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Title says it all, really.
I have taken to saying "I claimed it in the name of the Emperor/looted it fer da waaagh.
My merry band of geeks and I also call pretty much everything heresy...

Hmm not sure if it was wh40k or company of heroes, but when people complain about slow cars driving in front of them I usually advise them to shoot the rear armor for maximum efficiency!... or I like to imagine outflanking in every given situation with someone yelling "Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed"... God wh40k messed with my head xD

How you ask? I shall tell you every single funny thing I thing I think of, has a refrence to 40k, EVERYTHING! I'll be walking down the street and i'll see some funny looking bloke, and think to my self, must of crossed paths with an ork...ahhh the 40k universe truly is wonderful

I say Feth every now and again, when people ask me what that means, I tell them its french...

I play less video games now.

Jihadnik wrote:I say Feth every now and again, when people ask me what that means, I tell them its french...

Thats a DAKKA thing though. It hasnt really done much to my life, I enjoy doing a hobby I have to explain to pretty much everyone that has ever seen it.

I can be more social with people and 40k is one of my most favorite things to do over things like video games and crap that I would be doing alone or whatever

I stopped drinking heavily at the bar (can't afford it. Cuts into model purchases)

Brings my son and I closer as we spend a lot of time modelling and playing games against each other.

Gives my wife something to complain about.. then I say "if the worse thing that you have to complain about is my little plastic soldiers then I must not be too bad a husband. Right?"

40K indirectly affected every aspect of my life. if it wasnt for 40K I would have never gone into arts, never found that I had the skill to get into animation, and would have never met the friends I have now (it was because I overheard my future friends talk about space marines that I first talked to them). One of my friends who is good in business was also introduced to me via 40K. I may have sunk alot of money into the hobby, but I will never regret it.

Less computer games. My kids will be geeks. I have something to keep me sane.

I have developed a habit of claiming its not as fast as it COULD be, it could be red.

Hasn't really.

The 'red wunz go fasta' idea was around for me before the game.

It gives me a game I can play in between beers at the club (otherwise it was between beers at home.)

I have met many of my good pals via 40k.

It also allows me to yell WAAAAGH! when I Sparta kick someone. Fun times, fun times...

I have actually done very little in terms of actually playing. I just keep with 40k now to meet people, as no matter where there will always be someone up for a game.

I browse the forums for hours reading all about different armies.

Well, it dramaticaly changed for me when I begun. I used to spendmy money on video games, now almost everything goes to the hobby. Not al, mind you, I'm not addicted.

I also 'Claimed' half of the living room. My mother still regrets it.

I was standing in the elevator with a few people at work. They are tiny people, not that I am all that large myself at 6ft flat but I had a few cut scenes in my head with a chainsword and seemed to be able to relate to the size of a marine...

helps me converse with alot more different people of different social classes. Also gotten better at holding down my temper and working with what I got. And also doing a more expanded job on a single thing. Getting the work done and good looking finishes.

It has also improved my writing skills. Almost five fold. And has given me inside info on really really interesting ideas about governments and history.

Playing Risk is now considerably less fun

I now cry 'Heretics!' as opposed to 'Fools!' when angry at people.

It isn't 40K. It's 40K combined with tha intawebz that has influenced me so badly...

To quote a certain Mr. Kurtz: "The horror! The horror!"

Well it's just another game in the pond for me, however this one is the most adaptable and most time consuming, as I have always been hesitant about certain prep factors....but alas those are gone now...
And it hasn't changed my spending habits its just shifted from a few other games into one game.

6 months into this game and I've probably spent $400 US dollars on stuff, supplies and codexes and while only playing two games in that time...of course the prep time for IF is killer....

It all began one random Christmas when i was little and parents thought it was a good idea to buy me gorkamorka.
After playing some games with my parents/local friends on the carpet, kitchen table, garden patio, i was... encouraged to go to the FLGS.
What a big mistake that was.
I'm not even sure my parents wallets ever recovered from the following years.

Now, i wouldn't change any of it.
All those long nights painting, the inhaled glue fumes, the part of the carpet that got sprayed black, that time i stuck my fingers together, that time i cut into my thumb and swore i saw bone...
It all seems worthwhile when i consider the friends i've made... technically, most of them, considering i hardly keep in contact with any previous groups and the fact i've met people through meeting people through meeting people etc, including my fiance (who dated a guy, who knew a guy, who went to GW) and who, after FOUR YEARS! eventually got into the hobby and has so far beaten several of my friends with her "Pinkdar"

Some of the best times of my life have been spent with people i've met in that cold little store with bad carpets, wether that be actually playing games, going out to the pub, or just hanging out doing nothing at all in particular. It one of those hobbies that encourages you to communicate, you have to talk to game, and you end up talking to people you've never met before like you've known them your entire life.

I think it'll be something that'll stick with most of us our entire lives. And you'll always remember silly little quotes from the mainstream or just from your own little group while going about your daily life.

Well, i could be worse, someone i know tried calculating how much it would cost, and where he could get the parts, to build a dreadnaught...

This time around, 40K became a therapy for my head injury, what with the planning and counting of dice and everything. My first game back in July, I literally needed help counting out the dice and couldn't read the results myself. I have come a long way since then!

It has also allowed me to reconnect with fellow 40K players who watched with some amusement for a good five years or so while I tried to get everyone excited about "other" games.

I get a sense of accomplishment from finishing up army projects. I have finished my Space Marines, given my Dark Eldar an organizational facelift to go with the new Codex, I have some minor decorating to do to finish my Eldar, and I need to paint one Inquisitor to finish my Witch Hunters.

Good times!