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2012/08/13 18:12:23
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Nurgle Veteran Marine with the Flu
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Imagine if, from now on all wars were only be confined to the table top, in games of 40k, what do you think would happen? What army would each country pick?
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2012/08/13 18:19:43
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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MetalOxide wrote:Imagine if, from now on all wars were only be confined to the table top, in games of 40k, what do you think would happen? What army would each country pick?
I'd cheat.
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2012/08/13 18:24:27
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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Well, given that half our MPs are lawyers they would all be TFGs, but they would do well exploiting loopholes.
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 insaniak wrote:Sometimes, Exterminatus is the only option.
And sometimes, it's just a case of too much scotch combined with too many buttons...
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2012/08/13 18:30:26
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
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MetalOxide wrote:Imagine if, from now on all wars were only be confined to the table top, in games of 40k, what do you think would happen? What army would each country pick?
Whoever picked imperial guard now controls 80% of the landmass of earth.
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Do you remember that time that thing happened?
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2012/08/13 18:38:33
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
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The chinese would come with the biggest army amid suspicions of recasting.
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2012/08/13 18:40:28
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
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Howard A Treesong wrote:The chinese would come with the biggest army amid suspicions of recasting.
Whatever, we all bought our armies from there anyway.
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2012/08/13 18:58:42
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
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MetalOxide wrote:Imagine if, from now on all wars were only be confined to the table top, in games of 40k, what do you think would happen? What army would each country pick?
I don't have to imagine it, look up G Gundam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Fighter_G_Gundam
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2012/08/13 19:02:21
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Huge Hierodule
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China would probably be Tyranids. With a huge swarm of Hormagaunts. All painted by a swarm of hard working downtrodden women.
The USA would undoubtedly be Grey Knights or Blood Angels. And put stars and stripes on them.
Iran might be Chaos Space Marines. World Eaters probably. Expect gore.
We would end up as the Imperial Guard, and would be superbly painted and based, but unrealistically cosmopolitan.
Japan...Maybe an Eldar and Tau alliance. With excellent painting and conversions, but looking surprisingly...cute for the grim darkness of the far future (not that that's a bad thing). Complete with hilariously mistranslated banners and catgirl Kroot proxies.
Russia...Necrons. Evil, evil looking Necrons. You know, the type that actually look soul destroyingly grim.
Israel? Dark Eldar. With lots of Mandrakes.
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Squigsquasher, resident ban magnet, White Knight, and general fethwit.
 buddha wrote:I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
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2012/08/14 04:00:48
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Whatever country is accused of illegal imigration will run zerg-rush.
USA will most likely be an inquisition army, with different branches of the inquisition accusing each other of not loving the emperor enough and getting bogged down by constant infighting.
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2012/08/14 04:03:20
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Nigel Stillman
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Matt Ward would become an all powerfull figure on the global stage.
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2012/08/14 04:26:41
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Pulsating Possessed Chaos Marine
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Squigsquasher wrote:
Iran might be Chaos Space Marines. World Eaters probably. Expect gore.
No. Iran would be a foot guard list with nothing but veterans with demo-charges for troops and deathstrike missiles for heavies. Maybe allied with orks for bommas.
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2012/08/14 04:31:25
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Dakka Veteran
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I doubt any country would align themselves with an overtly evil army(by the very low standards of 40k)
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2012/08/14 04:35:20
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Madrak Ironhide
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Terrorists would be Alaitoc Disruption Table.
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2012/08/14 11:28:16
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Krazed Killa Kan
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This would be a very bad idea...
The reason no-one wants to go to war is the awful gak-storm that a war is, loss of citizens (and resulting effects on society that has), massive resource costs, having a good reason to go to war, etc etc etc.
So if we completely remove the human element of war, and reduce the resource costs down to a couple of hundred £s of plastic toys, why would we ever stop going to war?
I mean, if a conflict is decided in an afternoon over a 6x4 table, we could keep battling for eternity, borders, ownership of countries, goverments would change hands on an almost daily basis. Global politics would be about as stable as a two-legged horse on a unicycle.
It's the same reason that no country is willing to develop a fully autonomous military, once you lose the human element, war suddenly becomes a lot more common and a lot less serious...
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My P&M Log: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/433120.page
 Atma01 wrote:
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
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2012/08/14 11:34:42
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Powerful Pegasus Knight
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Leigen_Zero wrote:Global politics would be about as stable as a two-legged horse on a unicycle.
Wouldn't a two legged horse be more comfortable on a unicycle than a four legged on? I mean, way to dumb down a good simile.
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2012/08/14 14:42:25
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Krazed Killa Kan
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Glorioski wrote:Leigen_Zero wrote:Global politics would be about as stable as a two-legged horse on a unicycle.
Wouldn't a two legged horse be more comfortable on a unicycle than a four legged on? I mean, way to dumb down a good simile.
Apologies, I should have specified, both the remaining legs are one the same side...
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My P&M Log: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/433120.page
Atma01 wrote:
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
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2012/08/14 19:43:31
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Fully-charged Electropriest
Portland, OR by way of WI
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The US would claim China made it's own rules and counterfeited pieces
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2012/08/14 20:13:45
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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We might actually get to see Romney dressed as a commissar for realsies.
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2012/08/15 01:29:54
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Frazzled wrote:MetalOxide wrote:Imagine if, from now on all wars were only be confined to the table top, in games of 40k, what do you think would happen? What army would each country pick?
I'd cheat.
Agreed. For once, Id have a use for GWAR! He would net me wins just from pissing the opponent off so bad they couldnt think strait 
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2012/08/15 03:52:35
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Leigen_Zero wrote:It's the same reason that no country is willing to develop a fully autonomous military, once you lose the human element, war suddenly becomes a lot more common and a lot less serious...
What? The reason war is serious is because people die. If there was war without people dying then people would take it less seriously... because it would actually be less serious.
Your argument is a bit like saying it'd be bad to make ice cream that was healthy because then people would eat more.
And the reason no-one is developing a fully autonomous military is because robots are really hard to make.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2012/08/15 11:12:06
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Krazed Killa Kan
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sebster wrote:Leigen_Zero wrote:It's the same reason that no country is willing to develop a fully autonomous military, once you lose the human element, war suddenly becomes a lot more common and a lot less serious...
What? The reason war is serious is because people die. If there was war without people dying then people would take it less seriously... because it would actually be less serious.
My point exactly, if war is no longer a serious business, why would we ever stop going to war?
Say there is a border conflict between two nations, a war where people die means that at some point, at least one side has to say 'ok that's enough, lets stop sending people to their deaths now'. If that doesn't happen, because, say, we can just churn out more and more space marine minis, why would one side ever surrender/be defeated, they could just challenge a re-match and the war starts all over again.
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My P&M Log: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/433120.page
Atma01 wrote:
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
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2012/08/15 11:25:04
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Lady of the Lake
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Simple, prices and the value of their shares skyrocket. The game becomes more or less exclusive because of this.
Just roll a D6 and add that many 0s to the end of the prices every few years.
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2012/08/15 19:51:58
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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If war was replaced by 40k?
Then GW would become ungodly powerful. Like, cyberpunk levels of corporate power.
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What I have
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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2012/08/18 02:31:27
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Enigmatic Sorcerer of Chaos
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Japan would be ratlings with a human bombs contingent from the Rogue Trader days.
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2012/08/18 02:42:18
Subject: Re:What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Jovial Junkatrukk Driver
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Russia would be IG cannon fodder spam but like 3 times worse.
2k game=
200 guardsmen and 5 lrbts
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motyak wrote:[...] Yes, the mods are illuminati, and yakface, lego and dakka dakka itself are the 3 points of the triangle.
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2012/08/18 02:48:58
Subject: What if all wars were replaced with games of 40k?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Belgium would be squats.
I get the feeling communists would use Warmachines.
Them - "Well our system is fairer"
The West "Yeah but it's boring as feth"
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Unnessesarily extravegant word of the week award goes to jcress410 for this:
jcress wrote:Seem super off topic to complain about epistemology on a thread about tactics.
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