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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 10:11:43
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Civil War Re-enactor
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A few days old, but I just noticed it.
If you voted on Armies on Parade at my local GW store you'd be part of a contest where the "winner" gets to buy a Collectors Edition or Gamers Edition of the 6th ed rulebook at full GW price.
Isn't that a generous prize?
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Shotgun wrote:I don't think I will ever understand the mentality of people that feel the need to record and post their butthurt on the interwebs. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 10:30:05
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Lord of the Fleet
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Huh?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 10:36:51
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Calculating Commissar
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Ouch. At Helsinki the contest was apparently to guess the number of bitz in a big bin of bitz. The reward: that bin of bitz. Apparently the answer was 1050, so not a bad haul.
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The supply does not get to make the demands. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 11:32:13
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Hacking Proxy Mk.1
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I.. what happens if you don't want to?
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Fafnir wrote:Oh, I certainly vote with my dollar, but the problem is that that is not enough. The problem with the 'vote with your dollar' response is that it doesn't take into account why we're not buying the product. I want to enjoy 40k enough to buy back in. It was my introduction to traditional games, and there was a time when I enjoyed it very much. I want to buy 40k, but Gamesworkshop is doing their very best to push me away, and simply not buying their product won't tell them that. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 12:21:53
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I won a painting contest at my local GW. prize was bragging rights >.<
Staff were implying that there was a proper prize all the way up to the end of the contest. was kinda p**sed off
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 15:19:42
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Fixture of Dakka
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You don't want to? GW inquisition will be with you shortly.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 16:00:21
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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I don't understand, you can buy one anyway, so why would they offer the opportunity to do what you can do anyway as a prize?
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We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 16:04:02
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
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Did you get the space marine pinned to a cork and drybrushed gold as your prize for the painting competition??
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 16:16:56
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Fixture of Dakka
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mattyrm wrote: I don't understand, you can buy one anyway, so why would they offer the opportunity to do what you can do anyway as a prize?
See OP. They were limited edition versions and were presumably set-a-side as "prizes"
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 16:19:25
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Pretty ridiculous and not surprising at all. Can't make this gak GW does up anymore.
Agamemnon2 wrote:Ouch. At Helsinki the contest was apparently to guess the number of bitz in a big bin of bitz. The reward: that bin of bitz. Apparently the answer was 1050, so not a bad haul.
See, this is actually a good concept and prize....Though maybe it's just because of my love of bitz (then again, what 40ker doesn't love bitz?)
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My Armies:
5,500pts
2,700pts
2,000pts
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 16:19:39
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Flashman wrote: mattyrm wrote: I don't understand, you can buy one anyway, so why would they offer the opportunity to do what you can do anyway as a prize?
See OP. They were limited edition versions and were presumably set-a-side as "prizes"
Yeah, I saw that.
But the OP still confuses me. It sounds like something got lost in translation or the shop is silly.
But hey, it'd still be cheaper than eBay for a CE or GE.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 17:08:58
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Civil War Re-enactor
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Kanluwen wrote:But the OP still confuses me. It sounds like something got lost in translation or the shop is silly.
It's probably both, hehe.
- People vote at Armies on Parade
- A voter wins in a "lottery" or whatever
- The prize is getting to buy one of the limited versions of the new rulebook.
It is indeed absolutely ridiculous.
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Shotgun wrote:I don't think I will ever understand the mentality of people that feel the need to record and post their butthurt on the interwebs. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 17:11:28
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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No, I got that part.
I can kind of understand why they're doing it since the CE/GE are no longer available and go for obscene amounts on eBay.
Just not sure why it's really worth posting about.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 17:22:30
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Fixture of Dakka
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Kanluwen wrote:No, I got that part.
I can kind of understand why they're doing it since the CE/GE are no longer available and go for obscene amounts on eBay.
Just not sure why it's really worth posting about.
It's just symbolic of GW's current cynical approach with just about everything
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 19:30:57
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos
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Kanluwen wrote:No, I got that part.
I can kind of understand why they're doing it since the CE/GE are no longer available and go for obscene amounts on eBay.
Just not sure why it's really worth posting about.
Because winning a prize you have to buy is pretty funny (as in clown funny), and people generally like funny things.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 19:37:00
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Harriticus wrote:
See, this is actually a good concept and prize....Though maybe it's just because of my love of bitz (then again, what 40ker doesn't love bitz?)
This. Anyone still remember when GW sold bits themselves?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/23 20:12:14
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Speed Drybrushing
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They do again. Go buy the bits for those noise marines, ha.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/26 04:23:04
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
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You mean the mostly warped resin noise marine weapons?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/30 19:47:44
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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hey I wouldn't mind a chance to buy a gamers edition rulebook, I would then sell the rulebook on the bay and the bits I already have. I want the bag.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/30 19:57:25
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Agile Revenant Titan
In the Casualty section of a Blood Bowl dugout
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We have various painting competitions at my local GW, namely in two categories, one with a prize of the 'Golden Goblin' (a Goblin Boss painted in Gold on a pedestal like base) and another with no prize.
They're fun to enter though, so I'm not complaining.
I do remember a few years back there being actually quite good prizes for various raffles and competitions, but that was a few years back, and we all know that GW has got progressively more stingy about giving stuff away etc
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/30 20:04:46
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I remember a silver skulls reward card which got you cool little bits. now that was the way forward.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/30 20:17:36
Subject: Great prize at local GW contest
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Regular Dakkanaut
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My local Gw did a series of 3 "masterclasses" - you buy something that fits the theme - Squad, Tank/monster, Character, you then have to paint it instore, infront of the staff, across the week and the 'best' (voted by staff) won "big prizes" (well, thats what they advertised when they were selling you the models and glue):
Squad got you a .... pot of paint
Tank got you a .... paintbrush
Character (which was meant to be the biggest prize of all) - A used poster....
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