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**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

**blood reaper**

'That Chaos Guy'. Also "Fluff guy'.

Or something like that.

(PS) its protege

**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.

**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.

**blessed be thy emperor**

I'm definitely the Sisters of Battle guy.

**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.

**KhornateCake**

I'm the fluffy monkey.

**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.

**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

**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.

**Avatar 720**

The weirdo.

I can't really understand why...

**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.

**oni**

I'm the veteran, rules lawyer, masterclass painter.

KhornateCake wrote:I'm the fluffy monkey.

That's hilarious given your avatar.

**Hückleberry**

I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.

**King of the Elves**

I'm the wood elf/ WHFB guy

**hotsauceman1**

I would be considered the noob in playing, but the good painter there who puts love into every figure he gets.

**admiral9**

Hückleberry wrote:I'm the guy that brings a Draigowing list to a 1500 point tourney.

Yeah the cheese man right?

**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!

**gunslingerpro**

The Warmachine Theory guy (also that Cryxy bastard)

**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]

**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.

**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!

**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.

**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.

**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..."

**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.

**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.

**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...

**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).

**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.