"fanbois" ... I like it !!!          

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Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

In fact, most of whats in that text is quite OK from my perspective. The main problem is taht they seem to believe they can charge almost any price without it hurting their sales, which is wishful thinking, but explains why their stuff is priced as it is. As far back as I can remeber GW were always more expensive, but they often were offering better quality as well. So they do have a bit of a point there.

I think a problem nowadays is theyve maybe over-emphasized technical quality over artistic; that is, they make excellent quality castings using the best materials etc, but the actual sculpts themselves are IMHO uglier than they used to be. So they themselves may still believe their stuff has higher quality than anyone elses, but thats not actually the case. Especially since some of their best designers from the past have gone into business for themselves.

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"We are the sword of fire with which the Traitors shall be cut down."

Id have firmly put myself into this category until a few months ago. Now having ordered from DRM and EW and seen how good the minis + price is, i think my collection may be heading in the 'mixed universe' route

It doesn't matter too much if GW keep most of the epic line or not to me, as they've priced most of it ridiculously high, but i still buy the £12 infantry boxes i think the only epic ive brought from GW itself is plastic infantry and one blister of dreads.

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AFK with real life, still checking PMs

Well, they got one thing right. Already our mothers told us we where special, right? And so we have always known that to be true. All the way up through puberty, never ever taking on the girls. Now even the 'ega 'orporation swears to it's truth!

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It would be nice to get lightspeed,
so far we can only reach slight speed.- Erik M
092b85658e746a91d343e53509d357744e56f641

I'll agree to that, despite how frustrating being on life support can be.  

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"I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart

I don't see 3D modelling/printing in it's current form as something that kill wargaming.  It simply adds to the body of material that is already avaiable from independent sculptors.  If nothing else, it will give gamers even more high quality merchandise to choose from.

Maybe if renegade 3D sculptors suddenly start spewing forth large multi-part plastic kits, then the folks at GW will need to make some big shifts quickly, but they still have the IP and still drive the Grimdark™ bus.

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WAAARGH!!
The Lost & the Dipped

Can anyone confirm/deny the Warseer ban story?  It's got me really curious.

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Neal

“It knows…that respect for the customer is paramount.â€Â

This is what the guy (Exquisite Evil)who was banned wrote on Golden Throne:



I'm willing to take his word for it.

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"I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart

I do remember reading that thread when it first appeared on Warseer. I didn't know Exquisite Evil got banned for life.

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"I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart

Can someone explain to the uninitiated (without getting yourselves haxbanned by GW) what the red book is? i thought it Bilbo's memoir

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AFK with real life, still checking PMs

He really was unreasonably bitter about everything for months before that, though. He needed to step along and find a pastime more to his liking, and I hope the ban helped him do that.

GW's Handbook for Executives, essentially.

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"EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer

Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?

Apparently, it is some sort of internal operations manual.  However, most of the supposedly controversial bits  (all the "niche market" stuff from Kirby) appeared in the GW annual reports for several years.

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Neal