As I've stated many times, canon is a base we can all work from. Individually we can cherrypick whatever elements we like and change what we don't, but as a community we should always respect the published materials.
If we want to write additional materials in the hope others will also use it, we MUST respect canon. If we're just writing materials for our own individual use and posting it here for comment and constructive criticism, then the author must not appear to be thrusting it down other peoples throats and declare it's the "only way it can be".
An example of a good body of non-canon work is (as I've always said) Webstrals Thunder Empire. Personally I'm not about to use it as it's seriously different to how I see the situation, but that doesn't make it any less interesting to read. Web has also NEVER thrust it down anyone's throat, but always presented it as his alternative reality. He incorporates many canon elements, and builds on it, never once arguing that any part of canon must be ignored by everyone, or saying the writers of the canon materials screwed up.
How would the writers feel if they were to read some of the comments denigrating their creations (which were obviously good enough for GDW to publish as official)? Are they really any different to any member of this forum?
As a last note, we are lucky to number a few of the developers from GDW amongst our members. They're not particularly active, but they're here all the same and do on occasion make comments and suggestions.
So, an unsupported game huh?
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