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[RedFoxsi]

So I ask my English teacher just 10 min ago if I could write about Battletech and gave a quick run down of it's past too long for a quick run down lol. Any way SHE SAID YES!!!!

If I could find a good resource for the past of the Battletech history license changes and legal issues
This would really be awesome if I could some help from you all ESP the developers.

I would love to have a quote from a developer for my paper.

Thank you all for help and for reading my post.

[BduSlammer]

the old house books area good source

[Oswin Aurelius]

http://www.sarna.net is a great source for all things Batlletech.

[StingerPryde]

... Dude, many of high priced lawyers have done what you want to do.

It may be easier to force on a clan or such. How long have you been in this scene?

In any case, you could use this as a part of your paper to show how long, and how big of an impact this has had on people. http://mwomercs.com/...nds-who-passed/

Edited by StingerPryde, 26 June 2012 - 07:10 PM.

[RedFoxsi]

It is for English class not law class

[acheronlv426]

What will your paper be about? Can you narrow the scope a bit?

[DarkTreader]

You could always check these sources:

Good synopsys of the giant flustercluck: http://www.terrania....ech-second.html
The Legal Briefs for the initial FASA/Harmony Gold case: http://terrania.us/hg-fasa/

[RedFoxsi]

Battletech history . Mostly what has happened over the years. And future

[wolf74]

Person you need to find goes by the handle PropWash. He I think would be your best bet on getting most of the history by 1st hand paper work.

[pursang]

Research paper for your college paper? Are you sure you're in college?

[RedFoxsi]

For english .. Some one is a hater lol

[Armored Yokai]

sarna.net

[Ginoxy]

Do find more about the past of Battletech, I would seache for the old Battletechnology Magazin. It was a Fanzin published by J. Andrew Keith.

[RedFoxsi]

A wiki is not exactly credible .. Sorry my posts are short I'm still in class

[IronEricP]

http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=23

There is also some info here, though it is hardly comprehensive.

The novels are of course a great source to see the politics and history, but I doubt you have time to find/read many of them

[RedFoxsi]

Thanks so far for the good stuff so far.

[Kyone Akashi]

DarkTreader, on 26 June 2012 - 07:24 PM, said:

Good synopsys of the giant flustercluck: http://www.terrania....ech-second.html

This was a most interesting read, I had only heard a fraction of what has been researched there. Domo!

Silly, silly legal issues. It reads like grown men argueing over toys in a sand box, only that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is too bad that many companies tend to forget they are more than just a business.

[Dagger6T6]

pursang, on 26 June 2012 - 07:28 PM, said:

Research paper for your college paper? Are you sure you're in college?

Community College counts right? I mean it has college right in the name I bet

[Belldandy Morisato]

Before you use any of these sites for your paper, I recommend going to the official Battletech forums and talking to the actual developers and line developer there to get the information you need. Most of the sites presented here are definate resources however, they may be legally gray or problematically in the case of the lawsuit of the Macross units. Herb Beas is the official Line Developer and the person in charge of steering the Battletech line and definately someone you want to talk to. Yes, some of what he may tell you about some of the controversies may be not be what you read on the other sites, but he has to protect the franchaise as well.

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/

Create an account here and ask your questions in the Ask the Lead Developers section. I'd like for you to have a successful paper and not something that may or may not bring some uncomfortable questions or scrutiny on your paper/

[PropWash]

I assure you, most of the stuff on-line, while well researched and mostly true, it only tells 75% of the story.

The REAL truth is far more interesting (and simpler).

Unfortunately, most of the good bits are buried under court order.

Good luck!