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Post by: admiral9
Who would you be considerd in your local friendly gaming store. The veteran, The noob, the cheesy guy, the awesome painter?
I myself am that guy you know the one that is a noob but isnt a huge ultramarine fanboy. Im the guy everyone thinks they should learn me everything they can. Especially the tau and dark eldar players. See me as they're protigy. ( I dont know the exact word for it but its something like that.) o who would you be considered
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Post by: blood reaper
'That Chaos Guy'. Also "Fluff guy'.
Or something like that.
(PS) its protege
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Post by: Brother SRM
admiral9 wrote:
I myself am that guy you know the one that is a noob but isnt a huge ultramarine fanboy. Im the guy everyone thinks they should learn me everything they can. Especially the tau and dark eldar players. See me as they're protigy. ( I dont know the exact word for it but its something like that.) o who would you be considered
Most noobs aren't Ultramarines fanboys. That's an incorrect stereotype about both new players and Ultramarine players.
I'm definitely an experienced all-around hobby guy, and can talk tactics, painting, modeling, GW history, and what have you. I wouldn't exactly call myself "The veteran" since I've only been playing for about 6 years, and haven't done much in the way of tournaments.
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Post by: admiral9
Thanks for the corrections. And the thing was i came in the store the first thing i did was go buy a battlesuit and a codex and the hobby equipment. And in one week i returned i read the codex some 5 times including the fluff and had my battlesuit put together but not painted. My interest in the tau apparently sparked the attention of the tau players and the dark eldar players since all our DA players are or where tau vets.
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Post by: blessed be thy emperor
I'm definitely the Sisters of Battle guy.
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Post by: Johnny-Crass
Give me a T!
Give me a F!
Give me a G!
What does that spelll!?
TFG!!!
I am TFG at tournaments but around my club I am really nice and help the new guys. But I am also the guy who gets 1's out of 3's on sportsmanship because I play hard games at tournaments.
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Post by: KhornateCake
I'm the fluffy monkey.
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Post by: Chowderhead
I'm the guy with the weird lists who wins a lot, but shows you how I beat you and tells you tactics on how to beat me, and how to build lists to fit your theme, not the interpoop's. I guess that's the Grizzled Vet. Russ Wakelin wrote and article about the Phases of a Gamer on Dakka. This part applies to me: In the video game world it's called 'The Glow', the point where you are so into the game that you are one with the experience. This can happen in table top gaming too. It will come one day when you play a great, close game, have not a single rules argument, laugh, joke, and lose. And when you do lose, you still realize that that was a VERY enjoyable couple hours of gaming. Most players can not get to this state until they have a good sized tourney or league win under their belts. By achieving this victory, the hungry veteran reckons that he has proven himself, and can now pull back a little, experiment, and not worry about winning so much. He's played enough games to know that he can still win even if his exact understanding of the rules are not followed. He also knows it can be fun to try out new units and list types, even if they are not considered the wisest choice. To watch two 4c gamers play is to watch a story unfold on the table top, and if don't look carefully it will be hard to notice that rules are being followed at all. Phase 4c gamers are always fun to play against, and can usually be found offering friendly advice to their opponents during the game, and will intentionally try weaker, more experimental lists when playing rookie players.
It should be noted that while it is usual for Phase 4c to be achieved via a major victory, this is not always the case. Some players, while deep in Phase 3, will have a utopian game (usually against a Phase 4c player) and achieve 'The Glow' prior to ever gaining that 'big win.' In these cases players can sometimes progress right to phase 4c without a tourney/league win under their belt. In many ways this is a more admirable feat.
Full article can be found here.
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Post by: The CF
I, uh... I believe that they view me as "The casual guy." possibly combined with "Odd guy" and a little bit of "All around good-guy".
But that's only my guesses. I don't know what they think of me 
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Post by: admiral9
Chowderhead wrote:I'm the guy with the weird lists who wins a lot, but shows you how I beat you and tells you tactics on how to beat me, and how to build lists to fit your theme, not the interpoop's.
I guess that's the Grizzled Vet.
Russ Wakelin wrote and article about the Phases of a Gamer on Dakka. This part applies to me:
In the video game world it's called 'The Glow', the point where you are so into the game that you are one with the experience. This can happen in table top gaming too. It will come one day when you play a great, close game, have not a single rules argument, laugh, joke, and lose. And when you do lose, you still realize that that was a VERY enjoyable couple hours of gaming. Most players can not get to this state until they have a good sized tourney or league win under their belts. By achieving this victory, the hungry veteran reckons that he has proven himself, and can now pull back a little, experiment, and not worry about winning so much. He's played enough games to know that he can still win even if his exact understanding of the rules are not followed. He also knows it can be fun to try out new units and list types, even if they are not considered the wisest choice. To watch two 4c gamers play is to watch a story unfold on the table top, and if don't look carefully it will be hard to notice that rules are being followed at all. Phase 4c gamers are always fun to play against, and can usually be found offering friendly advice to their opponents during the game, and will intentionally try weaker, more experimental lists when playing rookie players.
It should be noted that while it is usual for Phase 4c to be achieved via a major victory, this is not always the case. Some players, while deep in Phase 3, will have a utopian game (usually against a Phase 4c player) and achieve 'The Glow' prior to ever gaining that 'big win.' In these cases players can sometimes progress right to phase 4c without a tourney/league win under their belt. In many ways this is a more admirable feat.
Full article can be found here.
Uum but i had that like a week ago i had this awsome team work with a guard player. I dont think its that special its only hard when you have a store full of TFG types.
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Post by: Avatar 720
The weirdo.
I can't really understand why...
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Post by: Lord of battles
the guy who hasn't shown up to play in three years but occasionally comes in to buy a book or a model.
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Post by: oni
I'm the veteran, rules lawyer, masterclass painter.
KhornateCake wrote:I'm the fluffy monkey.
That's hilarious given your avatar.
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Post by: Hückleberry
I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.
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Post by: King of the Elves
I'm the wood elf/ WHFB guy
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Post by: hotsauceman1
I would be considered the noob in playing, but the good painter there who puts love into every figure he gets.
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Post by: admiral9
Hückleberry wrote:I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.
Yeah the cheese man right?
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Post by: nerdfest09
Well, if their was a store near me (or in my state for that matter) i'd be the old guy who's been 'into' 40k and painting for 20 years but still has no grasp whatsoever on the rules! but has collected to some degree nearly every army there is!
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Post by: gunslingerpro
The Warmachine Theory guy (also that Cryxy bastard)
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Post by: FabricatorGeneralMike
There is a outside....  I must go investigate this.
I just discovered MMORPG's about a month ago so I guess I am that guy from the southpark episode 'sword of a thousand truths' =o]
I was that odd guy who helped people assemble their metal models and showed them how to pin,clean and prep them... now I am that guy who plays those 'other TTWG with little USMC and PAVN/ VC armies'. =o]
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Post by: Hückleberry
admiral9 wrote:Hückleberry wrote:I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.
Yeah the cheese man right?
Well after watching my Dark Eldar vehicles get stomped by psyfile dreds for the past couple months I've decided to give people a taste of their own medicine, but my cold, dark, cankerous heart will always belong to the Dark City.
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Post by: Johnny-Crass
Hückleberry wrote:admiral9 wrote:Hückleberry wrote:I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.
Yeah the cheese man right?
Well after watching my Dark Eldar vehicles get stomped by psyfile dreds for the past couple months I've decided to give people a taste of their own medicine, but my cold, dark, cankerous heart will always belong to the Dark City.
Kindred spirit!
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Post by: inquisitorlewis
I think I am the guy who has fallen into myth. Haven't been to the store I used to play at for a few years now.
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Post by: kronk
I don't play in a store.
Among my gamer buddies, I'm the guy that has all of the FAQ's printed out and brings them to the game.
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Post by: Ribon Fox
I'm the guard player that thinks its mech commander or the "The Skirt"
"...you mean "that" she is a he?"
"...yeap."
"...damn..."
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Post by: oni
Johnny-Crass wrote:Hückleberry wrote:admiral9 wrote:Hückleberry wrote:I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.
Yeah the cheese man right?
Well after watching my Dark Eldar vehicles get stomped by psyfile dreds for the past couple months I've decided to give people a taste of their own medicine, but my cold, dark, cankerous heart will always belong to the Dark City.
Kindred spirit!
Don't hate on the player, hate on Mr. Matt Ward for being a moronic joke of a game developer.
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Post by: AresX8
Chowderhead wrote:
...
Russ Wakelin wrote and article about the Phases of a Gamer on Dakka. This part applies to me:
....
Full article can be found here.
I am in Phase 3 according to that article, good read.
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Post by: angelshade00
I'm the "best painter around", the guy everyone comes for painting and assembling tips etc...
Also I am the "easy going guy", meaning that I play for fun and not just to win, and also that I will also play that guy that no other guy wants to play with...
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Post by: Marshall Ragnar
I'm known as that guy that's always in the top 3 and "the painter guy" (several of the other gamers have commissioned me to paint some if not most of their armies).
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Post by: haendas
I'm the "noob" who knows the rules better than the "veteran" players in my league. It is incredibly frustrating. They assume that they are right because they've been playing for a long time and they instantly assume I'm wrong since I've been playing for a short period of time. In the past few weeks I've had huge debates with "veteran" players and had to teach them simple things like:
1) allocate wounds before rolling to save if the unit has mixed wargear
2) passengers cannot shoot from a vehicle if it moved faster than combat speed. "Open topped" and "fast" do not change this.
3) passengers with heavy weapons cannot shoot from a moving transport at any speed
I'm borderline done with my league because of it. Even when they ultimately see my reasoning, they get all sulky and short tempered. Its not my fault that a "noob" knows the rules better than they do.
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Post by: GreyHamster
I am the thorough strategic thinker, mathhammer source, the kind of rules lawyer that will abuse wound allocation on myself and remind you to do the same, and the guy with Grey Knights.
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Post by: Castiel
The guy who never wins, but has a good laugh all the same.
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Post by: Grimtuff
I don't really go to my local anymore but you could say I may have been seen as that annoying guy who goes on that new fangled "Internet" thing that GW have obviously never heard of... 
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
I'd be "the guy that can't roll above a 1 for Armour penetration with Railguns" for 40K. Don't know about WHFB, haven't played too many games of it at my local store yet. Most recent one was when I tabled the managers Ogres with my Dark Elves by achieving total magic dominance, so I guess I could be "The guy who blows up half the board with templates, not caring whether they're from spells or miscasts" So I occasionally use 12 dice to cast 1 spell? Is that a problem?!
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Post by: Ascalam
I'm the 'old geezer' to some, as i tend to wax lyrical about RT 40K, Epic, Necromunda etc
I'm also the 'Uncompetitive guy' to the local optimizers, as my lists are rarely uber-optimized (i tend to build to a theme, and with my orks i like a lot of random wackiness ).
I'm Da Squig-Taker to one poor sap, who ALWAYS seems to lose his IC's to Zogwort 
Actually what stuns me is that i get the occasional 'best painted' when i know for a fact that i ought to be 'that guy who paints better with his left foot...'
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Post by: snurl
I am the old veteran - painter.
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Post by: Cave_Dweller
I'm the guy with the meticulously painted fluffy army that never seems to win. Except at infinity!
I mainly go down to the store to chew the fat with the cool people there, and show off my painted stuff and admire others hard work.
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Post by: Emerett
The alcoholic.
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Post by: WaaaaghLord
I'm lucky dice rollin' guy. You've never seen anyone roll so many 6's. Seriously.
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Post by: Jihadnik
Good...Evil...I'm the guy with the gun...
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Post by: 40kFSU
Jihadnik wrote:Good...Evil...I'm the guy with the gun...
Nice. Ash strikes again.
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Post by: Skits
I'm probably "that pretty good painter who's obsessed with Thousand Sons" or something along those lines.
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Post by: Jihadnik
40kFSU wrote:Jihadnik wrote:Good...Evil...I'm the guy with the gun...
Nice. Ash strikes again.
Ha ha, although I still usually miss!
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Post by: margomoh
I'm the girl. Most of the guys have become accustomed to my presence, but I used to get a lot of really weird looks when I started playing a year ago.
My fiance is the master painter. I will never be as good as him. Seriously.
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Post by: nomsheep
The guy who knows the obscure fluff. XD also the one who hasnt won a game in recent memory.
The legend says that should Philmore ever win a game then this is the final sign of the apocolypse. soon the skies will began to rain trout and deamons will run amok killing the earth.
I'm also the one that wanders off half way through a game because something shiny happened outside. (more to do with being bored of yet another petty rules fight.
Nom
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
I have no idea what category I'd be covered by, noone else here really knows either, because they're going by what they think they're being viewed as, rather than how others are actually seeing them.
It's like hearing your voice on a recording, it sounds nothing like how you hear it when you speak, but that's how it sounds to others all the time.
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Post by: Aerethan
The guy with a wife.
/joke
ummm, I guess I'm the questioner of GW's logic. I don't bash them per se, but I openly question a lot of their decisions.
I think I'm also the only one who plays HE.
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Post by: nomsheep
Aerethan wrote:The guy with a wife.
/joke
ummm, I guess I'm the questioner of GW's logic. I don't bash them per se, but I openly question a lot of their decisions.
I think I'm also the only one who plays HE.
We have a turd in the punch bowl, I repeat, we have a turd in the punch bowl.
Nom
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Post by: Emerett
nomsheep wrote:Aerethan wrote:The guy with a wife.
.
We have a turd in the punch bowl, I repeat, we have a turd in the punch bowl.
Nom
Yup
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Post by: clively
Chowderhead wrote:Full article can be found here.
I'm 4c.
Haven't won a tourney. I've only been to 1 and was very happy when my son and I got 5th out of 8 teams.
Not exactly sure how else you'd classify me. Been playing 40k for about 3 years with my kids. Main thing for me was using it to teach them how to win (or lose) gracefully. Yes, you want to WIN!! But yes, you also want to have fun regardless of the outcome, otherwise what's the point? That's probably how I got to 4c.
I'm also the guy that hasn't played too much in the local store, but pops in to pick up models, books, etc. Love the fluff and painting.. Of course, finding the time for either is...difficult.
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Post by: deathholydeath
I'm the ancient evil. I used to win every tournament, but now don't really compete and just focus on painting and playing pick up games... on those rare occasions where I actually show up. Real life's a time vampire, ya' know?
My friends attributed the flavor text of the blackguard in the old DE book to me... "Vicious killers that hate everyone and everything."
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Post by: GhostxHeart
I'm the painting guy. Can talk painting science with you all day long.
Will win 1 out of 20 games
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Post by: JohnnoM
The only non-annoying kid (most of the time) in the store. And the funniest kid in the store too (oh ye!)
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Post by: puma713
I'm the rules-guy I guess. Some will occasionally call out a rules question to me, or come by my table and ask for my extensive book of FAQs. Maybe the 'competitive gamer' guy too. Course, up at Dicehead, almost all folks play at a pretty high level.
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Post by: azazel the cat
I'm the handsome guy.
...that's a role, right?
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Post by: nomsheep
azazel the cat wrote:Nomsheep's the handsome guy.
...that's a role, right?
Fixed,
why thank you
Nom
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Post by: FeindusMaximus
Used to be the WAACAH, but decide I didn't have fun playing the game anymore.
Now I'm the friendly vet, cares little for winning (except if you are a WAACAH), ok painter..
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I used to be the called "the living rulebook" but now I'm just a bitter ex-player.
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Post by: TheHarleqwin
Dunno. I might be "the weirdo", or "the noob", or probably "the weird noob".
I'm best known for running unconventional lists, which some people laughed at when I started playing there. Then they realized I actually had a strong understanding of tactics, and that I built my lists to counter the traditional cookie-cutter lists that a lot of people play. I get a little more respect now, and there are a few specific people that will come check out my games for a while when I play, but I still haven't memorized enough of the LRB to play without referring to it several times. Most people are cool with that because I apparently keep things interesting.
If you go by that list posted by Chowderhead, I'm somewhere between phases 2-3 by my estimate.
I can easily see myself becoming a rules lawyer, but not in the TFG kinda mindset.
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Post by: Trondheim
I recon if I still frequented the local gaming store I would be defined as a mixed bag really. I can be very easy going and dont give a damn if I loose or win.
But pitted against some of my local TFGs I have been known to enter bezerker mode. This is particulary true when it comes to 40k
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Post by: Norn King
I'm the guy who sits in the corner, not troubling anyone, then BAM! makes a joke and everyone laughs. Then i go sit back in the corner.
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Post by: Henners91
At my wargaming club people say I do the best paintjobs; but they're not much above tabletop standards. I'd say I am greatly assisted by the fact that most people painted their armies when they were young or don't put much time into their work.
But when it comes to gaming? I am the useless noob. This is despite me having 'played' for three years. I really do just prefer painting. My skills are so bad that when I play GKs, the joke goes around that I must've been the guy who play-tested them and declared them balanced - I am the only person in the world who can possibly lose as GKs
Ofc I think they lend GKs far too much beef, but it's funny nevertheless...
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
azazel the cat wrote:I'm the handsome guy.
...that's a role, right?
In all great teams.
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Post by: Quintinus
Aerethan wrote:The guy with a wife.
/joke
ummm, I guess I'm the questioner of GW's logic. I don't bash them per se, but I openly question a lot of their decisions.
I think I'm also the only one who plays HE.
I just noticed that you live in Lake Forest, where do you play? Haha, I'm the guy who starts almost every sentence with "back in the older editions" and has a lot of models that are older than my opponents. I'm also the really loud guy who cracks jokes. Brb, gonna go nostalgia
-Vladsimpaler
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Post by: happygolucky
Im probably considered the slightly annoying guy who asks people who is winning on turn 1 ...
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Post by: Ma55ter_fett
Vell, I'm just zis guy, you know?
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
Ma55ter_fett wrote:Vell, I'm just zis guy, you know?
Is that you, Gag Halfrunt?
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Post by: Benamint
The new kid who is living off Ramen and painting money since all his money goes into BL novels, 40k, and WHFB.... oh and that college thing Other than that I guess you could just call me "the student" because I am always trying to learn more about anything wargamin related. Painting, modelling, strategy, list building, and fluff. I love it all!
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Post by: IHateNids
happygolucky wrote:Im probably considered the slightly annoying guy who asks people who is winning on turn 1 ...
forget turn 1, he asks in deployment I'm the guy who always rolls 1 under what I needed to roll. Acording to the link posted earlier I'm in phase 4c with phase 2 attributes ie I really want to win
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Post by: Ma55ter_fett
A Town Called Malus wrote:Ma55ter_fett wrote:Vell, I'm just zis guy, you know?
Is that you, Gag Halfrunt?
<---- Obviously not, the names Fett, Ma55ter_fett
But internet hugs all the same
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Post by: captain collius
I AM TERMINATOR CHEESE!!!!!!!
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Post by: poda_t
I would be the guy that shows his face once in a while, asks a lot of annoying questions and wastes a lot of time but always buys something.
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Post by: Azure
The rarely seen Necron man. I am the only one who plays the army at my local store, and while I do attend events, it is in a very erratic pattern,
I also dress extremely formally in colors that match my army, turquoise button down shirt and grey pants
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Post by: The Mad Tanker
Play more with my gaming group then at our FLGS. In the group I the Imperium Treadhead Fanboy
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Post by: Capitansolstice
I think Im that guy that doesn't know the rules, doesn't go much, but when he does, the store comes alive
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Post by: madman12367
I am the guy who is a little annoying and a power gamer, when I think myself I'm not, but that's just awkward old me 
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Post by: raincity
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Post by: Jihadnik
I got told I am in the Evil Warlord phase...but I think I am just misunderstood....
Besides...
I' LL MAKE THEM PAY!!!
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Post by: Brother-Captain Scotti
In my gaming group I am the 'the guy who rolls way below average', 'the painter' and now 'the guy who blows up land raiders with rhinos'
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Post by: rockerbikie
I'm the fanboy who makes lucky rolls.
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Post by: IHateNids
Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:'the guy who blows up land raiders with rhinos'
How on earth did you manage that?
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Post by: Sonyca
I'm the guy who everyone thinks is unstopable, i had a 3 army game with some friends last friday and they both teamed up against me and i still won
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Post by: Talarn Blackshard
I am the casual sportsman gamer. I like to play with the models I enjoy buying/modelling/painting and playing a game. So, a lot of the time I may get 1-up'd by the competitive gamers, but I make a good showing most games.
Right now im the "in between projects with no hobby space pending a house purchase" guy.
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Post by: Dayvuni
I'm new to the hobby, (started in August 2011) I play simple space marines, I wish to take up a new army but it is so expensive I'm going to stick to marines for a while. I feel I am more respected that the other hobbyists, I paint decent and of one chapter the Vulcan Legion I started on my own, (not slobbering as many different colors of paints on my guys as possible like some other people I know). And dont buy all I can and never paint any like other people. So I guess I'm the "noob".
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
Just started out as the noob who watches whatever's on the tv. I also seem to be one of the few necron players around.
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Post by: Dravenguild
I have had myself described in a lot of terms, ranging from "Veteran" "Iron Warriors Guy" "Scary dude" "Walking Compendium" and "Cheater who rolls too good" (All in good hearted merriment though).
I love my FLGS
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Post by: Poppabear
I'm the 18 Year old competitive noob Dwarf player that everyone loves and adores. I love talking Strategy, Tactics, painting etc and just general hobby stuff ;D.
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Post by: timetowaste85
I'm the dark, evil love-spawn of your mom and Batman, hiding in the shadows, taking peoples' minis and 'fixing' them with better paint jobs...  (actually, I do this to a friend often-he usually appreciates it though)
Actually, back when I worked in a game store I was the go-to warhammer guy (nobody else working there knew/knows how to play) so I ran the tourneys, set the comp rules, suggested purchases and what weapons were best served on which squads. Got lots of sales that way, and quite often ran discounts on large purchases that I felt deserved it, then just told the boss after. Something about forgiveness, rather than permission-he always agreed though, so no biggie at the time.
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Post by: anton
I geuss I am a noob in some senses as I have only played warhammer for 3 years but I have read EVERY codex and the warhammer 40k rule book and memorized it so when I go round my flgs I always get pulled into rule disputes. I geuss I am a decent player as I have never lost at my flgs or at home. so to sum it up I am a "lucky rolling noob rule lawyer" if that would work...
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Post by: Eilif
My clubmates and I are only in our 30's, but we're definitely the old-school vets. We're the guys in the corner playing games no one has heard of with figures that most folks have never seen, and no one would ever confuse the laid-back-carnage in our games with "competitive" wargaming.
I've never asked, but regulars would probably think of us in the same group as the weekly FoW gamers. Though we play mostly fantasy and Sci-Fi games, we are most like the FoW gamers in that we only play with painted minis and we aren't in the shop more than once a week. The Warmachines, WFB and 40k, crowds typically are around more often, but only have an average of 1/3 painted minis (I've checked).
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Post by: BrookM
I'm just a normal guy who likes long walks on the beach, sipping drinks while gazing lovingly at you and playing those oddball games that others won't play because they're idiota.
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Post by: GaussGuy
I can see myself as the necron guy that does not show up often enough.
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Post by: Korpral Killytoof
The guy who loses almost every game he plays and has one of the few fully painted armies in the store.
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Post by: Flashman
The guy in his mid 30s who wonders in on a very infrequent basis to pick up paints.
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Post by: DPBellathrom
that slaanesh fanboy with the My Little Pony army
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Post by: Luco
I'm the new guy still, not the noob as I am familiar with the rules fairly well, but the new guy in the shop. I'm also apparently the 'nice guy' which I discovered last week at the store when I got several compliments. I'm rather happy that they find me pleasant to be around
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Post by: Cyrax
I'm the extremely casual guy who can hardly find some time to play. 
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