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Chill la Chill posted:Is that anime as good as or better than the space WW1 anime? What's the space WW1 anime? TheKingofSprings posted:It's better but worse than the space napoleonic era anime Legend of Galactic Heroes is the space Napoleonic era anime, I presume.
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Apparently my local GW shop that I didn't know existed until two months ago closed last week. With hours like: 10-6 weekdays 12-5 Saturday closed Sundays/Mondays how couldn't it?
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Jan 14, 2016 22:46
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boom boom boom posted:Legend of Galactic Heroes is the space Napoleonic era anime, I presume. Yeah, that's the one
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Jan 14, 2016 22:50
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BULBASAUR posted:Some professional investment writer is slamming GW: quote:Profit from the sale of miniatures and games, the company’s core business, fell 15%. So let's recap: Fantasy was agreed to be somewhere around 15% of the company's miniatures business before it got shitcanned. GW made Age of Sigmar and lost 15% of its miniatures and games sales total. That means that not only did Age of Sigmar not manage to sell as much as old Fantasy did, it didn't counteract (and may have contributed to) a general decline across all the company's lines.
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Jan 14, 2016 23:34
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I assume you meant "fantasy was agreed to be roughly 10%" which makes your post make sense
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Jan 14, 2016 23:38
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No, 15%. I'm assuming that at least some of the old Fantasy crowd kept buying, call it around 5% tops (source: my rear end), but it didn't counteract the general decline the company is facing/the people who jumped GW entirely.
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Jan 14, 2016 23:41
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Chill la Chill posted:Oh good. I don't think anything can top the space Napoleonic anime. Is Napoleon a high school girl? Are the cannons high school girls?
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Jan 14, 2016 23:45
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shoplifter posted:Apparently my local GW shop that I didn't know existed until two months ago closed last week. Those hours don't make any sense at all...
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Jan 14, 2016 23:50
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LordAba posted:Is Napoleon a high school girl? Are the cannons high school girls? I think there's one prominent girl of high school age in the entire cast of about a hundred and she serves in the military.
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Jan 14, 2016 23:50
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LordAba posted:Is Napoleon a high school girl? Are the cannons high school girls? It's not that kind of anime 
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Jan 14, 2016 23:51
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Rulebook Heavily posted:No, 15%. I'm assuming that at least some of the old Fantasy crowd kept buying, call it around 5% tops (source: my rear end), but it didn't counteract the general decline the company is facing/the people who jumped GW entirely. Yeah, I've seen a few rumor mongers talking about AoS not just under performing but killing all 40k momentum that had built up in the prior year by not putting out any 40k releases for 3 months.
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Jan 14, 2016 23:54
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Did 40k have any momentum? Last I checked 40k people were freaking the gently caress out because of AoS
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Jan 15, 2016 03:23
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They dropped the starter formation rules and they look suspiciously like 'Age of Emperor'
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Jan 15, 2016 03:31
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BULBASAUR posted:They dropped the starter formation rules and they look suspiciously like 'Age of Emperor' Formations have been going that way for a while. They have also killed pretty much all of my interest in playing 40k. I loving loathe that approach to rules. Nice job GW.
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Business Gorillas posted:Did 40k have any momentum? Last I checked 40k people were freaking the gently caress out because of AoS My store was running a 40k league at the time AoS came out, which I think was riding pretty high on new releases of 40k coming out around then. I had kind of cooled off to 40k (having discovered xwangs) and then the AoS bomb dropped and I got out entirely. I've still got some marines and eldar/dark eldar to sell off, but my main army (IG) got sold off last November or so (after not playing for ~5 months).
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Jan 15, 2016 04:08
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I looked at the summaries for the rules, but I'm not clear on how they're like "Age of Emperor". Are they actually dumb joke rules, or just poorly balanced? I quit before formations ever happened, but they just sound like GW 1) trying to sell more models, and 2) openly acknowledging that their game balance is so bad that they need to buff certain army compositions with extra benefits; or worse, that the balance is already so hosed that adding more poorly-balanced rules is like pissing in the ocean. Are these new formations even worse somehow?
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Jan 15, 2016 04:17
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Rulebook Heavily posted:No, 15%. So they killed a line worth 10%, and it dropped them 15% instead, which is really damning and I thought was your point.
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Jan 15, 2016 04:24
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Avenging Dentist posted:I looked at the summaries for the rules, but I'm not clear on how they're like "Age of Emperor". Are they actually dumb joke rules, or just poorly balanced? I quit before formations ever happened, but they just sound like GW 1) trying to sell more models, and 2) openly acknowledging that their game balance is so bad that they need to buff certain army compositions with extra benefits; or worse, that the balance is already so hosed that adding more poorly-balanced rules is like pissing in the ocean. Are these new formations even worse somehow? There's no balance to formations and some of them give out hundreds of free points in transports, wargear, or whatever. They're entirely about selling models with no thought to how they impact the game. They are the worst loving garbage and it's clear from the 7th edition codexes that this is the direction they want to take 40k. They even have super formations made up of other formations that gives all of them a huge bonus of some kind. If they keep points values in future editions and don't do a full Sigmar the armies still won't be anywhere close to each other and army selection will be completely hosed because GW can't help themselves.
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Jan 15, 2016 04:30
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Safety Factor posted:Formations have been going that way for a while. They have also killed pretty much all of my interest in playing 40k. I loving loathe that approach to rules. Nice job GW. This.
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Jan 15, 2016 04:45
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Can we more clearly define the 10% and 15% numbers and what they actually represent. When you say Warhammer accounted for 10% of GW, do you mean 10% of its total sales by volume, 10% of its total sales by pound, 10% of its miniatures profits, or 10% of its total profits? These are all very different and only one can be compared to the 15% number quoted in the article. The profits of miniatures and games is down 15%. Obviously the 10% is going to have an impact on the 15% reported drop in miniatures/games profits, but it is not fair to say the loss of that 10% resulted in an additional 5% of damage if these numbers are from different categories.
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boom boom boom posted:Vifam episode 2 review, by boom boom boom, age 11 So far I like the fleshing out of the world. I am very prepared for the bearded man and MRS. ROBINSON to eat it soon. But this anime runs into the problem a lot of animes face; making people look the age they specify. oh well. also looks like Humanity has a traitor and is getting wrecked. Be warned there are children in danger for a light comedic effect? So since the monolith hasn't been given a name I am calling it Cocaine SKELETON CHILD CREW. TheKingofSprings posted:It's better but worse than the space napoleonic era anime Wait what
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Safety Factor posted:There's no balance to formations and some of them give out hundreds of free points in transports, wargear, or whatever. They're entirely about selling models with no thought to how they impact the game. They are the worst loving garbage and it's clear from the 7th edition codexes that this is the direction they want to take 40k. That's about what I thought, but I had my doubts that it could actually be that bad. Given the outright contempt GW shows for creating a balanced, playable game, I'm honestly surprised they're doing as well as they are. I guess it's partly because of the sunk cost fallacy, since it can be a shock to realize one day that the hundreds of dollars you spent on your little space soldiers is now worthless (unless you can convince your group to play a better fan-made ruleset). Even though I haven't played 40k since 4th edition, it's still a little sad when I look at my old dudes and realize I'll probably never use them for anything again. At least I had fun painting them. GW has honestly made me a bit hesitant to play any game with significant buy-in, since I clearly can't rely on even the biggest name in the wargames business to do its best to respect the time and money I invested into their system.
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Jan 15, 2016 09:28
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LordAba posted:Is Napoleon a high school girl? Are the cannons high school girls? gently caress, I've been reduced to posting about anime in the death thread. e: Here I'm posting anime pictures now 
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Jan 15, 2016 09:35
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BULBASAUR posted:Drugs nice
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Jan 15, 2016 09:37
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Just popping in to say I appreciate the effortposts from Leperflesh etc on GW's financials: they're really interesting reading.
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Jan 15, 2016 10:43
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I can't believe nerds are talkin poo poo about logh smh
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Jan 15, 2016 10:46
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I'd probably watch that anime. The Norwegian Masters is this weekend. 40k: 49 attendees Xwangs: 25 attendees WMH: 56 attendees KoW: 20 attendees FoW: 11 attendees LotR: 11 attendees Infinity: 10 attendees AoS: 10 attendees
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Jan 15, 2016 10:52
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shoplifter posted:Apparently my local GW shop that I didn't know existed until two months ago closed last week. Presumably, one of those one-person stores. People gotta have time off work, after all.
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feedmegin posted:Presumably, one of those one-person stores. People gotta have time off work, after all. Thats the worst hours to run a one man store on though. You'll do most of your weeks trade at a weekend, so why run much reduced hours then just to be open during the dead parts of the week?
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Not a viking posted:I'd probably watch that anime. No guild ball?!?!
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Jan 15, 2016 12:15
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My friend is in Japan for a couple weeks. He's asking me if I want anything. I can get a single model kit size package if I do. So like a gundam or sweet star wars model kit from someone like Hasegawa or FIne Molds. Or, as he's teasing me, "a kawaii anime girl figure that ranges from $15-150 depending on quality." 
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Jan 15, 2016 13:36
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Thirsty Dog posted:No guild ball?!?! Truly, the best game.
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Chill la Chill posted:My friend is in Japan for a couple weeks. He's asking me if I want anything. I can get a single model kit size package if I do. So like a gundam or sweet star wars model kit from someone like Hasegawa or FIne Molds. Or, as he's teasing me, "a kawaii anime girl figure that ranges from $15-150 depending on quality."  I could ask him to get a giant, magnificent Jojo statue figure instead.
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So apparently the first Specialist Game to return is going to be... ...Aeronautica Imperialis. In a standalone boardgame set, as predicted. What?
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Jan 15, 2016 14:38
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Another instance of GW doublethink. X-Wing simultaneously represents no threat to GW, not being in the same market segment, and also is exactly the kind of game they need to be producing right now if their business is to recover.
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Jan 15, 2016 14:41
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GW has considered millions of requests for classics like Epic, Mordheim, Necromunda, and Blood Bowl, and decided instead to run with present an off-brand X-wing knockoff. That was never even a specialist game. It was a forge world one-off release.
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Loxbourne posted:So apparently the first Specialist Game to return is going to be... As others have said, I can't see this as anything other than a blatant X Wang copy.
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Jan 15, 2016 14:55
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I have trouble believing the rumormonger can't remember the name of the supposed game. Also, do GW put posters of upcoming games around the HQ building? I have difficulty believing that too.
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Jan 15, 2016 14:58
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I really hope it's true. Watching GW completely gently caress up yet another product that should be easy money will never get old.
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Loxbourne posted:...Aeronautica Imperialis. In a standalone boardgame set, as predicted. What?
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