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 ImAGeek wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Also, there is a pretty clear difference between ‘Primaris lieutenant the movie’ and ‘we’re bringing back the squats’ in terms of the effect of the joke. No one cares about a Primaris Lieutenant film. Lots of people want the Squats to come back.

Which makes it better as a joke

Makes it crueler as a joke, not better.

Cruel for some who can't get any jokes anyway, funny for normal people

tneva82 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

Which could have been born from them seeing this video or part in advance and doing 1+1=3 sum...

Yeah sure, that’s the most likely explanation.

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

Depends where you think the leak came from. If the conspiracy theorists are right and GW leaks this stuff on purpose as a guerrilla marketing technique then it'd be trivial to include something in that leak as part of an April Fools gag.

Made me LOL so objective secured AFAIC.

 ImAGeek wrote:

I don’t think it’s a particularly good idea for companies to actually get peoples hopes up with something they actually want for an April fools joke and then piss them off by it just being a joke, and I imagine GW know that too. They’ve always been pretty obviously jokes and things no one actually wants in the past.

I suspect that there is a fairly stark difference between interest in Squats that GW think the 40K playerbase has, and interest in Squats that the online community thinks the 40K playerbase has.


I do agree though that it is annoying and frustrating when something played as a gag is something that you actually want.

tneva82 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Also, there is a pretty clear difference between ‘Primaris lieutenant the movie’ and ‘we’re bringing back the squats’ in terms of the effect of the joke. No one cares about a Primaris Lieutenant film. Lots of people want the Squats to come back.

Which makes it better as a joke

Makes it crueler as a joke, not better.

Cruel for some who can't get any jokes anyway, funny for normal people

That thing you've wanted for years, we're finally going to give it to you. Ha ha, only joking, no we're not! Screw you!

Why aren't you laughing???

People in here offended on behalf of that one guy who hasn't gotten over GW squatting his squats 30 years ago.

They really have a twisted sense of humour.

Lol. It's not like they haven't done Squats and Plastic Thunderhawk jokes and the likes before.


I thought it was a cool April's Fools. Certainly a million % better than the Primaris Lieutenant movie

Ah. Remember the plastic battle sisters in the bin skit? Good times...

I mean, it's not as if there hasn't been a mention of them having survivours in the current fluff. Including new models through Necromunda.

That video was amazing, just really well executed!

I reckon we're getting something squat related and they're just using April Fools day as cover to create even more conversation.

Squats have been rumoured through leaks prior to this and the video looks far too serious and well produced to be a prank. I'm also not really feeling Space Hulk - the guy on the chair has clearly been stabbed by something capable of holding a sword, so not Tyranids. If you're not using Genestealers than you might as well call it a new Warhammer Quest game, not Space Hulk.

On the flip side, the Squat's accent is silly and his dialogue is clearly for laughs, so it might just be a prank.

I think it's legit that Squats are coming back in some form. Releasing the first teaser video on april fool's day is also the best way to ensure lots of discussion on the internet, so I'd say that's an objective accomplished.

It'll be Squats Kill Team, and an entry in the up-coming IG/AM codex. As they have done for Corsairs.

I'll take 3

If not ....

I don't think there should be any discussion wheather or not this is an April Fools' joke, given it was literally posted on the first of April.

I think there's a fair few people who might want to see squats return but if this is a joke on some level then I'm not sure why anybody would actually be upset by it. Is anybody here upset or just commenting that some imaginary squat fan might be unhappy?

Skinnereal, I like the idea of a kill team. Particularly if the environment they realise them for is a corridor fighting Hulk setting.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I don't think there should be any discussion wheather or not this is an April Fools' joke, given it was literally posted on the first of April.

I mean it's a April fools joke, but the joke is that it's real. We all already know squats are coming thanks to the 100% correct leak of multiple releases. The only question is whether it's just a kill team thing or something more. I think it will be Kill team for now with a full release maybe next year.

Do I win a prize for guessing right on pg 1?

My guess squats are returning but it’s smaller like dkok killteam… an entire army line would require a much larger release and like the sisters release that is years in the making.

And I only believe it’s legit releasing because of the confirmed leaks that said squats.

The Black Adder wrote:
I think there's a fair few people who might want to see squats return but if this is a joke on some level then I'm not sure why anybody would actually be upset by it. Is anybody here upset or just commenting that some imaginary squat fan might be unhappy?

Upset is maybe putting it too strongly, but I'd definitely be disappointed and it would make me think less of GW as a company. Trolling your customers by telling them something they want is going to happen, then snatching it away, isn't really funny to me. Just feels cruel really.

I didn't even collect Squats back in the day, but I've always liked fantasy dwarfs and would certainly be interested in their return to 40K.

Chikout wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I don't think there should be any discussion wheather or not this is an April Fools' joke, given it was literally posted on the first of April.

I mean it's a April fools joke, but the joke is that it's real. We all already know squats are coming thanks to the 100% correct leak of multiple releases. The only question is whether it's just a kill team thing or something more. I think it will be Kill team for now with a full release maybe next year.

Except even reliable rumour mongers get stuff wrong...

I mean we have had reliable rumour teller with very high rate say Angron was imminent. This when only 1 primarch had been released...

Where's that Angron?

Can you be sure that the leaker didn't see this and think it means squats are coming?

 Fayric wrote:
This is a premium april fools gag made for paying warhammer+ customers, but someone screwed up and put up for the plebs.

Ah yes. They made the mistake of posting a teaser trailer yesterday, the video today, and posted it on other social media sites

Right now I'd put money on a Killteam squad. GW seem set to use it a bit like they use Underworlds and Warcry for AoS in releasing niche themed forces that are really cool concepts, but just not enough for a full blown army; but which can slot into other forces.


It even fits with going into a derelict ship and all - heck perhaps GW is going to even more Killteam into a Space Crusade system. Random races fighting over card terrain chunks which gives huge scope for loads of random xenos and niche factions fighting over wrecked hulks - not just Tyranids and Terminators

deano2099 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

Depends where you think the leak came from. If the conspiracy theorists are right and GW leaks this stuff on purpose as a guerrilla marketing technique then it'd be trivial to include something in that leak as part of an April Fools gag.

I think people who routinely think that leaks are done on purpose are loons, personally.

 The Phazer wrote:

deano2099 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

Depends where you think the leak came from. If the conspiracy theorists are right and GW leaks this stuff on purpose as a guerrilla marketing technique then it'd be trivial to include something in that leak as part of an April Fools gag.

I think people who routinely think that leaks are done on purpose are loons, personally.

Have you seen the amount of them?

GW's basically entire release scheudle for a year and then some forward has been leaked, and there's a bunch of potato cam pictures before pretty much every big reveal.

GW must be horrendously incompetent for those to NOT be on purpose.

 The Phazer wrote:

deano2099 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

Depends where you think the leak came from. If the conspiracy theorists are right and GW leaks this stuff on purpose as a guerrilla marketing technique then it'd be trivial to include something in that leak as part of an April Fools gag.

I think people who routinely think that leaks are done on purpose are loons, personally.

There are clearly a few leaks that GW does encourage/leak themselves. However they are generally very close to official releases not a long way out; and sometimes they are just to mask those leaks that really do happen as information spreads out closer to a release and stuff ends up in more hands etc... GW is certainly not leaking massive stuff deliberately, however the difference is they now either ignore them or roll with them publicly. It's not like the Kirby days where they'd send nasty letters to news and social groups spreading leaks and go on a witch hunt.


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 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:

deano2099 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

Depends where you think the leak came from. If the conspiracy theorists are right and GW leaks this stuff on purpose as a guerrilla marketing technique then it'd be trivial to include something in that leak as part of an April Fools gag.

I think people who routinely think that leaks are done on purpose are loons, personally.

Have you seen the amount of them?

GW's basically entire release scheudle for a year and then some forward has been leaked, and there's a bunch of potato cam pictures before pretty much every big reveal.

GW must be horrendously incompetent for those to NOT be on purpose.

Not really. They are a company making toys where a predominant number of their staff are fans of the toys themselves. Furthermore with much of their production in the west (UK) it stands to reason that there's a lot of levels of staff who can leak stuff reliably. They are also WAY bigger than most other wargame firms. It's not 10 people in a room making stuff and then having production done by a factory in china where a language barrier and more means leaks are unlikely. It's 100s of people - so yeah leaks can most certainly happen at multiple levels.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Have you seen the amount of them?

GW's basically entire release scheudle for a year and then some forward has been leaked, and there's a bunch of potato cam pictures before pretty much every big reveal.

GW must be horrendously incompetent for those to NOT be on purpose.

Hasbro routinely has not just its entire Transformers toy lines details leaked but toys are fully shown months before they are supposed to be announced. Both the Kingdom and Legacy lines had their lineups leaked, their toys shown months early, and even the street dates have been tossed out the window since stores are getting stuff seemingly months in advance. Compared to that, GW having its 40k schedule leaked is small fries.

 Gert wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Have you seen the amount of them?

GW's basically entire release scheudle for a year and then some forward has been leaked, and there's a bunch of potato cam pictures before pretty much every big reveal.

GW must be horrendously incompetent for those to NOT be on purpose.

Hasbro routinely has not just its entire Transformers toy lines details leaked but toys are fully shown months before they are supposed to be announced. Both the Kingdom and Legacy lines had their lineups leaked, their toys shown months early, and even the street dates have been tossed out the window since stores are getting stuff seemingly months in advance. Compared to that, GW having its 40k schedule leaked is small fries.

GW also doesn't have the whole "lunchtime special" issue, either.

Yeah, a KT of Squats, if well executed could supply both basic troops and a handful of characters to be used as HQ or elite.

If there is a Wahammer Quest 40k game coming, that can introduce more models. And finally, there's Ash Wastes too, which could bring bikes and trikes.

Then the "dex" could be in a campaign book or a White Dwarf.

I wonder how long it will take for them to give us actual answers.