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| ====== Max Sinister ====== | ====== Max Sinister ====== |
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| A long-standing [[Germany|German]] member of the board. | A long-standing [[Germany|German]] member of the board, been around since the [[Old Board]]. |
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| For some time, the only one (edit: not anymore - now, [[offtopic:Glen]] can too) with any kind of moderator powers on the main forums, Max can move threads between forums to ensure that they stay on topic. | For some time, the only one (edit: not anymore - now, [[offtopic:Glen]] can too) with any kind of moderator powers on the main forums, Max can move threads between forums to ensure that they stay on topic. |
| Max Sinister is the inventor of the [[offtopic:AH.com code]], and coined the term "[[offtopic:Myriad Club]]" - like [[offtopic:Millennium Club]], just with more posts. | Max Sinister is the inventor of the [[offtopic:AH.com code]], and coined the term "[[offtopic:Myriad Club]]" - like [[offtopic:Millennium Club]], just with more posts. |
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| In November 2007, he decided to retire from AH.com, wanting to do spend more time about other things than AH.com, and thinking it's better to quit while it's still good and you don't suck yet. He still looks in about once per week. | In November 2007, he decided to retire from AH.com, wanting to do spend more time about other things than AH.com, and thinking it's better to quit while it's still good and you don't suck yet. He still looked in about once per week. Sometimes less, sometimes more. |
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| | What he likes to see in AH: Enlightened rulers; scientific and technical progress; a more interesting map of the Americas (and [[Australia]]); surviving New World nations; adoptive rulers; [[Brazil]]; [[India]]; long TLs (> 25 years); rewriting history, big style. |
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| Pet peeve: Doesn't like how Wikipedia nowadays is nicknamed "the genocide" on AH.com. | Pet peeve: Doesn't like how Wikipedia nowadays is nicknamed "the genocide" on AH.com. |
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| | Doesn't like [[homoendo]], since he feels too much reminded of //Beavis and Butthead// and their obnoxious fans/RL counterparts. (To which either [[Kit]] or [[Fellatio Nelson|F. Nelson]] answered something along the line of "Yeah, I'm Cornholio!") |
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| | Likes calling [[Thande]] "Mr. Anderson!". |
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| | Among his favorite historians are Sebastian Haffner, Niall Ferguson and Adam Tooze. |
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| | He is an admin/bureaucrat at [[alternate_history:althist_fandom_wiki|the Althist Fandom wiki]] (formerly Wikia). Sorry folks, but a wiki gives you possibilities a plain forum doesn't have. And a MediaWiki gives even more than this one, so sorry too. |
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| //**[[timelines:Jaredia]]: Humanity on a tilted Earth**// | //**[[timelines:Jaredia]]: Humanity on a tilted Earth**// |
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| //**[[timelines:Hitler's Mediterranean Strategy]]**// | //**[[timelines:Hitler's Mediterranean Strategy]]**// - Completed. |
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| //**The [[timelines:Chaos]] Timeline**// - Completed. Max's magnum opus, showcasing with great detail eight centuries of a world where Genghis Khan died early and never forged his continent-spanning (if short-lived) empire. The consequences for world history are massive. | //**The [[timelines:Chaos]] Timeline**// - Completed. Max's magnum opus, showcasing with great detail eight centuries of a world where Genghis Khan died early and never forged his continent-spanning (if short-lived) empire. The consequences for world history are massive. |
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| | //**[[timelines:How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll]]?**// - About the eternal question of whether Nazi Germany could've won World War 2 in a half-way realistic way. Still not solved. |
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| | ==== Discoverer of AH books ==== |
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| | He has a knack for finding obscure AH in places where you wouldn't have suspected it: |
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| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/i-am-not-a-book.473/|"No soy un libro"]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/valerian-and-laureline.24084/|Valerian and Laureline]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ecotopia.27189/|Ecotopia]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-and-shakespeare.28364/|AH and Shakespeare]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/torg-the-rpg.30429/|TORG the RPG]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/carl-amerys-books.31214/|Carl Amery's books]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/fh-sch%C3%B6ne-gr%C3%BC%C3%9Fe-aus-der-zukunft.34016/|FH: Schöne Grüße aus der Zukunft]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/fh-mark-brandis.35240/|FH: Mark Brandis]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-shape-of-things-to-come.35677/|The Shape of Things to Come]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/comic-give-me-liberty.30195/|Comic: Give Me Liberty]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-aztec-century.2779/|The Aztec Century]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-peculiar-by-stefan-bachmann.410046/|"The Peculiar" by Stefan Bachmann]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/american-war-by-omar-el-akkad.415860/|"American War" by Omar el Akkad]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/german-ah-by-prof-alexander-demandt.445522/|German AH by Prof. Alexander Demandt]] |
| | * [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/rebels-against-henry-iv-win-split-england.461493/|Rebels against Henry IV win, split England - inspired by Shakespeare's "Henry IV Part 1"]] |
| | * [[https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/the-book-cafe.71/page-211#post-387428|"City of Endless Night"]] |
| | * [[https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/the-book-cafe.71/page-114#post-1040081|Die Klinge von Umao Mo]] |
| | * Not to mention [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-on-wikipedia.27639/|that thread about Vladimir Nabokov's "Ada or Ardor"]] |
| | * [[https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/4-3-2-1-by-paul-auster.4902/|"4 3 2 1" by Paul Auster]] |
| | * [[https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/london-wall-eiserne-mauer-the-shameful-suicide-of-winston-churchill-by-peter-millar.4997/|"London Wall" aka "The Shameful Suicide of Winston Churchill" by Peter Millar]] |
| | * [[https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/the-female-man.5268/|"The Female Man" by Joanna Russ]] |
| | * [[https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/yesterdays-future-by-harry-mulisch.5358/|"Yesterday's future" by Harry Mulisch]] |
| | * [[https://alternate-timelines.com/thread/4908/dreifache-warnung-1911-arthur-schnitzler|"Die dreifache Warnung" (1911) by Arthur Schnitzler]] - oldest known mention of the [[alternate_history:Butterfly Effect]] in fiction |
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| ==== Typical Quotes ==== | ==== Typical Quotes ==== |
| //"In 1939, Germany was practically broke because Hitler had spent all the money for armaments and HAD to go to war, or declare bankruptcy. (And if it wasn't for the Austrian and Czech gold reserves, they'd already have to do so in 1938.)"// | //"In 1939, Germany was practically broke because Hitler had spent all the money for armaments and HAD to go to war, or declare bankruptcy. (And if it wasn't for the Austrian and Czech gold reserves, they'd already have to do so in 1938.)"// |
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| | (Starting threads about obscure AH books) //"Did anyone but me read this?"// |
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| He lent his name to the character Ixa'em in [[offtopic:Chris]]' story "The Otherworld War". He also appears as a villain in <nowiki>"I f***cking hate Grey Wolf!".</nowiki> | He lent his name to the character Ixa'em in [[offtopic:Chris]]' story "The Otherworld War". He also appears as a villain in <nowiki>"I f***cking hate Grey Wolf!".</nowiki> |
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| Max Sinister makes an appearance in the //**[[stories:AH.com The Series]]**// episode "[[stories:DON'T MENTION THE PORN]]" as part of [[stories:the Germans]]. After appearing in later episodes, he was eventually killed by the [[stories:Banhammer 40K#Administratum of Bankind]] in the episode [[stories:THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN]]. | Max Sinister makes an appearance in the //**[[stories:AH.com The Series]]**// episode "[[stories:DON'T MENTION THE PORN]]" as part of [[stories:the Germans]]. After appearing in later episodes, he was eventually killed by the [[offtopic:Banhammer 40K#Administratum of Bankind]] in the episode [[stories:THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN]]. |
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| ==== Max and this Wiki ==== | ==== Max and this Wiki ==== |
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| Has strong wiki-fu, which he uses in secretive ways, across the entire expanse of this great 'pedia. | Has strong wiki-fu, which he uses in secretive ways, across the entire expanse of this great 'pedia. Although [[Petike]] some time later overtook him, never to look back. Nowadays however, Max prefers the [[alternate_history:althist_fandom_wiki|ex-Wikia Althist Fandom wiki]] anway. |
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