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Ulthanashville wrote:
As an afterthought PresidentOfAsia, why not have a t-shirt printed for this guy that reads "LADIES! I know every imaginary event in the imaginary history of an imaginary universe. SHA-WING!" or something similar. Then invite him to wear it out for drinks. I bet you he doesn't.

I'll take that bet.

History is written by winners

According to 40k, everyone is a winner (except squats!)

Ergo, history is written by everybody! It is very easy to get some bitz of fluff off because of all the contradictory histories, propaganda, misinformation, bad writers, etc

Of course yes there are people there who will never get things....

coughfemalespacemarinescough

There are very few consistent repeatable rules in how the Inquisition deals with anything (some of this by design, some of this because too many people have written too much stuff).

Inquisitor A might kill every IG member, while Inquisitor B might make them serve under close supervision, and Inquisitor C might leave them be and do nothing. Inconsistency is a hallmark of the IoM.

And given that each Inquisitor has wildly varying views on what is or is not appropriate, this is likely the case.

I think the term you are looking for, is "Fluff Nazi" There's always one.

I've been playing and collecting since about '93, I find it impossible half the time to remember all the fluff, hence why I still own my Codices, and have even taken to collecting all the books I have missing from my collection. It's impossible to remember it all, even if you have played since the beginning.

Usually I tend to remember the Armies I specialise in, but eventually I forget stuff :/

Just tell them no one cares about the fluff. I don't. Its just bad generic sci-fi

Kevlar wrote:Just tell them no one cares about the fluff. I don't. Its just bad generic sci-fi

Sorry I disagree strongly with that, fine its not been subtle with some of it, but there is a lot of great stuff thats grown out of it.

its the last 10 years that the fluff has gone to hell, because no one at GW has bothered to keep the old stuff as part of the new, so they are trashing it piecemeal.

Whats even Sadder is that I know a guy who has only skimmed the codex and reads mostly 1d4chan articles about 40k. He hasn't even really painted any miniatures and plays a grey army. He also likes to spew out 40k memes every 30 seconds and he acts like he's better at 40k then me in every way

The second I see a matt ward thread pop up I just read it and watch the flame war.

Funny to see two idiots rage about the guy who just like ultramarines and his armys. Lets face it who wouldnt power up their favorite armys if they wrote the codex. You know you would even if you deny it.


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PresidentOfAsia wrote:Whats even Sadder is that I know a guy who has only skimmed the codex and reads mostly 1d4chan articles about 40k. He hasn't even really painted any miniatures and plays a grey army. He also likes to spew out 40k memes every 30 seconds and he acts like he's better at 40k then me in every way

I am a part of 1d4chan and we have a tactics page as well so stop acting like we are part of 4chan. We are not and we are just for the fun of 40k and /tg/ it gets !@#$ done
Also I have to say im proud of our angry marines page so please just stop acting like we are idiots, If you want tactics then look at our page.

Oh also the Matt Ward thing is just a joke is isnt that bad! He is bad with fluff yes but has playable rules so please dont act like that is our sole topic to troll on.


-1d4chan representative

Nurgle wrote: Lets face it who wouldnt power up their favorite armys if they wrote the codex. You know you would even if you deny it.

Not me, tbh nids are currently good, its the fact that mech-hammer is in effect that makes them bad. Also, the only thing I would erase from the book is cruddaces existance and his terrible fluff writting...

There are know-it-alls in every circle that feel that what they think they know is always 100% right and they will yell it until they turn purple in the face or you agree with them. You get it in comic book stores (Superman once snorted white Kryptonite), at car shows (the space shuttle uses the same paint as my Jeep), and in the grociery stores (free ranged chicken are herded like cattle on large prairies).

Just nod and say "OK, man. That's great." and then go home and kiss your girlfriend/wife. Something he can never do...

Honestly, Seeing a daemon for 99% of guardsmen IS a death sentence. Because if you are seeing daemons it means one of 3 things.

1) You are crazy/a psyker/tainted by the warp and will be executed.

2) The planet you are on is so unstable that daemons can manifest themselves on this plane. AKA "Your boned"

3) Your ships warding has failed while traveling through the warp. AKA "Your boned"

The only time the guard win against a daemonic invasion is on the table top. Or I suppose a plot armor "look how bad ass this regiment is!" story. But that is why I said 99%. We will let the 3-4 recorded regiments of guard winning have their fun.

IcedAnimals wrote:Honestly, Seeing a daemon for 99% of guardsmen IS a death sentence. Because if you are seeing daemons it means one of 3 things.

1) You are crazy/a psyker/tainted by the warp and will be executed.

2) The planet you are on is so unstable that daemons can manifest themselves on this plane. AKA "Your boned"

3) Your ships warding has failed while traveling through the warp. AKA "Your boned"

The only time the guard win against a daemonic invasion is on the table top. Or I suppose a plot armor "look how bad ass this regiment is!" story. But that is why I said 99%. We will let the 3-4 recorded regiments of guard winning have their fun.

Daemons materialising en masse on the planet's surface is a very rare occurrence. A pack of daemons being summoned to assist renegade cultists and the like is far more likely, and it's simply not feasible to execute an entire regiment every time this happens.

I remember when I was 12 years old (back in first edition days), I would refer to things in the fluff and my 12-year old friends would ridicule them, even though they were correct. I referred to the Space Sharks chapter and they refused to accept that there was any chapter with such a silly name and insisted I was making it up.

celestialhost wrote:I remember when I was 12 years old (back in first edition days), I would refer to things in the fluff and my 12-year old friends would ridicule them, even though they were correct. I referred to the Space Sharks chapter and they refused to accept that there was any chapter with such a silly name and insisted I was making it up.

Ah the Charcaradon's well tbh... they do require some serious amounts of ridiculing