What is "canon"?

[Webstral]

Originally Posted by Targan

My feeling is that while T2K's canon timeline, OOBs etc were not very accurate they did set up a game universe which provided what I consider is the right "feel" for T2K as a genre. I don't mind canon being modified by the wise and knowledgeable people who contribute here (in fact I welcome it and have already adopted many of the works of contributors here for my own campaign) but I think it is important that the "spirit" and "feeling" of T2K be maintained.

That is why I've voiced doubts about some modifications to canon involving such things as how much military might is left over for the US military by 2000-2001. My belief is that we come up with reasons why things ended up the way they did in canon, not change the outcome described in canon because the way the timeline in canon is written makes the original outcome implausible.

Does this make sense?

I completely agree with you. I feel badly about it, though, because holding this position seems, well, unappreciative of the massive amounts of time and energy some of the group devote to creating material. Also, I think many if not most of us agree that while Twilight: 2000 in Poland and in the US up to the end of the year creates a desirable (!) atmosphere, Howling Wilderness is a bit too much of a good thing. Where does that put us?

Webstral

[StainlessSteelCynic]

As a friend of mine once said, while some parts of Twilight are a little ropey (i.e. the Soviets & Mexicans invading the USA), the whole point was to create an environment where the player characters could continue to do what they had done in Europe. If the USA was in good health, then the RP opportunities found in the Europe scenarios would be lost - especially after all the trouble they take to get back the US. His attitude was that the game was not fighting a tabletop miniatures battle of Russian vs US divisions but was about a small group of people surviving in the ruins of WW3 or even trying to rebuild civilzation.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Webstral

I completely agree with you. I feel badly about it, though, because holding this position seems, well, unappreciative of the massive amounts of time and energy some of the group devote to creating material. Also, I think many if not most of us agree that while Twilight: 2000 in Poland and in the US up to the end of the year creates a desirable (!) atmosphere, Howling Wilderness is a bit too much of a good thing. Where does that put us?

That is the other side of the coin and I agree with you there too.