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spend 125 euros and get a single unusable die
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LordAba posted:You know those people who say that the Tzeentch Kairos + Screaming Bell trick won't work because of the die? Or that you can't roll 13 on two die by themselves? Another pay-2-win release from GW.
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Nov 5, 2015 12:34
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On second look its 150 euros
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Nov 5, 2015 12:43
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A commenter on Bols noticed a thing with the die. The Tzeentch symbol replaces the 1 side. That means it's opposite the 7 side. 7 is Nurgle's sacred number. Tzeentch opposes Nurgle. Well played GW.  I wonder how much these will be going for on eBay later...
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Nov 5, 2015 12:58
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Zark the Damned posted:Well played GW.
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Nov 5, 2015 13:20
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So that sure is a thing. Instead of updating the screaming bell rules to "fix" it they do this?
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Nov 5, 2015 14:13
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krushgroove posted:'follow the Path further and grap this unique Tzeentch patch'? wft? As a p is really just an upside-down b, it reflects Tzeetch's nature of subtly berverting intentions in bursuit of his own unfathomable goals. Just as blanned.
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Nov 5, 2015 15:32
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LingcodKilla posted:So that sure is a thing. Instead of updating the screaming bell rules to "fix" it they do this? Hahaha true. But at least the WAAC AoS players will be like "You can't just say you rolled a seven you have to actually roll it!!" and then whip out his die that has a six replaced by a seven. Oh wait, there are no WAAC AoS players because they forge such an elite narrative. Who is this product for lol
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Nov 5, 2015 16:09
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LordAba posted:You know those people who say that the Tzeentch Kairos + Screaming Bell trick won't work because of the die? Or that you can't roll 13 on two die by themselves? I know I should know the answer to this but do you get all three if you completely fill out the voucher?
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Nov 5, 2015 16:12
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Chill la Chill posted:I know I should know the answer to this but do you get all three if you completely fill out the voucher? you can choose between the items or a 25€ voucher/gift card per tier. seems a decent offer (who'd ever pick the dice...)
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Nov 5, 2015 16:18
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People like dice. Depends on how many you get; probably not enough to be worth 25 pounds though and I'm not sure I would want that many but I bet there will be some takers. If it's just those three then lol.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:20
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Goes well with the $50 khorne cups.Frobbe posted:you can choose between the items or a 25€ voucher/gift card per tier. seems a decent offer (who'd ever pick the dice...)
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Nov 5, 2015 16:23
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Someone on a local facebook page said something about how all the AoS hate is from people that have not tried it and yada yada yada fun whatever gentlemen's agreement... Anyway rather than point out what is wrong with the game, I have take to just saying basically: People dislike it because its nothing like Fantasy and why would I play the AoS Skirmish game when I can just play warmachine, which is a way better system...
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Nov 5, 2015 16:32
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There's no voucher that's the square where you get the reward - bronze square bronze reward (die) silver square etc
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Nov 5, 2015 16:34
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Pash posted:Someone on a local facebook page said something about how all the AoS hate is from people that have not tried it and yada yada yada fun whatever gentlemen's agreement... Anyway rather than point out what is wrong with the game, I have take to just saying basically: People dislike it because its nothing like Fantasy and why would I play the AoS Skirmish game when I can just play warmachine, which is a way better system... I almost feel like I should argue with these kinds of people more often because I have played Age of Sigmar not once, not twice, but THREE times. So I can definitively say: it is not a good game.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:41
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Paolo is basically the TTG Tim Burton. When he has producers and people who can tell him "No don't do that it's loving stupid" we get great things (Batman, Edward Scissor Hands, Tannhauser, Mutant Chronicles) and when he has free range things go to poo poo real fast (Alice in Wonderland, most of DUST). If you think Burton had more freedom on Alice in Wonderland than, say, Ed Wood, I don't know what.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:42
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Phoon posted:There's no voucher that's the square where you get the reward - bronze square bronze reward (die) silver square etc This is a balancing mechanism to reduce the supply of dice, as true Sigmar fans would pick the pin or shirt instead.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:43
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why would anyone be obliged to want to try a game anyway? isn't it normally the company's job to make people give a poo poo?
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Nov 5, 2015 16:44
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krushgroove posted:'follow the Path further and grap this unique Tzeentch patch'? wft? As someone who has proofread a lot of English press releases translated from the original French by French speakers, I can quite confidently say that this is what is happening in that image. The English copy was written in English by French people.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:53
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Saint Drogo posted:why would anyone be obliged to want to try a game anyway? isn't it normally the company's job to make people give a poo poo? Well don't you know that this is a situation unique to GW? Every one is just bein' a big ole meanie to poor widdle GW and they should just give them a chance, dammit.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:05
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Helen Highwater posted:As someone who has proofread a lot of English press releases translated from the original French by French speakers, I can quite confidently say that this is what is happening in that image. The English copy was written in English by French people. I do a lot of that kind of thing for my day job, except in reverse: I write marketing copy that has to be translatable in all the major languages, so I can't use many Americanisms or too much slang...but 'grab' seems like it would be a simple concept...
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Nov 5, 2015 17:09
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Saint Drogo posted:why would anyone be obliged to want to try a game anyway? isn't it normally the company's job to make people give a poo poo? It is! But GW fanboys get very very offended when you posit that games workshop makes terrible products and actively ruins the good things they once did on the reg. They still like the game, so it must be your fault somehow.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:10
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krushgroove posted:I do a lot of that kind of thing for my day job, except in reverse: I write marketing copy that has to be translatable in all the major languages, so I can't use many Americanisms or too much slang...but 'grab' seems like it would be a simple concept... They are almost certainly writing it on a computer with a French OS and a French language office suite and dictionary. Every single word would be underlined red on the original copy. Agripper is a French word meaning 'to grab' so they probably thought of that and spelt it from memory.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:14
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So GW are launching an entire new product line Next Weekend and nobody knows anything about it apart from a couple of pictures of boxart?
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Nov 5, 2015 17:26
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Phrosphor posted:So GW are launching an entire new product line Next Weekend and nobody knows anything about it apart from a couple of pictures of boxart? Welcome to GW's 'marketing'. They basically have individuals in the various divisions post things on Facebook and send freebies to trusted people to leak poo poo out. Various podcasts got the AoS box set to boost word of its launch, for example, and I'm sure the leaks of the White Dwarf, plastic sprues and models are just pseudo viral efforts. Helen Highwater posted:Agripper is a French word meaning 'to grab' Ah! So that must be where the 'agrippa' sword fighting style comes from (probably made up but it's mentioned in The Princess Bride).
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Nov 5, 2015 17:33
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krushgroove posted:Ah! So that must be where the 'agrippa' sword fighting style comes from (probably made up but it's mentioned in The Princess Bride).
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Nov 5, 2015 17:38
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Agrippa was also a Greek scientist or something, iirc Edit: did not know it was a real fencing thing! And in that context yeah I would assume it's agripper
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Nov 5, 2015 17:38
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The line in Princess Bride is a reference to the name of a fencing master, Camillo Agrippa, so it has nothing to do with the meaning of the French agripper.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:44
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Pash posted:Someone on a local facebook page said something about how all the AoS hate is from people that have not tried it and yada yada yada fun whatever gentlemen's agreement... Anyway rather than point out what is wrong with the game, I have take to just saying basically: People dislike it because its nothing like Fantasy and why would I play the AoS Skirmish game when I can just play warmachine, which is a way better system... This is a really common refrain from people who, themselves, have barely played it. Both local and online I've played AoS more than probably 99% of people. I've played an average of 1-2 games of AoS a week. I'm constantly running into people, especially locals, who have no problem lecturing me about how the game is fine after I list out the major issues and the workarounds I prefer and then we get to the point where I find out that they've only played 1 or 2 games. And then it always goes the same way - we play rules as written and try to gentlemen it up, invariably one side has the stronger army and wins a lovely victory that doesn't feel rewarding. 2 games later they're interested in using comps. 2 games later they're not into AoS any more. This happens constantly. 99% of those people waxing philosophical with really pretentious arguments about how gamers need to elevate themselves to grasp what GW is trying to do are people who just sit around painting their jewel like objects and never play the loving game.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:49
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fnordcircle posted:99% of those people waxing philosophical with really pretentious arguments about how gamers need to elevate themselves to grasp what GW is trying to do are people who just sit around painting their jewel like objects and never play the loving game. It's almost like the same level of navel-gazing about "real roleplaying" while downplaying broken "exponential wizards, linear fighters" imbalances and other 'nardy behavior, hmmm.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:51
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Frobbe posted:you can choose between the items or a 25€ voucher/gift card per tier. seems a decent offer (who'd ever pick the dice...) There are no vouchers, those spaces are indicating you can trade in the card for a reward at that point. i.e. every 6 stamps is the next 'tier' of reward. That's what it looks like to me anyway. 'Trade in your card' means you hand in the rewards card, that's how the old Skulls promo worked.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:57
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Esser-Z posted:Every single piece of fencing technique mentioned in that fight is real AND a good choice in that situation. Are you sure? I have studied both real fencing and stage fencing and I don't remember any of that poo poo.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:58
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The way its worded implies if you get the shirt you don't get the pin or die
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Nov 5, 2015 17:58
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Ignite Memories posted:Are you sure? I have studied both real fencing and stage fencing and I don't remember any of that poo poo. I went from foil to saber which I still do occasionally at the uni club and don't remember it either. I looked up agrippa and I guess he was responsible for toning down the common parries to 4? I think 4 is still the common ones but saber cuts it down further to 3, albeit different ones.
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Nov 5, 2015 18:05
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It's just a bunch of references to actual historical fencers - I have no idea how well whatever they did relates to what is happening in the scene, probably not much because I do not think any historical fencers advocated heavily for throwing your sword in the air or performing backflips. Having said that: quote:Inigo Montoya: You are using Bonetti’s Defense against me, ah? Rocco Bonetti, Ridolfo Capo Ferro, Gérard Thibault d’Anvers, and Camillo Agrippa were all actual fencing masters being referenced in the exchange. There is a breakdown by some fencing nerd here if you have a boner for skinny metal boners.
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Nov 5, 2015 18:12
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I was criminlly misinformed. drat. Sorry guys!
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Nov 5, 2015 18:14
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Fencing? loving nerds.
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Nov 5, 2015 18:17
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Everyone in fencing is a drat nerd and it's probably up there with golf or bowling with least athletic practitioners, at least in the uni level. Though usually that means a bunch of E-C fencers with maybe a B. The worst part about everyone being a nerd in the club is that it turns into a social/dating mess with a ton of drama (cuz nobody there can date anyone else) which is most of the reason why I stopped going frequently.
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Nov 5, 2015 18:23
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FrostyPox posted:Agrippa was also a Greek scientist or something, iirc Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, general, architect, and one of the great leaders of Ancient Rome
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Nov 5, 2015 18:25
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Chill la Chill posted:I went from foil to saber which I still do occasionally at the uni club and don't remember it either. I looked up agrippa and I guess he was responsible for toning down the common parries to 4? I think 4 is still the common ones but saber cuts it down further to 3, albeit different ones. We are enemies now, Epee 4 lyfe  Chill la Chill posted:The worst part about everyone being a nerd in the club is that it turns into a social/dating mess with a ton of drama (cuz nobody there can date anyone else) which is most of the reason why I stopped going frequently. Probably for the best, I can't imagine most relationships benefitting from an environment where the two participants are encouraged to jab each other hard enough to leave welts.
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Nov 5, 2015 18:34
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