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The Warhammer 40k universe is filled with horrible people to work for. My question to you all is: Who do you think is the very worst and why? As for me, I think that of all the deadly bosses out there, Abaddon the Despoiler takes the cake. Or more accurately, nukes the bakery from orbit. According to the fluff, an underling would rather commit suicide than bring him bad news and if a captain of a ship in his fleet displeases him, his flagship fires on his own ship and blows it to smithereens. This is an actual rule for Abaddon in the Battlefleet Gothic spin-off game - if one of your ships fails a command test in his presence, his flagship will open fire on it. Failbaddon may be terrible at everything else, but he's quite good at killing his subordinates.

Kharn by war.

I don't wana get choped up for being in the way.

And I'm Slanneshi so he's hate my gut's.

Shadowbrand wrote:
And I'm Slanneshi so he's hate my gut's.

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Nope, he'd love your guts, festooned about chez Kharn like paperchains...

Eldrad. What a dick.

Kharn

*Knock Knock*

Kharn: Come in.
Foolish Employee: Erm, sir, I have that file you wante...
Kharn: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
Foolish Employee: Oh shi...

*Gorechild decapitates Foolish Employee*

Kharn: Jim! Send in the job applicants!

Abbadon

Abbadon: So! how are you all enjoying the party?
Bored Employee: Meh.
Abbadon: Meh?
Bored Employee: Well, sir, we've had these 'We'll get 'em next year' parties for centuries, and I don't think the legion had made much progre...

*Abbadon breaks into tears*

Cryonicleech wrote:*Knock Knock*

Kharn: Come in.
Foolish Employee: Erm, sir, I have that file you wante...
Kharn: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
Foolish Employee: Oh shi...

*Gorechild decapitates Foolish Employee*

Kharn: Jim! Send in the job applicants!

/remembers already offered Jim's skull for the skull throne...

/Exalts!!

Cryonicleech wrote:
Abbadon

Abbadon: So! how are you all enjoying the party?
Bored Employee: Meh.
Abbadon: Meh?
Bored Employee: Well, sir, we've had these 'We'll get 'em next year' parties for centuries, and I don't think the legion had made much progre...

*Abbadon breaks into tears*

*Abaddon stabs the employee and his Daemon sword eats his soul (it does that)*

I think making the Warmaster of Chaos cry would make me uncomfortable enough to prefer death by Daemon sword.

Orkestra wrote:I think making the Warmaster of Chaos cry would make me uncomfortable enough to prefer death by Daemon sword.

He'd probably have stabbed you after you said "meh" for not enjoying his party enough, to be honest. And then the Daemon sword would torture your soul for all eternity.

Yeah abbadon has half a reason for killing you, kharn will kill for well being near kharn

Deathbot wrote:

Orkestra wrote:I think making the Warmaster of Chaos cry would make me uncomfortable enough to prefer death by Daemon sword.

He'd probably have stabbed you after you said "meh" for not enjoying his party enough, to be honest. And then the Daemon sword would torture your soul for all eternity.

...I don't think you quite grasp how fail Abbaddon is... Why not defend the honour of a -real- Warmaster or Primarch? Hell, you've got Kharn in your Avatar, and even he's better than LOLaddon

metallifan wrote:

Deathbot wrote:

Orkestra wrote:I think making the Warmaster of Chaos cry would make me uncomfortable enough to prefer death by Daemon sword.

He'd probably have stabbed you after you said "meh" for not enjoying his party enough, to be honest. And then the Daemon sword would torture your soul for all eternity.

...I don't think you quite grasp how fail Abbaddon is... Why not defend the honour of a -real- Warmaster or Primarch? Hell, you've got Kharn in your Avatar, and even he's better than LOLaddon

I'm defending Abaddon for the one thing he is good at, killing random subordinates. While, yes, Kharn is crazy and will kill you for no reason, at least his weapon doesn't eat your soul and torture it for all eternity.

Yeah, but unlike Abbadon, Kharn's a pretty fun guy.

Deathbot wrote:I'm defending Abaddon for the one thing he is good at, killing random subordinates. While, yes, Kharn is crazy and will kill you for no reason, at least his weapon doesn't eat your soul and torture it for all eternity.

When you work for Choas Inc. you sell your soul to the board of directors, and let them have their fun with them, abaddons sword would probaly be more fun

Orkestra wrote:Yeah, but unlike Abbadon, Kharn's a pretty fun guy.

...Which would make him a better boss than Abaddon. This a poll for the worst boss.

Abbadon must be a Cubs fan. (We'll get them next year...lol)

But that's why you don't -defend- Abbaddon. Because he's the worst boss. If you defend him, you're making him look like he doesn't fail

metallifan wrote:But that's why you don't -defend- Abbaddon. Because he's the worst boss. If you defend him, you're making him look like he doesn't fail

Yes, he is the worst boss. That's what this poll is all about, and why I'm sticking up for him.

Deathbot wrote:

metallifan wrote:But that's why you don't -defend- Abbaddon. Because he's the worst boss. If you defend him, you're making him look like he doesn't fail

Yes, he is the worst boss. That's what this poll is all about, and why I'm sticking up for him.

*Facepalm* Just... Nevermind.

Any Tau Ethereal, because they just hide behind terrain and inspire you while you fight for them.

metallifan wrote:

Deathbot wrote:

metallifan wrote:But that's why you don't -defend- Abbaddon. Because he's the worst boss. If you defend him, you're making him look like he doesn't fail

Yes, he is the worst boss. That's what this poll is all about, and why I'm sticking up for him.

*Facepalm* Just... Nevermind.

Sorry, but I don't get it.

Nah, Tau Ethereal are obviously a good boss, since the whole army takes a Ld check if they lose. If they were bad bosses, you'd see the whole army gain Fearless for a turn, as they celebrate.

Personally, I think that Mad Doc Grotsnik would be a pretty crappy boss. I mean, who wants their arm turned into a pencil sharpener for showing up late to work?

I think Eldrad would be the -worst- boss. Just because he'd pull pranks that -almost- kill you, but really only embarrass the crap out of you. And then you'd have to live with the humiliation, whereas getting your head cut off is an easy way out.

Man. What a dick.

Commander Chenkov.



Especially if your in the first wave.

A runtherd. Because that'd mean that you're a grot.

Mekboy wrote:A runtherd. Because that'd mean that you're a grot.

Yeah.

However, I vote for Abbadon.

I dunno who the Dark Eldar guy is... but I know what they do to you Torture you... reconstruct you... torture you... drug you so you stay alive for decades in perpeptual, insane pain... you beg your slavers to end your worthless broken life; and they just laugh... LAUGH!

At least you can survive the others by just NOT INTERACTING WITH THEM IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM!

And I think killing subordinates for giving bad news is surely stupid? He'll never have a complete picture of the situation if people won't tell him out of fear

But would he do that to his inferiors? The answer is probably yes, but not so many times that it would endanger his work force, so, as with the Commissar, Karn, Abbadon, or da Orks DONT GET "FIRED."

I think the argument with Abbadon would be that heis a whole different kind of "worst" boss. You would have to endure the humiliation of being a 10,000 year old veteran, having fought with and against gods and primarchs, making dark pacts with evil forces in return for deamonic powers and inhuman strength.... and fail in the end. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Because of HIM!

THAT is why Abbadon is the worst boss.

Tzeench. No matter how well you do you're still just a pawn to be disposed of.

The Imperium is the worst boss ever. They control half the known galaxy, and I dont even get insurance, its like living in Detroit