SparrowMarie Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 It's my eldest niece's birthday today. They are 15 today. Where did the time go? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 LMAO this morning. More drama with that direct owner/new distributor thing. The direct owner/seller of the wash location tried to do the merchant processing reprogramming themselves so that they could help the new owner avoid the merchant programming fee. It would have worked, but their merchant processor said "no, we don't want that site on our system any more" because the site hasn't upgraded to chip/tap readers yet. So either the new owner is going to have to spend thousands to upgrade, or he's going to have to switch to one our providers who still supports just mag stripe, which incurs the programming fees. The direct owner is frustrated because nothing is going as he planned/anticipated. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Cygnwulf said: they had really epically bad community engagement and the people trying to smooth things over with the MK3 release were really bad at PR so it alienated a lot of their fanbase. Having one of their employees at Gencon tell me "this isn't a game for girls" really put me off the company, but it was the local players who refused to do game demos or run a tournament at a local con (and their attitude) that was the final straw. It was like they were actively trying to discourage new players. 1 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) oof. hopefully that wass one of the page 5 crowd that I don't miss at all. I NEVER understood the neckbeard logic that would hold the 'this game is not for girls' idea sacred and at the same time also complain that there were no gamer girls..... Edited July 27, 2022 by Cygnwulf 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, Cygnwulf said: oof. hopefully that wass one of the page 5 crowd that I don't miss at all. I NEVER understood the neckbeard logic that would hold the 'this game is not for girls' idea sacred and at the same time also complain that there were no gamer girls..... Until it was brought up yesterday, I didn't know how (un)popular Warmachine/Hordes has gotten. And that "Page 5" reference kept popping up. Googling it, I found the "rule" section in question. Seriously WTF is wrong with the people who wrote that? I can understand being competitive and talking smack, but basically implying that it's a core part of the game has done a fair share of damage. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Cranky Dog said: Until it was brought up yesterday, I didn't know how (un)popular Warmachine/Hordes has gotten. And that "Page 5" reference kept popping up. Googling it, I found the "rule" section in question. Seriously WTF is wrong with the people who wrote that? I can understand being competitive and talking smack, but basically implying that it's a core part of the game has done a fair share of damage. I think it originally grew out of some salt that that was going around in the WH community in the years before warmachine came out. You would frequently see complaints in online communities from people who felt that some players were too 'competetitive' and would try to shame them for playing lists that were built to play very aggressively, claiming that those players were only playing that way to ruin the fun of people who actually like playing fluffy, lore based lists. For example, in 40k at the time, you were required to take at least 1 hq and 2 troops choices in your army, then you could fill out up to a total of 6 troops, and 3 each of elite, fast attack, and heavy support. 'Fluffy' armies would often include a large percentage of their points in troops, while some heavy hitting competitive lists instead would take the cheapest, minimum strength troops they could to fill those two slots, then spend the majority of their force allowance on specialists units, and a frequent complaint was that people playing lists like that were (somehow) missing the spirit of the game. Personally I always felt that if it was a friendly game you should just discuss expectations ahead of time, and if it was a tournament/competitive game then why shouldn't you play competitively, but I think Privateer wanted to spell that out, and created page 5 as a gross overreaction to this community meta. I was never sad to see it go. Edited July 27, 2022 by Cygnwulf 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 RTB Pro-Tips! SKU#30008 Elf Wizard, Alaedril! 7-27-22. Started at 11:35 AM. https://www.twitch.tv/reaperminiatures 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monsty Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, kristof65 said: LMAO this morning. More drama with that direct owner/new distributor thing. The direct owner/seller of the wash location tried to do the merchant processing reprogramming themselves so that they could help the new owner avoid the merchant programming fee. It would have worked, but their merchant processor said "no, we don't want that site on our system any more" because the site hasn't upgraded to chip/tap readers yet. So either the new owner is going to have to spend thousands to upgrade, or he's going to have to switch to one our providers who still supports just mag stripe, which incurs the programming fees. The direct owner is frustrated because nothing is going as he planned/anticipated. Prognostication: Before the dust finally settles the Old Owner is going to have to compensate the New Owner for the upgrades. I would be willing to bet that the obsolete state of their card handling system was never disclosed through the entire escrow process. GEM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Brinewind Studio Presents - Miniatures Den! #076. Started at 1:12 PM. https://www.twitch.tv/reaperminiatures 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumbloke Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Yay, forums seem to be back 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, sumbloke said: Yay, forums seem to be back //the shaking starts to subside I ainst addicted. Kit wrote in the News section that it was maintenance that went sideways. Had to restore from a backup. Some posts could be lost. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumbloke Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, Pegazus said: //the shaking starts to subside I ainst addicted. Kit wrote in the News section that it was maintenance that went sideways. Had to restore from a backup. Some posts could be lost. Ah. That explains what happened to the post containing the meaning if life. It seemed so profound when I wrote it, but I don't remember what it was now... 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Painted something yesterday. @kit hated it and made it all dissapear... so here it is again!!! https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/99584-jackal-nomad-woofs-wasteland-warriors-by-glitterwolf/ 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted July 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2022 Ok, who did this? 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Whelp.... I guess I should have known from how I kept using the magnifier more and more when painting, but I officially could benefit from bifocals now, according to the eye doc this week.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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