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GW is continuing to make "current" purchased rules publications obsolete with the release of another purchased rules publication. (the list is long)
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$75 Main/Big Rule Book obsolete in less than two years (6e 23rd of June, 2012)
Wow, just wow.
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It has to stop, and the 40K community are the only ones that can stop it.
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Stop being lemmings, this goes for the Distributors and/or FLGS also, Stop GW now.
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Sticking FLGS and/or Distributors with dead stock with NO buyback program. (fyi, Walmart does not own one product in the entire store, if magazines do not sell, the magazine company takes them back, that goes for the entire contents of the store. Other retailers have similar buyback programs in place, it is common practice in retail)
Closing Countries Borders to selling. (CA, AU, etc.)
GW Direct "only" products, this includes E-Books.
Cease and desist to Fan fiction and homebrew rules websites.
No FLGS Internet sales.
No "new" FaQs for months, no older FaQs on the "new" website.
No rules Support, ever.
Massive flooding of multiple Rule Books with huge issues attached to each.
No Battle Bunkers, No tables in GW stores.(where players used to get "fair" House Rules being used by a large majority, rather than relying on non GW Tournaments).
No Outriders.
GW Stock in the toilet.
Etc. (add to this list if you want)
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All of which We will have to Pay For.
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Stop GW Now

I can't believe no one's ever thought of boycotting before.

I'm pretty sure this isn't News or Rumors, might make more sense in 40k General Discussions.

Honestly, the lack of balance and decline of competitive 40k is doing wonders for forcing a boycott.

I have piles of money to spend on hobby stuff, but GW won't make new Ork models or rules and have made the game unplayable for my codex.

So they have basically driven me out of wargaming back to RPG/dungeon/board games. Oh well

Oh no!!! You have to buy new rules every few years. The horror! The horror!!


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And it's a shame I won't be able to use my 6E rulebook if I want to with my friends.

Oh wait? What's that? I can? I can play with old rulebooks? GW doesn't take them from me? Does that mean I can play OOP games like confrontation, too? Wait? It does?

Whoa. Revelatory.

Just try other games for a while. You'll soon find your cares for what GW does disappear. Find a new game, love it, show a friend and pass it along.

 gorgon wrote:
I can't believe no one's ever thought of boycotting before.

Nice one

Yeah!!!!!!!!$& occupy gw. Viva la revolution

On a slightly different note, I think that this might be the first time you see a considerable number of people stick with a previous edition.

Other editions, whether considered superior or inferior, had their typical lifespan. I think many people with eschew buying a new core rulebook for the sole reason of not wanting to buy a whole new book so quickly.

I will be interested to see what people do in my area. WM/H seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and I've actually seen some WHFB games these days! Perhaps 40k will become more of an even-tier with those games.

We shall see!

Don't stop playing, but stop buying.
No-one's forcing you to buy, and if your local games agree to stay with 6th and a range of add-ons, that's all you need to have.

If you factor that Dakkaites are maybe ~2% of the current GW players, a boycott from all of us is going to get ignored.
Add in BOLS and others, that might have an effect, but just Dakka? Nope.

I've said it a bazillion times: a boycott is never going to work, so get it out of your head now.

Why? Because we, on this forum, the people who are aware that GW's prices are insane, aware that GW are just a cash grab company, aware that 40k is a "bad" game, are a very, very small minority of the 40k community. We're negligible. GW make their money from kids, parents of kids, model enthusiasts and badly-informed adults who continue to buy models direct from GW and will continue to do so whether or not GW hike their prices or break the game.

I'll say it again. We're negligible. A boycott wouldn't work. Then take into account the fact that most of us here probably buy most of our wargaming stuff from eBay/Independent Retailers and our boycott would have even less of an effect.

The only thing that's going to make GW change their ways is another Wargaming/Minatures company opening high street stores UK/US-wide and directly competing with them. Anything else won't work.

Let's stay polite please people.

Helps no one if all you do is insult other users.

Thank you.

Are we even 100% sure that it is actually a 7th edition book? I was under the impression that it was mostly just a conglomeration of 6e rules and supplements into one book. or is that out of date?

so true, and all the Sri Lankan Pro Bloggers hired by GW flood this site and all the others, so wishful thinking on my part.
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If you want to boycot GW, just do it. We got 20+ people in our club and got 1 physical rulebook / codex / army book for everyone to have a look at in case they need to. Really keeps the cost for everyone low.

Continue to play 6th edition if you care that much. When Dungeons and Dragons made the switch to 4th edition, plenty of people stuck with 3.5. Hell, some people still play 2nd Edition.

40k is no different- GW is not the ultimate arbiter of how you play the game. Talk to people in your local meta.

I'm personally just going to buy a 7th edition rulebook (or 6.5, or whatever) as cheaply as possible.

 curran12 wrote:
Are we even 100% sure that it is actually a 7th edition book? I was under the impression that it was mostly just a conglomeration of 6e rules and supplements into one book. or is that out of date?

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The point is GW keeps changing current purchased publications by releasing new purchased publications.
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And the community keeps taking it.

 Colpicklejar wrote:
Continue to play 6th edition if you care that much. When Dungeons and Dragons made the switch to 4th edition, plenty of people stuck with 3.5. Hell, some people still play 2nd Edition.

Most people actually started playing Pathfinder...which...essentially is 3.5

rexscarlet wrote:
so true, and all the Sri Lankan Pro Bloggers hired by GW flood this site and all the others, so wishful thinking on my part.
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Protip, kid.

People are allowed to disagree with you.

 Sigvatr wrote:
If you want to boycot GW, just do it. We got 20+ people in our club and got 1 physical rulebook / codex / army book for everyone to have a look at in case they need to. Really keeps the cost for everyone low.

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Great idea!

rexscarlet wrote:
so true, and all the Sri Lankan Pro Bloggers hired by GW flood this site and all the others, so wishful thinking on my part.
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LOLWUT.

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:
Continue to play 6th edition if you care that much. When Dungeons and Dragons made the switch to 4th edition, plenty of people stuck with 3.5. Hell, some people still play 2nd Edition.

Most people actually started playing Pathfinder...which...essentially is 3.5

Right, another good point. There was a void, and someone filled it. Some people act like GW is going to mess up so badly that suddenly every 40k model in the world will spontaneously combust, rendering us all unable to play.

If every GW was sucked into the Warp tomorrow, the game would continue.

 curran12 wrote:
Are we even 100% sure that it is actually a 7th edition book? I was under the impression that it was mostly just a conglomeration of 6e rules and supplements into one book. or is that out of date?

We have no solid evidence in any direction right now. For all we know it's an updated core rulebook not unlike how they patched 3rd edition, only taking it to the logical conclusion of a new book.

 Platuan4th wrote:

rexscarlet wrote:
so true, and all the Sri Lankan Pro Bloggers hired by GW flood this site and all the others, so wishful thinking on my part.
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LOLWUT.

I'm scratching my head on that one, too.

 Platuan4th wrote:

rexscarlet wrote:
so true, and all the Sri Lankan Pro Bloggers hired by GW flood this site and all the others, so wishful thinking on my part.
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LOLWUT.

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Oh, you think opinions on blogs are from individuals, me thinks you need a trip to google, there are a ton of companies that will blog "pro" your company, a ton.
Welcome to the new age, to the new age...

Need more tinfoil for your hat, there?

Seriously, you are at like a 15 when really you need to be at about a 3. You're making an embarrassment of yourself.

Can you point one out that is using Dakka?

I want to make sure i avoid them.

I liked the Radioactive line, there. Great song! Stupid video, but great song!

Another one of these threads?

Boycott GW, by all means. Let everyone know you're boycotting GW, by all means.

But this isn't some "movement" or "rallying cry" for the "40k community". You're not the first person to mention a boycott, and you are most certainly not the last. Does that discredit your stance? No, but reacting to everyone's disbelief and general lack of response as "Pro Sri Lankan Bloggers" shows that you're either clearly unfamiliar with the many attempts to "rally' Dakka with the exact same message you have here or that your troll has reached significant levels.

But by all means, boycott away. GW's definitely driving away many members of the fanbase.

usually they start out with an Ad Hominem

Like calling someone that disagrees with a boycott a Sri Lankan Pro Bloggers hired by GW