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At 5/25/06 11:26 AM, Squadiee wrote: I agree, Warhammer 40000 rules! I am an experienced Space Marine Player and a new Tau player. I think there should be more things like mock interview and shooter games as Fire Warrior was frankly crap.

It was alright i just hated the ingame cutscene and that it didn't tell you about these bonus objectives.

I mean the bit where the Chaos attack is dreadful all the Ultramarine does is bang on the glass a bit then disaapears. Not very Ultra is it.

At 5/25/06 11:26 AM, Squadiee wrote:

I mean the bit where the Chaos attack is dreadful all the Ultramarine does is bang on the glass a bit then disaapears. Not very Ultra is it.

a ultra marine would never just bang on the glass , he would go down fighting - although i never played that game , it sounds horrible

i am starting a traiter guardsmen army , but i dont know what to get first , any suggestions?

At 5/25/06 12:38 PM, RedGlare wrote:

At 5/25/06 11:26 AM, Squadiee wrote: I agree, Warhammer 40000 rules! I am an experienced Space Marine Player and a new Tau player. I think there should be more things like mock interview and shooter games as Fire Warrior was frankly crap.

It was alright i just hated the ingame cutscene and that it didn't tell you about these bonus objectives.

I mean the bit where the Chaos attack is dreadful all the Ultramarine does is bang on the glass a bit then disaapears. Not very Ultra is it.

Ha, sounds hilarious. i didn't play that far, it was all too repetative for me. I presume the Ultramarine was meant to be breaking the glass? In which case, why couldn't he just gob acid on it. If i could do that, i would use it at any given oppurtunity. In the faces of those wrong me, for example.

Compare the cut-scenes from Fire warrior to the intro to Dawn of War. Like opposite ends of the scale, they be.

A question people. What kind of music do you think has survived into the 41st millenium? I mean, what can you picture an imperial guardsman having on his iPod40k?

At 5/26/06 07:54 AM, SeedyKay wrote:

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Ha, sounds hilarious. i didn't play that far, it was all too repetative for me. I presume the Ultramarine was meant to be breaking the glass?

Nope it was more like frustration over being coaught off guard. I mean they did board a battlebarge and attack the Admiral and Tau Etheral. Which made it look total naff

Compare the cut-scenes from Fire warrior to the intro to Dawn of War. Like opposite ends of the scale, they be.

Dawn of wars cutscenes weren't much better but then as an RTS it didn't need to. Though a new intro for winter assault would have been nice.

At 5/14/06 02:32 PM, Lieutenant_Brookman wrote: Fear not, someday soon I will have graduated from school and while I may be an IT-helpdesk flunky, in my spare time I have been working on penning together the ultimate 1st person 40k experience! Already twenty pages strong and only scratching the surface, damn I'm so cunning sometimes that only I can see it!

Sorry for digging up an old subject (i've been away for a while) but if you want a lackey who's aiming for programming centered on games design in university, then by mid-way through my course I should be able to provide some help.

hmm, i have been an on-off-on-off-on collector, and am thinking of collecting a new army. what do you guys think between:

- Dark Eldar
- Tau (new)
- chaos space marines
or
- tyranids

thanks for backed-up opinions!

has GW been advertizing lately?

At 5/26/06 11:16 AM, RedGlare wrote: Dawn of wars cutscenes weren't much better but then as an RTS it didn't need to. Though a new intro for winter assault would have been nice.

Winter Assault was just an expansion, no need for them to spend thousands on cranking out a new intro. Don't get your hopes up on Dark Crusade, as that'll be the same intro most likely.

At 5/27/06 02:57 PM, Minothor wrote: Sorry for digging up an old subject (i've been away for a while) but if you want a lackey who's aiming for programming centered on games design in university, then by mid-way through my course I should be able to provide some help.

No need to apologize for that, keep digging. But thanks for the offer, I will consider it and post the draft once it's done, input from all layers is greatly apreciated.

At 5/27/06 02:59 PM, sheffgb wrote: hmm, i have been an on-off-on-off-on collector, and am thinking of collecting a new army. what do you guys think between:
- Dark Eldar
- Tau (new)
- chaos space marines
- tyranids
thanks for backed-up opinions!

You should go with the army you feel fits you best when it comes to look and playing style. Personally I'd suggest against the Dark Eldar, but that's just me. In a span of now and three years they'll be revised if all goes well. (Haha! As if...)

At 5/27/06 03:48 PM, SHAITH_HEAD wrote: has GW been advertizing lately?

Please expand on the question, I don't react well to questions that require a lot of guessing as to what you wnat to get from it.

At 5/27/06 03:48 PM, SHAITH_HEAD wrote: has GW been advertizing lately?

If you can count advertising for their MMORPG then no I haven't seen much advertising for GW. I would most readily guess that the fundamental suiture for advertising from GW would be done in New England seeing as that is the birth place of warhammer and where most conventions are held that I can never attend given the distance I am located. Seems like the internet is their priority use in advertsing so far.

I can never decipher the dates in warhammer 40K. When they say 999 M41 does that mean the year 9999? I'm curious because the black brusades began in 741 M31 and in the warhammer 40K encylcopedia they end 999 M41. Can anyone tell me what the actual date is or how to read these dates?

At 5/29/06 09:41 AM, Warhammer_40K wrote:

At 5/27/06 03:48 PM, SHAITH_HEAD wrote: has GW been advertizing lately?

If you can count advertising for their MMORPG then no I haven't seen much advertising for GW. I would most readily guess that the fundamental suiture for advertising from GW would be done in New England seeing as that is the birth place of warhammer and where most conventions are held that I can never attend given the distance I am located. Seems like the internet is their priority use in advertsing so far.

I can never decipher the dates in warhammer 40K. When they say 999 M41 does that mean the year 9999? I'm curious because the black brusades began in 741 M31 and in the warhammer 40K encylcopedia they end 999 M41. Can anyone tell me what the actual date is or how to read these dates?

Yes I can. The 'M' stands for Millenium. i.e. 'M41' means 'the 41st Millenium'.

the 3digit number means the year of that millenium, so '741 M31' translates as the 741st year of the 31st Millenium, and 999 M41 is the 999th year of the 41st Millenium.

In our terms, 999 M41 would become the year 40,999 AD and 741 M31 becomes 30,741 AD.

Theoretically of course. I think that's correct, though i may be completely wrong and talking from my arse. again.

*******

Is it really common opinion that Dawn of War's opening was little better than Tau's cutscenes? I considered it the best opening of any game since that stomping C&C:RA one back in the 90's. Oh what an insane rampage of alternative history and 'Hell March' that was. "Hitler is... out of the way..."

*******

As for a 40k Ipod, well, anything with a bit of a gregorian chant flavour, considering the Imperium's obsession with religion. Still, would be nice to think of a regiment of guardsmen listening to some Apocalyptica before combat. "The great ancient hymns of Terra, bless us with your spirit of battle" etc.

At 5/29/06 09:41 AM, Warhammer_40K wrote:

At 5/27/06 03:48 PM, SHAITH_HEAD wrote: has GW been advertizing lately?

If you can count advertising for their MMORPG then no I haven't seen much advertising for GW. I would most readily guess that the fundamental suiture for advertising from GW would be done in New England seeing as that is the birth place of warhammer and where most conventions are held that I can never attend given the distance I am located. Seems like the internet is their priority use in advertsing so far.

Not that i usually engage in nit-picking over this sort of thing (pffff, yeah right!), but i think you mean 'Old England', though the evolution of GW and warhammer was one that has a vast evolutionary history behind it, i'm pretty certain about that one. Though may be talking from my arse. again. again.

Anyway, to answer the original advertising question,

If you mean Advertising for employees, check the website as they have a list of available positions at this time, though last i heard, GW had capped employment of all non-essential staff.

If you mean just in general, it's a suprising thing that a company as successful as GW doesn't advertise very much. usually it amounts to the occasional poster in a third-party store. (This of course doesn't count the Card game or Video games)
It seems to reply on word of mouth, usually hooking an audience around the ages of 12-14 during that stage of development that instils kleptomania. it then allows for it's more expansive elements to retain that audience as it grows to demand a more complex, intellectually stimulating experience. It certainly helps to have no real competitors and your own chain of stores that instantly gives you a visual presence in the high street.

Kinda like the Old-Hollywood. Though i'm not sure that competition laws will change everything, throw the company into stagnation only for it to resurface 30 years later on the creation of Blockbuster tabletop games, and allow Marneus Calgar to charge $4,000,000 just to appear on your battlefield, in this particular case.

Oh shit, i double posted! Good thing i'm able to flagellate myself at work. The Administrative Commissar's actively encourage it. Keeps the scribes scared, apparently.

about fire warrior that was probably the reason I started 40K
actually it was just a demo I didnt play the full version utill a lot later lol

by the way anybody play Guild Wars here?

At 6/1/06 08:43 PM, Orcinator wrote: about fire warrior that was probably the reason I started 40K
actually it was just a demo I didnt play the full version utill a lot later lol

by the way anybody play Guild Wars here?

I play it on and off, it's fun, better then WoW in my opinion, it's got a better overall costume design.

At 6/1/06 08:43 PM, Orcinator wrote: about fire warrior that was probably the reason I started 40K
actually it was just a demo I didnt play the full version utill a lot later lol

by the way anybody play Guild Wars here?

I remember when fire warrior came out, I sucked at it lol.
I play FFXI, I know its at least twice as good as WoW, lvl55 samurai right now lol

Speaking of game intro's, Dawn of War and Mark of Chaos have set a new standard, as they show what will actually happen in the game. A bit like the Tomb Raider Legends intro, it showed you that the game would be a (sassy/sexy) adventure, which it was. Or the promo of Republic Commando, which was released a full year before any ingame footage was created. That was brilliant, not only did it show Star Wars in a far more uncivilized and gritty setting, but it was soo fecking brutal.

In a more topical note, I'm waaay behind on my painting, for which I blame school and a white box with X360 on it. Don't we all just love those last weeks of school, the stress, pressure, urge to just get piss drunk and tell everyone to sod off? If all else fails, at least I still have the girl and the console, so the end is not as bad as it may seem.

On the subject of fire warrior, did anyone ever kill the last boss? all my fire seemed to be going straight through him;.

Also, my first battlfleet gothic flash is up on the portal. look for BFG Battlegroup colville.(if it passes judgement)
i only mention it because the imperials and chaos need sip captains.
get in touch folks =]

Good show, Battlefleet Gothic has long been pushed into the corner. I'd love to see where this will go.

Thanks for the writing offer. Ive got a basic idea of whats happening just now, but it'll stretch to two episodes tops. Maybe ill even just try to filter out the crap and have one ep of pure juiced BFG goodness.

Always nice to have a veteran writer on board. Ill be in touch. =]

In a more topical note, I'm waaay behind on my painting, for which I blame school and a white box with X360 on it. Don't we all just love those last weeks of school, the stress, pressure, urge to just get piss drunk and tell everyone to sod off?

At work, everyday is like that. Except without the glimmering hope of six-weeks holiday at the end of the dark, dark tunnel. Still, does allow me to earn wages which i can then blow on spurious crap, like rent, and trips to London to see Dean Learner's Man to Man.

At 6/5/06 04:20 AM, boltrig wrote: On the subject of fire warrior, did anyone ever kill the last boss? all my fire seemed to be going straight through him;.

I was sluagthered by a Chaos dreadnought on the level before it then lost the save file.

Also, my first battlfleet gothic flash is up on the portal. look for BFG Battlegroup colville.(if it passes judgement)

That looks like a nice idea for a series the goings on in space tend to be pushed into the background so it will be interesting to see where this is headed.

Greetings,

I'd do a spoof on today being the sixth of the sixth of the sixth year, but instead: Today it's 62 years ago that the allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and started the great conquest of retaking Europe in name of freedom and opposition to the nazi oppression.

Read it all here: http://en.wikipedia...i/Battle_of_Normandy

I'd plug the famous speech of Eisenhower here, but I trust you guys know it by heart now. It still brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear it.

At 6/6/06 04:34 AM, Lieutenant_Brookman wrote: Greetings,

I'd do a spoof on today being the sixth of the sixth of the sixth year, but instead: Today it's 62 years ago that the allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and started the great conquest of retaking Europe in name of freedom and opposition to the nazi oppression.

Read it all here: http://en.wikipedia...i/Battle_of_Normandy


I'd plug the famous speech of Eisenhower here, but I trust you guys know it by heart now. It still brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear it.

The Liberation of Europe. One of those precious few wars that was justified in every way. Peace be upon the fallen, and may we drink in honour of the victors.

Strange then, that this is so close to the start of the World Cup in Germany. Here's looking towards the former allies for a good show, though international football is usually summed up in the following:

France: Occasionally good, often atrocious.
Germany: Often good, occasionally atrocious.
Brazil: Always good, rarely bad
America: Always atrocious, occasionally just bad
England: Often atrocious (though we don't like to admit it)

I don't usually go in for these football japes, (As England are prone to crashing out of the quarter finals, much to the feigned suprise of the nation) but there's a sweepstake on in the office, and I came off with a great chance of cashpot: Tunisia.

Still, you think that's bad, my manager got Togo. Still, their witch-doctor seems optimistic. (That's not even a racist comment, he was on the news predicting results and everything!)

Though England has got a lot to thank to its "fans" who leave the city hosting their match a burning ruin, much like how the Vikings sacked Hastings or how the Goths looted theirselves a way through Europe. Ah yes, give the Germans hell boys! Sack Berlin for all I care, to the victor go the spoils!

Well my country, the Netherlands, will as always perform not as they should. But! Guus Hiddink, the Dutch coach who kicked the South Koreans into the semi(?) finals last time is this year helping the Skippies (Australians) with their game. Pity that the Belgians (the Red Devils) aren't present, the good ol' Dutch-Belgian rivalry missing. Guess we'll have to take it out on the Germans then.

Togo, something tells me you've seen too much MTV, you aren't acting like that German git are you Seedy? Bringing shame to your father that he needs to drink himself into a drunken stupor each day.

Togo, something tells me you've seen too much MTV, you aren't acting like that German git are you Seedy? Bringing shame to your father that he needs to drink himself into a drunken stupor each day.

Please explain. I shun MTV as it is a vacant channel that appeared to renounce 'music' long ago, choosing instead to further the stereotype of all young people being feckless, shallow idiots. Which we are, but generally try not to bandy it about the public forum. I therefore have no idea how it links to the nation of Togo, or its somewhat suspect footballing abilities...

And in other news;

We draw ever close to the day i will be able to jump-pack to work. Roll on technology:
http://www.newscient..com/blog/technology/

(June 05 entry)

wait what happened to our forum (the one in my signature)

did somebody set us up the bomb?

Damn this heat and bless the pretty girls. A classic dilemme once more. I hate warm weather, but like it when girls shed clothes to flee this warmth. I'd use strong language, but that would just drain me even further. This damned heat of course means no painting or sniffing glue vapours, too bloody hot!

Ah well, on with the answers.

At 6/7/06 09:39 AM, SeedyKay wrote:

Please explain. I shun MTV as it is a vacant channel that appeared to renounce 'music' long ago, choosing instead to further the stereotype of all young people being feckless, shallow idiots. Which we are, but generally try not to bandy it about the public forum. I therefore have no idea how it links to the nation of Togo, or its somewhat suspect footballing abilities...

It could be just on MTV Netherlands, but there is this commercial of a young German guy who is the number one fan of Togo, even going as far as to wear really pathetic face paint and clothing, drumming on bonga's for his club several hours a day, using voodoo dolls of the Deutscher Mannschaft and ashaming his father in such a way, that the poor man drains two crates of Warsteiner beer a day.

At 6/9/06 08:05 PM, Orcinator wrote: wait what happened to our forum (the one in my signature)

Nobody goes there sadly, I'd have a really clever answer, but the combination of +40 degrees Celcius, a scantly clad girl on my lap and other things keep me from forming something clever. You understand.

On a more related topical note, have any of you tried out the new Cities of Death yet? It's not that much of a novelty, the only thing that makes it great are the Strategems obviously. Dirty tricks ahoy! *starts to sing* "I make the girls swoon, so hide your poon, your death comes soon, siege shells of doom!" Okay, not a complete rhyme, I blame it on the heat and the girl's arms around my neck.

Wish I was on Cadia right now, temps there don't go much higher then 25 degrees, bless that world.

Wish I was on Cadia right now, temps there don't go much higher then 25 degrees, bless that world.

Hell, gimme Valhalla. I'm of norse ancestry, and this Emperor-foresaken unnatural heat is like hell on earth for me!

As for the Togo thing, sounds brilliant!

At 6/12/06 06:41 AM, SeedyKay wrote:

Wish I was on Cadia right now, temps there don't go much higher then 25 degrees, bless that world.

A nice iceworld would be better. Hell its as hot as Aramageddon.

Hell, gimme Valhalla. I'm of norse ancestry, and this Emperor-foresaken unnatural heat is like hell on earth for me!

Unatural? hmm you don't suppose a cultist sorcerer is behind this do you?

As for the Togo thing, sounds brilliant!

I concur