Like the product, loath the company.
Does anyone here actually like GW?
Having looked at a few threads here in the General 40k section, I'm wondering if there is anyone, like me and a few others, who actually likes Games Workshop, because if there are, we need to be more vocal about it.
So does anyone else actually like them?
So does anyone else actually like them?
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I don't know I sort of view saying you do or don't like a business is like saying you do or you don't like the way the sun rises, no matter how you feel there ain't shit you can do about it. I really don't pay too much attention to the politics of it all, I just like the game. I haven't almost consistently played 40K since about 13 years of age and I don't plan on buying any of the novels, changing to another system, participating in any tournaments or contests or anything of the like. I'm like the little business accountant who sits in his lowly office in the basement, collecting his checks and minding his own business, lol
I admire them for harnessing one of the most addictive substances known to mankind. I enjoy the universe they've created. I enjoy the games I play. And I die a little bit when I purchase more of their products. :biggrin:
I see it as you get what you pay for (except white dwarf). The quality of the fluff, novels and minitures are great and getting better. Sure I'd be happier if it were cheaper, I' would also be happier if petrol/computers/water/power/games/every thing under the sun was cheaper as well.I see the games workshop price as a fact of life, it never was cheap never will be, so get over it. Games Workshop is a company that like every other company will try to make more money.
When all is said and done I want their products and they want my money and we get along fine.
When all is said and done I want their products and they want my money and we get along fine.
I like the people not the company. The company are too moeny grabbing really for me but the people at my local are fantastic.
Everyone there knows me by name(tho i keep forgeting most of there names
) and will oftne ask me to lend a hand in mega battles if i'm there. I was aksed to help keep the Space Marine side in line for an Apocaplpse game dispite i had eldar with me so i wouldn't play and have never played Apoc before of since. However they trust me and know that i cna oftne help with the smaller things that can bother the other GW staff. They also know that i'm the LOTR expert and i kn ow the SBG better than anyone there and if they are having a game there whiel i'm there they will oftne call to me for a little help here and there.
In all i love the guys(and girls) at my local and even thos soem might annoy me on rare ocasions they are great. It's the higher up that i have my problem with and the people who wrote this months WD!:ireful2: But that another stroy
Everyone there knows me by name(tho i keep forgeting most of there names
) and will oftne ask me to lend a hand in mega battles if i'm there. I was aksed to help keep the Space Marine side in line for an Apocaplpse game dispite i had eldar with me so i wouldn't play and have never played Apoc before of since. However they trust me and know that i cna oftne help with the smaller things that can bother the other GW staff. They also know that i'm the LOTR expert and i kn ow the SBG better than anyone there and if they are having a game there whiel i'm there they will oftne call to me for a little help here and there.In all i love the guys(and girls) at my local and even thos soem might annoy me on rare ocasions they are great. It's the higher up that i have my problem with and the people who wrote this months WD!:ireful2: But that another stroy
It's like they went from one extreme to the other. GW used to be all about the hobby itself. Now it's radically shifted to be all about making money. They need to strike a balance between the two.
Because happy hobbyists spend more.
Because happy hobbyists spend more.
Bring back Battlefleet Gothic and Epic 40K, get rid of all the adverts in WD then stop all the legal BS.
Then i'd like the company.
Love 40K tho, and the models.
Then i'd like the company.
Love 40K tho, and the models.
I love the company for bringing me a fantastic and social hobby, its something that really gets me with my friends (whom else I probably would have lost contact with..), I like many of you, don't like the price increase, it really sucks ass big time, and the fact that the damn government might be raising VAT means that my hobby gets 2.5% more expensive.. But maybe GW won't put their prices up in accordence to it? Considering we've just had a massive price rise? I wouldn't if I was in charge...
They produce a decent line of miniatures, but there are a lot of companies out there now that do just as well, if not better. GWs advantage is that they have an established rule set to go with theirs, altho rules support has gone downhill over the last 5+ years. And that's where my largest gripe lies, in their lack of rules support, Poorly written rules, lack of timely FAQs/errata. Most of those that I know of that have left the hobby have done so to to disillusionment with the rules.I don't really see what's not to like imo. When it comes down to it they produce high quality products, and particularly when you consider the scale which they operate are pretty unique, there really isn't anything else like it out there as a buisness. Also, remember that as a company, up untill about 2 years ago they'd been making massive losses and were on the verge of going under.
In those circumstances i see no problem with them producing a magazine that's one long advert, or releasing new expansions that basically encourage everyone to buy more tank kits, or even that they've stopped the option where you could order individual pieces of a kit (thinking particularly boneswords for tyranids). Yeah, we all love a whinge about that dissapointing crap, but if it stops them going out of buisness then that's fine by me.
Long live the only real geek's outlet on the highstreet! :king:
I have to admit that i would love it if they got gothic back in store rahter than online only. It's really difficult for people start the game without that insentive(Me incuded as me and my friend will hopfuly be startign it in the near future)Bring back Battlefleet Gothic and Epic 40K, get rid of all the adverts in WD then stop all the legal BS.
Then i'd like the company.
Love 40K tho, and the models.
I USED to like, and I would like to like them again.
I liked how they cared about the game and the people who played it, I liked how they made an effort with there publications to increase your enjoyment of there games, I liked how they had over a dozen systems for you to play if you didn't like the main ones, I liked how they created rules for creating your own things to use in games, I liked how there staff didn't use to shovel crap down your throat 1 second after entering the shop, I liked how everything they did encouraged gamers to be friendly people, I liked there customer service, heck I loved when they used to have sales and special offers in WD, and competitions in store.
now I hate them, no despise them because all of the above is now a load of bullshit to them and the only thing they now care about is money, greed has turned them into a friendly gaming company with lots of loyal customers, into a faceless evil with temporary rich kids who spend there money and lose interest, but its fine because theres more suckers where they come from.
I hate how now I'm just a wallet with legs, not a hobbyist, and yes it makes me bitter like oh so many of you like to point out, and with good reason, but then when has anyone ever given a shit about what reasons someone has to hate a company, when its just easier to call them a troll even after them explaining a million times why they feel a certain way they do, I suppose its just easier than actually making a few clicks with a mouse and using a brain cell.
I liked how they cared about the game and the people who played it, I liked how they made an effort with there publications to increase your enjoyment of there games, I liked how they had over a dozen systems for you to play if you didn't like the main ones, I liked how they created rules for creating your own things to use in games, I liked how there staff didn't use to shovel crap down your throat 1 second after entering the shop, I liked how everything they did encouraged gamers to be friendly people, I liked there customer service, heck I loved when they used to have sales and special offers in WD, and competitions in store.
now I hate them, no despise them because all of the above is now a load of bullshit to them and the only thing they now care about is money, greed has turned them into a friendly gaming company with lots of loyal customers, into a faceless evil with temporary rich kids who spend there money and lose interest, but its fine because theres more suckers where they come from.
I hate how now I'm just a wallet with legs, not a hobbyist, and yes it makes me bitter like oh so many of you like to point out, and with good reason, but then when has anyone ever given a shit about what reasons someone has to hate a company, when its just easier to call them a troll even after them explaining a million times why they feel a certain way they do, I suppose its just easier than actually making a few clicks with a mouse and using a brain cell.
I agree totally with Stella on this one. They used to give a fuck, but alas that is no more. I remember about 4 years ago my local store had a black library day and I won the art competition and the manager let me pick anyhong worth 30 euro as a prize. Newanager now in the hop who doesn't even play any of the games. No more competitions, no more prizes. He now tells people that they can only use tables for a max of 1 hour. I wouldn't mind, but this is the retard who took away the second table in the store in order to have a seperate beginner table for each system, whereas they used to have one large table, split into 3 areas. It also looked a helluva lot nicer, because they modelles each side to look like; the mines of moria, a 40k fortress and a warhammer castle. Gone are the days of gw's fuck giving, that's for sure, and I mourn them dearly :cray: :cray:
i remeber those days fondly. Tho the same manager is here as he was then he told me that he can't have as much "free raign" as he one had and has to do things the higher up want him to, whihc is a huge shame but he really is a nice guy. He made a massivecake for GW's birthday and made an pinyata for everyone but he can't even do that much....however he has given 1 finger to them as he was told that he can't lend otu paints, glue etc but he does anyway and will often splay modals for people....unless they are large tanks becuase of th aamount of paint but thats understandable. He's really quite a nice guy and let 1 person keep an old gaming board that was gogin to be thrown out. I must say i have noticed diffrences in the way GW opperates but atleast i know that the guys at my local are still great people.
They used to stock them in my local GW for a while, it was only recently they had to get rid of them...I have to admit that i would love it if they got gothic back in store rahter than online only. It's really difficult for people start the game without that insentive(Me incuded as me and my friend will hopfuly be startign it in the near future)
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