Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

This is the one thing that i cant stand to hear
this coming from my pal that also plays warhammer

QUOTE-Warhammer 40k stole everything from Starcraft just look at the Nids compaired to the Zerg
Same goes for warhammer and warcaft-END QUOTE

When he said that i just looked at him and said
have you even seen when warhammer was made it was way before warcraft

Warhammer and 40k are hardly original, but I'm pretty sure that they predate Blizzard. For this to be true, GW would have to own a time machine.

edit: didn't see your edit when I said that. Still, I'm not too bothered by it. When someone doesn't know what the hell they are criticizing, then there is no point arguing.

Just curious, but do you guys talk without pausing?

It's people like that who suck. Sure, they can have their own opinion, but this is just plain stupid. He should have just said "I hate Warhammer", and saved himself the trouble of having his stupidity laughed at.

RustyKnight wrote:Just curious, but do you guys talk without pausing?

Yes, to be honest i do, and that has led to my share of problems but i wont get into that

Just to avoid putting a useless post

I find it extremely annoying when a people compare halo or any other sci fi thing to warhammer because this often
creates fights
I once had this kid in the FLGS start a fight with a bunch of other underaged gamers, just because he said
A halo energy sword can kill your whole army in one hit
It ended in a OH YEAH MY.....

Another thing Wargamers hate hearing: 'Why do you still play with toys?'

THEY'RE MINIATURES DAMNIT!!!1!

As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

Lorek mind explaning that one to me, because it seemed my small human brain couldn't comprehend what that has to do with wargaming

Oh and this might not be something someone says but, when someone makes a terrible paint job, and you try help them, and they just say
stop it your just jealous

Cheesepie, some punctuation would be lovely. It really makes your posts easier to read!

I've dealt with the kind of people who say "X stole from Y" on a daily basis. Everyone takes everything from everybody, especially in science fiction.

"Fantasy is like chess, 40k is checkers."

"I think the writers meant for it to be played this way..."

"I just read through the new codex and..."

All guaranteed to start fights.

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

O_o


Also, i cant stand it when people complain about someone stole an idea from someone else, GW pretty much based thier ideas on something else, Like gene stealers and aliens (xenomorphs).
I can go on about all the things i hear from people about 'X stole from Y' forever, but seriously you should ignore these people, stupidity cannot be cured.

That what i hate to hear,and not only as a wargamer either.

Ultra mortalitas wrote:

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

O_o


Also, i cnat stand it when people complain about someone stole an idea from someone else, GW pretty much based thier ideas on something else, Like gene stealers and aliens (xenomorphs).
I can go on about all the things i hear from people about 'X stole from Y' forever, but seriously you should ignore these people, stupidity cannot be cured.

That what i had to hear,and not only as a wargamer either.

Well you see, I was wargaming in prison, and

*Pukes on Brother SRM*

Well the fact is that it may be wrong to accuse one thing of stealing,
but that one thing (IE warhammer) most likely stole from another thing,
just not what you or they may be thinking of (IE Random sci fi)

My sincere apologies for my punctuation, but i type here (and anything else on the internet) like i type on msn or any other messenger
Fast and how i like it

Cheesepie wrote:Well the fact is that it may be wrong to accuse one thing of stealing,
but that one thing (IE warhammer) most likely stole from another thing,
just not what you or they may be thinking of (IE Random sci fi)

My sincere apologies for my punctuation, but i type here (and anything else on the internet) like i type on msn or any other messenger
Fast and how i like it

And that is a big no on Dakka, where people value correct grammar.

Cheesepie wrote:
When he said that i just looked at him and said
have you even seen when warhammer was made it was way before warcraft

When you said that i just looked at you and asked
"have you ever seen what Tyranid sculpt looks like before Zergs came out?"

Ironically I find it annoying when people mistake Warhammer for being particularly original, there's usually at least one post a month criticising D&D for stealing ideas off Games Workshop.

Does it really matter if something is "stolen" by another company for their own use?

Cant believe nobody posted this yet:

Yea what Luna said.

You really should see the 3ed Tyranids before the newer models came out.

3ed was also before Starcraft and the "zergy" ones came out shortly after Starcraft was launched.

Yes i have Luna, I am a proud owner of the BBB and i still have fond memories of them

But that raises a good question, zerg might not be ripped off of the nids, as much, then
where were zerg ripped off? and dont say that it was their idea, because that's hard to very hard to believe due to all the sci fi similarity types
but we can all agree that WarCraft is very very similar to warhammer fantasy
It might just be possible that blizzard got leaked data containing what is now current nids

GAH its a conspiracy i say, someone call the media, the world must be informed

Oh and i think i derailed a little bit

The Zerg are just a combination of the bugs from Starship Troopers and the movie Aliens - similar can be said for the Tyranids. Space Hulk was basically Aliens: The Boardgame when it came out back in the mid-late 80s.

I don't think Blizzard got leaked anything. A bunch of guys who liked Lord of the Rings and Warhammer made a fantasy RTS and that was that. If I recall correctly GW started getting super-protective over their IPs after Warcraft 1 came out though, since the Orc designs were very close to the Warhammer Orcs.

Yeah, youre right, as soon as realised that space hulk was base of the movie aliens i saw pretty much every single thing that was base of it.

Now lets back the topic

Actually Blizzard approached Games Workshop about making a Warhammer fantasy RTS, Games Workshop said no. Thus Warcraft was borne. Blizzard has never had an original idea since the company was created. They have a very good business model of taking existing genres and simplifying them.

And Leading Edge games came out with an "ALIENS:the boardgame" in 1990 as well (where each of the characters had their own playing piece and stat card.).

Both 40k and Starcraft borrowed from the same source material - in the same way that all "traditional fantasy" writers have borrowed from collective folklore.

I hate hearing people argue about which space marine chapter is better or that ultramarines can beat anyone. I kindly pull out my Nightbringer and tell those people he thanks you for freeing him and causing the deaths of billions.

I hate hearing "How much did that cost" from my wife...

Also guaranteed to lead to a fight :(

Kurgash wrote:I hate hearing people argue about which space marine chapter is better or that ultramarines can beat anyone. I kindly pull out my Nightbringer and tell those people he thanks you for freeing him and causing the deaths of billions.

Gah! I hate when people do that, fluffwise, the original chapters are the strongest, but are pretty much equal in strength.

While other founding chapters are as good as the 1st foundings, they all have a thing they are strong at (like the original chapters) thus making as good as the original chapters.

So basically, all chapters are equal in a way.

Edit: Also, The reason for so many chapters is that so no sm player is disappointed with the fluff of his army

-Kid comes up-

"Hey do you want to play a game against my Space Wolf army?"

"Sure" me.

-10 mins later-

Kid says "Dante and Marnius Calgar assault [insert unit here]"

I say "Aren't you playing Space Wolfs?"

Kid "Aren't I?"

i hate it when people at my FLGS 'suggest' what to get for my necron army, they always mention this, 'no C'TAN, no LITH , no FO, just get a small unit of 200 immortals and a necron lord'

really pisses me off


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AND they also say it when im in the middle of a game..

StasisNid95 wrote:i hate it when people at my FLGS 'suggest' what to get for my necron army, they always mention this, 'no C'TAN, no LITH , no FO, just get a small unit of 200 immortals and a necron lord'

really pisses me off


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AND they also say it when im in the middle of a game..

should walk up to the counter with the deceiver, nightbringer, 3 monoliths and 30 fos.

I see what they're doing...

Boss 'eadbreaka wrote:Another thing Wargamers hate hearing: 'Why do you still play with toys?'

THEY'RE MINIATURES DAMNIT!!!1!

But... they are toys... and we do play with them. They're more involved, more expensive toys, but toys none-the-less.

Cheesepie wrote:Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

"Honey, I'm pregnant." No more gaming for you!

Sasori wrote:I hate hearing "How much did that cost" from my wife...

Also guaranteed to lead to a fight :(

Get that all the time. $500 necklace? Won't bat an eye. $50 landraider? Goes nuts.

HI all.
As a wargamer with over 20 years of enjoyment of this wide and diverse hobby.

I HATE it when people belive that ALL wargamers ONLY play GW games!

Some gamers drink GW cool aide and think that the GW hobby (tm) is all their is to wargaming.

The 'GW hobby'(tm) is a tiny fraction of the wargames hobby.
They have just 3 core games, compared to over 2000 game systems curently availabe.

Some wargames dont even have minatures... ,

Happy gaming ,
Lanrak.

olympia wrote:"Honey, I'm pregnant." No more gaming for you!

That's the truth.

Boss 'eadbreaka wrote:Another thing Wargamers hate hearing: 'Why do you still play with toys?'

THEY'RE MINIATURES DAMNIT!!!1!

Hate to break it to you but they're toys. Small expensive ones, but toys.

Howard A Treesong wrote:Ironically I find it annoying when people mistake Warhammer for being particularly original, there's usually at least one post a month criticising D&D for stealing ideas off Games Workshop.

Warhammer is generic fantasy, almost painfully generic. 40k is painfully generic sci-fi. Admittedly they covered it skulls and painted it black but it's still generic.

Hate hearing?

Well,"tactical advice" from bystander during game.

For new player its OK,and I'll do advice.
But,I really hate hearing bystander advice me or opponent.

After the game its OK and really welcome. I love talk about tactics.
But not during game. Its not fair.

may be little bit offtopic?


Ok,so.....I'm Codex : Dark Angel player(model and background is fallen angels tho).
And I hate to be said "DA codex sucks. You better use xxx marine codex"
I really hate it. I know DA codex is bad. But its fun to play.

Tim the Biovore wrote:Does it really matter if something is "stolen" by another company for their own use?

erm try "borrowing" anything with the GW trademark on it

I hate it when wargamers say this:

Cheesepie wrote:
My sincere apologies for my punctuation, but i type here (and anything else on the internet) like i type on msn or any other messenger
Fast and how i like it

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

I know some guys like this! And pretty much any repeated phrase that wasn't funny the first time gets on my nerves. I know a guy who says "he loves it" whenever you make an armor save. He quasi-narrates the game which is fine ("And my shot hits, and... looks like it wounds aaaand..."), but that one phrase. I know I periodically annoy my opponent's by saying really exaggerated things or flat out making up rules in a joking way ("I use "Glimmering Aura of Chaos" to prevent your psychic powers and shooting for the turn.") but to be fair I only do that when they're boring me to tears in the first place.

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

Takes you back to your times in the young offenders institution hmm?

'I'm the Daddy now!!'

Going about starcraft, wasn't it a game being worked on by both gw and blizzard then for some reason blizzard quit out and kept the game?

Straying away from the Blizzard Wars

I find it heart breaking when a new gamer, managed to acquire an Apocalypse Sized force is a few months, all not painted or badly painted
play a total of 4 to 10 games with their new toys and forget about the hobby all together, in under a year, never again returning to the hobby.

Its also sad to hear when a Friendly local gaming store shuts down due to lack of buyers yet
the local gamesworkshop a few blocks away is doing better then ever. Brings a tear to the eyes

I find it annoying whenever theres a leaked image of an amazing new sculpt, such as the sanguinian guard,
and people instantly start making comments about how GW will purposefuly make them really expensive, or really low points values so they can make more money

Cheesepie, I'm going to have to agree with the general sentiment.

When reading posts about Warhammer, I hate reading ungrammatical posts. A
mispelling or mistype I can understand, but a general lack of care for communicating your
idea is aggravating.

What I hate hearing? "Well, the fire damage wasn't _too_ extensive, but you know the melting point of plastic and resin..."

Spellbound wrote:

Sasori wrote:I hate hearing "How much did that cost" from my wife...

Also guaranteed to lead to a fight :(

Get that all the time. $500 necklace? Won't bat an eye. $50 landraider? Goes nuts.

That's why you team them together, get her shiny things to distract her from the toy tanks

Kyley wrote:

Spellbound wrote:

Sasori wrote:I hate hearing "How much did that cost" from my wife...

Also guaranteed to lead to a fight :(

Get that all the time. $500 necklace? Won't bat an eye. $50 landraider? Goes nuts.

That's why you team them together, get her shiny things to distract her from the toy tanks

I've tried that a few times, with things like a nice dinner, but she caught on pretty quick....

"That'll be (insert amount) Pounds please, would you like a bag?" and the following knowledge that I'll be living off glue fumes and super noodles till next pay day.

Sasori wrote:
I've tried that a few times, with things like a nice dinner, but she caught on pretty quick....

You could try my tactic....
Just explain that you could have spent the money on Losing lottery tickets, beer, or other less acceptable entertainments, and that the time you spend prepping and painting the models at least keeps you at home and our of less than savory bars and such....

"This is my spending money. I do with it what I want, be it video games, shiney hubcaps for my car, or paperbacks."

What I hate to hear?
"Painters who regard themselves as better hobbiests than people who don't paint are elitest snobs"
Garunteed to end in a fight.

Or,

"I don't want to play you. I like winning to much"

Or maybe even,

"Yeah, I was kind of drunk when I glued the Biomorphs on."

I hate to hear people telling me how to paint my army and what to field . Its my army,why should you care if I lose or my army turns out badly painted

Brother SRM wrote:

Ultra mortalitas wrote:

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

O_o


Also, i cnat stand it when people complain about someone stole an idea from someone else, GW pretty much based thier ideas on something else, Like gene stealers and aliens (xenomorphs).
I can go on about all the things i hear from people about 'X stole from Y' forever, but seriously you should ignore these people, stupidity cannot be cured.

That what i had to hear,and not only as a wargamer either.

Well you see, I was wargaming in prison, and

LMAO

also, I hate GW conspiracy/performance review/not-as-good-as-they-used-to-be posts. Not because they criticize GW, but because they get more responses than posts that are a pleasure to read.

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

i'm so absolutely shocked that a mod made the above post.

wait. no i'm not.

I hate hearing power gamers calling casuals "noobs" behind their back all the time.

LunaHound wrote:I hate hearing power gamers calling casuals "noobs" behind their back all the time.

But its funny to see them shut up when I field my 12 Squat bikes (10 bikes/trikes and 2 heavy trikes.) and 2 'beachball' armored command units.
Then I just look at them and ask which noob wants to play.


Of course, I HATE being told that my models are not "Valid" because of what they are.

I hate hearing the gaming store little kids make sound effects, and play with the miniatures as if they were action figures. Makes me grind my teeth in frustration and brings my anger to such a boil that I could make instant noodles.

I hate hearing those little kids down by the flgs talking about things like yu gi yo, when I'm trying to paint or play a game. (just one of the problems of having a all around hobby store)
Or when their blasting their mainstream music in the store.

ILL SLAY YOU JUSTIN BEAVER! one day....

ZoomDakkaDakka wrote:I hate hearing the gaming store little kids make sound effects, and play with the miniatures as if they were action figures. Makes me grind my teeth in frustration and brings my anger to such a boil that I could make instant noodles.

The scary part is , its not only the 5 year old that makes sound effects.
But 20 , 30 ,40 year olds as well

When any woman says to a wargamer, "So you enjoy playing with your wee little guy here?"

Pip my boy you just planted a revolting image into my mind.

Congratulations!

Just wanted to add something real quick

I once had a fellow war gamer walk up to me and point to my new fresh out of the box chimera and comment on its lack orky attitude

I hate it when I plop my crimson fists on the field only to hear from passerbys:

"Where's pedro kantor? Can't have a PROPER crimson fists army without kantor"

It makes me seeth with rage

LunaHound wrote:

ZoomDakkaDakka wrote:I hate hearing the gaming store little kids make sound effects, and play with the miniatures as if they were action figures. Makes me grind my teeth in frustration and brings my anger to such a boil that I could make instant noodles.

The scary part is , its not only the 5 year old that makes sound effects.
But 20 , 30 ,40 year olds as well

My friend's Wild Riders fart when they move. Or at least I think that's what he's trying to convey.

Here is one more i think is rather pathetic to hear from wargammer to say to another.

They look down anything not bought new directly from GW or FW , hence ebay or none direct purchase as inferior product or 2nd hand.

Brother SRM wrote:

Ultra mortalitas wrote:

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

O_o


Also, i cnat stand it when people complain about someone stole an idea from someone else, GW pretty much based thier ideas on something else, Like gene stealers and aliens (xenomorphs).
I can go on about all the things i hear from people about 'X stole from Y' forever, but seriously you should ignore these people, stupidity cannot be cured.

That what i had to hear,and not only as a wargamer either.

Well you see, I was wargaming in prison, and

Wargaming with what?! Miniatures made out of soap?

*drops a soap marneus calgar* OH SHI-

LunaHound wrote:Here is one more i think is rather pathetic to hear from wargammer to say to another.

They look down anything not bought new directly from GW or FW , hence ebay or none direct purchase as inferior product or 2nd hand.

we had a local kid that was like that. I got his CSM for 10% of retail because they were second hand inferior product.

yes, you WAAC tournament types devalue your miniatures.

I don't win all that often with my tau (mix of dice and I'm not spectacular with strategy) but there is one person that any time I beat him he feels the need to give me advice, but when I lose there was nothing I could have done to beat him because hes "just that good".

I hate packing up all my gear all my gear to go the FLGS, or nowadays GW, to go to an announced event, i.e. 2500 point WFB mini Tourney, and the only other person there is the outrider guy running it.

I hate when people who enter painting contests enter stuff that isn't theirs (JUSTIN W of ALBERTA I"M TALKING ABOUT YOU BUDDY) and then walk off with all the tourney trophies by mistake and then conveniently lose them.

Howlingmoon wrote:

LunaHound wrote:Here is one more i think is rather pathetic to hear from wargammer to say to another.

They look down anything not bought new directly from GW or FW , hence ebay or none direct purchase as inferior product or 2nd hand.

we had a local kid that was like that. I got his CSM for 10% of retail because they were second hand inferior product.

yes, you WAAC tournament types devalue your miniatures.

It's not even that. MOST of the time where people are "looking down" on someone who bought on eBay or outside of the FLGS...it's because of the fact that they come in there, acting as if they're entitled to gaming space/time even if they do nothing to actually support the FLGS proper.

Once again , you assume that it takes place in a FLGS ,
and not a GW store. If i purchase GW produict , even by ebay or purchasing someone that wanted to sell their army
its still supporting GW.

And no , this almost never happen in a FLGS because unlike GW shop , the players there are really tight knit.
Having such a snobby attitude in a FLGS wont get them very far.

LunaHound wrote:Once again , you assume that it takes place in a FLGS ,
and not a GW store. If I purchase GW product , I reserve the right to play in the GW store.

Oh , of course with the usual rules like it should be assembled and painted etc etc.

Please, show me a GW that actually has barred you from playing because you didn't buy from them directly or a GW shop where they've encouraged someone to not play against you for not buying from them directly. Go on, I can wait.

If someone chooses to not play you because you didn't buy directly from the store, it quite likely means you did/said something that they feel is a bit cheeky on the store's premises. It happened quite a bit at my old FLGS, namely because there was a certain someone who did nothing but complain that "even paying for shipping, it was cheaper for him to buy online than to support the shop because they only gave a 25% discount".

I suggest you to read the whole thing over again from the top is the best advice i can give you.

Because atm im not sure what you are rambling about.

My painting will not win contests but I hate when someone looks at my guard and says "Hmm, pretty good, nice shading, but the color's are too bright so meh."

Why start pretty good and end on meh? Not everything in the guard is dirty and grimdark, they can have nice things...

ok I couldn't keep a straight face for too long

" So.. this is like dungeons and dragons? right?"

Cheesepie wrote:
QUOTE-Warhammer 40k stole everything from Starcraft just look at the Nids compaired to the Zerg
Same goes for warhammer and warcaft-END QUOTE

When he said that i just looked at him and said
have you even seen when warhammer was made it was way before warcraft

Actually, Tyranids were most likely stolen from a combination of Alien and the Bugs from Starship Troopers.

Necrons come straight from Terminator.

frgsinwntr wrote:" So.. this is like dungeons and dragons? right?"

Okay I said that the first time I walked into a gw I was 6 leave me alone :/

Saldiven wrote:

Cheesepie wrote:
QUOTE-Warhammer 40k stole everything from Starcraft just look at the Nids compaired to the Zerg
Same goes for warhammer and warcaft-END QUOTE

When he said that i just looked at him and said
have you even seen when warhammer was made it was way before warcraft

Actually, Tyranids were most likely stolen from a combination of Alien and the Bugs from Starship Troopers.

Sooo...what do nids and bugs have in common, exactly?

My biggest peeve by a wide margin is listening to people try to give me or other players completely stupid advice when they clearly have no idea what they're talking about. Also when they just can't admit that a given scenario would probably have them beaten, so they make up ridiculous tactics and scenarios, like "I don't care if you're castling with monoliths, I'll just outflank with all my Vendettas and phase you out turn 1" or "You should really take wraiths, I use them to wipe out Harlequin squads like 9/10 times."

Especially when people complain about balance when their opinions clearly reflect the fact that they failed Probability 101 (or never took it).

I hear it a lot with regards to 'crons both at my store and in forums.

"Wah, 3e/4e crons were broken because warriors could kill land raiders!" Yeah, at a 1/54 chance per shot. That motivational "Necrons: my basic gun can kill your strongest tank, this is fair and legal" makes me rage so hard.

"Only take a lord and like 100 warriors, it's all you need" No, this was never a good strategy, jesus

"You need to take like 40 warrors or you'll be too easy to phase out"

"They're all wounded veterans"- from one of my buddies who never finishes gluing his guys because he likes to paint them on the sprue, and takes forever to do it.

The sound of a model hitting the floor.

I hate it when i get back to my apartment and my girlfriend looks at me then my warhammer bag and then asks me if i had fun playing with my toys today.

Anything in an Ork voice.

oni wrote:The sound of a metal model that i was to lazy to pin hitting the floor.

Fixed it for you

Awesome my 123 post

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Anything in an Ork voice.

"WAAAGH!"

Oh, how I hate it... it's okay if done in a normal tone of voice, but yelling it? Multiple times? Every game?

RiTides wrote:

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Anything in an Ork voice.

"WAAAGH!"

Oh, how I hate it... it's okay if done in a normal tone of voice, but yelling it? Multiple times? Every game?

A bit OT, but I really enjoyed the Ork Voices in DoW2.

I didn't take the time to read this but ya'll relize Warcraft and SC were suppose to be Warhammer and 40k games but they were never licensed so Blizzard was born and changed them to SC and WC and thus what they are today. O well *shrug* I now wait to be banned for that lol.

My girlfriend picks up and model and says,"Pew, Pew, Pew!" while pointing it at me.
"Oh I forgot to shoot with those guys, you don't mind if I do that now, do you?"

"Those guys need to seriously get laid...." (a guest of my neighbor said that the other day, after acting really interested in what my friends and I were doing for about 30 minutes)

And I don't like reading the abreviations here. There are entirely to many and quite frequently they aren't even correct. So I spend 10-20 seconds trying to decipher what someone was trying to talk about. Not much of a short cut.

i might have wrote something incorrectly in my first post,
but i was meaning to say, that my friend that also play
40k said that too me.

For all you sending my PMs about how wrong i am
i just want to say, that it was my friend that said that if i did not make myself
clear before. Personalty i already knew almost everything you were trying to tell me.
Except that Star craft was possibly a GW game, i always thought that the 2
broke up during the warcraft 1 era.

LunaHound wrote:"have you ever seen what Tyranid sculpt looks like before Zergs came out?"

that second picture looks like E.T. to me.


phooooooooooooooonnne hhoooooooooooooooommmme

"Grow up and be a man"

My faith in humanity sinks a little every time i get that.
It is a poor lifeless husk of a man that disallows himself enjoyment just for the sake of appearing extra mature or maskuline.




"You should try a wash"

when someone who barely grasps drybrushing sees a finished best-painted -winning model.


"X unit sucks, you should use Y instead."

So, uncalled for, yet so common.




And the final dreaded question that keeps popping up:


"How much have you spent on this hobby?"

I hate it when people hate on competitive players. Sorry, I AM competitive. I hated it when I played street fighter and people called so-and-so 'cheap' and I don't like it any more when I see it in 40k. I might not use an army thought of as cheesy ( I play tau), but I do play to win. I do try to be mild mannered and polite about it.

This isn't really a thing that one "hears", but... I hate how this one guy at my LGS smells. Ug, really, the guy doesn't bath. No joke.

"How much does it cost to get into this game?"

You always get it as if there is some cheap option out there.(Please don't attempt to suggest any) I've gotten into a lot of games and in the end you are out $200-$300 dollars for an army and rulebooks/army books before you know it

another fun one just for bad timing

said when pointing at your dead pile "Are these your reserves?"

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Anything in an Ork voice.

My wife is playing Orks, and even she hates it if I do a 40k Ork voice when playing DND.

Due to a rise in lead prices we will be making the following price adjustments.........

Llamahead wrote:Due to a rise in lead prices we will be making the following price adjustments.........

Waitaminute... why did the price go up on plastics then?

There are two that always get me.

1) Anytime anyone says Eldars... that drives me mental.

2) Anytime non wargamers refer to models as figurines or action figures, its not the words so much as the tone of voice everyone seems to to put on when they say it. I poke fun at myself with the gf and say "Im off to paint my man-dollies" which for some reason always sounds better. :\

Vulcan wrote:

Llamahead wrote:Due to a rise in lead prices we will be making the following price adjustments.........

Waitaminute... why did the price go up on plastics then?

They have done it so many times i almost forgot about those.

Just a pet-peeve:

"Can I borrow your tape measurer?"

Same can be said for Templates, rulebooks, and dice.

Come prepared for hellsake. Unless you're a newb, then I can make the exception. Just gets under my skin.

When people ask 'which team is best'

Or refer to races in the game as 'factions'

GAAAAH!

Oh, and my least favourite? When discussing specific army lists (like one of my themed ones) and say it's 'sub-optimal'. WELL SO FETHING WHAT. I'M PLAYING TO A THEME BEYOND SMASH MY OPPONENT IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE YOU FETHING CRETIN!

"I'll be outflanking my meltas now..."

Ahh Meltaguns. They love me so much, they feel the need to express it by blowing my poor tanks to tank heaven...

Ravenous D wrote:There are two that always get me.

1) Anytime anyone says Eldars... that drives me mental.

2) Anytime non wargamers refer to models as figurines or action figures, its not the words so much as the tone of voice everyone seems to to put on when they say it. I poke fun at myself with the gf and say "Im off to paint my man-dollies" which for some reason always sounds better. :\

My boss calls them GI-Joes. I just smile and say the are actually orks.

"Oops. Was that your model?"

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

Or refer to races in the game as 'factions'

GAAAAH!

Sowwy T-T

Firstly, you can type fast and still make a grammatically correct statement.

Secondly, X is better than Y is THE WORST thing ever, as it leads to hour long arguments that lead nowhere and just get me pee'd off.

Finally, my pet hate is "Where's the [insert tiny piece of wargear here] on that model? He/she can't use it."

Oh I'm sorry for not having the time and patience to glue and paint a grenade pack on every marine, a pistol on every marine. Whatever. It states clearly in the rules it's there. Aslong as my squad has the correct main gun it shouldn;t matter whether they've got their pistol + ccw. How many Space Wolves or Chaos Marines do you see with a bolter, pistol, and ccw? I never have. So shush!

Ugh! I need to vent anger more often, I feel so much better now. =p

Oshova

#31 "If you dont like what i like , you have bad tastes or you arnt qualified to make judgment"

#32 "If you like what i dont like , you are a fan girl."

#33 "I will never take in what others have experienced , only my own sole personal experience of the encounter counts,
i will deny what the other hundreds of people have encountered because it hasn't happened to me"

#34 "because i view you as someone inferior in every way , i will fail to and neglect to see your point of view.
After all i have already made up in my mind that you cant possibly see the multiple side that every situation has"
thus im going to claim you do such and such because of reason A , and not reason B C or D

I hate it when little kids come up and start touching my pieces. Makes me antsy as hell.

Why? One of the Red Shirts, a new one (and very nice one) was playing a game with some other guys, when suddenly, he heard a crack. A little bugger (oops, I mean kid) pressed his elbow on his drop pod.

JSK-Fox wrote:I hate it when little kids come up and start touching my pieces. Makes me antsy as hell.

Why? One of the Red Shirts, a new one (and very nice one) was playing a game with some other guys, when suddenly, he heard a crack. A little bugger (oops, I mean kid) pressed his elbow on his drop pod.

That kid must be really tall for his age then . The tables are kind of high to lay elbow on i think?

Yeah, when I was working at GW one of the regulars (a phenomenal painter) was playing is first battle with his newly made and painted Battlewagon. Some little kid decides to move it backwards and forwards on the board making engine noises. :O luckily no damage was done, but I had to have a chat to the kid's parents about keeping him under control, as people spend a lot of time and money on their models.

Oshova

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Anything in an Ork voice.

Heh , you'd be very annoyed with me. I mostly only speak like an ork to my freinds the only time you be able to hear me is when I "Waaaaaaaaaagh!"

the only thing I hate hearing: The Price on the kick ass models I want. OH GOD MY WALLET IT...HURTS!

"There are no female gamers. They simply just cannot exist!"

Not exclusive to wargaming, but still just as annoying.

"omg you fail."

Care you explain why? No? You're just going to throw that out there with no backup? Alrighty then.

I don't play anything outside of casual games with friends, so I don't hear a lot of the crap that you all have to put up with. Thank goodness.

"Why are you so upset about little Billy playing with your 'toys?' I'm sure he can find all the pieces if you ask him nicely."

Getting called a furry for sporting a large skaven army .

On a more seirous note, I can't stand it when people make minor adjustments to rules to give themselves the advantage and actively iterate it to make it sound like a real rule. I'm a new player and sometimes this has snuck past me, but nowadays I spend the time to read their codex or clarify rules with other (more trustworthy) players just to make sure so he doesn't pull fast crap on me.

"We need comp or no one will want to come to the tournament"

"We need sports scores or no one will want to come to the tournament"

"Man, (insert army X) is so cheesy and overpowered"

"Fantasy is far more tactical than 40k, everyone in 40k has guns so you just line up and shoot at each other"

Warhammer 40K (Nids and Space Marines) were totally ripped off from the movie "Alien."

Wife when young daughter is reaching for in-game model or piece of terrain:

"Oh just let her hold it for a minute, she won't do any harm."

Lorek wrote:As a wargamer, I really hate hearing "It's time for the anal rape!" from some big burly dude. Can't STAND that.

This! I can't stand it when people say vulgar things out of lack of creativity. I'm all for taunting during and outside of a game. But put some ounce of brainpower into it rather than reaching for the crudest thing that comes to mind. If I wanted to hear that type of language I would go to a bar/arcade/mall/etc.

I don't game too often at stores, even when I was heavily into MTG. I used to hate/love it when everyone at the store assumes your a newbie because you've never been there and then get pissed when you beat them. I say love because it's satisfying beating someone who is so full of themselves they underestimate someone they don't know, which I would think the opposite would be the better option. I saw hate because sometimes the person whines and complains about their luck because it couldn't possibly be that new guy they never met before beat them on his own accord. Just takes the fun out of it for me, and if it's not fun, why bother?

After reading through this thread I realized 90% of what annoys people doesn't bother me, I guess I just ignore it.

"That doesn't seem realistic" is a favorite of mine.

What part of my army of dinosaurs with swords fighting your army of reanimated corpses doesn't seem real to you?

See when I say realism it usually goes a little like this.

"Well that's not very realistic . . . well you know what I mean . . . realistic in a fictional kinda way . . . ok I'll shut up now . . ."

Oshova

hawkeye wrote:"That doesn't seem realistic" is a favorite of mine.

What part of my army of dinosaurs with swords fighting your army of reanimated corpses doesn't seem real to you?

I hate when people use that as argument for a rule, also I hate when people "that's overpowered" as a argument for a rule or an excuse for losing.

When my freind tells me my deffkoptas are not actually flying.

Its in the air! its not flying, but its in the air!

No offense BlackVanguard

"Guys, want to hear about the cheesiest list I can build? It's so cheesey and awesome!"

Every damn codex release I hear that from multiple sources. I don't want to hear about your theoretical lists if there is 0 chance that you'll actually buy the models and run said list!

Geemoney wrote:

hawkeye wrote:"That doesn't seem realistic" is a favorite of mine.

What part of my army of dinosaurs with swords fighting your army of reanimated corpses doesn't seem real to you?

I hate when people use that as argument for a rule, also I hate when people "that's overpowered" as a argument for a rule or an excuse for losing.

QFT

WingsofCadia wrote:I hate it when i get back to my apartment and my girlfriend looks at me then my warhammer bag and then asks me if i had fun playing with my toys today.

Whoah buddy, come down of the horse.
What is it with people getting so upset with this?

They /ARE/ toys.

toy

–noun
1.
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.


You are playing with toys.

The correct response is,

"I had a great day playing with my toys thanks, what did you get up to today?" And be glad you have a nice girl who is caring enough to enquire about how your day was.

Roleplayer wrote:

WingsofCadia wrote:I hate it when i get back to my apartment and my girlfriend looks at me then my warhammer bag and then asks me if i had fun playing with my toys today.

Whoah buddy, come down of the horse.
What is it with people getting so upset with this?

They /ARE/ toys.

toy

–noun
1.
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.


You are playing with toys.

The correct response is,

"I had a great day playing with my toys thanks, what did you get up to today?" And be glad you have a nice girl who is caring enough to enquire about how your day was.

Because then it makes it hard to impossible to justify to anyone including ourselves how expensive these toys are.

LunaHound wrote:
Because then it makes it hard to impossible to justify to anyone including ourselves how expensive these toys are.

Can't say i find that to be true at all. I don't feel any need to justify it at all.

I enjoy using them, compared to other forms of entertainment like movies, or seeing a baseball game hour for hour they are comparivley well priced.

I enjoy painting and playing with my toys

Roleplayer wrote:

LunaHound wrote:
Because then it makes it hard to impossible to justify to anyone including ourselves how expensive these toys are.

Can't say i find that to be true at all. I don't feel any need to justify it at all.

Its not true to everyone no. only to some. It was a common conversation i always have with the adults in my FLGS

I guess being nearly 30 means I dont have to deal with people assumptions about my hobbies, anymore.

Dravenguild wrote:I hate it when I plop my crimson fists on the field only to hear from passerbys:

"Where's pedro kantor? Can't have a PROPER crimson fists army without kantor"

It makes me seeth with rage

I apologize I do feel bad for that.

Especially when I was going to say: When people complain about my army composition, cheese/fail/whatever. I play what I like because I like to. Terminator army? Hellz yeah. Not because I'm trying to win but simply because terminators happen to be some of my favorite pieces. I love those lil guys. Same with wraithlords :/

"Why can't there be female Space Marines?"

"What if the Emperor[insert verb/scenario here]?"

"Two minutes left![at the top of turn 4]"

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"

____________________________________________

I have to say that sometimes it pains me to look at the models, or toys , that I have amassed. I have blown a pretty decent amount of cash on the hobby, and a lot of it is still waiting to be painted!

Still, it makes me happy to play and even happier to win. That's really all the justification I need.

Roleplayer wrote:

WingsofCadia wrote:I hate it when i get back to my apartment and my girlfriend looks at me then my warhammer bag and then asks me if i had fun playing with my toys today.

Whoah buddy, come down of the horse.
What is it with people getting so upset with this?

They /ARE/ toys.

toy

–noun
1.
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.


You are playing with toys.

The correct response is,

"I had a great day playing with my toys thanks, now could you get back to the kitchen and prepare me a sandwich? Now please, I didn't stutter." And be glad you have a nice girl who is caring enough to enquire about how your day was.

Fixed that for you


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CrazyThang wrote:

Dravenguild wrote:I hate it when I plop my crimson fists on the field only to hear from passerbys:

"Where's pedro kantor? Can't have a PROPER crimson fists army without kantor"

It makes me seeth with rage

I apologize I do feel bad for that.

Especially when I was going to say: When people complain about my army composition, cheese/fail/whatever. I play what I like because I like to. Terminator army? Hellz yeah. Not because I'm trying to win but simply because terminators happen to be some of my favorite pieces. I love those lil guys. Same with wraithlords :/

You were concise and respectful about it, if you're wondering I was actually referring to someone from the northridge shop I didn't mean you lol.

The guy I talked to, I can't remember his name but I wanted to bust his nose something awful

Monster Rain wrote:[

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"[/i]

I know exactly what you mean, mate.
If I hear one more story about how these special-rainbow-marines saved the Emperors life and destroyed a whole Hive Fleet with one company...

LunaHound wrote:

JSK-Fox wrote:I hate it when little kids come up and start touching my pieces. Makes me antsy as hell.

Why? One of the Red Shirts, a new one (and very nice one) was playing a game with some other guys, when suddenly, he heard a crack. A little bugger (oops, I mean kid) pressed his elbow on his drop pod.

That kid must be really tall for his age then . The tables are kind of high to lay elbow on i think?

These tables are kinda short. The guy was playing a game, and set his piece off to the side, and some kid put his elbow on it to help him see or something.

CrazyThang wrote:

Dravenguild wrote:I hate it when I plop my crimson fists on the field only to hear from passerbys:

"Where's pedro kantor? Can't have a PROPER crimson fists army without kantor"

It makes me seeth with rage

I apologize I do feel bad for that.

Especially when I was going to say: When people complain about my army composition, cheese/fail/whatever. I play what I like because I like to. Terminator army? Hellz yeah. Not because I'm trying to win but simply because terminators happen to be some of my favorite pieces. I love those lil guys. Same with wraithlords :/

You were concise and respectful about it, if you're wondering I was actually referring to someone from the northridge shop I didn't mean you lol.

The guy I talked to, I can't remember his name but I wanted to bust his nose something awful

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:[

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"[/i]

I know exactly what you mean, mate.
If I hear one more story about how these special-rainbow-marines saved the Emperors life and destroyed a whole Hive Fleet with one company...

What, you mean Ultramarines?

Terje-Tubby wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:[

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"[/i]

I know exactly what you mean, mate.
If I hear one more story about how these special-rainbow-marines saved the Emperors life and destroyed a whole Hive Fleet with one company...

What, you mean Ultramarines?

No, he means the rainbow warriors.

Deff Rider Warboss wrote:When my freind tells me my deffkoptas are not actually flying.

Its in the air! its not flying, but its in the air!

No offense BlackVanguard

Well it's more of a ground effect.....

JSK-Fox wrote:

LunaHound wrote:

JSK-Fox wrote:I hate it when little kids come up and start touching my pieces. Makes me antsy as hell.

Why? One of the Red Shirts, a new one (and very nice one) was playing a game with some other guys, when suddenly, he heard a crack. A little bugger (oops, I mean kid) pressed his elbow on his drop pod.

That kid must be really tall for his age then . The tables are kind of high to lay elbow on i think?

These tables are kinda short. The guy was playing a game, and set his piece off to the side, and some kid put his elbow on it to help him see or something.

Just a quick question JSK what store do you go to, is it a gw store or a flgs?
Wondering because i know a kid that does that in a GW store i used to do,
his power elbows crushed my nob squad in haft.

Btw the flag lies,
I really live in Canada Ontario

Klawz wrote:

Terje-Tubby wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:[

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"[/i]

I know exactly what you mean, mate.
If I hear one more story about how these special-rainbow-marines saved the Emperors life and destroyed a whole Hive Fleet with one company...

What, you mean Ultramarines?

No, he means the rainbow warriors.

No, I mean an army that looks like it was the victim of an horrific paint spill accident...so yeah. Basically Rainbow Warriors.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Klawz wrote:

Terje-Tubby wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:[

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"[/i]

I know exactly what you mean, mate.
If I hear one more story about how these special-rainbow-marines saved the Emperors life and destroyed a whole Hive Fleet with one company...

What, you mean Ultramarines?

No, he means the rainbow warriors.

No, I mean an army that looks like it was the victim of an horrific paint spill accident...so yeah. Basically Rainbow Warriors.

But..but...they're "multi-coloured".

Cheesepie wrote:

JSK-Fox wrote:

LunaHound wrote:

JSK-Fox wrote:I hate it when little kids come up and start touching my pieces. Makes me antsy as hell.

Why? One of the Red Shirts, a new one (and very nice one) was playing a game with some other guys, when suddenly, he heard a crack. A little bugger (oops, I mean kid) pressed his elbow on his drop pod.

That kid must be really tall for his age then . The tables are kind of high to lay elbow on i think?

These tables are kinda short. The guy was playing a game, and set his piece off to the side, and some kid put his elbow on it to help him see or something.

Just a quick question JSK what store do you go to, is it a gw store or a flgs?
Wondering because i know a kid that does that in a GW store i used to do,
his power elbows crushed my nob squad in haft.

Btw the flag lies,
I really live in Canada Ontario

Same.
It was at a GW store, which is where I play most of my games. I never saw it happen, but the red shirt mentioned it during an academy game, and I was antsy about my units the rest of the day.

Klawz wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Klawz wrote:

Terje-Tubby wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:[

"Check out this awesome[read: hideous] conversion! Now I'm going to tell about my army's poorly conceived fluff for 20 minutes!"[/i]

I know exactly what you mean, mate.
If I hear one more story about how these special-rainbow-marines saved the Emperors life and destroyed a whole Hive Fleet with one company...

What, you mean Ultramarines?

No, he means the rainbow warriors.

No, I mean an army that looks like it was the victim of an horrific paint spill accident...so yeah. Basically Rainbow Warriors.

But..but...they're "multilazored".

Fixed your typo.

"Why do you that? How can you find it intersting? It just isn't fun."
JESUS. F******. CHRIST.

alexwars1 wrote:"Why do you that? How can you find it intersting? It just isn't fun."
JESUS. F******. CHRIST.

QFT

Once, when I was at a GW store, I was playing some game against some 8 year old, whom was using the store's Ultrasmurf army, but, he had attached the sticky drinking straw he had just used to consume a can of red bull (don't ask me how he got it) to the front of a rhino and was calling it a 'Super-boom Cannon' or something similar.
Anyways, this kid was seriously upped, and keep saying his rhino had said huge gun and that whatever it was pointed at, the whole squad would die instantly.

Upon both mine and a Red Shirt's intervention, one, about how such a thing was rediculous and two, taping straws covered in gak to the store's surprisingly well painted vehichles was a big no-no, he chucked a tantrum, picked up 'his' rhino, and ditched it at the ground as hard as possible.

He was booted out of the store promptly.

That is why there should be a strict 13+ limit to going in GWS.

That is why I have a strict "Don't go to GW except on weekdays before 3 o'clock" rule. =D

Oshova

Boss 'eadbreaka wrote:Another thing Wargamers hate hearing: 'Why do you still play with toys?'

THEY'RE MINIATURES DAMNIT!!!1!

My girlfriend has fondly named them, "Your barbydolls" I reply "You don't understand they're engineered superhumans whose only goal is to serve the god emperor and save the imperium!" she replies "Nerd." and I therefore lose. Sadness.

I get no such comments from my girlfriend. She does seem overly interested in my collection of over 40 Dark Eldar Wyches (scantily dressed women) I think she's still shocked that they get sold to kids lol

Oshova

That's not as bad as my Dad, who refers to them as '28mm of overpriced nerdy junk'.

He agrees that the tanks are cool however.

As all good men should! Tanks=win in the eyes of us men =D

If a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing with a tank! =D

Oshova

Ouch, parents insulting the hobby is bad. Very bad, however I won't go into just how bad it is, but I will if someone asks politely.


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In the words of Solar Marcharius himself, "What I cannot crush with words, I will crush with the tanks of the Imperial Guard".

"Khorne? Isn't that something you eat?"

FFFFFFFFFFFFFF UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Tim the Biovore wrote:Ouch, parents insulting the hobby is bad. Very bad, however I won't go into just how bad it is, but I will if someone asks politely.


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in the words of Solar Marcharius himself, "What I cannot crush with words, I will crush with the tanks of the Imperial Guard".

*In cute squeaky voice* Please Mister Biovore Man... Pleeeassseeee...

You asked for it.

Parents insulting the hobby is the wargamers equivalent to a 9/11 event. The results are catastrophic, resulting in some young gamers giving up the hobby to remain "normal" in the eyes of their elders. In short, it is like a good kick in the nads.

(Maybe a slight over-reaction)

I'm fortunate my dad plays as well.

Anyways, I hate people who take ten years to set up and ten more to put away their pieces when they finish up, so I can't end up having a fething game!

olympia wrote:

Cheesepie wrote:Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

"Honey, I'm pregnant." No more gaming for you!

I already told my girlfriend, if we have kids they're playing with me.

Ludovic wrote:

Deff Rider Warboss wrote:When my freind tells me my deffkoptas are not actually flying.

Its in the air! its not flying, but its in the air!

No offense BlackVanguard

Well it's more of a ground effect.....

See Ludovic's got my back. You have no proof.

Tim the Biovore wrote:Ouch, parents insulting the hobby is bad. Very bad, however I won't go into just how bad it is, but I will if someone asks politely.

Surprisingly it's not as demoralizing as it should be to hear your mother calling "Have fun playing with your toy soldiers."

TheBlackVanguard wrote:

olympia wrote:

Cheesepie wrote:Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

"Honey, I'm pregnant." No more gaming for you!

I already told my girlfriend, if we have kids they're playing with me.

Your kids will be awesome. Just remember - no Wyches for the little kiddies!

Definitely getting my kids into wargaming. But getting them to stay as far away from GW as possible, for as long as possible. Can;t be doing with that much of a sink in my wallet =p

Oshova

Timmah wrote:"We need comp or no one will want to come to the tournament"

"We need sports scores or no one will want to come to the tournament"

"Man, (insert army X) is so cheesy and overpowered"

"Fantasy is far more tactical than 40k, everyone in 40k has guns so you just line up and shoot at each other"

Oh hell yeah, I hate it when FAACers get all bitchy about tournaments, especially when they sign up for them and wonder why they do crap with their all radical daemonhunters army.

As for the fantasy one that one really burns my ass, I tried to get back into fantasy and its like playing 40k with your hands tied to your nards. Its like an excercise in stupidity when I have to paint 20 models to gain rank bonuses when only 5 do anything, then you lose combat and loose all 20 anyway, that and its all about who has the better deathstar. Regardless after seeing the "deep tactics" (aka the level I have to sink to) in order to win I said no thanks. I'd rather play war of the ring over fantasy any day and I ing hate LotR.

When one of my friends/work colleagues says 'You play Warhammer [insert 10 secs of annoying laughter] but you play rugby and stuff why would you do that you geek'

Er #1 does the fact I enjoy playing sport and working out mean I can't play with toys/minatures (trying to please everyone0
#2 Why does that make me a geek? Sorry I prefer playing with toys/minatures to watching an unhealthy ammount of porn/getting drunk everynight/speaking to my wife (she doesn't read Dakka I am safe )
#3 What gives you the right to laugh you dill weed I am nearly 30 and I can make my own choices without needing the approval of the playground.

Rant over.

oh not quite

When I play with a new army and people assume that because I am not verbatim on that Codex (cause I have only owned it a few weeks) that I don't know the main rules or the rules from most other codexes so try to make up bs rules.

Quote from gf (edited because of bad memory lol)

"It's a game for tweens and spotty geeks or guys who can't get a girlfriend. It doesn't produce anything, or lead on to anything."

That's what I can't stand about people who diss Warhammer. Yes, we're 20 (30) or even 40 plus year olds who paint small plastic and metal figures and play roleplay games with them.
But is the fact we're teenagers or older mean we should stop?

Don't think so

What 's me off more than anything else in the entire universe is when someone who I know spends time doing some absolute crap like watching soap operas or reality TV or some other mainstream nonsense has the balls to call my hobby stupid or boring or nerdy or weird (same applies to books, movies, video games).

Makes my ing ears bleed.

Corennus wrote:Quote from gf (edited because of bad memory lol)

"It's a game for tweens and spotty geeks or guys who can't get a girlfriend. It doesn't produce anything, or lead on to anything."

That's what I can't stand about people who diss Warhammer. Yes, we're 20 (30) or even 40 plus year olds who paint small plastic and metal figures and play roleplay games with them.
But is the fact we're teenagers or older mean we should stop?

Don't think so

Mental stimulation, artistic ability, vocabulary, reading, social interaction and expansion of the imagination.

I am a 33yr old man, happily married and in a well paid job.

What feths me off is the comments like the one above and others who do jack-gak with their own lives and then think they can look down on our hobby, people who do nothing but 'watch football' (paint drying) or 'jog' (run round in circles moar!!1!). These same people who are stood in my office right now having intent conversations about who's going to win X Factor or whether or not Brad and Angelina are going to break up. The dislike of our hobby usually stems from an inability to understand it. So, stupid people don't get wargaming.

"A new edition is coming with big changes for your army..."

"Dark Eldar are being squatted"

Ugh that's blasphemy! GRR!

Oshova

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

Corennus wrote:Quote from gf (edited because of bad memory lol)

"It's a game for tweens and spotty geeks or guys who can't get a girlfriend. It doesn't produce anything, or lead on to anything."

That's what I can't stand about people who diss Warhammer. Yes, we're 20 (30) or even 40 plus year olds who paint small plastic and metal figures and play roleplay games with them.
But is the fact we're teenagers or older mean we should stop?

Don't think so

Mental stimulation, artistic ability, vocabulary, reading, social interaction and expansion of the imagination.

I am a 33yr old man, happily married and in a well paid job.

What feths me off is the comments like the one above and others who do jack-gak with their own lives and then think they can look down on our hobby, people who do nothing but 'watch football' (paint drying) or 'jog' (run round in circles moar!!1!). These same people who are stood in my office right now having intent conversations about who's going to win X Factor or whether or not Brad and Angelina are going to break up. The dislike of our hobby usually stems from an inability to understand it. So, stupid people don't get wargaming.

So , so true . I enjoy this hobby it encorporates so much I like in one neat tidy package. I like art , so painting my minis or even drawing stuff , I get so much inspiration from 40k. I like war stuff , sci-fi/fanatasy anything with an interesting sotry line and playing games. I really hate people idea that if you arnt "normal" ,they theres something up with you .But its the total oposite , these peopel lead boring lives and just do average things. Reallly the weaks ones are there to justify the strong

"Fantasy is like chess, 40k is checkers."

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Thats actually not far from the truth, to be honest ^.^

I hate it when youngin's think they can touch my mini's without asking. That reminds me, a redshirt in my store makes this one dumbarse kid do pushups whenever he touches someones stuff without asking. 5 per finger.

That's awesome! That should be the 11th GW commandment "Make all kids do press-ups for touching others figures" =D

Oshova

Karon wrote:

I hate it when youngin's think they can touch my mini's without asking. That reminds me, a redshirt in my store makes this one dumbarse kid do pushups whenever he touches someones stuff without asking. 5 per finger.

Urgh, I hate this too. Playing at my local hobby shop with a buddy, we are newish to the game so are still unsure about some of the rules, so we were looking up a rule when a parent came over to the table and started picking up our stuff to look at as if it were for sale. There's also a couple of younger players that own a mish mash of figures from pretty much all the 40k armies and are always using the demo stuff that the owner uses to teach new players, in one afternoon they must of broke about 10 orks, the owner was not best pleased

So fething true. Wanna know how stupid people are? Well, I'll tell you about one woman. She first thought I was an employee, and I was like .__.

Then, after I said no, she came up to me and asked how many termagaunts are in a package, EVEN THOUGH IT FETHING SAYS ON THE BACK!!!

It was twelve, and I lost about 1,000 brain cells.

Little kids love to touch whatever the little s can get their hands on. Which just so happens to be my miniatures. And if that isn't enough, people constantly interrupt my games to ask stupid questions about the hobby. It blows my mind how dumb people are. I will suppose I have said the opinions of about 100, 000, 000, 000 people world-wide.

JSK-Fox wrote:So fething true. Wanna know how stupid people are? Well, I'll tell you about one woman. She first thought I was an employee, and I was like .__.

Then, after I said no, she came up to me and asked how many termagaunts are in a package, EVEN THOUGH IT FETHING SAYS ON THE BACK!!!

It was twelve, and I lost about 1,000 brain cells.

Little kids love to touch whatever the little s can get their hands on. Which just so happens to be my miniatures. And if that isn't enough, people constantly interrupt my games to ask stupid questions about the hobby. It blows my mind how dumb people are. I will suppose I have said the opinions of about 100, 000, 000, 000 people world-wide.

She must felt you looked professional , so thats a good thing!
If they ask you about the hobby constantly , that means they look up to you as some sort of role model. can be a good thing as well!

If you smile at them and tell them to wait after the game , im sure everything will be fine.
You have fans xD

JSK-Fox wrote:So fething true. Wanna know how stupid people are? Well, I'll tell you about one woman. She first thought I was an employee, and I was like .__.

Then, after I said no, she came up to me and asked how many termagaunts are in a package, EVEN THOUGH IT FETHING SAYS ON THE BACK!!!

Maybe you should calm the hell down. Perhaps someone was trying to buy a gift or something for a gamer friend/relative. God forbid you have a normal interaction with another human being, who maybe doesn't know exactly where it says on the back of a box of gaunts how many models are contained.

Way to blow apart stereotypes of gamers as antisocial weirdos...

I was nice to them and all, it's just that when the number is in bold right where I saw them looking, I start to get a little, angry.

JSK-Fox wrote:I was nice to them and all, it's just that when the number is in bold right where I saw them looking, I start to get a little, angry.

Yeah, I see what you mean, but still if they don't know what they're looking at they still might be having a hard time.

I, for one, like to encourage people in the hobby and answer any questions that they might have about it. After all, the higher the turnout at the tournament, the bigger the prize I might win!

JSK-Fox wrote:It blows my mind how dumb people are. I will suppose I have said the opinions of about 100, 000, 000, 000 people world-wide.

You realise that there are less than 7,000,000,000 people worldwide right? Looks like you're not quite top of the intellectual heap yourself, champ

I've had people I regard as pretty thick call me a sad b-----d for playing warhammer, but in the end I can get over it, I'm not too fussed over their opinions (still stings a bit when attractive women give me crap over it, though)

What I really hate to hear is a few clinking, clattering, snapping sounds, and my mate's cousin going "oh . . . whoops".

I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:

JSK-Fox wrote:It blows my mind how dumb people are. I will suppose I have said the opinions of about 100, 000, 000, 000 people world-wide.

You realise that there are less than 7,000,000,000 people worldwide right? Looks like you're not quite top of the intellectual heap yourself, champ

Yes I do. I was using hyperbole to emphasis my statement.

Literary devices are not allowed! Pedantic readers will not tolerate hyperbole!

HERESY!

Anyways, back on topic children...

I must say that there is one good thing. All the red shirts, and even the manager at my local GWS, are really awesome.

My red shirts used to be pretty darn awesome, Free bits bin dives!
But for some reason the place got a new set of staff, ditching the old ones
then everything started to go downhill from there.

No more bits bin for the regulars, only for the academy kids, and the painting table was
always stuff full of academy kids, so were the gaming tables.

Cheesepie wrote:My red shirts used to be pretty darn awesome, Free bits bin dives!
But for some reason the place got a new set of staff, ditching the old ones
then everything started to go downhill from there.

No more bits bin for the regulars, only for the academy kids, and the painting table was
always stuff full of academy kids, so were the gaming tables.

Same with mine, used to love having a rustle through the bits bin, or just hanging around and chatting to the staff between games or whilst painting, but then the new manager started there they stopped caring about the regulars, and instead began focusing on just selling armies and the like to first time buyers, making it more about the money than the hobby.

You know, to be honest, sometimes I wish the people working the stores would be a little more interested in the business aspect of running a gaming shop.

Fortunately, the guys at my GWS even are renovating 2 of their three boards - once lava wastes, and one snow. The unmodded one is all grassland.

I came in here to read about Anal Rape and all i get is grammar Nazis


i,think,you,all,need,moar,commas,or,else,i,dont,understanded what yore sayin,g

off topic: Really our games workshop store used to have a ice board a lava board and 2 grass boards, and 1 urban, but when new management kicked in, the sold all the old display models painted by the staff to the academy kids, and sold the ice board and one grass board. Then even sold a whole metal greatly painted 1000 point vostroy army to a 10 year old for 150 bucks.

On Topic (well not really): I hate it when little kids get first bids on these kinds of things.

You know what I really hate?

When I buy models from the FLGS and my mother comes into my room later on to see my painting progress, she always asks "So are they the goodies or the baddies?"

I know she's teasing me, but fething hell it gets under my skin.

Cheese Elemental wrote:You know what I really hate?

When I buy models from the FLGS and my mother comes into my room...

When browsing over the thread titles, this is all that came up. Sorry, Cheese.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:You know what I really hate?

When I buy models from the FLGS and my mother comes into my room...

When browsing over the thread titles, this is all that came up. Sorry, Cheese.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:You know what I really hate?

When I buy models from the FLGS and my mother comes into my room...

When browsing over the thread titles, this is all that came up. Sorry, Cheese.

OOoooohhh...
Sounds hawt!

Anyways, I also hate people who take up two boards just to play one game.

Pipboy101 wrote:When any woman says to a wargamer, "So you enjoy playing with your wee little guy here?"

I always pick up a well-painted model and hold it out to them. "Would you like to touch my little man?"

What annoys me is hearing "They've got a ballistic skill of seven, I think. Maybe six." *Flips through codex* "Oh, they're a four."


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LunaHound wrote:
Because then it makes it hard to impossible to justify to anyone including ourselves how expensive these toys are.

"Other men collect cars, or spend thousands of dollars on their snowmobiles, or ATVs. All I want is a few miniature figures."

JSK-Fox wrote:Anyways, I also hate people who take up two boards just to play one game.

I think my idea gaming area setup would include a couple of 'sideboard' tables of some sort so every gaming table has a secondary surface for dead models, squads in reserve, drinks, books, etc. Even a cheap bookshelf or something.

Mordiggian wrote:
"Other men collect cars, or spend thousands of dollars on their snowmobiles, or ATVs. All I want is a few miniature figures."

I'm glad my wife is so cool.

I hear people talk every once and a while about how their significant other disapproves of the hobby. You'd think that one's best gal would be happy that they're playing 40k instead of doing a plethora of other, more unpleasant things...

i cant stand hearing:whay do you play with dolls or those people took 'nids from alien.

I hate how people rag on kids for being kids.

But seriously this is something that always bothers me. Mabe because I am only 18 so I'm "getting over" the "kid phase" of my life but sometimes you have to calmly explain to kids instead of snatching your model back or looking on in abject terror (yes they can see it in your eyes!!!).

Oh and these alleged "stupid people"... sorry not everyone in the world knows about Warhammer. I'm sure if I spoke to one of you fine UK-ians out there about Rugby you would consider me very stupid (considering I know absolutley nothing about it) or even our own basketball and such.

Note: This is not directed at anyone in particular, but to the general attitude of the community as a whole. Mayeb we deserve our antisocial reputation?

CrazyThang wrote:Maybe we deserve our antisocial reputation?

I think it's a few people that deserve the reputation that ruin it for the rest of us. I'd say the ratio for Reasonably Well Adjusted Gamers to Neckbearded, Malodorous TFGs is about 8:1.

It's just that the TFG leaves a much more lasting impression on observers when he opens his yellow-toothed maw to utter something asinine.

Monster Rain wrote:

CrazyThang wrote:Maybe we deserve our antisocial reputation?

I think it's a few people that deserve the reputation that ruin it for the rest of us. I'd say the ratio for Reasonably Well Adjusted Gamers: Neckbearded, Malodorous TFGs is about 8:1.

It's just that the TFG leaves a much more lasting impression on observers when he opens his yellow-toothed maw to utter something asinine.

Heh, very true. I have to agree with you there.

"Play like you got a pair."

Really? I mean, really? We're acting like tough guys with this now?

Cheese Elemental wrote:she always asks "So are they the goodies or the baddies?"

Subtract "mother" insert "wife" and I know what you mean . However, I find it endearing now... eventually you learn to appreciate these kind of things about people, and my wife is just someone who will never, ever have any interest and/or understanding of warhammer. Just as she has no interest/understanding of football, beyond the fact that I find it interesting...

little ot peaple who add theyr name after every post wtf what the point of doing that your name is there already and usually the "sig" is something like 80% of the post

Devastator wrote:little ot peaple who add theyr name after every post wtf what the point of doing that your name is there already and usually the "sig" is something like 80% of the post

Are you insulting Panic?

Klawz wrote:

Devastator wrote:little ot peaple who add theyr name after every post wtf what the point of doing that your name is there already and usually the "sig" is something like 80% of the post

Are you insulting Panic?

who???

Devastator wrote:

Klawz wrote:

Devastator wrote:little ot peaple who add theyr name after every post wtf what the point of doing that your name is there already and usually the "sig" is something like 80% of the post

Are you insulting Panic?

who???

Heh.

Red_Zeke wrote:"Play like you got a pair."

Really? I mean, really? We're acting like tough guys with this now?

There hasn't been enough macho posturing in minis games. PP aims to fix that.

what i hate is people critisizing my painting, while they themselves have terribly painted or even UNPAINTED minis.

i hate people giving me tactics advice in game, i can do just fine on my own, thanks.

i also hate people telling me what to take in my army, then losing to my 'substandard' list. oh wait, i love that...

Devastator wrote:little ot peaple who add theyr name after every post wtf what the point of doing that your name is there already

This is definitely off topic since it's more of a forum pet peeve, but I have to agree with this (poorly written) post. We already know who wrote it; you don't need to add your name to the end of the post. Yes, I'm looking at you Panic, Schepp, etc!

I also hate when people have the signature "98% of <group of people> thinks/likes <something>. If you are the 2% that <something else in contrast> add this!"

Back on topic! I hate hearing the total when ringing up a new purchase at the hobby shop. "So that's a box of lootas/burnas (there's only FIVE complete minis in here, and only four of them what you wanted!), a Dark Elf army book and two pots of paint. That will be your first born." I know it's an expensive hobby, but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with incessant price increases on THE SAME MERCHANDISE.

I both hate the sound my usual opponent makes when my 105-point rough riders squad assaults and annihilates his 370-point terminator squad including terminator librarian.

Well, I love the way he reacts, but the sound I'm referring to is that of rough riders being run over by a land raider. Poor chaps.

I just hate hearing people argue about a simple rule that is obvious.

""Definitely getting my kids into wargaming."" -- do it.

My son got me into 40K - now I play more than he does.

Don't expect too much from youngsters (mine's 13) they are just playing for fun. I let his army and his friend's army gang up on my army - 3-4 turns of utter madness - and they are thrilled to beat me. I think I did actually teach them some rules, but the only way to teach them is to play... It's probably easier to put up with your own kid (and since I've raised 2, I have a lot more patience than I did at 20!)

oh yeah -- this is a pet peeve thread: How about someone who complains about how their army sucks the whole game - that way if they win it is a great victory, and if they lose, well, you were bound to win, weren't you? That's just a lack of sportsmanship that you'd see in anything from baseball to martial arts.

ps My wife doesn't ask what I spend on 40K - and I don't ask what she spends on scrapbooking & theology books. That's the magic of marriage. (I did assure her it's cheaper than golf. or shiney cars. or hunting, or a boat etc etc)

Lost Boyz wrote:ps My wife doesn't ask what I spend on 40K - and I don't ask what she spends on scrapbooking & theology books. That's the magic of marriage. (I did assure her it's cheaper than golf. or shiney cars. or hunting, or a boat etc etc)

It's also a lot cheaper than picking up women at bars, not to mention strip clubs or "full release" massages...

Wives should be ecstatic when their guys are playing games in their free time.

"There can't be female space marines!"
Yeah yeah, beating old horse, but i find it still annoying. And DON'T start argumenting about it here; I just wanted to say it.


And an old classic...
"Do you get the enemies models if you win?"

Words that 40k players hate to hear: "Jervis is doing your codex"

"Hey, look! The MEQ's are getting a new codex!"

I don't appreciate it when people talk about things when they are ill informed, like Cheesepie's friend. It's like when you're around drunk/high people at a party and they start talking about politics or important issues and attempt to convert as many people as they can to see it their way.

Same thing with Xbox vs PS3, they are the same thing, the average person will not notice the difference between blue ray and hd dvd (or in game graphics CoD MW2 is the same on both systems). The sad fact is that people only have money for one console so they need to reassure themselves that they made the right choice or try to make people believe that they possess an inferior gaming platform.

Next time either of these situations happen to you remember:

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato.


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Saintspirit wrote:And an old classic...
"Do you get the enemies models if you win?"

I've heard that so many times it's not even funny, if you win a game of monopoly do you win the game board aswell? Do you have to give a piece of equipment to the victors of a sports match? Does anything aside from gambling involve the loss of personal property?

So why do people assume that gamers would be so willing to part with fairly expensive (in terms of time and money) game pieces?

Three words - Stupid Card Games

All those bloody card games (yu-gi-oh, pokemon, etc.) have it so you lose, you give a few cards. Now people expect it from other things.

LunaHound wrote:I hate hearing power gamers calling casuals "noobs" behind their back all the time.

I assume you mean newb, not noob. They are two different meanings.

rocklord2004 wrote:I don't win all that often with my tau (mix of dice and I'm not spectacular with strategy) but there is one person that any time I beat him he feels the need to give me advice, but when I lose there was nothing I could have done to beat him because hes "just that good".

Wow, are you sure your not my identical twin that I should know about?

LunaHound wrote:If i purchase GW produict , even by ebay or purchasing someone that wanted to sell their army
its still supporting GW.

Technically it's not, as they can only make profit from the original purchase, that's it. Any further sales provide no profit, unless it's going to be converted, but even then

Ravenous D wrote:1) Anytime anyone says Eldars... that drives me mental.

OMG, I have the two WORST kids at my local GW, they keep calling them Elders. *shiver* and it's always, do you want to battle me?

Klawz wrote:

Devastator wrote:little ot peaple who add theyr name after every post wtf what the point of doing that your name is there already and usually the "sig" is something like 80% of the post

Are you insulting Panic?

Don't forget Boss Salvage!

JSK-Fox wrote:Three words - Stupid Card Games

All those bloody card games (yu-gi-oh, pokemon, etc.) have it so you lose, you give a few cards. Now people expect it from other things.

Hey Hey!, Yu-Gi-Oh is awesome, (as Steve Irwin would say) Don't muck with it!

I hate it when people remind me of that time when a 150pt Night Goblin unit kinda annihilated my entire 1000pts of WE

Krellnus wrote:

LunaHound wrote:I hate hearing power gamers calling casuals "noobs" behind their back all the time.

I assume you mean newb, not noob. They are two different meanings.

That's OK, because if you ask casuals what they they call TFGs behind their backs, it's totally unprintable without massively violating forum rules.

Krellnus wrote:

LunaHound wrote:I hate hearing power gamers calling casuals "noobs" behind their back all the time.

I assume you mean newb, not noob. They are two different meanings.

This is what I hate to hear.

Somebody correcting another person on the finer points of his made-up, "this-makes-me-look-really-cool", based-on-keystroke-errors, "Im-so-stupid-it-hurts" language.

Krellnus wrote:
I assume you mean newb, not noob. They are two different meanings.

Thing I hate to hear: I learned this from the internet, so it can't possibly be wrong.

I hate when people dislike me using a model that is not GW for a 40k game. Why not?? They say stuff like "If you don't have the model don't play it. It's disrespect to the player and GW." Also people hating on a downloaded codex. now watch what happens to this thread.

Because it's not GW that is why.
I suppose people are actually supposed to PAY for things, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Krellnus wrote:

Ravenous D wrote:1) Anytime anyone says Eldars... that drives me mental.

OMG, I have the two WORST kids at my local GW, they keep calling them Elders. *shiver* and it's always, do you want to battle me?

Do we go to the same FLGS?

Kirbinator wrote:I also hate when people have the signature "98% of <group of people> thinks/likes <something>. If you are the 2% that <something else in contrast> add this!"

You've inspired a new addition to my sig.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Krellnus wrote:

Ravenous D wrote:1) Anytime anyone says Eldars... that drives me mental.

OMG, I have the two WORST kids at my local GW, they keep calling them Elders. *shiver* and it's always, do you want to battle me?

Do we go to the same FLGS?

Which one do you go to?

The one on the Sunshine Coast, Noosa.

I have to admit, I hate it when people take the game too seriously. You know the ones; the kind who turn up to a store/club for a game and, if they don't win, they silently loathe everyone for the next three hours and generally dampen the mood. Now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with winning or aiming to win (one of the people I play regularly is a power-gamer, but because he has a good sense of humour, he's fun to have as an opponent) but it really ruins the fun for everyone else if you not only have to win, but crush your opponent mercilessly doing so, and if you lose you sulk about it. Cool for tournaments, not so in casual games, methinks.

EDIT: except the sulking. That's still not cool. Ever.

Emperors Faithful wrote:The one on the Sunshine Coast, Noosa.

Awwww.... I'm down in NSW, Liverpool, is it just slightly possible they moved up to QLD in the last 3 months?
Hmmmmm.....

JSK-Fox wrote:Three words - Stupid Card Games

All those bloody card games (yu-gi-oh, pokemon, etc.) have it so you lose, you give a few cards. Now people expect it from other things.

Really? I've never played a CCG where you give up cards, 'playing for keeps is something to leave in the playground.


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Krellnus wrote:Because it's not GW that is why.
I suppose people are actually supposed to PAY for things, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Does this refer to copied books or using non-GW figures in GW games. Because objecting to that is narrow minded elitism and particlarly annoying. I've come across GW purists and hate pretty much everything they have to say, it's like kids with their designer clothes in they playground.

Warboss Narznok wrote:I hate when people dislike me using a model that is not GW for a 40k game. Why not?? They say stuff like "If you don't have the model don't play it. It's disrespect to the player and GW." Also people hating on a downloaded codex. now watch what happens to this thread.

Non-40k models are cool provided it's not a soda can Rhino. It's not that I dislike downloaded codecies; I don't like cheap, classless people.

I admit, I prefer buying GWS, but I won't go ZOMFGRAEGONUFORUSINGNON-GW!!! if you have a relatively good-looking substitute. Unless it's a codex. If you download a codex, you are cheap. Also, I'm always sure to make a loss into a continuative (new words!) campaign, not me sulking about for a few hours.

Steelmage99 wrote:

Krellnus wrote:

LunaHound wrote:I hate hearing power gamers calling casuals "noobs" behind their back all the time.

I assume you mean newb, not noob. They are two different meanings.

This is what I hate to hear.

Somebody correcting another person on the finer points of his made-up, "this-makes-me-look-really-cool", based-on-keystroke-errors, "Im-so-stupid-it-hurts" language.

What? Leet isn't cool?

Cheesepie wrote:Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

This is the one thing that i cant stand to hear
this coming from my pal that also plays warhammer

QUOTE-Warhammer 40k stole everything from Starcraft just look at the Nids compaired to the Zerg
Same goes for warhammer and warcaft-END QUOTE

When he said that i just looked at him and said
have you even seen when warhammer was made it was way before warcraft

Actually Blizzard had the original contract to make the warhammer RPG and changed names and models to they could keep going with it to create World of Warcraft.
Wasn't a stretch for them to ripoff 40k to make Starcraft. Just had to hire some really crappy writer to make it work.

I hate 'l33t'. In pretty much all it's forms, but especially when said out loud.

'Did you just say the word 'LOL'?'

'Yeah, so?'

'Nothing.... just grow up.'

Also, I hate it when people aren't sportmanlike after a game. You may have won, but being a prize (TURNIP) about it is NOT cool. Shake hands like a proper gamer, but don't boast about how great you are, unless the opponent you were playing deserves it.

Albatross wrote:I hate 'l33t'. In pretty much all it's forms, but especially when said out loud.

'Did you just say the word 'LOL'?'

'Yeah, so?'

'Nothing.... just grow up.'

I never did get to grips with this whole 1337 speak. I got a text message off my 13yr old sister and I was forced to drive to my mother's and ask her to her face what she actually meant. It's dog toffee if you ask me. ing lazy little sods...

Also oshova mentioned about kids in the local GW store.....well the one in Norwich is the only GW store for Norfolk......should be named GW Soweto/favela/well known refugee camp...

good times

well i hate when my parents are accusing 40K for my every single failure, or mistake.

"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

Kubik wrote:well i hate when my parents are accusing 40K for my every single failure, or mistake.

"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

But idf you wern't playing games like this you would do even stupider things.

Kubik wrote:well i hate when my parents are accusing 40K for my every single failure, or mistake.

"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

Next time, tell them "No, I'd be out getting drunk or high with 'more mature' friends instead..."

well usually good old "yeah yeah" do the trick.

The ones that I've run into and dislike :

"Hey, can I have your (insert bits here)?"

Uh, no. And stop asking everyone, all the time, every time you go. We're paying for our mini's, if you can't afford to buy them, maybe you shouldn't be playing. It wouldn't be so bad if the guy weren't obviously old enough to get a job.

"You're definitely going to want to have these in your army."

Depending on who it is, I can take it with a grain of salt and try to learn something. If I was planning on breaking down and playing marines I might listen if my friend who does play them was giving me advice. But when the guy, of whom the general consensus of the club is that we've seen him play once in 6 months, and poorly at that, is trying to tell someone just getting into the hobby what to put in their army, yeah. That irks me. I actually had to stop playing, draw the poor kid and his dad aside, and let them know that he might not be the best person to talk to, and pointed out several other more experienced players with the particular armies he was looking at to get knowledge from, where and when we usually met, and an open invite to come watch and play.

Kubik wrote:well i hate when my parents are accusing 40K for my every single failure, or mistake.

"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

I've had this coversation before.
"You should stop buying these toys, there too expensive!"
"Fine, I'll buy cocaine instead. It's cheaper anyway."

JSK-Fox wrote:

TheBlackVanguard wrote:

olympia wrote:

Cheesepie wrote:Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

"Honey, I'm pregnant." No more gaming for you!

I already told my girlfriend, if we have kids they're playing with me.

Your kids will be awesome. Just remember - no Wyches for the little kiddies!

Ironically, She agreed and I asked her to marry me last weekend lol.

Congrats!

Looking at your Avatar, I'll have to agree with the_ferret. I've always preffered femme fatales of the dark-haired persuasion, but you might want to convince her to lose the goatee.

That's cool man. Gratz

Awesomesausage!
/e-high five

Yay, happiness all round!

Emperors Faithful wrote:Looking at your Avatar, I'll have to agree with the_ferret. I've always preffered femme fatales of the dark-haired persuasion, but you might want to convince her to lose the goatee.

This took me a second and then I busted out laughing.

StasisNid95 wrote:i hate it when people at my FLGS 'suggest' what to get for my necron army, they always mention this, 'no C'TAN, no LITH , no FO, just get a small unit of 200 immortals and a necron lord'

really pisses me off


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AND they also say it when im in the middle of a game..

I hear ya.

I found a new hate the other night. I was playing a teaching game with a teenager - I don't want to call it a kid, and was attempting to be as fair as possible. For example whenever he came out with a rule that seemed a bit far fetched I suggested he might want to check it (he was playing with one of my own armies so I know the rules) and he kept telling me that his Dad let him play that way. The game could have been over after two turns because he was not very good but I kept it going for as long as possible (5 turns) to try and give him as much practice with the rules as I could. He lost by 2 objectives to one but then insisted that he had won because he had more models on the table at the end. The mission was objective based and he was IG while I was SM and had diliberately picked an easy list.

Anyway the point of this long winded bable is that the teenager had asked me to help him while we played and to teach him as we went along but didn't want to listen to anything that contradicted what he wanted to do. This has happened before with playing kids - sorry teenagers. Maybe it is just the ones at my FLGS but as a result of this I am not playing anymore teaching games until I have a son then I'll make the little rat do pull ups everytime he cheats.

"I won, I had more objectives"

Yeah, seems obvious, but this came from a guy who surrendered before i'd even had my second turn in a match where he was cheating in the first place, challenged me to a 950 point game and used a list from a 1500 point game he'd played the previous week. Even worse to me is he played with a foot in his model box all game, crushing everything and at one stage even tried to blame me for it.

"Sorry, don't have 40k. Brought my Fantasy instead."

Sure, that's not so bad. But when every person in the entire club says the same thing...

Haha yeah, I know that feeling...

what really pisses me off the most is when your trying to get a friend into the hobby and the main point is that the people playing arent the 80's movie nerd sterotype that people think of

you go to the closest GW......the biggest sterotype in the world is just right at the entrance
thats right not showered, taco bell, overweight, balding, and has a WAY to tight Ultramarine T-shirt on

I'm sure everyone feels this way at least a little, but having someone consistently mock you about a hobby involving little plastic men can really get to you. emperor help them if I'm packin some dakka! also i agree that it is really difficult to get a friend to see past the lisping nerd stereotype.

*halfway though turn 2*
"Dinners ready! 5 minutes I want the table set!"

"Awwwww mom"

I instantly dislike all people who pronouce space marines as SPAZ MARINEZZZ and then go HURRRR.

its stupid, its making the space marines sound less intelligent then a grot. Yea, i collect SM, i get enough gak for playing the hobby and i dont want some tool to tell me my army is gay as a general sterotypical chat towards anything to do with SM.

/rant off

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This man speaks more truth than the ancients themselves.
He keeps the honour and glory of his chapter alive.

...You collect Space Marines?


(/JK)

I hate hearing recession

I hate hearing this from my wife

"no you can't have a illuminated, glass display case for your models, I don't understand why you cant keep them on that shelf in the corner"

DUST WOMAN DUST ON MY BLOODY MODELS THATS WHY.

Kubik wrote:"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

You're right, and you'd be grandparents today.

Smillie wrote:I hate hearing this from my wife

"no you can't have a illuminated, glass display case for your models, I don't understand why you cant keep them on that shelf in the corner"

DUST WOMAN DUST ON MY BLOODY MODELS THATS WHY.

Well she is saving you money on FW weathering powders... be happy!

Though yes dusts are so awful , ESPECIALLY on minis primed awaiting to be painted.
Very often you see dust sticking out of paints when a model is done lol...

I have been looking at this: Not sure how many minis it can hold but i like it.

"So you've got everything in reserve?"
"Yup"
"I'm going to infiltrate here, here, and here" (blocks table edge)
"..."

"Oh yes I've been throwing my 'Gets Hot' rule dice for my plasma squad. Honest"

"Oh didn't I say this guy counts as....."

"You're going to be playing with THAT army??"

i HATE it when someone (namely my stepdad, whom i hate) says "you still play with toys?" AAARGH!!!!!!!!

Another annoying thing is when people think that you're OK until they immediately label you as a nerd just because you play with "those warhammers"


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bigbadbob wrote:I'm sure everyone feels this way at least a little, but having someone consistently mock you about a hobby involving little plastic men can really get to you. emperor help them if I'm packin some dakka! also i agree that it is really difficult to get a friend to see past the lisping nerd stereotype.

I hate it when people are judgemental... aaargh!!!

Yup, that's the most annoying thing.

What I would say to them is "you have your hobbies I have mine. I enjoy mine, you enjoy yours. If you want to try and enjoy my hobby feel free, but I don't diss yours"

I just say, "If you think I'm a nerd, wait t'ill you hear what I think of you..."

Drk_Oblitr8r wrote:"So you've got everything in reserve?"
"Yup"
"I'm going to infiltrate here, here, and here" (blocks table edge)
"..."

You mean like *this*:

I hate being told that a certain unit is a "must" for an army or that certain units are "broken". I love my stormies and armoured Sentinels and, while I use a few for mobility, I refuse to jump on the Chimera Spamwagon.

I do as well Owain, simply for the fact that if everyone is doing it, then my army simply their army, but with different colors.

LunaHound wrote:

Smillie wrote:I hate hearing this from my wife

"no you can't have a illuminated, glass display case for your models, I don't understand why you cant keep them on that shelf in the corner"

DUST WOMAN DUST ON MY BLOODY MODELS THATS WHY.

Well she is saving you money on FW weathering powders... be happy!

Though yes dusts are so awful , ESPECIALLY on minis primed awaiting to be painted.
Very often you see dust sticking out of paints when a model is done lol...

I have been looking at this: Not sure how many minis it can hold but i like it.

I've been looking at that for a while now, I rekon it would look good filled to the brim with my models!

No more dust

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Drk_Oblitr8r wrote:"So you've got everything in reserve?"
"Yup"
"I'm going to infiltrate here, here, and here" (blocks table edge)
"..."

You mean like *this*:

That's just straight up tactical geniu-CREEEEEEED!!!!!

Man what a douche.

I'd almost certainly give that guy a 0 for sports.

Which guy? The smarty pants that kept everything in reserve or the grinning victorious weiner?

Drk_Oblitr8r wrote:"So you've got everything in reserve?"
"Yup"
"I'm going to infiltrate here, here, and here" (blocks table edge)
"..."

One cheesey and annoying tactic trumps another. The solution seems obvious.

The look on the grinning dudes face cracks me up, especially when next to him theres a frantic rules search happening.

"That chapter has mutations so it's obviously chaos."
or
"Renegade marines are still chaos (insert: evil if you want) but less so."

I tried explaining Soul Drinkers to my friend and he contends that they are chaos.

CrazyThang wrote:"That chapter has mutations so it's obviously chaos."
or
"Renegade marines are still chaos (insert: evil if you want) but less so."

I tried explaining Soul Drinkers to my friend and he contends that they are chaos.

What sort of pure-minded Imperial Citizen wouldn't agree?

Personally hate people assuming my wife is there just to look after the kid or hold the wallet.... She has more figures, years of experience and painting skill then you could comprehend you cretin...

Do hate people moving scenery during a game...

I have a glass cabinet like this on a few posts above , it is really good it will fit around a battleforce per shelf. The only thing i would advise though it make sure that it is stable for when i open the door on mine sometimes without any pressure it seems to want to tilt a little towards me.

~UnDeAd~

Druidic wrote:
Do hate people moving scenery during a game...

Arrghh! Just the mention of that gives me rage!

I hate people picking up my models, generally it doesn't happen much as we seem to have a fairly mature bunch of youngsters in the store, there's just a couple of the Sunday-morning-kids that needs locking up in the Snotling Cages in the Squig Cave... ohh er I mean stock room.

I always make a point of asking before taking a look at a model, it's just courteous and you never know if it's just been glued etc.


I'm really surprised no on has measured this yet: over-measuring. It happens alot but the best example: his scouts are 2" from a 2-storey building and roll a 5 for difficult terrain, so they can all reach the first storey. The player then goes on to move them a further 6" for thier "move".

I let it slide as the only thing in range was PM's in a Rhino but there's a couple of gamers at the store who always move that extra 1/2".

Ohh and tricksy infiltrators fething up my nice gunline, why can't they slog it out like the rest of us :p

CrazyThang wrote:"That chapter has mutations so it's obviously chaos."
or
"Renegade marines are still chaos (insert: evil if you want) but less so."

I tried explaining Soul Drinkers to my friend and he contends that they are chaos.

They umm... accidentally... took part in tzeentch worship. Sure they found out and "righted their wrongs" but they are still tainted.

Biggest annoyance?
"Why don't you paint your army?"
"You should totally paint your army."
"Y'know, you have the time, maybe you should paint your army..."
( I deserve it though, I've been putting it off for a while)

In seriousness, I hate it when people laugh at rules foul-ups. The main offender is one person who finds it hilarious when somebody screws up even a minor rule (And gets pissy when he's the one who's wrong). Doubly annoying if the person doing it doesn't even play the game.