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Ok, great thread!

But really, can you imagine playing Robin Williams? The psychotic narrative would take hours. On turn one alone.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/485797.page


Hmm.

Robin Williams for sure not sure about anyone else

They played D&D on Big Bang Theory, I think it would be cool if they played warhammer

Big bang theory only shows what people think nerds re like, not what they really are like.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Big bang theory only shows what people think nerds re like, not what they really are like.

Yeah, not every nerd get's the hot blonde who moves in next door... occasionaly she's a brunette or a red head

 notprop wrote:
I also heard Avatar720 played but he's far too busy being a cheeseburger and lederhosen model to have time for 40k so I'm not buying it.

I do get time off.

Druid13 wrote:
They are not quite as famous as the other mentioned here but due to the popularity that has come to their game I feel it's worth mentioning. Some of the guys at Riot Games, such as Morello, play 40K.

Tom Morello? Coolness.... I was always an RATM nut...

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Steve Carel has mentioned Warhammer before, on SNL, and his character painted miniatures in The 40 Year Old Virgin, which might have been influenced by the actor.

He's the reason my wife sometimes catches me talking to myself when I paint...

"And now I am going to paint your sliver pants blue..."

When we saw the movie in the theater, my wife actually shouted out "you're painting it wrong!" She's a perfectionist.

He didn't even prime it....

Im Hugh Grant, of Love Actualy et al fame. I play 40k, and Inquisimunda.

A (probably false) rumor that went around GW retail years ago was that UK's 'Crimewatch' presenter Jill Dando played.

Someone once told me George Bush played. But I have a hard time believing he could even finish reading the title on the cover. As soon as he saw 'War' as the prefix, he ran away.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Someone once told me George Bush played. But I have a hard time believing he could even finish reading the title on the cover. As soon as he saw 'War' as the prefix, he ran away.

Just tell him halfway through the demo game, "Mission Accomplished!"

rustproof wrote:
Im Hugh Grant, of Love Actualy et al fame. I play 40k, and Inquisimunda.

I can confirm that this was an actual movie and he is speaking the queens English.

davou wrote:

rustproof wrote:
Im Hugh Grant, of Love Actualy et al fame. I play 40k, and Inquisimunda.

I can confirm that this was an actual movie and he is speaking the queens English.

Despite dropping the L for a US Actually

Love the response's people. Im 5% less geek now so semi cool people are doing it too.

I love to think all the world leaders just have a big game of 40k and then discuss budgets and stuff in the last ten minutes as there is no money to spend anyway. Why else would they look so pissed of after the meetings, Obama just took out David Cameron's Land Raider and Angela Merkel's Imperial Guard are trying to rule everyone.

Barbara Streisand and Snoop Dogg.

Also I doubt more than a quarter of the people mentioned here actually do play wargames.

 Cave_Dweller wrote:
Ok, great thread!

But really, can you imagine playing Robin Williams? The psychotic narrative would take hours. On turn one alone.

Thats kindda what our games are like here anyways. IT would be so friggin epic with Williams doing it though. Just imagine when the most ridiculous happens on the table

 ENOZONE wrote:
I thought Vin Diesel played Dungeons and Dragons.

Vin is a MAJOR D&D fan. Ive seen interviews with him, hes not shy about it.


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Big bang theory only shows what people think nerds re like, not what they really are like.

Bingo, the show is so popular because it portrays nerds as people want to see them.

I know Russell Kane ( British comedian) plays/played DnD. there is a really funny interview about it when he was on the graham norton show. Also I think vin speaks about DnD on the old Friday night with Jonathan Ross.

Vin Deisel has Chaos Tattoos in XXX. (a Nurgle one if i recall) He is confirmed as an uber geek

I will be perfectly honest about big bang theory though, while most of the characters aren't really accurate representations of "geeks" (if that's even possible) I know several people who are just like Sheldon. He's the only character who is believeable to me, but not in a good way.

If you don't believe me, you need to go down to your FLGS/comic book store and talk to people more. You'll find a Sheldon very quickly. Say something slightly inaccurate or debatable and see who the first person to say "Actually, it's..." and so on.

As for famous people being into wargames, I could see Vin Diesel getting into it. The rest of these people being mentioned though I'm highly skeptical of

 Ascalam wrote:


Tarja Turjurnen (sp?) reportedly wargames also, but historicals not GW,

Tarja? Really? This I'd never have guessed...

Seems oddly fitting though...

 leroy233 wrote:
Love the response's people. Im 5% less geek now so semi cool people are doing it too.

I love to think all the world leaders just have a big game of 40k and then discuss budgets and stuff in the last ten minutes as there is no money to spend anyway. Why else would they look so pissed of after the meetings, Obama just took out David Cameron's Land Raider and Angela Merkel's Imperial Guard are trying to rule everyone.

Lies, David Cameron's force only exists as an allied detachment to Obama's FOC.

 Alfndrate wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
But i think Wil has gained a bit of prominence from Big bang theory.

That's because he's a recurring character on a show that lauds "geeky" culture. He's been in plenty of other roles as a guest star on other shows, and he'll probably only really be remembered as that kid from Stand By Me, Wesley Crusher, and Evil Wil Wheaton, and maaaybe Fawkes from the Guild, but probably not.

He's also Mister Stitch, the man with no penis.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com