User blog comment:Calanon Evergreen/News & Announcements/@comment-26065062-20150604122859/@comment-27689279-20150605204038

@SamwiseFilmore

"Truth is in the eye of the beholder, and the mod goes from the books"

I actually should've worded that linked post as "fact" (the truth about events as opposed to interpretation), not truth, because it is fact. Here's why:

So, you're saying again, the Wood-elf armor currently in the mod is more "canon" than the BotFA one. Then where in the books did it specifically say that it's supposed to be deep olive green, with straight swords, and blunt-tip spears (like in the mod currently)? The only description from the books that I've been able to find about Elven armor in general is that it's silver, made of Elven steel, and comprises mainly of chainmail. And even that description is so vague and rarely mentioned, it took a while to find.

So don't go around saying that either design is more "canon" than the other, because they both go against this description from the book. Which again, gives both designs an equal right to exist as the other. Only, the one currently in the mod was made by some skin maker, and the other was masterfully created by experienced, acclaimed designers at Weta Workshop. So technically, even the quality of the BotFA one surpasses the one currently in the mod.

Whether you want to "behold it as true" or not, you can't change these simple facts. But again, why pretty much only the mods/admins dislike the BotFA design, despite these clear facts, I will never understand; when actually, the majority of the rest of us approve it.

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." -Spock

(not a Star Trek fan, but highly relevant quote)

"with help from the movies when if fits canon."

You're right, there are aspects from the mod that are from the movie... at least, only the Lord of the Rings movie.

Which now, I begin to see that there is a considerable bias against the Hobbit movies, which I admit had its ups and downs. This book bias, that is being pushed by a lot of admins/mods about the BotFA design, is completely uncalled-for and totally absurd, simply because of the facts I stated earlier above. There is simply no reason you can bring that makes the armor in the mod any more canon than the BotFA design, other than the blind bias against the Hobbit movies (which is opinion, not fact).

"[the mod goes...with help from the moives] when if fits canon"? So now you admins and mods decide what "fits canon"? That's called "fanon", when a group of people decide what is "canon", despite the standing canon, which says "Elven armor is silver and chainmail". So from the get-go, this mod is technically already "not from the books".

So, from these undeniable observations, all I've acquired from the admins about the armor design in the mod is: you incorretly use the "from the books" arguement, there is a blind bias against the Hobbit movies, the mod basis is more-or-less fanon, and you prefer inferior quality. Well guess what? Everything that I just named (backed by clear facts) which you prefer, has no logical basis whatsoever, only an opinion-based one. Which is why from a factual standpoint, it's very easy to prove this "book bias" to be incorrect.

In this post, I have just shown how this double standard of "not from the books" can be turned around on the mod itself. I would like to lightly apologize for such a long reply, but it just really riles me up when people think that "not from the books" is just a plain black and white topic, and that it applies to everything from the movies. When the BotFA armor is unmistakenly superior in quality, equally as "canon" as the design currently in the mod, and indiscerinbly prefered by the users.