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For those who may not be familiar with the phrase; throwing up a flag is when you openly display a symbol in hopes that another person will recognized its meaning and/or significance.

For example... I use a Games Workshop lanyard for my house keys and wear it around my neck in hopes that someone will recognize the GW name and logo while I'm out in public and strike up a conversation with me about the hobby. I'll also read White Dwarf in an airport, again hoping someone will recognize the magazine or content and strike up a conversation.

Do any of you throw up flags to hopefully meet other gamers? If so what kind of flags do you use?

I wear my GW lanyard to my government job in the hopes that someone on the metro will recognize it and I'll find a new opponent. So far, I have found one person in my office who recognized it, and is involved in the hobby.

A few of my friends have met other members of a website called "Bodybuilding.com" through wearing the "Misc" shirts or using the lingo associated with the forum. I've met a few guys on here that are also a part of that site simply because I recognized the humor and jokes they used regularlly.

I don't really show any signs that I play

I'd buy a well designed Aquillia T-Shirt because I like style as part of my display. Anyone know of anything? Otherwise, maybe i just found a summer project I can work on in Adobe...

I just walk around in public saying 'dakkadakkadakkadakka' over and over again.

I actually met a guy at church that plays 40k yesterday.
Our church group was working on a community landscaping project when we stuck up a convo because he over heard me saying "Dig for the emperor" under my breath.

Blacksails wrote:I just walk around in public saying 'dakkadakkadakkadakka' over and over again.

Basically this...

DemetriDominov wrote:I'd buy a well designed Aquillia T-Shirt because I like style as part of my display. Anyone know of anything? Otherwise, maybe i just found a summer project I can work on in Adobe...

Unfortunately, there's no GW t-shirts that are legally available really, unless you find some rare ones from old GW events/employees. I know a few folks have 40k tattoos for this sort of thing, but I don't really have any means of "flying the flag" as it were. Well, my Crimson Fists case has the :getout: frog on it, but that's only good for recognizing members of a single forum I frequent.

I use one of our old Brushfire promo bags as a Laptop case..

I really should get more of those...

I have a Hasslefree button on my bag along with one of those GW tags you put on your army cases and a FoW Cassino pins proclaiming I'm best of the best. So far, no luck..

I used to throw gang signs...then I got shot at.

Can't say I'm much of a flagger.

My leather jacket has a GW metal aqulia badge (the original BIG one, about 3" across), a Babylon5 EarthForce cloisonné pin, a "trust no-one" X-files pin and a "THINK" badge all on the same lapel.

I get the occasional "wha's tha' mean?" from people looking stupidly at the "think" one.

I get the occasional "cool badge" for the EF pin followed by "I want it, where can I get it?"

The rest don't get much comment.

Samurai_Eduh wrote:I wear my GW lanyard to my government job in the hopes that someone on the metro will recognize it and I'll find a new opponent. So far, I have found one person in my office who recognized it, and is involved in the hobby.

I also work in the government, but obviously not around you or I'd have struck up a conversation for sure

My lanyard is a DUke Nukem Forever lanyard and radioactive pin.
I also have one of those Brother Osrik Space Wolves limited edition Space Marines at my desk. (#1311 actually).

to this date not one person has recognized it. sadly, they haven't recognized Master Chief mini action figured right next to it. :(

My first car had a window decal of the Battletech House Davion emblem and license plate frame that read "Got `Mechs?" and I was pretty proud to be flying those two flags.

Unfortunately I only ever got two responses while driving that car. The first was from a father and son in a pickup who caught me at a traffic light and asked if I still played Battletech but before we could really exchange information the light changed and I never saw them again.

The second was a couple who misinterpreted the license plate frame and pulled up along side my car while I was (again) stopped at a traffic light to ask me if "Got `Mechs?" was a derogatory jab at Hispanic people.

Now I drive a better car and refuse to put stickers on it so my flag flying days are about over.

If there was a cool looking shirt associated with a game I played I would totally wear it, but 40k doesn't have crap and most Battletech stuff is either OOP by 10+ years or convention only swag that is hard to come by.

I was at a baseball game last night (AAA team for the Phillies) and let out a "WAAAGH!" when the jumbo-tron told me to "Make Noise" and "Get Louder".

I sometimes wear my Khorne t shirt who a friend made for me, havent got a comment still thou

Met a guy with an Eye of Terror tattoo on his leg at work. turned out to be a 40k player and live hear my LGS

I have a Mark of Khorne patch on my vest

I wear an Aquila Necklace sometimes. I am not a fan of man jewelry, but if going on a trip anywhere I wear it for good luck, and the "flag part".

Actually, I do the opposite. I am a furtive/ closet gamer. At schools these days Warhammer becomes a source of extreme ridicule so I draw as little attention to myself as possible. It's not that I'm embarrassed per se...more that I just don't want to make life harder than it already is.

I occasionally wear one of my Rackham shirts, but no one recognizes the newer orange chess piece dragon.


There's also a Decepticon sigil on both my keys and car.

I stick a gray hankerchief in my right back pocket.

Triggerbaby wrote:I stick a gray hankerchief in my right back pocket.

Naughty. I suppose you're looking for a spanking then?

My car has a single sticker, for Miskatonic University. It's interesting to discover how pervasive Lovecraftians are.

I throw a B.S. Flag every now and again.

Blacksails wrote:I just walk around in public saying 'dakkadakkadakkadakka' over and over again.

I think it'd help if you occasionally yell Waaaghh! as loud as you can, preferably when you're near small children or when the wife's on the phone to her parents.

I havent myself, but someone has graffiti'd the Dark Angels symbol onto a parking meter near my house... Every time i see it i smile.

(there used to be a gaming group that met in the Church Hall next to it that i frequented once upon a time, which would explain the location....)

i like my gaming tee shirts and hoodys, i usually wear my halo hoody or tekken hoody, and if it's hot i bust out the doom tee shirt or id tee shirt or my new rage tee shirt...oh man thats a great idea....i should get an id hoody...oh that would be the bomb.
i dont' really care about people recognizing them tho, i just like the games or whatever nd i like the imagery and stuff like that, also its nostalgia for me and i always walk around happier with a doom shirt on for some reason

warhammer shirts would be good too, actually a guy on here was doing custom shirts that looked really good...i think i'll have a look nd maybe get a few.

Imperial Monkey wrote:Actually, I do the opposite. I am a furtive/ closet gamer. At schools these days Warhammer becomes a source of extreme ridicule so I draw as little attention to myself as possible. It's not that I'm embarrassed per se...more that I just don't want to make life harder than it already is.

I completely agree. I let my close friends know, and other people that play obvs, but otherwise it's another thing for people to pick at.