Brett Hollindale wrote:
>
> At 10:21 AM 12/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >> From: Stuart Mottershead <stuart.m_at_...>
> >>
> >> Since subscribing to the list a week or so ago to find out about the new
> >> game system (I don't collect space marine but have been collecting 40k
> >> for about a year) I have heard a lot of complaints about it. These seem
> >> to fall into four catagories,
> >>
> >> 1) The models are a bit different.
> >
> > The infantry bases are different. I don't think anyone's
> >complaining about the new models, which look really good IMHO.
> >
> >> 2) GW are rip-off merchants.
> >>
> >> 3) The new game is not as 'realistic' as the old one.
> >
> > The new game has an increased emphasis on close combat, which
> >some people find silly in a futuristic wargame. YMMV.
> >
> >> 4) The new rules are going to 'spoil the game'.
> >
> > The new rules remove a lot of flavor from the game. This
> >is the only really valid complaint as far as I'm concerned. #1 isn't
> >a big deal, #2 is to be expected, #3 is a matter of personal taste.
> >#4 is a stupid move on GW's part. A flesh hound is not the same
> >thing as a beast of nurgle. A death skull is not the same thing as
> >a goff. A gatling blaster is not the same thing as an inferno gun.
> >
> >> It seems to me that the first two are fair enough (but not exactly
> >> unnexpected), and the third may also be true (if a little irrelevant)
> >> but I don't understand the fourth. I may be missing something, but IMHO
> >> if the game has not been released yet, then surely the only people that
> >> can truely judge it are those few that have actually played it.
> >
> > True, but people on the internet love to bitch. It's fun,
> >try it!
>
> I thoughtthe whole point was a bitch about our bitching...
>
> Agro
Hey, stop bitching about me bitching about you bitching, and don't
anyone dare to bitch about me bitching about you bitching about me
bitching about you bitching, OK!!!
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Stuart Mottershead
stuart.m_at_...
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Received on Thu Mar 13 1997 - 22:26:54 UTC