What should I do

Hey,

On Dec 31, 5:18 pm, "xzibith" <xzb... DeleteThis @th.com> wrote:
> I don't know what I should do

There is no "should" (Unless it's 'think for yourself').
You just collect the models you like and what happens, happens.

> don't know if
> it is worth the cost of just buying a new army if I already have a
> sufficient one

Just ask yourself, "Why do I want to play 40k?"

Most players get into it from palling around with friends.
Those friends then discuss the armies/ models with each other.
Because, when did asking an international group of strangers ever
work?

> I really would like some help with my decision

You've already decided - you've stated that you like Tyranids.
The mantra is "collect the models you like". So you're done.
Collect, and soon enough, you'll have an army. Done.

There, that wasn't so hard, was it?

> I'm new to this group

No! Really? Well then, read or bleed, newbie:

http://www.rgmw.org/

Blackheart will be along directly to give you the official welcome.
The good Doctor will administer your RGMW "orientation".
Myrmidon will then vet your aspiring Nid Player status.
(Not everyone has what it takes. There's a test.)

Welcome to RGMW, the group with a money-back guarantee -
"You'll not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."


Pla - any relation to Preparation? - ya

On Dec 31, 6:05 pm, "Doctor Rock" <mala....RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> "xzibith" <xzb....RemoveThis@th.com> wrote in message
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>
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> > Thanks for the tip.  I am new to newsgroups and I am just finding out how
> > it works and how posting can help me.  Someone told me to be carefull
> > about lots of trolls. I was a bit anxious about being criticized. Thanks
> > for being kind. I was expecting a disaster.
>
> oh, there's time yet

Most hoodlums er, people here don't bite unless poked. Reading the FAQ
is good. Staying on topic: bonus points.

"Desert Lurker" <ironman150 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 31, 5:18 pm, "xzibith" <xzb... RemoveThis @th.com> wrote:
> I don't know what I should do, I have assault on black reach but I don't
> know I don't really like Orks, and I really like tyranids but don't know
> if
> it is worth the cost of just buying a new army if I already have a
> sufficient one. But I really would like some help with my decision. btw
> I'm
> new to this group.

>Well, if you are worried about cost you may be in the wrong hobby.

>IMO it's good to have a varietey of stuff to paint. So having a couple
>hundered points of orks lying around for when you just can't take
>painting another 'Gant. The downside to taht is you may wind up with
>half a dozen armys and nothing ready to field on game night.

>Or try to trade orks for bugs. I traded a mega gargant for a
>Dreadnought before.


Thanks for the tip. I am new to newsgroups and I am just finding out how it
works and how posting can help me. Someone told me to be carefull about
lots of trolls. I was a bit anxious about being criticized. Thanks for being
kind. I was expecting a disaster.

"xzibith" <xzbith.RemoveThis@th.com> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks for the tip. I am new to newsgroups and I am just finding out how
> it works and how posting can help me. Someone told me to be carefull
> about lots of trolls. I was a bit anxious about being criticized. Thanks
> for being kind. I was expecting a disaster.

oh, there's time yet

On 31 Dec 2008, 22:52, "xzibith" <xzb....DeleteThis@th.com> wrote:
> "Desert Lurker" <ironman....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:19966aa3-c87c-4ac3-b661-8772d36f57bc@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 31, 5:18 pm, "xzibith" <xzb....DeleteThis@th.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for the tip. I am new to newsgroups and I am just finding out how it
> works and how posting can help me. Someone told me to be carefull about
> lots of trolls. I was a bit anxious about being criticized. Thanks for being
> kind. I was expecting a disaster.

Hopefully, someone will direct you to the archived "out-takes" for the
group, if they're still around (I can't remember where). They will
broaden your mind, and probably vocabulary - they give a good idead of
the treatment that can be handed out to innocents who stumble into
this cess-pit, let alone what passes for social intercourse between
the regulars.

As for army choice, the best advice is that imparted to me by an
ancient sage (Phil Barker?) when I was a Newbie, sometime in the Late
Paleolithic: "Buy an army you can love even when it looses". You'll
probably spend more time alone with those little buggers building and
painting them than they will on the table, so be sure you will enjoy
that part of the hobby. Also having figures everyone drools over
helps the ego when they can't fight a damn - that's why I'm a
potential Ork player, as they still have the most scope for
scratchbuilt Heath-Robinson machinery, and I probably have more fun
torturing styrene than I do gaming (not that I'm doing much of either
at the moment). OTOH, 'Nids go together relatively quickly, and can
look awesome - and there will be plenty of advice available here
concerning the relative merits of "swarm" and "Nidzilla" armies.

Regards,

Moramarth

On Jan 1, 12:38 pm, Seamus <eatabulletsa....DeleteThis@yourface.net> wrote:
> Desert Lurker <ironman....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wisely advised:
>
> >> oh, there's time yet
>
> > Most hoodlums er, people here don't bite unless poked. Reading the FAQ
> > is good. Staying on topic:  bonus points.
>
> Does pyronechropedobeastiality still count as 'on topic'?
>

If it isn't then RGMW is dead to me....

Moramarth <Moramarth RemoveThis @moramarth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hopefully, someone will direct you to the archived "out-takes" for the
> group, if they're still around (I can't remember where). They will
> broaden your mind, and probably vocabulary - they give a good idead of
> the treatment that can be handed out to innocents who stumble into
> this cess-pit, let alone what passes for social intercourse between
> the regulars.

I've got the Outtakes in .pdf and .odt, if anyone would like them. I
think there may be a few duplicate one-liners in the document, but I've
been trying to weed them out.

> As for army choice, the best advice is that imparted to me by an
> ancient sage (Phil Barker?) when I was a Newbie, sometime in the Late
> Paleolithic: "Buy an army you can love even when it looses". You'll
> probably spend more time alone with those little buggers building and
> painting them than they will on the table, so be sure you will enjoy
> that part of the hobby. Also having figures everyone drools over
> helps the ego when they can't fight a damn - that's why I'm a
> potential Ork player, as they still have the most scope for
> scratchbuilt Heath-Robinson machinery, and I probably have more fun
> torturing styrene than I do gaming (not that I'm doing much of either
> at the moment). OTOH, 'Nids go together relatively quickly, and can
> look awesome - and there will be plenty of advice available here
> concerning the relative merits of "swarm" and "Nidzilla" armies.

Very good advice!

__
>Do the cyclical "september threads" count as continuous?

It's moot now. September 1993 will go down in net.history as the
September that never ended. - Dave Fischer in 1994, alt.folklore.net

The first recorded outbreak of this was Warren Burstein saying
"It's *always* September, *somewhere* on the net" in response to
a particularly Clueless outburst from Delphi.com on alt.folklore.urban,
in fall 1993. - Wendy M. Grossman, "net.wars"

Desert Lurker <ironman150.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wisely advised:
>> oh, there's time yet
>
> Most hoodlums er, people here don't bite unless poked. Reading the FAQ
> is good. Staying on topic: bonus points.

Does pyronechropedobeastiality still count as 'on topic'?


__
> You really think a dead ferret would clear customs?

If you lit it on fire first and shagged it, it would probably smell
like cork and be ok

- rec.games.miniatures.warhammer Outtakes

It was cold, the world was grey, and sullen. The gates were dark and
foreboding, with a nine-sentence warning stamped into a plate above the
porticullis. Unfazed, "xzibith" <xzbith DeleteThis @th.com> nervously placed one foot
unto the threshold:

> I don't know what I should do, I have assault on black reach but I
> don't know I don't really like Orks, and I really like tyranids but
> don't know if it is worth the cost of just buying a new army if I
> already have a sufficient one. But I really would like some help with
> my decision. btw I'm new to this group.

Welcome to the group!

__
> > Oh don't feel bad, I never did love you... and as I remember I said
> > it from over the phone, it was special to me because I wasn't there
> > with you...

> So who exactly was it in the back of the donkey costume?

- rec.games.miniatures.warhammer Outtakes

On Jan 1, 12:38 pm, Seamus <eatabulletsa... DeleteThis @yourface.net> wrote:
> Desert Lurker <ironman... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wisely advised:
>
> >> oh, there's time yet
>
> > Most hoodlums er, people here don't bite unless poked. Reading the FAQ
> > is good. Staying on topic:  bonus points.
>
> Does pyronechropedobeastiality still count as 'on topic'?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNKxWC9PzfY

Hey,

On Jan 2, 2:12 pm, Borscope <donovan_bor... DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

+++

Dark and empty streets;
Prowling, I seek my prey.
The baited trap, the window down,
Throw hot dogs as I drive around.

The hunger clawing my throat -
The lusting for innocent meat.
The straining in my pants;
The can of gasoline in the back seat.

Here boy, here boy!
They cannot stop me.
Here boy, here boy!
Because they cannot catch me.

What's got four legs and goes woof?

Pyronecrobestiality

Cold stone basement floor;
Collar, rope and chain;
Fire safety blanket.
Outside my house, the blocked-up drain.

Twist the tail aside;
Select useful greases;
Shake as I light the match;
A rag nearby to wipe off the feces.

Here boy, here boy!
They cannot stop me.
Here boy, here boy!
Because they cannot catch me.

What's got four legs and goes woof?

Pyronecrobestiality


+++

If RGMW had a house band, it'd probably be Regurgitate.


Playa

"xzibith" <xzbith DeleteThis @th.com> wrote in message
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>I don't know what I should do, I have assault on black reach but I don't
>know I don't really like Orks, and I really like tyranids but don't know if
>it is worth the cost of just buying a new army if I already have a
>sufficient one. But I really would like some help with my decision. btw I'm
>new to this group.

Hey there person with the unpronounceable name!

For now we'll go with Exhibit.
A couple of things:
First off you have introduced yourself well and will be treated well by the
people here. All of them (Except Smithdoerr, who steals elections) are
decent folk.
Second, and I give you a great deal of credit toward your intelligence for
this, you bottom posted. Good job.

To get to the meat of the matter: Buy the army that you think is cool. Last
week my Orks were absolutely annihilated by space marines. Last time we
played, I won. It's about the fun of the game. I know you don't want to seem
to be a pushover, or easy win for someone, but the truth is, if you put your
army together well, most of the time you will have a blast and do very well.

Oh, and get Tyranids. Nobody but Myr plays that army anymore. So no one
knows how to beat them.

"Playa" <JohnPaulPontiff.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Crimeny.
That's along way to go to say you like puppies.