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Post by Angron on Apr 9, 2014 12:28:14 GMT -6
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Post by scadugenga on Apr 9, 2014 20:12:06 GMT -6
Wow, that's pathetic.
What is it about GW that draws this kinda crap?
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Post by lsl on Apr 10, 2014 6:37:39 GMT -6
Knowing several people still playing GW competitively, I think its a mix of hyper-competitive gaming and elitism. It shows up in some weird fallacious trains of thought that have become prevalent in comments on GW based blogs/boards/etc. and when trying to discuss the gaming industry with players.
I think in the end it kind of sad that the Facebag pic seemed fitting.
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Post by shintaibane on Apr 10, 2014 7:20:09 GMT -6
Also keep in mind the guy who wrote the article, Tasty Taste and the Blood of Kittens website has a checkered past all his own. I think a big problem with some of the GW crowd is that they are so desparate to have a competitive game from a system that is desparately trying not to be competitive the get frustrated with the anyones results.
I love Infinity and other games and I like a good game I am just happy the bull#### hasn't sprung up. I am thankful at this time that Infinity and some of the other games I play haven't gotten to the point that the 40K crowd is at...
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Post by turlisk on Apr 10, 2014 8:29:57 GMT -6
The only thing i dont really like about infinity is the retreat rule. I feel like the person retreating should almost always lose. Instead with the game mechanics they can infact win. So that forces the players to play around the retreat mechanic. aka instead of killing too much, you should just wave in aro etc.
I am also not a huge fan of super heroing mode, but its not that bad because you risk that model every time. So it kinda works out.
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Post by Angron on Apr 10, 2014 8:42:58 GMT -6
It's only in its 2014 you have the wonky retreat rule. Last year people were killing armies in the first turn then doing their objectives effectively making initiative way too important.
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Post by shintaibane on Apr 10, 2014 8:46:56 GMT -6
Infinity has issues but I think we all realize that Infinity will not become hyper competitive. I think the Sunday Big Game is the best example of how to have an enjoyable time with Infinity in a convention setting. Add to it that the pick games allowed you to improve your "character" for the big game and it encourages you to play infinity more over the entire weekend.
It might be that one of the things next year is that Sunday is the Big Game Scenario Day. Build up your Spec Op points over the weekend and then have maybe have few scenario boards that people can take their "characters" out to play on. We had raid the Combine Ship... another could a top secret research facility has quiet and teams are sent in to find out what when wrong... (hint everyone is a zombie or robots controlled by an AI have taken over), Another could be an extraction in an urban enviroment. Three cool tables allowing smaller teams (how many played in the big game on Sunday) to take more turns. Heck it could be you can play all three scenarios on Sunday if things move fast enough...
See this is why I like Infinity... so much possibility!
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Post by Angron on Apr 10, 2014 8:56:19 GMT -6
Thinking of going to a daytime tourney and evening big game schedule. We sold twenty tickets to the Sunday event had only 16? show , which is fine for a Sunday throwaway event. It only costs $5 and if I'm tired and have a drive ahead of me I'd skip it. I considered not coming in.  |
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Post by kelreth on Apr 10, 2014 9:02:37 GMT -6
Does this mean I can start a conspiracy about how I threw all my games in order to let other people do better? Cause that'd feel better than the Warpath box staring at me when I go home at night  Daytime tourney + evening big game could push the schedule to something close to stupid. Kind of like the tourney two years ago, 2am end time hurt. |
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Post by shintaibane on Apr 10, 2014 9:46:12 GMT -6
I mean I always throw my games... I really am not that bad a player. Yea, that's the ticket!
20 tickets and 16 showing up is really pretty good given it was for a Sunday event. You figure that people are playing some other events that if they get into winner brackets mean they play on Sunday... you will always lose some that way. And then there are those who... umm... socialize a bit too much the night before. I guess if I had to ask would the big game worked better if you had two tables with 8 players running or was sixteen on one table okay? Sixteen in that format can get choatic and bog down with order activation. 8-10 people per table playing a scenario could speed things up. But again it seemed like everyone liked the laid back atmosphere of Sunday so it is all good.
I think a day tourney and a evening big game/scenario event can be done... just different judges. One person, physically there running/judging all the events is crazy. If we tag team who judges the events it it can work. I would have loved to help run stuff at Adepticon this year but my work travel schedule consipred against me. I hope travel doesn't mess with me again next year cuz I really want to play some of these events.
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Post by moondoggy on Apr 10, 2014 11:32:36 GMT -6
I like the idea of daytime tourny then a ore relaxed big game at night I think it could be very doable.
The 40k Comunity ha been going crazy and yelling about cheating and the uch for over 15 years now since before adepticon even started. Things are just silly when it comes to the competive 40k and what people expect and will do to win.
Personally I like to move minis and throw dice see what I can do I am so not the win at any cost guy that why I threw most of my games friday =p
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Post by lsl on Apr 10, 2014 12:09:07 GMT -6
I'd be up for a day and night schedule. I'd also be up for running a smaller side game for those looking for one during the day. I've picked up those 2 Dark Age Core Recyclers and am also looking at kitbashing some Combined Obsidians onto a few models I have coming for a Voodoo Tech gone rabid scenario at some point.
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Post by shintaibane on Apr 10, 2014 13:04:52 GMT -6
For extra figures I have a boat load of AT-43 figures (UNA and Therian) The UNA figures are basic human troopers the powered armored guys make great TAGs and larger armored units I have could be something else. The Therians are basically robots... The larger "TAG" type models are nice but the bug like armored units are pretty sweet. Both sets of figures could make for some good scenarios. I will have to check the scale difference between the AT-43 stuff and Infinity figures. Hopefully it is not too off... and as a bonus (at least for me) the AT-43 stuff is painted!! (Okay so they were pre paints... don't judge me!!)
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Post by shintaibane on Apr 10, 2014 13:07:15 GMT -6
Okay.. no that we have been talking about this all I want to do a scenario day at some point. I may have to put something together soon!
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Post by lsl on Apr 10, 2014 13:50:29 GMT -6
we should probably move this part of the discussion to scenario at some point
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