The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[AWu]

To cheer up the conversation..
Important announcement

https://newsthump.com/2019/04/11/black-hole-picture-actually-the-eye-of-terror-humanity-warned/?fbclid=IwAR3GDRToGQclPOeXVU4cuZU09aBveIecoVrnAgL743PO4GXktAth2B0w6PE

[Hobgoblin]

"Ork" is used by Tolkien (it was his preferred spelling, apparently). In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, he wrote this:

I'll call the orks on you: that'll send you running!

And while that was published in JRRT's lifetime, I'm pretty sure that posthumously published stuff has used ork and orkish since. I suspect that the Tolkien estate is quite a big hitter when it comes to IP protection, and it certainly has form for taking on games companies. I'm not any sort of expert on this, but I imagine that the Tolkien estate might be displeased (or even forced to act) if a company were to try to claim "ork" as its trademarked alternative for "orc".

Also, orke is attested in English since the seventeenth century, according to the OED, and there's an ork in Tyrolese folklore.

[Storm Wolf]

To cheer up the conversation..
Important announcement

https://newsthump.com/2019/04/11/black-hole-picture-actually-the-eye-of-terror-humanity-warned/?fbclid=IwAR3GDRToGQclPOeXVU4cuZU09aBveIecoVrnAgL743PO4GXktAth2B0w6PE

Not to worry that's at least 28,000 years into the fuure

[Daeothar]

Not to worry that's at least 28,000 years into the fuure

Actually...

As the photographed black hole in M87 is 55 million light years away, the pictures does not look 28,000 years into the future, but 54,972,000 into the past.

So this Eye of Terror would have come into existence about 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm sure there's something in there about the Old Ones and the War in Heaven...

[AWu]

Not to worry that's at least 28,000 years into the fuure

Open your eyes sheeple
Or to tie in sheeporks

[Storm Wolf]

Actually...

As the photographed black hole in M87 is 55 million light years away, the pictures does not look 28,000 years into the future, but 54,972,000 into the past.

So this Eye of Terror would have come into existence about 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm sure there's something in there about the Old Ones and the War in Heaven...

Of course i meant 28k into our future

[3 fingers]

Just flicking through Saturdays sun newspaper and in the city section,it mentions GW says pre tax profit for year ending June 2019 is roughly 80 million up about 7 percent.😮

[thenamelessdead]

Just flicking through Saturdays sun newspaper and in the city section,it mentions GW says pre tax profit for year ending June 2019 is roughly 80 million up about 7 percent.😮

Seems a lot.

[Condottiere]

 

Warhammer 40K Custom Lost Legion with 10 Chapter Names (Aquatic Theme)

Anyone think this is worth $49.99 on eBay?

[3 fingers]

Warhammer 40K Custom Lost Legion with 10 Chapter Names (Aquatic Theme)

Anyone think this is worth $49.99 on eBay?

With the shipping it’s a bargain

[zemjw]

GW community survey at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SH89F3Y. Chance to win plastic sisters of battle figs

So I filled it in - it's a long survey by the way - hit done and got a server error. No idea if they got it or not

[beefcake]

Yes I did that too, very long.

[mcfonz]

Just done it, no issues. I guess the initial response may have been too much for the servers. Especially with the offer of a chance to win some free plastic sisters of battle...

[AWu]

Did it
Mine was probably a bit shorter as I dont play 40k nor AoS so missed two large blocks :>

What stroke me was lack of Necromunda on the list of games played at the beginning..

[Jagannath]

Has there been any more news about War Cry yet? It's one I'm really looking forward too (Chaos has always been best for war band on war band stuff) and I'm feeling the pull of a small 28mm project...