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Funny, I was just thinking about this the other day...
but yeah, the stereotypical wargaming crowd is usually not depicted as having good hygene... I mean, Some guys don't know a deo- stick if it hits them in the head... (Note: This actually happened in a store nearby me...).

@BearersOfSalvation, i personally would prefer the illusion of no BO rather than the 'in your face-on its own' BO smell which makes me feel sick. Lynx/Axe isnt the answer to washing, but making the best of a bad situation it does work as well as can be hoped

I had a great Idea in the shower this morning... every GW must, by law, include an 'emercency deodorant/cologne box' for those customers whose personal hygene is substandard. That, or an emergency shower.

I use speed stick original.

(Artist's interpretation of Cheesecat)

Why has he got shaved armpits?

corpsesarefun wrote:Why has he got shaved armpits?

His muscles are so huge that you can't see his armpit hair.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I had a great Idea in the shower this morning... every GW must, by law, include an 'emercency deodorant/cologne box' for those customers whose personal hygene is substandard. That, or an emergency shower.

Go for the emergency shower, preferably with a high-pressure water flow. We don't want GW stores to start smelling like Abercrombie, or Hollister, or those other name-brand stores that stink up the air.

Ah... hadn't thought of that... I have perfume allergies, so I can't go near them, either... Old Spice might not be so bad, tho...

Heh, heh... just thought of one of those emregency showers in science labs... for those who spontaniously combust... GW should have a booth in the back, a "B.O. Booth". It would be like smokers and non smokers, but for B.O. Showerers Versus Non Showerers.

If it gets bad this summer, I'll carry my gasmask (see avatar) with me, so people would know.

"You see the green deer vomit pink in the woods?? GAS ALARM!"

Our GW has a hose out the back of the store (in the employee car park), and a couple of guys this summer already got asked to *go out back*.

The resulting scene was quite funny. Picture guy leaving in a huff, then coming back in a hurry, apologising profusely and then actually telling the whole store he'd wash...

Ketara wrote:This thread again?

Thats exactly what I was thinking. At least the title is different and a bit misleading

I have no sense of smell so I don't realize if my stuff might not be working... I use Brut spray deodorant...I think... its a green can with a black cover.

djphranq wrote:I have no sense of smell so I don't realize if my stuff might not be working... I use Brut spray deodorant...I think... its a green can with a black cover.

Look if your deodorant is applied by the same mechanism as Nacho Cheese & Whipped Cream you're doing something wrong. The aerosol can has no place in personal hygiene, save it for priming your minis.

Secondly Brut is just barely behind axe on the douch-o-meter of bad marketing and user base.

Seriously people just take a shower and rub on something that'll keep the shower from being undone without adding it's own unnecessary odor to you. Personal fragrances should be subtle at most. If I don't have to get "All Up In your "Grill"" to smell you, you smell too much.

It was a big can and inexpensive.

Inexpensive things are of no worth.

Mandatory hazmat suits issued at the door would solve all of this.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Has anyone pondered using the actual Axe deodorant? It's the best anti-perspirant I've ever used as well. I'm a fan of "Phoenix" though I see a fair number of people buying "Essence."

I used to use the Axe Stick deodorant, which I liked when I used it. I also was a fan of Phoenix, never really liked the other scents. But now I have moved on to bigger and better things! Old Spice Swagger. I love that stuff.

But, I do not have a lot of experience in the department of smelly nerds, as I don't actually go out to play my games. I play them with my group of friends.

But, I have been in a Comic/Game shop before and run into one of these guys. I was looking at some Comics and I literally staggered as I went to take another step after smelling this man. I was light headed from it, crazyness. I then went to the counter and pointed him out to the guy and was told "We are working on it."

I was a bit shocked by his answer.

Revenent Reiko wrote:@BearersOfSalvation, i personally would prefer the illusion of no BO rather than the 'in your face-on its own' BO smell which makes me feel sick. Lynx/Axe isnt the answer to washing, but making the best of a bad situation it does work as well as can be hoped

Spraying cologne on top of BO doesn't get rid of the BO smell, it just adds another smell to the mix, unless you're applying enough of the cologne to simply overload the victim's nose entirely, which creates the illusion of drowning in a horrible smell. People get used to their own body odor and don't notice it after a time, so they think that the spray is covering it up, but it really doesn't - if you smell bad, then wash, don't just add another smell and think you're helping anything.

To be fair, I wash before going anywhere, but unfortunately I sweat whilst i'm at the destination, there are a few fountains here and there but i'd likely be charged with something and put on a register of some sort...

...again.

Yeah... why a game stores allways too hot or too cold? You're suffocating in fumes, or freezing your arse off.

I personally prefer to freeze my arse off, but I enjoy winters and snow, so YMMV.

But no one is sweating when the store is too cold!

True Dat.

I don't wear deodorant, I just shower twice a day.

Three if I go to the gym.

Or none if im drunk and I slept in a wheelie bin.

Case in point, above here. Deo is ESSENTIAL to personal hygene.

After all the AXE ads I have watched I am lead to believe that AXE may be a re-branded LYNX...

Also, AUSCON this weekend was awesome... only slightly moderate BO near the Magic and WFB tables... but those guys were only around for one day... which left 2 days BO-free!

shingouki wrote:

Smelling like a French whorehouse isn't much of an improvement over the smell of gamer troll. Wait that's not even real axe, it's some kind of off brand rip off that will make the user smell like a 2nd rate French whorehouse, instead of smelling like a classy French whorehouse where the girls wash their hairy armpits once a week. You know the smell we trust Axe to provide with a double pits to chesty.

My #1 recomendation=



followed by some shampoo and and an antiperspirant. Brushing your teeth, changing your drawers, and changing your socks once a day also helps. It's not rocket science.

I think... any soap... whatever its properties... would not help a ton in many fo these cases.

schadenfreude wrote:Smelling like a French whorehouse isn't much of an improvement over the smell of gamer troll. Wait that's not even real axe, it's some kind of off brand rip off that will make the user smell like a 2nd rate French whorehouse, instead of smelling like a classy French whorehouse where the girls wash their hairy armpits once a week. You know the smell we trust Axe to provide with a double pits to chesty.

Axe/Lynx are the same product, it is called Lynx in the UK and some other countries due to trademark issues with the name 'Axe'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_(grooming_product)

I like that the wikipedia article for Axe is a huge sprawling page with a list of the specific names of all of the shampoos, shower gels, and hair styling products, plus the extensive "Axe Limited Edition chronology", while the entries for brands like 'right guard' and 'degree' are almost stubs, not even a full page worth of stuff. I guess I know which brand is preferred by wiki contributors, wonder why that never makes it into ad copy...

Also, you shouldn't be spraying Lynx in a confined space:

On January 12, 2008 a 12 year old boy in Derbyshire, England died in a hospital five days after collapsing at his home. The medical coroner ruled that he had suffered from cardiac arrhythmia and died from heart failure as a result of spraying large amounts of Lynx in a confined space

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:@BearersOfSalvation, i personally would prefer the illusion of no BO rather than the 'in your face-on its own' BO smell which makes me feel sick. Lynx/Axe isnt the answer to washing, but making the best of a bad situation it does work as well as can be hoped

Spraying cologne on top of BO doesn't get rid of the BO smell, it just adds another smell to the mix, unless you're applying enough of the cologne to simply overload the victim's nose entirely, which creates the illusion of drowning in a horrible smell. People get used to their own body odor and don't notice it after a time, so they think that the spray is covering it up, but it really doesn't - if you smell bad, then wash, don't just add another smell and think you're helping anything.

yeah im with you, im all for washing everyday, just saying id prefer to have a smell to 'hold on to' so my nose doesnt think im not thinking of it