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Oh here is another one. Buyout GW. Become CEO.
Change nothing.

I would buy you*.

*This could be you.

I forgot an important one:

Open a rooftop club in Manhattan, then hire Rosario Dawson as a lounge singer. /Pluto Nash

I also forgot I'd finally be able to become a DCM!

That way I can see the Roman orgy for myself. Well, at least
KC made it seem that way.

sebster wrote:

LordofHats wrote:I'd build a fully functional replica of a Tiger tank. Then I'd build a bunch of replica Shermans and shoot at them for fun

Awesome!

"Hey you, wandering drifters that no-one will miss, how would you like to have a fun day driving some Sherman tanks around? No cost, just drive it around my extensive estate miles from the eyes of the public. It'll be a blast!"

I've been discovered! Quickly Hulio load the cannon!

I would buy stock in CB and try to convince (Not force, only convince) them to make a Bike unit for PanOceana

Kanluwen wrote:I would start a genetics program to breed Tauntauns.

And then I'd use them to make a fashion line:

The Hoth Topic.

Kan, I've never loved you as much as I do in this exact moment.


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BTW, it's up to $640,000,000 now. I've got my 20 tickets!

First: buy houses on the beach for me and my friends and dad.
Second: buy the few nice cars that I've always wanted(Lotus Elise being the first)
Third: buy controlling share of GW
Fourth: Fire Matt Ward, delete the LotR game
Lastly: Live off the interest and buy up random companies as I see fit.

We might have to fight it out here Aerethan, because firing Matt Ward is a Bad Idea for the rules balance.

I'd vote for firing Matt Ward from writing fluff, fold Black Library's "Top Tier" authors into doing it instead.

Well, then I'd do the following:

have a team of writers who only write rules, and every book HAS to be written by the entire team, not one person.

Then have a single writer for each armies fluff, I agree that BL writers would do well there.

Also, I'd do a lot of things to the company out of principle. A 20% across the board price decrease, the option for PDF's with a usb lock at a discounted price(Pro Tools and other software use usb locks so that only registered users can access the software, I'd do the same thing to prevent piracy).

I would also get rid of finecast altogether and go back to metals with an eye at shifting the entire range to plastics.

I would also license out to third parties reasonably as it only benefits the community, yet maintain veto rights if a licensed item doesn't meet my QA standards.

I would also make Dakka the official forum for GW and would have an online team dedicated to user feedback.

So many ideas for how I would change the company. And if I had that much money I wouldn't really worry about turning mad profits, as long as the company breaks even.

I'm not much of a car guy, but if I won that much money I would buy a car or 2 from the 20s

alarmingrick wrote:I also forgot I'd finally be able to become a DCM!

That way I can see the Roman orgy for myself. Well, at least
KC made it seem that way.

Youll enjoy being a DCM, hell the Icecream alone is worth it. But I hope I dont get your hopes up TOO much man, I kindda make EVERYTHING sound like a roman orgy. Even getting the mail.

KingCracker wrote:[ I kindda make EVERYTHING sound like a roman orgy. Even getting the mail.

You mean it's not? That might explain all the Lawsuits I have against me.



On Topic: Build a big house with the best security system(maybe 100M. Maybe). give all of my immediate family 10M(30M). Finish my 40k armies(200 bucks). Stop working (or At least work hard at not doing much at work.) Learn how to drive (or hire someone to drive me places)[maybe 100k a year if I get a driver]. finally convince a female friend of mine to start dating ( or at least get a friends with benefits thing started)[Everyone loves a man with money] And the last thing I would do before I live off the rest of the interest:At one of my jobs, they have a donation jar. The Owner says she will double any donation put in that jar. Let's see her match one million dollars.

Iur_tae_mont wrote:Finish my 40k armies(200 bucks)

This is even more unbelievable than winning the lottery.

I would get one of those tickets to outerspace first. Then I would buy a submarine and throw parties on it. I would also get a one person submarine just for me. I would then buy a hot pink flying wingsuit and learn how to do that. Then I would buy a surfboard shop and a boat with a shark cage and go swimming with sharks. I would also buy a strip club. Then I would cash out the rest and put it in a giant concrete vault with a diving board on the top and I would swim in it.

Ahtman wrote:

Iur_tae_mont wrote:Finish my 40k armies(200 bucks)

This is even more unbelievable than winning the lottery.

I only need one more squad.

Holy gak, how many 40k models could we get with $539 million?

We're gonna need a warehouse, some cheap illegal immigrants to do all the labor at below minimum wage, and gak ton of glue and paint

LordofHats wrote:
I've been discovered! Quickly Hulio load the cannon!

Who spells "Julio" with an "h"?

Iur_tae_mont wrote:Finish my 40k armies(200 bucks)



This is even more unbelievable than winning the lottery.

Haha!

Truth > $

dogma wrote:

LordofHats wrote:
I've been discovered! Quickly Hulio load the cannon!

Who spells "Julio" with an "h"?

Someone who's never had to spell Julio before obviously

And maybe his parents wanted the be "different."

All I know is he makes a mean taco.

LordofHats wrote:
Someone who's never had to spell Julio before obviously

And maybe his parents wanted the be "different."

All I know is he makes a mean taco.

You were one of those heathen bastards that took French in high school, weren't you?

LordofHats wrote:

dogma wrote:

LordofHats wrote:
I've been discovered! Quickly Hulio load the cannon!

Who spells "Julio" with an "h"?

Someone who's never had to spell Julio before obviously

And maybe his parents wanted the be "different."

All I know is he makes a mean taco.

You mean tahko.

dogma wrote:You were one of those heathen bastards that took French in high school, weren't you?

Oddly I did take french! But my school actually didn't offer Spanish as a class so my choice was between French and Latin and I took the one with the teacher who gave you B's even when you didn't do any of the work.

The school actually hired my mom two years in to start teaching Spanish, but my college had an exception for the foreign language requirement for anyone who took 3 years in high school so I just stayed with French and learned nothing

dogma wrote:

LordofHats wrote:
I've been discovered! Quickly Hulio load the cannon!

Who spells "Julio" with an "h"?

How about Iulio?

Wholio?

malfred wrote:Wholio?

Coolio.

Ahtman wrote:
How about Iulio?

In the Latin alphabet, Julio begins with an I.

I'd invest the majority of my winnings so that I can live large off the interest, give a fat stack of cash to St. Jude's Children's hospital, give my friends that deserve it (that includes dogma, natch) a million bucks and furthermore I'd make sure no one that I like ever has to worry about paying a mortgage or car payment for a while.

I'd probably take about $5 Million or so and take my closest peeps on a bender of epic proportions.

539 million?

Ummm... Whatever the hell I want, I GOT 539 million DOLLARS

dogma wrote:

LordofHats wrote:
Someone who's never had to spell Julio before obviously

And maybe his parents wanted the be "different."

All I know is he makes a mean taco.

You were one of those heathen bastards that took French in high school, weren't you?

You could have a maid, or you could have a French Maid.

You could have Toast, or you could have French Toast.

Some things are just better French.

Apparently 3 people won the jackpot of $640,000,000.

/sadface