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...what would it be?

Personally i'd change perspectives on it. I have a load of friends who'd really enjoy the hobby, and would be a lot of fun to play against/with, but they just wouldn't give it a try because they think it's just too nerdy or weird.

How about you?

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Note: Apologies if this or something similar has been done already/recently. I did do a bit of searching for a similar topic.
Note II: I'm asking for one thing, not a massive rant about everything that's wrong in the world.

I would either change the price, so things are more affordable, or change it so that I could paint my models via computer and "print" the paint onto them, for I hate painting

Hmmm, interesting!
I might change the background writing that's going on in some of the books these days- in both PP and 40K.

Couple of changes, but have to admit I may pursue some of them on my own.
1. Gaming tables that have cup holders attached. I'll be building one.

2. Background of games. I like how privateer press evolves their models and games in accordance to the story line. WFB doesn't have to much of this, and 40K would be difficulty to fall in line with this. I'm mainly a GW gamer at current point, but maybe it would be nice.

3. Prices, we all complain, but I ask GW for one thing, discounts. Maybe a discount on items that are being replaced by newer models. Maybe a once a year sale on GW birthday. Even a for registered gamers who consistently order online, 10% off entire purchase on your bday, or once a year.

I would say the priorities of the workshop .Make it a rule to update the oldest stuff first.

Mandatory personal hygiene levels for tournies and conventions.

Toss a speedstick in the swag bag along with the free mini and other swag...

Some dudes scare me, just a little bit beyond freaky/nerdy/smelly. I seriously couldnt tell if this one person was a boy or girl.

So i'd change it so all nerds were naturally beautiful and thus not scaring away non nerds from the possibilities of giving the hobby a go.

Hi all.
I would change the perception that the wargame hobby is encompased within the limited scope of one companies products.

And for those complaining about the price ...down load FREE rules , and get the other acosiated product from other manufactures, eg 32 high quality 28mm minatures for £15 from Perry Minatures.



TTFN
Lanrak.

Teek wrote:Mandatory personal hygiene levels for tournies and conventions.

Toss a speedstick in the swag bag along with the free mini and other swag...

Implementing a mandatory 1-2-3 rule would work.

1 Shower per day of Con.

2 Meals per day of Con.

3 Hours of sleep per day of Con.

It would make a Con/Tourney so much more pleasant.

Teek wrote:Mandatory personal hygiene levels for tournies and conventions.

Toss a speedstick in the swag bag along with the free mini and other swag...

+1

Also to see the cost come down would be nice!

Tournies and the current CSM dex. I will erase them from history as soon as I get my time machine going.

I would change the elitist mindset, and make it more open to players who want to engage it casually or players who may not be concerned with one aspect like painting or playing uber competitively. There's way too much looking down in the hobby in general IMO.

+1 points to Cannerus.

I mean seriously some people treat 40k like its a professional sport.

I would create an international ranking system so whenever I meet another wargamer I can instantly know whether I should sneer down my nose at them or fawn over them like a dog.

More nudity would be good. And better looking people.

Erase all hyper-competitive powergaming trolls with extreme prejudice. There are far too many nerdlings into 40k especially whose love for pedantry, obscure rules and victory by maths would put Dwight from 'The Office' to shame.

Also a discount would be nice.

avantgarde wrote:I would create an international ranking system so whenever I meet another wargamer I can instantly know whether I should sneer down my nose at them or fawn over them like a dog.

not a very nice thing to say. Mini Wargaming is also about sharing thoughts, ideas even tips and its shouldnt be taken as a ranking 'sport'...

IMO

L0rdF1end wrote:Some dudes scare me, just a little bit beyond freaky/nerdy/smelly. I seriously couldnt tell if this one person was a boy or girl.

For a minute I thought he might be talking about me, but he's in the UK apparently, so no.

And another +1 for Cannerus. I really hate the attitude more than anything. The hobby was way more exciting for me before I realized that some people out there seriously think themselves your superior because of their painting or obsession over the background material. When I first started I couldn't wait to assemble my models and start painting, but I just can't for the life of me get the inspiration to go on anymore. I haven't put paint to a model in a long time, I haven't even gotten my Tau out to play a game with in months now, and all the drama and bs I read about online really doesn't help.

When people act like they're willing to throw down over models it makes me want to put everything on eBay and find a new hobby. I just want to play with my [less profanity, please] toys, I don't want to listen to people explain why they're my moral superior because I took (broken unit/combo here).

TheCyben wrote:Erase all hyper-competitive powergaming trolls with extreme prejudice.

...yeah, people like him.

The "Company Only Miniture Rules" even if it is "Oh you don't Have our Mini's, fine you can compeate, but you can't officaly earn points twords wining the turny."

i would change the mood swings in people, it gets annoying, say im in my FLGS painting with a friend and this 18yr old guy starts banging on every square inch if the table because his HQ was killed or his land raider was blown up by his opponent.

Shadowbrand wrote:+1 points to Cannerus.

I mean seriously some people treat 40k like its a professional sport.

And on the flip side some people treat it like if you don't spend 90 hours painting each individual figure that you're a disgrace to the hobby. I wish people could just respect each other's differences and get along :p

For me it would have to be the elitism shown by many who have been in the hobby for some time. I can't stand people who make others feel small for not knowing by heart the ins and outs of the entire rule set or a specific piece of fluff printed over 20 years ago.

I'd change the attitudes of the average gamer. 40k is a really fun way to spend a couple of afternoons painting or gaming. It's cool if you want to read up on the background. But honestly, GW's image is ridiculous. I have several friends who don't play 40k because I took them with me to the GW bunker where the employee doing the games with new players scared the gak out of them with his half hour, 100 words a second description of the Imperium and how power armor works and what Tyranids are, etc.
In short, I'd like more people for whom the hobby is just that- a hobby. I often take several month breaks just because I have other things in my life. Then, I come back and play a pick-up game with TFG only to remember why I took that break in the first place.

On the same token, I'd like people to at least take a fething try at painting. I don't care if you aren't the best (I'm certainly not winning any awards), but it does suck to play my Imperial Fists, who I invested real time and effort in, against a plastic-grey AoBR box set of orks, especially because I tend to see a fair number of people who are obsessed with their W/L record and their flavour of the month list, yet don't take the time to paint their army. I think games really are more satisfying when two decently painted armies square off.
At the very least, it's nice to look at, even if you're getting tabled.

Not to be too negative, there are things that I really appreciate about the hobby. One is the instant camaraderie between the players of the various legions/craftworlds/chapters. It's nice to have another Fists player walk past the table and cheer me on.
Another great thing is how appreciative and complementary most people are in regards to painting and modeling. As you can tell, I spend a good deal of time on this, so I'm genuinely happy when someone asks for a closer look at my IF counts-as Pedro Kantor, or tells me that my converted Defiler is bitchin'.

Instead of ugly fat girsls playing fantasy,i want hot chicks playion 40k SOB and Fantasy High Elves,also,the people wargameing not be so damn wierd.

The stigma and prices are the big points. Mainly the stigma. Although, I have to say, it's not completely unfounded, sadly.

I would go back in time and kill whoever created the first Tournament gamer, ensuring that they never make it to the present.

I would make every other gamer a supermodel. A girl one of course...lol


Of course then "She who bears the One Ring to Rule Me" wouldn't let me go to tournies or the hobbyshop ever again. Hmmm... be careful what you wish for I guess...

I wish girls thought it was hot. Then they'd like me. :(

Sidstyler mentioned those uber-dopes who look like they want to throw down over tabletop gaming - but I love those little meatsacks! Nothing gives me greater pleasure than weathering a 'close combat phase' of limp-wristed nerd punches before delivering the ol' ws10 st10 chokeslam through the gaming table attack, with no save for a silly emo band t-shirt.

Seriously, it's a sci fi hobby! Not high-level nuclear war political talks with the Kremlin! All of the original source material is very humorous, black-comedy tropes written all over it. If my greater daemon is popped in the face by a grot armed with a rusty fork and it dies, I'd rather invent a hilarious COD and obituary than sulk. I suspect that there may be a graph somewhere upon which the axes are marked 'years of virginity beyond age of consent' and 'number of 40k tourney rules appeals at the last minute'.... the graph describes a curve as sharp as the edge of a cutlass...

p.s - Great Unclean One dies from soap residue on Grot's fork... Inquisition investigates who supplied the Orks with soap, and why?

I'd like to see mandatory Tequila shots between rounds in tourneys. The last games of the afternoon would either be a giant party or a fight in a Wild West Saloon. Or, if the tourney was in Amsterdam...