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Alright, here is my issue on the Codex thing.

Really, to be a competitive player, you need every Codex. You cannot know how to react to units when you don't know what they are or what they do. I can't count the number of games I have lost because I don't haven't seen anything on a particular unit before, because I only have access to the one Codex on a regular basis.

Now, I think everyone should own their own Codex, or Codices if they play multiple armies. But if one of my friends, who had legitimately purchased a Codex for every army they play, came to me and said "Hey buddy, can I borrow your Codex and run off a copy of it?" I would say, "Sure!" If they wanted it so that they could start a Space Marine army, I would tell them to go buy one for themselves.

It is, however, unrealistic to expect me to spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $750 in order to be able to play without a disadvantage. In point of fact, it's the biggest problem I have with this hobby. I will pay the prices for Games Workshop models, I will buy a new edition of rules every couple of years, I will play against brand new, overpowerd armies, and I will buy older, metal models on Ebay until they get the Finecast models sorted out. But the Codex thing is ridiculous.

I tried to find a way to download other Codices illegally, but couldn't, because I am not computer savvy enough to. (And I refuse to register an account with a site that is there so I can engage in illegal activities.) So I guess I have to go and download all of these in Japanese. Will translated ones be less accurate? Sure. Will they give me a reasonably good idea of what the rules are for my opponents armies? Absolutely. Which puts me on a level playing field with the ten year veterans.

I wish that Games Workshop offered the Codices in eBook format. It would make this issue much easier to resolve. I would totally pay a reduced price to have an electronic version. But since they either don't have that (or I can't find it) I am left out on the stoop.

Sorry for going off, this really makes me angry. I can't see anyone to blame, and I don't see a reasonable solution to the problem.

Omegus wrote:

tgf wrote:It seems to be a mod to mod discretionary call.

Inconsistency from Dakka moderators?! Perish the thought!

Yeah, heaven forbid that Dakka's voluntary moderators should be human beings with their own opinions...

This will be discussed amongst the mods, and a policy for future similar cases hammered out. For now, I think this thread has wandered too far off the beaten track to be worth saving.