Ketara wrote:

veritechc wrote:I am reading this thread and I am just in awe....

Of the incredible egos contained within.

I am one of those "new" Dark Eldar players. I had never before play one game of 40K with the Dark Eldar. Then I read Buffo's battle reports.

Out of all the "advice" from the "experts" here I enjoyed his the most. I think its because he built so may different kinds of lists and made some mistakes.

That to me was far more genuine then everyone "qualifications".

Seriously, get real all of you who are on a ego trip, you are giving advice on toy soldiers. That makes you good at playing with toys. Get over yourselves and have some fun.

Thanks Buffo for being genuine and not tooting your own horn.

....wut? Who mentioned 'qualifications?

If you, as self professed 'new' player, chipped into a thread in which I was asking for serious discussion over the pros and cons of a specific build, with pointless and frankly bad advice, you fit into the category I give above of the 'crud' that drowns out the good advice.

If you're give good and relevant help discussion where needed, and do what you can to better your own game through that discussion, you clearly aren't in the group of people that stops me bothering to post tactics stuff on Dakka.

Either way, chipping in and just going , 'lawluguysonaegotrip, go take a chill pill' is quite frankly condescending, insulting and offensive. You'll note I don't really toot my own horn. I don't go into every tactics thread talking about amazing I am, or anything like that. Another poster asked about the lack of quality advice for the army, I responded with what me, and most of the other people I know and respect the skills of with this army think.

I presume I am permitted to hold an opinion, sir, on why that is?

Yes I am talking about playing toy soldiers well.

But why do you feel the need to be insulting and offensive over toy soldiers? I mean, are you that rude and crass to everyone at your local shop?

BuFFo wrote:

Ketara wrote:I disagree that the first response you should make to a request for a help is to enquire as to the state of their local metagame. I have stated why I disagree with this statement, and backed it up with an example and my reasoning. Telling me I do not understand your point is incorrect. That is of course, unless what you set out was not quite the point you intended to make. Communication is a two way street after all.....

I misunderstood you, and I am sorry.

Maybe you are just better at giving advice when a question is general than I can. Maybe I over think things, ya know?

Fair enough sir, and apology accepted in all due spirit.

veritechc wrote:Seriously, get real all of you who are on a ego trip, you are giving advice on toy soldiers. That makes you good at playing with toys. Get over yourselves and have some fun.

Galador wrote:

veritechc wrote:Seriously, get real all of you who are on a ego trip, you are giving advice on toy soldiers. That makes you good at playing with toys. Get over yourselves and have some fun.

But I thought the guy with the most toys wins?????DAMMIT, I WAS LIED TO!!!!!

sorry, I couldn't resist.

But seriously, have you ever seen the prizes at some of the tourneys? They can be the cause of quite an argument over those "toy soldiers".

veritechc wrote:

You are of course allowed an opinion. I'm sure yours is valuable and succinct. I did not mean to single any one person out.

You should think about what this thread looks like to someone with just a few years of experience of 40K. It looked to me like a few people were bashing each other trying to show that they were better qualified to give advice than the next person on Dakka.

I was trying to give you all a moment to check your egos at the door. We ALL play with toy soldiers for the God Emperor's sake. Its really not that serious, and even the most qualified of us, still play with toys.

I was not trying to belittle that fact; I love painting, converting, and playing with my toys.

Just was in awe of how important it seemed in this thread. I am not used to this on Dakka, but I don't get around here much.

Actually I have taken advice from most of the Dark Eldar players in this thread, I have also thought some of it was rubbish but I seem to appreciate that you give the advice more then many of you seem to here.

So thank you for your advice and please try to be civil to each other. New players are watching.

Hope that clears things up.