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I read about a lot of people shooting holes in this forum, yet as far as I know traffic is as high as it has ever been.

I'm just curious as to why? What makes dakka better for you than other sites? Why do you come here? What are some of the positives that make dakka a worthwhile worthwhile online asset to you? What makes it different from other sites and forums?

Most people seem fairly adult and the humour is usually good natured.

Indeed adult-behaving forumgoers is the main reason for me hanging out here. That outlook includes spelling, politeness and an air of camaraderie...

Agreed. Just a good tone to the whole thing and lots of sharing.

Plus my girlfriend can only listen to me talk about my land speeders for so long...

I like the painting and modelling section most of all, there's lots of interesting pieces of work going on. I find the forum very user friendly too. There's a healthy number of good regular posters. From what I've seen, there's little aggressive behaviour and not much in the way of flame wars.

I came in the good 'ole days when Dakka was the power gamer's forum, people that posted dissenting opinions were flamed and the regulars were nasty and mean.

I miss the old days.

It's a good mix of artsy painty people and strategy people, so there's decent discussion about both of the aspects of the hobby that appeal to me.

There seem to be comparatively fewer kids on here than many other forums, and more of the gamers I know personally than other forums.

It's also the best technically supported forum I've seen. Between the article system, and the gallery, as well as several of the features on the forum, it's just a better place to put an effort into being part of the community than anywhere else. Things like the Dakka Code signature mouse-over, and the army profiles are just cool.

That, and there's nothing else to do at work while waiting for code to compile.

I can be kind of a self-righteous, know-it-all pain int he rear.

And thus Dakka feels like home.

Actually, of late I'm really trying to focus on positives. Dakka is a good news source for the GW side and a lot of the more 'game'-ish wargames, as opposed to the hard-core 'simulationist' historicals I just can't get excited about. Due to this influence I picked up the core book for a game I had previously ignored (Flames of War) and been an occasional promoter for my game of choice, even if it's not a big name game. (Try HGB!)

Why am i here?
I'd get kicked off most others since i speak my mind

I settled on Dakka because it's an all-around 40K forum, not specialized like warpshadow or bolter and chainsword. And my FLGS only has one 40K night a week. The rest of the week, I need an outlet for my babbling, because nobody else understands me.

It's got a good mix of people and isn't all sucking le GW arse like certain other forums.

Seems like the most honest, truthful and homely place out there for me...

in the modeling side, you have quality work.
in the the advice/tactics you have solid responses.
it's just a great mix of great people. i do visit the other sites, but Dakka has them all beat, hands down.
(please send endorsement checks to...)

It also isn't blocked by my works firewall!

Im here because of Tyranid Picnic , dakka doesnt need to be the biggest site ,
but i always visited that gallery till i finally joined ( where did it go anyways? )

1) Technical Superiority:

- loads faster
- better gallery
- easy to access

2) Good mix of people.

3) stumbled into it and wasnt able to leave since...

I go here just because people post a lot so it keeps me mildly entertained...sometimes.

Its a much more community friendly forum than the other big 40k sites. The moderation team is top notch, there's freedom to post topics from Abortions to Zoanthropes, Dakka allows users to post pictures in every thread, and its a great pool of knowledgeable and thought-provoking posters.

Why not?

+1

MeanGreenStompa wrote:It also isn't blocked by my works firewall!

And this, except that it's school instead of work! : )

Why? Needed help with my army lists.

I come of as a troll, simply because I have an aggressive nature (probably from my girlfriend bitching at me all day for "spending too much time painting" when she has 5000 points of fully painted S.O.B

I try more and more not to include racist terms and such that I use all too often at 23 years old.

first sight i found when searching warhammer forum =P
also liek the layout.......

Oh, lots of the people on the site live near me and i hear about lots of new events i wouldve never heard abotu some day ill go to a AWC!!!

MeanGreenStompa wrote:It's got a good mix of people and isn't all sucking le GW arse like certain other forums.

Zackly. good people, good topics, the mods are ok *ZART* er.... are awesome.... *pat pat* but best of all you get real honest to goodness discussions weather your for or against, its passionate but clean. OH ya, and the spelling Nazis mostly leave me alone.....

Got banned from Warseer, largely for my abrasive personality. Based on Dakka's reputation, I figured I'd fit right in. Turns out it's all hugs and rainbows here. WTF

warpcrafter wrote:I settled on Dakka because it's an all-around 40K forum, not specialized like warpshadow or bolter and chainsword. And my FLGS only has one 40K night a week. The rest of the week, I need an outlet for my babbling, because nobody else understands me.

This, also because I"ve been here a long time and find the crowd pretty rad.

Hey, when did Alarmingrick get here?

I don't stop by as often as I used to, but I was active here for a long time. Now, it's the articles, the P&M and Warmachine Forums, and just tradition.

when did i get here?
the question is how the hell do you get out...

Dakka rules!

Seriously though, people here tend to be rationale, look at things the game in a similar manner to myself and is as far as I have seen, the hands down best place on the net for tactics.

Plus I like the wacky characters that come through here, although a lot of the old schoolers seem to have dropped off.

I was banned on Warseer and a few other forums I've since forgotten about.

I found this site looking for Ork conversions, when I was getting into Orks. I saw some of jamsessioneins stuff, and while I was here, I just kindda looked around. Thats how I found the site.

Now Im on because I can pretty much get an answer to a question pretty quickly, people are willing to help you out with painting/converting/whatever. And yea the humor is pretty good most the time.

Also Ive been banned on 4 or 5 forums simply for bringing up the deffrolla petition, and DAKKA pretty much embraced it and has mostly carried my petition. So on a personal note, that would be the biggest one

One day, yakface tied me to a chair.

He promised he would never do it again unless I moderated the articles.