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Posted By DaIronGob on 06/05/2007 8:10 AM

I screwed up, I should have NOTposted the subject "I want to sue"

BTW, before anyone comes in here and starts flaming me, grow up a little. I am not flaming anyone here. I am attempting to start a discussion, on a discussion forum, on a topic that makes no sense.

I am starting a discussion, and hopefully getting someone who has some legal experience. To legally tell me that I have no chance because I have no chance and no lawyer would touch this... ever.

I know I can still play 3rd, 2nd or even RT. I realize that, but in an official capacity, I am out some serious dollars. They have literally invalidated a lot of money for several slaanesh players.

With counts as, I have to say the SB on the terminators are combi bolters,, on the bikes, twin linked bolters. That is two different weapon stats, same look, that breaks counts as.

Also, in my key points, I point out that we chaos players were encouraged to spend the extra money to make a slaanesh dedicated army, because none of our options had official models, we had to convert most of it, with bitz. That fianancial chunk is now for nothing, other than the pleasure of creating an army for a LUXURY HOBBY. Oh wait, that's the point.

There your post is fixed.

Exalt, DaIronGob.   Exalt.

Posted By bigchris1313 on 06/05/2007 12:42 PM

Exalt, DaIronGob.   Exalt.

You can't Exalt here fool, they'll be on to us!

SMITE!

OTers, vanish!

Poof! Gone!

Oh for the love of Jester I think I just got OT'ed....

I blame Malfred.

Nothing to see here fnord.

If something like this were ever to work, you'd just see GW add an EULA like
you see on MMORPGs. Game will be changed blah blah blah, players have no
actual ownership of ideas presented in blah blah blah You will pay a regular
fee to maintain your standings with the Powers That Be blah blah blah

I doun't think you should try it though. Waste of money that you could spend
on another game system of your choice.

 

 

In GW's defense, I must point out that when you are converting your models, they will ask if you used any Wookiee models. Wookiees like Chewbacca. Now, we know that Chewbacca, as a Wookiee, is from Kashykk. But he lives on Endor. Now, ladies and gentleman, this does not make sense. Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major game company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation  does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

 

 

Posted By DaIronGob on 06/05/2007 10:28 AM
I am going to sue Slave for wasting my intarwebz time making me read this drivel. After all he MUST be legally liable because he posted this!!!!

Pro-rate the monthly internet bill into minutes and charge Slave for the 10 minutes of my wasted life, add in damages for pain and suffering since I fixed his post for him. Not too mention the loss of sanity for viewing the unedited horror of his original letter's grammar and piss poor spelling capabilities... 33yr old? Yea right. :-D :-D

**please note the obligatory smiley which makes this reply nothing more than a friendly jab. If you choose to take offense then please realize that you are taking something that is not implied or given.**

So what if my typing sucks?   I blame ventrilo and text messaging!

Sue them too?

Here: have a theme song, relax and smile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-6IppcvRo

I'd much rather sue the parents who never taught certain gamers at my FLGS the secret and habit of showering for the sake of odor reduction.

Denny Crane.

Posted By Balzac on 06/06/2007 12:48 AM
I'd much rather sue the parents who never taught certain gamers at my FLGS the secret and habit of showering for the sake of odor reduction.

Or sue the parents generally.

Kids are a nuisance. They eat up social resources with medical care, education and needing supervision.

Overpopulation is the biggest challenge facing the planet currently and the cause of other problems such as poverty, AIDS, and global warming.

I suggest a class action lawsuit suing parents for damages, along with an injunction prohibiting the siring of any more offspring.

Kids cause AIDS now?
He was me thinking it was HIV.
Silly Boss.

Posted By Asmodai on 06/06/2007 6:57 AM

Posted By Balzac on 06/06/2007 12:48 AM
I'd much rather sue the parents who never taught certain gamers at my FLGS the secret and habit of showering for the sake of odor reduction.

Or sue the parents generally.

Kids are a nuisance. They eat up social resources with medical care, education and needing supervision.

Overpopulation is the biggest challenge facing the planet currently and the cause of other problems such as poverty, AIDS, and global warming.

I suggest a class action lawsuit suing parents for damages, along with an injunction prohibiting the siring of any more offspring.

Sounds like time to put Johnathan Swift's Modest Proposal into action to curb this staggering population growth. I look forward to the day that I can have fresh roasted rotisserie baby at the local super mart or grilled youngling with a side of sautéed summer greens and roasted potatoes. This would be far superior to any scurrilous lawsuit that would clog our nations mighty legal systems for decades, what with all the appeals and so forth. Much easier to just start a mass culling. We could even make it sporting and instate an annual hunting season. Hmmmm, barbeque long pig, I can't wait!

My suggestion would be to eat your army. Choke on it. Develop a deep, un-treatable fear of it. Spend a few years in therapy. Then pursue legal action.

GW is also in violation of food labelling laws.

Do you know how many calories there are in a Space Marine Rhino?


Exactly. No one does.

Once you add melted cheese, bacon bits and sour cream to it, the Rhino is a heart-attack in a box.

Posted By Asmodai on 06/06/2007 6:57 AM

Posted By Balzac on 06/06/2007 12:48 AM
I'd much rather sue the parents who never taught certain gamers at my FLGS the secret and habit of showering for the sake of odor reduction.

Or sue the parents generally.

Kids are a nuisance.

I wish it was kids and not 40-year-olds I was talking about...... 

By the way, if you don't think that comment was humorous...there is a reason.

*YOU* are the odiferous, nauseating, unkempt, scurrilous swine.

Get thee to a shower. That dessicated hunk of mung in it is the soap your mom bought you three years ago. It might still work.

Eventually this joke will be funny to you. After about 10 showers and a lot of soul-searching.

We laugh because it's funny...but it's funny because it's true.

I also recommend as many Tic Tacs as you can shove down your manpleaser.

Posted By Asmodai on 06/06/2007 8:40 AM
GW is also in violation of food labelling laws.

Do you know how many calories there are in a Space Marine Rhino?


Exactly. No one does.

Once you add melted cheese, bacon bits and sour cream to it, the Rhino is a heart-attack in a box.

There are no labels what so ever on bits orders from GW. I had No idea that these bit thingies were not snacks and now I need a mouth full of dental implants...  I think we are on to something here.

Posted By Slave on 06/05/2007 9:39 AM
Well, I am definately going to spell check the letter, and snail mail them one.

As for the people's court, can yall imagine cranky Judge Judy trying to decipher the thick british accents the GW people could bring in, provided they don't send in US reps!


That would be funny

Yall.

Heheheh.

Sorry I'm late, yall never told me this was going on. That's a lot of GW stuff, how do you fit it all in yall's trailer? (Or crabshack)

     I think all yall should be embarassed fer making fun of this poor Clampett boy!

It's clear that yall won't play him just because he's 'TFG', and yall just lies to him, telling him it's because his arm is older than dirt, and the pieces don't make sense just so yall don't hafta play a game against the morbidly inbred.

     Y'all're giving him a complex.

Boy, what'n yall needs be doing, is suing trojan fer that there broken condom what caused yall's birth. There ain't thing one wrong with yer models - except'n that they're YOURS. The real culprits here be the parents who didn't toss you in the burlap sack with that there 3rd litter of barn-kittens what went out to the pond.

Get Firefox, it has a spellings chequer. Go over posts, so's to make sure they done make sense. It's been a while, so's I ferget, did yall come from, Portent, or the Eye of Terror?

Yall.

What in tarnation you on about this time, boy?

Ain't 'che been pay 'tention?

No?

NO?!!?!?!

Git out back and pick yerself a hick'ry stick.

*insert cloud of smoke/mist/haze here*

Mmmm... babies... so tasty...

Slave

While I sympathise with your situation and I agree that making old armies totally invalid is harsh, and that updating can be an issue for us all, I think you really need to consider a few points.

Codexes have to change. If they don't and if editions of a game don't progress then what is the point? In order to keep an interest in something and to stretch ourselves as gamers we have to learn new tactics and be given new options. Not all codex changes are bad, there are many new coedx rules that are welcome additions. Tau Empire had much better options for battlesuits, Codex Space Marines gave us lots of extra elements, and the Eldar Codex brought back Halequins.

What you buy is your choice. No one at GW hacked into your bank account, stole hundreds of dollars and forcefully airdropped boxes of miniatures and model kits into your garden without your consent. You enjoyed a game, a hobby, spent time and money on that hobby, and got alot out of it. Pricing although questionable in today's market is a totally different issue from making the individual choice to purchase. I enjoyed my last meal at my local Chinese Resturant, but I didn't try to throw up and demand to eat it again because I felt bad that I would have to buy some more if I wanted to carry on eating.

While some options may change, the vast majority of your minis will be useable. Power armour is power armour, and a bolter is a bolter. Okay so maybe a power gamer loop hole in the rules or a really excellent option that you personally cherished has gone, but your army will be fully useable with the new codex bar a few minor adjustments or... as you said telling people that this counts as this. You think this is bad? I just spent 400 pounds sterling on a Death Korp of Kreig Army. Is it GW tournament legal? Probably not. Are the rules in the Guard Codex? No. Does it matter or will it stop me playing fun games with my friends? Not at all.

Finally and most importantly, all of this is based purely on internet speculation and rumour! We have no proof or evidence of what GW will plan to do with the new Chaos Codex, we don't even have an actual date yet! Did the latest edition of 40k make your armies and codexes useless? No, it was designed as an uprgrade that will keep people playing. GW has learnt from that mistake before, we not talking about the whole Eldar now all have shuriken catapults instead of las guns issue anymore.

You really need to calm down and remember why it is you got into this hobby and what you plan to get out of it. If this is so important to you I really do have to question your motives. There seems to be little logic or reasoning behind your complaints, and even less evidence to support this legally. To do so really would be a waste of both your time and money.

If you can't get over it sell all your stuff on ebay and buy world of warcraft or Eve online. Computer games I think would be a lot safer for you.

Lastly Iam not trying to flame you. I'm merely trying to point out to you that if you sit back and think about this you really are being rather silly.

 

why has this not been locked yet?

Maybe you could somehow prove an addiction to their product, regardless of how nerdy/pathetic it may sound.