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[Wardad]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
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...Someone in my Avatar Thread noticed that my old avatar was not 'compliant' to my established 'style'...

It was worse than non-compliant,
It was not CANON!!!

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Wardad:
was not CANON!!!

You lost me, what do you mean 'not CANON'?

Cheers!

[DavidG]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by Wardad:
was not CANON!!!

You lost me, what do you mean 'not CANON'?

Cheers!

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"Canon" -> Mostly a term used by star trek nuts to refer to something that is not official trek or something like that. Like some nuts say Atrocities ST ship sets are not 'cannon' becuase they don't conform exactly to star trek standards (whatever they are)

[Erax]

Um, in these forums, DavidG's definition is correct (although that was just ONE ST nut and I hope there's not too many others like him).

But more generally, CANON (with one 'n') is a term borrowed from religion, meaning essentially 'accepted; according to doctrine'. Among us fans, it means 'that which is generally accepted to be a part of that fictional universe'.

In the SW universe, for example, the movies are dfinitely canon, so if you do a shipset with images from the movies, it's canon. If you take a few images from LucasArts computer games, most fans will still consider it canon. If you make up your own to 'fill' the set, it's non-canon.

It's no big deal, if you ask me.

PS - David, is your name pronounced the French (Davee) or the English way ?

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:
PS - David, is your name pronounced the French (Davee) or the English way ?

Although fluently bilingual, my mother tongue is english so I pronounce my name Day-Vid (not dah-vide)

Cheers!

[ June 27, 2003, 12:32: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[David E. Gervais]

The Mini-Lurk-Report


Gooooooood Morrrrrrrning, all you lurkers. Well yet another week has gone by and it's time for my mini-babble post...

Ok, let's get the self serving part out of the way,.. my Avatar Thread is still in motion and I'm still posting 8 new avatars a day. Drop by and take a look, it's fun, free and sometimes I get interesting requests..

Drumroll please... The Name Changing Thread Has passed the Babalon 5 Thread (for # of Posts) I wonder who they will try to pass next, or if they have achieved the #1 spot for largest thread.

Gt and the gang in the Bar Trek Thread are still having lots of fun and I'm sure they wouldn't mind if some of you lurkers dropped in and made a few Posts.

Thanks to Tesco, Wednesday nights on the #se4 channel at Gamesnet IRC are really starting to pick up. FYI next wednesday "your's truly" will be the 'Guest Speakers'. If you can't make it there next wednesday, or if you just want to get a head start, Tesco has created a new thread where you can ask me questions in advance,.. Just Go Here

This guy named Clark is still writing chapter after chapter of a great story, drop by the The Trillian Empire thread and read the adventure. Clark is evidently a very good writer, but I have just one question,.. why doesn't he have an Avatar?

Well, that's it for this weeks Mini-Lurk-Report. I hope you like it.

Have a Great Weekend, and Cheers!

[ June 27, 2003, 12:31: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Suicide Junkie]

Hmmm... Nothing about the rash of hardware failures that are selectively targetting contributors to Sci-Fi mods?

Those lawn gnomes must be behind this somehow

[ June 27, 2003, 12:54: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]