My handle (which I also use everywhere else on the net) comes from the original ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''. Occasionally, I attach "Alvane" to it, after two characters from ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourneySaga''. I also have a [[https://www.koveras.net/ wobsite]].

!My contributions
* I invented and launched the LaconicWiki in January 2009.[[note]]The exact edit history and preceding forum discussions have been lost in the many wiki upgrades since then, but the sub-wiki has been [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090217225056/https://tvtropes.org:80/pmwiki/conversations.php?topic=0000000000000000000000f3 well]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090118223129/https://tvtropes.org:80/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaconicWiki underway]] at that point in time.[[/note]]
* I originally formalized the FandomLifeCycle [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=97kszwh9knkg5fcp5bh3vre7 in July 2012]].
* Wrote large chunks of following writing guides:
** SoYouWantTo.WriteAConspiracyTheory
** SoYouWantTo.WriteAGothicStory
** SoYouWantTo.WriteAWesternRPG
** SoYouWantTo.WriteAYuriManga
* Contributed to following Analysis/{{Analysis}} entries and UsefulNotes (and is maintaining the Analysis.VideoGames index):
** ''Analysis/AceCombat''
** Literature/BigListOfRPGPlots
** UsefulNotes/BikerMedia
** ''Analysis/BladesInTheDark''
** ''Timeline/{{Bloodborne}}''
** Analysis/TheChurch
** ''Analysis/{{Claymore}}''
** Analysis/CloseKnitCommunity
** Analysis/TheCon
** ''Analysis/CrossAnge''
** ''Analysis/DarkForcesSaga''
** ''Analysis/DarkSoulsI''
** UsefulNotes/{{Dice}}
** ''Analysis/DivinityOriginalSin''
** ''Analysis/DragonAgeInquisition''
** ''Analysis/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition''
** ''Analysis/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''
** Analysis/ElectronicArts
** Analysis/FighterMageThief
** ''Analysis/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' (social network analysis)
** Timeline/TheGardenOfSinners
** Analysis/IdealHero
** ''Analysis/MassEffect2''
** UsefulNotes/MechanicsDynamicsAesthetics
** Analysis/NonPlayerCompanion
** ''Analysis/{{Pandemic}}''
** Analysis/PlayerPunch
** UsefulNotes/RelationalModelsTheory
** UsefulNotes/RevenueEnhancingDevices
** Analysis/RomanceSidequest
** Analysis/SkillScoresAndPerks
** Analysis/StoryBranching
** ''Analysis/{{Syberia}}''
** Analysis/TurnBasedCombat
** Analysis/UselessUsefulStealth
** Analysis/VideoGameAchievements
** UsefulNotes/WesternRPG
* I also occasionally post essays on trope-related topics on my wobsite:
** CharacterClass: [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/interests-en/about-rpgs-en/importance-of-cultural-archetypes-in-rpgs Importance of Cultural Archetypes in RPGs]]
** InteractiveStorytellingTropes: [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/interests-en/about-video-games-en/on-storytelling-in-video-games On Storytelling in Video Games]] (intro level), [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/interests-en/about-video-games-en/on-characters-in-video-games On Characters in Video Games]] (in-depth)
** MultiplePersuasionModes: [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/works-en/my-articles-en/persuasion-mechanics-in-rpgs Persuasion Mechanics in RPGs]]
** SpeculativeFiction: [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/interests-en/about-books-en/science-fiction-vs-fantasy Science Fiction vs. Fantasy]]
** VideoGameAI: [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/video-game-ai-reading-list Video Game AI Reading List]] (intro level), [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/interests-en/about-video-games-en/scopes-and-frames-of-video-game-ai Scopes and Frames of Video Game AI]] (in-depth)
** VideoGames: [[https://www.koveras.net/index.php/en/works-en/my-articles-en/games-as-systems Games as Systems]]

!My works available in English
* I wrote the "The Yay Agenda", "Family Matters", "Heävy Mëta", "Song for You", "Troublesome Heirloom", and "Worst Case Scenario" arcs for ''JustForFun/TVTropesTheWebcomic''.
* Occasionally updating a series of UrbanFantasy[=/=]CosmicHorror[=/=]ConspiracyThriller[=/=]GirlsLove short stories about [[http://koveras-alvane.deviantart.com/gallery/26943127 Hanna Edelstahl and Greta Weissgold]].
* My first major published fanfic was ''[[FanficRecs/LyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7966224/1/Magical_Girl_Lyrical_Nanoha_AtonerS AtonerS]]'' ([[https://www.koveras.net/files/ebooks/magical_girl_lyrical_nanoha_atoners.fb2.zip e-book]]).

!JustForFun/{{Made of Win}}s awarded to me
* From Tropers/ScudEast for starting the ''Webcomic/{{Weregeek}}'' entry.
* From Tropers/MetaFour for starting the LaconicWiki namespace.
* From Tropers/SilentHunter for writing the initial UsefulNotes/CommonRanks list.
* From Tropers/{{Xander77}} for the Hedgehog description in RussianHumour.
* A 1/3 MOW from Tropers/{{Curtmack}} for slashing [[WMG/LuckyStar Konata/Kagami]].
* A tiny MOW from Tropers/{{Haven}} for inventing [[JustForFun/TropeTan Wikimedea]].
* From Tropers/{{Malchus}} for compiling a chronology of ''JustForFun/TVTropesTheWebcomic''.

!Tropes associated with me
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Often hear this about myself.
* ClassicalMusic: Music/LudwigVanBeethoven is my [[{{Pantheon/Music}} God of Music]].
* ForgetsToEat: There are more important things in life than food.
* HellBentForLeather: Leather jackets are life.
* HuskyRusskie: Of the GentleGiant sort.
* {{Metalhead}}: My favorite band is probably Music/BlindGuardian.
* UsefulNotes/MyersBriggs: INTJ.
* PowerVest: Prefer them over sweaters for warmth.
* StoicSpectacles: Default glasses of choice.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: I regularly pass for someone five years older.
* YuriFan: Yeah.

!I am currently waiting for...
'''Books:'''
* ''[[Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle The Doors of Stone]]''
* The next volumes of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' and ''Literature/TheCinderSpires''
* The final volumes of ''Literature/ArciaChronicles'', if they ever get written
'''Games:'''
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeDreadwolf'' (TBA)
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