Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by AsenRG

another thread on this forum, the same where someone accused Gronan of not having disposable income to buy newer games!

Amazing how many people confuse "won't" with "can't," isn't it?

Right up there with the number of people who don't understand that the company has to prove to me that I should spend money, not that I have to prove why I should not.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Right up there with the number of people who don't understand that the company has to prove to me that I should spend money, not that I have to prove why I should not.

What are you some kind of quasi-capitalist?

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Amazing how many people confuse "won't" with "can't," isn't it?

Right up there with the number of people who don't understand that the company has to prove to me that I should spend money, not that I have to prove why I should not.

Huh? I guess I'm missing something here. Any money I spend on my hobbies I regard as an investment - not in money, 'cause there is very (read none) resale value in either old lead or old British trains - in present and future enjoyment. I don't see a reason why I need to spend money on something I don't think I'm going to enjoy for some time to come. I freely admit that I am an oddity in today's gaming hobby; I've seen a lot of miniature armies that never get painted or even get a coat of primer, as they've been bought to allow the player to enter a tournament or other event. When the event closes, the miniatures go right back into the 'used' bin, and the player moves on to their next army. In contrast to that approach, a lot of the lead in the basement is older then my oldest daughter. I'm not saying that either - or other - approaches are 'correct' or 'better'; if it works for you, it's fine by me.

I look before I buy. I was in the FLGS last Sunday, checking to see if TRE Games had more of their wonderful laser-cut furniture, and looked at a set of miniatures rules for a period that I had some interest in. 238 pages, beautifully illustrated with color photos, and dense with rules. I didn't even consider the price of the book; if I have to either memorize or reference 238 pages of rules for a period that's pretty simple in practice, then I am not going to buy the book. Same thing with a lot of RPGs that I've looked at over the years. Of course, there are players who like that kind of thing, and more power to them if that's what they like. I had a guy tell me what he wasn't going to play in my Tekumel campaign because there weren't enough rules; I pointed out that S&G has over 950 pages' worth of rules, and he thought that wasn't enough...

Miniatures, I look before I buy, and usually buy from people that I know or have samples of their work in the collection. Like:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t...set-miniatures or

http://www.cast-in-stone.co.uk/html/home.html

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Huh? I guess I'm missing something here.

I was responding to Asen's speaking of some other thread where somebody said I don't have the financial means to buy new games.

And to a notion I've seen in a lot of places that one is somehow obliged to always buy the next best thing/newest shiny/latest edition. The notion that I still play OD&D or CHAINMAIL because I actually prefer the play experience they give is quite beyond some people.

Originally Posted by Bren

What are you some kind of quasi-capitalist?

I'm an autonomous collective.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I was responding to Asen's speaking of some other thread where somebody said I don't have the financial means to buy new games.

And to a notion I've seen in a lot of places that one is somehow obliged to always buy the next best thing/newest shiny/latest edition. The notion that I still play OD&D or CHAINMAIL because I actually prefer the play experience they give is quite beyond some people.

Right, understood; what I'm missing here is the 'why' I have to buy something that I don't think will meet my needs (or yours - you know what I mean, here) for what I do.

I are baffled.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I'm an autonomous collective.

I'm an autonomous polity, the last hold-out of a forgotten imperial heritage. (Ten points if you get the obscure reference.)

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I'm an autonomous collective.

Yeah, that's what all you Borg say.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I'm an autonomous polity, the last hold-out of a forgotten imperial heritage. (Ten points if you get the obscure reference.)

Stumped me. When I think of autonomous polities I think of Poleis which are usually considered pre rather than post Imperial.

Originally Posted by Bren

Yeah, that's what all you Borg say.

We're an anarcho-syndaclist commune.

Originally Posted by Bren

Stumped me. When I think of autonomous polities I think of Poleis which are usually considered pre rather than post Imperial.

Close. Very close.