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BULBASAUR posted:Hey nerds did you hear the news: so dumb. how does GW not own "Eldar"? Isn't that a name unique to their IP
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TheChirurgeon posted:so dumb. how does GW not own "Eldar"? Isn't that a name unique to their IP It's from Lord of the Rings. Yes, this is how unoriginal GW is.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:50
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They do as they have been publishing unique Eldar content for decades. I have no idea what they are thinking unless they just want to re brand the entire universe. Which makes no sense with such a massive IP. You don't just piss away years of brand recognition for no good reason. Nobody does this because it's bad and dumb.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:52
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BULBASAUR posted:Which makes no sense with such a massive IP. You don't just piss away years of brand recognition for no good reason. Nobody does this because it's bad and dumb. lol
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Jan 16, 2017 22:54
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BULBASAUR posted:Which makes no sense with such a massive IP. You don't just piss away years of brand recognition for no good reason. Nobody does this because it's bad and dumb.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:55
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Avenging Dentist posted:It's from Lord of the Rings. Yes, this is how unoriginal GW is. Ohhhh right hahahaha gently caress that's dumb Though with regard to originality, let's be real: They're just following the long tradition started by TSR
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Jan 16, 2017 23:00
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Avenging Dentist posted:My god they've done it. They've really done it. The least readable dice on the planet: Tzeentch= 9, because that is Tzeentch's sacred number. It can be also used as any other number, because Tzeentch works in mysterious ways. Skull = Everything dies and becomes skulls. If you rolled to attack, the thing you attacked dies. The attacker also dies. The other symbols = Chaos wins, because it is a Chaos star. If you play Chaos, good for you, you will win everytime. If you don't play Chaos, you are in luck because you can buy some Bloodgod Blooddudes with Bloodblooders for just 40$ per figure, or a whole squad of five for just 201$.
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Jan 16, 2017 23:18
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Aeldari is a joke yes?
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Jan 16, 2017 23:21
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M'iyagri
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Jan 16, 2017 23:28
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Aeldari actually sounds OK to me whereas simon loving templeman couldn't make 'orruks' or 'aelves' sound cool. My guess is still that the renaming is less to do with IP bullshit and more that GW management are the kind of retarded that thinks these forgettable call-a-rabbit-a- smeerp names actually make them unique or exciting.
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Jan 16, 2017 23:39
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I guess they'll have to rename Ultramarines too since that's just a color. My suggestion is to call them The Blue Man Group.
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Jan 16, 2017 23:47
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Thirsty Dog posted:
Yes.
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Jan 17, 2017 00:38
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How's the bad thread taking this? Are there any KoW players telling them to quit bitching and loudly yell about how excited they are to buy new models under the new ruleset?
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Jan 17, 2017 00:40
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A mirror to the old warhammer thread, pretty much. People think GW is really turning things around or whatever. Never mind them drowning in GWs poo poo for the last 10 years.
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Jan 17, 2017 00:56
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Yeah hard to get more WHFB than this:Texmo posted:Not too worried, since 40k isn't selling so incredibly poorly as to be worth destroying its' setting in favor of one which is much more popular and sells better than that which it replaced. Stockholm isn't just a city in Sweden.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:37
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On the bright side, the poo poo has kernels now so you're getting something extra. This is a real improvement.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:37
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BULBASAUR posted:They do as they have been publishing unique Eldar content for decades. I have no idea what they are thinking unless they just want to re brand the entire universe. WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING???
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Jan 17, 2017 02:08
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at least the fantasy people didn't have a step-by-step precedent on what was going to happen
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Jan 17, 2017 02:10
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That is an interesting philosophical question, is something worse if it was sudden and you had no idea what was going to happen or if you know your doom and how it will play out and no way to avert it
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Jan 17, 2017 02:14
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How is Eldar any less stupid than Aeldari? They're both just made up. You're just more familiar with one.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:16
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this just in star wars is renaming the Imperial faction to be the Empeerials faction as this will help with sales and brand recognition worldwide
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Jan 17, 2017 02:17
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starkebn posted:How is Eldar any less stupid than Aeldari? They're both just made up. You're just more familiar with one. You've answered your own question m8
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Jan 17, 2017 02:17
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I'm just saying wether the name is stupid or not is a different argument to wether it's stupid for GW to bother wanting to trademark everything. Aeldari or Eldar are neither stupid or not stupid, GW is stupid
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Jan 17, 2017 02:58
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The difference is that "eldar" in the Tolkien sense isn't strictly made-up. The man was a professional linguist who developed languages as a hobby and they were internally consistent and often had roots in real world languages.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:15
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starkebn posted:I'm just saying wether the name is stupid or not is a different argument to wether it's stupid for GW to bother wanting to trademark everything. It's stupid because they already have brand recognition with "Eldar" and now they're tossing that in the garbage for dubious reasons. In isolation, "Aeldari" is only stupid because of the unnecessary addition of a dipthong.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:17
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It sounds Italian. Are we getting Italian space elves?
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Jan 17, 2017 03:25
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Icon Of Sin posted:It sounds Italian. Are we getting Italian space elves? Yeah Italian space elves and Italian american space elves
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Jan 17, 2017 03:28
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BULBASAUR posted:Which makes no sense with such a massive IP. You don't just piss away years of brand recognition for no good reason. Nobody does this because it's bad and dumb. 
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Jan 17, 2017 03:36
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Thirsty Dog posted:Aeldari is a joke yes? NOPE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPb17XN5W0g
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Jan 17, 2017 03:41
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Moola I await your updated version of the song Aeldari Gonna Give It To Ya
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Jan 17, 2017 03:44
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Atlas Hugged posted:The difference is that "eldar" in the Tolkien sense isn't strictly made-up. The man was a professional linguist who developed languages as a hobby and they were internally consistent and often had roots in real world languages. ~orruk goregrunta~
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Jan 17, 2017 03:47
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Not to skip a chance to jump on GW but if that's the source of the "They're changing the name of the Eldar" rumor it seems a little thin. Especially if, from that video, it looks like they're using Aeldari as a way to differentiate the Eldar of today with the Eldar from before the schism.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:48
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Aelf brand synergy
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Jan 17, 2017 03:50
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someone with a cockney accent is definitely just saying faction names with a bunch of peanut butter in their mouths while an intern is frantically googling them to see if they're ip protected ogres - ogors orcs - orruks dwarven - duardin eldar - aeldari
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Jan 17, 2017 03:51
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DoW fan: hey guys, I want to start GW nerd: actually they're called Aeldari now *cringes* DoW fan: idgaf, where are the models?
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Jan 17, 2017 03:52
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Not to skip a chance to jump on GW but if that's the source of the "They're changing the name of the Eldar" rumor it seems a little thin. Especially if, from that video, it looks like they're using Aeldari as a way to differentiate the Eldar of today with the Eldar from before the schism. I smell another supplement codex coming. Aeldari, being led by the mysterious red guy from Fall of Cadia, representing a union of craftworld, exodites and dark eldar.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:56
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starkebn posted:DoW fan: hey guys, I want to start
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Jan 17, 2017 04:08
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I can also come up with at least six possible pronunciations of Aeldari whereas Eldar is fairly unambiguous. Is the initial Ae supposed to be pronounced like the i in ice, the a in way, or the e in meter? Is the final i a long e or a long i? Remember, this is a setting that used daemons as the common spelling but pronounced it like demon (is this a British thing?) and where no one could agree on how to say lasgun.
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Jan 17, 2017 04:21
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I thought daemon was a Greek thing
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Tzeentch is pronounced like Change, as in the Lord of Change.
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