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 Baldeagle91 wrote:

-People who moan when you luck out, the other day I did a last ditch charge with my beat up IG veterans again 20 odd slugga boys and ended up wiping the unit due to extreme luck. Sorry these things happen, don't sulk because you thought it was a sure thing and it went horrendously wrong.

It gets worse when you luck out against my local SM players. My Emperor's Champion has an unfortunate habit of not letting Terminators pass /any/ saves, and bolt-pistoled two terminators to death in a row, with both rolling 1's for armour saves. Dude nearly cried. Next guy got thoroughly put out when his Hammernators couldn't pin the EC down in melee. Started complaining that I was cheating/being unfair.

I was using their dice pools, too.

Hmmm. Maybe when people throw in the towel too early, or just remove their unit rather than playing the combat/shooting out. I can understand if we are short on time, but I always remind my opponent its still a dice game, and I tend to roll ones and twos (with no wimpy re-rolls).

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
Hmmm. Maybe when people throw in the towel too early, or just remove their unit rather than playing the combat/shooting out. I can understand if we are short on time, but I always remind my opponent its still a dice game, and I tend to roll ones and twos (with no wimpy re-rolls).

Only ever had this once. I got three Ogryns to assault his single Tactical Marine. TBF, we still fought the combat out and he still died a lot.

When tourists/children come over and start picking up my models, especially vehicles/forge world stuff.

GET YOUR FILTHY DISEASE RIDDEN HANDS OFF MY fething GUILLIMAN BEFORE I USE HIS SWORD TO CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF.

I also hate it when people ask to borrow my codex even thpugh there is an Open Copy of EVERY CODEX IN THE SHOP FFS.

People who borrow my paints and tools and wreck them. Last time this happened I told them to pay for a new Artificer brush and he wouldn't, so I brought it up with the blackshirt and he told him to buy another one because the rule is:
"You break it, you pay for it."

People who wash their brush in the water pot and manage to shake the WHOLE TABLE while doing so.

People who make gak up in games to their favour or general lack of knowledge of rules/fluff of their own army I constantly have to tell them about it.

People who take allied detachments that make no sense (Vulkan He'Stan the warlord of an Eldar detachment, wut?).

Furthermore, when people grenerally have bad manners and are cocky (500 point game, opponent takes a Stormtalon)

People who wont play against ANY forgeworld stuff (3 Tactical Squads, 2 Assault Squads, Caestus Assault Ram, Thunderhawk, Gulliman and Horus Heresy Centurion converted to Captain ALL USELESS)

People who complain about Chief Librarian Tigurius murdering them everytime.

People who borrow things and not use them in a game (Happened not long ago, Baal Predator moved 6" the whole game, opponent never shot with it, was decimated T6 by Orbital Bombardment on Praetors of Orpheus Chapter Master Smashfucker because I was sick of seeing it there.)

Eldar and Necron players because they are unoriginal in design, concept, fluff and gameplay.

Tau because people at my local play them all wrong (My first game of 40k was WON with my FRIENDS tau, AGAINST MY FRIEND.)

People who don't know the rules of their own army and I do even when I dont play them (No, you cannot attach 10 fireblades to a squad for 200 shots or somethin' idk)

E-Book codices, feth that gak.

People abandoning their army mid game, talk to people for 30 minutes, come back, then complain the game took too long.

Proxies that are just stupid (No, that FW captain IS NOT cpt. sicarius and NO he does NOT have a storm bolter.)

People who ignore rules outright.
*sigh

vent over.

People who get overly upset when an expensive dedicated-something character (heavily melee-only, or heavily shooting-only) wrecks face and kills double/triple his points worth, simply because nobody thought to exploit his weakness.

Emprah's Champion being an example. Pit him up against perfect targets (2+/3+ saves, lack of invulns, around T4 and high ppm), and he'll eat half an army. Force him to do anything else, and he's useless all game.

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
When tourists/children come over and start picking up my models, especially vehicles/forge world stuff.

GET YOUR FILTHY DISEASE RIDDEN HANDS OFF MY fething GUILLIMAN BEFORE I USE HIS SWORD TO CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF.

Ugh, I know the feeling.

We have a rule at my club about touching others stuff without permission. t is unspoken and unwritten but everyone knows it. Violating it can lead to anything from a polite request to desist to a hobby knife entering the offending hand via an orifice not previously there.
Personally I have the general rule of 'If you ask first and I give permission you may touch provided you are careful. Violate this at your own risk'

Eldar and Necron players because they are unoriginal in design, concept, fluff and gameplay.

Tau because people at my local play them all wrong (My first game of 40k was WON with my FRIENDS tau, AGAINST MY FRIEND.)
.

A Space Marine - sorry, ULTRAMARINE - player calling Eldar and Necrons unoriginal and uninventive? Pot, I hear the kettle calling....

When people pick up my models without asking, and pick them up by the weapon or banner pole instead of the torso.

There's a lot of 40k peeves

-When the opponent decides he's going to quietly check your army list before he builds his, and then tailors to it. Happens almost every game to me. The guy has never fielded a sub-optimal unit.

 Selym wrote:
There's a lot of 40k peeves

-When the opponent decides he's going to quietly check your army list before he builds his, and then tailors to it. Happens almost every game to me. The guy has never fielded a sub-optimal unit.

Had that before. I started bringing two list. One for them to look with and the one would com out just moments before the game.
"Opps, that was the wrong list, this is the right one."

Nice

When people start giving me crap for playing Ultramarines.

Never been accused of list tailoring... At least not yet.

Does kind of help that I right my lists at home and then bring them in. for that particular battle

Body odour, you know the sort, you can almost cut it apart. The smell that stings, like you can feel the smell hurting your nose.

Lack of manners including but not limited to:

Not washing oneself (See above)

Telling you why your army is wrong and you suck at warhammer for bringing it (I play Chaos space marines with no Heldrake, I win quite often, more than 80% of the time, but I am still told that my army lists suck and I shouldn't bother, like wtf?!)

Overly loud, inappropriate conversations (screaming, rape jokes etc)

But I suppose that's what annoys me in gamesworkshop/flgs

The only things that bother me in games of warhammer are non nonsensical rules, but I play most my games at home, so we can work around them easily enough

 master of ordinance wrote:

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
When tourists/children come over and start picking up my models, especially vehicles/forge world stuff.

GET YOUR FILTHY DISEASE RIDDEN HANDS OFF MY fething GUILLIMAN BEFORE I USE HIS SWORD TO CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF.

Ugh, I know the feeling.

We have a rule at my club about touching others stuff without permission. t is unspoken and unwritten but everyone knows it. Violating it can lead to anything from a polite request to desist to a hobby knife entering the offending hand via an orifice not previously there.
Personally I have the general rule of 'If you ask first and I give permission you may touch provided you are careful. Violate this at your own risk'

Eldar and Necron players because they are unoriginal in design, concept, fluff and gameplay.

Tau because people at my local play them all wrong (My first game of 40k was WON with my FRIENDS tau, AGAINST MY FRIEND.)
.

A Space Marine - sorry, ULTRAMARINE - player calling Eldar and Necrons unoriginal and uninventive? Pot, I hear the kettle calling....

I do Ultramarines because they're the only stuff worth taking bar Raven Guard in SM codex. And they're blue.


I like blue.
But I see what you mean XD
I just don't like Eldar because Elves. Nobody where I go plays stuff higher than 1850 so no wraithknights. Severe shortage of Eldar players too.

j31c3n wrote:-opponent clearly did not bathe that day

I expected this very thing the first time I walked into my local GW store with several other people there. But, to the contrary, I've been in there several times and have seen several people that look like they haven't bathed that day, but the smell that accompanies not bathing has not been there. Now, back when I was playing Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons... WOW, talk about some people that DID NOT bathe. It was horrible... such a horrid smell. And, they are always the ones that want you to stick around and talk after the match/session is over. Again, thankfully that hasn't happened at GW yet.

Ir0njack wrote: - Arrogance/poor attitude. I'll play anyone given they have a decent attitude, I'm all about mutual enjoyment of the game.

When I go up against this kind of player, I'll just concede, pack up my models, and walk away from the table. I just won't put up with that.

Ir0njack wrote:Heck I'd play 40k with a 5 year old if the kid was a good sport.

I've had too many bad experiences with playing against young children when it comes to Magic: The Gathering. I'd say 40K is at least as complex as Magic, and it takes a good bit longer. When you have a child playing who keeps asking you the rules and stating that he has cards that can do things that simply aren't legal in the format being played... I have very little patience for things like that.

I don't ask that a person knows every rule as there are so many keywords and mechanics that I can't ever hope to keep up with all of them. And, I don't mind helping someone learn to play the game (we were all newbies at one time). But, in a situation where it's not a teaching game, there are like 40 people in a room, you're sitting beside the person who did not bathe that day, it's hot in that room because of so many people, and someone is asking you to tell them how to play their deck... no, just no. I don't think this type of situation will come up in a 40K game at my local GW shop, though (at least I hope not)

SG

 Anpu42 wrote:

 Selym wrote:
There's a lot of 40k peeves

-When the opponent decides he's going to quietly check your army list before he builds his, and then tailors to it. Happens almost every game to me. The guy has never fielded a sub-optimal unit.

Had that before. I started bringing two list. One for them to look with and the one would com out just moments before the game.
"Opps, that was the wrong list, this is the right one."

I used to have to do that at my old LGS (military moved recently) I play/played IG, SM, and SoB. I'd bring 2 lists for each army (so 6 total) and roll a D6 to see what I was going to play. Our local TFG would always refuse to play me when I did it.

 Selym wrote:
-When the opponent decides he's going to quietly check your army list before he builds his, and then tailors to it. Happens almost every game to me. The guy has never fielded a sub-optimal unit.

The solution to this problem is: immediately upon discovering that the guy who has just agreed to play you doesn't have an army list prepared, go and find someone else to play.

If you haven't done your homework, I'm not going to wait around for you to do it now. That's valuable game time a'wasting.

For the most part, he's the only guy I can play against. And straight up refuses to not build a list on the day :/

...

People who complain too much!

Seriously, some of these pet peeves are more like laundry lists than minor annoyances. I have to ask myself, why are these people even playing? And why aren't they taking steps to avoid these things?

Yeesh!

My biggest pet peeve is when my cats decide to orbital my game table. No one passes that save.

 darkcloak wrote:
People who complain too much!

-Rolling less than statistical average
-Rolling 1's
-Losing

Jking

Just thought of a new one;

Not having a 6" x 4" space, and then having to play on a table where there is no room to maneuver, so all the shooty armies can just castle up and win even more easily.

I also hate it when I buy a new brush and get it home and realize the bristles suck. Seriously I have never bought a brush that was decent. Just try asking the snooty art shop lady for water to test her brushes. Its like a personal affront or something to suggest that an art shop may have crappy brushes. And they never take them back. I could go on...


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Trouble with shooty armies on smaller tables?

Back in my Chaos days the Tau guy even hated playing on the long table edges, let alone the skirmish table! Even when he would play Robo-Ninja, it was still way too easy to get him into CC. If you are having trouble with shooty armies on small tables I'd have another look at your army. Mind you this was in 6th so...

I don't actually have any pet peeves just yet. Well, maybe one.

I'm fine with high-point models wrecking house; that's why they're high-point. But I do kind of get irked when people brag about how awesome they are. Now, just a quick, "these guys have a +2 invuln save so you gonna feel it" is fine, but I've seen people that probably have Mary-Sue style fantasies about their elite units. I dunno, maybe I've never had that feeling since I'm a horde player, but it's kind of obnoxious.

 Salted Diamond wrote:

I used to have to do that at my old LGS (military moved recently) I play/played IG, SM, and SoB. I'd bring 2 lists for each army (so 6 total) and roll a D6 to see what I was going to play. Our local TFG would always refuse to play me when I did it.

I've gotta try this!

People who look and act all smug and they say something like,
"This next move will end you"
Before they realise that I have a Dreadnought in reserve, a Thunderfire Cannon, The notorius MAC who cracks Devilfish like peanuts with his orbital bombardment unused and then my opponent says "Oh ultramarines are OP" and I be like
"bro you just suck".

Also people giving advice to me/opponnt, I know exactly what I'm doing thanks I've been playing Space Marines since you were still wetting the bed.

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
People who make gak up in games to their favour or general lack of knowledge of rules/fluff of their own army I constantly have to tell them about it.

People who don't know the rules of their own army and I do even when I dont play them (No, you cannot attach 10 fireblades to a squad for 200 shots or somethin' idk)


vent over.

I think you CAN actually do that silly Fireblade trick to increase shots, it's been a cheesy stick 3 fireblades in a bunker with a full unit strategy for a while actually

iirc only 1 fireblade per squad?

I dunno but I'm still more shooty than Tau (Scout Snipars ftw)

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
When tourists/children come over and start picking up my models, especially vehicles/forge world stuff.

GET YOUR FILTHY DISEASE RIDDEN HANDS OFF MY fething GUILLIMAN BEFORE I USE HIS SWORD TO CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF.

Ugh, I know the feeling.

We have a rule at my club about touching others stuff without permission. t is unspoken and unwritten but everyone knows it. Violating it can lead to anything from a polite request to desist to a hobby knife entering the offending hand via an orifice not previously there.
Personally I have the general rule of 'If you ask first and I give permission you may touch provided you are careful. Violate this at your own risk'

Eldar and Necron players because they are unoriginal in design, concept, fluff and gameplay.

Tau because people at my local play them all wrong (My first game of 40k was WON with my FRIENDS tau, AGAINST MY FRIEND.)
.

A Space Marine - sorry, ULTRAMARINE - player calling Eldar and Necrons unoriginal and uninventive? Pot, I hear the kettle calling....

I do Ultramarines because they're the only stuff worth taking bar Raven Guard in SM codex. And they're blue.


I like blue.
But I see what you mean XD
I just don't like Eldar because Elves. Nobody where I go plays stuff higher than 1850 so no wraithknights. Severe shortage of Eldar players too.

I have got to agree though, Eldar do get boring to face these days. Scatbike spam or Wraith brigade.
I am glad to find an Ulramarines player whom does not just play Smurfs because "There da best!".

Vitali Advenil wrote:I don't actually have any pet peeves just yet. Well, maybe one.

I'm fine with high-point models wrecking house; that's why they're high-point. But I do kind of get irked when people brag about how awesome they are. Now, just a quick, "these guys have a +2 invuln save so you gonna feel it" is fine, but I've seen people that probably have Mary-Sue style fantasies about their elite units. I dunno, maybe I've never had that feeling since I'm a horde player, but it's kind of obnoxious.

My regular opponent does this a lot. He loves bringing his Primarchs/big killy homebrews and laughing and boasting about how good they are. It does not half get on my wick.

Speaking of which:

Opponents whom bring things like Primarchs, Conclaves and the like and then complain that units like Leman Russ are over powered because they have AV 14/13. Dosnt matter that the rear is 10, or that he has a Primarch, 10 mastery levels in a Conclave led by Severin Loth, a homebrewed captain for the LotD or that he has things like the Landraider which are AV 14/14/14 (apparently that is perfectly fair because 'Space Marines', its just the fact that a heavy tank dares to have more armour than his Predators.

We have a house rule on Land Raiders;
-Front 14
-Side 12 if it's Crusader or Redeemer
-Side 13 of it's a standard.
-Rear 12 no matter what.

Also, if you have HH stuff, and that Character is dead, (Proper Dead), You can't use him/her/it.

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
We have a house rule on Land Raiders;
-Front 14
-Side 12 if it's Crusader or Redeemer
-Side 13 of it's a standard.
-Rear 12 no matter what.

Well, there goes all the BT armies :£

It's not like they're OP or anything. 250 points for naff-all firepower is a bit much, even in assaulty armies.

 Selym wrote:

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
We have a house rule on Land Raiders;
-Front 14
-Side 12 if it's Crusader or Redeemer
-Side 13 of it's a standard.
-Rear 12 no matter what.

Well, there goes all the BT armies :£

It's not like they're OP or anything. 250 points for naff-all firepower is a bit much, even in assaulty armies.

Just impossible to kill without heinous amounts of AT weapons, though I do agree that side armour 12 is a little far. Just having rear armour 12 would be a huge fix and would actually make them killable again.