The Daily Mash: "Man Almost Goes Into Games Workshop"

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**OgreChubbs**

The sad truth to it is no one cares enough about you and your imporant enough for anyone to care. The only person freaking out is you lol.

**Fenrir Kitsune**

OgreChubbs wrote:
The sad truth to it is no one cares enough about you and your imporant enough for anyone to care. The only person freaking out is you lol.

We got a rebel here!! Look out society coz he is baad

**scarletsquig**

Remember, it could always be worse, at least you don't watch "My Little Pony". :p

**TheAuldGrump**

scarletsquig wrote:
Remember, it could always be worse, at least you don't watch "My Little Pony". :p

Speak for yourse.... oh, wait... *looks at Scarlet Squig's avatar*

Never mind, carry on!

The only time that I have been in a GW store, they were already talking about selling their lease - they had been open for less than a month.... (They are still open, but business is not anywhere near what they had hoped that it would be.)

The biggest problem has not been people not going in, it has been people coming in, looking at the prices, and beating a hasty retreat.

They need in store as well as mail order bundles, I think.

The Auld Grump

**AEIOUMadden**

I really like these things. This one is my personal favourite:

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2016/05/05/nerds-named-and-shamed-in-latest-internet-hack/

NERDS NAMED AND SHAMED IN LATEST INTERNET HACK -
Thousands of men who secretly play table-top games with little plastic figures, have had their details published online in the latest high profile web security breach – known as ‘Gamer-shaming’.

‘WAYNE’S BERKSHOP’ actively encourages its users to collect, paint and then argue about the rules for moving piles of badly painted models around a pretend battlefield that looks suspiciously like your dining table – and to do all of it behind their partner’s backs.

Espousing the ethos of ‘Life’s short, be a goblin’, the Nottingham based company has strenuously denied that it’s products – such as their table-based ‘Warplanner 40,000′ – encourage participants to abandon their spouses every Saturday; armed with suspiciously light tool boxes and the flimsy excuses about: ‘Going over to Dave’s to watch Babestation’.

One wife spoke of her disgust: ‘He’d often get plain packages in the post, but he just told me they were football DVDs and car manuals. I feel so stupid. When I saw his name on the list I immediately ran into the bedroom and found a shameful box of 50-sided dice, broken models and indecipherable yet impressively illustrated rule books; which he’d attempted to conceal beneath his back issues of Bra-Busters and a Katie Price autobiography.’

‘I feel like I don’t know him anymore, I just keep imagining him undercoating tiny little tanks with other men!’

**shinros**

Really? I am openly tell people at my work place that I do miniatures and shockingly I found out that an elder work member actually did the hobby as well. Hell none of the older members of my GW have any problems perhaps it's different in places?

**DaggerAndBrush**

I honestly think any fear of being 'outed' is imagined. If you show people your well painted miniatures and handcrafted terrain they actually find it amazing and give you all forms of positive comments. I take pride in my hobby and the stuff I create. Sad are only people who have nothing in their lives they enjoy as much as I enjoy my hobby. It is even worse if they project their sadness on other people with the sole goal to make their life as miserable as their own (aka internet and real life trolls). However, this is my experience, so yours might vary.

**TheAuldGrump**

DaggerAndBrush wrote:
I honestly think any fear of being 'outed' is imagined. If you show people your well painted miniatures and handcrafted terrain they actually find it amazing and give you all forms of positive comments. I take pride in my hobby and the stuff I create. Sad are only people who have nothing in their lives they enjoy as much as I enjoy my hobby. It is even worse if they project their sadness on other people with the sole goal to make their life as miserable as their own (aka internet and real life trolls). However, this is my experience, so yours might vary.

Once upon a time, when I was jogging back home from a game, carrying my miniatures in a large pistol case, I was stopped by a police officer and asked to show what I had in the box.

Two weeks later, the officer stopped me again, and asked me to show the contents of the box... to his partner, who games.

I ended up getting a commission to paint some figures that night.

I have gamed in public places - and I am not the only one in my area. (Not our fault - the local Burger King got a refit a couple of years ago - it now looks like a '70s rec room, and they have these big round tables....)

Anything worth doing is worth doing in public.

The Auld Grump - my good lady and I both paint at that same BK, and I have gotten commissions there as well. (Which makes my good lady laugh.)

**Dez**

I am not sure why I felt so much trepidation to go into that store. As a huge comic nerd and recovering Magic player, I shouldn't have had any problem going in that store. I was a manager at a comic shop in the same mall, working one of the island stores...so I was a well known nerd/geek sort. There was just something daunting about it, perhaps it was all the people inside playing their games? I don't know. I would spend time gazing upon the beautiful miniatures in the cases that fronted the store no problem.

That's all changed now of course, I couldn't care less. I have display cases with my models in my home, and love to show my completed works off. People are usually pretty impressed that paint can be done at such a scale.

**SlaveToDorkness**

I once got selected for screening at the airport while headed to a GT. The security woman asked me to place my carry on army bag on the table for inspection and step away from it. I anxiously told her they were full of very delicate models and to please be careful. She pulled out the first clear tackle storage box and said "Are these Tyranids?"

**Nevelon**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
I once got selected for screening at the airport while headed to a GT. The security woman asked me to place my carry on army bag on the table for inspection and step away from it. I anxiously told her they were full of very delicate models and to please be careful. She pulled out the first clear tackle storage box and said "Are these Tyranids?"

They let you on the plane with a bag full of lethal bio organisms? It’s one thing if she didn’t know what they were, but after a positive ID, you should be on the no-fly list.

**TheAuldGrump**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
I once got selected for screening at the airport while headed to a GT. The security woman asked me to place my carry on army bag on the table for inspection and step away from it. I anxiously told her they were full of very delicate models and to please be careful. She pulled out the first clear tackle storage box and said "Are these Tyranids?"

A good feeling, isn't it?

The Auld Grump - who once had a policeman send him into the bookstore to pick up Clanbook: Tzimisce.... (Did you just get that in the store? Uhm, yes sir? *Cop peels off twenty one dollars* Could you pick me up a copy?)

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Nevelon wrote:
SlaveToDorkness wrote:
I once got selected for screening at the airport while headed to a GT. The security woman asked me to place my carry on army bag on the table for inspection and step away from it. I anxiously told her they were full of very delicate models and to please be careful. She pulled out the first clear tackle storage box and said "Are these Tyranids?"

They let you on the plane with a bag full of lethal bio organisms? It’s one thing if she didn’t know what they were, but after a positive ID, you should be on the no-fly list.

Sure, blame the 'Nids.

But nobody talks about the sad fate of Hivefleet: Gumbo, which crash landed in Louisiana, and was never seen again.... (Chapter Master Paul Prudhomme had to requisition more ~~flamer fuel~~ hot sauce.)

The Auld Grump

**Chef_of_Cadia**

Lol, not to be rude but don't be so insecure about your hobbies. I took my girlfriend into my nearest GW and bought a bunch of paint. She thought all the little dudes looked cool and it was all fine. People who try to look "subtle" when they enter a GW or get nervous and try to hide their interests from people are the ones people think are weird and make fun of.

**Azreal13**

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**nareik**

I love sharing my hobby!

My whfb Empire army was on display behind glass in the front room. Guests always responded positively to it, amazed that I hand painted such tiny figures.

When my partner first saw my collection she asked where I got them from, I told her Warhammer World and she immediately took me there shopping (quite ungratefully I still have a bunch of stuff from that trip, including one of those LoTR ruined castle/gatehouse things in boxes).

**Cothonian**

I've been tempted to walk into a gaming store in a full suit and tie, just to confuse people.

Maybe I should, couldn't hurt.

Probably will, I should find an open day on my calendar...

**JimOnMars**

When I saw this title, I immediately thought of

"Read all about it! Read all about it! Man Turns into Scotsman!"

Not much different, IMHO.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Cothonian wrote:
I've been tempted to walk into a gaming store in a full suit and tie, just to confuse people.

Maybe I should, couldn't hurt.

Probably will, I should find an open day on my calendar...

We had a guy working for a mortician who would come in every now and then in his suit after they had a funeral.

**Nevelon**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Cothonian wrote:
I've been tempted to walk into a gaming store in a full suit and tie, just to confuse people.

Maybe I should, couldn't hurt.

Probably will, I should find an open day on my calendar...

We had a guy working for a mortician who would come in every now and then in his suit after they had a funeral.

Please tell me he played Undead.

**BloodyRage14**

We had a GW store in Nashville that I would walk by several times trying to build my courage to walk in and once I did, I made a rather quick about-face and exited the property...those prices were insane to me

, but now I go into my local flgs with no hesitation at all and love the guys that I play with up there. Now to get the old lady to quit guilting me out of playing

, dear gentleman, I would love to read about

**Hivefleet Oblivion**

Hivefleet Junior, the teenager, plays 40k, I, Hivefleet Junior enable him, customising and often painting the figures.

But whose Facebook account does he insist on using to book games? It's also a kinda client-facing account.

**feeder**

BloodyRage14 wrote:
Now to get the old lady to quit guilting me out of playing , dear gentleman, I would love to read about

I've known my wife for more than 14 years now. Way back then, when we had been dating for a few months, she brought up the subject of "When will you start to give up your nerd gaming".

I told her "I've loved my nerd games much longer than I've loved you, and please don't make me pick sides as I don't think you'd like my choice."

She's dropped that subject forever, and only complains if my gaming goes to more than a couple nights a week.

**oni**

What sexually mature adult would be into monsters with axes fighting pretend battles for imaginary kingdoms?

“I’m into normal stuff like [...] Game of Thrones.

ROFL!

**BloodyRage14**

feeder wrote:
BloodyRage14 wrote:
Now to get the old lady to quit guilting me out of playing , dear gentleman, I would love to read about

I've known my wife for more than 14 years now. Way back then, when we had been dating for a few months, she brought up the subject of "When will you start to give up your nerd gaming".

I told her "I've loved my nerd games much longer than I've loved you, and please don't make me pick sides as I don't think you'd like my choice."

She's dropped that subject forever, and only complains if my gaming goes to more than a couple nights a week.

My wife wanted to see what I was doing one time so I brought her up to my gaming spot and she just looked around like what kind of place is this

after a few hours of playing and listening to hear sigh and huff, the game ended and she has yet to even ask to come with me again but here is the kicker...she tells me she is ok with going to play whenever, but when I get a game setup I get the whole "but we didn't get to see you all week" or "do you not like spending time with me" so yea...

me right

**TheAuldGrump**

My good lady is my favorite opponent.

(We went through a four month period with nothing but Draws for Kings of War... well matched in more ways than one.)

The Auld Grump

**Zaku212**

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
OgreChubbs wrote:
The sad truth to it is no one cares enough about you and your imporant enough for anyone to care. The only person freaking out is you lol.

We got a rebel here!! Look out society coz he is baad

Fenrir, no picking on the 14 year old, dakka needs all the new blood it can get.

**nareik**

Zaku212 wrote:
Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
OgreChubbs wrote:
The sad truth to it is no one cares enough about you and your imporant enough for anyone to care. The only person freaking out is you lol.

We got a rebel here!! Look out society coz he is baad

Fenrir, no picking on the 14 year old, dakka needs all the new blood it can get.

To be honest, I do think OgreChubbs has a point. People tend to have their own problems they are engrossed in and don't really care if you are gaming. To be honest, it is flattering if someone takes such an interest in your life!

If someone bullies you about gaming I suspect even if you weren't into gaming they'd probably still bully you about something else instead.

**Xenomancers**

I love it when my wife comes into the shop with me. She distracts the salesmen and I quickly find what I'm looking for and I'm out! Only downside is she sees what I spend which means I end up paying almost double for everything I buy there

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**BloodyRage14**

@ TheAuldGrump, I wish I could get my old lady to play but she has more interest in walking on broken glass barefoot then playing a game of 40k with me...@Xenomancers my wife attracts the attention of every guy in there almost like she's a unicorn or something and she hates that feeling so I go solo to my shop

**Pacific**

BloodyRage14 wrote:
@ TheAuldGrump, I wish I could get my old lady to play but she has more interest in walking on broken glass barefoot then playing a game of 40k with me...

I'm in the same boat unfortunately! Although she does play computer games (which is unusual enough in itself) so I can't really complain!

Pretty funny article. I will say there is a general perception of a GW store being for kids, at least that's the comment I've had when I say about painting miniatures. Changed somewhat from the old days when you could only see halfway into the store through lack of light, with long-haired surly-looking people stood in the corner with Iron Maiden or Metallica playing