My offering:
South Illinois Professor claims Achaemenid Persians were not Muslims.
.......
Let's see some more. (smile)
One for Leon to remove :
How's your underwear ?
IanS
Undercoating in an overcoat in Prudhoe.
What are the best figures for <insert period> in <insert scale>
On a serious note what was once a "go to" site for news, views and informed comment has become a parody - tango reposts, inane debate posts from the editors, irrelevant poll results and non-gaming related ultra-modern subjects
Quote from: Shedman on 02 August 2018, 09:24:09 PM
What are the best figures for <insert period> in <insert scale>
Followed by two pages of why <insert scale> is completely wrong for <insert period> and why <insert different scale> is far better.
Then a fourteen page argument to the death on what EXACT colour <insert totally off topic item> was.
Other fora (this one included) seem to do this with more brevity and civility.
For me TMP has become more noise than signal - which is a pity.
Quote from: ianrs54 on 02 August 2018, 12:38:12 PM
One for Leon to remove :
How's your underwear ?
IanS
Some questoinable phrasing there :-[
Why not ask for some general advice on any wargames related topic, uniforms or colours of anything.
Eventually it will devolve down into:
"you should know this"
"Why don't you know this?"
And finally
"How dare you pester us with such trivialities".
I made the dreadful faux pas once of asking about basing tanks.... never ask that question.
Your first mistake was not to ask the question but first and foremost to post on TMP.
I do recall stumbling across the page introducing their new editors / moderators. I had to shut it quickly in case the wife thought I had visited some oriental bride site. :o
Quote from: Shedman on 02 August 2018, 09:24:09 PM
What are the best figures for <insert period> in <insert scale>
On a serious note what was once a "go to" site for news, views and informed comment has become a parody - tango reposts, inane debate posts from the editors, irrelevant poll results and non-gaming related ultra-modern subjects
At least 2 decades ago my job involved international travel.
I met a few TMP gamers during my downtime, even participated in the occasional game.
Those friendships are still going strong.
Today, I fear I'd turn up at the "Gaming club" and be the only one not sporting a pointy white hood.
Has Trump become a wargamer now? .........or is the club located somewhere in Spain?
Quote from: Leman on 05 August 2018, 12:13:32 PM
Has Trump become a wargamer now? .........or is the club located somewhere in Spain?
I can't imagine a guy with his attention span taking to our hobby, besides, he now has real toys to play with.
I'll offer an alternative:
A generation of GW Fanboyz have grown a few years.
They've discarded their love for slack jawed green nihilist tribes, and hitched their wagon to a slack jawed orange nihilist warlord.
Alternative 2: A bunch of wannabe trolls who ought to get out more have found a subject that they won't get dawghoused for.
Today's TMP charm offensive:
Inspired by some recent events, I started wondering about that...
So, imagine a French president who suddenly converts to Islam (!) and is supported by French Islamist gangs in the streets.
And, imagine a supernationalist US president who is willing to "save the French republic" with a strike at Paris, using US NATO forces.
"Recent events" is about as specific as a presidential tweet, but the usual suspects will get their dose of warm bigotry.
In other threads they mutter about growing the hobby, and bemoan that nobody wants to play with them.
As a thread, this is not going to end well and I doubt is something that Pendraken will appreciate.
You are likely correct, Norm. On the other hand it's like running a Commodore 64 emulator on a Cray.
Quote from: d_Guy on 28 November 2018, 02:08:54 PM
You are likely correct, Norm. On the other hand it's like running a Commodore 64 emulator on a Cray.
Probably right, I'll stop commenting on this thread, in case I step over somebody's red line.
Quote from: Norm on 28 November 2018, 11:20:15 AM
As a thread, this is not going to end well and I doubt is something that Pendraken will appreciate.
I have thought of a VERY funny TMP topic heading but have restrained (yes very unusual occurance) myself, as even I thought it might be in bad taste
Do you realise that I twice in he last couple of months I have restrained myself on this forum. :)
I don't know whether Pendraken actually advertise there, but their brand is well regarded at the site and Leon answers questions there directly and has offered to send samples to potential future customers etc. Reputation is everything and hard to earn. Sorry to everyone for sounding so preachy.
I'm pretty sure that I found Pendraken via TMP. Leon was posting about the new Warlord fantasy armies and I really appreciated how he was honest about his opinion on the older stuff.
We do advertise on TMP as well as a few other news sites as well. I find it to be hit and miss these days, but there's a lot of good info on there still.