Wargaming Gamer Stereotypes? Lets listo?

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**Crazy_Carnifex**

Axyl wrote:The kid - Paints his entire army shiny sloppy silver and gold colors just cause he thinks it looks cool and doesn't really ever play a real game using the rules.

Fixed.

**Hawkins**

The idiot box: gamer whom after each game he wins tells his buddy ' I planned it that way'. and then goes on to explain why, how, and even when.
The nutjob: Who screams a war cry every so often during the games.
The Annoying lil snot: whom puts down any unit or army choice thats more for fun than anything else (ei: knights with 2 handeed weapons 'they sux! they are only plus one! man your army suxs'. )

Wanted to call the last one the INOABJ (in need of a broken jaw) but that would be my outside voice again

**T_VanderZwaag**

Shaky McSpasim: The guy who knocks over models and moves terrain as he measures to move/shoot etc.

**njpc**

"Da Cheat"
Typically in the 14-18 range. That gamer that they try to bend or literally cheat on every single rule. They re-roll dice when your not looking, they refute taking break checks, argue every los...

**combatmedic**

njpc wrote:"Da Cheat"
Typically in the 14-18 range. That gamer that they try to bend or literally cheat on every single rule. They re-roll dice when your not looking, they refute taking break checks, argue every los...

Knew a kid like this, I caught him rerolling, he claimed it was a practice roll.

Mr Pathetic: The guy that will do anything to win, including pre-measuring the table for guess weapons, having 2 to 3 separate lists that have different weapons options in a single list tournament, claims cover saves for his defiler from its own legs.

**binky**

RogueMarket wrote:Haha something random.. just wanted to talk about it.

I might be wrong, you might have another oppinion? you might have different naming, different ideas and etc.

Lets discuss! lol.

Yes, Yes, I know Of course there are hybrids of these stereo types that exist - but still interesting to have a list for the generalized categories!

Mathhammer nerds (lol dont mean to offend) : People who play by mathhammer or like to do mathhammer.

ex: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/260695.page

Model Molesters: People who like to friggin' pick up your models without asking, lol.

ex: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/254849.page

This whole topic is just too funny. You realize that normal people, for this discussion I'll call them "non-gamers" have one single collective stereo-type of all Wargamers, that they are fat, pimply, weirdos in the 18-30 range (who are all men by the way, obviously girls don't do hobbies and if they do - they're automatically unattractive and like the afore-mentioned male counterparts

) But there is a whole vocab for stereotypes within this game I had no idea about.

Kudos for stereo-typing the stereotype!

Its quite paradoxal but frikkin' hilarious.

**CrashUSAR**

"Herbert" (Family Guy reference) The guy who's old enough to be your dad, or grandpa in some cases, who only talks about the good ol' days of 2ed. So caught up in the old primative knuckle-dragging days that he/she refuses to accept the fact that we are, indeed, three new editions in the future. Will sometimes try to claim that a crater will give a cover save to their Wraithlord.

**Shadowbrand**

They hardcore gamers with an Aquilla tattoed on them.
Always talk about their uber list and scream "For the Emperor"
Whenever they shoot or charge!

But when you beat them their tears taste like strawberry sex mixed with pizza.

**RogueMarket**

binky wrote:
RogueMarket wrote:Haha something random.. just wanted to talk about it.

I might be wrong, you might have another oppinion? you might have different naming, different ideas and etc.

Lets discuss! lol.

Yes, Yes, I know Of course there are hybrids of these stereo types that exist - but still interesting to have a list for the generalized categories!

Mathhammer nerds (lol dont mean to offend) : People who play by mathhammer or like to do mathhammer.

ex: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/260695.page

Model Molesters: People who like to friggin' pick up your models without asking, lol.

ex: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/254849.page

This whole topic is just too funny. You realize that normal people, for this discussion I'll call them "non-gamers" have one single collective stereo-type of all Wargamers, that they are fat, pimply, weirdos in the 18-30 range (who are all men by the way, obviously girls don't do hobbies and if they do - they're automatically unattractive and like the afore-mentioned male counterparts ) But there is a whole vocab for stereotypes within this game I had no idea about.

Kudos for stereo-typing the stereotype! Its quite paradoxal but frikkin' hilarious.

hahahahaha

...

HEY! I'm not thattt!

Well sorry guys been busy with schooling, but i'll get on the updating fairly soon. Just keep it coming ;P

**Bodichi**

Whoa Whoa Whoa, What? Their tears taste like strawberry sex? Why? Why would you ever say something like that?

**RogueMarket**

Bodichi wrote:Whoa Whoa Whoa, What? Their tears taste like strawberry sex? Why? Why would you ever say something like that?

He gets off on it ;P lol.

**binky**

Everyone's so shocked by "strawberry sex", Im just grossed it's mixed with pizza. Tasty. lol.

**LunaHound**

models are the standard flashy displays of disposable income among nerds. ...

Hmm!

actually there is more to that but i cant find the rest of the sentence...

**binky**

LunaHound wrote:
models are the standard flashy displays of disposable income among nerds. ...

Hmm!

actually there is more to that but i cant find the rest of the sentence...

Who posted this? That's rather rude.

**Hawkins**

Shadowbrand wrote:

But when you beat them their tears taste like strawberry sex mixed with pizza.

im repulsed and laughing at the same time.

**Arctik_Firangi**

Ah, the stereotypes liven things up in my opinion.

We have a local gamer known often as 'Ragequit', and the act of 'ragequitting' is just as often referred to by the actual name of that person.

There's always at least one screaming-warcry sort of guy, and he can be useful when you don't trust yourself to make a game-winning roll on your own... kind of takes the pressure off too. It's almost a house rule to have someone outside the game roll for extra turns...

There's the constantly reincarnating Blessed Noob, whose dice are always disturbingly favourable, whilst your own set is unreliable in his presence.

The power-gamer is pretty much always up for a game, and plays well indeed.

We have one fairly consistent local netlister/netdecker, and though a fairly disturbing character in his own right, keeps us up to date with the worldwide metagame in his own self-centred and moaning fashion.

**Jimi Nemesis**

squilverine wrote:The fat smelly gobby one.

Every store has one of these, they are usualy about 17-18 years old, they have scraggly facial hair that would look more at home on a goats arse, the idea of washing and using deoderant are as abhorent to them as a bacon sandwich at a Jewish buffet. They strut around the shop like a BurgerKing addicted Mick Jagger trying to impress/intimidate the younger kids with their worn for a week t-shirt and lank greasy hair. They spew forth an endless stream of drivel to anyone unfortunate to engage them in conversation. Are utterly convinced that they know every fact about the hobby and that their opinion is the only one which matters. On the rare occasions they do bring their armies to game, which look like they were painted by a four year old with sausages for fingers, they will cheat and bitch their way through every turn. They talk in a slow sardonic drawl which they believe makes them sound intelligent. It does not, it makes me wish they would do everyone a favour and take a long walk off a short peir.

We have one of those. His models are okay, but he smells like socks, and has a habit of "Accidentally" mishearing "1000 points" for "1250 points".

George Spiggott wrote:The obsessive list maker...

...

Guilty.

I also fall into the "Hoarder" catagory

**krusty**

Soup and a roll wrote:The guy with really sweaty hands who will hold the scatter dice to keep them 'nice and warm' for when you next need them.

get your own scatterdice?

the stereo - you always know what insane-supa-ridonkulous-neva-happen-in-a-real-game action his uber godly awesome IC just did in the game hes playing...
you heard it happen from across the store

**Grim.Badger**

The Perpetually Unlucky SOB - If anything can go wrong for him, it will. They also roll more

than should be physically possible.

The Chatter - Spends the entire game talking to people and wandering off, makes a 1500pts game last 3 hours.

**Crazy_Carnifex**

The Slaaneshi- The guy who takes playing slaanesh way to seriously. Yes Shadowbrand, I am looking at you.

**Khornholio**

combatmedic wrote:
Mr Pathetic: The guy that will do anything to win, including pre-measuring the table for guess weapons, having 2 to 3 separate lists that have different weapons options in a single list tournament, claims cover saves for his defiler from its own legs.

Along similar lines, the Mathematician. Brings a scientific calculator and a protractor. Measures between two objects on his side of the board, plugs in some numbers, cos, sin and voila, emerges with the spot-on correct answer of 25 1/2 inches. I've seen this about 3 or 4 times.

**MeanGreenStompa**

The 'Rabid Fanboi', arch priest of the manager's word as gospel. If you've ever played in a Games Workshop, the end result of the marketing on a young mind, who screams down any dissent or questioning of GW and who loudly chants whatever loud and obnoxious rubbish the staff have foisted out as though he's reciting the 10 commandments as dictated by God.
Any model not made by GW is gak, any game other than a GW one is gak, anyone who questions price should get out of the hobby!!!1!

His entire noise can be condensed down to one typed sound:

"SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!111!!"