Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4705438-20140201123109/@comment-24434525-20140223193045

With the release of TESO we will begin to see the new TES. Yes I said it. New as in new writers which have brought in there own ideas. This means some things will be changing lore wise and we should probably get used to the idea that not all the changes are going to be ones you like or are given reasonable in game reasons on why it changed, (such as the change in the entire nature of the Dominion in TESO). It comes down to the very real world leality issues. Zenimax owns the rights and all intellectual property of Bethesda which includes TES. Kirkbrides new stuff is his own fanfiction. As he puts it, "there is no canon anymore" thus admiting that it is his version of events and may not be what will be what is represented in the games. And in the end that is what matters not some lore books for free on someones webpage, but what is in the game you actually paid for. What is owned and registered for copyright.

An excellent example is this, and I'm sure I'm going to irraitate the Kirkbride gans with this one, but here it is; C0da, where is the copyright? There isn't one. Why not? He wrote it, he worked hard on it added art work and everything, you would think as a writer and artist he would be well aware of the threat of publishing unprotected work, especially on the internet so why no copyright? Because he can't file for one. Its already owned, thus its fanfiction. Its the same as me deciding to write a Star Trek novel, I can write it all I want and I could even put it up on my personal webpage, post it to facebook, read it aloud on youtube, and nothing could be done about it because I recieve no money. However, the moment I try to sell any of it I get sued. Same thing with MK's work, he can't charge for it, he can't copyright it, he doesn't own the rights to it. Thats why I am so adamant about his works since he left Bethesda as being fanfiction. Bethesda can like it, and if they wish decided to add it to a game and thus it becomes canon, but there version becomes canon not his, because they own it. He may have come up with the idea, but it is up to Bethesda if it is canon.

Personally I don't pay too much attention to lore. I don't have time. I play the game, I enjoy the game. Lore adds to the game, but doesn't make the game. If it did we wouldn't play games at all we would just read. If a piece of lore is relevant to the game then great but if its about some crap that happened hundreds of years ago and has nothing to do with anything going on then I don't care. In life we have a lot of reading material that is just filler. If its lore that has nothing to do with anything then it too is just filler. Personally to me the only thing that matters is what is going to be in the game, what is going to be involved in gameplay, what is going to be part of the story? I don't have the time to read up on lore books and speculate as to what Bethesda is going to do with the series. However, I highly doubt that we will playing TES in space with television sets on our heads.