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Wow another of my favorite posters (The AuldGrump)

This thread has drawn all the people I like to it. Thanks OP.

Now if Frazzel, kroothawk, fullheadofhair and Insaniac would post I have a set (snap).

P.S. I am starting to think I spend too much time stalking this forum That said it has taken me 4 years to get to 240 posts.

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Also Grot6 and all kinds of emoticons

I read most of this thread and the way xruslanx has been treated is absolutely disgusting. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

You did nothing other than socially ostracise someone for giving their opinion in a respectful way.

That's right, you socially ostracised someone on a WARHAMMER forum for god's sake. And for the crime of having a contrary opinion no less.

Granted from the prospective of one thread I see where your coming and could agree with you, however I suggest you read ALL his previous posts before you jump to your conclusions.

Its not about one post, you have to take all the posts in to get the full picture. Its a rich collage of many sock puppets.

I can also assure you that I feel no disgust towards myself for the opinions that I have expressed.

I am what I am and I express clearly how I feel towards my environment.

We reap what we sow and that includes all of us.

If you still feel the same after reading his previous threads then that is your right to do so.

While the OP doesn't really bother me, the trend it represents continues to turn me away from GW and towards more interesting alternatives (many through kickstarter - deadzone etc). Having read through some of xruslanx's back catalogue of posts it would be fair to say they are one-sided to say the least and negative towards anything (and anyone) that isn't pro-GW. His responses to people disliking what GW are doing currently just focus on everyone being haters, rather than fans - who would like to see better product and a reasonable price and not getting screwed over by the decisions made. It gets a little hard to see the good at times when you get fed so much s***.

 Necro wrote:
Granted from the prospective of one thread I see where your coming and could agree with you, however I suggest you read ALL his previous posts before you jump to your conclusions.

Its not about one post, you have to take all the posts in to get the full picture. Its a rich collage of many sock puppets.

I can also assure you that I feel no disgust towards myself for the opinions that I have expressed.

I am what I am and I express clearly how I feel towards my environment.

We reap what we sow and that includes all of us.

If you still feel the same after reading his previous threads then that is your right to do so.

As Throwback stated - we reap what we sow - and X is currently reaping his harvest. He plowed the field, planted the field, and fertilized it well....

The Auld Grump

 azreal13 wrote:
I suspect we might have seen the last of xruslanx in this current guise. Rest assured the Mods know who he is...

Really great to see the spirit of humour and encouragement of open debate in action!

(and yes, I agree cancelling Invasion looks like a short-sighted move)

Throwback wrote:
I read most of this thread and the way xruslanx has been treated is absolutely disgusting. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

You did nothing other than socially ostracise someone for giving their opinion in a respectful way.

That's right, you socially ostracised someone on a WARHAMMER forum for god's sake. And for the crime of having a contrary opinion no less.

Let's give some context to this: xruslanx has a long history of trolling, ridiculous arguments, ignoring everything anyone says in response to his ridiculous arguments and endlessly repeating them as if the conversation never happened, making grand claims about what is and isn't possible in game design without every playing anything but GW games, etc. Oh, and claiming that playing a non-GW game is like having sex with animals.

So, once you know the history you see that this thread was just more of the same and people just have very little patience left for him.

I like how he was stopped from posting in here because he had someone on ignore and stated the reasons why, now people in here are saying to put him on ignore and saying why!

Maybe he didn't have enough posts eh 'rolls eyes'

And Peregrine, nothing like a bit of over statement to get the juices flowing eh...

 Palindrome wrote:

 Ouze wrote:
Those trips sound to me like a lot of fun.

I don't imagine I will ever get to visit Warhammer World or have a trip to Bugmans bar :/

You are really not missing much; I went a couple of times when I was in Nottingham for courses.

The games hall is just a big room with lots of tables (the last time I visited an Epic tourmanet was underway) ,a cheap looking 'gothic' facade and an ajoining GW store. Bugmans is basically a small pub that serves generic food and beer that happens to have a decent selection of boardgames (for a pub). The only good bit is upstairs where they have the studios various armies on display but as they have feautured heavily in GW's various publications you will have seen them all before.

If your in the area its probably worth going (it is afterall free) but its not something that I would recommend visiting for its own sake.

In it's defence, some of the bigger theme tables are awesome, but otherwise I agree with you. The main hall is essentially just rows of Realm Of Battle boards with 3/4 scenery pieces on them in a castle facade, the attached store is tiny and no longer stocks any mail order only stuff and only a small range of forgeworld. Bugmans bar is just like any other bar except there's a few GW themed items on display. The food is expensive but alright, nothing to write home about. The hall of miniatures is pretty cool, but doesn't seem to get updated. So it's worth a visit, if you happen to be in Nottingham anyway and at a loose end. I personally wouldn't visit it from anywhere else unless you're planning a game, and if I was in the area I'd rather be visiting some of the smaller manufacturers that will be more interesting (Foundry, Mantic, Warlord) and friendly.

Hivefleet Oblivion wrote:

 azreal13 wrote:
I suspect we might have seen the last of xruslanx in this current guise. Rest assured the Mods know who he is...

Really great to see the spirit of humour and encouragement of open debate in action!

(and yes, I agree cancelling Invasion looks like a short-sighted move)

This post really looks like you're just attacking me for the sake of it, and don't have any idea what you're talking about....

Throwback wrote:
I read most of this thread and the way xruslanx has been treated is absolutely disgusting. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

You did nothing other than socially ostracise someone for giving their opinion in a respectful way.

That's right, you socially ostracised someone on a WARHAMMER forum for god's sake. And for the crime of having a contrary opinion no less.

As has been stated, you need to understand X's posting history. Judging from your post count, you probably don't have much experience reading his posts. I'd suggest clicking on his screen name to pull up his user profile and posting history, and then start going through the past year's worth of his posts to see the kind of contributions he typically makes to discussions.

Typically, I don't even respond to him anymore because it's largely a waste of time. He's not someone with whom you can have a discussion because he's not interested in hearing any opinions that don't agree with his own, regardless of how well supported or argued those contrary opinions might be. Then, he makes the most ridiculous counter-arguments imaginable. Seriously, as has been mentioned, he once stated that he didn't need to try different gaming systems to know they were bad the same way he didn't need to have sex with animals to know that was bad. The dude equated trying game systems other than GW to having sex with animals, and that was his justification for not having tried any other game systems, despite the fact that the continuously stated that no other game system was as good as GW.

I've been a member here since pre-conversion; I guess about 10 years total. He's exactly the 4th person I've ever put on ignore, and the only one I've put on ignore in 3+ years.

The Division Of Joy wrote:
I like how he was stopped from posting in here because he had someone on ignore and stated the reasons why, now people in here are saying to put him on ignore and saying why!

That's not the reason.

The Division Of Joy wrote:
Maybe he didn't have enough posts eh 'rolls eyes'

Like that has anything to do with it. Look at my fething post count. D'ya know how many times I've been banned?

Plus, his post count is pretty high once you factor in all his other accounts.

The Division Of Joy wrote:
And Peregrine, nothing like a bit of over statement to get the juices flowing eh...

Everything he said was 100% true. Not a single misrepresentation, exaggeration or falsehood.

The Division Of Joy wrote:

And Peregrine, nothing like a bit of over statement to get the juices flowing eh...

Yeah, he wasn't overstating at all, to be honest. We probably don't need a circlejack over it though. Nobody wants to read that.

 Peregrine wrote:
Let's give some context to this: xruslanx has a long history of trolling, ridiculous arguments, ignoring everything anyone says in response to his ridiculous arguments and endlessly repeating them as if the conversation never happened, making grand claims about what is and isn't possible in game design without every playing anything but GW games, etc. Oh, and claiming that playing a non-GW game is like having sex with animals.

Okay, so people apparently know all that and yet they engage in conversation with him, however basic it may be.

Is that some sort of compulsive behaviour disorder or something? What am I missing here?

Whilst this diversion is somewhat understandable it'd be best if we returned to the actual topic.

Thanks.