I was just backing up my database when I noticed that my squadron builder is now at nearly 100,000 saved squadrons! Currently it stands at 96,595, which means we should hit 100k in the next month (although if you count the saved then deleted ones, there have already been 128,525 in total).

When I started this project it was just to make it easier for myself to build squadrons and play about with different configurations, especially during my lunch break, where I wanted to fiddle around with what ships I wanted and then be able to see them at home when I played that evening. Since then, it's grown and grown. I reckon I must have spent 200-300 hours on it since I started!

Even while spending a year backpacking round Asia with my family, I kept tinkering away. I didn't want to let down the users and it really helped while away those long plane, bus and boat journeys. In fact, here's me in the middle of Darkest Borneo on a riverboat hundreds of miles from civilisation, fixing a few bugs: https://plus.google.com/photos/111598610648729456585/albums/6060330534782349105/6060330547245293858?pid=6060330547245293858&oid=111598610648729456585

So, here's a big thank you to everyone who has used my squadron builder, and an even bigger one to everyone who has reported bugs, pointed out typos, sent me new card details or made suggestions to improve the whole experience. And most recently, to the volunteers who are translating the app into half a dozen different languages!

I'm really proud of it as a piece of programming but it would never have got where it was if nobody had been using it or helping out.

Cheers

voidstate

Congrats and a big thank you for putting up such a cool site! I am lovin' it - and spending waaaaay too much time there trying to build a fun squad for the next fight ;-)

Keep up the good work, cheers,

Gekko :-)

Thank You! Your builder is my favorite and what I go to when tinkering with list building. Really appreciate the time you've put into it. It's very clean and simple and looks great.

And you've been maintaining it whilst backpacking. That's nuts. And awesome!

Thanks you!

A big thank you back. This is my go to builder and it is fantastic.

My girlfriend has a different opinion of your site (or possibly my obsessive use of it...)!

Thank you so much!!

Indeed, thank you.

Your squadron builder is not only the easiest to use but also the most visually attractive. shame FFG didn't/doesn't buy it off you.

certainly the only one i use these days.

Your 'my collection' setting is a godsend!

You squadron builder is the best thing I do at work

I also love your Squadbuilder. Thank you for all the hard work!

Thanks for the work there Voidstate, I've been using it for as long as I've been playing and I appreciate all the work you've put into it.

Thank you for making one of the most intelligent squad/list/deck builders out there, for any game.

Thanks here as well voidstate, I love your squadron builder & find it really helpful. It's quite hilarious looking back at some of the builds I was devising at when I first started playing and how they stack up with the kind of things I'm running today...

Keep up the good work sir... A big thank you to you and all those creating these incredible sites and applications! Not sure where, other than sat staring at a sea of cards, we'd be without you!

I am weighed down by the number of lists I've printed out from that thing... it's awesome!

Thanks so much for this builder, Voidstate! I've used it plenty of times so far, and I will probably use it for as long as I play the game.

If you don't mind a minor suggestion, something that sort of bothers me is how when you have a small window that pops up, like "Squadron Saved!", the option to click out of the window says "Cancel" instead of "Okay". It's kind of a minor thing, like I said, and I don't know if you can do anything about it, but I think it would be an easy fix to make.

A request to void state.

Any way you can make it so that 'illegal' options are grayed out?

For ages now i've been running royal ties with two shield upgrades (illegally) as the program lets me take royal tie as a title then lets you take the same upgrade twice. My fault entirely but i assumed as a lot of other options gray out once you cant take them that this was ok (forgot the card text).

Also until 'scum and villainy' comes out would it be possible to have an 'unrestricted' choice for faction building that lets you pix from both current factions.

Just for the sake of making up lists with bounty hunters and z95s and HWKs in for friendly games?

Very simple and thorough. Fantastic work.

Huh, guess I'd better head over there and get back to work!

Seriously, thanks form making it available! It's been a great help learning the cards. (Also, I use it as a quick reference while I'm on here!)

Congratulation !

Bye

I'll add in my thanks as well, I do like yours over any other, for ease of use and convenience.

You've done an emense job and made a great tool for the game.

Maybe have a contest for the 100,000th list... could be fun.. lol

Thank you! Your squad builder is brilliant. It completely changed the way I think about building squadrons.

Absolutely my #1 choice for squad building! Bravo, Sir!

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. You guys keep using it and I'll keep building it.

voidstate

Maybe have a contest for the 100,000th list... could be fun.. lol

If anyone wants to donate a prize, I'm happy to run a competition. I don't want to start advertising but this might be fun as a one-off. If it helps persuade any games shops out there, it'll get your name in front of over 23,000 active X-Wing players...

Only 2,500 new squadrons to go until we reach 100,000!

This is the latest one to be saved: http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/129931#view=brief

I love an interceptor list. This one looks like a lot of fun, even if it does gamble a lot on Stealth Devices...