Talk:BattleTech (Video Game)

Disambiguation

Wow. The name couldn't be any more ambiguous. We really need a disambiguation tag in this article and some sort of disambiguation page. Perhaps a computer game portal? Frabby (talk) 00:32, 30 September 2015 (PDT)

At a minimum adding 2017, akin to MechWarrior (1989 Video Game), would be the first suggestion.Cyc (talk) 04:06, 30 September 2015 (PDT)

Canonicity

Over on another forum, somebody quoted the Canonicity section from this page and stated that the even though it is intended to be canon, it is automatically non-canon because it is a videogame. Even though what they quoted is more or less saying the exact opposite, that this game IS canon.

I think just to be safe, we should mark this entire page and all of its Subpages as Non-Canon. We should also remove the Apocryphal tag from the wiki and put all of that stuff down as Non-Canon as well. ~Amaroq Starwind~ (talk) 19:49, 2 May 2018 (EDT)

Apocryphal essentially means "Canon if nothing already declared as canon contradicts it" so depending on the exact context they where using it. A good example is the planetary write-ups. Most of the planets in the game have no real details on their biome, so until CGL writes up something the game description is actually canon. Just a "lesser" canon.--Dmon (talk) 02:57, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

The people over on Space Battles would disagree with this game being canon, in between an undiscovered land that, being in the year 3025, would have drastically altered Inner Sphere History, and some insane KF-daisy-chaining technology I keep hearing about...

Okay, I will admit... I am actually really frustrated with certain groups of people, and am trying to clarify things as much as I can in a way that doesn't vandalize the wiki but still appeases those small but extremely loud portions of the BattleTech fan base who practically try to [verbally, I must clarify] murder/assassinate anyone who disagrees with them.

Some people can just be so impossible to deal with... All I wanted to do was write a short fan-story relating to BattleTech, but apparently even fan-fic writers have to obey the elitist Canon Police. ~Amaroq Starwind~ (talk) 03:46, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

Best advice I can give for dealing with people like the poeople you mentioned is remember that it is a fictional universe designed for people to have fun in. As a player or fiction writer, as long as you enjoy yourself that means all is well. If you want to write fan fiction then just do it and list it as AU-BattleTech fan fiction. ("Alternative Universe"), that way nobody can read it abd give you trouble because it is clearly stated up front.--Dmon (talk) 04:01, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

Apocryphal information sources on Canon articles

Despite this not being declared a Canon source, the statistics for some of the weapons on Sarna show signs of having been nerfed, (for instance, the Small Pulse Laser now does the exact same damage as a regular Small Lase), and this game is being cited as a source on those pages. ~Amaroq Starwind~ (talk) 15:46, 18 August 2018 (EDT)