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LashLightning posted:Going in, or going out?! Out. It was being printed in China, because printing in China is cheap.
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"Historical nihilism" is a real crime in China and you can even see jail time for it now. At least they got their money back.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:"Historical nihilism" is a real crime in China and you can even see jail time for it now. At least they got their money back. Yeah, China is weird about doing things with history that aren't culturally or plausibly true. Time Travel series and movies and stuff is forbidden China iirc.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:"Historical nihilism" is a real crime in China and you can even see jail time for it now. At least they got their money back. yea it's a stupid rear end law, obviously, but it was an actual law violation and all not just rando 'eh let's gently caress up this shipment of books'. More, like they said, local official saw them and was all 'aw man I don't wanna get busted if somehow this makes it up the chain, bye books'. I like that they're making it nice and clear though, A) it may be a helpful heads up for future publishers that this is an actual 'thing' to keep in mind, and B) actually sounds kinda understanding in a 'welp...poo poo sucks but oh well' way instead of trying to make some big drama over something that can't change.
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Xelkelvos posted:Yeah, China is weird about doing things with history that aren't culturally or plausibly true. Time Travel series and movies and stuff is forbidden China iirc. Apparently the actual issue is a huge trend in a lot of literature in which key characters are told by various historical figures that they are brilliant and awesome.
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Yea you're not selling me on this policy being bad if its origin is in rooting out Dante style 'and then entirety of the Southern Ming Dynasty came together and told me I was super cool and all my enemies were just like the treacherous Qing...' books
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Seems like it's a massive overreaction if that's the case but also I can't be mad about it.
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I'm honestly surprised it took this long for something like that to happen and that it wasn't because of a book where there's a ghost or a skeleton on the cover in any case.
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It's not the first time, a lot of children's books for one are having to watch their content for fear of Chinese censors.
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Elector_Nerdlingen posted:Seems like it's a massive overreaction if that's the case but also I can't be mad about it. Massive overreaction is kind of the CCP's stock in trade.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Massive overreaction is kind of the CCP's stock in trade. Oh I thought they were just busy with lag in Jita
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I’m glad I backed at the pdf tier. The adventure ideas and history are extremely interesting.
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Posted about this in the 50k thread but this thread does chudwatch too People are apparently melting down about theoretical lore changes in 40k? What's up with that? My normie friends are asking about it
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Posted about this in the 50k thread but this thread does chudwatch too How lately? There was some stuff in 2017 with 8th edition, and some high quality CHUDery in 2018 with the wrath and glory rpg.
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40k's talking about moving their plot ahead soon, and the rumor is that they're going to move away from the obvious fasch stuff that the Imperium's big on and actually show that the Imperial government are monsterous. It's mostly coming from the Robbie G novel, because it's very obvious that he is loving pissed at where the Imperium of Man has gone while he was in stasis, and the thought is that they're going to do a full on civil war.
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There was also a special edition Commissar model who did not feature boobplate. I've seen folks mad about that.
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neaden posted:That sounds good. It amazes me that some people think that the Emperor was a good guy or that the Imperium is defensible. The intro text calls him the carrion Lord of the imperium who rules over the crulest regime imaginable. Well he ain’t no Stimperor.
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neaden posted:That sounds good. It amazes me that some people think that the Emperor was a good guy or that the Imperium is defensible. The intro text calls him the carrion Lord of the imperium who rules over the crulest regime imaginable. The fluff and fiction also refers to him as an unambiguous incarnation of metaphysical good. Fascists love 40k for, amoung other reasons, the completely lack of a consistent moral stance means they can just assume the entire franchise supports fascism and not *technically* be wrong. This also means they can also point out phrases like “the cruelest regime imaginable” whenever someone asks why ultramarines novel #343 is so cheerful about sterilizing genetic deviants or torture-killing daemons of queerness.
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40k is one of those reasons you don't give nerds satire.
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Liquid Communism posted:40k's talking about moving their plot ahead soon, and the rumor is that they're going to move away from the obvious fasch stuff that the Imperium's big on and actually show that the Imperial government are monsterous. It's mostly coming from the Robbie G novel, because it's very obvious that he is loving pissed at where the Imperium of Man has gone while he was in stasis, and the thought is that they're going to do a full on civil war. Oh good, a great new opportunity to focus even more on Space Marines.
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theironjef posted:Oh good, a great new opportunity to focus even more on Space Marines.
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FMguru posted:The current edition introduced new Super Space Marines that are 50% taller than ordinary Space Marines. I mean there's already 30k where it's all Space Marines fighting Space Marines so I look forward to this glorious new future where two heights of Space Marines square off against two heights of Space Marines. For order.
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neaden posted:That sounds good. It amazes me that some people think that the Emperor was a good guy or that the Imperium is defensible. The intro text calls him the carrion Lord of the imperium who rules over the crulest regime imaginable. Uh, I mean, to be fair, the emperor isn't actually in charge of the imperium. The current imperium came about after his death, and the reason Bobby G is so pissed is because it looks almost nothing like the galaxy he left behind. The Emperor is used as justification for the politicians that rule in his stead. Not that the emperor is an objectively good person or anything, because he's pretty hosed up
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Female primarines are the future. I absolutely hope so
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Female primarines are the future. I'd fill out the rest of my Blood Angels with them. I was really hoping that they'd use the Primaris Marines as a lore excuse for female Marines, lioe Cawl brings them to Bobby G and says "Not only are they better than current Astartes, but you've just doubled you're recruitment pool! Praise the Omnissiah!"
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Razorwired posted:40k is one of those reasons you don't give nerds satire. When 40K was running around just being 40K it was fine, then they gave it to people to try to make a functional universe out of and then the cracks started to show. I mean, they were there already but now they became large and glaringly obvious.
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Over on the Age of Sigmar side, grog tears have been pouring for a while now over the stormcast having gurlz, despite there never really being any lore to suggest they wouldn't. Fortunately, there seems to be an equal number of people who like that aspect, and a larger contingent than both that don't really give a poo poo either way.
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Arivia posted:Oh I thought they were just busy with lag in Jita Lmao this is a good joke
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Razorwired posted:40k is one of those reasons you don't give nerds satire. They've been running the satire back up some as well. The new Ork codex calls back in a lot of ways to the old 2e orks, which were hilarious and weird. If you want a sample of the new writing, check out the Regimental Standard.
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Desiden posted:Over on the Age of Sigmar side, grog tears have been pouring for a while now over the stormcast having gurlz, despite there never really being any lore to suggest they wouldn't. Fortunately, there seems to be an equal number of people who like that aspect, and a larger contingent than both that don't really give a poo poo either way. Oh, no! They have like half a dozen obviously female models! Run!
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Liquid Communism posted:They've been running the satire back up some as well. The new Ork codex calls back in a lot of ways to the old 2e orks, which were hilarious and weird. They aren’t really though? They’re just making the setting less concerned with being serious and more with being funny. They certainly aren’t satirizing Thatcherism in 2019.
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jakodee posted:They aren’t really though? They’re just making the setting less concerned with being serious and more with being funny. They certainly aren’t satirizing Thatcherism in 2019. It is still a huge improvement over the last few years where they were playing the setting deadly serious. I mean, it's 40k, the community's still going to field full Wehrmacht-painted Guard armies and enter rape dioramas into painting contests.
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