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Post by michael on Sept 7, 2019 0:09:55 GMT
I’ll share a dirty secret. It’s okay, because as far as I know only one other local reads these boards. So anyway we have a new Journeyman League starting at the local store this weekend. There’s apparently about a dozen or more legit new players playing. Somebody else is EO for this league, making this is probably the first WM event that I haven’t run in like five years.
So you’d think I’d be really happy that we have a huge influx of new players, and be all excited to play, right? Except I am not. Like, at all. The organizers have been talking about running this for two or three months, and I was all set to go like a month ago. Waiting has sapped my enthusiasm.
Everybody has been asking me “Which faction are you going to play?” because it’s basically a running joke that I have hundreds of (painted!) points each of Mercs, Cygnar, and Protectorate, but I only ever play Khador because of my obvious love for Khador. But now I’m honestly thinking I don’t feel like playing at all. I have legit given several hundred demo games and I have legit played at least 200 games with Kozlov too. I just don’t feel like another series of battlebox games where I have to softball it across the plate.
Sigh. If only I had some hate left, I could bundle that up and use it to fuel the false smiles and insincere good sportsmanship I need.
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Post by Armchair Warrior on Sept 7, 2019 2:51:08 GMT
Screw the softballs. As soon as you can swap your battebox caster for Butcher, Just Do It.
Feel the Hate.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Sept 7, 2019 5:59:39 GMT
If warmachine is on the upswing and that makes you feel bad, maybe it's time to quit. This hobby doesn't seem to be bringing you happiness anymore, maybe it's time to go find another.
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Post by Havock on Sept 7, 2019 7:33:46 GMT
I think you fell in the trap of making it a job, rather than a hobby. Just play what you want, stop always trying to be a pillar, take Sorscha1's alt box and just pretend like it's 2010 or something. Or what Soulsamurai says.
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Post by michael on Sept 7, 2019 12:25:58 GMT
Screw the softballs. As soon as you can swap your battebox caster for Butcher, Just Do It. Feel the Hate. There’s no caster swap in this league. The EO modified the schedule pretty heavily.
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Post by michael on Sept 7, 2019 12:37:36 GMT
If warmachine is on the upswing and that makes you feel bad, maybe it's time to quit. This hobby doesn't seem to be bringing you happiness anymore, maybe it's time to go find another. I think you fell in the trap of making it a job, rather than a hobby. Just play what you want, stop always trying to be a pillar, take Sorscha1's alt box and just pretend like it's 2010 or something. Or what Soulsamurai says.
You guys took all my over-the-top jokes about hate too seriously. Did you guys watch The Dark Knight and think to yourself “That poor Heath Ledger, I wonder if getting those scars is what made him go crazy and commit all those terrible crimes against the people of Gotham”? It’s called acting. Mostly I just got tired of waiting for this league to start. Like I said, it’s been delayed about a month beyond when I would have started the league.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Sept 7, 2019 13:23:45 GMT
Everything you say is in an exaggerated tone. We can either assume that the exaggerated tone is for comedic effect but you still more or less mean what you're saying, or we have to assume that everything you say is meaningless.
And my comment that Warmachine doesn't seem to bring you happiness was not based on just these last few posts, but on pretty much every post I've read from you in a while. You seem to be frustrated, looking for something that you're not getting. I can't remember the last time I've read an actual upbeat post from you. It's honestly been bumming me out.
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Post by michael on Sept 7, 2019 14:19:26 GMT
Everything you say is in an exaggerated tone. We can either assume that the exaggerated tone is for comedic effect but you still more or less mean what you're saying, or we have to assume that everything you say is meaningless. And my comment that Warmachine doesn't seem to bring you happiness was not based on just these last few posts, but on pretty much every post I've read from you in a while. You seem to be frustrated, looking for something that you're not getting. I can't remember the last time I've read an actual upbeat post from you. It's honestly been bumming me out. Ha ha ha! My plan is working!
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Post by Soul Samurai on Sept 7, 2019 14:53:33 GMT
Sigh. OK.
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Post by michael on Sept 8, 2019 19:49:57 GMT
My nefarious Journeyman machinations are bearing fruit! I started the day by loudly complaining about rules disputes from previous game editions, and moved on to utterly crushing new players. Did I accidentally allocate four focus? Whoops! Why yes, the Ice Axe definitely has Armor Piercing under Kozlov’s feat! Then I totally kicked one of the new players in the balls. And not figuratively, like I was playing this lady and right after I killed her caster I wound up and kicked her really hard and she was like oh god why does that hurt so bad and I was like because now you have balls and I totally crushed them ha ha ha ha ha! And then I bought myself dinner and was only a little sad that I was totally all alone.
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Post by Havock on Sept 8, 2019 19:59:06 GMT
Cocaine is one hell of a drug.
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Post by The Snark Knight on Sept 8, 2019 20:12:40 GMT
Should I bother coming out today or has the community been destroyed? Should I fear for my balls?
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Post by PrincessSparklefist on Sept 8, 2019 23:13:39 GMT
Maybe it’s time to give up?
-posted from playing d&d with friends-
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Post by hocestbellum on Sept 9, 2019 6:30:56 GMT
It's worth at least switching it up a bit. When I felt burned out, I started playing in a Blood Bowl league once a fortnight, and I play D&D once a week.
Since then I actually play more Warmachine than I did before. If I'm finding the game stressful I've got some outlets, but it keeps me wanting to play games
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Post by michael on Sept 9, 2019 11:58:02 GMT
Geez guys. You take this too seriously.
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