I’m BabylonAS (known as naista2002 before December 23, 2014, and NickTheRed37 before July 31, 2017), a Minecraft Wiki editor active on its English and Russian versions. I used to be an administrator of the Russian wiki from July 24, 2017 until my voluntary retiremenent in September 23, 2019.
I'm a member of the Minecraft Wiki since August 5, 2014 (for a total of 4324 days or 11.8 years). On English wiki I used to be associated with the Rewrite for Style project, among other activities. My Russian wiki contributions include various technical pages (templates and modules), a revised set of policies and guidelines (made in cooperation with active Russian user AttemptToCallNil), some new or rewritten articles and new administrators (and a bureaucrat) successfully promoted on my suggestion.
I have bought what is now called Minecraft: Java Edition on August 24, 2016 (on version 1.10.2), after six days of trying demo mode and just over 2 years of being on the Minecraft Wiki; before that I engaged in metapedic activity and (on Russian wiki) translated articles, usually about old versions, however I have had a decent knowledge of the game gained by watching a lot of videos on the Internet. I have experience with both vanilla and a bit of modded Minecraft (notably the IndustrialCraft 2 mod), as well as occasional survival multiplayer.
My Discord handle is @babylonas (originally @BabylonAS#1075).
Games
Games played the most are in bold, games not played or yet installed are in italics, abandoned games are stroke through. Underlined are commercial games obtained for free on giveaways, through gifting or a legal FOSS version in case of Star Control II.
Many of these games don’t feature a Linux port and are run via means of Wine and Proton, with various success.
Sandboxes and simulations
- Minecraft (obviously; purchased on August 24, 2016)
- Java Edition
- Bedrock Edition: Minecraft for Windows (redeemed with a code bundled with JE license at no extra)
- OpenTTD
- Terraria
- Cities: Skylines
- Kerbal Space Program (gift)
Strategies
- Warzone 2100
- Sid Meier’s Civilization series
- Civilization V (complete edition)
- IV (Beyond the Sword)
- Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition (Humble Bundle giveaway)
- Galactic Civilizations III
- The original Galactic Civilizations
- Battle for Wesnoth
Stellaris- Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (with expansion)
- Sins of a Solar Empire (complete edition)
- Master of Orion and Master of Orion 2
- Total Annihilation
- Supreme Commander (Forged Alliance)
- Total War: Shogun 2 (Steam giveaway)
- Total War Saga: Troy (Epic Games Store giveaway on premiere day)
- Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation (Humble Bundle giveaway)
- Offworld Trading Company
- Homeworld 1, 2 (remastered & originals), Emergence (formerly known as Cataclysm)
- Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
Miscellaneous
- World of Goo
- The original Star Control (bundled with a commercial version of Star Control II)
- Star Control II (via The Ur-Quan Masters project)
- Star Control: Origins (gift)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (article on Wookieepedia)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (article on Wookieepedia)
- Control
Hardware
Main laptop
- Model: HP Pavilion 14-dv0002ur (29Y18EA)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-1135G7 (4 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.2 GHz)
- RAM: 2 × Samsung 8 GB DDR4-3200, for a total of 16 GB
- GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics (integrated)
- SSD: Intel SSD 660p or its OEM equivalent (512 GB, M.2 form factor, NVMe, PCIe 3.0×4)
- Operating system: Windows 10 Home
- Monitor: 1920×1080, 60 Hz
Additional hardware
- Secondary laptop: Sony VAIO VGN-TZ3RXN (Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 @ 1.2 GHz, Intel Mobile 945 Express chipset, 2 GB of RAM, 160 GB PATA HDD, Debian 12)
- Smartphone: Honor 10 Lite (3/32 GB)
Trivia
- I am one of the few Minecraft Wiki users who has begun editing before buying Minecraft (though I’ve played a Pocket Edition demo and watched a lot of videos beforehand), but I am perhaps the only one to purchase a Java Edition license after two years of wiki activity!
- I also don’t recall anyone else changing their nickname voluntarily twice or more.
- I was temporarily denied access to my Gamepedia account in 2016 because I have registered before turning thirteen (as mandated by COPPA), though I was already past that age by the time.
- Many of my devices have a given name: my former main PC is called “Lighthouse”, a reference to a location in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while my secondary laptop has got the name “Blackbird” (the same as the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, though in reality after a custom craft from an episode of Battlestar Galactica). My smartphone has the nickname “Battlephone” (portmanteau of “battleship” and “smartphone”), though the device's age now casts doubt on its worthiness to bear the nickname. The current, yet-unfinished PC is named “Vindicator”, after the protagonist’s ship from Star Control II.
- My nickname references Babylon 5, a remarkable science fiction TV series, and Alisa Selezneva, a character of children-oriented fiction stories written by a Soviet/Russian science fiction writer. She has been highly popular back in the age thanks to a TV miniseries adaptation of a novel, and I have even fallen in love with her.
- Another character I feel strong affection for is Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars.
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