User talk:GreekFire

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-- New user message (talk) 22:07, 28 October 2020 (EDT)

Because somebody has to do these things.

A "quote" that comes entirely out of my own head, that I am fond of using at times like these: "Don't think of digging latrines as punishment duty. If I wanted to punish you, I would forbid you to dig latrines!" Thanks for tackling the crappy jobs--without the ones who will, we'd be hip-deep in it. Wear the ribbon with pride.--Talvin (talk) 21:33, 11 March 2022 (EST)

I gave this to you when you were just starting the project. Now that you have reached the end, I feel something bigger is called for. For your tireless work getting Targeting-Tracking System sorted out, the Substantial Addition Award, the highest (relevant to this) award one Editor may give another. Bon Travail.

--Talvin (talk) 11:35, 13 April 2022 (EDT)

Rad. Thanks, dude!--GreekFire (talk) 11:46, 13 April 2022 (EDT)

Quickscell vs Quikscell

Hey GreekFire, I saw your recent updates to many of the MW5 pages with the preferred spelling of the Quikscell Company. I'm not sure if you are aware, but in the game it's always written as Quickscell, both for their HRQ Destabilization missions and on the Tier 0 AC-BF weapons. Do you think users might believe we have made an error? --Csdavis715 (talk) 07:27, 18 March 2022 (EDT)

That's awkward. I'll revert those changes back to what they were, but make sure they link to the new page. Now I'm wondering if the MW5 team referred to Sarna for their brand names.--GreekFire (talk) 07:33, 18 March 2022 (EDT)

Yea, it might be good to play it safe there. I also would like to see things like the lowercase "b" for SLDF Royal variants but I think we leave them all capital letters like in the game to avoid confusion. And yea, I think the game uses a lot of weapons manufacturers listed on Sarna. Not sure if they scrolled through the database or referenced the same original sources. --Csdavis715 (talk) 07:51, 18 March 2022 (EDT)

We know they used our map as the basis for the map in the game so it is not a far stretch to imagine they used us as a starting point looking for weapon brands.--Dmon (talk) 17:50, 18 March 2022 (EDT)

Hey GreekFire (and DMon and anyone else reading), I'm doing a thorough proofread of the MW5 in-game text for PGI to identify obvious typos (misspellings, repeated words, misplaced apostrophes, etc.) and I wanted to check in about Quikscell. Is this the 100% correct spelling of the company, or does it vary in BT sourcebooks? On the wiki page itself, it says it's also known as Quickscell. If I suggest this correction and they end up looking on our site to verify, they're just going to disregard it. Please advise, thanks! --Csdavis715 (talk) 07:07, 12 July 2022 (EDT)

There's been variation in Quikscell's spelling in the same way that there's been variation for most proper names in BattleTech. Typos happen, and they slip by editors who don't have every BattleTech brand name memorized, only to be picked up on years after the fact. In the case of the "Quickscell" misspelling, this mistake happened in roughly seven products. The proper "Quikscell" spelling---which was the first spelling to ever appear in canon---has now appeared in over fifty distinct products. It is also what is currently used by BattleTech developers, and can be considered to be the canon spelling in every sense.

The only reason why the "also known as Quicksell Company and Quickscell Company" passage on the Quikscell page can't be deleted is because it's sourced from older FASA/FanPro products that errata is not compiled for; as such, it's impossible for CGL to fully fix this issue to a degree that'd satisfy Sarna's requirements. --GreekFire (talk) 09:22, 12 July 2022 (EDT)

Thanks for that thorough explanation! I think I'd like to propose that correction to them eventually, but I'll drop it down the priority list with so many other clear errors to address and their attention spread thin. It took them 2 years to fix some things, like the name of the CGR-1A5, so we may need to be patient. --Csdavis715 (talk) 00:39, 14 July 2022 (EDT)

Rumble Seat

Hi GreekFire.

I found I had to put in hidden notes about No Torso Twist being removed because someone who refused to read the newest errata kept adding it back in. It may be necessary to do the same with any other quirks that become deprecated. Madness Divine (talk) 00:11, 26 August 2022 (EDT)

Oh boy, OK. Thanks for the heads up.--GreekFire (talk) 14:10, 26 August 2022 (EDT)