DorianGray wrote:You're just bitter Tau are amazing at killing
MEQs / SPAACZZZE Marines, Tau lose hard to horde armies. Guess what SPAAZCCE Marines are the most boring unimaginative army in the entire hobby.
When I started playing 9/10 people only play either evil Space Marines or Space Marines. When someone started a new army (he had Space Marines) they had the brilliant idea that he'll start Space Wolves, Black Templars, or Blood Angels instead! PROFIT! Every game was
SM vs
SM. Space Marines are the easiest army to paint, easiest army to play/most forgiving, the cheapest army to collect, and appeals to the 8-14 year old kid's mind of ZOMG humanity's super heroes!!! I'm playing them! Space Marines are 1.) For kids (Ever seen a 12 year old kid in a
GW store play ANYTHING OTHER THEN SPOAAZZE MARINES?) 2.) Everyone and their father plays them. You should be ashamed.
Which is why I love it when Xenos wipes the floor with them (Tau, Eldar, Necrons).
If you really find nothing worthwhile about any Space Marine chapter or lore, I'm not sure you are a person worth speaking to. What exactly is unimaginative about them?
Few things,
1) Just because the younger crowd is drawn to them doesn't make them "for kids" - younger kids also like Star Wars, Batman, etc.
2) Necrons are easiest to paint, but so what? When did we get so snooty? Why does it have to be hard to get good looking models?
3)
GW would be NOTHING without their Space Marine IP. I believe something like 70% of their sales are
SM. So the only reason you can
even play 40k is from the support of the
SM lovers.
Most importantly
4 ) YOU should be ashamed for being such a butthead. This hobby is supposed to be welcoming and inclusive. You sound like a whiney hipster. Who made you the judge of cool? Just enjoy what you enjoy and let other people pick what they like.
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General Hobbs wrote:
I'm in the game store hobbying, and this girl who could have been Kate Upton's twin came in, wearing a short skirt, boots, fishnets and a tank top. She eventually comes over to me and asks if I want to play a game of
40K. We play, we hit it off, we end up going for drinks, then dinner.
I had planned on getting in at least 2 more games that day. But I didn't want to be rude and tell her no, she was so nice.
Haha must have been
the worst
/sarcasm
I have honestly never seen a lady who collects a
40k army. That's some unicorn s#!@ right there. QUICK CATCH HER!