Re: [Epic] The Atmosphere of the 40K universe

From: Mike Looney - ionet <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:04:41 -0500

Scott Shupe wrote:

> Aaron Day wrote:
> >
> > WolfSamurai wrote:
> > >
> > > I remember seeing a message a few days ago where someone made the
> comment
> > > that 40K is a happier universe than back in the RT days. I must
> admit that
> > > though I've never played RT, I HAVE read some of the articles in
> it and I
> > > feel that 40K would be better off if it had remained a dark,
> forboding, and
> > > gothic place. I admit I chose to play Marines because they seemed
> like
> > > "Good" guys, but the way I imagined it they were the noble
> defenders of a
> > > dying Empire...
> >
> > I've been playing Warhammer since 1988, 40K since 1986 (when it was
> > Laserburn) and Space Hulk since 1991 (off and on for all of them)
> and I
> > don't see that much major change in the background.
>
> There must have been SOME change, considering that
> WolfSamurai sees his marines as "noble defenders" when they used
> to be rabid psychos in the RT-era. That's a fairly major change
> in my book...
>
>

Point of order: They were not rabid, just psychos. If they were rabid
they would all die in about 21 days or so....

Which given how many SM/TL - E40K - WH40K players use them may or may
not be a long time...



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Received on Thu May 14 1998 - 14:04:41 UTC

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