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GW keeping it classy as always.


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New promotion idea! Money tank! A new superheavy tank with devastating firepower will be sent to each GW store. For all other intents its treated like a piece of terrain, but depending on how much money said player has spent that day, he may fire a certain number of its guns once per game.

I've saved the company!

Damn, sorry for the duplicate thread guys.

I missed this!

Indeed, all the posts so far have been spot on the mark, and lol-inducing.

If GW begins selling victory, they are heading down the path taken by most MMORPGs... the kid with the richest parents wins!

Well I'm late to the party ...

How much to get an apology from Matt Ward?

Or an apology from Alessio and Gav Thorpe (while they punch each other)?

evilsponge wrote:GW keeping it classy as always.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
New promotion idea! Money tank! A new superheavy tank with devastating firepower will be sent to each GW store. For all other intents its treated like a piece of terrain, but depending on how much money said player has spent that day, he may fire a certain number of its guns once per game.

I've saved the company!

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Latest news:
Spend £100 get a re roll
Spend £200 get a Rickroll

Are you ever going to give that up?

I'd be a bit let down if he did.

lol
Took a while for the penny to drop.
Not quite awake yet.

Never gonna let you down MoD

Huzzah he got it...

lol
Have forced myself to watch it on a loop as penance.
Feel very chastised now after such grueling punishment!

Warboss Gubbinz wrote:Beyond GW being doing this for their most "loyal" customers.

i could see use for this else where. This would be a great idea at a charity tournament. Re-rolls for 10$

Charity involves giving money to other people. We're talking about GW.

I can't stop laughing at this idea
I just find it hilarious
You pay to get a re-roll in a store, but how on earth could you force anyone to abide by this? Who would agree to it in anything other than a campaign run at a store or little children who would just go along with it

But of course there'd be someone out there willing to pay 150 for ONE re-roll. Whoever comes up with these marketing strategies must be a genius.
I swear to god, burning your money would make more sense

I can't stop laughing at the fact that people still fail to grasp that this isn't "Pay 100E and get a reroll" like the charity events that do this.

It's "Buy 100E worth of stuff and get a ticket saying you get a reroll, which can only be used in GW stores."

Well as long as everyone is laughing all is to the good

Kanluwen wrote:I can't stop laughing at the fact that people still fail to grasp that this isn't "Pay 100E and get a reroll" like the charity events that do this.

It's "Buy 100E worth of stuff and get a ticket saying you get a reroll, which can only be used in GW stores."

You know Kan, you shouldn't go making assumptions about what people understand or know
In fact my statement was discussing whether people would abide to it, which noone will at any point

Asuron wrote:I can't stop laughing at this idea
I just find it hilarious
You pay to get a re-roll in a store, but how on earth could you force anyone to abide by this? Who would agree to it in anything other than a campaign run at a store or little children who would just go along with it

But of course there'd be someone out there willing to pay 150 for ONE re-roll. Whoever comes up with these marketing strategies must be a genius.
I swear to god, burning your money would make more sense

Uhhuh. Clearly, you grasp the concept oh so well.

I can't think of anyone sane who would pay 150E for one reroll in a pick-up game.
I can't even think of anyone who would do it for a tournament unless there's a 1000E prize or higher on the line.

Or they wear money as underwear, etc.

Kanluwen wrote:

Asuron wrote:I can't stop laughing at this idea
I just find it hilarious
You pay to get a re-roll in a store, but how on earth could you force anyone to abide by this? Who would agree to it in anything other than a campaign run at a store or little children who would just go along with it

But of course there'd be someone out there willing to pay 150 for ONE re-roll. Whoever comes up with these marketing strategies must be a genius.
I swear to god, burning your money would make more sense

Uhhuh. Clearly, you grasp the concept oh so well.

I can't think of anyone sane who would pay 150E for one reroll in a pick-up game.
I can't even think of anyone who would do it for a tournament unless there's a 1000E prize or higher on the line.

Or they wear money as underwear, etc.

Definitely, people buy things, they get a re-roll. Simple concept, but I guess I have neither the intelligence nor the reading ability to grasp it.
Its lucky your here Kan to explain it, your staggering intellect is a boon to us all

Anyways I guess I pose the question to everyone here, would you ever let someone do a reroll if they were playing you regardless of the type of game you were engaged in?

Asuron wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Asuron wrote:I can't stop laughing at this idea
I just find it hilarious
You pay to get a re-roll in a store, but how on earth could you force anyone to abide by this? Who would agree to it in anything other than a campaign run at a store or little children who would just go along with it

But of course there'd be someone out there willing to pay 150 for ONE re-roll. Whoever comes up with these marketing strategies must be a genius.
I swear to god, burning your money would make more sense

Uhhuh. Clearly, you grasp the concept oh so well.

I can't think of anyone sane who would pay 150E for one reroll in a pick-up game.
I can't even think of anyone who would do it for a tournament unless there's a 1000E prize or higher on the line.

Or they wear money as underwear, etc.

Definitely, people buy things, they get a re-roll. Simple concept, but I guess I have neither the intelligence nor the reading ability to grasp it.
Its lucky your here Kan to explain it, your staggering intellect is a boon to us all

Your statement was that "you pay to get a reroll in the store". That's not true.
You pay for whatever product you're buying. This is, as I said earlier on, not a new thing for GW. Every so often you see it crop up at their shops when they think they're going to be have an influx of new players to systems that they're unfamiliar with.

If you're going to be all high and mighty about something, at least be right when you do it.

WTF what a scam.

And with that well-informed statement, completely without having read any form of explanation, I think we can calmly say that this thread has hit the peak of misinformation.

Your statement was that "you pay to get a reroll in the store". That's not true.
You pay for whatever product you're buying. This is, as I said earlier on, not a new thing for GW. Every so often you see it crop up at their shops when they think they're going to be have an influx of new players to systems that they're unfamiliar with.

If you're going to be all high and mighty about something, at least be right when you do it.

But if your buying products and getting the free re-roll, are you not essentiallly paying to get a re-roll in their store, along with those goods? So in essence you are paying to get a re-roll in a store?

That is the concept of buying something yes? You trade goods to receive other goods?
But its strange you focus on this, when my comment was more geared towards whether anyone would abide to this, which I've mentioned twice now

Whats more strange is that you tell me I'm being "high and mighty" while making subtle digs at my intelligence. Whats stranger yet, despite me showing you that I clearly grasp the concept, you seem to want to keep harping on it for some reason.

Kanluwen wrote:

Asuron wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Asuron wrote:I can't stop laughing at this idea
I just find it hilarious
You pay to get a re-roll in a store, but how on earth could you force anyone to abide by this? Who would agree to it in anything other than a campaign run at a store or little children who would just go along with it

But of course there'd be someone out there willing to pay 150 for ONE re-roll. Whoever comes up with these marketing strategies must be a genius.
I swear to god, burning your money would make more sense

Uhhuh. Clearly, you grasp the concept oh so well.

I can't think of anyone sane who would pay 150E for one reroll in a pick-up game.
I can't even think of anyone who would do it for a tournament unless there's a 1000E prize or higher on the line.

Or they wear money as underwear, etc.

Definitely, people buy things, they get a re-roll. Simple concept, but I guess I have neither the intelligence nor the reading ability to grasp it.
Its lucky your here Kan to explain it, your staggering intellect is a boon to us all

Your statement was that "you pay to get a reroll in the store". That's not true.
You pay for whatever product you're buying. This is, as I said earlier on, not a new thing for GW. Every so often you see it crop up at their shops when they think they're going to be have an influx of new players to systems that they're unfamiliar with.

If you're going to be all high and mighty about something, at least be right when you do it.

Fatality! Kanluwen wins.

As crazy as it sounds, Kanluwen is right.

Plus, think about it like this. Over the course of a game, you roll hundreds (thousands if you play orks ). What's ONE re-roll going to do?

If you think I'm making "subtle digs at your intelligence", I don't know what to tell you.

I'm not calling you stupid, Asuron.

I'm calling the righteous indignation about what is entirely a marketing tool that has been used quite a few times in GW's history(usually around the time they do a campaign or relaunch a game system from what I've seen) stupid. Especially because it's never been called a "cash grab" or "pay to win" in those instances.

But now, like every thing they do, there's no shortage of individuals to call it as some kind of great big insidious thing.

Kanluwen wrote:If you think I'm making "subtle digs at your intelligence", I don't know what to tell you.

I'm not calling you stupid, Asuron.

I'm calling the righteous indignation about what is entirely a marketing tool that has been used quite a few times in GW's history(usually around the time they do a campaign or relaunch a game system from what I've seen) stupid. Especially because it's never been called a "cash grab" or "pay to win" in those instances.

But now, like every thing they do, there's no shortage of individuals to call it as some kind of great big insidious thing.

Well since its in Spain, I don't care
I wouldn't care if it was implemented at my local store either.
You know why? Because noone would ever be able to use it, at least in regular games, noone would tolerate it outside of store run events

Its not insidious, just stupid as a promotion. The free blister or box that someone else mentioned earlier on would be a far better idea and promote much better goodwill among consumers
Hence why I found it funny, its just a silly idea

A re-roll doesn't cost the company anything.

Giving away product does.

Monster Rain wrote:A re-roll doesn't cost the company anything.

Giving away product does.

Indeed. Giving away product also futzes with the stock levels of the store, while printing up vouchers for things like a 'free reroll' just costs you some printer ink and paper.

Monster Rain wrote:A re-roll doesn't cost the company anything.

Giving away product does.

But gains you customer loyalty and goodwill, giving better chances for future sales
A reroll gives the customer nothing and the company gains the equivalent

Kanluwen wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:A re-roll doesn't cost the company anything.

Giving away product does.

Indeed. Giving away product also futzes with the stock levels of the store, while printing up vouchers for things like a 'free reroll' just costs you some printer ink and paper.

The cost of which is greatly offset by the (my keyboard doesn't have a Pounds sign)100 that was spent to get the voucher.

Asuron wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:A re-roll doesn't cost the company anything.

Giving away product does.

But gains you customer loyalty and goodwill, giving better chances for future sales
A reroll gives the customer nothing and the company gains the equivalent

No, but people talk about it and some people will probably spend the 100 just to get the re-roll. There's a sucker born every minute.

Even promotions are geared toward making a profit, you know.

lol, if someone whipped out a "1 free re roll" it would all depend on what it was for on whether i'd let it slide, if it was for to hit with a lasgun, i'd be like "sure, if it was a failed save on a terminator or a crappy roll on a penetration result on my land raider, i'd say "get that thing the feth out of here"

hipocritical:yes
do i care: not really

i remember when i went to chicago gamesday 2005 me, my brother, friend and mom all went, and everyone got a free SM veteran, luckily, i am the only SM player, so i got 4 "free" models. free is in quotes because there was still admission price

GW stores can't handle stock control
This is why there are never any freebies.

And there was me thinking it was because they are just a miserable bunch of tight wads.

The latter certainly plays a bigger part than the first, Chibster.