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**Ruglud**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Thank goodness GWFulchester is still up. It's really the only GW site I still go to.

https://www.facebook.com/GWFulchester?ref=stream

Oh yes, the Best GW store ever...

Last time I was there I bumped into Tray and San - literally, only just made it away in one piece...

**Harriticus**

I suspect GW may be willingly trying to isolate themselves from negative feedback. Now that its up to their one-man stores to take criticism (and they'll never tell corporate out of fear), GW execs will no longer be exposed to criticism as long as they stay off the internet

**WarOne**

Ruglud wrote:
Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Thank goodness GWFulchester is still up. It's really the only GW site I still go to.

https://www.facebook.com/GWFulchester?ref=stream

Oh yes, the Best GW store ever...

Last time I was there I bumped into Tray and San - literally, only just made it away in one piece...

I love their comment:

Good News everybody. GWHQ have given us an online promotion. By which they mean extra work for no pay, not a give away.

Anyway, now that GWHQ no longer have their own Facebook page, it's up to us to keep you updated with all the latest Games Workshop news.

Isn't that exciting? Luckily, we have been issued up-to-the-minute updates about what's going on in head office.

Our first bit of news: The Second Edition Warhammer 40,000 Squat Codex has been cancelled.

**Plumbumbarum**

I don't care about GW having a facebook page or not, that sevice is greasy anyway.

GWs legal team is silly though.

**Lockark**

Valhallan42nd wrote:
Foolish, foolish, foolish...

But why would we want to interact with the local hobby centers when the GW store staff is being actively discouraged from making the stores places to interact?

Abit off topic. But the other day a GW employee told me that they were "a store 1st, not a hang out".

That's everything you need to know in a nutshell I guess.

I swear, GW could careless for it's community.

**Rainbow Dash**

I don't think they feel they need one, that their current business model is more then enough and a community only does them ill.

**Howard A Treesong**

Dear god they are just so... incredibly inept at the internet. It's difficult to understand just how BAD they are at it. So they get a bit of criticism on the BBC and elsewhere but follow their usual policy of never talking to the media and then when things go a bit sour on their Facebook page they pull it. Much like they pulled their own forums when those had too much negativity. GW bosses seem to think the way to tackle criticism is to remove the means by which to complain, as though the rest of the online world doesn't exist for it to fester in. All they do is take away the criticism they can see.

I really can't believe how in the stone age they seem to operate regarding the internet. It's long been a bit of a joke that they don't 'get the internet' and think it's a 'passing fad' but their actions time and again are just embarrassing. They just haven't got a handle on it at all and everything from the moment their legal team got Amazon to take a book down because it used the words 'space marine' has been a bit of a fiasco as they didn't attempt to control the fallout when it hit various news media and they bungled it so badly on their Facebook page they didn't know what to do other than can it.

Not that the loss of a corporate Facebook page is going to affect their sales much, but it's just sadly indicative of how hopeless they are at managing themselves online and with the media, and how quickly they run scared. How many other companies take down their pages after such mild criticism? Most companies would weather a storm of criticism before reacting in such a way.

**Panic**

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
...either people didn't know there was a GW Facebook page or they didn't care.
Either way, the sky is not falling

Just heard that GW legal are about to target LadyBird for their Chicken Licken 'death from the skys' copyright breach...

Spoiler:

Panic...

**combatmedic**

Seems kind of silly that they would close down their Facebook page for the sole reason of pushing people to their retail stores, which they are in turn closing or removing the play areas. Ask any current marketing person in the industry right now (any industry) what the best tool for reaching not only current, but new customers is, and they will all tell you social media. Those company pages do cost money, but no where near enough to make a noticeable impact on a budget, so cost I doubt, was the issue.
If it was because of the whole copyright deal, then its just more bad PR for GW.

**BrassScorpion**

For approximately 2 to 3 years GW has been creating Facebook pages for each of its individual stores and then having them post something at least once per day to try and draw people in. All of the GW stores in my area have had Facebook pages during this time. Today GW is promoting this fact on the front page of their main website at this link: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=28000015a I haven't tested settings outside the US and Canada, but when one views that page on the US GW website it lists all the store Facebook pages for North America. It's a fairly long list.

Facebook and your local Hobby Center

Your local Hobby Centre is now on Facebook!
Facebook is a fantastic way to stay in touch with your friends and family and keep abreast of all the things they're doing. It's also a fantastic way to keep up to date with what your favourite movie stars, rock bands and various celebrities around the world are getting up to, and now you can use Facebook keep track of all the events and activities going on at your local Games Workshop Hobby Center!

We have created a unique Facebook page for each and every Games Workshop store and have passed the reins over the store manager who is, even now, adding all the very latest news about their exciting events and hobby activities.

You'll be able to read about everything happening in-store including details about up-coming events, as well as dates and times for regular events such as Sunday Beginners and Gaming Club Nights.

Not only that, but you can also view loads of image galleries of miniatures painted by you guys and the staff at your local store. In fact, if you ask your store manager really nicely, you might even be able to get your works of art on display for the world to see!

So, to find out what's going on near you at any time, simply search for your local Games Workshop Hobby Center on www.Facebook.com
Name Telephone City
Games Workshop - 8th Street - Greenwich Village 212-982-6314 New York
Games Workshop - Alamo 925-314-0481 Alamo
Games Workshop - Bayshore 613-721-9604 Nepean
Games Workshop - Blue Diamond Crossing 702-432-3008 Las Vegas
Games Workshop - Blue Ridge Crossing 816-313-6492 Kansas City
Games Workshop - Bowie Bunker 301-464-4651 Bowie
Games Workshop - Buena Vista 626-303-1199 Duarte
Games Workshop - Capella Center II 614-846-2270 Columbus
Games Workshop - Central Avenue 818-241-0068 Glendale
Games Workshop - Chesterfield Crossing 636-536-6937 Chesterfield
Games Workshop - Chicago Bunker 630-426-0120 Downers Grove
Games Workshop - Chinook Centre 403-319-0064 Calgary
Games Workshop - City Walk 404-256-6439 Sandy Springs
Games Workshop - Coles Crossing 281-256-9266 Cyrpress
Games Workshop - Columbia Palace 410-772-3988 Columbia
Games Workshop - Cool Springs Village 615-778-3280 Franklin
Games Workshop - Copperwood 281-858-0085 Houston
Games Workshop - Cottman Avenue 215-722-6187 Philadelphia
Games Workshop - Deer Grove 847-963-1434 Palatine
Games Workshop - Deerwood Village 904-565-9241 Jacksonville
Games Workshop - Denton Town Crossing (940) 484-5400 Denton
Games Workshop - Durham Centre 289-372-3042 Ajax
Games Workshop - Eastport Plaza (503) 788-7643 Portland
Games Workshop - Empire Shopping Center 925-706-7310 Antioch
Games Workshop - Entrada De Oro 520-742-7320 Oro Valley
Games Workshop - Fair Oaks 703-218-1881 Fairfax
Games Workshop - Farmington Centre (901) 754-6194 Germantown
Games Workshop - Forest Park 803-790-6582 Columbia
Games Workshop - Forest Plaza 815-397-0234 Rockford
Games Workshop - Fountain Place 1-800-394-4263 Eden Prairie
Games Workshop - Freeway V 425-775-0107 Lynnwood
Games Workshop - Geneva Commons 630-232-2929 Geneva
Games Workshop - Gig Harbor 253-858-2477 Gig Harbor
Games Workshop - Governors Square 302-832-1229 Bear
Games Workshop - Grapevine Mills 972-691-3744 Grapevine
Games Workshop - Halifax 902-442-0297 Halifax
Games Workshop - Hampton Village 248-844-2627 Rochester Hills
Games Workshop - Highgate Village 604-629-1064 Burnaby
Games Workshop - Hill Country Plaza 210-764-2200 San Antonio
Games Workshop - Hilltop East Shopping Center (757) 962-5259 Virginia Beach
Games Workshop - Hyde Park Plaza 513-321-1104 Cincinnati
Games Workshop - Kent Station 253-850-6062 Kent
Games Workshop - Kingsway 780-474-7166 Edmonton
Games Workshop - Lake Crest Village 916-392-1495 Sacramento
Games Workshop - Lake Shore 410-255-0596 Pasadena
Games Workshop - Langstaff Square 905-850-0935 Vaughan
Games Workshop - Larwin Square 714-731-3304 Tustin
Games Workshop - Layton Plaza 414-325-2990 Greenfield
Games Workshop - Los Angeles Bunker 714-892-2973 Westminster
Games Workshop - Man O War 859-266-0245 Lexington
Games Workshop - Market at Town Center 281-240-0825 Sugar Land
Games Workshop - Montreal EC 514-844-3622 Montreal
Games Workshop - Morningside Plaza 714-255-9801 Fullerton
Games Workshop - Naperville 630-416-2131 Naperville
Games Workshop - Oakbrook Plaza 805-492-8800 Thousand Oaks
Games Workshop - Oak Park 708-660-0095 Oak Park
Games Workshop - Oakridge Mall 408-227-0025 San Jose
Games Workshop - Olney Village 301-774-3361 Olney
Games Workshop - Orland Square 708-226-9563 Orland Park
Games Workshop - Park Plaza 310-547-3400 San Pedro
Games Workshop - Pinecrest Pointe 919-848-2958 Raleigh
Games Workshop - Portola Plaza 949-457-1664 Mission Viejo
Games Workshop - Prairie Ridge 262-697-0471 Pleasant Prairie
Games Workshop - Preston Ridge 214-618-9788 Frisco
Games Workshop - Quail Spring Village 405-286-0033 Oklahoma City
Games Workshop - Red Top Plaza 847-573-1547 Libertyville
Games Workshop - Renaissance Centre 407-830-0101 Altamonte Springs
Games Workshop - Riverchase Promenade 205-403-2750 Birmingham
Games Workshop - River Pointe 847-658-2943 Algonquin
Games Workshop - Royal Oaks 281-556-5542 Houston
Games Workshop - Scottsdale Towne Center 480-767-2078 Scottsdale
Games Workshop - Seattle Bunker 425-562-2300 Bellevue
Games Workshop - Silas Creek Crossing 336-765-5476 Winston - Salem
Games Workshop - Square One 905-281-8695 Mississaga
Games Workshop - Square One Denver 303-759-5400 Glendale
Games Workshop - St. Thomas 410-998-9223 Owings Mills
Games Workshop - Stoneridge Mall 925-463-1481 Pleasanton
Games Workshop - Sugarland Crossing 703-421-5560 Sterling
Games Workshop - Sunrise Village 253-848-5670 Puyallup
Games Workshop - Supermall 253-288-7630 Auburn
Games Workshop - Tacoma Place 253-471-5359 Tacoma
Games Workshop - The Avenue at White Marsh 410-933-2008 White Marsh
Games Workshop - The Gateway at Sawgrass 954-846-9415 Sunrise
Games Workshop - Tomball Crossing 281-251-0031 Houston
Games Workshop - Tower Center 703-569-1781 Springfield
Games Workshop - Union Landing 510-429-1759 Union City
Games Workshop - Ventura Village 805-339-9580 Ventura
Games Workshop - Victoria 250-361-1499 Victoria
Games Workshop - Village Center 281-347-0400 Katy
Games Workshop - West Edmonton 780-486-3332 Edmonton
Games Workshop - Westminster Center 1-800-394-4263 Westminster
Games Workshop - White Oaks Mall 519-668-3713 London
Games Workshop - Willow Lake East 317-228-9578 Indianapolis
Games Workshop - Winnipeg 204-254-4864 Winnipeg
Games Workshop - Woodfield 847-330-1187 Schaumburg
Games Workshop - World of Battle 901-541-7700 Memphis
Games Workshop - Yonge and Lawrence 647-428-7122 Toronto