Subject: But the answer still stands
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Posted on: 2014-07-28 17:43:00 UTC
Unofficial minis like that were created before the rules were agreed upon. Since TF2 doesn't have a mini, one way or the other, it is subject to the rules and can only be made through a mission or OFU. It can't be created on the Board, not even as an unofficial one.
I was surfing the Wiki when I came accross the Minis page, and decided to look up the Minis for the various canons I know.
I didn't see Team Fortress 2 anywhere on the list.
What would a TF2 mini be? I suggest either Mini-Sentries (possibly could be confused with the Combat Minisentries that Engineers with the Gunslinger use), "Pocket Medics" (miniature Medics, could be confused with the in-game cosmetic item "Pocket Medic"), or Mini-Robots (like from the game mode Mann VS Machine).
"The creation of new mini types is reserved for either a) the creator of the OFU in that continuum, or b) if there is no OFU, the first person to write about them in a mission to that continuum. The reason for this is that, while it's fun to dream up mini types, it isn't fair to the people actually writing in a new continuum if the perks of doing so are gone when they get there."
Speculation is of course fine (albeit a bit pointless, other than as a mental exercise) but there's no way to suggest a type of minis. You either write the OFU or the first mission for that canon to feature a mini, or you don't.
If you actually looked at the list they have, you'll find several canons with this disclaimer underneath the entry, and I quote using the Transformers entry as an example:
"This mini type is not yet official and can be changed by the first writer of a Transformers OFU or the first to write a Transformers mission that produces a mini."
That was what I was going for, not a set-in-stone variety.
Unofficial minis like that were created before the rules were agreed upon. Since TF2 doesn't have a mini, one way or the other, it is subject to the rules and can only be made through a mission or OFU. It can't be created on the Board, not even as an unofficial one.