Something which really gets on my wick about eBay, people who make stuff up in their item titles. For instance, the amount of stuff with "Rogue Trader" put in it that isn't RT era, and there's no point in feigning innocence, some of these "rogue trader" things are models only made in the last few years, not the 80s. And ther other? Putting "OOP" in stuff to get attention. That annoys me too, and it's not a case of poor research I've just seen something listed as "Brand New OOP". Yeah whatever.
I recently bought an unopened still shrink-wrapped starter box for Epic 40k. The game is OOP. I could have lived with it being listed as brand new OOP because it really kind of was/is. Just saying.
Otherwise, I know what you're feeling. Don't forget professionally painted is code for paid my little brother to primer them (hey, I paid to have it done therefore "professional", right?)
The way people misuse the apostrophe. This constant use of the possessive for the plural, or the plural for the contraction, really drives me crazy.
I saw a food truck the other day. They offered "taco's, burrito's, and chalupa's." I went up the them and asked, "Taco's what? What are you selling that belongs to Taco? Does Chalupa know you are selling her stuff?"
When I see a thread title that uses the word "mini's" instead of "minis," I grind my teeth.
Entering the local GW store and happening upon some redshirt trying to sell the idea of deamonic possession, flesh-eating bio-constructs and endless carnage to unsuspecting mothers and their attendant 11-year olds...
privateer4hire wrote:I recently bought an unopened still shrink-wrapped starter box for Epic 40k. The game is OOP. I could have lived with it being listed as brand new OOP because it really kind of was/is. Just saying.
Oh I see you point, OOP but in brand new condition. Except this was being applied to the latest releases, I saw it being put on the Space Hulk novel before it was even officially relased!
I've given up on "pro-painted", I know there's a lot of argument as to what pro-painting actually is, but to me a professional painter can actually paint well.
You declare a charge, then measure. It's close, but it looks in to you. This Guy says "my angle's weird, are you sure? It doesn't look in to me..." You say "I think it's in, but let's have someone else take a look." You call over Neutral Third Party, who takes a look, and says "Oh yeah, it's in. No problem." So You look at This Guy for confirmation, and he shrugs, leans back, and says: "Ok, I'll let you have it"
And then, after it's over, and you win, This Guy says "Yeah, that was rough... I shouldn't have given you that one charge, that got you the win. Good game though."
OOP can mean "out of packaging" as well. That's a common term for star wars figures and the like. But they are probably going for "out of production" with regards to 40k postings.
A pet peeve of mine is strangers touching my models without asking. I've only had one kid grab one of my models while playing a game at a store, and I immediately saw red. I calmly asked him to put it down. However, I spend a lot of time removing flash, basing, converting, and painting a lot of my models. To see 6+ hours of work in a strangers hands who never asked permission makes me madder than a 1 legged man in a butt kicking contest.
My big pet peeve is when my roommate has his girlfriend over for a bit of late evening entertainment, and the sounds coming out of their room remind me of a moose trying to crap a whole family of hedgehogs....
(Extra points if you can get the literary reference.)
Game pet peeve: Seeing a single space marine on a hill shooting his plasma cannon at me. When I return fire he just removes the guys behind the hill I can't see.
Out of game peeve: people using "a ton" or "tons" as a synonym for "a lot" or "many".
My pet peeve is the continued marginalization of Specialist Games stuff. If I could buy BFG things from a FLGS or even a GW store without mail order related hassles, my sum total of GW-minis purchases since I emigrated to the States in 2003 would be more than AoBR and a Box of Tau Fire Warriors...
You declare a charge, then measure. It's close, but it looks in to you. This Guy says "my angle's weird, are you sure? It doesn't look in to me..." You say "I think it's in, but let's have someone else take a look." You call over Neutral Third Party, who takes a look, and says "Oh yeah, it's in. No problem." So You look at This Guy for confirmation, and he shrugs, leans back, and says: "Ok, I'll let you have it"
And then, after it's over, and you win, This Guy says "Yeah, that was rough... I shouldn't have given you that one charge, that got you the win. Good game though."
So, yeah... That Guy is a pet peeve.
And my own wildly inconsistent dicing, of course.
-Dis.
I have a buddy that plays like this. My favorite from him is:
Him: "Yea but you only won because your Las Predator killed my Carnifex."
Me: "And that makes it a cheap win... how?"
Him: "Whatever. I would've won if I stuck to the left. I think you're over your points anyway."
*I total up my points, showing that we're both within the 1500 margin, and he's actually higher than myself*
Him: "Meh. You just had lucky rolls. I don't think your actual strategy was very good."
Me, in my head: "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU-"
He also refuses to play a game unless we let him use the 3rd Ed Codex for his Tyranids, even though we're all using 5th Ed Rules and Codi. Damnit I wish therewere more local players.
Also: People that tell others that they to improve their painting skills when their own stuff looks far worse than what they're criticizing.
My pet peeve is walking through Brighton with a large silver Aquilla painted on my case (from ages ago). I cringe whenever someone gives me a funny look, especially when it's someone I know, or a really cute girl.
Valkyrie wrote:My pet peeve is walking through Brighton with a large silver Aquilla painted on my case (from ages ago). I cringe whenever someone gives me a funny look, especially when it's someone I know.
My brother often asks to borrow a large bag to hide his army cases in whenever he comes over for a game
Valkyrie wrote:My pet peeve is walking through Brighton with a large silver Aquilla painted on my case (from ages ago). I cringe whenever someone gives me a funny look, especially when it's someone I know.
My brother often asks to borrow a large bag to hide his army cases in whenever he comes over for a game
Haha. Yes I abosulutely hate the way people judge as soon as they see warhammer. Some of my friends find Warhammer to be a nerdy geek game however they are playing Yu-Gi-Oh in highschool... needless to say I dont hang out with them anymore... I do however keep all my Wargaming stuff in a different room for when people come over... although its also mainly because I needed more space.
I doubt that Valk's concern was so much that people think it's nerdy as it is they think he's a Nazi, what with the big silver Aquilia and all. Even though the Nazi Aquilia had only one head, people can be stupid like that.
metallifan wrote:I doubt that Valk's concern was so much that people think it's nerdy as it is they think he's a Nazi, what with the big silver Aquilia and all. Even though the Nazi Aquilia had only one head, people can be stupid like that.
Actually yeah, my grandfather once mentioned why I had the Nazi Eagle on my case, so I had to explain it to him.
metallifan wrote:I doubt that Valk's concern was so much that people think it's nerdy as it is they think he's a Nazi, what with the big silver Aquilia and all. Even though the Nazi Aquilia had only one head, people can be stupid like that.
Actually yeah, my grandfather once mentioned why I had the Nazi Eagle on my case, so I had to explain it to him.
You know what's even more akward? The look on peoples' faces when you explain that the Nazi coin collection you have was given to you by your German Grandpa after he moved to Canada. Well, okay more like 50 years after he moved to Canada, but you get it
I have to say this post has been one of my favs of all time!! So many of these I find myself nodding my head on and laughing.
I strongly believe my biggest pet peave is the "pro painted" one. I see so much crap on ebay that is "pro painted" but discovered that there is actually an old paint line called pro painted.
UltraPrime wrote:People who think 'Sphez Mahreenz', or variations thereof, is funny.
Or, to take that further, people who think that Indrick Boreale (or however you spell his name) actually says "Spehss" when he very clearly (for anyone who understands the various English accents out there) said "Space."
People who cant help themselves and start wishlisting in rumour threads....and the nimrods who later pass that wishlisting of as a rumour. Have seen it a million times.
People who believe that a picture of their latest model, placed on a ratty cutting mat with a monitor and a slew of paintpots in the background, using the phonecamera under fluorescent lighting, is a good idea.
People who cannot be bothered to use simple punctuation and capitals, and thinks just pouring your thoughts into writing makes for good reading.
People who don't direct link pictures. I hate having to press a link and then finding it is to slow-ass Photobucket...and the picture sucks.
Nerd posturing.
Whenever a girl walks into a GW store. I quite often pop into my local store with the girlfriend to pick up paint or other bits and bobs it amazes me the amount of grown men (I use the term loosly) who actualy stare, whisper to their mates and then decide to shout at each other about the game they are playing or what they did at roleplay last Tuesday. It's embarasing, and it apparently is worse when she goes in on her own.
Pro-painted.
Please don't kid yourself, unless you work for 'Eavy metal or have won a Golden Deamon, it isn't pro-painted, and half of the miniatures advertised as this look like they were painted by a monkey wearing oven gloves. I hate it when people try to advertise an item as something which it clearly isn't.
Know it alls.
You have all met the type. Smelly, ugly, overwieght and over-opinionated, they lurk around the gaming tables or worse still the book shelves and delight in picking upon any slight error a player may make regardless of if it is a rule or a piece of fluff. Grow up and have a shower
Oh, and people who open a thread and decides to answer the OP....when the thread is 3 pages long. And the mouthbreather cannot be bothered to read the thread before posting.
People who answer rules questions without providing reference. Or better yet just disregards the question, "I can't seem to find the rule that allows a squad to assault the passengers whose transport is destroyed. Can you help me?"
Answer; "Yes, you can assault the unit". *Facepalm*
UltraPrime wrote:People who think 'Sphez Mahreenz', or variations thereof, is funny.
You spelled Spehss Muhrens wrong.
I know this is a joke, but...
My Dakka Dakka’s Pet Peeve is when a member in the middle of a thread complains about a previous poster’s spelling and/or grammar, but saying nothing about the topic, just the rant. Never noticing the fact the person could be under age and hasn’t been taught or that the person is from another country that their primary language or even their secondary language isn’t English. Makes me think about the people that visit a foreign country and believe if they speak very loud and repeat themselves many times, maybe the person will eventually understand English.
If I find a post that is a train wreak and difficult to read, I stop reading it and move on to the next topic. Remember people, Dakka’s Rule number one is be polite, Ranting for three paragraphs on how much smarter you are on reading and writing English is not we are here to read about. If we want to get more people playing tabletop games, we need to welcome the new people, help them accordingly, correct them on spelling, math or what ever and not make a big deal about it. Then answer their questions that they came to Dakka in the first place.
Grammar Police: You make a point [Right or Wrong], but you call a character “Bill” when his name William and the next three pages of “Discussions” are about the proper usage of his name.
-Some of these have derailed more threads than I care to remember.
I can't stand people who throw their dice during games. If you can't keep your cool during something that should be fun, pack up your stuff and don't waste my time.
I hate that one guy who is watching you play and has to narrate what's happening on the board. Like, guy, I know you love the game as much as I do, but I'm playing in the game you're telling me about. Yes, he did pass his armor save, but he didn't drop his gun to brush his shoulder off where the bullet bounced off.
I also despise power gamers. If you're playing solely to win, then we will not be playing.
Hawkmoon wrote:People who roll armour saves one dice at a time.
Yep, not to mention against the rules.
Couple pet peeves:
Someone questioning why you're doing something or building your list a certain way, with a smirk on their face, as if they already have an answer loaded as to why their way is better.
-and-
Someone sitting at the edge of the board, not playing, just watching, spouting out rules. Not even important rules. "Hey, what's the side armour of your Leman Russ?" I ask. "13," my opponent sighs as the guy at the table edge cries out, "13!"
People whining about space marines, its been done and over done and even more over done... makes you want to just tell them grow up but doubt they'll drag themselves out the pity hole to listen. Yes we all know you don't like them or play them and their released alot but give over already
You know the people that have to get right into your face and breath their dorito laced coffee breath at you when they speak, while simultaneuosly showering you with spittle, as they rave about this or that.
GG
edit..I also forgot to mention that these same people seem to have an innate radar lock, whereby they are able maintain this closeness even as you politely try to back away out of the breath/spray zone.
You know the people that have to get right into your face and breath their dorito laced coffee breath at you when the speak, while simultaneuosly showering you with spittle as they rave about this or that.
GG
I tend to shove these people back out of my personal space, so I can't say I feel your pain on that one
My is seeing some with a different army every time a new Codex comes out... They buy the models and make the army, but never paint them...( i call them flavor of the month people)...
When me (a tau player) is going against another player who is not playing eldar, and some kid comes along and starts talking about how great his eldar army is and how it could totally beat both of our armies and that wairthlords are totally awesome.
Also when I am playing a game and kid tries to tell me and my opponent about his new gaming system that he made using green army men and how it is so much better than 40k and we need to play it and pay him money for it. While we are playing.
Now I have worked as a camp counselor before and know in general most kids mean well, but I really wanted to say go away, I am playing a game and I do not care about how great your eldar army is and I do not want to play your new game. Fortunately the lack of response made the kids realize we did not care and left us be.
Vulcan wrote:When you start a "Why do you like X over Y" Thread and someone comes in telling you that Y is better.
Go start a thread about why Y is better, don't threadcrap this one!
You mean how your "Why do you like WHFB over 40K" Thread has a few posters that say "40K is more balanced, and thus fun, although I would enjoy fantasy more if it were stable" instead of just saying "Fantasy rules, woo"?
Here you go:
EDIT: Piper, I bet his "Great new game system" was just 40K rules with army men instead of minis
Vulcan wrote:When you start a "Why do you like X over Y" Thread and someone comes in telling you that Y is better.
Go start a thread about why Y is better, don't threadcrap this one!
You mean how your "Why do you like WHFB over 40K" Thread has a few posters that say "40K is more balanced, and thus fun, although I would enjoy fantasy more if it were stable" instead of just saying "Fantasy rules, woo"?
Here you go:
EDIT: Piper, I bet his "Great new game system" was just 40K rules with army men instead of minis
Thats not quite what hes trying to say. The example you gave is someones opinion.. exactly like the OP asks... he is however refering to when you ask somes opinion then instead of giving their opinion they flat out say that 40k or Fantasy is better and will argue as to why instead of giving their own opinion. Different people will like different game systems and thats just natural behavior. But trying to say that one is flat out better than the other... well that wasnt the question... if the thread was "Is 40k or WHFB better?" than that would be an ok answer... but not in an opinionated thread...
Or coarse I might be way off but I believe this is what hes trying to say.
Vulcan wrote:When you start a "Why do you like X over Y" Thread and someone comes in telling you that Y is better.
Go start a thread about why Y is better, don't threadcrap this one!
You mean how your "Why do you like WHFB over 40K" Thread has a few posters that say "40K is more balanced, and thus fun, although I would enjoy fantasy more if it were stable" instead of just saying "Fantasy rules, woo"?
Here you go:
EDIT: Piper, I bet his "Great new game system" was just 40K rules with army men instead of minis
Thats not quite what hes trying to say. The example you gave is someones opinion.. exactly like the OP asks... he is however refering to when you ask somes opinion then instead of giving their opinion they flat out say that 40k or Fantasy is better and will argue as to why instead of giving their own opinion. Different people will like different game systems and thats just natural behavior. But trying to say that one is flat out better than the other... well that wasnt the question... if the thread was "Is 40k or WHFB better?" than that would be an ok answer... but not in an opinionated thread...
Or coarse I might be way off but I believe this is what hes trying to say.
Pretty much my point. If you want to talk about how 40K is better than fantasy, there is a separate thread for that. After all, I didn't go pointing out the shortcomings I find in 40K in the 'Why do you like 40K better than WFB' thread, so why do you feel it necessary to do it when the question is reversed?
Players who don't know their own codex (or do, but prefer to make up their own rules)
And when questioned refuse to show you the codex to confirm the rule. I had a friend I refuse to play now because of that. When I first started to play and he lied about how FNP really worked and said it was a special rule in his codex rather than the rulebook
HellsGuardian316 wrote:Players who don't know their own codex (or do, but prefer to make up their own rules)
And when questioned refuse to show you the codex to confirm the rule. I had a friend I refuse to play now because of that. When I first started to play and he lied about how FNP really worked and said it was a special rule in his codex rather than the rulebook
That's like my buddy trying to say his Nids can Fleet, Run, then Assault all in the same turn. I don't let him use his Nids in large battles anymore. Easier to deter him from cheating when it's small-scale. Now he plays Marines, which is good because he has to ask me for clarification on a lot of their stuff, so he -can't- cheat with them.
I had forgot to mention this before, but this is definitely something that bothers me even though it isnt a big deal...
When people who are refering to fantasy orCs write OrKs... I know its not a big deal but its not that hard to change the K to a C and be right in proppa... especially since theres been a few occasions where Ive seen people do it and then in another thread they get down on people for bad grammer/spellings...
Again I know its not major but every time I see it, I kringe and want to punch the person in the suck hole (Does that mean I need anger managment?).
My pet peeve is self apologizing gamers who feel a need to justify their socially inept choices. Like the guy who wants to do a topless Dark Eldar/Elf army or model breasts onto his Space Marines...and then has to clarify that he's not weird or strange and just thinks it would be funny or fluffy or a modeling challenge or whatever. I can't imagine they're fooling anyone but themselves.
When people ask me why my female Dark Eldar Wyches look better painted then my male ones (to whom I generally add pants - the ladies stay in the thongs) I reply that I have a lot more fun painting the female ones and I want them to look hot.
Nobody judges me any better or worse for saying that then how they've already judged me for playing a game with lots of little army men.
My biggest peeve has to be people who blather on about "proper painting technique", which when asked for clarification, basically is described verbatim from any of the GW painting guides/articles.
Sorry, but I do not buy into it. I fail to see how painting 5-6 layers of red over black is any more "proper" than painting 1 transitional colour onto black (such as tan), then a layer of red perhaps followed by a wash or highlight.
As far as I am concerned, any technique which gets painted armies onto the tabletop is a valid one. I have seen too many people walk away from armies half done because they were told the GW way to paint was the only proper method. I am not trying to invalidate their way, but being told my way is improper, I wasn't aware there was a rulebook for painting.
Man, I second almost everything here so far, but will add three more. 1.People who fully read rulebooks and codices in LGS, 2. People who have claim to know everything about an army they know nothing about, and tell people who couldn't care less about said army, 3. People who jump to the conclusion that you jumped to a conclusion and therefore say you are wrong. And yes, I am perhaps the most easily angered person you will meet.
Thank you metallifan, I needed a dose of sad violin today.
I don't get pissed of or angered very easily, so the following are more of pet annoyances.
On forums:
-Elite Speech. It doesn't take that much effort to type properly.
-Folks who quote massive ammounts of text. There's a reason that newspapers use "..." often when quoting.
-Large amounts of empty space in posts in an attempt to make some kind of point. Lots of folks do it, but it's still annoying.
When Gaming:
-Bad hygine
-Rudeness
-Armies that are more than half unpainted.
-People who keep talking about something that you don't care about and won't take the hint to stop. When I say "I'm not really interested that ______." I mean it!
Kymera wrote:My only gaming pet peeve is the guy who for reasons I have yet to understand rolls batches of dice one or two at a time.
There's of course nothing wrong about doing it as long as the proper amount of dice are rolled, it just grinds my gears.
It's called "Slow-rolling" and it's just -barely- above cheating. Basically it's used by the guys that're too scared of being caught with rigged dice. People do it because they're more likely to get good rolls when they roll dice 1 or 2 at a time. Next time he does it, call him out on it and tell him that if he won't start rolling fair, then he can find someone else to play dirty with.
Buttlerthepug wrote:I had forgot to mention this before, but this is definitely something that bothers me even though it isnt a big deal...
When people who are refering to fantasy orCs write OrKs... I know its not a big deal but its not that hard to change the K to a C and be right in proppa... especially since theres been a few occasions where Ive seen people do it and then in another thread they get down on people for bad grammer/spellings...
Again I know its not major but every time I see it, I kringe and want to punch the person in the suck hole (Does that mean I need anger managment?).
I completely agree with you. I also am peeved by people who write "cringe" with a "k" instead of a "c." What the hell is up with that? That's almost as bad as writing "orcks"! Completely annoying!
...Buttlerthepug, you do know I'm just playing with you
George Spiggott wrote:People who ask what's in your list, then write theirs.
This doesn't annoy me too much myself - I know I'm a better player than most random teens in the local GW, and I've got no issue with them getting a small advantage. Besides, it's not like it's unrealistic for an army to know what foe they're fighting...
However, what does annoy me is... well, my opponent in this conversation recently. We'd just agreed to a pick-up 1000 point game of 40K:
Me: "Okay, my list is already written, so let me know when you're ready."
Opp: "Sure, I just need to write my list. What army do you play?"
Me: "In 40K? Dark Angels, Imperial Guard, Daemons and Space Wolves."
Opp: "No, I mean what army are you going to use?"
Me: "The Wolves."
Opp: "All right, I'll be a minute..."
*scribbles list*
Opp: "Do you have any tanks in your list?"
Me: "... Why don't you wait and see?"
Opp: (under breath) "That's not fair..."
For the record, his army had Ghazgkull Thraka in it. I killed him with Jaws of the World Wolf before he'd managed to do anything in combat ^_^
metallifan wrote:
It's called "Slow-rolling" and it's just -barely- above cheating. Basically it's used by the guys that're too scared of being caught with rigged dice. People do it because they're more likely to get good rolls when they roll dice 1 or 2 at a time.
They may think this. But statistically speaking, it makes no difference.
Unless I misunderstood you to mean that rolling less dice repeatedly = higher probability of good rolls. Which, if that is what you meant, is wrong.
metallifan wrote:
It's called "Slow-rolling" and it's just -barely- above cheating. Basically it's used by the guys that're too scared of being caught with rigged dice. People do it because they're more likely to get good rolls when they roll dice 1 or 2 at a time.
They may think this. But statistically speaking, it makes no difference.
Unless I misunderstood you to mean that rolling less dice repeatedly = higher probability of good rolls. Which, if that is what you meant, is wrong.
GG
Yeah... there isn't anything too terribly wrong with that as long as they're fast about it. When rolling saves for differently equipped models, I always roll them one batch at a time to keep from getting confused as to whether the green dice is for a flamer guy or the Captain. However, it does burn my grits when people don't do wound allocation correctly or nominate each model taking a save as they roll rather than nominating them all in the beginning and then rolling.
Buttlerthepug wrote:I had forgot to mention this before, but this is definitely something that bothers me even though it isnt a big deal...
When people who are refering to fantasy orCs write OrKs... I know its not a big deal but its not that hard to change the K to a C and be right in proppa... especially since theres been a few occasions where Ive seen people do it and then in another thread they get down on people for bad grammer/spellings...
Again I know its not major but every time I see it, I kringe and want to punch the person in the suck hole (Does that mean I need anger managment?).
I completely agree with you. I also am peeved by people who write "cringe" with a "k" instead of a "c." What the hell is up with that? That's almost as bad as writing "orcks"! Completely annoying!
...Buttlerthepug, you do know I'm just playing with you
Lol my apologies >.< I didnt know the right spelling so I took a guess... 50/50 chance eh?
Anyone who cannot concede they were beaten without a lame and possibly insane excuse... I've had everything from "The sun was in my eyes and I wasn't paying enough attention to the game", "those kids at that table four tables away are too noisey" etc. right through to "My Girlfriend dumped me"
I'm not insensitive and if your GF dumped you thats fine as an excuse for not really focusing on the game BUT... "You only won because..." excuses drive me nuts... I'm not a strong player, couple this with a complete disregard to whether I win or lose and appalling bad luck sometimes (One gaming group had a rule where I was not allowed to touch anyones dice lest I cursed them and I've held several records for improbable numbers of ones both in a row and all at once... I mean seriousely, it should not be possible to roll 30 to hits needing a 5 or a 6 and not making one...) so being beaten by me is a very rare event... being told that it only happened because you ate something that gave you gas... Not fair...
Thor665 wrote:My pet peeve is self apologizing gamers who feel a need to justify their socially inept choices. Like the guy who wants to do a topless Dark Eldar/Elf army or model breasts onto his Space Marines...and then has to clarify that he's not weird or strange and just thinks it would be funny or fluffy or a modeling challenge or whatever. I can't imagine they're fooling anyone but themselves.
I actually really enjoy people like this... I'll not go into details as I'm sure there are all sorts of impressionable young minds on here but suffice to say I'm extremely weird and strange and make no excuses for it... I've always been open about things and encourage everyone else to be too... Theres something fantastic about the double take some very "normal" people do in public when they recognise me and realise why...
I once sat down at Burger King, dressed fairly low key (I dont make excuses but I dont try 'n agrivate people either) recognised someone in the line and said Hi... His GF/Wife (Who knows?) looked across at me and hissed "How do you know.... That?!?"
Iron_Chaos_Brute wrote:and that tournaments are beacons for douchebags.
Well...they are, but that doesn't mean everyone that plays in tournaments is a douchebag. It's undeniable though that when there's a cash prize involved some people will try and pull some gak to win it.
Which is probably my biggest pet peeve, people who knowingly bend and break the rules if they think they can get away with it. But the biggest one is people who touch other peoples models without permission.
Lord Maleval wrote:Then again, maybe I am just a cranky !
No, I'm with you, too. There are many different ways to properly paint miniatures, there's no one method to rule them all...and I find the fact that people have actually been discouraged from painting because of dicks who insist that they have to do it the "GW way" or not at all disgusting.
Tim the Biovore wrote:.People who fully read rulebooks and codices in LGS
I try not to do that. I practically did when the new Tyranid book came out though, lol...I walked around the store with it, reading all the new unit entries and stuff, and then ended up putting it back at the end of the night and went home (though I did leave with about $80 worth of stuff regardless).
But then I went back a couple days later and bought it, lol. So I don't think they really cared.
Eilif wrote:
There's a reason that newspapers use "..." often when quoting.
They played a lot of JRPGs when they were growing up, too?
Playing against models hat have more weapons that are legal, i.e. yesterday i saw a predator with 6 las cannons and a heavy bolter... what the gak!?
Also, theres one kid who hangs out at my FLGS, always saying he can kick people's asses with his IG, 3 times i've bet him (Brightlance vs. Leman Russ = win). actually... infact, i almost like it =)
People who aren't playing the game who stand their whinging about your army, it's rules and your luck. If your playing and I role above average I can understand it but if your watching......
The fact that that if you start a new version of a thread that comes up a lot, you get shouted at for not using the search bar.
But if you post in an older thread (that you found using the search bar) you get shouted at for thread necromancy.
It basically means that newer people cannot discuss older topics without being complained at.
Goliath wrote:The fact that that if you start a new version of a thread that comes up a lot, you get shouted at for not using the search bar.
But if you post in an older thread (that you found using the search bar) you get shouted at for thread necromancy.
It basically means that newer people cannot discuss older topics without being complained at.
That confuses me in all honesty... more than likely if your do some threadromancy your commenting on something, where as when you start a new thread its questioning something. In which case you could have used the search bar for a thread about the same topic, and more than likely in that thread, the answer to given question has already been answered so theres no need to state your comment in that thread to do some evil thread necromancy. If its a new question on a related topic than I can understand. I personally dont mind people starting a new thread even if there was an old one... especially since I myself find the search bar so freaking hard to use >.<
People who quote pictures that were just posted on that same page of a thread. I get it if you are referring to a pic from page 1 and you are replying on page 5, referencing the material makes sense. Don't do it if you are the first reply since that pic was posted.
Also, people who quote walls of text from a previous poster. It was to long to read the first time, you didn't need to post it again just to reply" lol yeah".
People who do not take the time to find less expensive alternatives to buying directly from GW.
No, elitist crap would be to say that you MUST buy your toys from X, and that every other option is inferior.
How is it elitist to be irritated with people who are essentially wasting money? For every $100 you spend at GW directly you could have gotten a free box regiment by simply buying the same things from a third party retailer like thewarstore.
It's not like you are buying black market hand bags. You are buying the EXACT same product, but by buying it from GW you are paying premium prices for a product you can get damn near wholesale.
I suppose then that people shouldn't buy from wal mart when they can go direct online and pay full retail at a manufacturers website. Premium pricing in economic times like this is a blatant waste of money, and yes, people who waste money are a pet peeve of mine. Call me an elitist for trying to get the most bang out of my few bucks.
But you weren't saying there are alternatives, you were saying it actually annoyed you. Sorry, I just had visions of you watching someone go up to the counter in GW and steam coming out your ears.
I hate when you are playing some one, and wining, then there friend comes and starts coaching a vetran player.
If it is a new player i can understand but if they are seasioned it really makes me mad. If iwanted to play a team game i would have brought a partner.
1: I hate it when a physics discussion takes over the thread. For example, in another site, someone had modelled a Broadside Battlesuit to look like it was firing a Railgun like a sniper rifle: the very next post was along the lines of "include some recoil into the design", with next posts discussing wherever Railguns fire solid projectiles and would therefore produce adequate recoil.
2: When people get too into the fluff. There's someone on Bolter and Chainsword who posted an idea of a Grey Knight Warhound, and someone criticised his idea, discussing the "ethical reasons of deploying a GK Titan, where a daemonic incursion would provide enough reason for Titan deployment..." etc. The same person blasted the idea of a Thunderhawk Squadron, as they thought Thunderhawks wouldn't be used in a Strike Force, as they would use their bombs to clear landing sites etc. These people need to come back to reality and just enjoy the hobby.
3: GW put articles on "Painting Space Marines" into every other issue of White Dwarf. Last week, I took a random selection of White Dwarfs, just for a quiet read. Out of about 8, there were about 4-5 with almost the exact same article on Painting Marines. Has GW finally ran out of ideas and are just trying to pad out the mag a bit?
Biggest peeve is ultramarine fanboyz whos librarian have the same physic attack for the whole game even though it clearly states in the codex that it can only used until the next assult phase...
And guys who roll dice beside a pile of other dice and count those dice as wounds even though you clearly see that the first set of dice are a different colour...
In Game: People who knock my models off the table then put them back on the table without telling me in got knocked off. I saw you brush my Berzerker off the table! Don't try to hide from me you arsehole!
Out of Game: Kids who brag about smoking weed. No, you're not cool. You're a dumbass.
@Darth bob: That's a nice avatar. What's the source?
No, it's scary! Mommy!
Back on topic: That there is no more Warhammer Monthly... Yes, a lot of the comics were total rubbish, but some (Kal Jerico, The Redeemer...) were involving and funny as hell. And it groomed good artists like Kopinski.
On Dakka: YMDC threads where one camp makes it their mission to point out inconsistencies in RAW (wargear X doesn't work etc.) while the other camp complains based on fluff/RAI. We get endless threads with people just talking past each other. Check out the boarding plank and Malantai invulnerable save threads if you doubt me.
The weird on-line split between casual gamers/tournament gamers that claims that only one side of the split is having fun. It's possible to enjoy the game both ways, guys..
People who complain about a product because they believe it infringes on another companies IP. If you're a lawyer with a specialty in the field, that's one thing. My money is that there is maybe, MAYBE, one of those here on Dakka. You can talk. The rest of you, stop saying that something is gonna get shut down when you don't know how much they've looked into the legal ramifications of their product.
Sarrazon wrote:People who complain about a product because they believe it infringes on another companies IP. If you're a lawyer with a specialty in the field, that's one thing. My money is that there is maybe, MAYBE, one of those here on Dakka. You can talk. The rest of you, stop saying that something is gonna get shut down when you don't know how much they've looked into the legal ramifications of their product.
I always thought those comments were made in jest at GW's recent onslaught of all I.P. infringements and not as a serious warning.
You'd be surprised at the amount of armchair lawyering on warhammer forums.
Interesting that you rarely hear about IP infringement with other companies, perhaps because their products are not priced to the point where players consider acts of piracy just to play their game.
chaplaingrabthar wrote:The weird on-line split between casual gamers/tournament gamers that claims that only one side of the split is having fun. It's possible to enjoy the game both ways, guys..
Would you willingly associate with murderers, rapists, or alien invaders? Tournament Gamers are all of these things! Vicious grasping WAAC scumbags who will stop at nothing to win a game! They'll arrange for your family to be murdered just to distract you enough for them to win! Be warned! Be aware! Shun these foul abominations wherever they may appear!
~Brought by the Dakka Casual Gaming Mafia~
Sarrazon wrote:People who complain about a product because they believe it infringes on another companies IP. If you're a lawyer with a specialty in the field, that's one thing. My money is that there is maybe, MAYBE, one of those here on Dakka. You can talk. The rest of you, stop saying that something is gonna get shut down when you don't know how much they've looked into the legal ramifications of their product.
There are two to my knowledge. They rarely comment though. I think it hurts their brains when they get armchair lawyers arguing with them.
kronk wrote:A pet peeve of mine is strangers touching my models without asking. I've only had one kid grab one of my models while playing a game at a store, and I immediately saw red. I calmly asked him to put it down.
You sir, are a hero and the ideal of a gamer.
I salute you
Also, I know th feeling.
I once had a kid try to take a model, claiming it was his own, even though I paint Mechrite/mordian.
My other pet peeve is being mistaken for 'howling gryphonnes' even though I LOOK NOTHING LIKE THEM. :<
That douchebag at Games Day UK who told me he was building a 1:1 scale Emperor Titan.
So you all know, I'm the kind of guy who loves being as donkey-cave. I have no problem balling people out in public.
If one of my mates makes a dumb comment, I will tear him limb-from-limb for it. I know it makes me a pretty poor friend, but I do it all with a smile on my face and my friends know I'm doing it purely to get a rise from them, not to be mean.
I appreciate that doing this to strangers is often very, very mean. This guy did not look like he could take it. All I could muster was an incredibly smug look and "Yeah but you're not going to, are you?"
I then turned to my two buddies, whos eyes lit up expecting me to rinse this guy out, and I just said "Can we go now, This guy's getting on my nerves."
To this day, I heavily regret not pointing out how much of a smellgrim this guy was being. Not out of the math/construction logistics argument, just the fact he clearly thought he would look cool if he said that. What. A. Douche.
my biggest pet peeve about warhammer. The people that participate in the hobby.
@ Ketara: Good on you for finally realizing the scum that is tournament players, Warhammer would really be better off if those mongrels all left to play Warmachine with the rest of the anti-social miscreants.
Howlingmoon wrote:Good on you for finally realizing the scum that is tournament players, Warhammer would really be better off if those mongrels all left to play Warmachine with the rest of the anti-social miscreants.
Goliath wrote:The fact that that if you start a new version of a thread that comes up a lot, you get shouted at for not using the search bar.
But if you post in an older thread (that you found using the search bar) you get shouted at for thread necromancy.
It basically means that newer people cannot discuss older topics without being complained at.
I got gripped for this the other day when I started a new thread.
Things that grip my goat are:
1) Hygiene. The smell from my FLGS could knock a fly off a bucket of gak
2) Strangers who pick up my models,then drop them. It took alot of self control to stop me from force-feeding that gak-turd the remains of Typhus.
Yeah my pet peeve actualy happend like three weeks ago.
Soz,i buy a pack of guants and im assembleing them,soz this realy hot chick i know walks by,with her friends(we talk alot,very friendly toward each other)and she looks at me like im a fricken nurgle greater daemon.
And if people looking at you like a great unclean one while you are painting/assembling/playing with toy soldiers comes with the territory. If you don't like it I suggest a different hobby.
Howlingmoon wrote:my biggest pet peeve about warhammer. The people that participate in the hobby.
@ Ketara: Good on you for finally realizing the scum that is tournament players, Warhammer would really be better off if those mongrels all left to play Warmachine with the rest of the anti-social miscreants.
This is exactly what I was referring too ion my previous post in this thread.
Howlingmoon wrote:my biggest pet peeve about warhammer. The people that participate in the hobby.
@ Ketara: Good on you for finally realizing the scum that is tournament players, Warhammer would really be better off if those mongrels all left to play Warmachine with the rest of the anti-social miscreants.
This is exactly what I was referring too ion my previous post in this thread.
Tournament != Bad
Casual != Bad
wrong. everyone is bad. Especially in the anti-social miscreant world of "Hobby Gaming".
The only reason this stuff exists is to rake in money from people that would otherwise never leave their house.
Ok so I got a new one thats been bugging me this past week. When people ask for C&C or "How can I improve this model?" such statements on their models. Then once you give them what you think will make the model look better, they dont even try to look into the advice, rather they turn away all advice as if their model already has it all and its perfect. It just drives me nutz, you want my opinion, I give it to you, you dont care... WTF?
The low-down scum that is pro-painted on Ebay. Pisses me off. To quote a member from another site, about one "pro" auction:
"Maybe he really was a pro-painter, but just before painting he got drunk had swine flu and his arms fell off while he was being told his wife wanted a divorce and she was taking the kids and then he painted the miniature with spray paint using his teeth to operate the nozzles, got paint in his mouth, fell over, landed on the mini, screamed, threw it at a freshly-painted wall and then blowdryed it and listed it as pro-painted."
Proper fans support Imperial Guard teams like Southampton.
Yes, a lot of the comics were total rubbish, but some (Kal Jerico, The Redeemer...) were involving and funny as hell. And it groomed good artists like Kopinski.