Canadian Systems

[P*Funk]

The 'Canadian' systems should be part of Rheinland.

@P Funk: You are spreading bullcrap. Freelancer is a GERMAN game produced under the lead by Joerg Neumann. Digital Anvil was sold away by Chris and Erin Roberts the creators of Wing Commander, Priveteer and Starlancer.

The game was made for more than 3 years by Chris Roberts before the buy out and I doubt the complexion of the game would have changed dramatically just because some German guy took over the named leader spot especially since Roberts is alleged to have been a creative consultant after his departure, and again if Microsoft bought it out I'm pretty sure the American audience would be their main target. Whether the game was changed dramatically or stayed largely the same (I think it changed quite a bit actually) is moot. The publisher is American and their target audience is going to be American. But really, this is a moot point. I forgot how much people over here love to take the piss and act like bastards over meaningless points in the overall argument. Is Hispania meant to be Spain or Mexico? We'll never know cause they're all pirates now. Back on topic I guess.

@ P Funk: Historically, the United States names many of its cities after the home town where they "immigrated" from. They don't necessarily hang onto the home town or culture, but they do keep the name.

That may be true but this game is based on a conceit which is altogether implausible. In this game the houses are reflections, extrapolations, of real earth nations and their composite elements, significant corporations, criminal groups, all the cultural and governmental characteristics of the time frame which the designers aimed for.

The conceit of Freelancer and also Discovery is that the systems are named for what they represent. Suddenly saying that the names of Canadian systems mean nothing if every other system is named for a deeper significance seems to contradict everything that has gone into designing this game and its subsequent modification.

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