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"That's just stupid, I mean...the fantasy game has Tolkien and D&D fans to support it but who is going to want Orcs in Space. It's like a bad rehash of The Muppet Show"

Said by a former GW employee to me when I told him about the exciting new addition to the 2nd Ed WHFB rules I had just been told about...

 ZenBadger wrote:
"That's just stupid, I mean...the fantasy game has Tolkien and D&D fans to support it but who is going to want Orcs in Space. It's like a bad rehash of The Muppet Show"

Said by a former GW employee to me when I told him about the exciting new addition to the 2nd Ed WHFB rules I had just been told about...

I, for one, would love a "Pigs in Space" RPG.

"Do you play 40k?" asked by someone handing out flyers promoting his games club at a 40k tourney we were playing in.

"I like 7ed more than 8ed"

"I wouldn't spend that kind of money on Warhammer 40k. Those models are absurdly overpriced. Slips of paper will work just fine, and no one ever has a problem with me doing that." -some dude that snubbed his nose at every game that he had to spend money on.

"I don't play 40k and haven't given a damn about this stupid game since 3rd edition." -some guy in a 40k facebook group, at least once a day.

"Sounds like Space Marines are a cheap knockoff of Halo Spartans." -dumb kid

"Dude, I just want squats to come back. They were so cool." -some guy born in 1994

Locally, we had a player who was....a notorious fantasist and teller of tall tales. One story stands out.

The FLGS owner told me a story about how a few years before, he'd set up his store in a rougher part of town, and some local tough saw a new business and tried a "be a shame if something happened to it...." protection racket thing, which was probably just bluster. He told him to get lost, then mentioned it to the player in question. This (very Caucasian) individual came back a few days later and said not to worry about , he'd had a word with his contacts in the Yakuza.

In West Yorkshire, England.

Not sure if it's so much stupid, but it's definitely rude.

Relatively early game of 8th Ed Fantasy. I'd was fielding my Ogres in a 2,250 point game against one of our local tournament fanatics - the sort that demands you adopt all their house rules because every game is Tournament Practice.

He was using his Undead, and depended on a massive block of Grave Guard with all the usual Ming.

In short? I flattened him. He wasn't prepared for large blocks of Ogres, let alone Ironguts all getting to swing, and thus vastly underestimated my damage output.

I deployed in a denied centre, figuring my best shot was to roll up his flanks, then gang up on his Deathstar.

Suffice to say, my tactic worked, and worked beautifully. He had nothing, barring the Deathstar that could stand up to horde units of Ogres. And when it comes to the crunch time, his characters were hideously out of position to get involved. Between impact hits and generally slapping the Graveguard around like a red headed stepchild, he lost the bulk of his unit in a single round of combat. His magic didn't go too well, and he didn't resurrect much.

The next round, the rest of them snuffed it.

Overall, I'd played the game quite nicely, and my tactics paid off.

His response at being taken apart by a 'bottom tier, suboptimal' list (his words!)..... You diced me.

I hadn't. I hadn't rolled much above average.

What a tool.

 Elemental wrote:
Locally, we had a player who was....a notorious fantasist and teller of tall tales. One story stands out.

The FLGS owner told me a story about how a few years before, he'd set up his store in a rougher part of town, and some local tough saw a new business and tried a "be a shame if something happened to it...." protection racket thing, which was probably just bluster. He told him to get lost, then mentioned it to the player in question. This (very Caucasian) individual came back a few days later and said not to worry about , he'd had a word with his contacts in the Yakuza.

In West Yorkshire, England.

Ah. Yarn spinners. I have quite a few in my area. Most of them have great fables about how they went to some gaming convention and hooked up with a hot cosplay chick and had awesome sex (despite these guys not being familiar with deodorant and shampoo), or claiming to have these absurd amounts of money stashed away from some super-lucrative business deal (despite driving raggedy vehicles and having the same sneakers for 3 years), or my personal favorite- guys that come in claiming to have done all this black ops spooky-doo commando stuff in Afghanistan or Iraq (most of our players are vets, and some are 'quiet professionals').

"Well if thats the way you want to play it" (flat, deadpan voice)

Often said by the same individual during the same game whenever they are called out on shall we say an interesting interpretation of the rules, or starting to move my army as its "obvious" what they are going to do and being asked to stop, then getting tetchy when I did something else.

meh, least they started on the first turn, set up the rest of the game as "played by the rules exactly with no flexibility mode"

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:

"Dude, I just want squats to come back. They were so cool." -some guy born in 1994

Wait, what's wrong with liking something that came out before you were born? Just because someone wasn't around when squats were a thing doesn't mean they can't read about them, like them and say that they wish they were still a thing.

Phoney nostalgia.

Hobby Hipsterism. Hankering after something you've decided was cool, without having actually experienced it.

Same goes for other obscure stuff.

 Gordon Shumway wrote:

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 NinthMusketeer wrote:
"You can't lose weight through just dieting."

Well, he is sort of right. Long term. With no follow up. Not something I see as the dumbest thing ever said to you. You have had dumber things said to you, be honest. You had something dumber said today to you.

He's not sort of anything. Diet determines weight. Exercise determines how you look after.

Nah man, gravity determines your weight. Some people were just born on the wrong planet. And if you believe what you just posted, I got a whole lot of magazines I can sell you real cheap. They have tons of diet plans in them.

Mass (since we're being picky) is a function of energy. Energy in > energy out, mass increases, energy in < energy out, mass decreases. There's other far more complicated factors but that's it in a nutshell. Exercise obviously helps because it increases energy out, but tons of people successfully lose mass through diet alone. Whether you're sexy afterwards is the bit where exercise really matters.

The other "more complicated" factors is what makes the statement not so "most stupidest". Yeah, you will lose weight if you put less in, but it's the "long term with no follow up" bit from my post I think you might be overlooking. Regardless, this isn't a weight loss discussion.

Do you have a mitigating circumstance that would allow us to overlook your exceptionally poor grasp of how physics works?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Phoney nostalgia.

Hobby Hipsterism. Hankering after something you've decided was cool, without having actually experienced it.

Same goes for other obscure stuff.

Or... maybe they just like them.

Going to agree with Amazingturtles here

Most of the models here were removed to direct order only in the first year I entered the hobby I actually play Net Epic the Space Marine Mk2 system because I really like the fixed order system.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Phoney nostalgia.

Hobby Hipsterism. Hankering after something you've decided was cool, without having actually experienced it.

Same goes for other obscure stuff.

Looks like something that would go great on r/gatekeeping...

Him:"Thats not a GW mini"
Me: "Thats a Rogue Trader Dreadnought. You may not recognize it because its as old as your dad."

 Elemental wrote:
Locally, we had a player who was....a notorious fantasist and teller of tall tales. One story stands out.

The FLGS owner told me a story about how a few years before, he'd set up his store in a rougher part of town, and some local tough saw a new business and tried a "be a shame if something happened to it...." protection racket thing, which was probably just bluster. He told him to get lost, then mentioned it to the player in question. This (very Caucasian) individual came back a few days later and said not to worry about , he'd had a word with his contacts in the Yakuza.

In West Yorkshire, England.

Aw gak man, not the Yorkuza!

This happened in a community chat we had not to long ago.
Alot of guys bring their girlfriends to warhammer night. quite a few are younger men.
Basically, this sexually frusterated neck beard who has never asked out a girl or been on a date, got upset, saying its not right they are flaunting the fact they hae girlfriends and have had sex and they shouldnt bring them to "Guys Night" he even brought me into it because he knew I didnt have or had a girlfriend(But I hae tried and it didnt work out so im leagues ahead of him HA) forgetting that most of the guys bringing GF and their GF are friends of mine. even outside of 40k.
So yeah, they dumb

 amazingturtles wrote:
Wait, what's wrong with liking something that came out before you were born? Just because someone wasn't around when squats were a thing doesn't mean they can't read about them, like them and say that they wish they were still a thing.

Because Squats were the Dad Joke of Warhammer 40k. And usually these people are just repeating something they've heard, because they think it gives them some credibility in the community.

"You just have a thing against GW, their miniatures are the best on the market"
said to me by a fellow club member.

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:

 amazingturtles wrote:
Wait, what's wrong with liking something that came out before you were born? Just because someone wasn't around when squats were a thing doesn't mean they can't read about them, like them and say that they wish they were still a thing.

Because Squats were the Dad Joke of Warhammer 40k. And usually these people are just repeating something they've heard, because they think it gives them some credibility in the community.

Yes, of course. They couldn't just......like the concept and models, oh no.

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Yes, of course. They couldn't just......like the concept and models, oh no.

As said before, it's usually some tryhard kid. If you're offended, nothing happens.

"Sisters of Battle are so cheese."

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:

"Dude, I just want squats to come back. They were so cool." -some guy born in 1994

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Phoney nostalgia.

Hobby Hipsterism. Hankering after something you've decided was cool, without having actually experienced it.

Same goes for other obscure stuff.

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:
Because Squats were the Dad Joke of Warhammer 40k. And usually these people are just repeating something they've heard, because they think it gives them some credibility in the community.

Ooo, internet tough guys gatekeeping their toy soldiers--love it!

 Llamahead wrote:
Going to agree with Amazingturtles here

Most of the models here were removed to direct order only in the first year I entered the hobby I actually play Net Epic the Space Marine Mk2 system because I really like the fixed order system.

Awesome collection!

I got into 40k in 1999 and quickly dropped it, and resumed in 2009 and started a Praetorian Guard army. The models were OOP by that point, but I loved the look of them and was tangentially aware of the army despite not giving 40k a serious look for over a decade.

Now I have a huge Praetorian army (that even has fething Squats in it oh no!) and love it to bits even though I wasn't a player when Praets were released and that apparently makes me a Hobby Hipster.

 Bookwrack wrote:
Along with Hybrid's post, this, and having opponents give uncomfortably graphic descriptions of what casualties to my Soritas squads entail. Have had it happen separately over the years from a Dark Eldar player, a Space Marine player and one fielding Tyranids, I'm pretty sure marine opponents didn't get to hear that.

I only remember one specific time. It may have happened a few more time before but I didn't notice it that much at the time I guess…

My FLGS has some very nice squat armies on display . The hate on squat is a bit silly…

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Yes, of course. They couldn't just......like the concept and models, oh no.

As said before, it's usually some tryhard kid. If you're offended, nothing happens.

As I said before - who are you to judge others?

 Jimsolo wrote:
"Dark Eldar are overpowered."

Said during 7th edition.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Ooo, internet tough guys gatekeeping their toy soldiers--love it!

Faux nostalgia is not the same as liking something that isn't around any more. There's my playlist on my Mp3 player, which is composed primarily of music that is either older than me or came out during a time when I was still in diapers. "I like older music" and "Guys do you remember Three Dog Night? I wish they were still around!" are two different statements. I don't pretend to be around when Three Dog Night was a thing, or act as though I remember the 1970's or have ever listened to anything other than a local emergency broadcast on AM Radio.

Also, I'm not sure you know what 'gatekeeping' or 'internet tough guys' are. If my opinion of someone is what 'gatekeeps' them out of the community, then that's one less unhinged crybaby scumming up the local FLGS. Someone's opinion of me isn't nearly enough to keep me from enjoying what I like. But then again, I wasn't raised to be a crybaby outrage fetishist.

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
As I said before - who are you to judge others?

A human being capable of judgement. Do I need a special badge, certification, or letter of marque to pass judgement on another human being?

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:
In fact, a little gatekeeping in the gaming community keeps the hyper-sensitive outrage fetishists miles away from your FLGS and pounding their keyboards in the basement where they belong.

No, behavior like yours makes the community a toxic mess.

*sigh*

In a thread about stupid things being said by gamers, someone feels the need to say Squats are stupid. Another person quickly resorts to claims of ruining the thread for everyone else.

The stupidest thing ever said to me by a gamer is that 40k is a game played by highly intelligent people that act like scoundrels. Feels like sometimes we are all in a race to prove the opposite is true.