Wargaming or hobbyist?

[Mage]

@ Scip.

Good to see shooting my thread in the face is all in good fun.

You have a sense of humour obviously different to normal people. Insults are not funny.

This was a serious issue, and from a guy who is apparently linked to the company, you are not personifying it in a good way.

For someone who says this is not serious you sure did get that way with evo from what I remember.

Wargames = games, not rabblerousing. My point was that arguing like this, or sparking fights, is something to stop. I mean if fans of a game cannot get along how are you going to find players to battle against?

The above post made by you does not encourage sporting in games, nor friendliness or good etiquette for this forum.

 

[Lorcan Nagle]

I don't think that "wargamer" and "hobbyist" or however you want to define them are mutually exclusive options - I've played great games of Magic, Mechwarrior, Heroclix and whatever else and plenty of crap ones too. And the same goes for BattleTech, WarMachine, Hordes, SST, ActA and so on.

The important thing is to find people who are fun to play with. Over on the Traveller boards someone mentioned recently that on older Traveller Mailing Lists and Newsgroups that new joiners would be derided for running campaigns differently to how the established posters imagined the game should be run. That kind of attitude does nobody any favours.

Does playing 'Tick' (Tag to our over the pond friends) in the back garden count . . . . .

:lol:

So long as it's fun

 

[lt.harper]

you know why dose it matter if your a gamer or a hobbyist(or bothe).

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

you know why dose it matter if your a gamer or a hobbyist(or bothe).

I am (personally) of the opinion that I AM a member of the Mobile Infantry, and I play Wargames for Tactical Training purposes.

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

@ Scip.

Good to see shooting my thread in the face is all in good fun.

You have a sense of humour obviously different to normal people. Insults are not funny.

This was a serious issue, and from a guy who is apparently linked to the company, you are not personifying it in a good way.

For someone who says this is not serious you sure did get that way with evo from what I remember.

Wargames = games, not rabblerousing. My point was that arguing like this, or sparking fights, is something to stop. I mean if fans of a game cannot get along how are you going to find players to battle against?

The above post made by you does not encourage sporting in games, nor friendliness or good etiquette for this forum.

Mage:

I read with interest your public excoriation of me in response to what I thought was, and fully intended to be, a humorous GENERAL post. If it did not come across that way and you thought that I was belittling you personally or what you posted, then let me assure you that that was MOST DEFINITELY not the case!!! The :lol: at the end of the message was evidently not enough to indicate that my post was meant to be humorous: I thought the idea of a professional wrestling match between the two camps (pre-paints, vs. raw) was outlandish enough to indicate that I was not at all serious. Any failure in communication is mine entirely.

It was never my intention to make fun of anyone, and if I was making fun of anyone, then I was making fun of MYSELF ONLY for often taking a very COMBATIVE attitude towards pre-paints in the past.

Rest assured that if I intend to slam anyone, there will be NO doubt that I am doing it: I am a very direct person. If you took my attempt to make lite of the whole matter as a personal slam, again, I ASSURE you it was not...nor was it ever intended to be.

It is quite obvious that while we share a common language (more or less), our perspectives on humor might be a little different. The lack of body language, inflection, and other cues inherent in text communication just complicates things further.

I think we ALL need to query first and "fire back" later (myself included). Instead of automatically assuming the worst, a reply of "just what did you mean by that?" can often clear things up immediately and cause the sender to clarify his message and intentions before things descend to the level of personal attack.

Again, my post was NEVER meant to belittle you, or your post.

And, yes. I still think the OUTLANDISH idea of all of us in wrestling tights, striving for an issue as trivial as pre-paints vs. raws is pretty funny.

Just in case...I'm already picking out my spandex costume: I'm gonna be "El Chili Con Carne."

Fear me.

Regards.

 

[Hiromoon]

The goggles! THEY DO NOTZING! NOTZING!

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

The goggles! THEY DO NOTZING! NOTZING!

GREAT POST, Hiro! roflmao!

I'd love to be able to post a pic of Taco like that, but unfortunately she is now at the stage where she throws tantrums: she's already bitten clean through my nose, and also my ear. If she doesn't get her way on her timetable, then she freaks.

Typical American: "It's ALL about ME!"

Regards.

 

[127th Angry Angels]

Wow! THAT IS a tantrum. Be careful man, lol

"ScopioAmericanus...he's more green stuff than man now" :lol:

 

[Mage]

I thought the micro support platforms caught me off guard in that other thread but the cat... Mind blowing...

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

Wow! THAT IS a tantrum. Be careful man, lol

"ScopioAmericanus...he's more green stuff than man now" :lol:

ROFLMAO!!!! Good one! :lol:

Regards.

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

I have a Neo-Dog now (well, Neo-Pup) the Mrs dubbed him "Buster" so far hes scratched my Sons arms raw and near enough peirced my Daughters ear - and thats just playing!

I hope to god he never has a Tantrum Lol!

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

I have a Neo-Dog now (well, Neo-Pup) the Mrs dubbed him "Buster" so far hes scratched my Sons arms raw and near enough peirced my Daughters ear - and thats just playing!

I hope to god he never has a Tantrum Lol!

"Buster" was once my call-sign! lol! Remind me to tell you the genesis of it sometime.

As far as tantrums go, I think parrots have a bite strength that rivals the best of the Animal Kingdom. I don't know what Taco's beak psi rating is, but when you hear your ear go "crunch" you pretty much know that you've just been given a lesson. :lol:

She IS a sweet little bird! She's only 3.75 yrs old, so she's still just a "baby," and she's the "light" of my life. And if she doesn't get "Daddy" when she wants him...she has a tantrum. I had to constantly remind myself that I was dealing with a "toddler" as I hemorraged on the floor... :lol:

Regards.

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

My 'Neo-Pup' (I think you can see how vicious he is LMAO)!

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

My 'Neo-Pup' (I think you can see how vicious he is LMAO)!

OMG!!! I was literally so terrified that I had to walk away from the computer lest I soil myself!!!

Then I got this idea about somehow incorporating that EVIL BEAST into the Arachnid army list!

LT: he's so cute it's SCARY!!!! What a cutey-wootey! Awwww!!!

*at this point Scipio turns into a puddle of mush and starts babbling in baby-talk*

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

My Daughters BF bought him for us, and he's the sweetest and funniest addition to the family so far!

Especially when he's eating my Daughters shoes

 

[Lorcan Nagle]

I have a Neo-Dog now (well, Neo-Pup) the Mrs dubbed him "Buster" so far hes scratched my Sons arms raw and near enough peirced my Daughters ear - and thats just playing!

I hope to god he never has a Tantrum Lol!

You should see some of the scratches I've gotten off my cat. She's pure effing evil, I tell you.

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

You should see some of the scratches I've gotten off my cat. She's pure effing evil, I tell you.

Cats are never evil Lol!

I have a Cat Army, soon we shall rule the world MWAHAHAHAHA!

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

Cats are evil incarnate. EVIL.

They're sneaky, plotting little SOB's that only consider "their" humans as a source of food and shelter: if a better deal comes along, the cat will go for it faster than a Bass hitting a spinnerbait. You never hear stories about cats lingering around their master's graves, do you? You never hear stories about cats rescuing children from burning buildings, do you? Ha! So much for loyalty.

Ever wondered why there is no "F-9" in the military? Probably because a cat would either 1)refuse to go out and sniff for bombs, or 2)sell out its master to the enemy if they offered better chow.

If a parrot or a dog bites you, you go to the ER and get it cleaned and dressed. If a cat bites you, your extremity swells up to three times normal size almost immediately and the doctors start talking about removing flesh. So...not only are they sneaky, they're also toxic.

Cats are the only animals that will sh*t in your laundry basket if they don't like you, and then cover it over so that the turd goes through the wash along with everything else. If that's not evil, I don't know what is.

And this was intended to be a TOTALLY humorous post! :lol: No offense is intended to any cat-lovers out there.

Regards.

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

Cats are evil incarnate. EVIL

Because I WANT them to be MWAHAHAHAHA!

My 'Real Life' name is Drew, most of my friends call me 'Doctor Drewlittle' . . . .

And thats not a Joke Lol!

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

Cats are evil incarnate. EVIL

Because I WANT them to be MWAHAHAHAHA!

My 'Real Life' name is Drew, most of my friends call me 'Doctor Drewlittle' . . . .

And thats not a Joke Lol!

Doctor:

The next thing you'll be saying is that you like beets. Dude, you're starting to scare me. :lol:

I worked as a volunteer in a wildlife center for a couple of years...can you guess who always voted to euthanise the cats? :lol: Just kidding...it wasn't me.

Seriously, that experience really started to sour me on humans. The depths of needless cruelty that we humans are capable of defies description...and I'm at a loss to understand it. When I was just a soldier things were a lot simpler.

IMHO, our NFL star Vick didn't get nearly enough jail time for his role in dog fighting. I would prefer lashes AND jail. Still, one can only hope that his cell mate is a really horny guy named "Enormous Henry." We'll see who howls now... Mwhahahahaha! :twisted:

Regards.