User blog comment:4. 1. 22. 5. M97/Rivalries: Dave and Madman97 on C0DA./@comment-24434525-20140220191735

The C0DA: There is no such thing as TES fanfiction anymore, unless some one wants to keep it that way. And that's fine, WE doesn't need them, because C0DA is the ever-growing, ever-more-embracing-of-its-fans-contributions and the natural evolution of old TES sped up for the modern age sequel to not any one game in the series' but a sequel to all of it combined.

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One last infinite thing about The C0DA, as a fellow Free Associate at Day One Dog:

Look at the LOVE. It's all over the place. Even the Downvotes are civil. If The C0DA has any rule it is the rule of civility in which to freely associate. We are not here to conquer or get in fights over anything, because...

...we Won the War of Canon. In Winning it, we threw it out. But we're still polite about it existing.

And under this umbrella of free association there are no more titles, especially lore-ones; no masters, no vets, no newbs, no casu-el.... unless they reserve that space. That's a part of open spacing The Elder Scrolls to everyone, unbound by platforms or beta keys or pay ins because, above all:

There is no more marketing and branding and franchising and selling the joy of The Elder Scrolls.

No more fear to swat or get swatted. The law of The C0DA shouldn't cause the former, and it does not tolerate the latter. There is no camping here, only LFG or solo or game moderators when and if we choose. We are the new ETADA, still in beta, and we're going to never be over. Anyone can add to this, no matter if they just pop out of nowhere, have never heard of TES, or are a rocket scientists that dabbles in watercolors. From our tumblr, we've had 5000+ visitors today, some of whom may just have been stopping by. No one should ever be a newbie to joy, only veterans of it

Those are Kirkbrides own words, now he likes to think of himself as the modern day version of a douglas adams or a Terry Pratchet so he can be confusing but let me break it down. What he keeps saying over and over is, "there is no canon" in other words C0da is his canon and you can have your own and I can have my own and everyone can have their very own canon and that is what makes the series special. "Under this umbrella of free association" he's talking about Zenimax, again look up the board of directors and chief advisors. He keeps refering to WE as in his fans, not Bethesda not Zenimax (which actually owns all intellectual property on TES, sorry Kirkbride Tamriel doesn't own bethesda, Zenimax owns Bethesda and thus owns TES). Obviously the reason he put it out on the internet for free is because then its public domain and he can't be sued by Zenimax, if he made hard copies and was selling them for $19.99, then yes I would expect a cease and desist letter to be sent to him. If you doubt me, then by all means please write up some fan fiction and try to sell it on your own without written consent from zenimax, (it always possible to write something and sell it to zenimax however). But basically it isn't cannon it isn't non-cannon it is what you wish to make of it. Will it ever be in a game, probably not, so will it effect your actual game play? No probably not. However, after reading C0da, I have to wonder if MK isn't on some serious drugs. Its like he has a lot of great ideas but never follows through or finishes anything. So either hardcore ADD, or drugs. But thats just my own speculation and curiosity. Personally I didn't like it. Any good writer can come up with a string of out there ideas and discriptive words to throw the reader for a loop, the hard part is actually stringing it all together so it makes a story. But I guess he wasn't writing a story, not sure what it was supposed to be, but obviously it wasn't a story.