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Slightly relevant to all of this-
Today I was heading to my FLGS after school so I had my case of models in my bag and all my friends were looking at them. During lunch my friend decided to use them in some weird game in which they are rappers, who are also in the army, and are all brothers and he makes a little war thing and then starts doing the same thing with the tanks and all my friends join in..... It was slightly freaky seeing as they acually enjoyed playing with them and thought that everything accept the acual game was cool (other than the price).





-Orkishly

I only wear my "My other t-shirt is a suit of Tactical Dreadnought Armor" shirt when I'm out with the ladies on a friday or saturday night.

I make all sorts of subtle hints about my ballistic skill and toughness, all the while praying they don't find out I'm actually aligned to Chaos, and as such, I can only have one mistress.
















I actually know someone who has a shirt with a Marine stat line. Whenever he wears it, I call him "stat-line" and make jokes about he couldn't even afford a Captain's statline. (It's the 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 8 3+).

Beyond that, I don't broadcast I play warhammer like anything else in my life, but I also don't hide it. I don't really care who knows what I do with my spare time and I will explain the hobby if asked about it. I don't mind being laughed at and I'm certainly not going to change my habits based on what others think of me. That's just juvenile.

But if they continue to harass me and my models, then all bets are off and I begin to summon DOOMRIDER. (Starting on a 3+, I'm Slaanesh aligned)

Defiler wrote:I only wear my "My other t-shirt is a suit of Tactical Dreadnought Armor" shirt when I'm out with the ladies on a friday or saturday night.

I make all sorts of subtle hints about my ballistic skill and toughness, all the while praying they don't find out I'm actually aligned to Chaos, and as such, I can only have one mistress.

"Hey baby, I've got strength ten, which means on a 4+ I'll be penetrating your hull tonight"

I find I'm a bit of a closet wargamer. I don't believe it's "evident" on the outside, but then what does your average wargamer look like? We don't all fit the stereotype of the spotty geeky teen and as a few people have brought up and our hobbies don't necessarily define us as individuals, they just comprise a certain part of our identity.
A little warhammer now and then isn't going to hurt anyone, however being obsessed can be a different matter. But then this would equally apply to any hobby or subject, be it football, drinking or gaming.

It isnt usually the first thing I would open a conversation with, but if someone asked about my hobbies, or it came up in conversation, I would galdly tell them. I see no reason to make a secret of it. Yeah, its a bit nerdy... but so what?

if GW released a range of Tshirts, I would gladly buy some.

I'm in highschool. I play Rugby and Football. I also played WoW for 3 years and play 40k. No one I know knows that I did / do any of these things. TBH I just shove it all in my room when friends come over and its pretty much just a hobby, nothing to make a big deal about or talk about.

TBH if you do tell people about it, then prepare to receive crap (at my age). People in my gradeschool knew I played and I got crap for it then. So hiding it is a good idea for some.

i got so much stick about it at school, but now (im 21) i just dont care.dont shout about it, but i happily tell people!

may dad always refered to it as "warhammers" as in are you buying/playing warhammers again-but he did collect model trains, so it was kind f the same

I stopped giving a damn about what people thought of me a long time ago sonny. However, I do intend to have a relationship one day though, so I keep my hobby slightly under wraps. I read the books in school, and even occasionly do a sketch in my notebooks of conversions I might try one day. I fsomeone asks me about the hobby, I'll be honest with them, same as I am with everything.


You are all in violation of rule Number One as well. Congrats.

@Dirkthe1: Is your avatar a cat!?

I dont have the whole wargaming attire thing going on even though I would love to! =) But my gaming is not really a secret to anyone.I know who I am and make no attempt to hide that

Flashman wrote:My other hobby is triathlons and people think I'm a bit strange for doing that too.

Seems to me that if you do anything beyond spending Friday and Saturday night getting wasted, then you are considered a little peculiar.

Aha! My friends and I get drunk and play 40k! Needless to say games are short lived because the losing sides stop being interested in the game and start being interested in rock band...

barlio wrote:Yeah I always like it when M:tg and WoW players tell me that they won't get into any GW game because it costs too much.

Makes me think of Nelson and his Ha-ha

This one doesn't make sense to me. WoW's greatest strength is the fact it's so effin' cheap. I went from saving a bunch of money and mostly spending my time playing WoW to being completely broke and mostly spending my time with 40k. I much prefer 40k as I'm being productive but the point still stands.

I'm also a former competitive Magic player, and this part doesn't make sense to me as I blew so much money on magic back in the day. If you're playing on a competetive level you'll be blowing $300-$400 every time a new expansion comes out provided you have a good collection of older cards that you don't have to go back and buy.


Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Luckily in my group of 8-12 friends all of the guys play so it's never been an issue. I'm not ashamed of it because I take pride in the work I put into the models and I know I'm a normal, social person even when playing the game. I'll reiterate the stance most people have taken in the sense I wont go advertising I play, but if somebody asks what my hobbies are I'll mention I paint models. I try to stick to the skill intensive part (painting & modeling) and leave the nerdy gaming stuff for another conversation.