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You never see stories like this about Warhammer stuff. Just sayin'.

That's because Warhammer stuff isn't worth much, even the rarest figures are worth a couple hundred tops, and there are only a handful in existence, and many the collectors community all know each other and know who has what. Magic cards are different, there are quite a lot of moxes and lotuses out there (compared to the rarest GW figures which exist in single figures) and they are valued into the thousands. No one has $100,000 of warhams, quite a few will of Magic.

Wait...this story sounds familiar..Almost as if I have seen it BEFORE.And I have.

He should've made a collection of something more dangerous, like Machine Guns or 16th Century Katana

 Captain Fantastic wrote:
He should've made a collection of something more dangerous, like Machine Guns or 16th Century Katana

The above can also be used as self defense weapons (unless his magic cards were razor edged )

I think you could probably kill someone by throwing land cards at them until they drowned in a pile of "oceans"

Mhm.. I used to own a couple morphlings and got a foil call of the herd out of a booster... good times.

 Captain Fantastic wrote:
I think you could probably kill someone by throwing land cards at them until they drowned in a pile of "oceans"

Given the piles of land cards there are at the local shop I wouldn't be surprised.

Huge collection of Unlimited edition and quite a few expansions afterwards....and I'm armed..

No joke, late last year a kid came into my FLGS with a knife and a Darth Vader hoody and stole a box of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. The amount of stupidity these people will go through for some paper cards is unbelievable.

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
That's because Warhammer stuff isn't worth much, even the rarest figures are worth a couple hundred tops, and there are only a handful in existence, and many the collectors community all know each other and know who has what. Magic cards are different, there are quite a lot of moxes and lotuses out there (compared to the rarest GW figures which exist in single figures) and they are valued into the thousands. No one has $100,000 of warhams, quite a few will of Magic.

That and any self respecting collector has at least one metal dread in their collection. Anyone tries to steal my minis is getting a big sharp lump of Dark Angel dreadnought hurled at them.

All this brings this to mind:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Online-gamer-killed-for-selling-virtual-weapon/2005/03/30/1111862440188.html

 Captain Fantastic wrote:
I think you could probably kill someone by throwing land cards at them until they drowned in a pile of "oceans"

Brings a whole new meaning to the term dryland drowning...

Lot of drooling morons are making jokes over this.
In case those bozos haven't realised, this is a fellow gamer killed for the value of his collection, not funny at the best of times; it's disturbing even if you don't personally think you have anything worth getting killed over.

"Perhaps he should have played this speshul card, <chuckle> arent I the ub3r wit."

....No more like a halfwit.

 Orlanth wrote:
Lot of drooling morons are making jokes over this.
In case those bozos haven't realised, this is a fellow gamer killed for the value of his collection, not funny at the best of times; it's disturbing even if you don't personally think you have anything worth getting killed over.

"Perhaps he should have played this speshul card, <chuckle> arent I the ub3r wit."

....No more like a halfwit.

Your annoyance is only making it funnier.

More like disgusted than annoyed frankly. No hot tempers here, just the feeling I stepped in something that stinks.

Seriously though, if you think this is funny, perhaps would you think so if it happened to a mate from your gaming club?
Should we all have lulz if someone offed you for your collection?

 Orlanth wrote:
More like disgusted than annoyed frankly. No hot tempers here, just the feeling I stepped in something that stinks.

Seriously though, if you think this is funny, perhaps would you think so if it happened to a mate from your gaming club?
Should we all have lulz if someone offed you for your collection?

You underestimate my lack of care for humans I don't know.

And if it was me? I'd rather my death brings joy then disgust.

 Soladrin wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
More like disgusted than annoyed frankly. No hot tempers here, just the feeling I stepped in something that stinks.

Seriously though, if you think this is funny, perhaps would you think so if it happened to a mate from your gaming club?
Should we all have lulz if someone offed you for your collection?

You underestimate my lack of care for humans I don't know.

And if it was me? I'd rather my death brings joy then disgust.

If you're killed in Nigeria, it might even bring dinner!

 Orlanth wrote:
Lot of drooling morons are making jokes over this.
In case those bozos haven't realised, this is a fellow gamer killed for the value of his collection, not funny at the best of times; it's disturbing even if you don't personally think you have anything worth getting killed over.

"Perhaps he should have played this speshul card, <chuckle> arent I the ub3r wit."

....No more like a halfwit.

Tell me one funny joke that's based on something nice happening to someone.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
Lot of drooling morons are making jokes over this.
In case those bozos haven't realised, this is a fellow gamer killed for the value of his collection, not funny at the best of times; it's disturbing even if you don't personally think you have anything worth getting killed over.

"Perhaps he should have played this speshul card, <chuckle> arent I the ub3r wit."

....No more like a halfwit.

Tell me one funny joke that's based on something nice happening to someone.

There was this one guy who participated every year in a farmer's lottery; he won a lot.

You know that joke almost works for me as a type of anti-comedy where you find humour in how the punchline disappoints you .

 Orlanth wrote:
Should we all have lulz if someone offed you for your collection?

I'd be perfectly happy to make them a copy, if they plug in a 3tb external drive and come back the next day!

... or is that not the collection we're talking about?

 Cheesecat wrote:
You know that joke almost works for me as a type of anti-comedy where you find humour in how the punchline disappoints you .

Thank you, I'll be here all week.

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

Thank you, I'll be here all week.

See you guys in a week!

 Soladrin wrote:

And if it was me? I'd rather my death brings joy then disgust.

That must be after your corpse starts smelling.

The use of Then/Than does make a difference at times.
Mostly it can be skipped over, but sometimes makes for odd sentences.

 Skinnereal wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:

And if it was me? I'd rather my death brings joy then disgust.

That must be after your corpse starts smelling.

The use of Then/Than does make a difference at times.
Mostly it can be skipped over, but sometimes makes for odd sentences.

Mostly it means I can't be arsed.

It's called schadenfreude.

Taking joy in another's misfortune.

Or to put it another way.

Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole and die.
Tragedy is when I DO IT.

If you laugh at the spectre of death, it has less power over you.

As for me - I fully expect to die in a meaningless way. Mewling and crapping myself. If they manage to get my mandollies collection (I had magic cards given to me by a dead mate's family - who thought I would know what to do with them. I did. I burned them), good luck to them.

I really doubt SM with shuriken catapults would be legal models again in all that time.

Still don't know why you use the German word for that.

 chromedog wrote:
It's called schadenfreude.

Taking joy in another's misfortune.

Or to put it another way.

Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole and die.
Tragedy is when I DO IT.

If you laugh at the spectre of death, it has less power over you.

As for me - I fully expect to die in a meaningless way. Mewling and crapping myself. If they manage to get my mandollies collection (I had magic cards given to me by a dead mate's family - who thought I would know what to do with them. I did. I burned them), good luck to them.

I really doubt SM with shuriken catapults would be legal models again in all that time.

Schadenfreude is accepted only for 'misfortune' rather thanviolent crime, and generally stops at death, with notable exceptions like Darwin Awards. So if someone falls down a manhold because they are on their cellphone that isfunny, it isnt if they die and its not if they re pushed.
If you think otherwise the perhaps death camps are the ultimate theatre of lulz. Just try coming out with that attitude and see how far it takes you.
You probablty wont because you recognise there being a moral ceiling, you just need to bring it into better perspective.

 Orlanth wrote:

 chromedog wrote:
It's called schadenfreude.

Taking joy in another's misfortune.

Or to put it another way.

Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole and die.
Tragedy is when I DO IT.

If you laugh at the spectre of death, it has less power over you.

As for me - I fully expect to die in a meaningless way. Mewling and crapping myself. If they manage to get my mandollies collection (I had magic cards given to me by a dead mate's family - who thought I would know what to do with them. I did. I burned them), good luck to them.

I really doubt SM with shuriken catapults would be legal models again in all that time.

Schadenfreude is accepted only for 'misfortune' rather thanviolent crime, and generally stops at death, with notable exceptions like Darwin Awards. So if someone falls down a manhold because they are on their cellphone that isfunny, it isnt if they die and its not if they re pushed.
If you think otherwise the perhaps death camps are the ultimate theatre of lulz. Just try coming out with that attitude and see how far it takes you.
You probablty wont because you recognise there being a moral ceiling, you just need to bring it into better perspective.

You should watch a Jimmy Carr show.