More crack please

[SteveRestless]

Wow. You react REALLY strongly to statements that don't back themselves up with evidence... :o

It IS a conditional statement.

[Lorcan Nagle]

Source please?

It's been stated at least 3 or 4 time previously in this very thread.

[SteveRestless]

It's been stated at least 3 or 4 time previously in this very thread.

I've searched all 21 pages for every instance of "ilClan" and nowhere does it say "not this year"

It's been said that it won't be soon, but no real sort of time frame is given.just vague "not on the horizon" and similar statements. Most of which are far enough back that a gencon release wouldn't be impossible.

I do think that 2015's longer than I can wait for it though. This book is very make-or-break for me.

[Dragon41673]

There was a statement of "Not this year" in reference to 2013 at one point...but I've never seen anything for 2014 either.

[Fletch]

Well I guess 3150 is not 'this year'.  The ilclan is inevitable ... just like IO

[Weirdo]

It IS a conditional statement.

I'd call it a conditional lid-flipping, but I suppose it does help apply a thin veneer of calmness to it. ;)

[SteveRestless]

oh. cause calm wasn't really what I was going for.  :-\

ilClan really IS what I'm waiting on.  and its starting to feel exactly like waiting for the next Song of Ice and Fire book.

[HABeas2]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

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[Alexander Knight]

Gozer the Gozerian walks the earth in the form of a mighty Slorr?

[I am Belch II]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

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For some reason that statement worrys me.

[HABeas2]

Hi,

I'm just asking "what if?" here. Try not to jump to conclusions here.

Thanks,

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[ANS Kamas P81]

If it doesn't, something else will happen.  And Battletech will continue on, and I for one will be damned happy.  I like the rollercoaster that everyone's been on, ups and downs, and it's a lot of fun to follow.  Whether it's ilClan, 3250, or 3150 for the next book, I'm happy with it - I'm here for the battles, BattleMechs, and cool designs.

Also House Kurita needs more foxgirls.

[SteveRestless]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

-

For a book we've been told is 90% written, to suddenly never happen? That'd be a bit more than I can put up with. It'd take something pretty kerensky damned spectacular to get me to look past that. It's been nearly a decade since GRRM threw out half a book to rewrite it at a glacial pace, and I'm still incensed that he did that. I don't willingly forget easily. likewise, the Battletech plot high water mark has been in nearly the same place since what, Bonfire of Worlds? FM3145 and the TROs gave us a little progress I suppose, but really it opened up more questions than it answered. Its hard for me to muster any enthusiasm for the past, when the future is looming overhead like damocles.

[HABeas2]

Hi,

For a book we've been told is 90% written, to suddenly never happen?

My point is: Plans can change. There's actually quite a bit of material that has been written which may now never see the light of day.

Its hard for me to muster any enthusiasm for the past, when the future is looming overhead like damocles.

Also part of my point: If The ilClan were canceled, that future you appear concerned with is gone with it, replaced with the same wide unknown all of us face day to day. If all you are concerned with is "the future", well, you can never really escape that. But if you're fearing a particular future, I'm suggesting that it may not be as certain as all that. Again, plans can change.

Thanks,

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[caioaf]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

-

Depends on you mean. We will get the book, but it's not going to be called ilClan? Or there will be the book, but no one will be the ilClan? Ok for me, I just want a conclusion. Even a bad conclusion is better than no conclusion at all.

Or do you mean if there was no book? Well, I'm not going to be happy. I'll be very pissed, to be honest. Like I said, even a bad conclusion is better than nothing. Battletech wouldn't lose a fan, but CGL would lose a customer.

[Diplominator]

For my part, I'm not excited for IlClan because it represents any particular future (especially since we know virtually nothing about its contents, a fact for which I'm grateful). I'm excited for it because it represents the future in general. I'll always be excited for whatever product advances the timeline next.

BattleTech has a cool story with a ton of moving parts that's lasted for decades in the story and in the real world. I just want to know what comes next.

If that turns out not to be IlClan? No big deal. Just tell me what IS next so I can get hyped for that.

[Gus]

For my part, I'm not excited for IlClan because it represents any particular future (especially since we know virtually nothing about its contents, a fact for which I'm grateful). I'm excited for it because it represents the future in general. I'll always be excited for whatever product advances the timeline next.

This +1.

AFAIK, the IlClan book is the future. However, I agree with Diplominator; I eagerly await advances in the timelin, no matter the format.

[SteveRestless]

Hi,

My point is: Plans can change. There's actually quite a bit of material that has been written which may now never see the light of day.

They can, but that doesn't mean I won't be disappointed when they do. I think its clear from this thread that a lot of folks are eagerly waiting for it.  If I were going to go and do something to axe a product that I knew people were eager to see, I'd want to communicate that to them clearly, because the longer they wait, the bigger the let-down should it not happen. At this point, the only thing I can think of that could possibly cushion that kind of fall is a (non-binding but this is what we intended) Big Book of Battletech Answers, wherein the great mysteries that plague us are given solid answers. And that's about as likely as me being made line dev.

Also part of my point: If The ilClan were canceled, that future you appear concerned with is gone with it, replaced with the same wide unknown all of us face day to day. If all you are concerned with is "the future", well, you can never really escape that. But if you're fearing a particular future, I'm suggesting that it may not be as certain as all that. Again, plans can change.

Thanks,

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Reading this, I'm pretty sure we're either not talking about the same things, or you don't understand what I'm worried about to begin with. :|

[HABeas2]

Hi,

Reading this, I'm pretty sure we're either not talking about the same things, or you don't understand what I'm worried about to begin with. :|

It's one of those things, definitely.

Thanks,

-

[Cyc]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

-

Birds suddenly appear, happiness rains and champagne all round!

Seriously though, I'm a not fan of the direction implied by the title Ilclan, so clearly don't have the negative view held by some in this thread if it wasn't "the future". Even if it is, probably won't stop buying BT books, just more for strip mining for AU than following the canon path.

[Fletch]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

-

There would be much speculation and carry on here while we try and discover who is going to get the next in-universe crotch kick; same old, same, old.

[BrokenMnemonic]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

-

The Field Report: 2765 series is great, and was a complete surprise. Ditto Historical: Reunification War and Historical: Liberation of Terra. If there's no ilClan, about which I know nothing other than the name, there's a pretty decent chance that something else will come out that I'll really enjoy. *shrugs* I don't know if I'd enjoy ilClan or not - I didn't expect to enjoy Wars of Reaving, and I did; other books I thought I'd enjoy, but was ambivalent about. Chances are, whatever BattleTech product is pushed out, I'll pick it up sooner or later, and there's a better than average chance I'll enjoy it. That's why I'm still buying BattleTech stuff 20 years later, whereas other game systems have fallen by the wayside for me.

[Deadborder]

The outcome a chunk of the fandom is assumed is allready a given may not happen even though there was nothing to say that it actually would happen?

Amazing

Me, I'm excited for whatever comes next, regardless of what it may be

[CungrVanck]

Whether it is ilClan or something else.....six months wait or a year....I am ready for the next chapter of Battletech.

So thrill me Catalyst and don't pull any punches!  You have done an excellent job and I am excited for the next shoe to drop.

Until then, more than enough coming items to keep me happy.

[Wrangler]

I take battletech, source book by sourcebook.   I'll be happy with another Field Report 2765, Turning Point, and XTRO to come out hopefully in next couple weeks.

[MarikMilitaMan]

I take battletech, source book by sourcebook.   I'll be happy with another Field Report 2765, Turning Point, and XTRO to come out hopefully in next couple weeks.

To true, as long as they keep coming i'm happy the mrs and bank balance may not be as happy but that's life i guess.

[Foxx Ital]

Wow...if Ilclan never came out...Why..Why..I'd just have to do what we did when we were told FM:U was pretty much the last thing we would ever really see. Deal with it by blowing up some friends battlemechs?

Seriously, Thinking back to those days i feel spoiled Spoiled. If products hadn't come out after that, No karhu,no Ostrogoth, no Golem/Rogue bear in which i can lament in my opponents screaming.
 
No Clan:Objectives *makes as horrible as a face as he possibly can*

 So yes, Thank you for carrying the flame despite the occasional gauntlet you may face. While i suck at expressing how i feel sometimes, i feel this line from a cruxshadows song will help.

"The trials you now are facing
They are not greater than your will
For there is nothing under heaven
You cannot overcome"

 Also remember, Have fun. If you can't have fun, we can't have fun. Seyla

[Kitsune413]

Also House Kurita needs more foxgirls.

Despite the real life cultural affinity that would seem to exist there I do not believe that the kuritan culture would jive with fox girls. Or at least, I would be sad to see them suffer from repression.

[Wrangler]

The future is unseen road we've yet to ride on.  For Good or for Ill.   Remember guys & gals, people writing for this franchise, have devoted considerable time and money torwards it continuing.  I would wager that they love it as much any of you or me.

As with its been said before, if you think BattleMechs aren't in the future, you'd be damn wrong.  (Gut feeling here.)   

IlClan just name, knowing the future may make you crazy thinking something you may be considerably wrong about.

Anyways.....I'm justing waiting what they have in store for us.  Stop worrying.

[JPArbiter]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what if The ilClan never happens?

Thanks,

-

Then I will be curious to see what does, and look forward to it. Make no mistake, i was curious and happy with the idea of the IlClan, but what ever keeps the IP chuggin forward is good enough for me