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outriders are a group of voluteers (picked out by GW) that help run event like games day. its a blue polo with white sleves and a space wolf badge on the right arm.

and i think its akward too tell somebody off on cursing because in the current world situasion you can get killed over a stupid drawing. i think the world is beoming more asocial and peopel are afraid too say anything about it

This is why i don't like playing with children.
A) half the time they don't even play properly
b) you swear around them and their parents have a ragegasm at you
c) How many times has some little brat picked up my model and broken it / bumped the GD table?!?!

Keep your damn kids at home, this is a beer & pretzels game!

Mukkin'About wrote:This is why i don't like playing with children.
A) half the time they don't even play properly
b) you swear around them and their parents have a ragegasm at you
c) How many times has some little brat picked up my model and broken it / bumped the GD table?!?!

Keep your damn kids at home, this is a beer & pretzels game!

Can say i've never had to deal with 'B)' (thankfully), but A) and C) are horrible to deal with. If a kid isn't allowed his ultramarines blue land raider that looked like he just tipped several pots of the paint over it and did a half-arsed white 'U' on every flat surface he could find, then he has a strop and ultimately gets his way, "Okay, have you got a 500pts list?" "Ye, it's my blue tank, my teminanators, my drednott and my 5 space mans" "Um, that isn't a legal list" "Yes it is! i useded it before!!! you just don't want to lose!" "No, it's an illegal army, want me to help build a legal one?" "NO I WANT TO USE MY ARMY!" At this point everyone is staring at the 17 year old that made the 11 year old cry and you either have to make up an excuse to leave or play him anyway.

C) is also annoying. You can't tell them to put it down because their parents are there staring at you with eyes that say "Try telling my kid to stop it; I dare ya.". I've had to quickly mark the spot where the model used to be many a time, as otherwise it ends up in the middle of the board and the kid knocks down the rest of your squad with a well placed arm sweep of precision carelessness. The worst one was where my terminators are at the side, waiting to deepstrike, a kid walks up to them and start poking them and picking them up, and neither he nor his parents wanted to make their presence known. It was only after my opponent pointed out the kid next to me that I relaised. I turned around quickly and went to pick up the other models before something happened; scared him by my arm appearing out of nowhere; he dropped the terminator, it bounced, snapped a bit, then he bloody trod on it as he waddled away. What do his parents do? IGNORE IT!

I had to pick up the remnants of my terminator (some pieces had come off and the trophy racks were bent and snapped, but otherwise he wasn't too damaged thankfully, as it was (as per usual) my favourite one) and watch them leave the store as if nothing had happened.

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Mukkin'About wrote:This is why i don't like playing with children.
A) half the time they don't even play properly
b) you swear around them and their parents have a ragegasm at you
c) How many times has some little brat picked up my model and broken it / bumped the GD table?!?!

Keep your damn kids at home, this is a beer & pretzels game!

Can say i've never had to deal with 'B)' (thankfully), but A) and C) are horrible to deal with. If a kid isn't allowed his ultramarines blue land raider that looked like he just tipped several pots of the paint over it and did a half-arsed white 'U' on every flat surface he could find, then he has a strop and ultimately gets his way, "Okay, have you got a 500pts list?" "Ye, it's my blue tank, my teminanators, my drednott and my 5 space mans" "Um, that isn't a legal list" "Yes it is! i useded it before!!! you just don't want to lose!" "No, it's an illegal army, want me to help build a legal one?" "NO I WANT TO USE MY ARMY!" At this point everyone is staring at the 17 year old that made the 11 year old cry and you either have to make up an excuse to leave or play him anyway.

C) is also annoying. You can't tell them to put it down because their parents are there staring at you with eyes that say "Try telling my kid to stop it; I dare ya.". I've had to quickly mark the spot where the model used to be many a time, as otherwise it ends up in the middle of the board and the kid knocks down the rest of your squad with a well placed arm sweep of precision carelessness. The worst one was where my terminators are at the side, waiting to deepstrike, a kid walks up to them and start poking them and picking them up, and neither he nor his parents wanted to make their presence known. It was only after my opponent pointed out the kid next to me that I relaised. I turned around quickly and went to pick up the other models before something happened; scared him by my arm appearing out of nowhere; he dropped the terminator, it bounced, snapped a bit, then he bloody trod on it as he waddled away. What do his parents do? IGNORE IT!

I had to pick up the remnants of my terminator (some pieces had come off and the trophy racks were bent and snapped, but otherwise he wasn't too damaged thankfully, as it was (as per usual) my favourite one) and watch them leave the store as if nothing had happened.

it can be something dutch but the parents make there kids ask before they pick up on of my models. usuly i let the hold a not on the board model but always say be carefull and i sayit double with my dark eldar. plus i have a demo army close by. its the foreigners that make me pissed those guys just point and laugh one even had the balls too drop one of my figs and then stomp on it. now i am not an agresive persoon but i put his lights out (amature boxer 42 matches played - 18 won - 4 draws - 20 losses - 16 KO's). but i never have problems with dutch kids

i guess it boils down to a 'if you don't like this then get the feth outa my store' thing

yeah where in a puplic erea. the library too be precies

For most Americans, myself included, swearing is second nature. When I'm relaxed I drop bombs like Shells coming out of WAZDAKKA's DakkaKannon with a field of lootas blastin behind him. However, as soon as anyone says, hey, please watch your language, I will do so. At my own house with friends, they can suck it up, they should know me, new players, I'll give them warnings about my mouth and they'll have to deal with it. If a mrs. is around I'll try to be polite, if kids are around I try to watch my mouth, ultimately I say you can feel if swearing is approprate or not and don't be an ass. If you are an ass be prepaed for retaliation in fold, either from the tournament bosses, or from the offended and other players should always back-up the offended. People take politeness for granted until someone breaks their line, so we should always respect others in turn to have ours respected.
-Runna the F*n Warboss

well said Runna well said

I refuse to play kids simply because I want to spend time with adults when I go to a club of flgs. If I wanted to spend time with kids I would stay at home and teach them to play while watching them do things like and I quote 'look daddy i can pull his (sicarius) head off and his arms' As it was Sicarius I laughed (he didn't noticed over how awesome he was) but the point stands kids stay at home and keep your hands off my models.

Cursing can be either funny, or insulting, depending on the context. As long as it is all for fun, and there is noone around that would get offended, then curse away.

If the words are being thrown around in an attempt to be insulting or hurtful, then I would just pack my stuff up and be done with it.

I usually curse only in the middle of a game or if something drastic happens (table tips on me cause of some kid kicking the prop out).

But, if parents get offended, they should ask you politely to stop, not ragederp at you for a few measly words. After all, you've gone through a lot more with kids instore than a few words.

I've had, from kids (in no particular order) Stolen models (metal scouts with shotguns/NSR and also my old 2nd edition marines). Kids spraying open pots of paint all over the table, nicked glue, paint, and brushes (I buy better quality brushes) and kids refusing to play with a legitimate army list because it's *theirs*.

I've lost count of the number of times I've pointed out disparities in troops/heavy support.

yes i know what you mean this kid once began trowing over tables because we didnt let him competen in our tournee a battle of the clubs qualivier. he had an army of 400 points we played 2250 points and the parents yelling at us agh. i still get mad if i think about them.... destroyed my dragon, sorceress and all in the end we kicked them out and let them pay for the damage 422,50 euro's.

I tend to let out the ocasional swear every now and then during a game, but when I'm playing against someone I just met I tone it down a bit. Most of the guys that I play however are either part of one of two camps: those of the excessively friendly type, rapped in cotton wool, or the guys who you can have a few dirty jokes with over the hair style of a certain Blood Angels Commander, so it really depends on who I'm up against.

I treat warhammer at a store like a casino. I stay quiet, try to concentrate on the other player and the game. If I do swear it's while I'm outside smokin a cancer stick, but once i go back in the store it's game on, and hush hush.

alot of people dont realise that your opponent can tell what your overall plan was depending on how much you react to things that happen during the game.

horray for death sticks

I only mind in the presence of really little kids.

I said not when kids are around, unless they touch my models without asking... Then they'll probably hear something like: "Get your fething hands off my fething models, they're older and worth more than you!"

well thats hars dude. i only say please dont touch the models. or with teens why dont you go smoke some weed ( i dont encourage it but the stonners wil do it anyway). plus there is a coffee shop across the street. funny thing is you can buy there weed but no coffee strange?

vi va la Holland

Acceptable in all environments as long as they are not directed towards anyone but yourself.

I avoid cursing around kids and women. There is just something about cursing around them that makes me feel like my gradfather is standing behind me thumping the back of my head every time I do. I also avoid curssing during games in general because it tends to mess with the other player. If I get ROFLstomped, I just smile and deal with things... and is messes my opponent up. They are expecting the flurry of words to pour out of my mouth and they get... a smile. I played one kid, lost, and at the end smiled, shook his hand, and said "It's late have a safe trip home ((It was around 2AM)). The due grabbed his things and ran out of the store thinking I was going to chase him home. Do I occasionally loose my cool and let something slip, yes, but as a whole I think curse words are like salt and pepper. Use a few and it can add to the flavor. Add too much and it's just trash. ((As always.. my spelling and grammar are trash too..*sigh*))

I say that the first one because its just words. Words dont hurt and I curse alot doing my games as in joking around with my oppenent or at my moldes.

Swear all you want, but don't pollute the kids... but what the Gak are kids doing with $1000 dollar armies anyways? feth my life.

Also i don't like urban slang at the tables either "Dread ting poppen off on 'big man' der, iight"

what yall sayin' pimp man i just husstle with my boyz out in da ally poppin' some dice man. so dont you been dissing and start ass kissing FOOL.
allright that was ment as a joke.

but your right. 1000$ armies your kidding me right?

i tend to use the ones they use in the books. fakk etc.

My friends know that it bothers me and after a little practice they don't swear around me anymore

In friendly games it's OK but otherwise I believe its just rude. Sure it depends on how you do it, if it's a part of your everyday language and not a testimony of how angry you are, thats OK by me. But if you curse because you can't restrain your anger that is not OK, then the game just gets boring. But I guess that has more to do with being nice rather than cursing...

Me and my regular opponent swear like bloomin' crazy.
The game club I go to is a place of disturbing people.

which suits me just fine


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Mukkin'About wrote:This is why i don't like playing with children.
A) half the time they don't even play properly
b) you swear around them and their parents have a ragegasm at you
c) How many times has some little brat picked up my model and broken it / bumped the GD table?!?!

Keep your damn kids at home, this is a beer & pretzels game!

Amen. I'd rather play with 13-19 year olds (me being 15). We may be immature, but we speak of things that could scare some people, especially little kids. lol

I truly feel that cursing can be have a direct correlation to ones IQ. If someone cannot express themselves properly please don't do it in front of children. I hate hearing kids cussing and I feel that they look up to the older cool guys that play warhammer at the game shop wishing that their pokemon cards were warhammer models, and its a shame when a "cool" guy loses his temper and gives it a reputation. Besides the kids parents aren't far behind the kids and they will notice this too and not want to get their kids the game because of the people who play it.

I don't care about casual swearing when I am playing against another adult but I think children and teenagers should keep it amongst themselves. I remember swearing when I was younger but it was amongst my friends, not around adults.

A guideline to follow would be:

If your parents buy your models or drive you to the game store, please be respectful and please keep it clean.

If you work for a living and pay your own bills, I could care less how you talk.

Hytanthas wrote:I truly feel that cursing can be have a direct correlation to ones IQ. If someone cannot express themselves properly please don't do it in front of children. I hate hearing kids cussing and I feel that they look up to the older cool guys that play warhammer at the game shop wishing that their pokemon cards were warhammer models, and its a shame when a "cool" guy loses his temper and gives it a reputation. Besides the kids parents aren't far behind the kids and they will notice this too and not want to get their kids the game because of the people who play it.

Cursing has nothing to do with IQ. "Properly" is subjective. So it's okay for a kid to play game where the "heroes" butcher space nuns, but saying "damn" is too much?