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2013/02/13 13:11:02
Subject: Re:Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
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I wonder if there's going to be an explanation for this at all, or if they're just going to pretend they never had a Facebook page.
There's no way this could have been accidental, right? I mean I'd think it would be kinda silly for a company to "accidentally" delete its own Facebook page, but this is GW we're talking about so you can't really rule it out.
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 Desubot wrote:Why isnt Slut Wars: The Sexpocalypse a real game dammit.
"It's easier to change the rules than to get good at the game." |
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2013/02/13 13:14:53
Subject: Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Sneaky Striking Scorpion
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Well given EVERY single post they made had negative comments about the cost of the items they were advertising, plus the backlash from the "Space Marine" incident... i'm guessing they just cut their losses and ran.
Pretty bad when 100% of your posts are getting negative feedback. Or sarcastic comments such as "It's nice to see those discounted bundles... oh wait..."
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2013/02/13 13:21:15
Subject: Re:Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Posts with Authority
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The purpose of their Facebook page was advertising - with the negative comments (that were so well deserved) it was not serving that purpose... so *YOINK!*
Odds are that it will not return.
The Auld Grump
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along.
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2013/02/13 13:58:45
Subject: Re:Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Hacking Proxy Mk.1
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 TheAuldGrump wrote:The purpose of their Facebook page was advertising - with the negative comments (that were so well deserved) it was not serving that purpose... so *YOINK!*
Odds are that it will not return.
The Auld Grump
I wouldn't be surprised to see it return a week from now but be locked down so people can't post things on their wall.
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 Fafnir wrote:Oh, I certainly vote with my dollar, but the problem is that that is not enough. The problem with the 'vote with your dollar' response is that it doesn't take into account why we're not buying the product. I want to enjoy 40k enough to buy back in. It was my introduction to traditional games, and there was a time when I enjoyed it very much. I want to buy 40k, but Gamesworkshop is doing their very best to push me away, and simply not buying their product won't tell them that.
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2013/02/13 14:12:18
Subject: Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Steadfast Ultramarine Sergeant
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Apparently, according to BL's FB page, GW has taken down their page to concentrate more on individual store's pages. All news is now to be garnered from individual hobby stores and WD Daily.
I've been trying hard to remain a good fan of GW, but even I'm starting to lose respect for them now, and quickly. What a cop out.
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2013/02/13 14:34:57
Subject: Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Calculating Commissar
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Is there a page for a branch we can treat as the HQ? Warhammer World?
It certainly sounds like just want to avoid any large scale criticism.
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2013/02/13 14:40:20
Subject: Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Hacking Proxy Mk.1
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Herzlos wrote:Is there a page for a branch we can treat as the HQ? Warhammer World?
It certainly sounds like just want to avoid any large scale criticism.
As far as I am aware the only method of contacting GW HQ now is to write or email them direct, which will achieve nothing and is probably the entire purpose of this move.
They have zero interest in communicating with the weird older nerds who by their toys.
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Fafnir wrote:Oh, I certainly vote with my dollar, but the problem is that that is not enough. The problem with the 'vote with your dollar' response is that it doesn't take into account why we're not buying the product. I want to enjoy 40k enough to buy back in. It was my introduction to traditional games, and there was a time when I enjoyed it very much. I want to buy 40k, but Gamesworkshop is doing their very best to push me away, and simply not buying their product won't tell them that.
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2013/02/13 15:02:18
Subject: Re:Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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 Sidstyler wrote:I wonder if there's going to be an explanation for this at all, or if they're just going to pretend they never had a Facebook page.
Eh? They never had a facebook page. Just like they have never had a forum.
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2013/02/13 15:05:35
Subject: Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Sheffield, City of University and Northern-ness
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 jonolikespie wrote:Herzlos wrote:Is there a page for a branch we can treat as the HQ? Warhammer World?
It certainly sounds like just want to avoid any large scale criticism.
As far as I am aware the only method of contacting GW HQ now is to write or email them direct, which will achieve nothing and is probably the entire purpose of this move.
They have zero interest in communicating with the weird older nerds who by their toys.
Because every example of people emailing them hasn't received a response. Because that happened.
Or, in the real world, they do actually use email like normal people, as many people who get dodgy kits here will attest.
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2013/02/13 15:17:41
Subject: Re:Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Facebook, newspapers and the BBC are a fad that will go away. Like the internet 
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2013/02/13 15:43:26
Subject: Re:Games Workshop down for maintenence overnight 16/02/2013
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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The site's up and running now so...
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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Eldar - 105,000pts (Estimated), 
Tyranids - 15,000pts