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Just a quick question Dakka. How is this thread the above? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/686863.page. It seemed perfectly okay to me. "Flea market" is not exactly inflammatory (if that is what caused the lock).

This seemed like what could be a really useful thread that got locked for no reason.

You're missing the context in which the thread was created. The OP was upset that people were complaining that the new Warlord Games castle was overpriced and that children's toy castles, when sufficiently redecorated, are just as good. So he made the thread as a jab at the posters who suggested using toy castles.

Check out the Warlord Games releases thread in the News and Rumors section for the full story.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
You're missing the context in which the thread was created. The OP was upset that people were complaining that the new Warlord Games castle was overpriced and that children's toy castles, when sufficiently redecorated, are just as good. So he made the thread as a jab at the posters who suggested using toy castles.

Check out the Warlord Games releases thread in the News and Rumors section for the full story.

I see.

Someone needs to make a proper thread on this then stat!

 Grimtuff wrote:

Someone needs to make a proper thread on this then stat!

Yup, that would be fine, as RiTides mentioned in the lock post.

The note was regarding "intentionally inflammatory titles / OPs" - so not just the title, but the original post, as well.

Regarding inflammatory titles, the reason this can be an issue is we often get titles in the 40K section like "Why are Tau the most broken codex ever?" or the like. If someone instead posted a title like "Discussion of the power level of the Tau codex", it would generate discussion on the same topic, but with much less flame-baiting.

Regarding the OP, in that particular thread, there were things like this:

this is a thread for all those gamers who care for value over quality.

So, that right there sets the precedent: this isn't just a thread for discussing ways to make awesome terrain from cheap items... it's for those who only care about value, rather than quality. So it takes what could be a very useful discussion, and casts it in a very negative light.

The thread itself is a great idea, and it'd be great if you started a new one for it, Grimtuff! I have copied the content of Llamahead's reply here in case you (or anyone else) wants to use it as a starting point for the thread

 Llamahead wrote:

£5.99 from a cheap shop didn't even require repainting as it'll work brilliantly as is!

That would actually make some pretty amazing Lizardman terrain.

I don't have any content to start that thread but I would enjoy reading it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/687194.page

And this thread for converting toy castles, or building one from scratch.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/687050.page