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The Big E, Rowboat Girlyman, Newcrons/Oldcrons: Dakka is filled with great nicknames which definitely cause many lols. What are your favourites?

Mine is definitely Fabulous Bill. It makes him seem like a camp hairdresser, which cracks me all the way up

Don't know if there is one here, but I know someone that used to go by "Tyranid Fingers" like t-rex arms lol

Decurian: Any Formation made of formations.

Fzorgle.


I miss those days.

 welshhoppo wrote:
Fzorgle.


I miss those days.

Finally! I know what that meant!

I'm fond of Thunder Budgies as a nickname for Stormtalons.

Bobby Gills always stuck with me.

"Mechanical Bishops" is easily my favourite Chi-nglish expression when looking for models online.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 welshhoppo wrote:
Fzorgle.


I miss those days.

Finally! I know what that meant!

Where did this name come from? I know what the lash does but I haven't got a clue regarding where the nickname originated.

 Lammikkovalas wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 welshhoppo wrote:
Fzorgle.


I miss those days.

Finally! I know what that meant!

Where did this name come from? I know what the lash does but I haven't got a clue regarding where the nickname originated.

Let me take you back, to 2007....

 Triggerbaby wrote:

The rules for the Lash aren't entirely clear, but it looks like one might be able to target enemy units in close combat. And naturally, once somebody asks the question, Gav will immediately pipe up and give an enthusiastic albeit unofficial yes. Because he is a goddam sped.

But the possibilities for abuse are both game breaking and amusing!

• Charged by my Beserkers? Fzorgle! You will be charged again next turn by my Furious Repeating Charge!
• My Oblits are stuck in combat with Scarabs? Fzorgle! Not when the Scarabs love the great taste of leaving combat to jump into dangerous terrain on the lava tables.
• I have been charged by your Slugga Boys? Fzorgle! I think you'll find they prefer to stand in a circle front of my Defiler.

And let's not forget that if normal targeting rules are superceded, you can always fzorgle independant characters out of attached units and into harm's way.

Even outside the balance issues, the lash is just a terrible idea. It adds more movement to the round, and movement is the most time-intensive aspect of game. Large units take a couple of minutes to move, particularly for players who are used to moving small units. Like Chaos players. And as mentioned before, it sanctions your opponent to put his greasy sausage fingers on your models. I don't want your Cheetos dust on my Talos, fatty, and I'm assuming the sentiment is mutual.

Oh, and I love how it forces a pinning test on top of the movement. It's like the designers weren't sure if anybody would want it. I envision the following: "All it does is move enemy units? Disgusted snort. Hey, stupid person, we're trying to get rid of the useless, fluffy wargear that so bothered everybody in the last edition. Fix it, post haste. Limpwristed dismissal accompanied by small fart."

Lastly, I vote for calling our new friend the Fzorgle Prince^TM. It sounds stupid and makes absolutely no sense, just like the Lash Of Fzorgling itself.

Recently saw Scything Talons abbreviated to ScyTals (which I read as Skittles).

Fzorgle is still the best word ever.

Otherwise, the Obamastar in in the early daemonology days is gold.