Seconded, could somebody explain what we're talking about here? And yes I tried Googling it to no avail.Reed Spacer said:What's /v/?
Seconded, could somebody explain what we're talking about here? And yes I tried Googling it to no avail.Reed Spacer said:What's /v/?
It's 4chan's video game board. It's content is rather self explanatory.OlasDAlmighty said:Seconded, could somebody explain what we're talking about here? And yes I tried Googling it to no avail.Reed Spacer said:What's /v/?
To be fair to /v/, Matt Ward is if not actually Satan, then certainly one of his minions.Cecilo said:...or anything ever written, touched or even seen by Matt Ward. He is quite literally Satan to some of the more.. enthusiastic war gaming players.
Its in the unofficial Rulebook. Rule 9, Section 15, Paragraph 2.Weaver said:Part of being a 40k player is that you have to completely flip your shit everytime they release a new codex.
I suggest you do some research on what Cruddace did to 5th Edition Tyranids. And what Ward did to the Ultramarines. And the Grey Knights. And the Sisters of Battle. And the Chaos Daemons in 7th ED Warhammer Fantasy.SweetShark said:Come on, it can't be THAT bad.Cecilo said:God help you if it is a Space Marine codex, or anything ever written, touched or even seen by Matt Ward. He is quite literally Satan to some of the more.. enthusiastic war gaming players.SweetShark said:What happened with the 40k codexes?gigastar said:Ive been lurking on /tg/ not too long ago just to see them rage about the new 40k codexes.
I also took a look at /d/ out of curiousity. Im not sure what i saw there. Im sure i dont want to know what i saw there.
What major change can make a whole fanbase believe a person is Diablo?
Good thing there isn't a Chaos God powered by blood and slaughter or anything.NameIsRobertPaulson said:In one such story, he had a squad of Grey Knights slaughter an innocent group of Sisters, in order to coat the Marine coats in Sisters blood to ward off Demonic Possession... which Grey Knights do naturally anyways.
Well, here's some tidbits. I don't even play the tabletop game, but I can see where fans would rage at how he treats the fluff:SweetShark said:Come on, it can't be THAT bad.
What major change can make a whole fanbase believe a person is Diablo?
You are aware that in its original form, Warhammer and Warhammer 40K were grimdark to such a extreme to be in itself parodies. Its a somewhat "recent" change, sorta 3rd Edition onward that everything suddenly became serious although some would argue it started in 2nd Edition already. The point is, the universe itself cant decide whether it wants to be taken seriously, or be parody and satire. Hence you get a whole lot of fluff and lore which contradicts itself, writers such as Ward and C.S. Goto havent helped this in any way. Which is pretty much why they are hated..well that and Ward fucks up the Codex relentlessly to turn the tabletop itself into shit.Asclepion said:Good thing there isn't a Chaos God powered by blood and slaughter or anything.NameIsRobertPaulson said:In one such story, he had a squad of Grey Knights slaughter an innocent group of Sisters, in order to coat the Marine coats in Sisters blood to ward off Demonic Possession... which Grey Knights do naturally anyways.
Not played TT for over a decade now (I just read the novels and get the occasional Forge World miniture to paint) but the steadily declining quality of the Codexes is apparent, both from a technical and fluff standpoint. Rules are often so badly thought out or badly expressed/written that FAQs need to be released within days of the Codex comes out, imbalances are a standard feature. Sometimes individual units or wargear and sometimes even whole races/armies, certain armies are infamous for this like the Grey Knights or the Blood Angels.Cecilo said:God help you if it is a Space Marine codex, or anything ever written, touched or even seen by Matt Ward. He is quite literally Satan to some of the more.. enthusiastic war gaming players.SweetShark said:What happened with the 40k codexes?gigastar said:Ive been lurking on /tg/ not too long ago just to see them rage about the new 40k codexes.
I also took a look at /d/ out of curiousity. Im not sure what i saw there. Im sure i dont want to know what i saw there.
That is the single best analogy I have heard concerning Matt Ward. You deserve a medal.NameIsRobertPaulson said:Basically, imagine if Bob Chipman wrote the reviews for every Nintendo product given to The Escapist, and you get an idea of what Matt Ward does with the Space Marines.
To be honest I value 4Chan because it is a place where you can spew all the vitriol you want, and when the thread 404s it's gone forever. It takes itself a lot less seriously than most of the internet as well. The opposite is true of the Escapist, which is why the friction exists. Here Yahtzee changed a joke because it might offend someone. Even though it was just a joke that made sense in context. Conversely, if someone has a problem with a joke on /v/ they're free to engage in verbal fisticuffs for hours on end; throwing as much profanity and insulting dialogue as one wants. But a full scale redaction will never be found. It's a place where people can actually have fucking opinions. Yes that makes it susceptible to trolls, but anyone with half a brain knows how to spot a troll these days. And seriously, if being called a "fucking ******" by some douchebag anon seriously emotionally effects you then you may want to take a long hard look at your life.The Escapist has a terrible rep on the internet because our mods actually do shit, and you're not allowed to call someone a "fucking ******" for disagreeing with you, or tell someone to kill themselves for liking a different game. It's part of the reason I love being here.
To elaborate on Matt Ward and how he ruined codexes/armies...SweetShark said:Come on, it can't be THAT bad.
What major change can make a whole fanbase believe a person is Diablo?
That's just strawmanning it. Though I admit a lot of posts go that way. (About 35%) That's single posts. It doesn't kill the thread.NameIsRobertPaulson said:It's not that I personally mind the name-calling, but it kills the chances of discussion value and wastes everyone's time. Now instead of discussing the topic, people and throwing around the average 4chan exchange:
Poster 1: "opinion"
Poster 2: You suck you fag, kill yourself kthxbye
Poster 1: You mad bro?
Poster 2: Suck my cock
Poster 1: Yeah, he mad
Poster 3: he totally mad
That doesn't exactly provide discussion material.
Oh? I've never seen mention of the mods actually.NameIsRobertPaulson said:The Escapist has a terrible rep on the internet because our mods actually do shit, and you're not allowed to call someone a "fucking ******" for disagreeing with you, or tell someone to kill themselves for liking a different game. It's part of the reason I love being here.
Just a small correction, it's the Ultra Marines. Not the Space Marines in general.SweetShark said:So after I saw all the answer I got for the Warhammer 40k game, I understand the situation it is similar with characters in My little Pony cartoon:
Mary Sue the sh*t of characters someone really like. In this case the Space Marines!!! XD
But Matt Ward had the opportunity to make it an official Mary Sue.
Am I right?
Btw, I love Grey Knights without knowing this.
No that's not it, if I said 'lighthouse' might that give you a hint?NameIsRobertPaulson said:The Escapist has a terrible rep on the internet because our mods actually do shit, and you're not allowed to call someone a "fucking ******" for disagreeing with you, or tell someone to kill themselves for liking a different game.