Talk:BFG (weapon)

message: 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)
replies: text: Was it? Wikipedia Vienna (talk) 07:30, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

text: Exactly right. A design document is irrelevant, as those are only outlines. It's what it's called in the game material that matters, and that is, and has always been, 'Fragging'. 85.229.48.166 (talk) 20:27, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Names

message: 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)
replies: text: BFG 2704 - Fredrik | talk 19:02, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Original Doom Programming?

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)

text: 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)
replies: text: The statement is still unclear. It now says "The most powerful weapon in the game, it causes major damage to opponents and can clear entire rooms of foes." The first part is clear enough, but "causes major damage to opponents" is so vague that it adds nothing, and "can clear entire rooms of foes" is even worse. Every weapon in the game, from the brass knuckles to the shotgun, can be used to clear entire rooms of foes. So what is this supposed to mean? If anyone can find a way to clarify this statement, please do so, since the only way I can think of to fix it is to just reduce it to "It is the most powerful weapon in the game."--Martin IIIa (talk) 12:40, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have tweaked it.  Mezigue (talk) 13:23, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That's better, thanks.--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:41, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decimated 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 40 energy cells in Doom and Doom II. 50 in Quake 2. 200.85.209.5 (talk) 22:00, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ammo 

message: 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)
replies: text:  (corrected to BFG9000)--Svetovid 21:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  BFG9000 or BFG 9000? 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  B.F.M. 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Bfg9000sprite.gif

message: Did this gun appear in the Doom novels? If so, said novels should be mentioned, espeically concsidering how they are so very different from the video games. Lots42 (talk) 17:12, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novels 

message: I have a question: On the first sentence within the section "Critical Reception", it says "UGO.com ranked the BFG 9000 at number two on their Top 50 Video Game Weapons of All Time list[citation needed].", yet below, there is a "citation", [1], which leads to the UGO site. Should I edit the page to add the citation there or can I not?
--72.173.192.59 (talk) 22:33, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed? 

message: Being one of the four notable video game weapons might not necessitate another template, but this still seems a bit absurd. 8ty3hree (talk) 20:32, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "''Doom'' character" 

message: The version for the Nintendo 64 console entitled Doom 64 featured the BFG 9000. Why is this not mentioned in the main article? Aidensdaddy2k9 (talk) 06:45, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Added it. 208.83.126.113 (talk) 20:35, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of Mention: Doom 64 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The  main issue is that the BFG 9000’s damage output per tracer is incorrectly stated in this article as “between 16 and 128 damage” which I have corrected it. If you believe otherwise, here's how the BFG 9000 works, as explained by YouTuber decino.
Found this user who made this erroneous edit: Anon423, at 14:24 (UTC), 7 January 2022. How the user got this completely wrong (For each tracer dealing between 16 and 128 damage is not just a misunderstatement, but misleading too), I don't know what source that say that each BFG tracer deals "between 16 and 128 damage".
Wikipedia Vienna (talk) 15:44, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  An issue about the BFG9000's "tracers"