What Wargamers Hate Hearing

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**dancingcricket**

The ones that I've run into and dislike :

"Hey, can I have your (insert bits here)?"

Uh, no. And stop asking everyone, all the time, every time you go. We're paying for our mini's, if you can't afford to buy them, maybe you shouldn't be playing. It wouldn't be so bad if the guy weren't obviously old enough to get a job.

"You're definitely going to want to have these in your army."

Depending on who it is, I can take it with a grain of salt and try to learn something. If I was planning on breaking down and playing marines I might listen if my friend who does play them was giving me advice. But when the guy, of whom the general consensus of the club is that we've seen him play once in 6 months, and poorly at that, is trying to tell someone just getting into the hobby what to put in their army, yeah. That irks me. I actually had to stop playing, draw the poor kid and his dad aside, and let them know that he might not be the best person to talk to, and pointed out several other more experienced players with the particular armies he was looking at to get knowledge from, where and when we usually met, and an open invite to come watch and play.

**alexwars1**

Kubik wrote:well i hate when my parents are accusing 40K for my every single failure, or mistake.

"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

I've had this coversation before.
"You should stop buying these toys, there too expensive!"
"Fine, I'll buy cocaine instead. It's cheaper anyway."

**TheBlackVanguard**

JSK-Fox wrote:
TheBlackVanguard wrote:
olympia wrote:
Cheesepie wrote:Some things that us wargamers just cant stand to hear

"Honey, I'm pregnant." No more gaming for you!

I already told my girlfriend, if we have kids they're playing with me.

Your kids will be awesome. Just remember - no Wyches for the little kiddies!

Ironically, She agreed and I asked her to marry me last weekend lol.

**the_ferrett**

Congrats!

**Emperors Faithful**

Looking at your Avatar, I'll have to agree with the_ferret. I've always preffered femme fatales of the dark-haired persuasion, but you might want to convince her to lose the goatee.

**Kubik**

That's cool man. Gratz

**JSK-Fox**

Awesomesausage!
/e-high five

**Krellnus**

Yay, happiness all round!

**TheBlackVanguard**

Emperors Faithful wrote:Looking at your Avatar, I'll have to agree with the_ferret. I've always preffered femme fatales of the dark-haired persuasion, but you might want to convince her to lose the goatee.

This took me a second and then I busted out laughing.

**Mark1130**

StasisNid95 wrote:i hate it when people at my FLGS 'suggest' what to get for my necron army, they always mention this, 'no C'TAN, no LITH , no FO, just get a small unit of 200 immortals and a necron lord'

really pisses me off

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AND they also say it when im in the middle of a game..

I hear ya.

**Ed_Bodger**

I found a new hate the other night. I was playing a teaching game with a teenager - I don't want to call it a kid, and was attempting to be as fair as possible. For example whenever he came out with a rule that seemed a bit far fetched I suggested he might want to check it (he was playing with one of my own armies so I know the rules) and he kept telling me that his Dad let him play that way. The game could have been over after two turns because he was not very good but I kept it going for as long as possible (5 turns) to try and give him as much practice with the rules as I could. He lost by 2 objectives to one but then insisted that he had won because he had more models on the table at the end. The mission was objective based and he was IG while I was SM and had diliberately picked an easy list.

Anyway the point of this long winded bable is that the teenager had asked me to help him while we played and to teach him as we went along but didn't want to listen to anything that contradicted what he wanted to do. This has happened before with playing kids - sorry teenagers. Maybe it is just the ones at my FLGS but as a result of this I am not playing anymore teaching games until I have a son then I'll make the little rat do pull ups everytime he cheats.

**Arheiner**

"I won, I had more objectives"

Yeah, seems obvious, but this came from a guy who surrendered before i'd even had my second turn in a match where he was cheating in the first place, challenged me to a 950 point game and used a list from a 1500 point game he'd played the previous week. Even worse to me is he played with a foot in his model box all game, crushing everything and at one stage even tried to blame me for it.

**Emperors Faithful**

"Sorry, don't have 40k. Brought my Fantasy instead."

Sure, that's not so bad. But when every person in the entire club says the same thing...

**Krellnus**

Haha yeah, I know that feeling...

**sc0ttfree**

what really pisses me off the most is when your trying to get a friend into the hobby and the main point is that the people playing arent the 80's movie nerd sterotype that people think of

you go to the closest GW......the biggest sterotype in the world is just right at the entrance
thats right not showered, taco bell, overweight, balding, and has a WAY to tight Ultramarine T-shirt on

**bigbadbob**

I'm sure everyone feels this way at least a little, but having someone consistently mock you about a hobby involving little plastic men can really get to you. emperor help them if I'm packin some dakka!

also i agree that it is really difficult to get a friend to see past the lisping nerd stereotype.

**vorpalhit**

*halfway though turn 2*
"Dinners ready! 5 minutes I want the table set!"

"Awwwww mom"

**Murray**

I instantly dislike all people who pronouce space marines as SPAZ MARINEZZZ and then go HURRRR.

its stupid, its making the space marines sound less intelligent then a grot. Yea, i collect SM, i get enough gak for playing the hobby and i dont want some tool to tell me my army is gay as a general sterotypical chat towards anything to do with SM.

/rant off

**JSK-Fox**

^
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This man speaks more truth than the ancients themselves.
He keeps the honour and glory of his chapter alive.

**Emperors Faithful**

...You collect Space Marines?

(/JK)

**Krellnus**

I hate hearing recession

**Smillie**

I hate hearing this from my wife

"no you can't have a illuminated, glass display case for your models, I don't understand why you cant keep them on that shelf in the corner"

DUST WOMAN DUST ON MY BLOODY MODELS THATS WHY.

**JohnHwangDD**

Kubik wrote:"If you'd stop playing toys with your childish friends, and grow up, you would have never done such dumb thing."

You're right, and you'd be grandparents today.

**LunaHound**

Smillie wrote:I hate hearing this from my wife

"no you can't have a illuminated, glass display case for your models, I don't understand why you cant keep them on that shelf in the corner"

DUST WOMAN DUST ON MY BLOODY MODELS THATS WHY.

Well she is saving you money on FW weathering powders... be happy!

Though yes dusts are so awful , ESPECIALLY on minis primed awaiting to be painted.
Very often you see dust sticking out of paints when a model is done lol...

I have been looking at this: Not sure how many minis it can hold but i like it.

**Drk_Oblitr8r**

"So you've got everything in reserve?"
"Yup"
"I'm going to infiltrate here, here, and here" (blocks table edge)
"..."

**Corennus**

"Oh yes I've been throwing my 'Gets Hot' rule dice for my plasma squad. Honest"

"Oh didn't I say this guy counts as....."

"You're going to be playing with THAT army??"

**shrike**

i HATE it when someone (namely my stepdad, whom i hate) says "you still play with toys?" AAARGH!!!!!!!!

Another annoying thing is when people think that you're OK until they immediately label you as a nerd just because you play with "those warhammers"

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bigbadbob wrote:I'm sure everyone feels this way at least a little, but having someone consistently mock you about a hobby involving little plastic men can really get to you. emperor help them if I'm packin some dakka! also i agree that it is really difficult to get a friend to see past the lisping nerd stereotype.

I hate it when people are judgemental... aaargh!!!

**Corennus**

Yup, that's the most annoying thing.

What I would say to them is "you have your hobbies I have mine. I enjoy mine, you enjoy yours. If you want to try and enjoy my hobby feel free, but I don't diss yours"

**JSK-Fox**

I just say, "If you think I'm a nerd, wait t'ill you hear what I think of you..."

**JohnHwangDD**

Drk_Oblitr8r wrote:"So you've got everything in reserve?"
"Yup"
"I'm going to infiltrate here, here, and here" (blocks table edge)
"..."

You mean like *this*: