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just 1 pot of chainmail paint. other than that, its been a new infinity force, Firestorm Armarda fleet and painting up loads of stuff for Warhammer Quest and Necromunda.

the players in my group are selling of excess models that they dont use in their current forces and one is totally done with the hobby in general (although I'm sure we will be getting him back soon)

Made some new connections in my FLGS and not stepped foot in a GW for months (even before this madness)

I don't want GW to go away, but the only way I feel I can make any impression is by moving away

Lot of Super Dungeon Explore being mentioned.
If I got to do more gaming that would be in the list.

Am going to get some Tor Gaming Relics
Freebooters Fate is a possible amd already loving Songs of Blades and Heroes and some others from Ganesha.
(Making some of my own sculpts, using what I have and may be getting some lovely Red Box models)

Haven't played Anima Tactics in a while, but still is a fave.

Just need to wean the kids at the library off GW games (mwhahahaha)

Warhammer nights at the FLGS have pretty much completely died. So much so they moved them to another night to try and get new/different/more people. Some of my most strigent GW players have switched over to Warmachine due to that being where all the players are. The current Warmachine league boasts more than 30 people signed up and playing. Don't get a full 30 in every Wednesday, but we did have ten games going on simultaneously this past game night and the week before.

Myself, I've played one game of 40k in the last couple months. I think I'm going to try and get in to play a game of Fantasy tomorrow (the new GW day) to try out Storm of Magic maybe. I've only purchased one thing from GW in the past several months, a Talos, and that was to use at Bitz for various Warmachine conversions. I would like to buy a couple boxes of Wracks for my Cryx as well, but my Cryx is going on hiatus so that will probably be awhile now.

They just had a 40k tournament for charity today at the FLGS. I did not go due to my work schedule (my current days off are already spoken for to go to warmachine tournaments) so I do not know how many made it. I'll have to get the numbers for it.

I quit em two years ago when they raised prices last time. Started Warmachine and i havent bought a single model from gw since. Only a couple of washes(around 4). I also sold all of collection(16 years worth) and won't play the fundementaly flawed game that is 40k.

Waiting for the PP starter set as well.

I've also kept my $20.00 per month at my local GW store.

40k is dead to me.

GW doesnt care about Specialist Games so that is that.

I still play fantasy, but already have all I need.

I play Warmachine as my main now, with Malifaux as my alt.

My sig pretty much says it all as it encapsulated my spending since deciding that the $400+ I had saved up for GW and grey knights wasn't the message I wanted to send. The only thing I've bought since was the codex I preordered 2 months earlier (since its not fair to stiff my FLGS when GW is the culprit) and the new FW dreadnought. I did break my personal boycott for that last bit simply because its the final perfect addition to my Deathwing army (and goes well with the preheresy LR there thematically). They lost out on sales for 4 Grey Knight termi boxes, 2 stormravens, 2 dreadknights, 2 tactical squad boxes, and a landraider as that was my planned army that I had 100% of the funds saved up for (I separate my gaming expenses from others after realising on Dakka of all places that I used to spend $2000 on WOTC stuff a year!!). Do I think they care? No, but I do. I'd rather give my money to manufacturers who value it.

On a side note, the lack of spending on GW has also encouraged me to make my second NOT-GW 40k army... my almost 1500pt clonetrooper Star Wars IG force with valkyries (LAATs), a Leman Russ tanks (AT-TEs), carapace armor veterans (clonetroopers), scout sentinels (AT-RTs), stormtroopers (clone commandos), sly marbo (arc trooper), ogryn (wookies), and Straken command squad (Jedi and more clonetroopers). The army only cost me an additional $10 to get a few more troopers to round out the squads as I already had most of the figs from my star wars minis days collecting them for my old RPG campaign. In case someone things I'm making this up, here's my other NOT-GW 1850pt "nid" army.



Genestealers, mycetic spores, hive tyrants, trygon, lictor, zoanthrope, and spore mines... all without giving GW a single dollar. If only I could find some sort of IG count-as to use the BARC speeders I have in my not-IG clonetrooper army....



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As a disappointing side note, I have noticed that I find dakka a bit less interesting now as I completely avoid certain subforums that I used to spend alot of time in like YMDC, tournies, and 40k battle reports. I still play 40k occasionally but faq's, rules arguments, and tourny drama just doesn't interest me as much any more. Even the gallery (which I've voted in over 6000 times in) doesn't interest me as much since its 60% 40k / 30% WHFB / 10% other.

Nobody in my area has any interest in anything other than warhammer (or flames of war, which I have no interest in). So, apparently it's just GW for me. However, I refuse to pay full price-I'm only buying at discount (20% discount at a store last week, which was worth it, specially since boxes weren't marked up yet). Only way I still buy.

Delephont wrote:Hi Peeps

Well, it's been a fair few weeks since the Great GW Heresy. Amid all the teeth neashing, hair pulling, and general "nerd" rage, certain Dakka members swore to walk away and never look back. I was one of them. Since deciding that I wasn't going to invest in GW anymore as a source for my gaming hobby (in any way shape or form!) I feel myself getting less and less embroiled in GW chat, and generally don't even think about or follow their, somewhat shrouded, product releases.....in short, it's great!

I was wondering what has become of the other "ragers" , what are you guys doing now? Have you turned back to the dark side, or have you, like me, found solace in other products?

So come on, tell us the truth.....where are you now?

i am only going to gamesday as well as going to comic con. Only because the free stuff lure. not only that but I have yet to play a 40k game and buy a gw product since 2 months ago since i swore it.
I am doing well.

I've started to explore other paint brands than GW to get more for my money. Second hand refurbishing is how I plan to get the rest of my army done.

I just got one of each of all of the Storm of Magic models. And the book. And the cards. And the Templates.

At full retail from my local Games Workshop store.

Edit: I also got three other terrain pieces, another Wave Serpent and a couple Finecast Chaos Champions.

Worglock wrote:I just got one of each of all of the Storm of Magic models. And the book. And the cards. And the Templates.

At full retail from my local Games Workshop store.

Edit: I also got three other terrain pieces, another Wave Serpent and a couple Finecast Chaos Champions.

So is that any different than if GW hadn't started their perfect storm in april/may? Did it actually affect your spending?

I'm looking into Infinity, Urban War, and I will certainly get Warpath when it becomes available.

I'll be sorely tempted to buy any new Sisters of Battle, even 'Finecast' though.

warboss wrote:

Worglock wrote:I just got one of each of all of the Storm of Magic models. And the book. And the cards. And the Templates.

At full retail from my local Games Workshop store.

Edit: I also got three other terrain pieces, another Wave Serpent and a couple Finecast Chaos Champions.

So is that any different than if GW hadn't started their perfect storm in april/may? Did it actually affect your spending?

Nope. Because unlike the howling screaming kiddies, I still get value from GW.

I do not agree with everything they do, but even showing sympathy to the nerd ragers just gets you barked at. So whatever, I got mine.

So if someone disagrees with you they are howling screaming kiddies?

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:So if someone disagrees with you they are howling screaming kiddies?

Agreed
not all of us are immature i just don't want to buy their products because i find it overpriced.

I haven't bought any GW products since a while before they started really going nuts. Now I never will. I started Warmachine about a month before the price hike/embargo/etc, and I plan on expanding my Cygnar. I also started Dystopian Wars and will expand that at some point as well. Also looking into a couple other games, but they're probably going to wait until I've got my other two armies to decent levels.

Specifically I'm torn between starting another Spartan game, Mantic, Infinity, or Malifaux.

Hm ... I'm putting money and barter into Flames of War and Warmachine. I still plan to buy the 40k RPG books though. Really looking forward to Black Crusade.

Just seen Dark Ages quickstart rules are now available for downloading
Looks like another interesting skirmish game with some good minis.
http://www.dark-age.com/downQSRules.php

So many tempting things around, I need to remain focused!

Oooh.... that does look cool...

Well, I didn't really rage or threaten to quit. I said I'd probably reduce spending and look at other options, but like scarletsquig my new spending habits have more to do with other companines making the models I want to buy for a better price than GW does.
Since the price rise I've bought the new necromancer. I plan to buy another box of boar boyz and some marauder horsemen at some point (GW plastic cav is still reasonably good value), but I'm happy to move to KoW full time now.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Just seen Dark Ages quickstart rules are now available for downloading
Looks like another interesting skirmish game with some good minis.
http://www.dark-age.com/downQSRules.php

So many tempting things around, I need to remain focused!

Ooh I like the Skaard and the Brood.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Just seen Dark Ages quickstart rules are now available for downloading
Looks like another interesting skirmish game with some good minis.
http://www.dark-age.com/downQSRules.php

So many tempting things around, I need to remain focused!

Thanks Chibi, just been reading about their stuff and I think this looks awesome

Not that I was out to boycott GW, I have not bought anything GW since the price hike more out of disappointment in how the company is being run.

Been looking for something new, Incoming orders for Dark Age.

Playing warmachine, enjoying myself and not looking back

I still dig 40K and don't plan to stop. However, I did decide to not get into WHFB. I should add, I don't want to see GW go under like some haters on here.

Not sure how many people really do want to see GW go under, Byte.

As mentioned elsewhere the kids at our library club still want to play GW games and so I still have some involvement albeit reluctantly.

But I ain't gonna beat up on a bunch of kids about it.
What I see is a lot of pleasure that they derive from the gaming. It is great to see.
For most of us it is the way the business is run and the attitude of being THE Hobby which is getting the two fingers.

Just look at the list of systems mentioned already that are every bit as enjoyable to get involved with.
GW games and minis are not the be all and end all of gaming. They are just another option.

Oh, I don't want to see GW go under, because I love 40K and WHFB (and Specialist Games even if GW doesn't). But I'm not going to support a company that seems to show active contempt for its customers. I want them to thrive, but I want it to be because they've realized the error of their ways and stop jacking prices up beyond inflation, embrace the internet, and start treating their customers like customers instead of burdensome adversaries.


I find it hilarious that Warglok calls us kiddies when GW's target demographic actually is children.

Who is this "Warglok" you speak of? Sounds like a real jerk.

Delephont wrote:Hi Peeps

Well, it's been a fair few weeks since the Great GW Heresy. Amid all the teeth neashing, hair pulling, and general "nerd" rage, certain Dakka members swore to walk away and never look back. I was one of them. Since deciding that I wasn't going to invest in GW anymore as a source for my gaming hobby (in any way shape or form!) I feel myself getting less and less embroiled in GW chat, and generally don't even think about or follow their, somewhat shrouded, product releases.....in short, it's great!

I was wondering what has become of the other "ragers" , what are you guys doing now? Have you turned back to the dark side, or have you, like me, found solace in other products?

So come on, tell us the truth.....where are you now?

Since about 2 months ago, after I realized what a really terrible company GW was, I have gotten into Infinity and never looked back.

I have my local gamers hooked on infinity, and 40k games in my area have decreased a bit.

In my area, I am what you would consider that "Lynchpin" player that everyone emulates or follows, and since I have left GW, other have followed suit.

Now, I still own my armies, and if a friend wants to play 40k, I will no problem, but I don't tell people to buy GW anymore, I don't discuss the game anymore, and I don't buy GW anymore myself.

After the terrible reception I got on here concerning my 45 games of dark eldar, coupled with the general state of the game, I just decided the GW fanbase is just too immature for me. I haven't visited a 40k forum in weeks, and I mainly just hang out in the Dakka Discussions, Rumors, Video Games and Off Topic forums.

Moved on, and loving it!!

I actually haven't bought anything directly from GW since GW left Concord Mills in Charlotte. I'd still go and play at GW if they had one nearby, but alas, 95% of what I have now was either bought from ebay or an independent retailer or Hobbytown since I worked there back in 06'. Still might get a Stormraven for my birthday since that's next month.

Also I don't want to see GW die, just go back to the way it was, when 25 bucks could get 20 models at the GW store.

As far as what I'm doing...playing 3.5 and 4th D&D when I can, and Pathfinder, while writeing a novel about a Gnoll Paladin.