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The Queue Heresy.
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Jan 24, 2024 19:02
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Queue 40,000: Pre-Orders Rising I was there, the day customers slew the queue. I was present when GW abandoned the love of retail for the lies preorders. I was there as the web site was corrupted from within.
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Jan 24, 2024 19:28
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bagrada posted:There's still only the two Gotrek audio dramas right? The second wasn't as good as the first, I couldn't handle the constantly crying tree lady, but Gotrek and Maleneth were still great. Yeah I think there is just Realmslayer and then the second one which I've forgotten about. One of them does have the Nurgling Knight too, but also had the issue of making the Sylvaneth voices too muddled to be able to understand them. Unless that was another AoS audiobook I've listened to, remember it being an issue with the Idoneth book at least.
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Jan 24, 2024 19:32
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Bohemian Nights posted:I really feel for everyone who aren't able to complete their collection, but boy am I glad I get to buy it from audible and not the GW webstore I buy from the webstore but I just buy the ebook. The webstore still sucks because as far as I have been able to tell there's no way to have it only show you books in a language you want, you have to browse through all the languages available. But they don't have lovely DRM on their ebooks like Amazon does so whatever I'll deal with it. Also it does lead to the occasional amusing thing.  
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Jan 24, 2024 19:42
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D-Pad posted:The issue is most people have no idea of how advanced the bots are. What you suggest won't work because the botting providers have virtual credit card services. For $20/month I can generate as many card numbers as I want and even have unique names/addresses tied to each. Limiting purchases to in-store terminals would help. For a big release like this it's not like it won't sell out anyway.
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Jan 25, 2024 23:13
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Z the IVth posted:Limiting purchases to in-store terminals would help. For a big release like this it's not like it won't sell out anyway. It's an option but it would gently caress a ton of people who don't live near the store. Also resellers already go to retail release dragging all their friends and family so they can get multiple copies so it wouldn't stop it completely. I did a really deep dive into the communities and bots back during covid when I was trying to get a GPU and I came to the conclusion that there is no way to stop it altogether and I've never once seen a proposal that would actually work. Hell congress made it illegal to bot concert tickets with big penalties and it didn't slow it down hardly at all.
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Jan 26, 2024 02:59
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Every pre-order done by hand after a GW employee interviews you to make sure you are a "real fan".
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Jan 26, 2024 03:05
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You have to read a captcha but it's written in Enuncia 
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Jan 26, 2024 03:07
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Kylaer posted:You have to read a captcha but it's written in Enuncia Worthless as a security measure. So very many warhams are malodorous, disgusting, and no one wants to be within 3 meters of them; untouchables can read/speak Enuncia without much issue. The queue would still be flooded.
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Jan 26, 2024 06:23
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Ok, but can I look at my porn slate while on the queue?
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Jan 26, 2024 06:59
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Preechr posted:Worthless as a security measure. So very many warhams are malodorous, disgusting, and no one wants to be within 3 meters of them; untouchables can read/speak Enuncia without much issue. The queue would still be flooded.  Exactly, you want to let the true fans through and keep out the scalpers.
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Jan 26, 2024 11:37
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The actual way to keep scalpers out is to have an auction. You're gonna select for "how much money are you willing to pay for this book", which privileges rich fans over poor fans. But any other form of sale boils down to " how many hoops are you willing to jump through to get this book ", and neither kind of fan will beat the scalpers at that. Alternatively, since they don't care about making a lot of money from LEs (an auction would maximise that, too), they could offer them as prizes for tournament winners at official GW stores. That's a hoop that scalpers will not want to bother with.
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Jan 26, 2024 12:06
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Lottery. The winners get to buy the book, losers go on the Black Ark to fuel the Nottingham power grid.
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Jan 26, 2024 13:47
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Trial by Thunderdome with actual chainswords, and GW sells the footage.
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Jan 26, 2024 13:51
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Five paragraph essay on why Logar was right
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Jan 26, 2024 15:30
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Five volume essay. Written by Lorgar. On his skin.
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Jan 26, 2024 16:15
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Open your seven mouths and sing hyms about why Lorgar was right.
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Jan 26, 2024 20:01
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Philthy posted:It really sucks that they updated their site Honestly you can stop here, the new site is dire for everything.
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Jan 26, 2024 22:37
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That’s what £10,000,000 gets you.
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Jan 26, 2024 22:38
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CottonWolf posted:That’s what £10,000,000 gets you. They didn't spend enough of it on incense and sacred machine oils.
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Jan 26, 2024 22:57
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6.5 hours and I can start reading the one book I've been anticipating more than any other in my life. I cannot loving wait.
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Jan 26, 2024 23:27
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Anyone read Lords of the Lance, the new Old World novel? I was wondering what it was like.
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Jan 26, 2024 23:30
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Do we know when the e-book is being released if ordered on the Black Library website? Midnight UK time? Or when it is released if we ordered from Amazon?
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Jan 27, 2024 00:33
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Available to DL from Black Library’s website now in the UK.
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Jan 27, 2024 01:34
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They need to make the books fuckable so nobody will buy a second-hand one. Then the market drops off and order is restored. Like the dune popcorn buckets.
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Jan 27, 2024 02:00
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parsleyc posted:Do we know when the e-book is being released if ordered on the Black Library website? Midnight UK time? Or when it is released if we ordered from Amazon? Amazon releases at 12am EST, well technically...sometimes it comes a little early or a little later. BL site I am not sure but I think Amazon is usually first.
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Jan 27, 2024 02:07
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I was able to download the book from the GW site in the US despite it being only about 8pm here.
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Jan 27, 2024 02:08
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Oh poo poo ~*~*~IT'S OUT~*~*~ We need a new thread title. Best I can think of is "Galaxy's #1 dad 10,000 years running" but I'm sure someone can do better.
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Jan 27, 2024 02:17
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habeasdorkus posted:I was able to download the book from the GW site in the US despite it being only about 8pm here. Goddamnit guess I'm buying it twice
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Jan 27, 2024 02:57
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Finished it in about 150 minutes. A breezy read! A fun time too. How very jolly. Really enjoyed it, looking forward to the fan reaction (I already know one person who hates it)!
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Jan 27, 2024 04:21
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lines posted:Finished it in about 150 minutes. A breezy read! A fun time too. How very jolly. Really enjoyed it, looking forward to the fan reaction (I already know one person who hates it)! You read a 500 page book in under three hours? I must be rusty.
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Jan 27, 2024 04:42
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So now that the last book is officially out, I should probably get around to finally reading the series  I know there's a big chart out there for a general reading order after the first 4-5 books, but is there a list of required reading vs skip vs read if you like that legion?
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Jan 27, 2024 06:46
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Alright, it's here. After 18 years, finally an end. And a death. See you lot in bit.
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Jan 27, 2024 08:17
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Arg, why no audible release!
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Jan 27, 2024 08:37
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Bohemian Nights posted:Arg, why no audible release! Check again in few hours.
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Jan 27, 2024 08:57
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Arc Hammer posted:You read a 500 page book in under three hours? I must be rusty. It's one of my few talents - it's not quite speed reading and I don't always take every nuance in, but I just have a very fast reading pace - especially for this kind of pulpy well-written prose that bounces along.
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Jan 27, 2024 09:03
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D-Pad posted:6.5 hours and I can start reading the one book I've been anticipating more than any other in my life. I cannot loving wait. Warden posted:Alright, it's here.After 18 years, finally an end. And a death.  * Hell yeah I've been dying to know ~what happened~ between the emperor and horus ever since I was a wee bairn, me and a friend barely knowing enough english between us to decipher the lore blurbs in the 2E rulebook, pouring over it like some ancient religious tome I can't wait to finish what I started all those years ago!  (*) From The Book of the Astronomican, 1E supplement and the first mention of the Horus Heresy in lore E: it's out on audible! Bohemian Nights fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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Jan 27, 2024 09:53
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lines posted:It's one of my few talents - it's not quite speed reading and I don't always take every nuance in, but I just have a very fast reading pace - especially for this kind of pulpy well-written prose that bounces along. I wasn't kidding when I said this one was relentless. It starts and then it just goes.
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Jan 27, 2024 15:21
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I was there. I was there, the day What a book, what a book  It's such a shame that it relies so heavily on the audience being well immersed in the Warhammer setting and all the previous stories that it builds on, and therefore isn't something an unfamiliar reader can just pick up and read and get full satisfaction out of, because this book is a masterpiece that deserves a wider audience than it will get. Also Erebus 
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Jan 27, 2024 15:42
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big rear end spoiler stuff so is Loken Samus? Also gently caress Erebus, seriously.
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Jan 27, 2024 16:40
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