I read about a lot of people shooting holes in this forum, yet as far as I know traffic is as high as it has ever been.

I'm just curious as to why? What makes dakka better for you than other sites? Why do you come here? What are some of the positives that make dakka a worthwhile worthwhile online asset to you? What makes it different from other sites and forums?

Most people seem fairly adult and the humour is usually good natured.

Indeed adult-behaving forumgoers is the main reason for me hanging out here. That outlook includes spelling, politeness and an air of camaraderie...

Agreed. Just a good tone to the whole thing and lots of sharing.

Plus my girlfriend can only listen to me talk about my land speeders for so long...

I like the painting and modelling section most of all, there's lots of interesting pieces of work going on. I find the forum very user friendly too. There's a healthy number of good regular posters. From what I've seen, there's little aggressive behaviour and not much in the way of flame wars.

I came in the good 'ole days when Dakka was the power gamer's forum, people that posted dissenting opinions were flamed and the regulars were nasty and mean.

I miss the old days.

It's a good mix of artsy painty people and strategy people, so there's decent discussion about both of the aspects of the hobby that appeal to me.

There seem to be comparatively fewer kids on here than many other forums, and more of the gamers I know personally than other forums.

It's also the best technically supported forum I've seen. Between the article system, and the gallery, as well as several of the features on the forum, it's just a better place to put an effort into being part of the community than anywhere else. Things like the Dakka Code signature mouse-over, and the army profiles are just cool.

That, and there's nothing else to do at work while waiting for code to compile.

I can be kind of a self-righteous, know-it-all pain int he rear.

And thus Dakka feels like home.

Actually, of late I'm really trying to focus on positives. Dakka is a good news source for the GW side and a lot of the more 'game'-ish wargames, as opposed to the hard-core 'simulationist' historicals I just can't get excited about. Due to this influence I picked up the core book for a game I had previously ignored (Flames of War) and been an occasional promoter for my game of choice, even if it's not a big name game. (Try HGB!)

Why am i here?
I'd get kicked off most others since i speak my mind

I settled on Dakka because it's an all-around 40K forum, not specialized like warpshadow or bolter and chainsword. And my FLGS only has one 40K night a week. The rest of the week, I need an outlet for my babbling, because nobody else understands me.

It's got a good mix of people and isn't all sucking le GW arse like certain other forums.

Seems like the most honest, truthful and homely place out there for me...

in the modeling side, you have quality work.
in the the advice/tactics you have solid responses.
it's just a great mix of great people. i do visit the other sites, but Dakka has them all beat, hands down.
(please send endorsement checks to...)

It also isn't blocked by my works firewall!

Im here because of Tyranid Picnic , dakka doesnt need to be the biggest site ,
but i always visited that gallery till i finally joined ( where did it go anyways? )

1) Technical Superiority:

- loads faster
- better gallery
- easy to access

2) Good mix of people.

3) stumbled into it and wasnt able to leave since...

I go here just because people post a lot so it keeps me mildly entertained...sometimes.

Its a much more community friendly forum than the other big 40k sites. The moderation team is top notch, there's freedom to post topics from Abortions to Zoanthropes, Dakka allows users to post pictures in every thread, and its a great pool of knowledgeable and thought-provoking posters.

Why not?

+1

MeanGreenStompa wrote:It also isn't blocked by my works firewall!

And this, except that it's school instead of work! : )

Why? Needed help with my army lists.

I come of as a troll, simply because I have an aggressive nature (probably from my girlfriend bitching at me all day for "spending too much time painting" when she has 5000 points of fully painted S.O.B

I try more and more not to include racist terms and such that I use all too often at 23 years old.

first sight i found when searching warhammer forum =P
also liek the layout.......

Oh, lots of the people on the site live near me and i hear about lots of new events i wouldve never heard abotu some day ill go to a AWC!!!

MeanGreenStompa wrote:It's got a good mix of people and isn't all sucking le GW arse like certain other forums.

Zackly. good people, good topics, the mods are ok *ZART* er.... are awesome.... *pat pat* but best of all you get real honest to goodness discussions weather your for or against, its passionate but clean. OH ya, and the spelling Nazis mostly leave me alone.....

Got banned from Warseer, largely for my abrasive personality. Based on Dakka's reputation, I figured I'd fit right in. Turns out it's all hugs and rainbows here. WTF

warpcrafter wrote:I settled on Dakka because it's an all-around 40K forum, not specialized like warpshadow or bolter and chainsword. And my FLGS only has one 40K night a week. The rest of the week, I need an outlet for my babbling, because nobody else understands me.

This, also because I"ve been here a long time and find the crowd pretty rad.

Hey, when did Alarmingrick get here?

I don't stop by as often as I used to, but I was active here for a long time. Now, it's the articles, the P&M and Warmachine Forums, and just tradition.

when did i get here?
the question is how the hell do you get out...

Dakka rules!

Seriously though, people here tend to be rationale, look at things the game in a similar manner to myself and is as far as I have seen, the hands down best place on the net for tactics.

Plus I like the wacky characters that come through here, although a lot of the old schoolers seem to have dropped off.

I was banned on Warseer and a few other forums I've since forgotten about.

I found this site looking for Ork conversions, when I was getting into Orks. I saw some of jamsessioneins stuff, and while I was here, I just kindda looked around. Thats how I found the site.

Now Im on because I can pretty much get an answer to a question pretty quickly, people are willing to help you out with painting/converting/whatever. And yea the humor is pretty good most the time.

Also Ive been banned on 4 or 5 forums simply for bringing up the deffrolla petition, and DAKKA pretty much embraced it and has mostly carried my petition. So on a personal note, that would be the biggest one

One day, yakface tied me to a chair.

He promised he would never do it again unless I moderated the articles.

JD21290 wrote:I'd get kicked off most others since i speak my mind

lord_blackfang wrote:...my abrasive personality.

^ These.

I popped up in late '99 or 2000 and I was here for SO many epic Dakka moments and epic Dakka members, no other 40k board would feel right for me.



Ghidorah

What's the alternative?

Warseer, where people discuss their feelings and paint schemes in army list tactics forms? Bolter & Chainsword, where talking about something that isn't Marine related is a bannable offence?


No. Dakka is the best 40K-related site out there because it allows people to discuss 40K (and all related items) how they want to, warts and all. There are certain aspects that should be changed (starting with an altering of what Rule No.1 is), but I wouldn't be any where else.

Resident Curmudgeon.


I once used to enjoy GW games. Now I'm just a bitter old Grot with a full diaper and so many minis that they own more of my dwelling then I do.


I expect that secretly, I hope that they will eventually get thier collective heads out of thier fourth point of contact and realize that they are killing the golden calf.

Why am I here? I am harvesting Grapes on Farmville and I've got a lot of land...

But seriously, the company is good and friendly. That's all I need. I can't even remember how I found out about this site, but I don't even bother going to BoLS or B&C or Warseer. I've got all I want and need right here.

Yeah...

Rico...

Meh.

Other sites just didn't work for me.

Tried 40k Online, wasn't fond of it.

Wasn't fond of army-specific sites either.

So, I cast my lot in with you gits, and I haven't looked back.

I got banned on Warseer as well, I am glad to see I am not alone here. I still don't understand why, I didn't do any more than what others have done. I see some people there who do worse than me, and are applauded on what a great jobe they do there. I guess they have special treatment. They can say what ever they want.

I was here awhile ago, but forgot the name and couldn't find it anymore. Luckily for me, I just found it again and missed it so badly. Wow what a great forum here. Now I drilled the name DakkaDakka so I will never forget it again.

It looks like here I can post my opnions without being spanked, and everyone seems so down to earth here.

Now I see why it's called WhineSeer. Warseer was the first forums I found when the official GW forums went down so I stayed there. I didn't know how to find anything else. Now I thank God I found this site again.

I joined because there isn't any flaming or any of that bs. The information you can get here is great, and it's cool to talk to people that enjoy the same hobby.

Im here for the wine n women! Whineseer had whinin women.

I like a lot of the forum functions here. Like how if you want to edit something, you just double click wherever the mistake is, and you can fix it without having to load a new page. It is easier to search for stuff here, and Battle Reports, the main thing I read, have their own section, and aren't hidden as a sub-forum. Plus, there are generally more Battle Reports, and they are of a higher quality.

I feel also like Dakka is the more American of the two major forums. Pretty much any argument on Whineseer devolves into why the UK wins at everything forever, and anyone else is an evil imperialist. That and that one moderator over there, starlight? Let's just say I had no idea radical brain removal surgery was so advanced already.

I originally joined Dakka Dakka to promote my homebrew alternate to 3rd/4th edition 40k, and then got banned from Warseer, and Dysartes was pretty sparse, so I moved here full time.

Okay, so who here hasn't been banned on Warseer?

It's enough of a recurring theme, that I'd like to see the poll results.

I'm here because of people being more mature here. The 'you're a bad person if you play differently than I do' mentality is generally frowned upon here rather than exalted like it is on other forums.

well, i haven't been banned from Warseer. and i'm frankly feeling left out. i think that i might make it a New Year's resolution.

I've been around since the tyranid picnic too (about 10 years ago!), but I only joined and became a regular relatively recently. I probably had an account somewhere in one of the older forum incarnations that I forgot about.

I don't get the whining about Dakka, except perhaps that we tolerate GW-negativity. Certainly other forums seem to moderate such behaviour pretty harshly, and whilst I'm not their biggest critic, I couldn't abide by a general rule of 'be nice to GW'.

Despite the sight being a total nerd sausagefest there is a lack of real pr!cks. Other forums just seem to be full of 400lb Mr.Know-it-alls who like to slag you while bathing in the glow of their PC monitor in crusty track pants and Atlanta Thrashers toque drinking Mountain Dew by the gallon. Yes, yes, yes sweeping generalizations...

Dakka is more like a hobby shop than a tournament.

Because I need to punish myself.

Davor wrote:I got banned on Warseer as well, I am glad to see I am not alone here. I still don't understand why, I didn't do any more than what others have done. I see some people there who do worse than me, and are applauded on what a great jobe they do there. I guess they have special treatment. They can say what ever they want.

Warseer isn't alone there, a lot of forums play favorites. Probably even this one, though I haven't been here long enough to know who.

If things said on here about the other sites on here are true,and they prolly are with as many that have stated so, then i see no reason to try other sites.
I dont exactly understand why other sites dont let you speak your mind on subjects. Also dont understand why GW bashing is bad. If you dont particularly like what they do as a company then what is the problem. Now i do understand that things do get out of hand with it sometimes and it starts to sound like whining but it is only because people want the company to better itself will it happen prolly not but they might.

I originally joined as it was THE forum for tourney play. Folks flat out hammered each other here, but actually backed up their own arguements. Being brutally honest did not equate to flaming, and for the most part, everyone understood that.

Things have changed quite a bit over the years, but this site is still produces a lot of great topics for discussion, great articles and fantastic armies/minis in the painting sections.

Plus, it loads fast and I rarely, if ever, have any issues with the site.

Overall, it's my preferred site for 40K.

I got directed here from a local player. I joined due to the 40k Humor thread. I stayed because while Dakka has old and new players, it isn't always "noobs play spess mehreens" and old players "know everfing".


The humor and jovial-ness is better than other threads I've lurked on. That, and everyone here seems to have a self-deprecating manner, which is right up my alley.

Yeah, Dakka, I've given you a compliment. Don't get it to your head.....

I checked out a few sites before choosing dakka. The main reason I chose it was the organization of the forums as a whole. This is probably mostly due in part to Legoburner so top points to him.

I have since found out that generally this is a more mature site in terms of gaming. None of that overhyped enthusiasm which is more prevalent on other sites.

I'm here cuz at work (a government computer) dakka dakka is the only warhammery place I can read about painting techniques all day.

skyth wrote:I'm here because of people being more mature here.

No need to insult us Skyth... sheesh...

1. Got banned from Warseer.

2. I find the activity level about nice. Not too many members, means less chaff to go through to find a decent conversation.

3. It's something to do

4. Despite some blatant favouritism, the Mods are pretty cool about most stuff.

5. OT Forum had a colossal Religious thread of over 30 pages. 'Nuff said about the quality of posters.

Come to think of it... I don't think I've ever been banned from Warseer. Or even Portent, when it was still called that. Is it the kind've thing I should have on my 'Things to do before I die' list?

It's really not that hard to do it. Some of the spats we've had would get us banned from Warseer.

It's a shame, because if you muddle through, Warseer does have some decent content. But hey ho. As I said, if you're postulating an idea, Dakka has pretty much ideal numbers to ensure a decent level of feedback without too much rubbish being added for it's own sake.

Why am I here?
Because I have 13 kilometres to my closest buddy who knows about warhammer.
It's much easier to talk about miniatyres by internet

Merry Christmas to all

I joined this site to chat 40k yo and to cultivate my harsh and abbrasive personaility and chat Warhammer 40,000.

It's a good forum. Simple as that.

avantgarde wrote:Okay, so who here hasn't been banned on Warseer?

It's enough of a recurring theme, that I'd like to see the poll results.

Seconded
And ive never been ban.

I unfortunately was banned from warseer for having an oppinion.

Frazzled got me in the bear trap. It's around my left ankle still.

40K You Make Da Call.

A place where people do not simply let you know you are wrong; they let you know why.

Name one forum dedicated to GW gaming in particular better than Dakka.

You cannot do it. This is the place to be.

Its an adult forum with lots of traffic.
What kind of forum has a similar traffic? B&C? Warseer?

Whoa didn't even notice that, Dakka has way more traffic then 'Seer; might have something to do with twice the amount of lurkers. (At least right now). I have no clue how they get 100 page threads about female SMurfs over there.

Another thing, they suck at dates. Sometimes their time stamps say they have 31 months in the year, but only 12 days per month, which is obviously wrong.

I'm not sure why I'm here. Probably like pissing people off in OT forum.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Come to think of it... I don't think I've ever been banned from Warseer. Or even Portent, when it was still called that. Is it the kind've thing I should have on my 'Things to do before I die' list?

Do What Must Be Done

There are enough older players for there to be some good, well informed opinions, and enough younger players for me to spellcheck and bother about poor grammar. It makes me feel good about myself.

People also aren't as thin-skinned as they are on Warseer. I never posted there, but lurking there can be pretty painful. Good rumors though.

Bolter and Chainsword was my first 40k forum, and was a good place to start. Once I wanted to do an army in addition to Marines I was pretty much done there though.

I actually lurked on Dakka a while ago, back when the site was white instead of brown/grey and consisted almost entirely of powergamers yelling at each other. One poster then called Dakka "A cancerous tumor in the wargaming community."

Feels like home

My first forum was Librarium Online, I searched "Imperial Guard Army Lists" and it was the first result.

I checked some other sites to cross-reference a while later, and it looked like Librarium's advice of "take more Griffons" wasn't really falling in line, with, well, anyone.

I found Dakka by chance then and it just became my favorite (is it just me, or do we have a disproportionate amount of Guard threads?)

People know what they're talking about here, and the community still has some of that powergaming I read about to it - people accept which units are bad instead of trying to justify everything, and it's nice.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:It also isn't blocked by my works firewall!

To bad...

Dakka has fewer idiots than any of the other major forums. Not that there aren't a significant number of idiots hanging around. There's simply not enough of them to make me want to claw my eyes out after reading, which is really all I ask of any forum.

One poster then called Dakka "A cancerous tumor in the wargaming community."

Stelek?

I think he means well, he's just kind of um...well...eh, I hear he's much nicer in person.

Not that there aren't a significant number of idiots hanging around.

Anyway, if you really want to get banned from Warseer HBMC, it's easy. Start a bunch of Space Marine hate threads in the 40k Discussion board.

That was one of my pet peeves, they'll allow "hate" threads for other armies, like Tau or Eldar, but if you do one on Marines it gets locked.

All of my real life friends talk about nothing but Warhammer, so I come here to talk about unrelated things in the Off Topic section.

Sidstyler wrote:

One poster then called Dakka "A cancerous tumor in the wargaming community."

Stelek?

I think he means well, he's just kind of um...well...eh, I hear he's much nicer in person.

This would be pre-Stelek, he wasn't here that long.

I remember the quote, but not who said it.


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grizgrin wrote:I read about a lot of people shooting holes in this forum, yet as far as I know traffic is as high as it has ever been.

I'm just curious as to why? What makes dakka better for you than other sites? Why do you come here? What are some of the positives that make dakka a worthwhile worthwhile online asset to you? What makes it different from other sites and forums?

Dakka is home. I joined back in 2002 to argue with Mauleed. Even at its lowest point it has been a fun place to be. Despite some efforts to spam stupidity by certain posters, Dakka remains intelligent and more comfortable for older gamers.

Lol. How many people here haven't been banned from warseer!?

I'm here because it's the only other major rumours forum for 40k & WH.

And for the company of course

So Dakka is full of Warseer refugees?

I lurked here for years while I was more active on Warseer. It wasn't until Triggerbaby made me laugh so hard I peed a little that I decided to join in here full time. I don't know if I've posted on Warseer since (though I do head back from time to time to look at the pretty pictures). Oh at the time I joined the hate-GW levels were so high I felt a different point of view was needed. Fortunately I'm more moderated now, HBMC and I haven't even fought in like 2-3 months!!

Mature and adult posters who will offer helpful and constructive advice to modelling efforts. Also, some incredible blogs. Its the place to be.

I was lured by Malfred's manbag and haven't been able to escape since.

grizgrin wrote:I read about a lot of people shooting holes in this forum, yet as far as I know traffic is as high as it has ever been.

I'm just curious as to why? What makes dakka better for you than other sites? Why do you come here? What are some of the positives that make dakka a worthwhile worthwhile online asset to you? What makes it different from other sites and forums?

Dakka is the least terrible of the GW related sites.

Note that does not mean that the site is NOT terrible. It's not even very good. In fact, it's really just a further parody of everything that is wrong with the "hobby".

Howling masses, internet toughguys that think they're special because the absentee site owner gave them special privileges, all that.

It's really just something for me to have a laugh at when I don't feel like logging in to WoW or work on models and something to share a laugh with the boys at the local GW store.


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Grimstonefire wrote:Lol. How many people here haven't been banned from warseer!?

I'm here because it's the only other major rumours forum for 40k & WH.

And for the company of course

I haven't, but I haven't been to Warseer since it changed it's name from Portent and stopped being good.

I haven't been banned but then I don't post stuff in wrong forums or make personal attacks against mods over there so I guess I haven't had a reason to be banned.

Yes, I am as big an arsehole over there as I am here; I just know I can't post threads whining about certain armies in the News and Rumors thread which appears to me to be why most get banned.

I also prefer Warseer for everything BUT the OT topics. In that regard Dakka is better. For anything actually related to 40K I prefer Seer.

I'm not just specifically on Dakka, I'm on as many warhammer forums as I can be on. I only post on general purpose forums or forums about tyranids, but I read about Tau, Daemons, and read B&C. I'm here to find every single detail about the game that I can. I like to know about my game, know about my opponents, and know about the meta. To be simple I'm here to win. Though most of my games played are just me goofing off I still have an innate desire to dominate and I have gained countless amounts of useful ideas and been exposed to different views that improve my game. I want to know and see everything while playing a 40k battle, simultaneously. This forum helps.

Thanks for being so awesome guys. *smiley face*

I've never been banned from Warseer. I don't even regularly read Warseer.

Basically, I post here because this is the smartest and most mature miniatures forum I've been to that has actual content, as scary as that may sound. Most posters are quite well-behaved and the mods are efficient and effective and create minimal drama. And mostly I come here for the News & Rumours/Painting & Modelling forums, which consistently have better content than other forums I've been to.

I haven't messed around with the article system but the gallery is top-notch. And I haven't joined a painting contest, but I really like seeing the results. It would be cool if that could be stretched to other parts of the hobby, like a unit creation contest or something.

Dakka has a great gallery and as said earlier, it's fairly polite compared to other forums!

I'm here because I love this site.

it's worth it.

I get alot out of this site, and I put somthing in

It's an awesome gaming community, and thats why people stay.

I got here through doing a search on modelling and painting I think.

Lurked for a while, really enjoyed the P&M articles and blogs and eventually joined up to thank some of the posters for their efforts in helping people like me to learn new techniques.

I often read the YMDC threads for their views and enjoy the sometimes lively discussions that take place.

As a mature gamer (i.e. old git) this seems like just the right place for me to be, so cheers to all the mods and admins for making it so.

Um. No idea.

It had something to do with trolling, IIRC.

It's a reliable source of news for me. The painting forums have a lot of participation. And in Spanish forums, if you visit 4 of them, you will see at least the 5 same users in both 4, posting the same stuff. Don't know why xD

MeanGreenStompa wrote:It also isn't blocked by my works firewall!

+1 LOL

Edit: I forgot: there are a lot of pictures of Vikki Blows in avatars. 40k + Vikki Blows pics is just pure win.

I agree and say that the people here are rather... well-behaved compared to other sites. Also I am still kinda of a n00b when it comes to gaming so I find this site helpful when it comes to painting, stragety, rules, etc.

Technically, the site is the best discussion board I've found. I like that there's usually something interesting on the front page.
I also like the atmosphere and chatter here a lot.

There are many reasons I come to this site.

1.) It is allowed at work. By which I mean the firewall does not block it.

2.) The way that grown men argue about toy soldiers in YMTC is beyond priceless and is a gem to behold

3.) Many of the articles in Dakka are very very entertaining even if I don’t agree with them. To every one who writes articles, tacticas and so forth, I LOVE walls of text, please entertain me!

4.) Some of the art work on here is amazing.

5.) Most people on here ascribe to one way of thinking and will not be swayed and are not polite about it, but that’s real life and people should get used to it. Civility is a privilege not a right.

Good layout without having 3 year old threads of 2000 pages of outdated tactics. Plus Stelek was entertaining.

Now I'm usually on to read tactics and battle reports from players like Shep, Blackmoor, and others.

Why do I stay here?

Well, the spell check wouldn't obliterate 80% of everything said by people here, which is far more than I could say on a lot of other sites. For someone who likes to read a lot more than post, that means a lot.

The Gallery is far superior to anything I've seen anywhere else.

The Articles section is very well designed. The font and colour don't hurt my eyes. It's active enough, and well moderated enough, that I don't have to worry too much about clicking on a thread.

Because they block Chicks in Chainmail.com at work.

The number one reason I came to DakkaDakka is because I am interested in WH40K and there seems to be a pretty good crowd of 40K players on this site.

I have missed out on a lot over the past few years and thought that this would give me an opportunity to catch up on what is what in the dark millennium.

I try to limit the number of site I join and chose this one as one of the candidates. Besides, keeping up with to many sites might freeze my old brain, making me dumber than an ork turd... which is only slightly smarter than an ork.

I came here to stare at Painting and Modeling and Painting Blogs.

Joined awhile back. Quality articles and reasonable tactical advice.

I was member of Portent around 1999 or 2000. Never banned.

Howlingmoon wrote:

grizgrin wrote:I read about a lot of people shooting holes in this forum, yet as far as I know traffic is as high as it has ever been.

I'm just curious as to why? What makes dakka better for you than other sites? Why do you come here? What are some of the positives that make dakka a worthwhile worthwhile online asset to you? What makes it different from other sites and forums?

Dakka is the least terrible of the GW related sites.

Note that does not mean that the site is NOT terrible. It's not even very good. In fact, it's really just a further parody of everything that is wrong with the "hobby".

Howling masses, internet toughguys that think they're special because the absentee site owner gave them special privileges, all that.

It's really just something for me to have a laugh at when I don't feel like logging in to WoW or work on models and something to share a laugh with the boys at the local GW store.

Anyway, while Dakka does lean toward the slightly cynical/sarcastic/negative/realistic side of things, I think that overall, it is the best place to come for good discussion on various hobby related topics.

Plus, the Painting and Modeling sections have come a long way (thank you Gallery!) and are fast becoming the 'first stop' on my daily visits.

Overall, its a good 'community'. Or, as good as you'll find online.

Because Warsser confuses me with its crazy interface and I never went to Bolter and Chainsword or BoLS.

I think I found this when searching for Space Marine army lists (strange that Bolter and chainsowrd didn't come up first )

I trolled for a while, then joined and got involved with that 30+ page religious forum in the off topic section (LONG LIVE THE TURTLE PIE) and that had me hooked. I never left since. Oh, and we have GWAR.

Because...believe it or not...I feel that Dakka is one of the friendlier forums out there. There always a few of those people on every forum, but no one here really grates my cheese if you know what I mean.

Plus dakka's YMDC is a great place to get to the absolute truth of any rules question.

I'm on Dakka becuase I once heard that people here like to pack their warm buns with hot meat...


Seriously though, this place has made me luagh countless times and the people here are relatively friendly and good-natured. (Even the trolls! )

Emperors Faithful wrote:I'm on Dakka becuase I once heard that people here like to pack their warm buns with hot meat...

This...most definatly this .

The real question is why isn't every war gamer on Dakka?

I am on Dakka cuz.

I am a wargamer.

The crowd is cool.

And It's another place for me to terrorize in the name of Vect!!!- I mean the Emperor.


Yeah...

I am lucky that I did get banned from Warseer otherwise I would have never refound this site again.

I can't believe how much I have been missing for the last few years by not coming here.

I generally come here to find an answer to a question in a recent game. The eight page threads, flaming, attitude, and general discourtesy seems to make it slightly more interesting then a straight answer

Marcus Iago Geruasius wrote:I generally come here to find an answer to a question in a recent game. The eight page threads, flaming, attitude, and general discourtesy seems to make it slightly more interesting then a straight answer

not really. which is what makes it so funny. "This is Dakka! We're a nice forum where everyone gets along!" *insert flame war with a certain moderator and 2 or more of the usual suspects in the middle of it here*

And yes, I could put a funny picture in too, but I'm pretty sure that would lead to someone getting a case of the butthurt and me getting banned.

1/ It is work friendly, and the ability to change themes stops people from questioning what I am looking at.

2/ The mods are firm but fair, they don't go overkill on official warnings and treat you like an adult rather than a misbehaving child.

3/ It makes me laugh. Most of the discusson on here is both mature and humorous. The topics are varied and whilst things can get heated it is rare that anyone gets serious grief for airing their veiws.

4/ The site is realy easy to use and welcoming. Coments in the P&M section are always constuctive and suportive

5/ There is very litle pedantry an display. The major turn off for most people with forums is being made to feel stupid because of A, a litle spelling mistake, or B for not knowing as much as the next person.

Meh - it's accessable at my job. I spend more time at TMP to be honest.

I originally came because it was one of the first forums I found for 40k, and I stayed because spelling and grammar were held in high esteem.

These days, not so much.

Vengis wrote:I originally came because it was one of the first forums I found for 40k, and I stayed because spelling and grammar were held in high esteem.

These days, not so much.

Sort of hard these days, since lots of kids can't spell these days because of the internet slang. I do hope it gets better though.

Tried Warseer. Didn't take. Tried Librarium-online. Didn't take. Tried Dakka. Been here ever since.

Vengis wrote:I originally came because it was one of the first forums I found for 40k, and I stayed because spelling and grammar were held in high esteem.

These days, not so much.

Hey, I still crack down on this. Then again, I'm a jerk.

I joined up on Dakka about nine years ago when I had one local player that I knew; I just wanted to discuss the hobby. Just grew to like Dakka and put down roots.

I've never been banned from a 40k related site, though I'm in self imposed Exile from 40kO and scan a few other sites on occasion.

The main thing I like about Dakka is it seems like it's got a lot of people that are gamers first and message board posters second. It keeps egos and hurt feelings under control.

I am here because the old FLGS in my area had a great owner that turned me to the site. Was lurking in the early 2000's, joined a while later when I decided I knew enough to voice some opinions.

So I guess the shortest answer is: I am a masochistic creature of habit... LOVE YOU DAKKA!

I'm here because I felt like it.
Its the first one I've been on and a lot of the people on the site are quite friendly.

Dude it's the premier wargaming forum on the net! You never been to Adepticon?

Dakka is something that is "actually good". It has a higher than average quality-to-crap ratio and as such contributing to it is worthwhile.

duh.

Besides, there are number of regular posters who are always quick with wargaming news that is relevant, besides the other excellent conversation. I stopped following TGN a long, long time ago.

I like Warhammer, and this is a top forum for it.

Plus, my doctor says I need to constructively talk to people to get over my issues.

yes it would be work friendly.... if i had a job where i sat at a computer again....
I switched over mainly for the gallery/painting community. I was on some other website(s) and they were over populated with studio artists who would literally rate your mini's down, because it wasn't some GD quality, or if it was cuz you didn't belong to a studio.
This is really a gaming community, that while we all can be childish... we are gamers.... c'mon what you expect??
I feel like the feedback i get is honest without being harsh, and advice is given with the intent of being helpful not to be mean.

To complain mostly. Why else?

Lorek wrote:

Vengis wrote:I originally came because it was one of the first forums I found for 40k, and I stayed because spelling and grammar were held in high esteem.

These days, not so much.

Hey, I still crack down on this. Then again, I'm a jerk.

I'd do it, but my version would involve a giant picture of a keyboard with the shift key circled in red. All along the border it would read, "You press button, make not suck" in big sparkle text. I have a feeling that would get me banned eventually.

IIRC I was lurking on Portent and someone was making comments about how harsh Dakkaites were, so I thought I should lurk here and see.

Found the conversations a hell of a lot better, and I certainly learned a lot more.

Dakka isn't really that harsh is it? Or do people have really thin skins?

Dakka covers all of my gaming needs and/or bases.

This site helps to keep me inspired to play and the painting/modeling section keeps me inspired in that section as well.

I find that the Gallery is superb, the tutorials useful, tatical advice pratical and it has an easy layout.

My experience with dakka goes way back... I had a account on old dakka and the tone was diferent from what now dakka morphed into...

The old dakka was ok apart from some glitchs like forum sluggish speeds the tone was alot more rude then also, no problems there yet I had some small issues with administration and the forum refreshing ridiculous slow timmings made me close and erase my account.
Years later Migsula pm'd at warseer and i give it a shoot to dakka under new administration and software...wow and wow big diference... also the rudeness is a lot less present.
The content diversity boomed and this has become a HOBBY forum and not only 40k, people are more adult now, mods more sharper and funny, administration better, forums speeds and tech is superb.

In short a good forum in the past became SO MUCH BETTER in the present and I'm glad I'm here again.

NAVARRO wrote:people are more adult now, mods more sharper and funny,

Are we reading the same forum?

I have failed to follow through on many hobbies / skills I wanted to be good at (staring at my fender strat in the back of my room.) Painting miniatures is a satisfying experience to the point where one holds their breath as others examine your work. Or in my case I ran into this:

"Beautiful Big mek frenzy, damn shame you did a good job because I have to break the bastard. 5+ cover save my ass *fakes a toss*"

Community and tutorials are unmatched on the internet. Now if I can get someone to walk me through the damn "putting on decal" process.

-Cheers

Howlingmoon wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:people are more adult now, mods more sharper and funny,

Are we reading the same forum?

Yes we are, the diference is that you are looking at a tree and got stuck with it and I'm looking at the forest.
You have been here for what? some months? Thats hardly my prespective.

This is the first and only wargaming forum I ever joined. I quite like it.

Its not Warseer or BaCS, two sites I just cant relate to.

I came for the rumours, stayed for the wit. Sure there are the annoying pricks and the herd instinct regarding some matters, but it is still an enjoyable place to post and lurk.

the wut

Mainly the gallery. It's very inspirational.

Tacobake wrote:the wut

No, wit. Granted, not a lot have it, but there are some who shine.

Why woudn't I be I think is the hard question, fairly adult audience, the gallery, P&M blogs are an inspiration, good humour, friendly mods and what I feel to be a tightly nit fourm, I think the people we getto know on here we become good friends with even if we'll never meet them.

Another thing I love about Dakka is everything is mixed together. By that I mean yes you have your 40K, your Fantasy section, but here in Dakka general, everything is mixed together. While I was on Warseer, I was just in 40K and LotR. I didn't bother with any of the other games.

Now I know of other games wich I never knew about before. So who knows, maybe I will be starting a new game system. I like when I read about rumours, I read about everything not just one thing, wich I would normally have passed over and then know nothing about. I love all the light heartedness in here and everyone having fun.