?
 * Yeah, it's pretty cool, and I can't say it's too strenuous. Though occasionally we may get 50-100+ new articles in one day, and it can get pretty tedious to go through all of them.  But, that is one part of the job i must fulfill.

3) Do you have to motivate yourself to get on here and edit or do you spend most of your time on here anyway?
 * I enjoy editing, so i don't really need to motivate my self to do so. I try to hang around here as much as i can, but work and other real world obligations do interfere sometimes. Oh... and there's also Fallout 4.

4) SO....You see that Civil War Trailer? What do you think of Spidey's costume? (Sorry, I really haven't been able to talk to anyone else about it, but I really want too!)
 * I guess it's ok. Spidey's costume in The Amazing Spider-Man looked cooler in my opinion. Captain America: Civil War looks like it will be bad-ass though.

<p style="line-height:22px;">5) Are you excited for Daredevil Season 2 primering tomorrow? (Sorry, I really haven't been able to talk to anyone else about it, but I really want too!)
 * I must admit... I'm not familiar with it. I rarely watch TV.

The Cat Master (talk) 18:03, March 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * So... Is this interview going to happen, or not? The Cat Master (talk) 05:20, April 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't mind answering a new round of questions. The Cat Master (talk) 02:56, April 19, 2016 (UTC)

Here are the responses to the second round of questions.

<p style="line-height:22px;">1) So now that it is springtime, do you like to get out often and enjoy the Texas landscape? My family was visiting San Antonio and Austin about a week ago and they said it was gorgeous.
 * Well... when I lived in Houston, I loved springtime. It rains a lot, so it's green, and rather pretty, and it wasn't beastly hot and humid like in the summer.  I used to go to Austin sometimes to see shows, and whenever i went during this time of year the fields between there and Houston would be covered in blue bells.  I thought they were over rated... Until now.  Now I live in a West Texas town called Midland, or as I effectionately call the armpit of Oblivion (what I usually call this place is a bit too vulgar to say on the air), where spring is just one of the four brown seasons.  It's dry, dusy, ugly, and well... depressing.  Now I miss seeing those flowers.  Oh, and sometimes we get the refreshing scent of petroleum in the air.  So... Yeah i miss spring.

<p style="line-height:22px;">2) I also hear there is a lot of cool resturants down there. I know you said you're from a small town, but is there one you would recommend?
 * In Houston there were a lot of cool resturaunts, like Star Pizza, Biba's Greek resturant, or Fadi's Mediterranian to name a few. In the armpit of Oblivion... well if you like big corporate mega chains, sure they are great. However, since I like indie pizza joints, or ethnic food like Middle Eastern, Greek, or Indian, all of which are nonexistant here, I'm not overly impressed with the selection we have.  We do have some Mexican and Chinese places that aren't too bad.  Actually, a pretty decent barbeque place recently opened up. Their brisket is delicious, and they have good craft beer.  The downside though... it's in a friggin grocery store.  So... I guess... if I were to recommend a place in Midland, this may be it, as long as you don't mind bad 80s top 40 pop music, interspersed with the soothing call of "Clean-up on aisle 12".

<p style="line-height:22px;">3) You also told me you took solace in your games and music. Do you mind telling us what games and what genre of music?
 * As far as games, I love the Elder Scrolls, obviously. Skyrim is one of my favorite games to date, with Fallout 4 at a very close second. Currently I am alternating between Fallout 4 and Dragon Age: Inquisition.  A few other games I love are the early Assassins Creed games, Fallout 3, and New Vegas, the Mass Effect series, the first three Silent Hill games, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and The Witcher 2, and Wild Hunt.

As far as music is conserned, I am fairly ecclectic. I mainly listen to Electronica, Dream Pop, Post-rock, and Punk. I also like Grunge, Classical, Psychedelic, and Indie rock. Some bands that are on heavy rotation on my iPod are Aphex Twin, Bjork, Boards of Canada, Cocteau Twins, Crass, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Orbital, Radiohead, Sigur Rós, and Stereolab.

<p style="line-height:22px;">4) Favorite season? Any traditions for them?
 * May favorite seasons are spring and fall, but since i currently live in the armpit of Oblivion, where they all are brown and dusty i find it hard to appreciate any of them. When I lived in Houston, my ex-girlfriend and I would hike in the woods on weekends during these seasons.  For the time being while I live in the armpit of Oblivion, my tradition is to stay home and play games, listen to music, and save money so I can eventually leave Texas. The Cat Master (talk) 17:41, April 25, 2016 (UTC)

In My Defence
I'm hoping that if enough people get upset its not a real thing, like they did for Elder Scrolls Online, they'll make it into an actual game (just like what happened with ESO in 2012). Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work 19:48, April 1, 2016 (UTC)
 * I havent? :O I thought I had. If not ... I really should have :\ (I'm pretty slack with sending messages to people). Like... really slack. As to the ESO thing - yeah, it happened on April 1, 2012. Theres few here who remember that far back :P And yeah, I know what you mean about editing on a mobile - that's where I do most of my edits, and my phone broke, so I've been very limited in what I can edit :'( Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work 20:53, April 2, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Interview
No thanks. --Shockstorm (talk) 05:01, April 18, 2016 (UTC)

Discussion Mod Interviews
Have you interviewed Discussion mods? There are always issues with the toddlers misbehaving on the discussions app so I guess it would be fun to interview the baby sitters there, User:~*LilithRayn*~ and User:CarloV3r. XD Btw, maybe you should archive your talk page? :p18:08, June 7, 2016 (UTC)


 * You can archive by clicking the dropdown menu beside your edit profile button (it says leave message on my screen :p): http://prntscr.com/bdpqz7 After that you will be shown an option to highlight which parts of your talk page you want to archive, you'd probably select it all though. It starts with none selected.
 * 04:04, June 8, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Proposal
Here's the answers for the questions, I answered the ones with the asterisks, and can give you the answers to the non-asterisked questions.

1)

2)


 * 3) Shadowkey is a game in the unpopular Travels spin-off series. While the other games were released on standard mobile phones, Shadowkey was released on the failed N-Gage console/phone hybrid, which is infamous for a lot poor quality games from more popular series. Shadowkey had the potential to be great, but it being on the N-Gage was a bad move, it controlled horrendously, had way too much fog, and the FPS was in the single digits for the most part. The game was released 2 days after the Nintendo DS, so interest in portable consoles had already been completely moved on to that. Despite it being a total failure, the game has a rich background and has a lot of lore that is totally unique to it. You can tell that if this game was released for the DS instead of the N-Gage, it could've been a classic, the amount of equipment, areas, characters, and content for a portable 3D game is astounding and way ahead of its time. The game is based around the concept of shadowmagic, which is a topic in and of its own, and stopping it from being used for evil.


 * 4)
 * Dawnstar and Stormhold are very similar games, very basic dungeon crawlers which are fine for what they are, basic games you play on an old flip phone. They are very difficult to play these days, emulators are available but the game files aren't, I only found them on a Russian website that my computer said was filled with malware. They're decent games, but unlike Shadowkey they aren't ambitious or interesting.
 * Oblivion Mobile is probably the biggest black sheep of the Travels series, while the other 3 are first-person RPGs like mainline TES games, it is a top down RPG. It is essentially an adaptation of the mainline Oblivion game, I haven't actually played this one, but from what I've seen it reminds me of the cell phone adaptation of Modern Warfare 2, which I have played (it wasn't very good).
 * Battlespire is a very very odd game, rather than being set in an open world with lots of NPCs, like mainline TES and Shadowkey, it is set in a more linear enemy filled world with a bigger orientation on combat and combat skills. Everything about it is extremely strange, from the odd areas to the odd dialogue. It's okay, don't expect hidden gem, it's hidden for a reason, but it's worth playing
 * Redguard is probably the only TES spin-off that could be considered a hidden gem, but like all old PC games, it's a pain the ass to play. Redguard isn't an RPG, rather it's an action adventure game set in a pirate filled desert paradise, you play as a guy looking to save his sister. The game hasn't aged well, but if you can play Morrowind these days you can probably handle Redguard. And that's it for the old spin-offs.


 * 5) The best is probably Redguard, but my personal favourite is Shadowkey. Like I said, Shadowkey is a bad game, absolutely terrible, but almost entirely because of hardware limitations. In terms of ambition, design, and story, Shadowkey trumps all of them. Redguard is a solid game, a really solid game, with a great world and great characters, but it doesn't really push any limits like Shadowkey does.


 * 6) I've only played Battlespire, Dawnstar and Stormhold a bit, but the only one I want to play more of out of those is Battlespire. Dawnstar and Stormhold are too basic to get any enjoyment out of. I haven't played Oblivion Mobile, while I want to give it a go, the game doesn't interest me as much as the others. ゆ (talk) 21:53, June 8, 2016 (UTC)


 * Here's questions 1 and 2:


 * 1) I originally joined in order to mess around, I had no intention of any serious effort, but I enjoyed the RPing aspect the wiki used to have. I spent a few months here just making random forum posts with very few mainspace edits. At one point someone made a consensus on whether to implement the new Wikia Chat feature, to supplement the IRC that we already had. I supported it, and threw my hat in to the ring to become a chat moderator, I was the first to do so and got a lot of support thanks to my activity on the forums, so I got the role. I moderated the chat for a while, there was a lot of drama and such, but it was a great experience.


 * Eventually though, I lost interest, people were leaving and I couldn't keep it going. I left for a while with short comebacks in between, nothing too dedicated though. I did however put a lot of effort in to the Shadowkey portion of the wiki after the hiatus, I did more mainspace work than ever, practically overhauling everything we had on the game with articles on all the weapons and armour. I'm one of very few people that can actually play the game, and the game itself does interest me, even if it isn't a great game.


 * 2) Occasionally I do miss the wiki, I check on new policies, new users that have made waves, and trying to find older users I lost contact with. While I do this, I continually add to Shadowkey articles, if I can be bothered. ゆ (talk) 23:52, June 8, 2016 (UTC)