The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Cubs]

I love the way every statement that comes from GW always contains the idea that they invented pretty much everything and are experts in everything else. Any real experts who disagree with them are wrong.

It reminds me of the old gag about the atheist who dies and has led such a model life, he finds himself at the gates of heaven. St Peter looks a little embarrassed and says, "Look, I know you're not religious, but you now have to choose what section to spend eternity in."

The man is given a tour of heaven - in one beautiful section are the Muslims, in another the Christians, in yet another the Jews. Each zone is wonderful to look at and filled with music, the people inside happy and smiling.

Then they reach an enormous concrete wall reaching up as high as he can see. In every language known to mankind are notices urging absolute silence. The man turns to St Peter with a puzzled expression.

St Peter beckons him closer and mutters in a tiny whisper, "Sshhhh, that's the Catholics, they have to think they're the only ones here."

[nic-e]

I love the way every statement that comes from GW always contains the idea that they invented pretty much everything and are experts in everything else. Any real experts who disagree with them are wrong.

It reminds me of the old gag about the atheist who dies and has led such a model life, he finds himself at the gates of heaven. St Peter looks a little embarrassed and says, "Look, I know you're not religious, but you now have to choose what section to spend eternity in."

The man is given a tour of heaven - in one beautiful section are the Muslims, in another the Christians, in yet another the Jews. Each zone is wonderful to look at and filled with music, the people inside happy and smiling.

Then they reach an enormous concrete wall reaching up as high as he can see. In every language known to mankind are notices urging absolute silence. The man turns to St Peter with a puzzled expression.

St Peter beckons him closer and mutters in a tiny whisper, "Sshhhh, that's the Catholics, they have to think they're the only ones here."

hello there joke, consider yourself stolen.

[redeaston]

The preamble just seems really unprofessional to me. Kind of reads to me as basically "Go away I know best". Unfortunately the numbers prove they don't.

[nic-e]

The preamble just seems really unprofessional to me. Kind of reads to me as basically "Go away I know best". Unfortunately the numbers prove they don't.

Well the numbers prove that they are still turning a profit.we don't know if their costs have gone up recently, what with the godly levels of website money and increased investment in plastic over resin.they didn't make as much as last year or the year before, but i don't could 12 million profit as any kind of loss.still very much in the black.

[OSHIROmodels]

Grab as much as they can before going bust?

Seems like that has been the mantra for several years now and surprisingly (for them as well possibly) they're still here 

cheers

James

[matthais-mouse]

hello there joke, consider yourself stolen.

Also stolen, well borrowed Great joke and does sound a lot like games workshop haha 

[Kitsune]

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[FramFramson]

I love the way every statement that comes from GW always contains the idea that they invented pretty much everything and are experts in everything else. Any real experts who disagree with them are wrong.

That reminds me of this section from the speech:

"Our market is a niche market made up of people who want to collect our miniatures. They tend to be male, middle-class, discerning teenagers and adults. We do no demographic research, we have no focus groups, we do not ask the market what it wants. These things are otiose in a niche."

"What will not change is the eternal desire for some always to want yet more of the small, jewel-like objects of magic and wonder that we call Citadel miniatures."

Who needs customer feedback?! The all-seeing, all-knowing GW scoffs at you!

Seriously, the blithering idiocy in those two passages is staggering..

[OSHIROmodels]

That last quote really is a rofl moment 

Sublime ignorance to the point of perfection 

cheers

James

[weismonsters]

Well it seems this is not a spoof. Truly some strange stuff in there.

I will get working on my letter to the board. I have so many ideas for what I will do when I am CEO
 

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

holy... looks like there is no Light at the End of the Tunnel when reading Statements like these:

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it will just mean that we can cut yet more cost out of the supply chain and be making good margins selling Citadel 3-D printers.

best Part:

"I said, ‘we recruit for attitude and not for skill’. It is what makes us great"

[Commander Vyper]

holy... looks like there is no Light at the End of the Tunnel when reading Statements like these:

Quote: 
it will just mean that we can cut yet more cost out of the supply chain and be making good margins selling Citadel 3-D printers.

best Part:

"I said, ‘we recruit for attitude and not for skill’. It is what makes us great"

This just makes me sad tbh, looks like this titantic is still being steered right towards the iceberg.  :/

Happy to have all my old stuff which continues to give me a nostalgic buzz every time i pick it up . Here's to past glories.

[FramFramson]

Thats a screamingly funny excerpt. Gosh, what can anyone even say to such statement makers that will get through their reality barriers?

Captain our logic bombs are just bouncing off the scaly hide of GW's monstrous ego like ping pong balls!

Apparently, another leak revealed a picture of the incoming replacement CEO:

[Centaur_Seducer]

I'm still boggling over the £4 million they paid for a website redo. That's just insanity.

Multi-lingual and with an open engine to add content that isn't based on any vialable platform? Yes, I can see that it would cost that amount. It will take a large amount of man hours to fulfil this project.
I'm more surprised to see that people still believe one can get a functioning and alright looking website for 100 quid since it's the neighbourhood boy doing those www's and codez...

[nic-e]

Multi-lingual and with an open engine to add content that isn't based on any vialable platform? Yes, I can see that it would cost that amount. It will take a large amount of man hours to fulfil this project.
I'm more surprised to see that people still believe one can get a functioning and alright looking website for 100 quid since it's the neighbourhood boy doing those www's and codez...

Oh no, i know they cost alot, but 4 MILLION. 400 thousand ,1 million, maybe, but 4? really?