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rockerbikie wrote:The Salamander Kid from Hell threw a Land Raider at my balls because my squad of Bloodclaws beat his terminators who charge out of his Land Raider.

You get that in Wollongong...

I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:
Dammit, he did sort of mind trick me! I read the thing very carefully when shown to see that he really did count as charging me, but he rolled to PASS a ld10 morale check. [on recollection I probably did kill enough models to cause one] and then skillfully moved past that bit of the rule and kept me focussed on the effects. Cheating bastard!

To be fair, some folks pull the Mistress as a casualty first so it drops to Ld7 for those checks since they are fearless in CC.

Rico wrote:

happygolucky wrote:"I pwned you like a noob"

And you're angry at this? He's the one looking like a complete basement-bound nutjob who uses his leet speak in real life encounters when he should be talking normally like the rest of us humans. At the end of the day you're higher on the totem pole because you use proper English and he can't differentiate between avatars and people.

/rantdone

Moving on, I mainly stick to my group of friends when I want a game. There's good-natured ragging and mutual despair at the dice. Once people realize it's a game they can have a bit more fun, I've found.

Rico...

i was only angry at this since he said the same line over and over again and i left at 6PM

Quite simply when my rolls outright lose me a game.

Two more examples.

In a tourney play "Cheater Bob". Yes everyone called him Cheater Bob because he always cheated. A space marine unit of mine breaks and falls back. At the start of the next round I auto regroup and begin to move the correct amount. He then proceeds to tell me I can't move my guys because they regrouped. I get the book out and show him ATSKNF. He reads the line about normally units cant.... bla bla bla. I tell him to keep reading, that the next paragraph explains that I can do it. After arguing with him for 5 mins because he would not read the next paragraph, I finally yelled "Read the next paragraph you fat f$#@. I bet if there was a candy bar on the next paragraph you would read it." He conceeded the argument to me.

The most recent was in a tournament a few months ago. A player who came in 2nd in the 2009 Ohmaha Ard Boyz Regional (see above) had moved accross country to my new home as well. We were playing a game my Space Marines vs his bugs. Game was very close, but he had a slight edge. At the start of the game he asked if he could move and run at the same time. I told him no I have seen too many people use that to get an unfair advantage. He complained but agreed. Then all through the game he keep trying to run in the movement phase. I keep telling him not to do it.

Then my Death Company assaulted one of his big bugs. They killed it before he could swing. He was so upset, he said I was cheating. I took too many power weapon attacks with my 1 DC model. I told him I get 2base, 1 for charge, 1 for extra weapon (Armed with PW/Bolt Pistol) for a total of 4. He said that I don't get an extra attack with a power weapon since I did not have two Power weapons. After stopping play for 15mins to have me, and the TO prove to him that Power weapons do infact give an extra attack, he argued for 10 more that the extra attack was not infact a power weapon attack but a basic attack. His defense to his "error" was he does not play Space Marines and does not know their rules. Then the last straw for him. He had 2 guant squads assault Dante and his Sanguard squad. He moved a few models in the first Squad, and then moved a few in the second squad, and then finished the rest of the moves. After I protested that you have to finish one squads moves before moving another, he tried to say he could not reach with the back few so the other squad could go ahead a move. What he knew, was that if he had moved the first squad legally, then the second squad would not have been able to assault. Having enough, I quit the game, and he was asked not to come back.

Back when I played Tau, I was in a 2k pt game against a buddy's Marines. I fired with my entire army at his army and failed to get a single kill. Let me be more precise. When I say I didn't get a single kill, I should say, he didn't need to roll a single save. I missed or failed to wound on every single die. For the record, that includes 48 fire warriors, 4 devilfish, 2 broadsides, 2 hammerheads, and two teams of XV8 suits. Total whiff. My railguns actually didn't hit at all the entire game.

It should come to no surprise that I lost.

Vladsimpaler wrote:

Grimtuff wrote:
Or it could be of that legendary child called Jordan, drinker of Enchanted Blue paint...

Ok, now this one I haven't heard. Do tell.

I believe a first hand account of the story is kicking around this very forum somewhere, now I first heard of this story over 13 years ago when I first got into this hobby.

There was a kid that once frequented the local store named Jordan who was the attention whore that puts all others to shame and after some incident involving a smashed Leman Russ Jordan is kicked to the kerb and told to behave by the locals. Jordan, obviously wanting to the be centre of attention 100% of the time grabs a pot of Enchanted Blue off of the painting table and necks it.

A few minutes later they hear him say "I don't feel so good". wherein he runs outside and either barfs in the nearest postbox (or as I was told) all over the street (I personally believe the latter as there were blueish splashes to this day on the pavement outside said store).


Now onto some of my own:

There was this one guy who used to come to my local store who shall remain nameless (Because he IS like Voldemort). Imagine if Sheldon Cooper had rough angry sex with Sidshow Bob, The 4th Doctor and Heinrich Kemmler and they somehow managed to conceive a new life form, this would be it. This guy was a nightmare to play against, TFG in it's purest form. He would argue the sillest things claiming "oh look you're a millimetre out, now you can't charge!" The usual TFG stuff.

I'm so glad he's gone.

Then there was Steve, just Steve. Due to a high rotation of staffers at GW Loughborough this individual managed to get banned at least 4 times. He would get banned after completley throwing a fit and throwing his models back in the toolbox (so they had to be reassembled every time he played) and threatening to (or actually) punch his opponent that just beat him. Rinse and repeat. I had the dubious honour of playing him on the day he got banned after he got into a huge argument with me over what Spirit Stones did (he thought it went down to may not move or shoot to mayy not move, even though there was no such damage result (this was 4th ed.)) and in spite of the fact of the whole store telling him different, he throws a tantrum and the inevitable happens.

AvatarForm wrote:

rockerbikie wrote:The Salamander Kid from Hell threw a Land Raider at my balls because my squad of Bloodclaws beat his terminators who charge out of his Land Raider.

You get that in Wollongong...

Surely you mean in THE WollongongS.

jbunny wrote:"Read the next paragraph you fat f$#@. I bet if there was a candy bar on the next paragraph you would read it."

Tears, I have tears in my eyes and am light headed from laughing so hard. My dogs are freaking their shet.

Thank you, Good Sir!

Several years ago when I was playing Warmachine at my LGS, I decided to play a friendly game against the store's TFG, much to the amusement of the other players as this was my first time against him. Not only did he use a set of his own weighted dice, he smelled and quipped very poor tasting jokes. Needless to say, the game was not going well for him in the first couple of turns, so much so that he got up from the table and disappeared from view. My initial thought was that he went to the bathroom, but then for the next 40 minutes as I sat at the table, I watched him walk around the store, talk to the owner and other players, all the while completely ignoring me. I just sat patiently and waited. Thankfully when he finally returned as if he had just left we were able to continue the game...and things still went very poorly for him.

MikZor wrote:Why are tournaments so angry and cruel

Another one, regarding LoS rubbish, with this particuler building
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440156a&prodId=prod40001a
I got called out on a chainsword being seen through the tiny little hole just next to the larger one on the right of the pic, i called bs as it's an 'accessory', they then worded it differently saying they could see the hand got my 4+ cover though yep 4+ through that tiny little hole. Makes me question the terrain rules

just my two cents but you have to see 50% of a squad to be able to shoot it is that right?

No, that is not right. More than 50% must be clearly seen for them to not get a cover save.

This one concerns a Tournemant i wasnt even in.

I was with some friends playing in a local tournemant (cant remember why i wasnt playing, probably didnt feel up to it) and i am watching my friend (Daemonhunters) play a guy (Tau)

So the game starts and the first turn is played, and the tau get ripped into. The Tau player is swearing and mouthing off at his misfortune, and my friend offers to let him redeploy and retakes the first turn. The guy grumbles to himself, mutters alot of nasty things under his breath but the only thing he says to my friends face is that its his first time playing tau and he doesnt quite know how to play.

Anyway this continues, his battlesuits fail to come in on turn 3 and he gets visibly upset, my friend tells him to put them in anyways. They die quickly after they arrive, he lets him change where they deepstriked into. Amazingly despite his concessions, my friend still wins.

So the tau player gave my friend a zero for Sportsmanship on the comp points card he is issued after the game. A zero isnt just a low score, it actually involves the judge coming over in an attempt to resolve the dispute. The tau player didnt realise this, and the only explanation he could offer for the low score was that he always did that in tournemants, to put himself into a better position.

That one has always stuck with me, that someone who was handed such concessions would still be so low as to throw someone under the bus for some measly comp points.

I have more stories, but nothing that sickening.

Most annoying moment of my war gaming life was last night:

My friends first shooting phase - 4 ML in to my Seraphim with Cannoness attached. Hit direct with ALL GOD DAMN FOUR TEMPLATES...

Wiped 5 out, cause a LD check, and I roll a 5,6. I flee...OFF THE BOARD. Cannoness cannot leave and I loose her in the first turn...the first fething turn.

Needless to say I was just stood there in shock and awe.

Realising i cant paint flesh or faces, i havent painted for about a week due to this :@

mikeb2817 wrote:Realising i cant paint flesh or faces, i havent painted for about a week due to this :@

Tanned Flesh for basecoat

Flesh Wash to get in the deep parts

Dwarf Flesh over the top leaving deepest parts

Elf Flesh on the extremes. Noses etc.

In that order, now give it a go! ;-)

On turn 1, I had a rhino get destroyed with the Emperor's Champion and a 9-man crusade squad in it. 1 marine died in the explosion. I made the pinning check just fine, but since I'm Templars, I have to make a leadership check from 1 marine for Righteous Zeal. I rolled an 11 for morale and a 12 to run off the board. Fun times.

kronk wrote:On turn 1, I had a rhino get destroyed with the Emperor's Champion and a 9-man crusade squad in it. 1 marine died in the explosion. I made the pinning check just fine, but since I'm Templars, I have to make a leadership check from 1 marine for Righteous Zeal. I rolled an 11 for morale and a 12 to run off the board. Fun times.

Ouch...just...ouch :(

Wow. I was going to call you on playing RZ wrong, but read through it and that's actually what it says. Damn, that's a sucky rule.

I enjoy the hell out of RZ. Don't get me wrong.

Every once in a while, it bites you on the butt.

I was running a Creed/Kell List with Vox Casters for everyone that could take one [You will see why]. I am, taking on Marines.
on turn 2 I manage to give the Orders to my Rough Riders "For the Horno of Cadia" and destroyes a Marine Suqad down to the last man, the Sathrg with his Power Fist.
On his turn he cleans my clock forcing my RR to run. from that moment on the only moral test I fail [with the LD 10] if for the RR as they go running off the board.

I thought FTHoC was useless for RR, since the don't get the +1S for Lances? Either way, ouch.

pretre wrote:I thought FTHoC was useless for RR, since the don't get the +1S for Lances? Either way, ouch.

Wether they do or not, I it does gives me Fearless for the Turn.

Most annoying moment:

When all 3 of my 430pt Nobz squads end up pinned in the same turn in a tournament. Many Smurf Marines were not ripped in half due to this atrocity!

AvatarForm wrote:

rockerbikie wrote:The Salamander Kid from Hell threw a Land Raider at my balls because my squad of Bloodclaws beat his terminators who charge out of his Land Raider.

You get that in Wollongong...

The GW Staff was more concerned about calming him down then my condition.

One of my first ever games, I was aginst (apparently)... *deep breath*

3" infiltrating genestealers
rippers that make everything ignore armor and invulnerable saves
oh yeah, and they apparently deny my archon and his squad any attacks against them
He deployed everything right in front of me
The player also played his entire tyranid army vs a raider, an archon and (I think) a few warriors (old DE codex)

@ Mr. Norris: Wow. That is some serious BS right there. Did he invent a Magic phase and an auto-cast Purple Sun too, just for gaks and giggles?

Not sure what purple sun is, but that guy was one thing that spurred me on to learn the rules. Now my school club which thatwas at actually uses them.

(That same player also played IG in a shooting match. standing still, no scenery, nothing but shooting. It was close)

Wow. And Purple Sun is a WHFB high-level spell that basically drops a moving large blast template with crazy-high strength that scatters and roams around the board for a while, basically eating any models it touches.

I never really had any issues. Mainly stayed away from the local GW which is only gaming store closeby, I visit the LGW fairly often and so scary shops pets rageing about a rule in 40k to me when he over heard me disscussing it with the manager. Best thing was, hes never played 40k as is a hardcore WHF only player, the manager knowing this shut him up with "its 40k and you dont know gak" least to say the dweeb stfu and went back to minding his own bisness. Aside from that I've been fairly lucky with not meeting that TFG and so on.

Last night at my FLGS I had one. Was playing my SoB against a friends DE list that he wanted to practice. Was a friendly game, but my rolling was atrocious. I must have seriously angered the Dice Gods before that game. I could not make an armor or cover save.

It was at the point where he blow up one of my Immolators and I failed 5 of 5 saves I had to take with 5 ones that I swore profusely, not in anger nor towards my opponent, but in sheer disbelief of what just happened. As this was after 2100 and the store was mostly empty anyway there wasn't any issue with me swearing.

From that point on in the game I started a bag of failure dice. Anytime a die rolled a 1 or 2 for shooting or saves it was added to the bag. It was in great amusement to both of us at the speed at which my dice were joining their fellow failures, but I was thinning out the herd so to speak leaving me with only "good" dice left. I actually ended up winning that game with a mostly full bag of dice failures, only due to my friend losing track of the actual mission of the game (Capture & Control) and flamers generally denying both his cover and armor saves.

Was one of my worst and best games in a awhile.