Cross-Genre Thread #4: Deathstroke vs Master Chief
Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke
Vs
Master Chief
Fight in a hybrid of New Mombasa (Circa Halo 3) and current Bludhaven.
Deathstroke starts out with his bo-staff, his sword, and a flash-bang grenade while Master Chief starts out with an Assault Rifle (Halo 3 era) and two fragmentation grenades.
Scenario One:
Scattered around the battlefield are some more plasma and frag grenades, a UNSC Shotgun, some SMGs, a Battle Rifle, and some Covenant plasma rifles.
Both combatants can use these weapons if they can secure them.
Scenario Two:
No extra weapons, combatants are limited to what they start out with.
PIS off, CIS off, bloodlust on, no bfr, no prep.
Who wins?
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The ruling seems to be though that the games are the highest canon and any contradiction between them and other sources will have game canon superseding non-game canon.
Here's an excerpt:
"The concept of superior canon is as follows:
Current Bungie Employees are the highest source of Canon. They design, authorize, and sanction every detail about Halo that is revealed to the public. Their statements take the highest authority among Halo canon because, obviously, they created it all.
Halo Games are, with certain exceptions, the most elaborate of the Halo works and, as they come directly from the producers of Bungie, they are the largest creations of the Halo universe. The information in the video games was produced by Bungie employees directly. This gives them the most credit as canon sources.
Halo Literature, Soundtracks, and Other Media are below the games as sources of canon for various reasons. Some of this media is presented by Bungie Affiliates and thus not direct canon from the studio, and some is for promotional purposes or Halo ideas that were released in incomplete development. Bungie Studios has given great creative license to its affiliates as long as their material falls within basic guidelines, and may not be what Bungie itself wanted for the Halo universe.
Bungie Affiliates are just below Bungie employees. This group includes companies and people who work on Halo products but are not part of Bungie studios. This group includes 4orty2wo Entertainment employees, Joyride Studios employees, and Halo novelists like Eric Nylund and William C. Dietz.
*Announcement Trailers are usually considered not to be canon, as details in an announcement trailer are usually a very early draft of the storyline, and do not necessarily contain content that made it into the final game. Thus, Trailers are considered to be canon until the official game is released.
Halopedia Canon The lowest form of Canon, Halopedia Canon is the result of heated debate among the Halopedia community to arrive at conclusion and decision on said piece of Halo Universe. Halopedia Canon is trumped by all other higher Canon unless it is determined that a mistake by Bungie has been made. Some examples of "mistakes" can be found here. "
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“Where the longleaf pines are whispering
to him who loved them so.
Where the faint murmurs now dwindling
echo o’er tide and shore."
-A Grave Epitaph in Santa Rosa County, Florida; I wish I could remember the man's name.
Unless a mod says otherwise I don't see an issue with using the books when it comes to Halo which isn't the same as Marvel or DC in regards to canon and non canon.
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“Where the longleaf pines are whispering
to him who loved them so.
Where the faint murmurs now dwindling
echo o’er tide and shore."
-A Grave Epitaph in Santa Rosa County, Florida; I wish I could remember the man's name.
Jesus christ, guys. There is an official canon tier system for Halo lore, in fact it's already been posted. There is no "Is this canon is that canon" questions necessary... continuity is continuity. Here's a more accurate source if you want definitive proof.
As far as the games versus books are concerned, a lot of what the chief can do and can not do is tied down to game mechanics; game mechanics aren't canon.
In any case, the books, novels, etc. are all considered canon except for when their are direct contradictions with the plots, like the Chief doing action A in the novel adaptation when in the game he did action B.
Anyway, time to let the screamong fangirl on.
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