User:Mystic Orb

Why hello there! I am Mystic Orb. Welcome to my profle where everything about me in general and my life around in Sonic News Network is in this page. I am a rollback and a chat moderator of Sonic News Network. I am a highly active editor who can be considered as an Exopedian in general and as a result, I am one of Sonic News Network's highest editors (I can be seen on Chat sometimes and if you want to leave a message to me, just go here).

General life
I was born two years exactly before the release date of Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast (9 September 1997; Too bad I didn't get a Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure for my second birthday) in Sydney, Australia. As of now, though I live in Darwin but I'm not too disappointed as long as I live in Australia.

Besides video gaming as my obviously favourite hobby or spending a lot of time on Sonic News Network, I play the violin and what interests me is there are some pieces I really liked to play and master, especially Crisis City, Rooftop Run and others. I'm currently a high school student which means a lot of school work that will keep me from accessing Wikia but during school, there are opportunities to access it though (from breaks etc.).



Being part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series community
I have known and became a fan of the Sonic-franchise for pretty much my entire life. I know the video games (mostly the main-series console and have almost every of them), the anime series Sonic X and its comic series continuities. I own the following video game consoles: Sega Mega Drive (formerly) Nintendo DS, GBA emulator on PC, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360and its Kinect. If any of you readers have a Xbox 360 and want to be my friend on Xbox Live, my gamertag is SpiritedOrb8307 and I'm open to any friend requests. I consider myself to be an optimistic Sonic fan as I do not have any hatred for any moments in the Sonic the Hedgehog series that would be deemed hateful in other fans' case even for the Comics as I do not know them.

Don't think that Australia doesn't have much to do with the Sonic the hedgehog franchise because of the following reasons:
 * Australia has a Sega operations in Sydney (now it's named Five-Star Games but that makes no difference).
 * Echidnas are native animals to Australia.
 * Australia once had a Sega-Sydney world (whatever the name is) in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
 * The setting of Sonic Rush Adventure is heavily based on the continent of Oceania. (The continent that Australia is in and this will be explained in the next section in further detail.)
 * The director of the re-release of Sonic CD (2011) and Sonic 1 (2013), Christian Whitehead lives in Australia.

History across Sonic News Network
Perhaps the first time I looked through the pages of Sonic News Network (SNN) can go as far back to around late 2011, one year before I made an account. I was mainly browsing through the games and characters.

Not long before I joined as a member, I've discovered myself there also a handful of other Sonic articles mostly about the game information, the songs etc. that weren't spoken of in Wikipedia. I realised that there were some articles that look like they could use some more info and this place has made me who I am, a Sonic fan who is willing to contribute information from the franchise I liked for a very long time and hence I registered myself to become a user of the SNN on 6 November 2012.

During my first moments in SNN, after I made my first edit to Sonic Adventure 2, I don't know what else to edit and as such, I wasn't able to edit a lot. I didn't know that there is a community of other users in SNN that socialise with each other and have civilised discussions around the site; since I am very shy and socialising has never been my big interest, I didn't interact with anyone and distanced myself from everyone, appearing more or less as a "stranger". From 2013, I am at the busiest chapter of high school education (year 10 at that time) which furthered to restricting the amount of free time I could visit SNN and edit. Six months after I registered, I had around 500 edits which back then I thought that it was a decent edit rate.

This was the time I also discovered all of the community activities in SNN such as Chat and blogs (and Forums later on). When my semester break that has a duration of one month began in June 2013, this was arguably my first and so far major turning point in SNN regarding my activity. It feels I had contributed to both articles and community activities frequently and in addition, interacting with the large community of other users after my semester break finished, I had actually quadripled my edit count, having around 2000 edits at that time. This was the moment which I had discovered that I could potentially be far more active than I ever become. To make matters more pleasing, I was successfully promoted to a Rollback at that time. I had never felt better on my computer than that.

Later, I nominated myself to be Chat Moderator but it didn't go successful for the first time. Very soon after that, I got nominated to be Chat Moderator again and this time, I was successful. A year passed and amazingly, I have over 10,000 edits. On March 2014, I am that month's Featured User. Successful contribution projects include the Game Templates and the Sonic X transcripts. Even now I still continue to contribute as much as I can, hopefully make a lot of friendships with the other users and discover what other features and secrets SNN has to offer as I hope to be a part of Sonic News Network for a long time. Currently, I have edits.

Friends/Affiliates
Note: If you do consider me a friend/affiliate, feel free to add your username here on the bottom of the list (Make sure you type out your username without adding "User:" and make sure it is linked to your userpage.)


 * Ultrasonic9000 (first friend)
 * SplashTheHedgehog
 * DiscoDuck
 * Shadowunleashed13
 * Sacorguy79
 * Bullet Francisco
 * Vector T.C.
 * Merwow
 * Megaphantaze
 * Murphyshane
 * SupeSonicWind2000
 * PuddingCh42
 * Psyche The Hedgehog 1997
 * BlueSpeeder
 * MintsyWinterBlue
 * Loudclaw
 * Ultimate Silver Fan
 * SilverPlays97
 * MarioSonic
 * Toxice
 * The NJerseyan
 * Shadow immortality

Pages that I have created (in order)

 * 1) Potential
 * 2) Turtle Shell
 * 3) Egg Treat
 * 4) Mad Express
 * 5) Casino Ring
 * 6) Seaside Course
 * 7) Road Rock
 * 8) Pinball Match
 * 9) Casino Course
 * 10) Bobsled Race
 * 11) Quick Race
 * 12) Ring Race
 * 13) Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles)
 * 14) Special Stage (Sonic Advance)
 * 15) Special Stage (Sonic Advance 2)
 * 16) Special Stage (Sonic Advance 3)
 * 17) Gear Parts
 * 18) Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I)
 * 19) Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II)
 * 20) Special Stage (Sonic Rush Adventure)
 * 21) Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog CD)
 * 22) Expert Race
 * 23) Action Race
 * 24) Knock Out
 * 25) Rings Battle
 * 26) Capture the Chao
 * 27) Laps Race
 * 28) King of the Hill
 * 29) Tag
 * 30) Cacophonic Conch
 * 31) Air Boost (Sonic Rivals)
 * 32) Speed Boost
 * 33) Special Stage (Sonic Triple Trouble)
 * 34) Special Stage (Sonic 3D Blast)
 * 35) Doctor Eggman (Sonic X)/Gallery
 * 36) Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)/Gallery
 * 37) Cheese (Sonic X)/Gallery
 * 38) Emerl (Sonic X)/Gallery
 * 39) Bokkun/Gallery
 * 40) Super Sonic (Sonic X)/Gallery
 * 41) Humming-Top
 * 42) Jump Step
 * 43) Tension Gauge
 * 44) Hidden Island 1
 * 45) Hidden Island 2
 * 46) Hidden Island 3
 * 47) Hidden Island 4
 * 48) Hidden Island 5
 * 49) Hidden Island 6
 * 50) Hidden Island 7
 * 51) Hidden Island 8
 * 52) Hidden Island 9
 * 53) Hidden Island 10
 * 54) Hidden Island 11
 * 55) Hidden Island 12
 * 56) Hidden Island 13
 * 57) Hidden Island 14
 * 58) Hidden Island 15
 * 59) Hidden Island 16
 * 60) Sonic the Fighters/Gallery
 * 61) Colonel
 * 62) Kylok
 * 63) Daikun
 * 64) Captain Whisker and Johnny (boss)
 * 65) Christopher Thorndyke/Gallery
 * 66) Power-up items (Sonic Rivals series)
 * 67) Chaos Control Freaks/Transcript
 * 68) Sonic the Comic Issue 147
 * 69) Sonic the Comic Issue 149
 * 70) Sonic the Comic Issue 150
 * 71) Sonic the Comic Issue 151
 * 72) Sonic the Comic Issue 152
 * 73) Sonic Advance/Gallery
 * 74) Sonic Advance 2/Gallery
 * 75) Sonic the Comic Issue 153
 * 76) Sonic to the Rescue/Transcript
 * 77) Area 99
 * 78) Missile Wrist Rampage/Transcript
 * 79) Fly Charge
 * 80) Team Blast Ring
 * 81) Christina Cooper
 * 82) Doctor Eggman's Fortress
 * 83) Selection Machine
 * 84) Princess Elise the Third/Gallery
 * 85) Chaos Emerald Chaos/Transcript
 * 86) Underground theme
 * 87) Air
 * 88) Ape
 * 89) Bu-bu
 * 90) Clam
 * 91) Condor
 * 92) Gaogao
 * 93) Gekogeko
 * 94) Ginpe
 * 95) Guards
 * 96) Guruguru
 * 97) Hariisen
 * 98) Jousun
 * 99) Kamaki
 * 100) Kyacchaa
 * 101) Marrun
 * 102) Minimole
 * 103) Muugaden
 * 104) Takkon
 * 105) Uutsubo
 * 106) Yadokka
 * 107) Yukigasen
 * 108) Cracking Knuckles/Transcript
 * 109) Sonic Boom (episode)/Transcript
 * 110) Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I Original Soundtrack
 * 111) Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Original Soundtrack
 * 112) Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I & II Original Soundtrack
 * 113) Techno Teacher/Transcript
 * 114) Windy Hill/Gallery
 * 115) Sonic Jump (2012)/Gallery
 * 116) Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (disambiguation)
 * 117) Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
 * 118) Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
 * 119) Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack
 * 120) Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler
 * 121) Gravity Points
 * 122) Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
 * 123) Party Hardly/Transcript
 * 124) Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack
 * 125) Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
 * 126) Sonic the Fighters Sound Tracks
 * 127) Satellite Swindle/Transcript
 * 128) Sonic Rivals 2/Script (Tails' Story)
 * 129) Sonic the Comic Issue 155
 * 130) Sonic the Comic Issue 156
 * 131) The Last Resort (Sonic X)/Transcript
 * 132) Sonic X Volume 1 (Australia)
 * 133) Sonic X Volume 2 (Australia)
 * 134) Sonic X Volume 3 (Australia)
 * 135) Air Pit
 * 136) Kick Dash
 * 137) Air Slide
 * 138) Air Ride
 * 139) Tornado (Sonic Riders)
 * 140) Automatic Trail
 * 141) Slipstream
 * 142) Barricade
 * 143) Air Ride Skill
 * 144) Attack Time UP
 * 145) Auto Wall-Run
 * 146) Windmill Isle/Gallery
 * 147) Cool Edge/Gallery
 * 148) Rooftop Run/Gallery
 * 149) Dragon Road/Gallery
 * 150) Arid Sands/Gallery
 * 151) Jungle Joyride/Gallery
 * 152) Base Stats UP
 * 153) BGM Change
 * 154) Bike
 * 155) GP Gauge UP
 * 156) GP Usage UP
 * 157) Item Rank +1
 * 158) Ring Eater
 * 159) Trick Rank +1
 * 160) Throttle (Gear Part)
 * 161) Unfair Ball/Transcript
 * 162) Heads or Tails/Transcript
 * 163) Sonic X Volume 7 (Australia)
 * 164) Emerald Coast (Sonic X)
 * 165) Sonic X Ring Thing
 * 166) Parts Lock
 * 167) Colorball
 * 168) High Speed
 * 169) Speed Down
 * 170) Thorndyke Mansion
 * 171) GP Boost
 * 172) Sonic X: A Super Sonic Hero (Game Boy Advance)
 * 173) Gravity Pit
 * 174) Labyrinth (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)
 * 175) Square Quartet
 * 176) Survival Ball
 * 177) Labyrinth (disambiguation)
 * 178) MeteorTech Arsenal
 * 179) Botanical Cave
 * 180) Megalo Junction
 * 181) Sonic the Comic Issue 157
 * 182) Sonic the Comic Issue 158
 * 183) Sonic the Comic Issue 159
 * 184) Sonic X Volume 4 (Australia)
 * 185) Sonic X Volume 5 (Australia)
 * 186) Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook 4
 * 187) Fly Spy/Transcript
 * 188) Beating Eggman, Part 1/Transcript
 * 189) Beating Eggman, Part 2/Transcript


 * 1) Template:Rivals Info
 * 2) Template:Special Stages
 * 3) Template:Video game systems
 * 4) Template:Rivals 2 Info
 * 5) Template:Rush Adventure Info
 * 6) Template:Sonic 1 (8-bit) Info
 * 7) Template:Sonic 2 Info
 * 8) Template:Colors Info (I created it but all of the information came from either these two users.)
 * 9) Template:Sonic Boom
 * 10) Template:Sonic 2 (8-bit) Info
 * 11) Template:Chronicles Info
 * 12) Template:CD Info
 * 13) Template:Adventure 2 Info
 * 14) Template:B Button (Gamecube)
 * 15) Template:Advance Info
 * 16) Template:2 Button (Wii)
 * 17) Template:R1 Button (PS)
 * 18) Template:X Button (Wii/DS)
 * 19) Template:R Button (DS)
 * 20) Template:Y Button (Wii/DS)
 * 21) Template:Directional Pad
 * 22) Template:RT (Xbox)
 * 23) Template:Advance 2 Info
 * 24) Template:L Button (Gamecube)
 * 25) Template:R Button (Gamecube)
 * 26) Template:1 Button (Wii)
 * 27) Template:Advance 3 Info
 * 28) Template:Sonic 2006 Info
 * 29) Template:Episode II Info
 * 30) Template:Sonic 3 & Knuckles Info
 * 31) Template:Riders Info
 * 32) Template:TV
 * 33) Template:X Button (Gamecube)
 * 34) Template:A Button (Gamecube)
 * 35) Template:Z Button (Gamecube)
 * 36) Template:Y Button (Gamecube)
 * 37) Template:Zero Gravity Info

Trivia

 * I have the fourth highest number of edits (or fifth if counting User:Wikia ) in Sonic News Network.
 * Among the editing categories though, I have the second highest number of edits in the (Main) category, that is, edits made to mainspace articles.
 * On any day whenever I'm at my most active, I hope to make 166 edits per day on average and 167 edits every third day on average.
 * This means that every 3 days, I have 500 edits or every six days nets 1000 edits.
 * This also means that every year on average, I could potentially make 60833 edits on normal years and 61000 edits on leap years.
 * I mainly want to keep my mainspace category at a high proportion; either I contribute on other categories on occasion or just find mainspace editing sprees to get into.
 * In turn, I keep the number of files I upload per day to a minimum so I can edit mainspace a lot to even out the proportion.
 * I'm also don't thread on Boards, comment on blogs that often as well or even edit on userpages.
 * Because of my timeline in Australia works differently to almost every other user here (except those that also live in Australia), I'm usually the only active editor during the afternoon whenever I am on, which the time in USA is late-night.
 * I'm one of those users that doesn't change their avatar.
 * Despite being a chat moderator myself, I will admit that the Chat Feature can sometimes be boring.

Gallery
If you are interested in seeing some pictures that goes around me, here's something to look at:

My favourite pages

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
 * Sonic X
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Sonic the Hedgehog series
 * Extreme Gear

The link below should take you to all of the games I have possessed.