A not-so-great beginning to 40k

[Melissia]

Meh, I still have like 80+ Orks to paint, nevermind the bikers (The dreads were the easiest, being vehicles and thus having no skin or faces to paint). Screw you if you think I'm gonna wait until I'm done to play them. I don't buy the army to paint it, I buy it to ****ING PLAY THE *******ED GAME.

*sits down and whimpers, realizing she really does have 80+ Orks to paint still*

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

man, I prefer painted armies but I dont really care if the other persons is or isnt. Sure its better to play a beautiful army, but everyone likes this hobby for different reasons and I for one respect that. I know some people like me are more into the fluff/converting ect and others more hardcore tournement. So for me I just go with an "each to their own" attitude.

That said, I would play anyone as long as they had a cool attitude and those guys you came across did not and I would rather play you with your mostly unpainted army a million times more than those asshats you dealt with.

[chromedog]

Sounds like the guys in the OP would have a better game if they removed the stick from their butts first.

While I won't personally play with an unpainted army (hell, I don't even FIELD unpainted units) and I get more enjoyment from a game with two painted and well-converted armies - it's not a mindset I expect everyone else to have.

To the OP: Find out if you have any alternate venues and go there. If not, you have my sympathies. Dicks like this don't do any hobby any favours - and unfortunately, EVERY hobby has them.

[BuFFo]

unbelieveable.

LOL...

Welcome to last year.

[DarkLink]

Alright idiot.

It's one thing to call someone's opinion stupid. But do not start openly throwing insults around.

I'm at the point now where I understand that repeatedly crushing your illogical nonsense is not going to effect you.

On this note, I recently read an interesting article about anosognosics. Essentially, it's the principle that an incompetent person is incapable of realizing that they are incompetent, because the skills that allow them to realize they are making a bad decision are the same ones that would lead them to make the correct decision in the first place.

Not that I want to call anyone incompetent, but a person who thinks it is acceptable to force their views and opinions on others will probably not realize why it's wrong to do so, because if they did, they wouldn't do it in the first place.

[Jwolf]

There are several instances of namecalling and insulting in this thread, and it goes in a lot of directions. If you can't make a point without calling someone else a name or liberally piling on the insults, you don't actually have a point.

[DarkLink]

In fact, on that note, I don't think I can add anything productive to this thread. I've made my opinion on the matter as clear as I can. If I haven't convinced someone else to change their mind, I won't be able to unless they independently shift their views on the matter.

[BlacknightIII]

Meh, I still have like 80+ Orks to paint, nevermind the bikers (The dreads were the easiest, being vehicles and thus having no skin or faces to paint). Screw you if you think I'm gonna wait until I'm done to play them. I don't buy the army to paint it, I buy it to ****ING PLAY THE *******ED GAME.

*sits down and whimpers, realizing she really does have 80+ Orks to paint still*

I agree 110%.

*grumbles and continues to paint the endless mass of gaunts on his desk.*

[Hyperion]

It's one thing to call someone's opinion stupid. But do not start openly throwing insults around.



On this note, I recently read an interesting article about anosognosics. Essentially, it's the principle that an incompetent person is incapable of realizing that they are incompetent, because the skills that allow them to realize they are making a bad decision are the same ones that would lead them to make the correct decision in the first place.

Not that I want to call anyone incompetent, but a person who thinks it is acceptable to force their views and opinions on others will probably not realize why it's wrong to do so, because if they did, they wouldn't do it in the first place.

Over here we generally call them 'managers' or 'team leaders'

[DarkLink]

Over here we generally call them 'managers' or 'team leaders'

Heh, of course that depends on whether or not you believe in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dilbert_Principle"]Dilbert Principle[/URL] or the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle"]Peter Principle[/URL]. Man, I love Dilbert.