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Contents 1 Names 2 Original Doom Programming? 3 Decimated 4 Ammo 5 Alternate Name 6 BFG9000 or BFG 9000? 7 B.F.M. 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Bfg9000sprite.gif

[edit] Names

This article lists several different interpretations for "BFG" and says they were variously used before the DOOM design docs stated it is "Big Fucking Gun." If you played DOOM and seriously believed it was anything other than "Fucking" then you are perhaps the most naive person in the whole world.

I propose that the alternative names are removed. They are irrelevant and lack sources. Alternatively, that they are moved down, to a section of their own. I think it is important that the article should be quite clear in that BFG stands for Big Fucking Gun and nothing else.85.227.226.168 08:46, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Original Doom Programming?

I do not remember where but somewhere I've heard a ru|mor that the traces in original Doom were unitially plasma fireballs, but were made invisible because it caused too much of slowdown on the machines of the day to render so many sprites. –Gnomz⁰⁰⁷(?) 17:25, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

BFG 2704 - Fredrik | talk 19:02, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I was being silly. But, should not this be a single article documenting all incarnations of BFG, including Quake 2 and Doom Beta since it's ID's original FPS ultimate weapon, the Quake could be in the form of short paragraph with a reference to main article –Gnomz⁰⁰⁷(?) 20:07, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes they should, since the Quake series is in the same universe as Doom (or, a continuation of the series). I'm reconsidering my proposal to merge the articles for BFG9000 and BFG10K, however, because the final product would look messy with two more images, plus the one image for the "BFG 2704", for one article.–Spamchicken

Where was it stated that they take place in the same universe? 24.255.172.149 14:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decimated

Sorry for being a grammar nazi or whatever, but the caption for the Doom II screenshot says it is capable of 'decimating' an entire room. Doesn't decimate mean to one tenth of something? Yeah... --ChristopherEdwards 01:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Literally, perhaps. Originally, almost certainly. In common parlance? I hope not, otherwise I'll look really silly :-). Regardless, if you think a different word would be more accurate or better-suited for the article, be BOLD! and make the changes. No-one'll get upset. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 04:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Gonna put in my .02 here. According to Dictionary .com, the meaning/origin of 'Decimate' is

'deci·mation n. Usage Note: Decimate originally referred to the killing of every tenth person, a punishment used in the Roman army for mutinous legions. Today this meaning is commonly extended to include the killing of any large proportion of a group.'

Don't worry if you want to change it, though, I've been through this conversation before :) DarkMasterBob 06:18, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ammo

It dosen't mention it's ammo, what and how much it uses. Was it 30 Cells? Dfrg.msc 06:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

As i recall from Doom 3, the ammo was a dedicated BFG cell (1 shot = 1 BFG cell). Doom and Doom 2 used existing plasma rifle cells i think. UnfriendlyFire 03:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate Name

there are alternate names for the BFG9000 like Big Fucking Gun 9000

That's not an alternate name: That's what the abbreviation "BFG" stands for.

Wait, it's not the Big Friendly Giant? — TheJames 12:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

To make things even more confusing: In the "Doom" movie there is a scene with the BFG (looking slightly different from that one in the game and has the version number 3.14 instead of 9000) on a computer monitor and the written-out name "bio force gun". Whatever this means, since the BFG does not really appear as a biological weapon.--SiriusB 10:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I propose that the alternative names are removed. They are irrelevant and lack sources. Alternatively, that they are moved down, to a section of their own. I think it is important that the article should be quite clear in that BFG stands for Big Fucking Gun and nothing else.85.227.226.168 08:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Y Done--Svetovid 21:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BFG9000 or BFG 9000?

The article title has stated it being called "BFG9000". However, the article itself has the name "BFG 9000". Which one is correct, and if one is right, then which one is editted? Aramjm 19:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done (corrected to BFG9000)--Svetovid 21:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] B.F.M.

Why does B.F.M. ("Big Furry Monster" from Magic: The Gathering) redirect here? They have nothing to do with each other.24.27.203.38 15:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't see that it does, and you didn't provide an actual link to the redirecting article, so... in any case, you could just edit it to point at the correct place. Ham Pastrami (talk) 23:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Bfg9000sprite.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)