Latest revision as of 20:56, 19 January 2021

This is the BattleMaster Community, made not only for, but also largely by players. It is a WikiWiki system, using MediaWiki, the same software that powers Wikipedia.

Official Manual

All pages in this section have been written by contributors and are occasionally reviewed for accuracy. The manual is intentionally incomplete in some details and does not reveal everything, simply because it makes for a more interesting game to discover some stuff on your own.

BattleMaster Basics: For the impatient, what you really should know to play the game

Manual: The full manual, with all the details we are willing to share

FAQ: The Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers)

OOC Instructions: A list of instructions to do various OOC things such as joining forum, accessing IRC, the Discord Server or using bugtracker

Introduction: An in-character introduction to BattleMaster

Rules and Policies: Rules and policies across BattleMaster

Titans and Magistrates: Enforcers of Inalienable Rights and Social Contract

Roleplaying: Guidelines and other information about the roleplaying aspect of BattleMaster

Game Worlds & Other BattleMaster Content

East Island: First BattleMaster World of ancient realms with ancient rivalries
Atamara: World of large realms battling for supremacy
Beluaterra: World constantly plagued by invasions
Colonies: Slower-paced world with only one turn a day instead of the regular two
Far East: The evolving history of two empires fractured
Dwilight: World of vast proportions, created by the player community, with a Serious Medieval Atmosphere
South Island: The world of perpetual war! A three-way battle for ultimate supremacy.

War Islands: War Islands (external link to game)
Expansions: Stand-alone expansions, mini-games, etc.
Forum: Forum (external link to forum)
Bugtracker: BugTracker (external link to Bugtracker)
Might and Fealty: Developed by Tom after he left BM, now ran by the community

Community Portal

The purpose of the Community Portal is to allow convenient access to the various sections of the BattleMaster wiki to assist users in creating new pages, editing older pages, and finding the desired information. On this page, you will find summarized links to the other various aspects of the community (FAQs, island newspapers, community resources, feature requests etc.).

Statistics

We have about 12,622 articles at this time. Our 2,342 registered users have made a total of 219,856 page edits in their time.

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-==Official Manual==
+= Official Manual =
 All pages in this section have been written by contributors and are occasionally reviewed for accuracy. The manual is intentionally incomplete in some details and does not reveal everything, simply because it makes for a more interesting game to discover some stuff on your own.
 <table><tr><td valign=top align=left>
-; [[BattleMaster Basics]] : For the impatient, what you really should know to play the game.
+; [[BattleMaster Basics]] : For the impatient, what you really should know to play the game
-; [[Manual]] : The full manual, with all the details we are willing to share.
+; [[Manual]] : The full manual, with all the details we are willing to share
-; [[FAQ]] : The <b>F</b>requently <b>A</b>sked <b>Q</b>uestions (and their answers).
+; [[FAQ]] : The <b>F</b>requently <b>A</b>sked <b>Q</b>uestions (and their answers)
-; [[OOC Instructions]] : A list of instructions to do various OOC things such as subscribe to news list, access IRC, or use bugtracker.
+; [[OOC Instructions]] : A list of instructions to do various OOC things such as joining forum, accessing IRC, the Discord Server or using bugtracker
 </td><td width=40>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=right>
-; [[Introduction]] : An in-character introduction to BattleMaster.
+; [[Introduction]] : An in-character introduction to BattleMaster
-; [[Rules and Policies]] : Rules and policies across BattleMaster.
+; [[Rules and Policies]] : Rules and policies across BattleMaster
-; [[Titans|The Titans]] : Social Contract enforcers.
+; [[Titans and Magistrates]] : Enforcers of [[Inalienable Rights]] and [[Social Contract]]
-; [[Roleplaying]] : Guidelines and other information about the roleplaying aspect of BattleMaster.
+; [[Roleplaying]] : Guidelines and other information about the roleplaying aspect of BattleMaster
 </td></tr></table>
-==Community Portal==
+=Game Worlds & Other BattleMaster Content=
-The purpose of the community portal is to allow convenient access to the various sections of the BattleMaster wikipedia to assist them in creating new pages, editing older pages, and finding the necessary information.
+<table><tr><td valign=top align=left>
+; [[East Island]] : First BattleMaster World of ancient realms with ancient rivalries
+; [[Atamara]] : World of large realms battling for supremacy
+; [[Beluaterra]] :  World constantly plagued by invasions
+; [[Colonies]] : Slower-paced world with only one turn a day instead of the regular two
+; [[Far East]] : The evolving history of two empires fractured
+; [[Dwilight]] : World of vast proportions, created by the player community, with a [[Serious Medieval Atmosphere]]
+; [[South Island]] : The world of perpetual war! A three-way battle for ultimate supremacy.
+</td><td width=40>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=right>
+; [[War Islands]] : [http://war-islands.org War Islands] (external link to game)
+; [[Expansions]] : Stand-alone expansions, mini-games, etc.
+; [[Forum]] : [http://forum.battlemaster.org Forum] (external link to forum)
+; [[Bugtracker]] : [http://bugs.battlemaster.org BugTracker] (external link to Bugtracker)
+; [[Might and Fealty]] : Developed by Tom after he left BM, now ran by the community
-===Community Manager===
+</td></tr></table>
-The community portal is operated by the Community Manager, [[User:Bishamon Family|Ethan Lee Vita]], and his deputy, [[User:Indirik|Rob Croson]]. Their duties are to oversee the community portal serves the needs of the community, such as keeping the [[Rules and Policies]] easily accessible and facilitating effective communication between the community and the development team. They do not make the rules or policies themselves, create all the feature requests, or do all the coding.
-===Approved Feature Requests===
-[[Feature Requests]] Tom has approved.
-*[[Feature Requests/Layout 2|Layout 2]]
-===Development and Contests===
-We are currently refactoring the code to update and massively improve BattleMaster. Early details and an overview can be found on the [[War 2.0]] page.
-Part of our continued effort is that we run occasional [[Contests]] where '''you''' can contribute to BattleMaster and have your work be used daily by over a thousand players.
-===Community Resources===
-Many BattleMaster players have invested a lot of time, effort, and creativity into both the game and the wiki. Finding these resources, though, can sometimes be a big challenge. Where do you look? What's an example of a good wiki character page? What different religions have people created for BattleMaster? What's a BattleMaster newspaper?
-* [[Gems of Wisdom]] - Index of game information from players, for players.
-* [[Background Information]] - Historical data and details about the european medieval times
-* [[Realm Pages]] - Propaganda, mis-information or plain descriptions of various realms all around the game.
-* [[Guild Pages]] - Where the guilds can present themselves.
-* [[Religions]] - Where faith rules all
-* [[Family Pages]] - Collection of family pages, where you can add a page about your own family.
-* [[Quotes]] - Memorable in-game (or discussion list) quotes
-* [[Miscellaneous]] - Anything that doesn't fit into the categories above.
-* [[Temporary Pages]] - This is just a starting and collection point for all kinds of random pages. Use this to start your own article if you don't yet know where to put it, or to temporarily store work-in-progress.
-{{Island News}}
+== Community Portal ==
+The purpose of the [[Community Portal]] is to allow convenient access to the various sections of the BattleMaster wiki to assist users in creating new pages, editing older pages, and finding the desired information. On this page, you will find summarized links to the other various aspects of the community (FAQs, island newspapers, community resources, feature requests etc.).
 ==Statistics==
 We have about '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles''' at this time. Our '''{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} registered users''' have made a total of '''{{NUMBEROFEDITS}} page edits''' in their time.