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Doomgrin wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:My main concern -as a Dark Eldar player - is, does this mean pushing back my Venom kit? NOOOOO!!!!

Not sure about the venom kit in particular, but my guess is that the new wave next month is why it is in April.

Wait, so February is when the next DE wave is out? Maybe I missed that somewhere. I heard April a few threads ago...


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Doomgrin wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Doomgrin wrote:As to those who think they would spill everything in one article...

'Cept no one said that.

Beat down straw men in another thread.

This one already has enough self-entitlement whiners.

Seriously, if you want flowers and joy when GW puts out a non-release notice, I'd suggest Warseer. We don't exactly CLEAN IT UP, FOLKS GW here. Instead we remember we're CUSTOMERS. And as such can demand things of the companies competing for our cash.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

BrookM wrote:A confirmation is fine and dandy, but a preview is always nice. Who is writing it by the way?

Let's hope it's Matt Ward.

If us Inquisitorial players have to lose our armies, the least we can get is payback via a Wardish nonsense Codex.

So soon Mary Sues will come in blue and silver? Oh lordy.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Let's hope it's Matt Ward.

As far as we know, it's Cruddace.

If us Inquisitorial players have to lose our armies, the least we can get is payback via a Wardish nonsense Codex.

Now who's being petty?

Scottywan82 wrote:Seriously, if you want flowers and joy when GW puts out a non-release notice, I'd suggest Warseer. We don't exactly bend over and lube ourselves up for GW here. Instead we remember we're CUSTOMERS. And as such can demand things of the companies competing for our cash.

Demand all you want of a company, what you are going to get is an (effective) marketing strategy as this topic is already getting a viral distribution across every board and spinning up discussions.

A company owes us nothing. What they put out in terms of advertising is based on company self-interest in accordance with their marketing strategy.

Doomgrin wrote:(effective) marketing strategy

BrookM wrote:

Doomgrin wrote:(effective) marketing strategy

Two pages of talk on just a simple announcement and the sun has not even come up on all of the US... your right, not effective at all. You do not have to like an advertisement for it to be effective. Simply continuing the conversation has the viral effect desired. Every time GW now trickles something out people will be all over that and January's release notice article will be ancient history and forgotten other than as a reference on an official date for new people that join the information threads late.

Happy they're being released, can't say the wait or lack of previews will dampen my spirits!

Finally, some 3+ storm shields!

I don't care so much that they haven't released any model pics or anything alongside it...
I'm just pleased to hear Grey Knights are incoming.


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... in 3 months.

Doomgrin wrote:

Two pages of talk on just a simple announcement and the sun has not even come up on all of the US... your right, not effective at all. You do not have to like an advertisement for it to be effective. Simply continuing the conversation has the viral effect desired. Every time GW now trickles something out people will be all over that and January's release notice article will be ancient history and forgotten other than as a reference on an official date for new people that join the information threads late.

Two pages on how dumb this non-announcement is. NOT two pages of OMG!! MUZT HAVE IT ALL!!!

So not effective, no.

M'Kachen's Nemesis wrote:Don't care if we don't have any preview.
Don't care if GW has poor marketing strategies.
Don't care if we have to wait 2 1/2 months.

The Grey Knights are finally on their way!

That's the spirit!

AlexHolker wrote:As far as we know, it's Cruddace.

Oh good. His previous Codices have been so inter... es... tin... g *zzzzzzzzzzzz*

Sorry, fell asleep there just thinking of the Guard Codex.

Now who's being petty?

Me!

BrookM wrote:They need to bring back those previews they had back in the day. Where they would just show you a picture of the new model(s) and a description to go with it, like this classic:

+1


At least give us a pic of a new model or stop bothering...

Hey, look on the bright side. At least the month's confirmed. Shame it's too late for Adepticon.

Woo confirmation - which they can change if it suits them. Honestly they have cashed in on DE now... so they can just wait forever before putting out the whole mini line.

Is anyone really surprised about this kind of announcement considering what other recent news from GW has been like? Not that it makes it ok, of course....

All things considered, I am glad to get something official on the GK and that they won't be coming out any later.

Thank God its April...gives me time to save up 2-3 paychecks!

I'm gonna have t o say that I'm neither miffed not excited by the announcement. Though I will be picking up the book to read when it comes out.

Mini's are a very visual medium....give me pictures please!

Scottywan82 wrote:
Wait, so February is when the next DE wave is out?

Feb is Blood Angels.

If we can lay off calling each other names and the like, GW's "marketing strategies" ( use of term may not conform to accepted definition) or WTFedness thereof is pretty much a given now.

reds8n wrote:

GW's "marketing strategies" ( use of term may not conform to accepted definition) or WTFedness thereof is pretty much a given now.

Lol my new favorite mod quote!

GW's "marketing strategies" ( use of term may not conform to accepted definition) or WTFedness thereof is pretty much a given now.+1

I have just found my new hero!!!!

Woo!

Of course, this means I have to finish painting my WoC (which includes building 2 Warshrines of Tzeentch) BEFORE April.

Yippe!

H.B.M.C. wrote:

The Games Workshop Department of Overzealous, Unnecessary and Ultimately Pointless Secrecy (GW-DOUUPS) wrote:Although details are being kept firmly under wraps for now...

... for no readily apparent reason.

From your lips to God's ears.

I swear, I don't know how they're still in business.

I mean, we still don't have official pics on the models coming out in February!

I already got 3000-4000 points of models, so fat chance they'll hit my wallet there, but I wanna hear the screams when I field Grey Knights with an up to date Codex. I win with the bastards as it is.

Then again, if some of the rumours of new units are true, I might end up picking those up...because I like lots and lots of Grey Knights.

I gave GW permission to spam my inbox weekly because I was hoping to win some minis from them when Isle of Blood came out. Since I didn't win anything, the net effect had been the equivalent of some guy nudging me in the ribs once a week and saying, "so, ya wanna buy somethin' from me?"

the net effect had been the equivalent of some guy nudging me in the ribs once a week and saying, "so, ya wanna buy somethin' from me?"

Actually, the net effect is knowing reliably what is coming out without having to go on forums and beg for often unreliable information from potentially hostile strangers. Personally, I like getting those emails from GW. Even if the information in them is often sparing, at least what's there is reliable and I'm seeing it pretty much as soon as it's out there.

Well it looks like I'm waiting until April then. At least it's finally confirmed.

Even as a new player I feel a little underwhelmed with that update. I was hoping for a little green next button... but that little button was nowhere to be seen :[

Doomgrin wrote:Demand all you want of a company, what you are going to get is an (effective) marketing strategy as this topic is already getting a viral distribution across every board and spinning up discussions.

By that definition, Razorgor is their most effectively marketed model. Every time there is a "worst-of" list, people are talking about it. Surely this successful viral marketing has lead to massive sales of Razorgor, yes?

i'm waiting for the emails to require the use of super-secret decoder rings.

and i'm looking forward to some termys that will be blingy enough for my blood angels

ChiliPowderKeg wrote:So that's the only pretty picture in the "Incoming!" article? (My comp won't load up the page for some stupid reason)

I am disappoint. Especially since I have to wait through two of my least favorite months of the year.

Black History Month?