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Post by: dagsta2
just wounding
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Post by: Cybronx
I wouldn't make the poll allow multiple answers if you want to know what Chaos god is hated the most, but I'd have to say Khorne.
Violence is fun and all, but going on and on about SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE gets old after a while. Plus I'm just not a fan of red.
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Post by: Orkymike
i would say Tzeentch. he likes to meddle and we all know what happens when you meddle in the affairs of humans.
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Post by: asimo77
Nurgle, he's fat and smelly.
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Post by: TheCyben
Slaanesh is just not as perverted as he/she/it could be in the context of a tabletop game. Khorne can embody violence without offending people, but you can't even build some of the models necessary to capture the essence of Slaanesh without visiting some dodgy shops indeed... and then you get kicked out of the local GW store for fielding your d***lord titan...
OK, so that never happened, but I still reckon Slaanesh is unable to be sick enough to live up to the hype!
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Post by: Mr Nobody
Slaanesh, he's so obnoxious.
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Post by: shealyr
Khorne and Slannesh are both pretty terribad.
The only having grace Khorne has is that he doesn't have to be only "BLOOD AND SKULLS!!!"; he is also the god of martial prowess, which is kinda cool I guess.
Slannesh is just plain dumb. I mean, come on, a hermaphrodite god who burns out his subjects' senses through hedonistic excess, non-stop orgies, and enough blaring noise to drive men insane? It's just dumb.
Maybe it has something to do with my upbringing, but there is nothing about the idea of excess and hedonism that can have any redeeming value.
Khorne can promote martial prowess.
Nurgle works off the fear of death and desire for immortality.
Tzeentch feeds off of lies and schemes, and lays webs of deceit to rival the best politician.
All of the other Chaos gods have at least something about them that we can either relate to, admire, or find relevant to our society. Where I come from, hedonism is a distant, far off, not even understandable idea. I dunno.
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Post by: Ashryu
Hah, nice, slaanesh is in first. I hate that guy.
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Post by: Bromsy
It's not that I reaaally hate Slaanesh, it's that I just like the other ones more. Malal is my favorite though, he's just the cat's pajamas.
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Post by: AlexHolker
Nurgle, Chaos God of Cowardice and Abusive Relationships.
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Post by: Swordwind
Slannesh for me. The nipple rings started to freak me out.
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Post by: Henners91
Slaanesh.
If only because of all the morons who think that he's some God of sex, or that he's one they could genuinely get along with 'cos of "orgies and stuff'...
People need to realise that hedonism, decadence and exploring new feelings/emotions/pain is just as likely to end up with you being a burnt amputee than it is you being a raging stud.
As a matter of fact, I think if people were exploring new feelings and experiences, sex would be the first thing to get old.
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Post by: dagsta2
i hate Slaanesh soo much is it a guy ? with moobs
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Post by: htj
Malal, 'cos I'm indie.
I was hating Chaos gods before it was cool.
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Post by: Kilkrazy
This thread belongs in General Discussions.
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Post by: iproxtaco
I have a Khorne Chaos Daemons force and a Biel Tan Eldar force. Yeah, I think Slannesh is my vote.
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Post by: CadianCommander
I respect intelligence and a god that is so clever he outwits himself, so have a soft spot for Tzeentch
I love paintballing, martial arts, wargaming, I can't help but like Khorne and if I ever turn from the Emperor's light (woe be that day) it will be to field Khorne.
Who 'doesn't' love Grandfather Nurgle?! I mean really? Once you get past all the disease and pestilence he just always makes me think of Father Christmas.
Slaanesh....urgh. The only Chaos god I don't like. I think it's because, even though it's not meant to be and all the Chaos gods have their other aspects that the Imperium doesn't really talk about, it all seems to be sex sex sex and indulgence like some pubescent teenager's wet dream. From what I've been told, Slaanesh is also meant to have aspects of aesthetics and arts but like the discipline of Khorne, it's never really made that apparent.
Slaanesh as he's portrayed makes me feel childish.
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Post by: Mr. Self Destruct
I would say Slaanesh because everyone focuses on the sexual aspects of 'pleasure', basically turning him into the Penis God. That annoys the feth out of me. *stares at some of you*
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Post by: Vaktathi
Slaanesh. Not that I really dislike the concept, but Slaaneshi forces and events involving Slaanesh never feel well executed, too much self censorship and vagueness compared with other Chaos forces actions, and often cheap workarounds are found to avoid having to do something truly excessive. I'm not saying it needs graphic depiction of sex acts, there are many other aspects of Slaanesh and excess they could go into but don't, but they also need to stop phrasing things as though they want to put in such descriptions but then end up just making it sound like they had a hard night of drinking instead if they want that to be an aspect of Slaaneshi forces appearances.
They also never seem to focus on the aspect of excess in the pursuit of perfection or exploration which leads many to the path of Slaanesh, generally choosing a simple "we like to be CRAZY" motif instead. There's many aspects from which Slaanesh could arise but simply doesn't. A mathemetician searching for a unified field equation all their life and every waking moment may be gifted with an idea leading to an even more powerful control of energy, fulfilling themselves beyond their wildest dreams, but in the process creating a device which instantly renders those nearby insane and tears a hole open into the warp when activated to fuel its power, leaving a gateway open to daemonic attack as the Mathemetician revels in their newfound genius, caring not for the terror they have unleashed upon the universe.
I think they did a much better job with Slaanesh in Fantasy than they have in 40k.
So really, it's not so much a matter of disliking the Chaos god, but rather how that Chaos God is actually implemented and portrayed.
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Post by: reidy1113
asimo77 wrote:Nurgle, he's fat and smelly.
Completely agree. He just generally disgusts me. As an Eldar player I was close to picking a certain other Chaos God we may have accidentally created with out own power but I couldn't bring myself to even tick the box in hated so I had to pick Nurgle because he's fat and smelly 
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Post by: MechaEmperor7000
I love all of the chaos gods, but Khorne after a while just gets a little old. The others have some strong themes but Khorne is very generic compared to the other three.
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Post by: DrownedRat117
Slaanesh,
Khorne is old and all, but Slaanesh just annoys me..
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Post by: Movac
Nurgle is fat and smelly.
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Post by: woodbok
Khorne gets boring.
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Post by: Zweischneid
Nurgle. The rules are counter-intuitive (being sick makes you tougher  ). The puss-models are horrible and usually an excuse for even more horrible painting skills. The background is beyond the pale. Fat and smelly too.
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Post by: Henners91
Ahh but being Nurgle makes you a bastion of life; although you may appear a bloating corpse, your body becomes host to all manner of parasites, bile, pus, blah blah... growths... so you not only lose all perception of pain but also have regenerative qualities.
It does make sense; if the Marines were reduced to skeletal zombies I might take your point, but no, they become fat bullet bags
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Post by: Zweischneid
Infections, pus and parasites do not numb you to pain. Quite the opposite infact.. if you ever happen to have an infection, inflammation or festering wound, try poking the infected part and than a healthy part for comparison.
Toughness and/or FnP would be much more appropriate on Noise Marines (numbed to all sensations but the most extreme) or, most likely, Rubic Marines (cause.. literally.. they do not feel pain).
And even if you can conceive of an explanation of why followers of Nurgle become tougher and/or more resilient, it still isn't thematic. If you wanna bring disease, infection and rot to the gaming table, effects one should look for are poisoned weapons (infection), sapping/de-buffing of strength and/or initiative (aura-effects or again weapons), reduction of armour saves (rot & corrosion) or something along those lines.
As it is, Nurgle an all its forms and incarnations is pretty Fubar.
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Post by: Henners91
They don't feel no pain because of their afflictions but rather the bargain all Nurgle's followers make with him; to be free of pain and death. It's supernatural.
And I'd love what you suggest but I think people would call it OP
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Post by: Ulthanashville
It's been said already, but "blood for the blood god!" is the most stupidly redundant phrase. Khorne players think it's cool to yell it every time they assault with their zerks. It's not cool. If there were a chaos god of fairy floss, would they yell "fairy floss for the fairy floss god!"?
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Post by: Asuron
Slannesh, by far
I like the concept, hate the look of the models and characters for it
With the notable exception of Lucius the Eternals story
Can't even stand to look at a Keeper of Secrets
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Post by: Reanimator
Personally, I can't think of a reason to hate any of them. I understand that on the surface of some of the god's themes, they can appear simplistic- yes I'm looking at you khorne. However the exploration as a whole of the aspects of the human psyche that each god offers, whilst not complete, is something that no other army offers.
There is something very principled behind the nobility of certain imperial armies, offset by the callous brutality with which they act. Chaos however, allows you to indulge in something entirely motivated by something else. Aside from a few "noble" traitor legions, there is nothing positive in the motivation of the ruinous powers.
As such you as a player can revel in being the bad guy with no redeeming features whatsover, save the chance to enjoy the thrill of slaughtering imaginary soldiers, represented of course by your opponents models. If this doesn't appeal to you, that's personal taste, but hate? That's a strong word.
Edited for clarity and decency.
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Post by: General Seric
Slaanesh by far, the models are just hideous as they are usually of indeterminate gender and covered in boobs.
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Post by: ghargatuloth
Slaanesh. Cant stand the "appeal" of what ever Slaanesh is.
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Post by: Tazz Azrael
Slaanesh..... just cause of the conversation i had at my FLGS where we were all trying to figure out the horid and many disgusting ways a slaaneshi follower could and would rape you.
Nurgles my favorite just since he is made to sound like a jolly loving fatherly-ish figure
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Post by: cowpow16
Slaanesh for sure stupid slaanesh.
Tzeentch effs up everyones stuff and tahts fun adn all nurgle at least likes his followers and protects them.
And khorne will kill you upside the head if you talk smack about him but over all red blue and rotting green are cool.
Slaanesh is purple like if it was salmon it would be different but its a lame pink purple.
http://www.moddb.com/groups/warhammer-40k-fans-group/images/chaos-divided
Ps tazz where you in gw victoria by any chance when this happened I remember having a convo like that it was scary.
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Post by: ceorron
shealyr wrote:
Maybe it has something to do with my upbringing, but there is nothing about the idea of excess and hedonism that can have any redeeming value.
Oh come on, they are gods of evil, if they had redeeming values they wouldn't be anywhere near as evil. All your showing here is that Slannesh is actually the coolest because you really can push the boundries and really confront people. Blood and guts and skulls is just boring same old, same old. So I picked Khorne.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I personally find the hope-apathy axis very interesting, while Khorne and Slaanesh are rather boring and one-dimensional, at least as currently presented.
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Post by: Falkenhyn
I hate Tzeentch because lying sceaming and being a sneaky jerk is just lame.
Allso i think my prime minister is a follower of Tzeentch.
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
The Emperor, I can't stand that guy. He can't get his comeuppance soon enough in my book. 
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Post by: Yor
Slaanesh, the models are terrible, the fluff idiotic (you create a sex god but...don't talk about anything sexual)
it doesn't work in what GW wants to do with chaos, but especially in 40K it falls flat on its face
though the old Slaanesh was a ton of fun with the guitars, now they look dumb
in fantasy they do it better but still
a hentai god and they portray it...I don't even know, its hard to pinpoint because a lot of them are such terrible writters
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Post by: Built-in
I am going with Nurgle, nobody likes cancer
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Post by: nickick
 Ugh, Slannesh is so annoying!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Tabo
I love them all though...
Nurgle- God of Life
Khorne- God of Honor
Slaanesh- God of Love
Tzeentch- God of Hope
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Post by: InquisitorRoeth
Out of all the Chaos Gods (yes, including Malal), Slaanesh would have to be my least favorite.
Khorne I think is okay. Yeah, the whole "Blood for the Blood God!" things gets fairly old, but still. He is the god of martial prowress, war, anger, fury, blood, skulls, pretty much everything violent. It's simplistic, yes, and I know some of you don't really like that about Khorne. But I think that's what makes him a pretty decent Chaos God.
Tzeentch, I think is a beast. The god of all magic, the Architect of Fate, Lord of Change, etc. He's cool because you just can't comprehend what Tzeentch is or what he is trying to do. He's that chaos god where if you try to think about what he is or what he's doing, you just completely lose your mind! Not to mention that his followers are also schemers and sorcerors. Tzeentch and his followers to me just seem the most..... evil, out of all the Chaos Gods.
Nurgle, I'm not a fan of him, but I dont' hate him like I do Slaanesh. I like the idea of Nurgle being the god of death and decay, but I also like how he is the god of life as well (albeit a very perverted form of life). He is probably the only chaos god that cares about his followers to the point where he is a father figure (yes, once again a very perverted form of it but still).
Malal, the only reason I really like him is because he is all about anarchy. He's insane, hates any form of order, including the other Chaos Gods, and just wants everyone to pretty much die as far as I can tell.
Now, Slaanesh..... he's a whole different story. The chaos god of excess, pain and pleasure? I would probably like Slaanesh more if he was just about pain. The idea that he's all about sex, orgies, perfection, stimulating senses to the point where they are burned out, etc., it doesn't really seem to work in my opinion, especially since the only 40k army that does this is Chaos Space Marines (ie. Emperor's Children). Also, GW says Slaanesh is all about sex and all that nonsense but they have removed the models that show any of this. But that I can understand, considering how many kids like to play 40k. I think Slaanesh would work a lot better if he wasn't about the pleasure and was all about pain. It would make him more grimdark in my opinion, and would work so much better for Chaos Daemons and Chaos Marines.
This concludes the ranting of a radical inquisitor. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go run away from the rest of the Inquisitors that are trying to kill me for speaking about liking some of the Chaos Gods.
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Post by: mwnciboo
htj wrote:Malal, 'cos I'm indie.
I was hating Chaos gods before it was cool.
The fact that you have said that makes you very indie and possibly a little unhinged? You are hating an entity invented by a Hobby Game Company. It raises 2 points, one that you hate it, and two it must exist? Ergo you actually believe these gods exist... Very Indie, bring in the Kula Shaker music and lets put on an Old German Army Jacket and talk about how Glastonbury was better back in the day, whilst looking for a dodgy guy to buy drugs off.
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Post by: joshoftheforest
Khorne, completely one dimensional and boring as hell!
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Post by: IronChaos
I can't hate any of them, I'm a Chaos follower!! *evil laugh*
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Post by: Mad4Minis
Nurgle, Im just not into the whole decay aesthetic. There are a few Nurgle models Ive been tempted to try and undecay though.
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Post by: Melkhiordarkblade
When in the background I don't hate any.
But in the game Nurgle,the marks are so expensive and HQs don't even get FnP.
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Post by: Swiftblade
Slaanesh, the whole "Hedonistic" theme may be cool and appealing, but it doesn't seem destructive enough to warrant him being a Chaos God that would inspire fear into the hearts of the imperium.
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Post by: Schmapdi
Khorne - blood, kill, skulls, blood, kill, skulls, etc
*yawn* - I like how the other gods twist and subvert the more subtle aspects of human beings rather than Khorne just tapping into their murder gene or whatever.
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Post by: grayspark
Hate Nurgle.
He corrupted my second favorite group of Space Marines, the Death Guard. They weren't even trying to become traitors either, Montarion was forced to take action with the destroyer virus...
Also the first time I saw a really ~nice~ (if you'd call it that) paintjob of that ForgeWorld plague mass, I gagged at the thought of all that flesh and crap really hanging out...
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Post by: Noble713
Nurgle. Fat, smelly.....and just not in any way aesthetically pleasing.
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Post by: AwesomeFex
Tzeentch; He's just such an annoying... nerd. Also, he's actually more Order than Chaos, what with his subtle ways and "Wait until it is ready..." and whatnot.
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Post by: AlexHolker
grayspark wrote:He corrupted my second favorite group of Space Marines, the Death Guard. They weren't even trying to become traitors either, Montarion was forced to take action with the destroyer virus...
No, he wasn't. He could have died a loyal ally of humanity, but instead chose to sell their souls to the devil to save themselves.
Mortarion is a coward.
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Post by: Lord Kaesar II
I personally don't hate any of the Chaos gods, but I do have a soft spot for Slaanesh. He/ she/ it isn't just some single minded god like Khorne, but rather stands for excess and, by the greater idea, ambition. Any desire to be greater is in Slaanesh's domain. All the hate for Slaanesh is fine, but I'm just saying I like Slaanesh over the others. Otherwise, I would have to say Khorne is my least favourite. Murgle stands for life and death, Tzeentch stands for change, but really all Khorne stands for is warfare and violence of any nature, taking his lust of the fight to the excess- easily Slaanesh's realm of influence.
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Post by: prototype_X
SLAANESH i mean
slaaneshi deamonets
noise marines
nipple rings
penis god
need i say more?
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Post by: CadianCommander
Any desire to be greater is in Slaanesh's domain. All the hate for Slaanesh is fine, but I'm just saying I like Slaanesh over the others. Otherwise, I would have to say Khorne is my least favourite. Murgle stands for life and death, Tzeentch stands for change, but really all Khorne stands for is warfare and violence of any nature, taking his lust of the fight to the excess- easily Slaanesh's realm of influence.
Khorne also stands for dedicated Discipline. Usually Martial Discipline, but not exclusively so.
All the Chaos gods have their non-evil aspects.
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Post by: Ad Astra per Aspera
this was a while ago but if i remember right the books say that the pre-heresy Death Guard were more resistant to pain, and they dink cocktails of horrific posioins. My most hated Chaos god is Tzeentch because he is a Douschbag. He is so dedicated to chaos that he plays with the strands of fate to sabatoge his followers sometimes to cause disarray. I also hate the Eldar for creating slannesh
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Post by: Boss Goretoof
Don't really like Slaanesh; I much rather prefer Khorne and Nurgle.
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Post by: dagsta2
Slaanesh is hated soo much
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Post by: snake
Voted for slannesh. Put some clothes on you androgynous thing, this is supposed to be a battlefield not an erotic showroom.
Tzeentch was a close second. He's just a pain in the a** always claiming every action is a part of his intricate web of inevitability or whatever.
Emperor purge them all!
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Post by: ghargatuloth
Everything is going according to plan!
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Post by: Yor
prototype_X wrote:SLAANESH i mean
slaaneshi deamonets
noise marines
nipple rings
penis god
need i say more?
yeah but its so tonned down and censored that it seems extremely stupid
how they try and get around it, sounds laughably awful
as I said, they tried for one thing, but didn't want to go that way because... I guess this game appeals to kids (billions horribly slaughtered and skulls EVERYWHERE, is fine, but nude breasts?! HERESY!)
I don't think I could post half of my Slaanesh conversions
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Post by: lessthan1337
NURGLE
It's simple, all the best Nurgle conversions make you wow and barf at the same time.
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Post by: btemple0
And now, a Champion of Tzeentch.
I am thinking people are reading too much into the whole Slannesh = BDSM god and all that, Slannesh as it was stated is about excesses, and most of all secrets, the bigger the secret the better it is. If Slannesh was all about BDSM, why would the the deamon not be called a keeper of whips and chains.
Just because the whole Khornate "Blood for the Blood God" deal exists that does nto mean that is his primary motivation, bieng a follower of Khorne is not all about blood and skulls, it is about martial prowess, not every follower of Khorne is a World Eaters Berzerker.
Tzeentch, yes change, but then again the whole part of the Great Game for Tzeentch is to scheme and twist others to his will, to bend fate to his ideals, in the end all Tzeentch wants is to say after his plot is completed, whether successful or not is to say "just as planned", hence the A-Team reference at the beginning of my post.
Last but not least, Nurgle, embodies balance more than anything else I see, for where he causes death, new life comes, if Nurgle was able to destry every living creature he would render himself nonexistent, because one force cannot exist without another.
So I am unable to vote for any of them.
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Post by: KOS
Slaanesh... I can't stand it.
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Post by: warspawned
Where's my 'Neither I worship them all' option?
Nurgle: Fat, full of LOL's & an essential part of all life - disease and death. Nurgle's followers are tougher becuase they are a physical embodiement of contagion - they no longer feel the pain & laugh off any attempt to harm their bloated bodies. How can you hate Nurgle when he brings us such delights as blue cheese & innoculation? He's Chaos's answer to Buddha, that's why I love him.
Khorne: Simple, direct violence. Humans excel at it & I am sure any advanced alien race will have to as well. There's always something appealing about blood-crazed periods of history, from despotic madmenwomen to events like The Terror. People are less likely to remember/care/know a story about a Vegan Lamb Cult of Life & Rice Crispy Cakes of Peace, as they would a Cult of Blood that sacrificed an entire village. He also has the martial prowress thing, which is cool.
Tzeentch: How can anyone hate this guy? Change, evolution, knowledge, orchestrating the entire universe for some unimaginable purpose - how can you dislike that unless you are an illiterate, creationist with no interest in fate, time and the construction of humanity/the universe?
Slaanesh: I understand all the reasons given for disliking him (pink), however he/she/it is very fascinating also. The view that it's just about sex/orgies is simplistic. It is about the worship of the senses over that of reason and spirit. Slaanesh is also about Hedonism, that only pleasure is good. It's about finding pleasure in art, food, music etc taken to an extreme. If you enjoy the sound of live classical music or admire a particular piece of architecture, for instance, that's a very minor part of Slaanesh. Self worth/self love is also a factor. The idea that one surrenders to the senses and wishes to explore new, direct avenues of sensation has led to many key points in history & the decadence/corruption & eventual downfall of many people, even civilisations. Some of our best stories are about this - Dorien Grey etc. Slaanesh offers the choice of visceral sensation over any spiritual sense of worth - he/she/it is, as such, a God of materialistic pleasure/materialism as much as anything else. Slaanesh is what all humans do well (create/love/enjoy) taken to its most extreme so that spirituality is forgotten/becomes irrelevant t the point of corrupting the soul (should you believe in such terms).
The Chaos Gods are a hugely important part of the Warhammer universe and are, IMO, the most clever element of Warhammer's mythology for they share so much with human history/affairs & our struggle with existance itself. Humanity strives for/against everything the Chaos Gods represent - that's why I love them all.
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Post by: AvatarForm
Khorne... just plain boring.
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Post by: Vargtass
None, actually, but if I have to chose the one I like least it's definitely Khorne. I don't buy into the whole blood and gore part of Chaos, it doesn't ring with that semi-subtle tone that the rest of Chaos does.
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Post by: odinsgrandson
Wait a bit!?! The Emperor's not on the list?
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Post by: alphaomega
warspawned wrote:
Slaanesh: I understand all the reasons given for disliking him (pink), however he/she/it is very fascinating also. The view that it's just about sex/orgies is simplistic. It is about the worship of the senses over that of reason and spirit. Slaanesh is also about Hedonism, that only pleasure is good. It's about finding pleasure in art, food, music etc taken to an extreme. If you enjoy the sound of live classical music or admire a particular piece of architecture, for instance, that's a very minor part of Slaanesh. Self worth/self love is also a factor. The idea that one surrenders to the senses and wishes to explore new, direct avenues of sensation has led to many key points in history & the decadence/corruption & eventual downfall of many people, even civilisations. Some of our best stories are about this - Dorien Grey etc. Slaanesh offers the choice of visceral sensation over any spiritual sense of worth - he/she/it is, as such, a God of materialistic pleasure/materialism as much as anything else. Slaanesh is what all humans do well (create/love/enjoy) taken to its most extreme so that spirituality is forgotten/becomes irrelevant t the point of corrupting the soul (should you believe in such terms).
The reason I voted Slaanesh has nothing to do with the Sexual side (and that speaks of peoples idea of excess and hedonism equalling sex) it is to do with the fact that people taking pride, and living in excess is a sure way to destroy ones self. Slaanesh is about intoxication, pure emotion and extreme sensation. And as another use said, Secrets. The bigger, the more humiliating etc the better. That is the reason to hate Slaanesh. The sexual side is tiny. He is about Pleasure and Secrets and Passion. Sex is a base pleasure after all, but pleasure comes from Artistic and other pursuits (read Fulgrim as it shows the debasement of the entire legion as they fall into worship of Slaanesh, and the remembermancers too!)
Oh and he is the Dark Price, there is a theory about the fact he is portrayed as a hermaphrodite, that he can assume the form of what means the most to another, their darkest fantasy and secret, their fears and dreams etc. Anything that does that for pleasure is a very disturbing creature indeed.
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Post by: djdutton
I dont necessarily hate Nurgle, but I do dislike him. Corruption, filth and decay doesnt really seem like something I wana display proudly on my models.
I like to see Slaanesh as both hedonism and perfectionism, not just the sex god. Slaanesh's subject strive to reach the hight of pleasure and satisfaction, but what comes up must come down. I like to think Slaanesh yo-yo's those who serve "it" between intense pleasure and intense pain, thus being the god of excess and desire, not just sexual pleasure.
Tzeentch is my favorite. I like the fact he has dominion over change, magic, intelligence, deception and madness and especially in the Thousand Sons book you can see how that all ties together. Very good story and very wide-ranging, related aspects that allow you to be creative with inventing a tzeentch-dedicated army.
Khorne is much more narrow in is aspect, covering aspects just in violence and rage. Since I like Tzeentch, I havent thought about this god much, but now that I think of it... it kinda makes sense... I mean, no... I can ARRRRRRRRGGHHH! BLOOD AGAINST BLOOD!
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Post by: ArmorOfContempt
Khorne. I'm a dedicated devotee of Slaanesh, and they don't really get along.
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Post by: Nocturus
Slaanesh gets my vote. I just feel that Slaanesh adds the least to the table top aspect of the game, and really doesn't do much for any fluff except Eldar's.
Noc
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Post by: Deuce11
Tzeentch:
A) After more than a decade of involvement in the hobby I am still not sure how to pronounce it.
B) Disks of Tzeetch used to have an unknown aesthetic before GW came out with flying neon mantarays. Aweful.
C) Similarly to the Disks, horrors are not really horrifying and the blue/pink dichotomy no longer has game affects.
D) In game terms they should be competing for No. 1 magic users but are far from it. New dex now please.
E) Super cheese two headed demon character
In sum, horrible aesthetics through and through and poor fluff representation in game. All made more annoying by their near necessity in a D eamons army.
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Post by: warspawned
The reason I voted Slaanesh has nothing to do with the Sexual side (and that speaks of peoples idea of excess and hedonism equalling sex) it is to do with the fact that people taking pride, and living in excess is a sure way to destroy ones self. Slaanesh is about intoxication, pure emotion and extreme sensation. And as another use said, Secrets. The bigger, the more humiliating etc the better. That is the reason to hate Slaanesh. The sexual side is tiny. He is about Pleasure and Secrets and Passion. Sex is a base pleasure after all, but pleasure comes from Artistic and other pursuits (read Fulgrim as it shows the debasement of the entire legion as they fall into worship of Slaanesh, and the remembermancers too!) Oh and he is the Dark Price, there is a theory about the fact he is portrayed as a hermaphrodite, that he can assume the form of what means the most to another, their darkest fantasy and secret, their fears and dreams etc. Anything that does that for pleasure is a very disturbing creature indeed.
Then we are in full agreement Fulgrim is still the best HH book! In terms of Secrets you are right! We all have secret desires at some point in our lives, fantasies about certain people/events/actions that we keep to ourselves, be it for a lover, a job, an act of kindness, to become rich or powerful, to say or 'be' different to who we are. We may not even be aware of them until a certain event happens that triggers them. No matter how small, trivial or big and down-right twisted these Secret thoughts/actions are/have been, Slaanesh would be able to amplify them to the full.
All the Chaos Gods aren't exactly a positive influence on anyone. All I'm saying is I can't "hate" them, for they represent a degree of truth about human nature/existance. Obviously if they were real I'd loathe them & all the humans who agve them power, but they aren't. I don't "hate" the Dark Side of the Force even though it is about the thoughts/feelings which are detrimental to the esoteric spiritual growth of the self because, let's face it, Force Lightning & Red Light Sabers are cool. The same principle applies to each of the Chaos Gods - they all have their appealing side in their background/models/rules for me.
Don't be hating - give yourself to Chaos you pathetic mortals!
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Post by: Eldar Own
Slaneesh. Because it killed all the eldar! Noooooooooooooo! 
At least, that's how I like to look at it.
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Post by: lord commissar klimino
Nurgle. aka the big rotting puss ball. oh whoopy im immune to desieses...wait,i have ALL of them now.
im now also a rotting puss ball. so awsome, right? no. burn them,BURN THEM ALL!
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Post by: bob the heretic
Chaos is awesome but I mustsay Khorn i very boring...I mean its only abot blood and skulls nothing else.
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Post by: ghargatuloth
Nurgle smells funky
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Post by: prototype_X
acually slaanesh isnt the only one with nipple rings.....
page 54 sm codex
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Post by: micahaphone
Slaanesh: The fluff is creepy, I don't like the look of slaanesh models, and the rules don't seem that great.
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Post by: BloodofOrks
Khorne. Boring. All the others have cool weird Freudian concepts attached to them. Khorne is just violence for violence's sake.
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Post by: micahaphone
BloodofOrks wrote:Khorne. Boring. All the others have cool weird Freudian concepts attached to them. Khorne is just violence for violence's sake.
Isn't that a Freudian (or psychological at least) concept in and of itself? The unrelenting hatred at every man, woman, child, the earth, existence itself? The driving desire to smash and destroy all you see, to give life its just desserts?
Certainly, this could be portrayed better, like slaanesh's hedonism, instead of "sex & music".
What Freudian concept does Nurgle represent? Or Tzeentch?
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Post by: Vargtass
micahaphone wrote:BloodofOrks wrote:Khorne. Boring. All the others have cool weird Freudian concepts attached to them. Khorne is just violence for violence's sake.
Isn't that a Freudian (or psychological at least) concept in and of itself? The unrelenting hatred at every man, woman, child, the earth, existence itself? The driving desire to smash and destroy all you see, to give life its just desserts?
Certainly, this could be portrayed better, like slaanesh's hedonism, instead of "sex & music".
What Freudian concept does Nurgle represent? Or Tzeentch?
While a Slaanesh devotee would take violence for violence sake to perfection, a Khornate would just be killing for the sake of SKUUUUULLS!!! 
Now that I think about it, there is some fancy depth to be exploited in Khorne. Khorne isn't really blood for blood sake, it's a passing of emotion, a Khornate really loves the violence that he indulge in, he revels in the gore and death he spreads rather than the actual violence...
Although philosophical ponderings doesn't match with the red and brass, just saying. =p
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Post by: Tauzor
The corpse god is missing.
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Post by: Shas'o Nom Nom
I think some of us are missing the point of the chaos gods... first of all, they aren't supposed to have redeeming or pure motivations. They are manifestations of humanity's failings (speaking in broad terms, yes I know that in the fluff slaanesh was caused by the eldar etc whatever).
The way I'd summarize the gods is that khorne is a manifestation of man's fixation on warfare, nurgle of our tendency toward destruction and neglect, tzeentch of deceit and scheming as well as twisting of one's own reality, and slaanesh of insatiable desires. Which brings me to point two:
I think GW fails at properly portraying Slaanesh. This god is supposed to represent addiction and malcontent. Always needing more more more. This is something inherent in human nature... in some people more than others. It's why when we become too accustomed to things we become bored for example. So I think Slaanesh fits perfectly as one of the chaos gods. It's just too bad that everyone seems to think it's not Slaanesh unless it's pink, black, whipped, and drugged.
I voted Tzeentch because his name is wicked hard to pronounce and he's obviously the best one of all of them 
Or Malal. Who's Malal? Oh never mind, he's just some band I've always liked that you've probably never heard of... Automatically Appended Next Post: PS. Remember the deamonettes they had briefly? Around 2006 I believe? Everyone says they got rid of them because of exposed breasts. I think the real reason is because they were one of the only "female" GW models with a visible decent looking face... can't have that now can we GW...
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Post by: dagsta2
The corpse god is missing. inst Nurgle ?
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Post by: TheCyben
I utterly agree that Tzeentch needs an upgrade urgently! In game terms their magic should be the most powerful, tearing the minds of even the sternest inquisitors and GKs to shreds. Their daemons need re-modeling too, in a more avian/skeletal theme to match the LoC. The horrors could look far more Cthulu-esque, screamers/discs should be a fast attack choice with daemon riders of some kind, and to make the whole army super scary why the heck do Daemons of Tzeentch even have to take psychic tests at all? let them fire off spells like other armies fire off guns and then we're cooking. In order to play well each daemon faction needs at least one more troop type anyhow, and in the case of Tzeentch I'd advocate some kind of wraithlike, hooded guys much like the Changeling... who get the statline of any troops or elites they come up against. And would it kill GW to let the changeling have his WFB rules in 40K? That would be tons o' fun if he fought An'ggrath!
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Post by: Doop Dude
Slaanesh's units all suck.
Also, I hate the way they are described in the Caiphas Cain novel in which they feature, I can't remember which... The cultists kind of gross me out a bit.
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Post by: Noisy_Marine
Nurgle because he's ugly.
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Post by: Imperial Monkey
The fact that Slaanesh is meant to be aesthetically pleasing yet some of the models look....I'm not going to say anymore or I'll offend someone.
Khorne, however, is just cool!
Tzeench? Who doesn't like magic
Nurgle...as a teenager, spots are causing me hell, so he's only marginally better than Slaaney...
CURSE YOU PAPA NURGLE! WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO??
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Post by: Dan the Viking
Khorne.
I just chose the one I like the least, I don't really hate any of them.
But, then again, I don't really know the culture behind the armies other than Khorne's followers' "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD".
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Post by: Tortoiseer
I have to say I don't really understand people saying they hate a chaos god because they're gross or disturbing. I mean that is the whole point of them; basic human/alien desires taken to their furthest extremes which will always get you someplace unpleasant. If they actually existed then you would (assuming you don't join them) despise all of them.
It is true that GW hasn't been able to put out good representations of all of the daemons, but that is their failing. The concepts of the 4 gods are all pretty good.
Personally Tzeentch and Slaanesh are my favorites of the group because I feel they best represent what chaos is all about.
Tzeenth: I'll take the quest for knowledge, hope, and change over fatalism and decay any day. After all change is what chaos is. And magic fire and all that
Slaanesh: I don't get all the hate people pour on this guy. I mean all the chaos gods are about excess and obsession; Slaneesh just exemplifies it better than the rest. The drive for perfection in all things and new sensory experience in all its forms is an awesome goal (though as always, taken too far).
Khorne: My least favorite of the four. Followers of Khorne are just as enslaved to their senses as those of Slaanesh; its just that they are totally one dimensional in their exploration. They seek perfection in one thing while Slaanesh encompasses everything. Thats why i'd choose the dark prince over the blood god every time (the bloody handed god however......)
Nurgle: This guy is alright. The fear of death and decay may very well be the most powerful human feeling and so its easy to see how people would flock to him. But the obsession with fatalism, inevitability, and decay just isn't for me. Thats why I rank him number 3
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Post by: dagsta2
i like Nurgle the most
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Post by: micahaphone
I hate nurgle's models, but they have some nice rules/benefits.
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Post by: diesel7270
I hate Slaneesh only because of reading Fulgrim. *urp* Everyone's got a kink, but when it comes to blades on flesh and human waste, I draw the line.
Of course, Nurgle is disgusting as all get-out, but I like his attitude and some of his models are pretty cool. Khorne would likely be my second because he seems so one-sided. "Power Weapons for the Weapons god!"
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Post by: Foxtale
Tzeentch tells me I must hate stagnation and decay.
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Post by: dagsta2
i like Khorne its moto blood for the blood god make since
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Post by: micahaphone
fluffwise
-I can appreciate Khorne; the rage and anger, the desire for destruction, it's very appealing. While he is oversimplified (heck, they all are) he is easy to understand while appealing to all. Who hasn't felt such desires for the glory of destruction?
-I can appreciate Tzeentch; he is my favorite of the bunch. The focus on change and knowledge, he actually seems better than the emperor. Fighting for wisdom and the betterment of yourself and others is a great cause, and one I will gladly stand behind.
-I can somewhat appreciate Nurgle; the interesting juxtaposition of being both the most caring and affectionate chaos god, mixed with the lord of decay is a interesting and original idea. While I hate determinism, his jolly nature combined with the infectious nature (haha, a good mood is infectious) is too good to pass up.
-I have some difficulty appreciating Slaanesh. I understand that he is supposed to embody the hedonism and perfectionism, but I have never seen this. Slaanesh has always been the "sex, drugs, and loud music" god, which lends itself somewhat to the hedonism aspect, but still leaves something to be desired. While people will call Khorne very one-dimensional, I would instead rail this against Slaanesh. While I understand what slaanesh is supposed to be, I've never actually seen it.
rules/tabletop
Khorne and nurgle are both very useful on the tabletop, as increased close combat or higher toughness is always good. Tzeentch requires some more fine-tuning and finesse, but also serves some good use. Personally, the only good thing I know (in this category) for slaanesh is the lash of submition, which is most used to annoy others. It's an interesting spell, it is just overused.
models
Khorne has the best models, in my opinion. They all embody the need to destroy and inflict pain. It's not done for some sexual desire, it's not done for change, it's done out of pure hatred for the universe. When you see a Khorne model, you know immediately what its purpose is.
Tzeentch has good models around half the time. For every fateweaver, there is a flying manta ray. For every Tzeentch greater demon, there is a pink horror.
Nurgle's modles are a mixed bag. While they are high quality, detailed models, the detail is put into making them look disgusting. They did a good job, but their goal was rather odd. Then again, they fit him well. I just wish there was a nurgle HQ that embodied the "fatherly" aspect of him.
Slaanesh's models, for the most part, fail me. How exactly do lobster claws equal perfectionism or beauty? What does a scorpion/horse/anteater thing have to do with what slaanesh stands for? Why do they have mini dinosaur mounts?
Overall, I found Slaanesh to be the most underwhelming. There are some amazing concepts to be found, but he is the least developed of all the chaos gods.
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Post by: Grach
Nergal just discusting
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Post by: Doop Dude
Grach wrote:Nergal just discusting
So's your spelling.
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Post by: littleboyblues
Really... God I love Slaanesh! haha Drugs Sex and Rock'n'.... Rending!
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Post by: oadie
I like the spread covered by the 4 gods' divisions of depravity. If it all boiled down to the essence of each god and what he represents in the generalized fluff, I'd say they're all equal and pat the writers on their collective back. If there's to be any ranking, it has to come down to the tabletop game - painting, modeling, and playing. I don't play Chaos of any variety. Hell, I can barely say I play, at all, so it's all about what I've seen.
Based on what I've seen, it was initially a bit of a toss up. I'm generally pretty lukewarm on Chaos and for every snazzy army I've seen, there were a dozen "meh" ones, regardless of flavor. It really came down to specific issues, which left Slaanesh and Khorne struggling for a not too distant third.
Someone mentioned the modeling limitations with Slaanesh early in the thread and it's a valid point. Ignoring pervy teens and companies/stores that don't want to alienate the parents of their impressionable target audience, however, there is artful Slaaneshi modeling that is disturbing in the most fantastic (if you appreciate that sort of thing, which many don't and justifiably so) way. If you don't believe me, look at a few Kingdom Death miniatures (thinking of one in particular - was it called "The Matron?"), then try and tell me you can't make little figurines disturbing well beyond the realm of simply "gross." Problem is, lots of the modeling goes in the direction of hamfisted attempts at sculpting the output of some of the more sticky and smelly areas of 4chan.
Khorne, on the other hand, has always been a bit of a disappointment, modeling-wise. Angry red marines with gaudy gold trim soaked up to their incredibly silly hats in unconvincing gore has never done it for me. Even nicely painted berserkers bore me to tears, nine times out of ten. Did I mention the silly hats? Khorne also doesn't occupy as unique a niche as the other gods. EVERYTHING in this game/universe is bent on killing everything else. Not much perversion of the normal order of things, there. If berserkers were the only units in the game running around with chainswords, they might be a bit more flavorful, but I find them as bland as so many others seem to find the Ultramarines.
So, after a bit of rambling, there's my answer. Khorne is the crappiest of the chaos gods, for having the least unique sphere of influence, the blandest models, and the silliest hats.
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Post by: xXSir MontyXx
Mr. Self Destruct wrote:I would say Slaanesh because everyone focuses on the sexual aspects of 'pleasure', basically turning him into the Penis God. That annoys the feth out of me. *stares at some of you*
Fully agreed, people think life would be amazing under Slaanesh. Orgies and sex might appease him for a while, but he will get bored with you if that is all you do. Eventually you will have to do some FREAKY $%&*!
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Post by: kitch102
FOR all those knocking slaanesh, don't knock it til you've tried it lmao
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Post by: Newt-Of-Death
Dont know if I hate any of them. I like Khorne and Slanesh, and I like the colour scheme of nurgle marines.
Always thought the Tzeentch models and paint jobs looks a bit stupid, apart from that new one with the mad blue ribbony bits!
So probably Tzeentch.
If you asked what 40k army do you hate the most, I would immediately pick Eldar!! Hate those brightly coloured, rounded edged, spell casting, massive headed goodie girlies! I'll pull them into the webway and make a mess out of them!
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Id probably take that back now after reading more into the fluff.
Looks like its nurgle or slanesh then!
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Post by: Joshh
Of all the Chaos Gods, Slaanesh scares me the most. Because humans (and pretty much every single race in 40K) are build around pleasure as one of their base instincts. It's human nature to seek pleasure as a reward, and we even have dopamine receptors hardwired into our brains to reward us with sensations of pleasure.
So looking at it this way, anything anyone does that they take pleasure in can be construed as worship to Slaanesh. Which is terrifying. There's seriously no escaping him.
Tzeentch is definitely my favorite Chaos God, simply because Thousand Sons are my favorite Chaos Legion.
Least favorite - Khorne is all "Blood for the Blood God!!! RRRAAAAGGHHH!!!" but in the grimdarkness of 40k everyone is stark raving looney with bloodlust. So there's really nothing special about him.
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Post by: ceorron
kitch102 wrote:FOR all those knocking slaanesh, don't knock it til you've tried it lmao
LMAO oh good one.
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Post by: Farseer of the Quiran-Vae
Slannesh, because I play Eldar.
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Post by: anglerfish3
Deffinatly Nurgle! he is just horrible
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Post by: GoldenKaos
Well, this was an easy choice.
Khorne: Blood never, ever gets old. Maybe its because I have some real-life latent bloodlust in me or something, but God of killing things in brutal ways? I can get behind that. Very nihilistic philosophy as well, which resonates slightly with the darker sides of my psyche. And as a Dark Elf player, Khaine/Khorne, how could I not love him?
As a sympathetic note to whoever get tired of hearing Khorne players announce 'Blood for the Blood God' every time they charge 'Zerkers into battle; I'd get tired of that too.
Also someone made a point about the Slaaneshii explore sensations in all directions whilst Khorne do the same but explore one, I think you might be missing the point slightly. Slaaneshii followers live to enjoy and experience all of life and its excesses. Khorne, while they do experience rage and bloodlust, do not live to explore or experience them, they are byproducts and their goal is to end life. While he is correct about the Slaaneshii experiencing many things to its extremes and the Khornate experiencing one thing to its extreme, the experience is the goal for Slaanesh, while it simply aids the Khornate onto its goal.
Plus: FightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFightFight....
Nurgle: Utterly grossed out whenever Nurgle minions pop up in the books, but the models look great. Very clever irony in how they get rotten, decaying bodies yet escape death.
Tzeench: The mutant God. Not sure if I ever liked the look of the Changer of ways or most of the demons. Very random bloke, not quite got him, but he does exemplify Chaos's everchanging nature the best, and the evil Mastermind plotting away at nasty things cackling away whilst steepling his fingers saying 'Excellent'. And the Thousand Sons are cool as hell, so I suppose he's got that going for him.
Slaanesh: Yeah.... Hate his guts. First because he killed the Eldar gods, Second because he is basically the S&M God, Third I hate excess. Excess (including greed because of constant want of comforts) is the main cause of evil in the world at the moment, in my humble opinion. The balance of money is askew with the masses poor and the minority rich, basically (in a general sense) because of what Slaanesh personifies, the want to enjoy and indulge. I mean, Khorne does his thing too, with World Wars all over, but at least everyone notices that, and thinks of it negatively. Corruption and greed happens all the time on all levels and it's hard to spot, harder to root out, and anyone an do it. Turning this into a bit of a rant, aren't I?
Fourth: Because GW is getting so popular with the Kiddies by now, we can't have any decent, fluff-faithful models, because they'd all be unsuitable for humans who are underage. Plus, as the God of Beauty, most of his models are hideous. The new Daemonettes? Urgh. Same for the seekers, masque, fiends of slaanesh, the greater daemons are horrible, you have to paint your army at least half pink, urgh, no. There is nothing I like about him. Except Lucius the Eternal's backstory, that is very neat.
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Post by: Far Seer
slannesh. i hate the models, plus seeing as how i'm an eldar player, i hate the Great Enemy, She Who Thirsts
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Post by: Ulver
Nurgle, I've never really been fond of the disgusting vibe.
I really don't get all the hate against Slaanesh, it's pretty much always been my favourite of the four, mostly because it's based on (or might as well be) the coolest and most awesome demons from any fiction, ever: the cenobites
"I thought I'd gone to the limits. I hadn't. The Cenobites gave me an experience beyond limits... pain and pleasure, indivisible."
"We'll tear your soul apart!"
Jesus wept, indeed
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Post by: Mike Noble
I'm not a huge Chaos fan, but I like them all equally. I think my least favorite however, is Nurgle. The game rules are cool, but his fluff, just doesn't appeal to me as much as the others. But yeah, it's kind of stupid to hate a chaos god because they disturb you. That's why some people like them.
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Post by: GoDz BuZzSaW
No Suprise It's Slaanesh ^^
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Post by: Augustus
Nurgle, because it makes the least sense...
Fat guys aren't tougher?
Sick people don't have increased ability?
Whats fun about plague?
Why do infected followers bother with gas masks?
Wouldn't Nurgles Rot kill all their cult followers?
Who would want the incredible power of becoming:
SICK AND FAT!
Also they look stupid, really, your army already has their intestines spilling out, ok, lets just wait till they starve to death, or bleed to death or both, or... what? That's just stupid.
[/hate]
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Post by: Mike Noble
^I think point of worshiping Nurgle is that he makes you immune to all that stuff.
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Post by: dagsta2
Tzeentch only 19%
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Post by: Pluxtheduck
I hate all of them bar slaanesh. for I am the prince of pleasure!
no seriously though, I have no preference for have bits of each power...
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Post by: GoDz BuZzSaW
TheCyben wrote:I utterly agree that Tzeentch needs an upgrade urgently! In game terms their magic should be the most powerful,
Daemons have no magic in 40k...
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Post by: NagothDaCleaver
Slaanesh
Not that I hate Slaanesh, just the other Gods are far cooler.
That being said... I love the Emperor's Children. I'm full of contradictions.
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Post by: DrK36
htj wrote:Malal, 'cos I'm indie.
I was hating Chaos gods before it was cool.
you're my hero
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Post by: Souleater15
I hate all of them.
Chaos is vile, evil, and, along with Necrons, the Tyranid's main enemy when it comes to devouring everything that has ever existed and ever will.
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Post by: guyperson5
asimo77 wrote:Nurgle, he's fat and smelly.
Can't say no to that one!
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Post by: swarmlord101
That would be... Nurgle. He´s disgusting 
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Post by: Lord Inquisitor
oadie wrote: So, after a bit of rambling, there's my answer. Khorne is the crappiest of the chaos gods, for having the least unique sphere of influence, the blandest models, and the silliest hats.
Aha, yes. This. Especially about the hats.
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Post by: ProphetOfChaosAscendant
Slannesh who does he/she/it think he/she/it is?
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Post by: HAZZER
For me its Tzeentch because The way they are is just weorid to me.But If I was going to be a hertic I would have an army based around Khorne.(I was acherly thinking about doing that bearing in mind that it wa a defiler that bought my attenchion to GW and warhammer 40k!lol
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Post by: NiiloTimantti
Cybronx wrote:Violence is fun and all, but going on and on about SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE gets old after a while.
What he said. This was a close call though 'cause I think Nurgle's the only one fun one 
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Post by: Sam__theRelentless
Cybronx wrote:Violence is fun and all, but going on and on about SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE gets old after a while.
Indeed, the Chaos gods do give you that impression after a while. Especially seeing as every Chaos army I have played against has Abaddon in it. What a douche. I still think Nurgle is just disgusting, but I honestly hate all the gods equally.
That's why we defend humanity: because "Onwards for the Emperor!" sounds way cooler than, well,  SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
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Post by: DevastationDavo
Slaanesh
I HATE Lash of Submission
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Post by: thenoobbomb
How I hate Slaanesh....
Stupid looks aand concept.
Now the god I like is... Khorne.
Nice looks, concepts and I like his throne ;-) Automatically Appended Next Post: ProphetOfChaosAscendant wrote:Slannesh who does he/she/it think he/she/it is?
And according to the dakr eldar codex it is a she and was born like millenmium 28.
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Post by: Slaanesh Guitarist
Nurgle smells so bad, can't stand it. Slaanesh gives you the most pleasureful way to sell your soul, not the way to rot and be ugly
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Post by: narceron
slaanesh, she/he's a tease, but can't deliver
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Post by: micahaphone
thenoobbomb wrote:
ProphetOfChaosAscendant wrote:Slannesh who does he/she/it think he/she/it is?
And according to the dakr eldar codex it is a she and was born like millenmium 28.
Then howcome slaanesh is sometimes called "the dark prince"? 
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Post by: NuggzTheNinja
Nurgle. Most gamestore nerds seem to have adopted Fat N Smelly as their patron saint. I don't need to see it represented again on the tabletop. Plus most Nurgle armies, IMO, tend to look like crap. Automatically Appended Next Post: micahaphone wrote:thenoobbomb wrote:
ProphetOfChaosAscendant wrote:Slannesh who does he/she/it think he/she/it is?
And according to the dakr eldar codex it is a she and was born like millenmium 28.
Then howcome slaanesh is sometimes called "the dark prince"?
Howcome Michael Jackson was regarded as a famous black musician? Some things just don't make sense.
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Post by: thenoobbomb
micahaphone wrote:thenoobbomb wrote:
ProphetOfChaosAscendant wrote:Slannesh who does he/she/it think he/she/it is?
And according to the dakr eldar codex it is a she and was born like millenmium 28.
Then howcome slaanesh is sometimes called "the dark prince"?
I dunno!
Oh, and Skulls for theSkulltrone does sound cool.
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Post by: Sharkvictim
I voted Slaanesh, because if I have to pick from a Chaos player standpoint I could care less about Noise Marines. And while on the subject why is it that they get a higher initiative, but mostly shoot? Should have given them all power weapons or an extra attack or something, sheesh...
...and people need to quit hating on Khorne.
No Khorne, no Kharn, no fun.
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Post by: deadman564
Bromsy wrote: Malal is my favorite though, he's just the cat's pajamas.
He is the bee's knee but i play night lords so we pray to no one
but i voted to hate on Khorne, hes just tooo 1dimensional for me.
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Post by: Red Comet
I think Slaneesh is the worst. It killed off most of the Eldar race and its honestly rather disturbing and weird since its a he/she. I wish I could kill Slaneesh. The other 3 gods aren't as annoying in my opinion.
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Post by: Warlord Gazghkull Thraka
Slaanesh. He steals all of mai Whores! jk
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Post by: micahaphone
NuggzTheNinja wrote:Nurgle. Most gamestore nerds seem to have adopted Fat N Smelly as their patron saint. I don't need to see it represented again on the tabletop. Plus most Nurgle armies, IMO, tend to look like crap.
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micahaphone wrote:thenoobbomb wrote:
ProphetOfChaosAscendant wrote:Slannesh who does he/she/it think he/she/it is?
And according to the dakr eldar codex it is a she and was born like millenmium 28.
Then howcome slaanesh is sometimes called "the dark prince"?
Howcome Michael Jackson was regarded as a famous black musician? Some things just don't make sense.
Google "the Jackson 5". Then you will find out why.
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Post by: nickick
Havent we alredy done this?
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
Looking at the current vote count, surely this counts as a case of 'Just as planned' by Tzeentch?
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Post by: TheCyben
Allow me amend. Tzeentch's +sorcery+ should be the most powerful psionic force available.
And yet some faggly humans can give them the psy-beatdown by invoking a golden toilet man.
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Post by: Chaos Lord Gir
Slaanesh.
Do not try to add tits to my war gaming thank you! It is uneeded, and I am not used to painting the opposite sex
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Post by: monkeyh
It's gotta be Slaanesh..... I mean - moobs & pink armour? You gotta be kidding really.
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Post by: GoDz BuZzSaW
Lord Kaesar II wrote:I personally don't hate any of the Chaos gods, but I do have a soft spot for Slaanesh. He/ she/ it isn't just some single minded god like Khorne, but rather stands for excess and, by the greater idea, ambition. Any desire to be greater is in Slaanesh's domain. All the hate for Slaanesh is fine, but I'm just saying I like Slaanesh over the others. Otherwise, I would have to say Khorne is my least favourite. Murgle stands for life and death, Tzeentch stands for change, but really all Khorne stands for is warfare and violence of any nature, taking his lust of the fight to the excess- easily Slaanesh's realm of influence.
I would never have guessed that by your avatar :L
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Post by: TheWildHost
Eldar are the most powerful pyskers fluff wise, but they dont have enough god damn powers! For feths sake a librairan has like twice as fething many! Tzech should be like a step behind Eldar, compatable with em, but dont always come out on top. Really it is stupid how much Xtra gak humans/ marines get. It is total bs
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Post by: MendedDragon
Khorne, because stuff gets too brutal.
And Nurgle, because he makes stuff rot n'junk. Which is not cool >:C So, yeah.
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Post by: dagsta2
Slaanesh has 947 votes
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Post by: asimo77
I love that everyone is hating on Slaanesh, it just makes it all the more satisfying when my pink, effeminate, Chaos Space Marines smash them with the power of music and "love".
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Post by: Omegus
Vaktathi wrote:I think they did a much better job with Slaanesh in Fantasy than they have in 40k.
Agreed. Sigvald is a perfect example of what a champion of Slaanesh should be like. Instead, every Slaanesh army seems to revolve around nipple rings, and the fluff amounts to "we has perma-boners and like loud noises!"
Dark Eldar do Slaanesh way better than the Emperor's Children.
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Post by: Vires`
Nurgle cause he's disgusting. Don't see how'd you be able to breathe will all that nastiness polluting the air. Plus I don't want half my face gone.
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Post by: Omegus
Slaanesh is the best of the gods. Being a warrior on the battlefield that's dedicated to Slaanesh seems so much more interesting than one dedicated to Khorne.
Khorne's Champion - something moved, hack slash. something else moved, hack slash!
Slaanesh' Champion - the sound of clashing blades and the screams of the wounded and dying; the smell and taste of gunpowder, blood and charred flesh in the air; that look of hatred in your opponents eyes inevitably fading into despair, the affirmation of your superiority as the life fades from them; the tactile feedback as your sword kisses their flesh and the sharp delicious agony when their blades caress yours in turn. Aahh... glorious.
But yeah, Nurgle is probably the worst. Have you seen the description of his daemons in Flight of the Eisenstein? It was all "thick ropy strands of pus" this and "clumps of fetid excrement" that. Ew.
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Post by: Asherian Command
Nurgle. I hate him.
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Post by: mindfield
Fat Nurgle! Hehehe He's also lord of disease, so I hate him.
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Post by: illuknisaa
Khorne god of courage and honor how could anyone hate him (unless you are a sniveling grot)
Nurgle will accept you even if you are unclean or clean no one is rejected (you know like santa) how could anyone hate him
Slaanesh god of art (minis are art) and love too bad daemonettes got breast cancer previously they could have up to 3 twin-linked boobs, you don't hate boobs do you?
That-many-face-guy-whos-name-is-too-hard-to-type is a sceaming politician and we all hate politicians so I thi god gets my vote.
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Post by: Sam__theRelentless
illuknisaa wrote:Khorne god of courage and honor how could anyone hate him (unless you are a sniveling grot)
Nurgle will accept you even if you are unclean or clean no one is rejected (you know like santa) how could anyone hate him
Slaanesh god of art (minis are art) and love too bad daemonettes got breast cancer previously they could have up to 3 twin-linked boobs, you don't hate boobs do you?
That-many-face-guy-whos-name-is-too-hard-to-type is a sceaming politician and we all hate politicians so I thi god gets my vote.
How exactly is Khorne the god of courage and honour? He is quite possibly THE EPITOME of non-courage and non-honour, the greatest such example in the hyperdimensional reality It's kinda the point of Chaos.
Actually, all of the gods will accept you provided you are willing to scream SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE with conviction....
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Post by: Murenius
Wrong question, all of the chaos gods are great. Glory to Chaos! Let the galaxy burn!
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Post by: Akroma06
Nurgle...my guys helped make Slaanesh, love the complexities of Tzeentch (he always wins) and Khorne I have no beef with. Plus nurgles all about death and rot which just plain smells bad.
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Post by: Omegus
Khorne. He's just so one-dimensional and boring, at least his latest incarnations.
Favorite is a toss-up between Tzeench or Slaanesh. I both appreciate the drive for knowledge and ever new heights of experience.
Scariest/most disgusting is Nurgle, even if he does win points for having zombies in his corner. His method of recruitment is probably hardest to resist. I know I've prayed for death before while curled up on the toilet after some bad fish.
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Post by: Nuclear_Bomb
Khorne....just Khorne.
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Post by: Trondheim
The lord of pleasur gets my vote, anybody who is willing to make a army dedicted to all the insane stuff his followers dose needs a boltround to the head.
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Post by: Sam__theRelentless
I'm sure the Imperium would heartily agree. Us defenders of humanity are obliged to purge all!!!
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Post by: Ineed2bucks
Slaanesh. Just, pick a gender already.
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Post by: marmaduke
okay first off i have to say WTF why is everyone hating on slaanesh? if you actually read the fluff for daemons he is basically the strongest of the them all. he is the embodiment of excess so he is a little bit of all of them!!!
and why are you all hating on nurgle i mean really so what if he has some bloating problems and looks pretty disgusting. he is basically the only chaos god who takes care of his followers. all the other ones treat their people like pawns, where nurgle actually gives a dam.
plus hes like the grandfather that gives you a thousand bucks when you are like 5 and he comes to all your baseball games. he genuinely cares for his followers. plus he is a gardener aka he actually has a personality outside of sex or confuse you or kill gak. i mean really he is the only one with an actual personalty. Automatically Appended Next Post: i would also like people to note that most people just say "oh i hate him cause he is fat and smelly" or whatever for the various gods. if you gonna hate give a good reason not some halfbaked reason 
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Post by: Omegus
marmaduke wrote:
i would also like people to note that most people just say "oh i hate him cause he is fat and smelly" or whatever for the various gods. if you gonna hate give a good reason not some halfbaked reason
That's a genuine reason to hate. I mean, that's why I hate most gamers.
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Post by: marmaduke
well maybe many gamers are fat and smelly Omegus but that dont mean you need to insult them. hay you never know they might actually be good people on the inside but cause you judge them so quick you will never know.
and as to how this relates back to the original prompt dont judge just cause the god is fat and smelly. ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!!! AND DONT JUST HATE YOU HATER!!!
but if you have a ligetitimate reason you can explain then go ahead and hate all you want
jk dont be a hater
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Post by: DreadlordME!
Slaanesh is the god of RAPISTS!
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Post by: Viersche
Nurgle - i hate being sick
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Post by: Abyssel
Needs to be an option saying I don't hate any.
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Post by: epil
I put Slaanesh because of how other people show Slaanesh on their modles. Its not all about tentical rape and naked people. Its over endulgence. Too many immature people painting it.
Don't get me wrong though. If done well an army of naked deamons flopping their tats all over looks cool and it can fit the theme. But when people go out of their way for it. It's a bit much.
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Post by: Thatguy91
Hate slannesh. Not even remotely appealing to me. Tzeentch and Nurgle are my two gods of choice
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Post by: Foid
Slanesh,
I dont even spell HER name correct that how much i hate HER .
Dont you know Eldar are always right? 
Foid-
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Post by: Castiel
I don't hate, but I dislike Tzeentch the most. I just don't like the image of anything spontaneously devolving into a bag of fleshy tentacles, its kinda sickening!
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Post by: Stunami
Slaanesh, because crazy/sexy/cool didn't work as a movie, and it doesn't work for me as one of the four truly ruinious powers.
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Post by: Sparks_Havelock
I find Khorne to be tedious and dull, personally. Worst of the four for me.
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Post by: Chi3f
+1 hate to Slaanesh
He's a cheater and a ball hog!
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Post by: The Epic Chaosdude!!!
Tzeentch, just because I like Khorne and hate magic
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Post by: Buttlerthepug
I sadly have to go with Nurgle, and only because I like the other three more... though even then I can't even say that's true since Nurgle and Tzeentch are basically on the same lvl for me.
So much hate on Slaanesh it seems. I can see why though, and can agree with alot of what people are saying. Too many people portray Slaanesh as sex/drugs/etc, when of course as said before, its about so much more than that. I think if everyone focused more on the other sides of Slaanesh rather than just those few, then people would be alot more accepting of it.
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Post by: Captain Destructo
Nurgle is my favourite. Tzeentch and Slaanesh tie, because I see nothing wrong with them, I'm just not that interested. Khorne is just lame. Although I always thought "MILK FOR THE KHORNE-FLAKES!" was pretty funny.
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Post by: baneofmorgoth
I think that Slannesh would love the results of this poll.
Khorne is relatively boring for me, and (as others have stated countless times) Nurgle is fat and smelly.
And 1,151 people obviously haven't lived as rockstars 
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Post by: CuddlySquig
Nurgle. His daemons are annoying to get rid of on the tabletop.
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Post by: LordRex
Nurgle. All of the Nurgle models gross me out, i don't want to ever see another.
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Post by: A Kvlt Ghost
dagsta2 wrote:just wounding
Wounding, eh? sounds like we got a khorne fan here, Automatically Appended Next Post: Never could deal with all that slaaneshi pink. S/he's so selfish, too, not like grandfather Nurgle... *wheezes unhealthily*
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Post by: Sigvatr
Slaneesh for being utterly useless in WHFB.
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Post by: Durza
Khorne, for being the worst possible outcome he could have been. I mean, he's the god of honour and battle. He could have been an implacable, unstoppable force bent on revenge against a galaxy which never wronged him, but nooooooooooo... it had to be RAAAGE!
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Post by: asimo77
Durza wrote:He could have been an implacable, unstoppable force bent on revenge against a galaxy which never wronged him
I dunno that sounds an awful lot like endless rage without direction or purpose to me, so not much different in the end.
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Post by: templarsandorks?
Tzeentch because of the stupid name and I hate the concept
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Post by: Deadshot
Ulthanashville wrote:It's been said already, but "blood for the blood god!" is the most stupidly redundant phrase. Khorne players think it's cool to yell it every time they assault with their zerks. It's not cool. If there were a chaos god of fairy floss, would they yell "fairy floss for the fairy floss god!"?
By the same token it is stupid to call Waaagh! for orks but no one complains about them.
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Post by: DPBellathrom
Seriously, all the people on here saying "I hate slaanesh because a god of boobs and sex is stupid" clearly have no clue what they are talking about. pleasure is only one aspect of slaanesh, seeking perfection is another(attempting to become the best at whatever you do or to achieve a flawless body), as is sampling everything that the universe has to offer, not to mention many poets, artists and leaders seek him/her for both inspiration and charisma. And he doesn’t burn out his followers, they do that themselves. noise marines choose to hook themselves up to sonic blasters as it's the only way that they can feel feelings anymore, by being surrounded by the noise of battle
can I hate those people as my answer for this poll?.....no? fine -.-
I would have to say khorne is my last favourite in the newer fluff as he has gone from the honourable god of war to the god of killing stuff for funsies. nurgle I like as not only do his models look cool but he has nice fluff to back it all up. same goes for tzeentch.
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Post by: mingus89
i completely agree with DPBellathrom, to me slaanesh and tzeentch have a more dark, interesting way of spreading chaos that has more backstory than hitting things with an axe, for this reason im going to say khorne is my least favorite, right behind nurgle
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Post by: Omegus
Nurgle's way of spreading Chaos is far more horrifying.
Tzeench tempts you with power, Slaanesh with vanity and pleasure, Khorne promises release in a red haze of combat.
Nurgle just gives you the worst diarrhea ever, and waits until you beg for death.
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Post by: DPBellathrom
Omegus wrote:Nurgle's way of spreading Chaos is far more horrifying.
Tzeench tempts you with power, Slaanesh with vanity and pleasure, Khorne promises release in a red haze of combat.
Nurgle just gives you the worst diarrhea ever, and waits until you beg for death.
well...he gives you worst diarrhea and then gives you the cure for it.....which is more diarrhea but you not giving a 
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Post by: Shadowbrand
All of the gods have something to offer that interests me.
So no. I love them all.
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Post by: Trondheim
I mean, what is there not to like? Well beside Nurgle that is but even chubby folks need love
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Post by: TerminalDragon
I can't vote. I don't hate any.
Nurgle you would join to have everlasting life.
Tzeentch because you want power.
Khorne because you want to be the very best.
And slaanesh to catch 'em all. (STI's that is...)
Seriously though they all have their merits and pitfalls.
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Post by: Glorious Doom
Slaanesh is very... annoying. I'm a chaos player and just can't stand any of the models, let alone the back story. The mark is worthless because the boost in initiative doesn't matter if everyone is already dead.
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Post by: DPBellathrom
Glorious Doom wrote:Slaanesh is very... annoying. I'm a chaos player and just can't stand any of the models, let alone the back story. The mark is worthless because the boost in initiative doesn't matter if everyone is already dead.
so what your saying is.....I5 termies with lightening claws are worthless.....ok....thats fine.
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Post by: Tzeentchling9
Damn you Nurgle destroying all my work. All Hail the Changer of Ways!
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Post by: deathholydeath
I add +1 to Slaanesh not because I hate him/her/it but because It's simply my least favorite of the Chaos Gods.
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Post by: CT GAMER
Slaneesh.
I don't mind him per se, more some of the people that use it as an excuse to model vagina daemons and add grrenstuff tits to everything... yawn.
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Post by: timetowaste85
Kinda bummed to see so many people hating on my favorite Chaos god, but then I just realized that 34% of you have terrible taste and probably shouldn't even be allowed to dress yourselves in the morning. Nurgle is my least favorite-I know he's supposed to be Santa with herpes, but he really just ends up being Mr. Hanky. Slow, fat, smells of poo, just is incredibly resilient. Ho, hum. Big deal. Even the long-necked chickens are better. (yes, I realize I'm discussing their avatars, but they can look like whatever they want, and their avatars are supposed to represent them, so the thought counts)
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Post by: CT GAMER
DPBellathrom wrote:Seriously, all the people on here saying "I hate slaanesh because a god of boobs and sex is stupid" clearly have no clue what they are talking about. pleasure is only one aspect of slaanesh, seeking perfection is another(attempting to become the best at whatever you do or to achieve a flawless body), as is sampling everything that the universe has to offer, not to mention many poets, artists and leaders seek him/her for both inspiration and charisma. And he doesn’t burn out his followers, they do that themselves. noise marines choose to hook themselves up to sonic blasters as it's the only way that they can feel feelings anymore, by being surrounded by the noise of battle
You missed the point.
People arent hating Slaanesh himself because THEY think he is all about boobs, etc. People are hating him because so many gamers who do Slaaneshi armies/models seem to think so...
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Post by: ChocolateGork
Nurgle. Ugly Smelly and Green
The others have red, blue and pink (some favourite colours of mine) and they have boob creatures, diabolical schemes and mountains of skulls.
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Post by: Azza007
Nurgle, just don't like the idea of all those diseases, I have had enough health problems thank you very much.
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Post by: Lord Rogukiel
Slaanesh. I actually like Nurgle.
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Post by: matsa13
Nurgle. The models are just too sick and twisted.
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Post by: KoganStyle
Khorne, because he made GW put skulls on EVERYTHING!
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Post by: Douglaspocock
How could you hate Tzeentch? I was expecting that to be like 1% from the weird guy who sits in the corner of the room with a weird grin on his face as he thinks of
Slannesh, the quintessential SEX part of any good game that ruins it because there are the creepy kids who need to paint breasts and blush when they place on them on the table and make it difficult to get the regular non-sex-crazed/deprived people into the game.
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Post by: RagnarGangleri
Slannesh, but mostly because my dad doesn't stop making horrible jokes about him/her.
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Post by: Kavish
I don't hate any of them, but Slaanesh is my least favourite. Plus pink marines look bad. I can't believe people can ruin perfectly good models with that horrible colour scheme! I've seen one or two armies that pulled it off, but it's rare. Not a fan of the daemon models either. I mean, crab claws? What does that have to do with the theme?
Ps: Why do people keep saying "penis god". Slaanesh is obviously the god of boobs and crab claws.
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Post by: Cappn
Slaanesh. I don't see much of myself in what it stands for, so I can't relate.
I agree with what people have been saying. Slaanesh isn't represented well, if represented at all. It's normally "Blood for the Blood god!" and all that jazz.
Now Nurgle... that man's a boss. Sure he might smell a bit, who knows, work with him long enough you will too. He's the only chaos god that actually takes pride in the people who serve him. All jolly but kinda creepy for what he represents.
"Embrace necrosis and rejoice! Nurgle loves you!"
- Great Unclean One
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Post by: Adrian Fue Fue
I was going to vote Slannesh, as I like seeing topless models and boobs, but not utters. Also It isnt too powerful and we cant call it a she yet even though back then they all had two boobs.
I voted Tzeenech.
This guy is just a bird with his hand in the air. There is no Greater Daemon Lord for him. I barely ever see him played, let alone 1000 sons played. AND I am sure most opponents hate the +1 invulnerable save he provides his worshipers.
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Ohhh .... AND who even knows how to enunciate Tzeenech?
Also, paint scheme looks too much like Ultramarine.
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Post by: Fervor
Slaanesh by far. I'm not a fan of hedonism.
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Post by: Ezki
Don't hate any of them, but Nurgle is the one I like the least. Maybe because of the looks, he definetly ain't the most attracting one.
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Post by: guyvian
I don't particularly hate any of the chaos gods since i collect the chaos daemons and since they are my favourite army, it i hard to hate any of the chaos gods, however the chaos gods that i dislike the most are slaanesh, especially because the models don't look as awesome as the red khorne daemons or the shiny tzeentch daemons or the pussy, rotting green and brown nurgle daemon, especially the masque which has completely no interesting appearance at all.
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Post by: SorataZ
Nurgle, because all the rot and smell isn't exactly pleasing. Even Orkz don't smell THAT much. Though he's the nicest of the four and feeling no pain isn't all that bad.
Khorne is usually all about "Blood for the blood god" but many forget he's also about courage, honour and martial might.
Slaanesh... well, Slaanesh demons are supposed to look like the ideal lover for one, and so does Slaanesh him/herself. S/he's also into art. Naturally, burning out your own senses isn't ideal.
Tzeentch lives and breathes for the scheming. He's probably the only neutral Chaos God. Plus his egyptian bird demons look pretty awesome.
All in all, I'm really no a fan of Nurgle though, his negative aspects just outwight the positive ones <.<
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Post by: Forcemajeure
Khorne, because he/she/it doesn't seem like a god of chaos at all.
All the others use trickery, schemes and deceit to lure humanity from the Emperors path. Using us for their own purposes. Khorne just tells us to kill stuff.
Khorne followers shouldn't even get to use the eight-pointed star, they are to narrow minded for that. Just replace it with some tactical marine "single arrow" markings, suits them better.
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Post by: Spaz431
Khorne. If you buy a battalion box of chaos marines you are forcibly handed khorne berzerkers. Then you are given one chance to make something different. And gw "expects" you to go immediately and buy more berzerkers. To the indie kid, if you wanted to stay indie, you would have been purchasing the thousand sons, night lords, or noise conversion kits, because no one else was and you wanted to feel elitist, just so you could hate on any one else. Yes, khorne was sooooo last edition. Now Nurgle is just as bad. Especially epidimius, plague marines and plague bearers are on back order for gw because of how valid on the field that list is. So yes, if Slaneesh makes you feel uncomfortable, mad, or like you need a shower when you get home from a game, then he won. He is the patron god of one Carlos Esteves.
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Post by: thefarseerofnorthryde
 TheCyben wrote:Slaanesh is just not as perverted as he/she/it could be in the context of a tabletop game. Khorne can embody violence without offending people, but you can't even build some of the models necessary to capture the essence of Slaanesh without visiting some dodgy shops indeed... and then you get kicked out of the local GW store for fielding your d***lord titan...
OK, so that never happened, but I still reckon Slaanesh is unable to be sick enough to live up to the hype!
LOL
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Post by: Cryonicleech
Sucks to see the Slaanesh dislike.
To be fair, he/she is portrayed vey poorly in 40k as a god of sex. But to be fair, the game's fanbase usually equates hedonism to sexual acts (though, society is just as guilty of that too)
Slaanesh, to me at least, represents so much more. Slaanesh is pride, vanity, a love of the self. Sensations go beyond the mere physical: art, inspiration, poetry, music, dance. Slaanesh is enjoyment taken to a whole new level, it's an appreciation for even the smallest things in life, such as breathing. Slaanesh also appeals to attempts to better oneself, to advance, to become the best at whatever you desire, to be as perfect as possible.
Slaanesh gets a bad rep because of the boobs, sadly.
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Post by: quilava1
Slaneesh, you have a bunch of half naked hooligans running about the field with +1i and rending, can you cay underwhelming?
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Post by: labmouse42
Khorne is boring. He has no flavor.
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Post by: spiralingcadaver
Nothing wrong with slaanesh as a concept, but s/he fits in least in a wargame
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Post by: Esparoba3
I don't hate any of the gods, I just dislike the main thoughts that people have about them. They think slaanesh is only about "ZOMG BOOBS DRUGZ AND MORE BOOBZ" but there's so much more about slaanesh than those things. Same with khorne, folowing khorne is so much more than just mindless slaying everything that lives
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Post by: spiralingcadaver
Esparoba3 wrote:I don't hate any of the gods, I just dislike the main thoughts that people have about them. They think slaanesh is only about "ZOMG BOOBS DRUGZ AND MORE BOOBZ" but there's so much more about slaanesh than those things. Same with khorne, folowing khorne is so much more than just mindless slaying everything that lives
While Slaanesh is parodied more, I'd say that Khorne is one of the more misinterpreted of the gods-- mindless berserkers are hardly the only thing going on, there.
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Post by: Phototoxin
Tzeentch for the OP magic, the whole 'it was my plan all along' and other random shennanigans.
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Post by: Meade
Why the hate for Slaanesh? Hell yes I put boobs on my daemonettes, that's the way they should be. Sexy but evil. And I also watch films and read books that also have nudity, drugs, gore and violence (but not exclusively or in that order). A chaos daemon or follower, especially one as unnerving as a slaaneshi, is not going to cover up. Heck, I'd give my noise marines penis fingers but it's still not socially acceptable (one can only dream).
I voted to hate Tzeentch. Not because I really hate Tzeentch, I mean he is kind of cool, I just don't think he is creepy enough. I can dig nurgle because he is disgusting, and I'd love to do a bit of Nurgle modelling one day. Khorne is great because you can model gore. Tzeentch models just look like big birds, or childhood magical creatures that could just as easily populate some storybook fantasyland. They're not really evil or creepy to me.
If you don't think Chaos should be scary and creepy and adult version well then good for you. That's why 40k is great, everyone does it their own way. I just think my version deserves some great villains.
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Post by: TheFarseer
Slaanesh, as an Eldar player you have to hate the permanent reminder of your fall from grace
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Post by: baxter123
And don't forget he's basically worshipped by the SKAVEN! That's makes him fat, smelly and flee ridden
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Post by: Guardsman Bane
Nurgle, simply because I play a lot against Chaos with Mark of Nurgle. I play mainly IG. You figure it out
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Post by: eohall
While I agree with the general sentiment that Slaanesh is the least compelling chaos god, all the people expressing their disdain and distaste for the excess and hedonism he represents is pretty funny. What is playing intricate games for hours and hours with multiple hundreds-or-thousands of dollars worth of small figurines?
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Post by: Dezstiny
Simply put, who wouldn't care the least if you died or not? It's khorne, because at the end of the day BLOOD FOR BLOOD GOD! SKULL FOR SKULL KING!
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Post by: silence indigo
The Great Elfish Pansy, obviously!
All Hail the Plague Lord!
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Post by: cox.dan2
All of them are sneaky and underhanded compared to the Blood God.
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Post by: iLLiTHiD
Each of the Chaos gods are supposed to offer some sort of temptation for morals, as they are a manifestation of the darker side of the soul. Let's take a closer look:
Tzeentch: Embodies hidden desire, plotting and secrets. Mortals seek him out because he offers to them power through knowledge, but at a terrible cost. Definitely a strong temptation (who hasn't ever wanted to know the future?) And that in the knowing of 'what shouldn't be known', you become warped and changed. It's poetic
Nurgle: Embodiment of death and decay. The fear of death is one of the most common fears universally, so Nurgle's corrupted offer of 'life' through disease is devilishly warped. Temptation for eternal 'life' works well, and you could imagine the feeling of shame that someone would feel in being so cowardly that they would accept to be turned into some hideous monstrosity rather than have the courage to face death. Amazingly good motive.
Slaneesh: Slaneesh gets such a bad wrap, mostly due to the crappy PG-13 bubble wrap GW places it into in order to sell stuff to kiddies. And the terribad models. And the misconception that its all about boobies. What a lot of people here are failing to do is to look *past* the censorship and the dumb, and look at the core of the entity. Compare the other 3 greater Chaos gods...Tzeentch is a warped alien being, Nurgle is a bloated, hideous monster, Khorne a bloody-thirsty murderer...most sane people would RECOIL from those things (gore, insanity, disease).
*gets onto my *
But Slaneesh...now that's an entity that has appeal to a lot of people. Lust, passion, perfection, excess. Look at your average rap music video these days and what do you see? Songs that 'worship' hot women, loads of cash, hotted up cars, drugs and alcohol everywhere...'worshiping' the *idea* of Slaneesh. People love to fantasise about living an excessive luxurious life, and would often do *anything* to get it.
Another point to note is the idea of slowly corrupting someone to the cult of Slaneesh. Look at the Eldar/High Elves, it started off fairly innocent, the Cult of Pleasure was just about having a good time. Nothing wrong with that, right? But 'too much of a good thing can be bad for you' becomes the reason why after awhile, the drugs or sex or art or food (etc) loses its ability to give you the kick, and so you become addicted to something stronger. Like a junkie looking for the next high, you would get more desperate for more 'pure' pleasure. You'd do *anything* for that high you've been chasing and then the idea of Slaneesh (which at first would have had you running at the sight of) slowly becomes a 'rationale' choice.
*That* is the reason why Slaneesh is by far the most evil, warped and terrifying of the four. That slow slide from a sane and normal revulsion of what Slaneesh is...to a desperate bargain, a pact with it to satisfy that addiction.
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTD1NDNFIg Him from PPG, totally how I imagine Slaneesh sounding )
When you compare these three gods, and their subtle way of corrupting people with their various temptations, Khorne sadly falls flat. He lacks any sort of subtlety or appeal to worship him. He is quite *obviously* evil, and so no sane person would ever *want* to follow him. He offers no 'temptation', no 'reward' to mortals. KILL KILL KILL really is the domain of people who are *already* insane, not completely normal people who are tempted into worshiping Chaos. So, to be honest, Khorne should have the least amount of followers (luckily for us, orcs can't join Chaos otherwise every single one of them would be a Khornite )
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Post by: Color Sgt. Kell
 Zweischneid wrote:Infections, pus and parasites do not numb you to pain. Quite the opposite infact.. if you ever happen to have an infection, inflammation or festering wound, try poking the infected part and than a healthy part for comparison.
Toughness and/or FnP would be much more appropriate on Noise Marines (numbed to all sensations but the most extreme) or, most likely, Rubic Marines (cause.. literally.. they do not feel pain).
And even if you can conceive of an explanation of why followers of Nurgle become tougher and/or more resilient, it still isn't thematic. If you wanna bring disease, infection and rot to the gaming table, effects one should look for are poisoned weapons (infection), sapping/ de-buffing of strength and/or initiative (aura-effects or again weapons), reduction of armour saves (rot & corrosion) or something along those lines.
As it is, Nurgle an all its forms and incarnations is pretty Fubar.
Nurgle has made a disease that decays your body but numbs pain is what it is. You are so rotten your nerve senses are completely gone and decayed so that is why they can't feel pain. Imo Nurgle is the best god because he is actually open and friendly, his diseases are just "little gifts" and anyways if he blesses you with one you won't be able to feel it. Also Nurgle is the middle man, not overly strong or violent like khorne, or twisted and weird like slaanesh, or scheming like Tzeench. So he's not op, just a fun guy!
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Post by: jordanis
Khorne for one reason: just played an apoc game and 1 of the 3 Angraths rolled an 18 inch charge on turn 1 to assault and destroyed our Emperor Titan in one go...maybe next time i shouldn't let my opponent use my dice...since they already seem to hate me...
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
Slaneesh for weak sauce execution and for the numerous annoying 15 year old players who are obsessed with the sexual aspect of excess.
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Post by: OscarHracsO
To me Slaanesh is just an donkey-cave..
I feel that Khorne's anger is kind of endearing, Tzeenetch is quite cool in how mystical he is. My favourite is Nurgle by far,only the coolest guy is called "Papa" by his followers, and only a total dude could just have a little chuckle after one of his kids screws up his most important work ever.
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Post by: Novelist47
Slaanesh because he/she/it/that/those just doesn't ring right with me for obvious reasons.
But I love Slaan's fiction, them comics are gold.
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Post by: Frogboy14
Slaanesh, i just cant like the lore and what he has to offer. Like with the other gods i feel I'm at least super smart, a blood thirsty killer, our immune to pain and sickness. But to be a slave to sensation just doesn't seem all that cool. Its like being addicted to crack no one thinks a crack head is cool!
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Post by: angel of ecstasy
You just wait a few years.
Khorne is my least favourite. The whole "skullz 4 the skullz skullz" is getting a bit old.
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Post by: Squat Kid
Tzeentch, mainly because it's the hardest to spell...
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Post by: Tiberius V
Definitely Nurgle, because not only are they impossible to pull of objectives, but it gives people an excuses to buy sticks of green plop them on bases and say that they are "conversions"
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Post by: Aspect4Life
 Cybronx wrote:I wouldn't make the poll allow multiple answers if you want to know what Chaos god is hated the most, but I'd have to say Khorne.
Violence is fun and all, but going on and on about SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE gets old after a while. Plus I'm just not a fan of red.
Don't forget BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD its more the players than the models/rules
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Post by: SneakyMek
I'd Say that i hate Khorne the most and then followed bu Nurgle cause almost every single 40k/fantasy chaos player that i have meet has gone with either one of those two.
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Post by: btr75
The You Tube spoof from the movie "Downfall" regarding the Blood God says it all on my thoughts on Slannesh.
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Post by: WaaaaghLord
Going with Khorne. The whole insane frothing killing machine thing is overdone.
I love Tzeentch and Slaanesh, and no one can hate Grandpappy Nurgle, he's just a big, cuddly (albeit pustulent and highly contagious) teddy bear, who loves his creations dearly as a god should...
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Plus Khorne is just an excuse for GW to waste their monthly skull quota on a single batch of minis...
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Post by: tundrafrog1124
Tzeentch is my favorite god and as such all my choas armies are either for Tzeentch or Undivided. So as you could probably tell the god I hate the most is Nurgle.
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Post by: dreamakuma
Not a big fan of tzeentch. Spending all day manipulating makes me think they belong in an alpha legion fluff, where tzeentch is.....ALPHARIUS!
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Post by: TheArchitect
But, I don't hate any of them. I love them each in their individual way. Now if you had asked or my favorite I would have straight up told you Slaanesh, but you didn't.
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Post by: Shredsmore
Nurgle or Slaanesh
Nurgle and slaanesh marines are cool, but the demons suck for both, with imo nurgle being slightly worse.
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
Slaanesh is the chaos god of Cenobites, Slaanesh is the chaos god of pride and self serving excess, if Lucifer followed a chaos god, he'd serve Slaanesh. It's only the 'aimed at the kiddies now' thing that means Slaanesh gets such a bad rap and comes a poor 4th place in mini updates and 'we're really not sure what to do with this one'. I remember talking with a GW store manager who said that he personally loved Slaanesh's background but that trying to explain what sHe represented to little Timmy, with little Timmy's mum stood beside him in the store was very uncomfortable and difficult. To me, that's part of the reason Slaanesh is my absolute favorite chaos god. sHe represents the real dark side. I can resist everything but temptation...
Khorne is an overly popular one trick pony, Chaos-lite. Rawr Imma Monsta and I'm RED!!! SKULLZ, THRONES ETC!!! ...wow, whatever son.
Tzeentch has some potential, somewhat ruined by spam of his units in the game due to exceptional rules for years in WHFB (ward saves, chaos lords also being chaos sorcerers back in the day). Still, giant skeksies for greater daemons and lesser daemons with massive jazz hands is good for a laugh.
Nurgle I quite like for his sense of humor and showbiz, but again, I see so many of his armies poorly converted and covered in greenstuff marked with a toothpick, oh and he gets way too much forgeworld time and attention.
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Post by: Guardsmen Bob
Tzeentch, he's a dick. And his name is the hardest for me to say.
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Post by: Wilytank
Guardsmen Bob wrote:Tzeentch, he's a dick. And his name is the hardest for me to say.
This. I can't face any unit of Flamer Daemons without picturing a smug look on his face. He probably stole my Yo-Yo when I was younger too.
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Post by: alyxander100
I hate all Xenos and Heretics with the same ardent fervor! Death to the Unfaithful, Death to the Untrue. Only in Faith is there power.
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Post by: MarsNZ
Nurgle definitly. The models and the aesthetic are just awful, and the fact that he is the standout go-to guy for WAAC/TFG mouthbreathers is just icing on the cake.
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Post by: chapgrimaldus
Kinda hate all of them but to vote fair Nurgle, always hated that blob of a god more than the others he is fugly fat and only promises disease with no pain but in the end your just as fugley as him. Someone really should just shoot him with antibiotics and be done with him
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Post by: Hammerandforgereplicas
I think Khorne's just annoying, especially since they now gave him a good shooting weapon in the form of the chariot. Why is that for Khorne?
Though in 40K terms I think it's probably Nurgle, because the stuff just doesn't go away and when shooting into it you feel like you're hacking awa at a cliff-face and then the cliff (very slowly and purposefully) falls on you.
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Post by: Jimsolo
Khorne. Ohhhhh Khorne.
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Post by: keltikhoa
I hate Khorn, because as a Slaanesh player, my codex says I do
and I agree with iLLiTHiD. I think the treatment of Slaanesh to be the "Ohh Look bOObs!" god is mainly because GW was either lazy or could not think of a better idea. Then after they decided "boobs are worse than violence", rather than introducing models and themes that were already included into Slaanesh's fluff, they just made ugly half boobs.
If you have ever read the fluff for Slaanesh he embodies all 7 deadly sins.
1: LUST - Yeah this one is obvious... again boobs... and the one that too many people get stuck on. There are many forms of lust however like the lust for power. Arcturus Mengsk from the Starcraft universe fits this bill perfectly... "I will rule this sector or see it burned to the ground around me" Yeah, welcome to the followers of Slaanesh Arcturus.
2: GLUTTONY - yep, papa nurgle is not the only one with obese FUGLY followers. Gluttony is the over-indulgence and over- consumption of anything to the point of waste. Gluttony as a sin can also be defined as Selfishness. Someone who over-indulges for personal gain over the benefit of others. Anyone who has ever had co-workers knows someone like this. A person who will take all the credit for something that was achieved by many people working together.
3: GREED - Also follows the line of the selfish individual but greed applies mostly to material possessions. It is an excessive desire to possess more than you need. Thror of house Durin (the dwarf king) from JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is easily someone who falls into this catagory. His greed was the downfall of his people after all.
4:SLOTH - often defined as lazy, which can possibly lead to slaanesh, a better way of seeing slaanesh's temptation threw sloth is by the definition "evil exists when good men fail to act". Garviel Loken from the Horus Heresy novels is an example of this. Threw the first books of that series he witnesses many things that he feels are not right, yet never acts... or rather does not act enough. It is only after the "evil" has shown itself that he acts against it. Loken in the books however is not swayed to join chaos. But many of the ones who did not act and eventually joined the side of Horus could be said to have been compelled by Sloth.
5:WRATH - While many would argue this is purely the dominion of Khorne, Wrath is also a part of Slaanesh. Want for revenge, holding onto grudges, blind hatred (im looking at you sisters of battle) all fall into the realm of Slaanesh and are forms of Wrath. Again returning to the Starcraft universe, Sarah Kerrigan (post SC2 WoL) is a prime example. "The killing will stop when Mengsk is dead"... I think I may have found my new Daemon Princess
6:ENVY - Jealous of something be it personal trait, material wealth, status, ability and so on but also the desire to possess and covent whatever the thing is. Once again turning to JRR Tolkien, Golum is basically the embodiment of Envy. It is a desire that was forced upon him by the ring but he will do ANYTHING just to have it.
7: PRIDE - The TRUE falling of the Emperors Children happened not threw sex, orgies, drugs, and rock and roll. It happened entirely threw Pride. They strove to be the best. They refused to be out done. they would always go one more step than anyone else to prove they were the best. Their pride ruled their every way of life, and eventually they went one step too far. But after taking that one step to far they could not turn back. That would be admitting they were wrong. And they were the Emperors Children! they were the best! and they were never wrong!
Well I did not really mean to go on that long about this. But I hope all you people who say "I hate slaanesh, his story is dumb" may re-consider.
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Post by: PunkNeverDie110
Khorne.
Boooooooooooooooooring.
Come on, Papa Nurgle at least is caring towards his worshippers
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Post by: Tiberius Atellus
I picked Nurgle just because it's hard to take him seriously. I mean don't get me wrong, he's hardcore, but he just doesnt really catch me the way the other chaos gods do.
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Post by: StarTrotter
 Hammerandforgereplicas wrote:I think Khorne's just annoying, especially since they now gave him a good shooting weapon in the form of the chariot. Why is that for Khorne?
Though in 40K terms I think it's probably Nurgle, because the stuff just doesn't go away and when shooting into it you feel like you're hacking awa at a cliff-face and then the cliff (very slowly and purposefully) falls on you.
Well Khorne is god of war... not god of "this is a beatstick let me whack you to death with it." It just happens to be pretty gory and the most easy to get into the action. A skull cannon makes sense to me and really they should be capable of firing guns at enemies.
Anyways, I like all of the gods... but I feel that Khorne and Slaneesh are the least interesting (I wouldn't say hate). Khorne is simply because well he's into war. It doesn't really feel that interesting or deceptive when the galaxy is awash with warfare. Slaneesh because.... sHe just wasn't executed very well. Where is the desire for perfection? Where is the pride? Where is the gluttony? Where is the greed, slothfulness, wrath, and envy? Even the "lust" is terribly executed. Previously, that was the only element represented. Now, due to some twisted logic of manslaughter and evisceration is worse than boobs, it doesn't even have the lust aspect. So what tare they? They are an odd mess with crab arms shoved on them. (or at least that is how I feel about it)
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Post by: Ardaric_Vaanes
I don't hate any of the chaos gods, but Tzeentch is the one that I am the least interested in. The way he defeats himself with his own plans just feels pointless, he might as well have not made a plan to begin with, plus he has a thing for f***ing his followers over more than the others from what I've heard.
Also with gods like Nurgle, a previous poster here said that the strength through disease thing was counter-intuitive, < yep couldn't agree more with that, his followers should be in agony rather than immune to pain, if the fluff said that because the diseases caused that much pain that being shot was nothing compared to the agony they were in, then I could understand but with current idea of them being totally immune because of the plagues they have it just makes no sense.
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Post by: Georgefancy
In order of my favs:
1. Malice (because NO ONE knows who malice is)
2. Tzeentch (just cuz hes epic)
3. Slaanesh (murder me, I like slaanesh)
4. Khorne (you cant hate him)
∞. Nurgle (THAT OVER-RATED SOB)
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Post by: SoloFalcon1138
 Georgefancy wrote:In order of my favs:
1. Malice (because NO ONE knows who malice is)
2. Tzeentch (just cuz hes epic)
3. Slaanesh (murder me, I like slaanesh)
4. Khorne (you cant hate him)
∞. Nurgle (THAT OVER-RATED SOB)
Gotta love the hipsters.. "I hate Malice. Oh, you've never heard of him?"
I am not a fan of Slaanesh, his drugged-up dirty-minded minions have messed up my marines too often...
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Post by: CloudRider
Nurgles awesome... He's actually the 'kindest' Chaos God... So just lay off
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Post by: Georgefancy
Lavilla wrote:Nurgles awesome... He's actually the 'kindest' Chaos God... So just lay off
Yes, because the kindest chaos god steals the eldar god of fertility, locks her up in a garden of plagues, poisons her with the galaxy's worst malady's, then has angry butt-sex with her. He is such a nice god.
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Post by: TheRobotLol
Georgefancy wrote:Lavilla wrote:Nurgles awesome... He's actually the 'kindest' Chaos God... So just lay off
Yes, because the kindest chaos god steals the eldar god of fertility, locks her up in a garden of plagues, poisons her with the galaxy's worst malady's, then has angry butt-sex with her. He is such a nice god.
Yup. He's still nicer than the other lot. I'd say my least favorite would be Slaanesh as StarTrotter said, they've been very poorly executed in recent times.
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Post by: A Kvlt Ghost
I have definitely not seen a canon source for this. Am I selectively forgetting a CS Goto book somewhere
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Post by: AlphaFreds
Tzeentch
1- its hard to pronounce
2- how can you make a model that changes constantly?
3- none of the models do it justice
However Nurgle freaks me out!!!
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Post by: StarTrotter
Actually while I'm at it. Whilst Tzeentch is my favourite god, the models for him (bar flamers and perhaps screamers) don't really suit him that well. Old Tzeentch metal model Pink Horrors were perfect. Some were ripping their mouths open to have two blue horrors hopping out to cause havoc. That was lovely and felt exactly like Tzeentch and the best you could do to make a constantly changing monstrosity. Yet now it is weird pink bubblegum wads that whilst they do have a different number of arms, eyes, teeth, and tongue, they simply don't seem to represent the lord of change nearly as well
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Post by: ImotekhTheStormlord
I voted all. PURGE THE UNCLEAN!
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Post by: psychosheep22
 CadianCommander wrote:
Who 'doesn't' love Grandfather Nurgle?! I mean really? Once you get past all the disease and pestilence he just always makes me think of Father Christmas.
hahaha, I completely agree
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Post by: korbenn
I can't realy hate any of them realy, but my least favorite is Nurgle.
Mostly because of the disgusting bloated rotting part that most of the models have. They do offcourse have to fit with the theme, but I never realy liked the decaying foul smelling not quiete dead/undead appeal.
For instance I like Skaven but the plague lords and clan Pestilence never did anything for me mainly because off that. I preffer the mad warpstone allmost steampunk tech of clan Skyre the most.
The same goes for Chaos I preffere the evil sorcerer and blood thirsty warrior.
That and most chaos models I have seen where always Nurgle themed and alot of the time the same boring brown and green. It makes it look like the easy chaos army for a lot of people. Warhammer 40k ork's suffer the same fate from what I have seen.
But than again 5 years ago I would have said I did'nt like Orks and now I have several models that need painting and a finished Stompa.
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psychosheep22 wrote: CadianCommander wrote:
Who 'doesn't' love Grandfather Nurgle?! I mean really? Once you get past all the disease and pestilence he just always makes me think of Father Christmas.
hahaha, I completely agree
"Merry Christmass little Johny! Enjoy your Aids."
"And for little Suzy some Small pox."
"And good news Tiny Tim! You no longer need your crutch! You are now a full Leper. Here is a little cart to be wheeled around in."
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Post by: fullmetaljacket
well I have always had a thing for Siege of Vraks and that has Nurgle and Khorne in it, so I would much rather play against those haha
I vote slannesh,
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Post by: Xendarc
About a fortnight ago I was introducing a friend to 40k at the local GWS. The staff member who was giving him a quick painting tut was being really cool and friendly and asked my friend about which army he was thinking of playing; to which my friend replied "Uh, probably Nurgle Chaos Marines."
"NURGLE!?" came the agitated cry of a SW player at the other end of the store. "I HATE NURGLE!!"
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Post by: BayonetTWG
I vote Tzeench - or do I?
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Post by: Clerfait
Malice!
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Post by: sing your life
Khorne because he dosen't really do anything that all of the other fractions do [war FYI]
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Post by: Ironwill13791
Nurgle- I still have nightmares of my old DE facing off against plague marines. If it weren't for the lances I .... (shivers). Anyway matches that were uphill from the start while hearing praise papa Nurgle has created my hatred for that god.
P.S. Slaanesh isn't bad if it is done in the spirit of how he should be. Greed, excess, pleasing the senses, etc. There are ways of handling Slaanesh themed things that are respectable. The problem is a lot of people go hardcore with the sex and nudity, and tend to get weird with it.
P.S.S. Tzeentch is the best chaos god, IMHO.
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Post by: Drakeslayer
I still think Cthulhu ought to have wormed his way into the 41st millenium. Call me old-fashioned, but why are there only four major chaos gods, especially when the star has eight points. What in the warp are those other points for?
Can't say I hate any of the gods really; they based their personalities off of what teenagers have to go through with growing up, so I guess I can relate to that.
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Post by: Gutsnagga
psychosheep22 wrote: CadianCommander wrote:
Who 'doesn't' love Grandfather Nurgle?! I mean really? Once you get past all the disease and pestilence he just always makes me think of Father Christmas.
hahaha, I completely agree
Ikr... He gives everyone gifts from his big sack of goodies
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Post by: necronspurs2012
Slaanesh as his units are not that good and just the story for me is the least appealing for me plus tzeentch reigns supreme so all the other gods are nothing compared to the changer of the ways
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Post by: Brother Payne
Slaanesh is a whiny little b****
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Post by: Desubot
Tzeentch because he made the milk go bad in the fridge.
That jerk
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Post by: Lord Gatlas
 shealyr wrote:Khorne and Slannesh are both pretty terribad.
The only having grace Khorne has is that he doesn't have to be only "BLOOD AND SKULLS!!!"; he is also the god of martial prowess, which is kinda cool I guess.
Slannesh is just plain dumb. I mean, come on, a hermaphrodite god who burns out his subjects' senses through hedonistic excess, non-stop orgies, and enough blaring noise to drive men insane? It's just dumb.
Maybe it has something to do with my upbringing, but there is nothing about the idea of excess and hedonism that can have any redeeming value.
Khorne can promote martial prowess.
Nurgle works off the fear of death and desire for immortality.
Tzeentch feeds off of lies and schemes, and lays webs of deceit to rival the best politician.
All of the other Chaos gods have at least something about them that we can either relate to, admire, or find relevant to our society. Where I come from, hedonism is a distant, far off, not even understandable idea. I dunno.
Look at you, mr. pure.
But in all seriousness, these guys are my bestest friends: 
Betray them for these Punks?
That fat one?
The big dumb angry one?
The really slutty one? 
And the enormous ? 
No. I hate all of the chaos gods equally.
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Post by: 'Nidsnik Boreork
Tzeentch, definitely. Khorne is a close second, as he gets boring often. I can't hate Slaanesh, because it owns every eldar soul in the galaxy, and it invented noise marines. Nurgle is just misunderstood, yet lovable, huggable ball of pus.
But hey, turning to dust, drowning in blood, burning out on pleasure, or being riddled with every kind of pox in existence is still preferable to spending the average thirty year long life expectancy you have on any one of the millions of hellholes of the galaxy, fighting for a pyrrhic victory to take a hill that you're just going to abandon to the enemy again, subsequently getting ambushed and shot in the gut, then bleeding out while trillions of people you barely know do the same until the enemy's guns run dry and their axes dull on your broken bones. All for a failure of a leader, dressed up as a false god.
So yeah, better than
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Post by: Lord Gatlas
But a pyrrhic victory is still victory. Whereas chaos just loses all the time.
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Post by: 'Nidsnik Boreork
 Lord Gatlas wrote:But a pyrrhic victory is still victory. Whereas chaos just loses all the time.
But at least the Khornates and Slaaneshis have fun with everything they do. They, along with the orks, are the blondes of the universe. Also, did you read the line after that?
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Post by: MechHaven
hashut, chaos god of big hats has my vote...but he isnt on the list
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 Drakeslayer wrote:I still think Cthulhu ought to have wormed his way into the 41st millenium. Call me old-fashioned, but why are there only four major chaos gods, especially when the star has eight points. What in the warp are those other points for?
Can't say I hate any of the gods really; they based their personalities off of what teenagers have to go through with growing up, so I guess I can relate to that.
Hashut, father of big hats...i mean darkness
Kweethul, God of Destruction
Malal, god of anarchy and terror
dont remember the 8th in the list
There is also a dark analog to the machine god...brought about by those tech priests that sided with horus during the heresy. As well as a host of lesser gods, each representing a strong emotion or ideal taken to an obsessive extreme.
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Post by: Ensis Ferrae
I voted Khorne... While I am fairly good at painting red (did up a buddy of mine who has no skills in modeling/painting's Forge World Blood Thirster), I just don't like it.
I don't particularly care for the standard berzerker marines either.
And, at least with the other "factions" of Chaos, I have been/can dream up a themed force for them. (for instance, if I did EC, the back of the rhino models would be cut out, so that I could put absolutely ridiculously sized "speakers" on the back. They'd be a mix between those idiotic cheap cop cars, and "skrillex marines")
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