User:Cyrannian/Trivia

"Always remember, this wiki isn't a monarchy. Trust me, I tried."

- Cyrannian

This page has a similar purpose to Wormy's Stuff page, but with 100% more waptorness.



History
I first joined the wiki on the 4th of April 2009, under the name Moranosaurus. Over the next several months, I would pop in and out of the wiki under different usernames, which would probably result in a ban nowadays (of course, the only reason why I did this was because I thought you needed a new nickname for each new wiki you joined, so I switched and swapped on a regular basis. Thank you early admins for not noticing! :P) That wasn't the only silly thing I did. I recall replying to someone's message on their userpage instead of their talkpage. Again early admins, thank you for not noticing! My first page on the wiki was (then known as Creature:Capricornian) and I spent most of my time on the wiki making small edits on it (feel free to look at the page's history, it contains several ideas that I would revive later in fiction.) Back then, you can tell that I was a giant OluapPlayer fan.
 * 2009

I believe I started interacting with other users in October/November 2009, by joining fictions such as the and the Natrian Empire but it wasn't until December and January that I started interacting with users such as Dinoman82, Wormulon and Xho, all of whom would become good friends. My first active fiction was the, which luckily got the attention of several users. Next, I became involved in the, during which my fiction started becoming more and more involved with dino's.

Overall, despite rampant fighting and tensions between a lot of different users, I look back on 2010 with fond memories. It brought some faces to the wiki that I can't picture it without and by the end of the year, my fiction had progressed from a single page to dozens of factions, two full scale wars and several dozen characters. I'm also pretty sure Oluap rejoined the wiki at this point, which was a plus! However, I'm embarrassed to admit that I got into a few scuffles with a few users, which at times turned rather serious, and thinking back, I probably came across as an overly ambitious little busybody with an annoying affinity for exclamation marks. That said, I'm also proud in some way that I helped make the wiki a fairer place. For example, I remember campaigning against users with godraces claiming ridiculous things like they created everything and anything, though I was probably overly catty to those users, many of whom I'm friends with today.
 * 2010

2010 also saw my introduction to IRC! During which, I curried favour from Ose by inviting people to join it. Three years later, it is difficult to imagine a day without it.

2011 was probably my favourite year on the wiki. In real-life, I was in Transition Year at school, which means I didn't have a heavy workload, so I spent a great deal of my time here. The highlight of the year was without a doubt, the. It exceeded every one of my expectations and lasted much of the year. Around the same time, my sinister plot to take over the wiki finally bore fruit when I was promoted to admin early in the year. With my newfound powers, I banned Wormy and usurped his throne as dictator of the wiki I helped the needy and moved pages a lot.
 * 2011

Alas, 2011 was marred by the travesty that was the Cleanslate debates. I was very much against the notion on the table to destroy all individual galaxies and create a single large one. I had big plans for my galaxy and I personally thought/think that we shouldn't be so restrictive at a time when membership on the wiki began to fizzle. Dino and I reminisced about the debates in August 2013, and we both agree that it was very dark time for the wiki, which in my opinion came very close to splitting. Though needless galaxies were destroyed, I don't think the outcome of the Cleanslate was worth all the pointless conflict that led up to it. Luckily, the wiki recovered and 2011 ended on a good note for me with the formation of the, though I do regret expelling fiction extragalactics from Cyrannus, which I felt isolated it.

2012 was a so-so year for me. As my fiction got more aggressive, I get the feeling that I might have gotten more aggressive as well, with some people labelling me as a scary and unflinching admin, which is a title I certainly don't want. A scary, but strangely alluring and handsome admin fits the bill. If I recall correctly, Dino wasn't very active during the year so apart from some sporadic collaborations with Oluap and Wormy, I felt rather lonely in terms of collaboration. On top of that, friends on the wiki I had for a long time such as Irskaad and TheValader began to leave the wiki. In real life, I was busy preparing for my final exams, so the time I spent on the wiki decreased noticeably. Still, by the time the year was out, I was proud of my fiction and made a New Year's resolution to be friendlier to people. At least outwardly. (I still roll my eyes a lot when I see things that annoy/irritate me on IRC as opposed to outwardly slashing people with my cruel, cruel words. Yay!)
 * 2012

As I write this, 2013 is the current year, and so far on the wiki it has been alright. Yes, I was gone for three months preparing for my exams, which happened in June, but I soon returned to the wiki refreshed and eager after a long time away. Though I honestly began feel out-of-touch with some people and their weird conversations on IRC, Fiction-wise, I'm very happy as people are once again interacting with my fictions after a year of relative isolation and thankfully Dino has also begun to edit on the wiki more often, so I'm generally very pleased with the year.
 * 2013

Granted, starting in September I'll be away to college for the first time so I might be more inactive than usual. In any case, until I get over the part of myself that gets easily annoyed on IRC, I can be contacted on either my wall or #Cyrannus.

Getting The Record Straight
This is where I explain common misconceptions about myself or my fiction.

The "Waptorverse" as a Separate Continuity

 * Greetings fellow wikians. This is something that has been "getting me down" recently. I'm completely fine with people using the term "waptorverse" (as in, that my fiction exists in a separate continuity) in jest, but I want to set the record straight that it isn't the case. Pourquoi? I can only imagine that this idea stems from the fact that I created the and that I view things like  and the aspects of some fictions that claim to be truly omnipotent as non-canon, or conjecture at best. At the end of the day in other words, on the exact same level as the One God, which only acts in ways that can be explained by a multitude of different ideas.


 * This doesn't cause problems between myself and any other user. For example, in Oluap's canon the One God doesn't exist at all. In Xho's, I'm pretty sure it doesn't either. And they are among my closest friends on the wiki. Likewise, I'm sure (or at least I hope) that Xho doesn't hold anything against me because I view Chaos and some other aspects of his fiction as theories mainly because I believe that such far-reaching aspects of fiction should be up to the individual user to decide. I still think that his fiction is one of the best on the wiki. And when we collaborate, we produce beautiful waptor-demun babies in the form of pages. Granted we hardly ever do that, but we really should. Why? Because minor differences in our views on canon are irrelevant when it comes to most fiction. For example, Apollo interacted with no problems during Tantumodo Mortem.


 * As people on IRC have been informing me, maybe some people think my fiction is in a separate continuity because I rarely venture outside Cyrannus. I think that I collaborate outside Cyrannus quite a bit, at least compared to the past. My fiction has connections with most others in the current Fictionverse and though I don't always get involved in fictions, it is generally because I don't have time, not because I lack interest. Consider that nowadays fiction activity is mostly centred only in Andromeda, Borealis and Cyrannus/Quadrants.


 * I hope that clears things up. Talk to me on IRC if you have any questions.

Character Questions and Answers
Apollo=
 * Question - What was your callsign as a CSA pilot?
 * "My callsign, if I remember correctly, was "Pheobus" which was an old Caprican god back during the Ionian Era."


 * Question - How did you, all the way in Cyrannus, end up with the name of a mythical god from Earth as your title?
 * "Earth? I've never heard of it."


 * Question from Santorakh - How partial is to Apaltar to wearing fur hats, like, I don't know, small cunicular humanoids?
 * "While I know he has a fondness for hats, I'm not sure what material he uses. I would certainly hope that they aren't made from humanoids, which would be a major fashion faux pas."


 * Question from Fre'Kloar - why does ya mom look liek a fat ugly cow an whai do yoo smell of pizza
 * "Please use spell check people."


 * Question - What's your favourite "Queen" song?
 * "Erm... I'm unfamiliar with them."


 * Question from Santorakh - What is your favourite dessert? I'm quite partial to cheese boards myself. Cake on particular occasions.
 * "Anything with a side of coffee."


 * Question - Earth is the homeworld of the human republic. You must know them? They were in the G8 with you?
 * "I am aware of the Plazith-branch Humanity, though their original homeworld was not the center of their civilisation. If I recall correctly, it is mostly abandoned now aside from its inhabitants."


 * Question - Be honest, how long have you been thinking "i'm better off living the rest of my life with Ramashe?
 * "Ramashe has been kind and gracious enough to offer her home to Laoi, Kara and I. While I'm not going to comment on any of the questions flying around on the tabloids, she is a kind and beautiful person and I'm truly in her debt.


 * Question from Lamenar Reminocles - I'm sorry if I delve into matters strictly private, but when and why did you choose that "Apollo" pseudonym you use in your public life, Proconsul?
 * "It's rather simple really. "Apollo" was my middle name. When I was a teenager, I decided to change it to my first name. My father was against the decision, but I was young and rebellious. Now, as I grow older I understand where he was coming from. If given the chance, I would revert to "Aedanius", but I suppose it would be too much hassle.


 * Question from Drokian High Lord Dromaeus - Apollo, do you know any planets with marshes, or swampy condition?
 * "I can think of dozens! There are many such worlds in New Republic space if you'd like to visit one."

Antediluvian=
 * Question from Lorrelas - Why are you such a dick?
 * "Why do you look like the illegitimate offspring of a frog and a tapir?


 * Question from Santorakh - Being the God of Madness, I have a lot of free time on my hands. And I ask myself, how much free time does a Dark Oikoumene like yourself have? Surely you must have time for tea?
 * "I spend my free time working on my big plans."


 * Question from Koluap - What the hell are you supposed to be anyway? Species I mean.
 * "Erm... ?"


 * Question from Anonymous  - How do you feel about being called Anteddy?
 * "Let me put it this way, I could get a minion to kill someone who uses that nickname and they'd probably get off with justifiable homicide."


 * Question from Anonymous - Why do you look like a squidgy Xenomorph?
 * "Why did your parents not drown you?"


 * Question from Reminocles - What is your stance on the subjugation of the Nahdar people and the Rambo Nation, and what role did you play in these... morally questionable actions?
 * "Subjugation? The Nahdar are living comfortably on their home world and the Imperial Senate has decided to take the matter of its intention to join the Mou'Cyrannians under consideration. Likewise, the Rambo have not been subjugated. We leave the running of their society to themselves and have no intention to interfere. Instead, they are respectable members of the Imperial Order, an order which maintains peace in the Cluster."



IRC
Likes=
 * When people go cray-cray and show their true faces.
 * When people have problems and come to me!
 * Talking with Dino or Wormy in private chat.
 * Hivemind banter.
 * Coming up with new ways to greet/murder Oluap.
 * Admin meetings that end in a kick fight.
 * The banter between Ghelae and infobot on #Cyrannus.
 * Using #Cyrannus to spy on people in #sporewiki when I'm not there.

Dislikes=
 * Test. Tset. Or any variation. Just use your god damn talkpage or another channel to test your connection.
 * Over the top political discussions - While I am incredibly interested in politics, it's not why I joined SporeWiki.
 * Ban dodgers.
 * Infobot spam.
 * When people attempt to decode the hivemind. It's impossibru.
 * Pointless arguments about religion.
 * When people get worked up about the inner workings of another person's fiction.
 * When I spend hours writing up a section or creating something in Spore and people give one word feedback like "gud".
 * When I spend hours writing up a section or creating something in Spore and people don't pay any attention.



Users
Likes=
 * Users who are funny without trying too hard.
 * Users who don't depend on the admins to solve every problem.
 * Users who actively show interest in my fiction by asking questions and challenging my thoughts on a character or an empire.
 * Users who like my creations so much that they develop their own fictions around them. It's very flattering.
 * Users who have never been involved in an argument. Very admirable.
 * Users who are willing to put the past behind them and get along with a user they have fought with in the past.

Dislikes=
 * Users who take fiction too seriously. I'm all for creativity and imagination, but sometimes it can become annoying when people forget that at the end of the day, it is a Fiction Universe.
 * Overly critical users.
 * Users who refuse to offer up their firstborns.
 * Users who use "user relations" to attack other users. I regret starting that trend.
 * On that note, users who copy everything I do without permission.

Fictions
My Top Three= And by that, I mean that my three favourite fiction writers in no particular order.


 * 1) Dinoman82 - I did say that this isn't in any particular order, but this is an exception. Dino's fiction is without a doubt my favourite on the wiki. His characters are interesting, his empires are incredibly detailed and his fiction stories are enthralling. He has created a vast fiction universe within a fiction universe that is an honour to collaborate with on such a scale as I do!
 * 2) OluapPlayer - I greatly admire Oluap and his work ethic. Without his constant womanly nagging, where would my fiction be? My favourite thing about Oluap's fiction is his stories, which are some of my favourite on the wiki. He is a natural storyteller, with his fiction being filled with humour and comedy that I enjoy working with closely both in Cyrannus and in Borealis!
 * 3) Wormulon - Wormy's fiction is so immersive that you can submerge yourself in one of his pages and be transported to an unimaginable world completely covered in science. Your fiction is so unique and has a particular style that could never be replicated. I just wish we had more time to work together, but hopefully Station Halcyon will solve that problem!

Favourites

 * Series: Voyager
 * Captain: Janeway
 * Species: Romulans

Least Favourites

 * Series: The Original Series
 * Captain: Probably Kirk
 * Species: Kazon