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Post by jh1980 on Aug 17, 2007 8:33:27 GMT -1
You only succeded in worrying me slightly. I did go in one those as a kiddy. They all really do look like comic book guy I never went in, there tended to be a stench of teenage boy emanating from them - which even as a teenage boy was noticeably particularly awful!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 17, 2007 8:33:29 GMT -1
I didnt understand the need for 20,000 dice I did that waaay back when - think I was about 10, 12 years old? The dice obviously determine the outcome of your models' moves - and if, for instance, you have 20 archers firing arrows at once, then it's easier to just roll 20 dice at once. Allow for there being up to 10 players on each side, some days, and you can see why there's a snillion dice needed.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 17, 2007 8:35:17 GMT -1
You only succeded in worrying me slightly. I did go in one those as a kiddy. They all really do look like comic book guy I never went in, there tended to be a stench of teenage boy emanating from them - which even as a teenage boy was noticeably particularly awful! No, no Jules. It couldn't have been a teenage boy smell, surely more of a teenage nerd smell...
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Post by HGO on Aug 17, 2007 8:37:31 GMT -1
I didnt understand the need for 20,000 dice The dice obviously determine the outcome of your models' moves - and if, for instance, you have 20 archers firing arrows at once, then it's easier to just roll 20 dice at once. Allow for there being up to 10 players on each side, some days, and you can see why there's a snillion dice needed.
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Post by jh1980 on Aug 17, 2007 8:37:40 GMT -1
No, no Jules. It couldn't have been a teenage boy smell, surely more of a teenage nerd smell... Well, I thought they were mostly boys, but yes in truth they were probably more akin to troglodytes! ;D (Sad thing is, if you said that to them, they'd probably snicker and think that was cool! )
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 17, 2007 8:39:57 GMT -1
I always find it funny how people are so quick to mock that sort of game. Never mind that it's fun assembling and painting the models (much like so many people enjoy building Airfix models, for instance) and that the game itself is no different in substance to any computer strategy game except that you roll the dice instead of the computer doing calculations for you. Of course, you also meet people while you're doing it and don't have the one major problem that computer strategy games have - the fact that, after playing it a few times, it gets boring because you know exactly what's coming. It's not like people actually believe they're moving elves across the battlefield or anything, they're just figures instead of pixels
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 17, 2007 8:40:05 GMT -1
No, no Jules. It couldn't have been a teenage boy smell, surely more of a teenage nerd smell... Well, I thought they were mostly boys, but yes in truth they were probably more akin to troglodytes! ;D (Sad thing is, if you said that to them, they'd probably snicker and think that was cool! ) I was going to say teenage boy nerd, but then thought that would be a bit generalising, afterall girls can be geeks too. If they do, you just nick their stuff and see them cry.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 17, 2007 8:41:54 GMT -1
No, no Jules. It couldn't have been a teenage boy smell, surely more of a teenage nerd smell... Well, I thought they were mostly boys, but yes in truth they were probably more akin to troglodytes! ;D (Sad thing is, if you said that to them, they'd probably snicker and think that was cool! )
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Post by jh1980 on Aug 17, 2007 8:42:28 GMT -1
Neko you have a point... but they all SMELLED! Han you're really quite cruel for a "sweet little girl" aren't you?!
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Post by jh1980 on Aug 17, 2007 8:43:18 GMT -1
LOL sorry Neko, you're more of a "Dark Elf" aren't you?! ;D ;D
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 17, 2007 8:43:33 GMT -1
Han you're really quite cruel for a "sweet little girl" aren't you?! I've never claimed to be innocent, but I have a noggin that can be cruel
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 17, 2007 8:43:57 GMT -1
Neko you have a point... but they all SMELLED! Han you're really quite cruel for a "sweet little girl" aren't you?! The guys at the one I went to knew how to use showers, fortunately ;D You sometimes couldn't tell that in the middle of summer, but then that's a universal thing
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 17, 2007 8:45:58 GMT -1
LOL sorry Neko, you're more of a "Dark Elf" aren't you?! ;D ;D Hah hah I was actually Wood Elves and Tyrannids ;D (The latter being a really fucked-up alien race that were the enemy of just about everything in existence, that existed solely to destroy stuff and move on ;D)
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Post by HGO on Aug 17, 2007 8:46:54 GMT -1
I can only assume it was the smell of ascot trainers, nhs glasses and farah trousers
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Post by Mrs H on Aug 17, 2007 8:48:12 GMT -1
Games Workshop should be smeared in acne cream.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 17, 2007 8:48:59 GMT -1
Games Workshop should be smeared in acne cream. Okay, that one I will give you - it does tend to cater for a certain rather unfortunate age group ;D
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Post by jh1980 on Aug 17, 2007 8:51:30 GMT -1
I've never claimed to be innocent, but I have a noggin that can be cruel Not possible on here, that! Just meant you taking pleasure in the thought of making geeks cry!
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 17, 2007 8:55:53 GMT -1
I've never claimed to be innocent, but I have a noggin that can be cruel Not possible on here, that! Just meant you taking pleasure in the thought of making geeks cry! I wouldn't actually do it, I'm an incredibly cautious person! I just say threats that involve various sporting bats and clubs and never carry them out
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Post by jh1980 on Aug 17, 2007 9:06:00 GMT -1
I wouldn't actually do it, I'm an incredibly cautious person! I just say threats that involve various sporting bats and clubs and never carry them out Of course... I'm only jesting Heh, and I certainly wasn't accusing you of committing GBH! ;D
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 17, 2007 9:06:51 GMT -1
I wouldn't actually do it, I'm an incredibly cautious person! I just say threats that involve various sporting bats and clubs and never carry them out Of course... I'm only jesting Heh, and I certainly wasn't accusing you of committing GBH! ;D Good... Because I was just stroking my cricket bat... ;d
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