GW and stuff (including rugby!)

Chrsitopher Weuve wrote:
> Peter Ramos wrote:
> 
> > One of the most annoying aspects of GW is that they seem to blame
> > the gamers for finding and exploiting their rules, boasting our
> > lack of proper "attitude" so as to deflect opinion away from their
> > lack of vision. 
> 
> Caveat: I haven't played much GW stuff lately, and while I played
> Epic 2e, it was before _Titan Legions_ and all the other supplements
> had come out.  (Incidently, I think the first edition plus the
> _Codex Titanicus_ mods was most of the way towards doing it right,
> and they lost the way after that.)

I get some funny looks in GW stores. I go in and browse around the 
Epic stuff. The 'helpful' assistant asks me if I play a lot of Epic. 
I reply that I used to play Space Marine first edition. He gives me a 
look to suggest that he thought all the dinosaurs were extinct. I go 
on to say that I'm looking for stuff to use with Dirtside or 
Hellfire. I get an even starnger look. ;-)
(Someone did point out to me that perhaps he's worried that Dirtside 
and Hellfire are new supplements he hasn't got yet...)

 
> To some degree this is an "American board wargame" vs. "English
> miniatures" tradition discrepancy.  In my experience (both from
> reading about it and with the English wargamers I have met), the
> English don't understand the American necessity to plug every hole,
> when simple common sense will suffice.

Um, you didn't notice a little kerfuffle on rec.games.miniatures.*
a few weeks ago did you? I seem to have started a very large row 
about that very topic.

 
> I think this also applies to other areas.  I heard a story about an
> American attending school in Britain, who was introduced to rugby. 
> At one point the Amercian simply threw a pass downfield,
> American-football style.  This caused quite a consternation among
> the other players.  He was told that while such a move was not
> technically illegal, it is just simply "not done".

Um, not sure about that. If he was pasing to someone else then it 
would have been a forward pass and hence illegal. If he was just 
throwing it down there aimlessly them I'm not sure what would happen.
It probably isn't against the rules. However it is a fairly stupid 
thing to do. (Why didn't he kick it? Legal and it goes further! 
Americans can't even master a simple game like Rugby, no wonder they 
never got the hang of cricket! ;-))
 
All of this has very little to do with anything that is remotely on 
topic. So I'll apologise and shut up.

	Steve

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