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Why is it alot of gamers are always complaining about Comp scoring, Cheesy list, prices or whatever else they can YET still play 40K.  Should some of these constant wingers play something else or maybe just get out more  ie get a Girlfriend/boyfriend

WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT MY COMPLAINING ARRRGHGGHH!


Serious answer?

I know from my own angle I joke with my friends about cheesey lists. I play Chaos so I am a bit of Swiss myself.
The pricing... I also joke about it. I know that its part of the hobby. With the amount of time and fun I get out of it, it is worth it.
The comp scoring bit I brought up because I thought it was funny. The idea of that thread was more supposed to be like WHO WOULD WIN thread without all the ONEONEONE!!!!!11111 s.

Because, if I complain about your army, then after I lose to you, I can feel better about myself, because I can tell myself that you only won because you used a cheesy army.

People who treat this as a game, and who approach challenges in a mature, adult fashion tend not to whine about what the other player is doing. Everything has an answer. People who see their performance at Warhammer as some sort of vindication of themselves as human beings need some sort of excuse for when they lose. That excuse is berating the other person's army/tactics/list/etc. If they can discount everyone who beats them as being cheesy, they can maintain the fictional self-image they've built of themselves as a great general.

Shoot, warhammer costs a lot less than any girlfriend I have ever had, except for my current one, who plays Warhammer and WoW.. so I am spending money on hobbies stuff that isnt for me.

The people who always complain need to realize that all hobbies cost money, nothing is free.

I can think of several hobbies that cost significantly more than models do.

It's always easier to complain about a problem than to offer solutions.

ender502

I like guda

I'm going to draw a great parallel.

I drive a now older truck. It wasn't so old when I got it and loved it. I bought it back when it was still only $1 per gallon of gas. Gas prices now fluctuate to past 3 bucks a gallon. Do I whine? No. I made my bed and now I will lie in it. I love my truck and I love the way it drives, even though its about 60 bucks to fill it.

Now, people STILL buy large vehicles they do not need and then persist to whine about the price of gas. Then friggin WALK and leave the tank that you cannot control AT HOME! Seriously,I cannot stand people that whine and complain about a problem they can fix very easily. If its a problem then STOP doing it. If its not a problem then why are you whining?


The moral of the story? Beef, stop listening to people whining if you dont want to fix the problem by putting them out of their misery, GOSH!

Im just being contrary beef. That is what us hicks in the US do, be contrary...

As far as people who competetivly make cheesy armies for local/house games. Well they are stupid; Unless it's to beat someone elses cheesy army (the bully player).

They will get bored with the hobby when no one local wants to play against them.

Comp list are fine for comp but for local games play fun lists, thats what keeps you in the hobby.

Personally, I blame Richards.

And Malfred

Why roll dice at all? Just move your dolls around the table making gun noises. Sounds like you'll be happier that way.

Complaining is fun and it keeps us out of trouble. Would you rather have:

A. People impotently complaining about things they have no control over.

B. People raising arms and marching against their complaint target.

C. Recruiting people from other forums to mindlessly chatter about skewing topics and what the best possible use for bacon grease is.

P.S. Best possible use for bacon grease = The eternal slip n' slide currently housed at the new CanadaTown museum of unnatural phenomenon. Tourinsts will have fun and become delicious while doing it. Actually, the slide leads to a giant deep fryer, but I'm sure we can assume about the fun part.

Bacon grease!

In before lock...

Would you be right in complaining to a fellow gamer who smelt of bacon grease, or would it be poor sportsmanship?

Posted By Glaive Company CO on 12/12/2006 1:29 PM

C. Recruiting people from other forums to mindlessly chatter about skewing topics and what the best possible use for bacon grease is.

Hey! Thats a great idea!
Why didnt we think of that before?

I think that post-coldwar consumer economics is based on the foundation that my ass is fat.

Leave it to malfred! I concede that malfred's use of the phrase "Bacon grease!" is the new best use of bacon grease.

...although, I DO reserve the right ot complain about it. Zero Sports for you! Oh wait! Wrong thread!

Get a girlfriend, Glaive Company CO.

This thread is moronic.

What kind of answer will make you happy?

People complain because they can?  People complain because they're crappy players?  People complain because other players don't agree with their abstract idea of how the game should be played?  People complain because they like the hobby but are unhappy with the direction it's going, want to do something about it, but don't know how?

I don't know.  You tell me.

P.S. - In before lock!

people complain b/c they don't get their way. pretty. simple.

Posted By malfred on 12/12/2006 1:43 PM
Get a girlfriend, Glaive Company CO.

I just found one!  Thanks Broon!

we complain because we are bored......?



/re lurk

No, we complain because we're:

Who's complaning?

 

Can't...stop...staring...at ...gif. Must resist urge to microwave Jimmy Dean Sausage pie.

Aaaaah. I can't help it! I'll be right back.

A couple years ago I decided to do one of those 2-week long pill-based colon cleansing programs: handfuls of detox pills, anti-parasite pills, and stool bulking pills, and a gallon of water every day. It was most excellent. Three massive perfectly formed bombs every day for two weeks. But when it was all over, I got postpartum depression. I missed my brown babies.

Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

 THAT'S ALL FOLKS!