Fictional firearms

[Excalibur]

But then this guy, Stan the man said that there's no rules that specifically prohibits fictional weapons and it would be best to have them on the site to point out that they are not real. How do I respond to that logic?

[AdAstra2009]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

But then this guy, Stan the man said that there's no rules that specifically prohibits fictional weapons and it would be best to have them on the site to point out that they are not real. How do I respond to that logic?

Tell him to stfu because you are an admin which makes you right. Since you are an admin he has no right to argue with you. He is just some nub in his basement so his opinion doesn't matter.

[Excalibur]

Well I don't want to seem like a rude asshole with the feeling of my cock's bigger than yours because I got admin power

[Rockwolf66]

Ok here is what is bothering me right now.

What do we do about pages for weapons that are just fictional varients of real weapons and the weapon in question is just a real weapon with a couple of things added to make them seem futuristic. Personally with weapons like those notes on the real weapon's page works for me. We don't need pages for dressed up weapons that you can instantly tell what they are.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Rockwolf66

Ok here is what is bothering me right now.

What do we do about pages for weapons that are just fictional varients of real weapons and the weapon in question is just a real weapon with a couple of things added to make them seem futuristic. Personally with weapons like those notes on the real weapon's page works for me. We don't need pages for dressed up weapons that you can instantly tell what they are.

Well, I have a bias, working in the industry, but it's cool to see what REAL GUN was used to build a fictional weapon. And it's interesting to know what real gun, if any, was used as the platform for a completely fabricated sci fi weapon. Also it's good to be able to educate the public that something which may seem real, is in fact, not.

But drawn fictional guns are ridiculous. The public will never care because the artist has so much leeway, plus it doesn't exist in real life. A real 3 dimensional 'I can hold it in my hands' prop is much more deserving of a page to tell people its genesis than a drawn prop.

[Excalibur]

That I completely agree with. Drawn fictional guns are not necessary because they are based on nothing. Same with sci fi guns in Halo even though they shoot bullets, but have no basis on real life guns at all.


But apparently we don't have an official rule on fictional guns so I think we should do it.

[Rockwolf66]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

Well, I have a bias, working in the industry, but it's cool to see what REAL GUN was used to build a fictional weapon. And it's interesting to know what real gun, if any, was used as the platform for a completely fabricated sci fi weapon. Also it's good to be able to educate the public that something which may seem real, is in fact, not.

But drawn fictional guns are ridiculous. The public will never care because the artist has so much leeway, plus it doesn't exist in real life. A real 3 dimensional 'I can hold it in my hands' prop is much more deserving of a page to tell people its genesis than a drawn prop.

What I am refering to is guns like the Serenty Mateba revolver. Very little has been done to disguise the fact that it's a Mateba. The Taurus used by mal is a whole nother matter because the prop effectivly covered the entire gun. That is what IMPO the Fictional Firearms pages should be used for... Those firearms that you could never guess what the host weapon was if you knew little to nothing about firearms.

[ManiacallyChallenged]

I'm just going to throw some kerosene on the smoldering embers of the Halo problem and mention... the handgun is sorta kinda maybe a bit based off a real weapon. The grip is that of a P99, at the very least.