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I am a Chaos player myself (common reader: DUHHH!!!!) and have noticed that alot of younger players that start chaos go Slaanesh.
While I dont mine another Chaos player to join the ranks, I somtimes wonder if they are picking Slaanesh for the whole rocknroll, drugs, and lets just refer to the last one as "sailing" to keep this thread PG. Am I the only one thinking that its just peubecent younglings that are choosing Slaanesh for this reason?
I think that Tzeentch needs some love as well. Nurgle seems to always be in the middle in my observations.
Also sorry if this is poorly written but it is 3:22 AM, I am on a mobile phone, und am just bad with English.

Please give me your thoughts I am just worried the Youth chaos players are all going to Slaanesh because of the motiff they give off.

First daemons I got into were Tzeentch, Changer of Ways ftw I say. Slaanesh was the last god I got into.

I've noticed a lot of newer players gravitating towards Slaanesh too, can't explain it personally. Though I love the other three gods about equally, Slaanesh, for some reason, has never appealed to me as much.

In the end, Grandfather Nurgle will have them all though, for all things must wither....all must die.

If I was to go Chaos, I would do Slaanesh, but mainly due to my bizarre hate for eldar (still can't figure out why, nothing against the players I promise) and since I listen to lots of rock music, I can't resist the urge to make Space marines "80's Hair bands edition". That said, I'd be going full out with conversions, and all my marines would be sporting electric guitars, leopard and zebra print armor schemes, tons of "snow", and at least one DoomRider model (who will be modeled as Doctor Rockso, the Rock N' Roll Clown ((He does cocaine)) )

If I was doing a "serious" chaos army (which is madness, because all of my armies have some sort of comedic flair to them) I'd probably end up with either a khorne or maybe a nurgle army. Tzeentch seemed boring (oh, he's always got a scheme, even when he looses! Just like marines *rolls eyes*) and the actual slaanesh basically being a pansy that gets slapped around all the time and only gets by by eating his little eldar mcnuggets.

Isn't Slaanesh (in terms of lash princes and what not) the 'best' army list out now (in terms of internet armies)? A mix of slaanesh, nurgle and obliterators? They seem to be the ones cropping up mostly on here. That may be one of the reasons why?

Why does it matter?

People will play what they want to play, and if it is because of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, so be it!

Soooo you like Nurgle because you are mature and smart, but when somebody like Slaanesh he's immature and pubescent? I don't get this topic and I never understood categorizing players by faction they like.
And I honestly thought that Khorne or Tzeentch were the default pick guys.

This poll would suggest S as the least liked chaos god. The data wasn't gathered among "young, new chaos players" but still.

Macok wrote:Soooo you like Nurgle because you are mature and smart, but when somebody like Slaanesh he's immature and pubescent? I don't get this topic and I never understood categorizing players by faction they like.
And I honestly thought that Khorne or Tzeentch were the default pick guys.

This poll would suggest S as the least liked chaos god. The data wasn't gathered among "young, new chaos players" but still.

Not to be a troll or anything, but I find it hilariously ironic that this was posted by a guy with a blonde woman in a bikini as an avatar.

You may now resume your thoughtfully worded and interesting discussion.

I think the OP is talking about younger (I'd guess around 16 or younger) players getting into Slaanesh mainly just because of the sex drugs and rock n roll thing. And the last thing I want is some 14 year old, socially awkward teenage to have a hold of is an entire model range of daemonic sex fiends** I know if I was playing at my store, and I saw a younger player walk in with a Slaanesh army, I'd be worried, either about his parents not paying attention to his "hobby" or just that he might be getting into something he shouldn't be yet.

That said, a lot of kids these days are into stuff way worse than the Slaanesh models, so I doubt it's as big of a deal. The internet has made certain... materials a lot more easier to access, and sadly, that's probably not the worst thing they've seen. I remember back when I was in military school, I met kids barely 15 years old who had done stuff that would've made any Slaanesh follower proud, and from what I've heard lately, it ain't getting better anytime soon...

**I realize that some younger gamers are very mature and could theoretically handle mature content like this (we have one at our store) but all the same, I don't like seeing any kid under 17 playing around with all the Slaanesh daemons and what not.

greg0985 wrote:I've noticed a lot of newer players gravitating towards Slaanesh too, can't explain it personally. Though I love the other three gods about equally, Slaanesh, for some reason, has never appealed to me as much.

In the end, Grandfather Nurgle will have them all though, for all things must wither....all must die.

That, my friend, is going to change. All according to plan...

MrMoustaffa wrote:Not to be a troll or anything, but I find it hilariously ironic that this was posted by a guy with a blonde woman in a bikini as an avatar.

You may now resume your thoughtfully worded and interesting discussion.

I think the OP is talking about younger (I'd guess around 16 or younger) players getting into Slaanesh mainly just because of the sex drugs and rock n roll thing. And the last thing I want is some 14 year old, socially awkward teenage to have a hold of is an entire model range of daemonic sex fiends** I know if I was playing at my store, and I saw a younger player walk in with a Slaanesh army, I'd be worried, either about his parents not paying attention to his "hobby" or just that he might be getting into something he shouldn't be yet.

That said, a lot of kids these days are into stuff way worse than the Slaanesh models, so I doubt it's as big of a deal. The internet has made certain... materials a lot more easier to access, and sadly, that's probably not the worst thing they've seen. I remember back when I was in military school, I met kids barely 15 years old who had done stuff that would've made any Slaanesh follower proud, and from what I've heard lately, it ain't getting better anytime soon...

**I realize that some younger gamers are very mature and could theoretically handle mature content like this (we have one at our store) but all the same, I don't like seeing any kid under 17 playing around with all the Slaanesh daemons and what not.

I don't see the irony, but I'm happy my avatar it made you happy.

Besides, my point was that I don't see the huge difference between choosing one chaos god over another.
You talk that young kid with a Slaanesh maybe should get some parenting attention. And the kid with a Khorne or Nurgle army is different how?
"Look boy, your mom and I are concerned that you seem to be interesting in chaos god of lust and pleasure. I think that in your age being interested in chaos god of mindless slaughter or chaos god of despair, pestilence and rotten flesh would be more appropriate." Seriously?

It irks me more that you think Slaanesh is only about sex, drugs and rock n' roll. It may not be your fault though, more so the prevalent theme throughout Slaanesh is not supported enough by both GW and playerbase - perfection. Whatever though, this thread reeks of ignorance. I am 23, sport a beard and enjoy progressive metal yet Slaanesh is my patron God... Oh, whoops...

It is in the hearts of those with the strongest desire to prevail that Tzeentch whispers his insidious promise: The means to life eternal for those unwilling to accept death and oblivion as inevitable.

I thought everyone went Nurgle and Khorne? Nevertheless, I am a fan of Tze and I also like Slaanesh simply because I like the idea of musical space marines. Wish there was a happy friendly hippy space marine version of them. I'd totally play that army for kicks.

If I go Chaos, I'll go with Nurgle - at least he 'cares' for his followers. Khorne will gut you if no one else is available, Tzeentch is even more of a backstabbing prick than the Inquisition, and Slaanesh, well, I'm not exactly a fan of S&M.

It might just be the colour scheme. Purple and pink are pretty distinctive colours and Slaaneshi units are about the only spot in 40K in which you find them together in abundance. The models in the Slaaneshi range are pretty distinctive and tend to look pretty good (well, the newer ones anyway, some of the older models are less consistent in that regard).

The units themselves are also reasonably interesting. Noise Marines are a pretty cool idea (though buying lots of sonic weapon packs stinks) and the Daemonette units are nice to have in terms of their high initiative and Rending attacks. I'm not saying they're perfect, but there are definitely some neat choices in the Slaaneshi category.

Macok wrote:

MrMoustaffa wrote:Not to be a troll or anything, but I find it hilariously ironic that this was posted by a guy with a blonde woman in a bikini as an avatar.

You may now resume your thoughtfully worded and interesting discussion.

I think the OP is talking about younger (I'd guess around 16 or younger) players getting into Slaanesh mainly just because of the sex drugs and rock n roll thing. And the last thing I want is some 14 year old, socially awkward teenage to have a hold of is an entire model range of daemonic sex fiends** I know if I was playing at my store, and I saw a younger player walk in with a Slaanesh army, I'd be worried, either about his parents not paying attention to his "hobby" or just that he might be getting into something he shouldn't be yet.

That said, a lot of kids these days are into stuff way worse than the Slaanesh models, so I doubt it's as big of a deal. The internet has made certain... materials a lot more easier to access, and sadly, that's probably not the worst thing they've seen. I remember back when I was in military school, I met kids barely 15 years old who had done stuff that would've made any Slaanesh follower proud, and from what I've heard lately, it ain't getting better anytime soon...

**I realize that some younger gamers are very mature and could theoretically handle mature content like this (we have one at our store) but all the same, I don't like seeing any kid under 17 playing around with all the Slaanesh daemons and what not.

I don't see the irony, but I'm happy my avatar it made you happy.

Besides, my point was that I don't see the huge difference between choosing one chaos god over another.
You talk that young kid with a Slaanesh maybe should get some parenting attention. And the kid with a Khorne or Nurgle army is different how?
"Look boy, your mom and I are concerned that you seem to be interesting in chaos god of lust and pleasure. I think that in your age being interested in chaos god of mindless slaughter or chaos god of despair, pestilence and rotten flesh would be more appropriate." Seriously?

Doh! You're right, wrote all that at 5am and wasnt exactly awake. Really need to stop doing that...

Slaanesh is my first pick because of aesthetics; the Keeper of Secrets is one my favourite models, and Slaanesh folk have a lot of traditional demon looks about them if you're thinking the goat/bull-headed type. I also find the obsession with sensation (ALL sensation, including death, terror, agony etc) appeals to me. There's something really quite deep and sinister about Slaanesh and his/her army that I think a lot of people don't see under the sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, even to the extent that Slaanesh's own cultists don't see it until it's too late. Perhaps that is intentional.

My second god would be Tzeentch, because I do love my magic, and can be quite changeable in myself.

Alsath wrote:Slaanesh is my first pick because of aesthetics; the Keeper of Secrets is one my favourite models, and Slaanesh folk have a lot of traditional demon looks about them if you're thinking the goat/bull-headed type.

Aren't the Khorne-daemons supposed to look the most like "classic" daemons?

I think the thing with Slaanesh is, that the feelings that are served by him/her are probably the most accepted ones by the Society, but only to a certain degree, so that it's a lot easier to get corrupted over the time. The same goes for our own world. The things associated with Slaanesh, maybe legal by law, are probably not so accepted by the people arround the player, so he searches for a way to live them out. Same goes for Khorne but the reason for the prohibition of excessive violence is a lot more obvious. But what feelings and desires do you connect with Nurgle and Tzeentch? Might with Tzeentch? In the same moment you realize that he will give you it you know that he will take it away from you. That is just how he works, but for Nurgle? Probably eternal live. The desire for this will grow stronger with age as you see, that your body is not eternal and will get weaker and weaker. This is probably the way you connect Slaanesh with puberty, as his feelings will grow stronger as you seek for an own personality and independence, but I would not say, that those feelings are better or worse than the others that are served by the other gods because they are a part of every human.

Idk, I didn't really play the Deamons, but my CSM's (that i never play) are everyone but Slaanesh because Slaanesh CSM suck considering Khorne outdoes them just about 100% of the time in CC, Tzeentch outdoes them with sorcery, and my plague marines were my vanguard that soaked up loads of punishment while the Berzerkers blitzed in Rhinos. There really wasn't much appeal to Slaanesh in my teenage years because there wasn't much room in my army for them.

In fantasy though, it seems they have some serious advantages that 40k players are really missing out on. The blade of atrophy (or whatever it's called, I don't have the codex on me) that reduces a model's stats to a flat 2 across the board (WS 2, BS 2, S - 2, T- 2 ect.) was reason enough for me to make my army's commander dedicated to Slaanesh.

Idk, I wasn't really ever too psychologically connected with my Chaos army since I prefer noble actions over self centered and narcissistic ones.. which is probably why my BT's have always overshadowed them.

Whats wrong with sex, drugs and rock and roll?

My first dab into chaos was Tzeentch warriors of chaos for WHFB. In 40k I just started Chaos with a renegade chapter dedicated to Slaanesh, not for drugs, sex, or rock 'n' roll. The main reason is color scheme, never painted purples or pinks so I just went with it.

MrMoustaffa wrote:
I think the OP is talking about younger (I'd guess around 16 or younger) players getting into Slaanesh mainly just because of the sex drugs and rock n roll thing. And the last thing I want is some 14 year old, socially awkward teenage to have a hold of is an entire model range of daemonic sex fiends** I know if I was playing at my store, and I saw a younger player walk in with a Slaanesh army, I'd be worried, either about his parents not paying attention to his "hobby" or just that he might be getting into something he shouldn't be yet.

That said, a lot of kids these days are into stuff way worse than the Slaanesh models, so I doubt it's as big of a deal. The internet has made certain... materials a lot more easier to access, and sadly, that's probably not the worst thing they've seen. I remember back when I was in military school, I met kids barely 15 years old who had done stuff that would've made any Slaanesh follower proud, and from what I've heard lately, it ain't getting better anytime soon...

Seriously? If I met a teenager playing any OTHER chaos army I might be concerned - a teenager who finds murder, power mad occultism or open sores "cool" is disturbing. A teenager who finds sex, drugs and rock and roll cool is... A teenager.

As for kids, kids today are as wholesome as a cherry cola. There's always been kids into violence, drugs and sex, and they would have been practicing their chosen vice much earlier throughout most of history. These days violence is mostly against computer AI, sex is mostly safe and done later in life, and drugs... Well, drugs are about the same, but the really nasty one's are not as big as they were a few decades back. So give the kids a break.

I started a Slaanesh army when I was 13. Here's why.

I had a Tyranid army first. Since the beginning, I've always wanted my armies to be fluffy. Though I loved the Tyranid look and aesthetic and fluff, I started to hate their uniform appearance by my 30th Genestealer. Slaanesh was the opposite. Everything was supposed to be unique and crazy. No uniform appearances in the Pleasure God's forces. So I made a Slaanesh army and took a break from Nids.

so a kid wants to inject some boobs into his 40k hammar, big whoop.

i have however seen the opposite, i dunno maybe it's just where i play now but they seem to be big ork and ogre fans around my place...nd i'm the only immature one asking about female commisars and sisters nd stilly stuff like that.

each daemon has it's appeal to me and on the table top i usually try to run an equil mix as much as i can, not for visual purpose, but for functional purposeand if you do a little reading..fast attacking high attack units..well that just sounds like overwhelming dice win right?

i don't really see an issue, everyone currupts in some way, but i'm not going to let it bother me, but if i see a mono god list thats not doing too well and player happyness isn't staying happy...then i'll be the first to suggest ditching some boobs for som efunctionality...but if everyones having a laugh who am i to stop it.

everyone grows up at their own pace...even if it's taking me longer then normal lol

OP

Really?

I thought the most popular chaos was Khorne and Nurgle; not counting undivided. I know that Black Library authors have a fascination with Slannesh but I haven't seen very many. Also, Farther Nurgle is about as mature as Father Jack and just the god of lols. .

IMO I don't particularly think Slannesh is good for me since

1-CSM are all blokes so the hedonism line kind of falls flat and I'd rather have blood red chainaxe swinging maniacs at that point. Which is what I did back in 3.5 Khorne for the wins.

2-They ruined Daemonettes so the appeal of an army of Daemon women is less interesting for me than Dark Eldar.

That said I did like Fulgrim in terms of conveying the horror of Slannesh worship among the Emperors Children.

Why? Simple. They joined the Cult of Charlie Sheen. Pretty sure they are always welcome there.

Yeah, I'm jumping on the thing of everyone starts with Khorne or Nurgle. I'm a teenager and my favorite is Khorne, least favorite being Slaanesh. I don't see why he/she would appeal to anyone(besides Fulgrim). I guess I just am not into man women.

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People are doing something that is different from me, therefore they must be immature and prepubescent younglings!

Get over yourself, OP.

Maybe because Slaanesh = fast?

Man, can't wait till Chaos Legions codex ! I'm literraly frenzied because of this one year-long waiting for 6th ed and this codex to finally be made.