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2014/11/06 19:04:28
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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Ultramarine Librarian with Freaky Familiar
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2014/11/06 20:49:39
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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 Accolade wrote:
The things that have come out of that man's mouth are often so ludicrous, you'd think someone made them up as a parody of the company!
People did think that somebody had made that up as a parody of the company. 
The Auld Grump
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along.
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2014/11/06 20:54:38
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Until it was revealed as the truth the next day, I thought it was a parody.
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2014/11/06 21:02:06
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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Sslimey Sslyth
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I still think he delved deep into the thesaurus to pull out the word "otiose."
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2014/11/06 21:11:10
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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Agreed, with no false modesty I've got a pretty substantial vocabulary, and I'd never heard of it.
I actually thought it was a typo for 'obvious' and he meant that they felt what they needed to do was self evident and consequently didn't invest time or effort into it.
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2014/11/06 21:47:47
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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Sslimey Sslyth
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 Azreal13 wrote:Agreed, with no false modesty I've got a pretty substantial vocabulary, and I'd never heard of it.
I actually thought it was a typo for 'obvious' and he meant that they felt what they needed to do was self evident and consequently didn't invest time or effort into it.
Same here. Earlier this year, I scored in the 99th percentile on the verbal section of my GMAT. I'd never heard that word in my life. The word is in such rare usage that if you google the term, the first five pages are all dictionaries, thesauri, pronunciation guides, etymology, etc., with the single exception on the second page of a craft beer that goes by the name "otiose."
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2014/11/06 22:23:39
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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Cosmic Joe
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Saldiven wrote: Azreal13 wrote:Agreed, with no false modesty I've got a pretty substantial vocabulary, and I'd never heard of it.
I actually thought it was a typo for 'obvious' and he meant that they felt what they needed to do was self evident and consequently didn't invest time or effort into it.
Same here. Earlier this year, I scored in the 99th percentile on the verbal section of my GMAT. I'd never heard that word in my life. The word is in such rare usage that if you google the term, the first five pages are all dictionaries, thesauri, pronunciation guides, etymology, etc., with the single exception on the second page of a craft beer that goes by the name "otiose."
Dang. Author, historian and two college degrees and I haven't heard that word. Good job!
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2014/11/07 18:27:11
Subject: How GW short-term profit strategies hurt long-term hobby sales and growth.
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 MWHistorian wrote:Saldiven wrote: Azreal13 wrote:Agreed, with no false modesty I've got a pretty substantial vocabulary, and I'd never heard of it.
I actually thought it was a typo for 'obvious' and he meant that they felt what they needed to do was self evident and consequently didn't invest time or effort into it.
Same here. Earlier this year, I scored in the 99th percentile on the verbal section of my GMAT. I'd never heard that word in my life. The word is in such rare usage that if you google the term, the first five pages are all dictionaries, thesauri, pronunciation guides, etymology, etc., with the single exception on the second page of a craft beer that goes by the name "otiose."
Dang. Author, historian and two college degrees and I haven't heard that word. Good job!
I had! well, it was the spanish word for it, ocioso, and it has a wider meaning so that's probably why it sees more use than in english.
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