Do people higher up GW hate us hobbyists?

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**filbert**

Pacific wrote:

Some years ago the collective pejorative I heard was 'sheep', although there have been other, less kind expressions thrown around. But yes, you're absolutely right.

They certainly have. It has cropped up a number of times. To quote myself:

filbert wrote:
This has come up before in another discussion about things GW have said. Here's what they have previously said about their customers:

filbert wrote:...GW call their customers things like "Geek, Gomer, Sheep, and Pleb"....

From the following threads:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/420/369325.page#2981277

http://www.infinitythegame.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5052&pid=96428#pid96428

Edit: Boo, the Infinity forum with the original quotes has disappeared. +1 Internets to anyone that can find it!

**filbert**

That's the one - +1 internets to you then.

**filbert**

nkelsch wrote:
Howard A Treesong wrote:
azazel the cat wrote:
Wait.... so does this guy currently work for GW, or not?

It would appear not, but it's not too far a leap to conclude that the attitude he expressed is one he held while in the job, and that others at the top of GW still think. Not that it should be a huge surprise really.

So Dakka pulled out the old 'jump to conclusions' mat and made a hypothetical thing to be mad about, acts as if it is true then devolves into a 'Why I hate GW talking points' thread with a side of Internet Lynch mob. We have no idea what he thought while on the job, if anyone at GW agreed with him or maybe he was let go for spouting his anti-fandom speech? No one knows but who cares about what actually happens when you can forge a narrative and discuss how smart we all are without facts.

A productive thread to say the least.

No. No-one knows whether he is employed by GW or not. As has been stated previously, his Facebook and Linkedin status say he does; according to one poster from speaking to his GW manager, he does not. So, who knows.

**filbert**

Kroothawk wrote:

That guy certainly has been a high up manager at GW USA. Only uncertainty is, does he still work for GW. Some internet sources including his facebook profile say yes, one poster here says no. That's all we got ATM.

Said the same thing about a page ago but apparently there is now a trend of whining about whining