Groups to Keep an Eye On
If you’re looking to find drama, lulz, or skub, there are a few places you can go. These groups stir up negative reactions and often get in slap fights with each other when there’s not infighting. They’re generally less disciplined than the YouTubers and often more autistic.
Ambiguous Alpha Memes: generally right leaning, stirs up the pot. Gets in a lot of slap fights with Sigmarxism and Blood Ravens meme page. Got shitcanned. Or did they?
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Bells of Lost Souls: Could very well have his own thread. Has a lot of haters but is known primarily for being a shitty gaming tabloid that was the impetus for many to finally install ad block for the first-time. They’re infamous for their clickbait. Their unboxing videos on YouTube are ok but I hate their website, their clickbait, and how they always pop up first whenever I’m trying to find any news related to 40k. Also, they’re in Austin Texas, which explains everything. They’ve been tricked with fake rumors on a regular basis. They also sperg out a lot at times.
They’re owned by Lauro Vela who is the senior editor and president. BOLS is located in 5709 KELI COURT AUSTIN, TX 78735 and their mailing address is 1500 VILLANOVA DR, AUSTIN, TX, 78757. Their phone number is 5126330934.
https://www.facebook.com/larry.vela.
https://www.youtube.com/c/belloflostsouls/featured
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Bolter and Chainsword: is a marine forum. So it heavily skews towards marines and chaos marines.
(Blood) Meme Ravens: I think this page changed ownership as it’s more progressive now. Occasionally a-logs Arch. Will make 40k memes but frequently devolves into political sperging. I expect it to get banned eventually too. Has been banned in the past. Is funnier than sigmarxism but at times can make a cow out of themselves too.
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Dakka Dakka: It's a forum that many redditors consider toxic...
40k for feminists: (
archive) exactly what you’d think it is. It’s mostly men white knighting a few feminists. Arch made a few videos on them and Sargon did a
livestream which I had to chop up to archive locally here.
I missed some parts, but I'll fix it later.
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Kiwi Farms: We have a couple threads that discuss
40k and
roleplaying. There have been a few interesting moments.
@Randall Fragg has done some threads on bad rpgs like
Wraethu,
Black Tokyo,
Succubus Blade, etc. We also had a
thread on That Guy stories.
Historical Tabletop: exactly what it sounds like. It also has the same roots, but it sticks to a particular era like the Roman Republic, early WWII, the American Civil War, Napoleonics, etc. Its generally played by older men since it’s even more niche, therefore harder to find games and it can add up in cost. Common flash points include Weiraboos, left wingers flipping out about historical Nazis, autism about uniforms, and the constant debate about the hobby dying/being too old, etc. Since they’re boomers Facebook is a good place to find them.
A new forum will be coming to Warlord Games in early 2018. Watch this space or keep an eye out in the Warlord Games Newsletter.
www.warlordgames.com
www.firelockgames.com
RPGNet: It's very infamous and has its own thread.
@Wallace accurately describes it as NEOGAF for tabletop.
Sigmarxism: exactly what you think it is. Hates any conservative YouTubers and frequently a-logs Commissar Gamza and Arch. Also is the nemesis of Ambiguous Alpha Legion memes. Really like the grot communists from Gorka Morka. They also wrote a nutty
FAQ (
archive).
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/tg/: the containment board for Warhammer. Back in the day there were slapfights between Warhammer fans and furries. The Warhammer sperging on /b/ led to the creation of the board, which was also meant to discuss other tabletop games. It’s frequently the center of a lot of drama.
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/ is where you can find archived posts.
Warhammer for Grownups: Started as a page meant for mature individuals. What this meant varied. Some wanted to talk about politics (left or right) others just wanted to focus on Warhammer. It ended up splintering because some were convinced they opposed Free Speech.
Warhammer 40 k for Adults: started as a group to get away from snowflakes, cucks, and naturally encourage free speech. It’s a break off of Warhammer for Grown Ups which tried to be apolitical and thus were opposed to free speech. At its inception it was incredibly cringe and quickly devolved into infighting and uneven banning which resulted in several splinter groups, which I was going to include but when I checked it turned out they were zucc'd like 1-3 years ago (depending on the group).
Warseer: It was home to a lot of rumormongers. It focuses a lot on fluff, rumors, etc. It’s not my favorite site, but I pity it because it’s been hacked and has gone down a few times for long stretches of time. It never has really recovered.
Alternative Companies:
Whenever a major company like GW does something controversial and loses fans, another system will try to fill the gap. Sometimes these are fan led, other times they’re just trying to capitalize off angry fans.
Mantic: They were founded by Ronnie an exGW employee. Started selling cheaper fantasy models that were meant to be used in games of Warhammer Fantasy. This was a factor in GW rebooting their fantasy line. They also made their own games which were generally more streamlined. They have a few iPs like the Walking Dead and Mars Attacks.
Onyx Path/White Wolf: Founded by White Wolf director Richard Thomas. They publish the White Wolf ips such as vampire masquerade. They also publish their own books, some of which are very cringe like
Legendlore.
https://archive.md/j2UUr
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There you go, and here’s the link to the Legendlore Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/legendlore-rpg-setting-for-5th-edition-fantasy-roleplaying-0 archive
White Wolf once threatened to overtake D&D but has ultimately failed to do so. It was reorganized/dissolved twice, once in 2012 and later in 2018. The
straw that broke the camels back was a controversy regarding “two new sourcebooks for
Vampire: The Masquerade released by White Wolf, named
Camarilla and
Anarch. The latter contained sections which called those who committed suicide “weak” and a included posts from a “Mommy Vampire” social media group with controversial posts, including one that talked about feeding vampire blood to babies.” More egregiously was the recent “
real-world torture, imprisonment, and execution of gay men first reported in 2017 was part of this cover-up of vampire activities.” Which pissed off gays, Russians, and the Chechen Republic.
Paizo: Paizo was initially Paizo Publishing. They made magazines for Wizards until 2008. However their main product, pathfinder, took off when D&D launched the unpopular 4th edition. Their version of the game, some called it 3.75 or 3.P. They came out with a second edition which ticked off some 3.5 loyalists. They also have Starfinder and generally are more progressive. This can be a bit lulzy since some of the hardcore 3.5 fans are not very PC.
Privateer Press: Is
based in Washington. They were the go to company for fans angry with 40k. However due to
no play testing, banning dissidents who brought up issues with the game, logistical issues, a failed kickfundme video game campaign, and the general positive reception of 8th edition they’re all but dead now.
Creator & Misc Cows:
Alex Harrison (
archive of
Dakka Dakka threads): Gets caught
cheating on a
livestream (
archive). Is infamous for being
WAAC: Win at all costs, including cheating.
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Art of War & Brohammer: Abuses ITC/tournament format in an attempt to boost their ratings. It is partially an attempt to make them look better because they sell 40k lessons. LMAO. Following images come from Dakka Dakka:
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Anna Kreider (archive of Farms OP): Also known as "The Wicked Witch of Gaming." Abusive, unapologetic misandrist currently crowdfunding her double mastectomy. She is a misanthropic Swerf whose clearly mentally ill and incapable of managing her rage. She frequently rants about women who are better looking than her, about how she hates and is scared of men, and if left to her own devices will make games about dying of cancer, humiliating males, and fighting against her depiction of toxic masculinity.
@Yaoi Huntress Earth is an expert on her and once made her meltdown by telling her that her art was subpar.
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Bryon Hall (archive of 1d4chan article): Is the creator of the infamous game F.A.T.A.L. Which he dubbed the most historically accurate game, which is code for needlessly complex. It’s really his
magical realm: the game. It got dumped on by RPG.net in this
review (
archive). He wrote a lengthy
response/sperg post to the criticism his game received (
archive).
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Chuck Wendig (
archive):
Started with
White Wolf, serving as irrefutable evidence to White Wolf being a den of autism and spergery. Then started writing some of the worst Star Wars books in existence, which is saying something.
@damian wrote the OP and knows a lot about him.
Daniel D. Fox: He helped make the second edition of Warhammer and then tried to make
Zweihander (
archive). He CONSTANTLY shills his game but also is well known for using copyright strikes and opposing rpg archives, which makes it hard to play old and out of print games which aren't sold anywhere. So, whatever you do, don't pirate his game or encourage others to do it, he is not afraid of suing people and will throw hissy fits, so don't pirate his game and don't distribute it. Whatever you do, don't google his game or search for it on pirate or archive sites. He will also pretend to be based or woke, depending on who he is trying to shill his stuff too. He's become buddies with Zoey Quinn. Presumably they bonded over taking cash from nerds.
David Hill (archive): Former Onyx Path writer turned narcissist/ dangerhaired troon. Surprisingly, has an outspoken Twitter account. His passion project, iHunt, is basically r/LateStageCaptialism: The Game. For most of his life he was a WHITE MALE which he now refers to as the devil, being a beautiful woman. He wrote
Beast - The Primordial (
archive ): The game by a
male feminist (
archive), for male feminists! It's basically about how monsters like Hydra and Dragons are misunderstood. Also includes Gaymergate and MAGA references! She still writes like an angry 14 year old boy and attempts to criticize things she's never seen, like Star Wars. Madam Hill, being a prick, is not surprisingly also a transhumanist.
@BlueArmedDevil is our expert on Hill's antics.
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Matt McFarland: another writer of Beast - The Primordial. Surprisingly ended up harassing minors.
Matt Ward: Is less active now as a cow but wrote some of the most unbalanced codices in 4th and 5th edition. Made a lot of fans hate Ultramarines. Gets a-logged to this day by those who don't recognize the majesty of Guilliman's magnificent return thanks to his space elf waifu.
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Mike Mearls (
archive): The hyper woke co-designer of 5th edition. Also the lead developer of 4th edition. Helped for a time on Baldur's gates. He hates modular systems and thinks people who play it are assholes. He also believes women are incapable of playing complex rule sets, doing math, or being familiar with literature.
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Phil 'goatboy' Brucato (archive): Yet another White Wolf writer.
(Where the fuck did they find these guys?) known by the aliases 'goatfucker' or 'Satyros.' Like other White Wolf writers he's batshit insane. A significant portion of White Wolf's indulgant bullshit and creeper fetish shit can be traced to this loon. He's a wonky paganist who believes his works are a form of chaos magic that becomes reality. Emperor knows what that means when he created
furries Changing Breeds. White Wolf made a 'parody' of him, which can barely qualify as such considering its accuracy.
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Rev Kenneth Malyneaux: Not related to the other cows with the same last name. Wrote an incomplete and cringe white supremacist rpg called
Racial Holy War (
archive). Is literally a
cultist. He has a
blog (
archive). The SPLC, I know they’re not always popular since they’re considered to be grifters, actually did a decent
write up (
archive) on them. He also wrote a
novel “dedicated to the white race.”
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Sources and Social Media
You can find some craziness at the links below. Kickstarter & IndieGoGo is a good place to start as well as /tg/. A lot of lolcow creators try to shill there.
http://company.wizards.com/
https://www.games-workshop.com/
https://1d4chan.org/
http://boards.4chan.org/tg/catalog
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/
https://forums.totalwar.com/categories/total-war-warhammer
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/
https://paizo.com/community/forums&page=2
https://www.heresy-online.net/forums/
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?action=forum
http://forums.spacebattles.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/
https://www.facebook.com/warhammer40000uk/
https://www.facebook.com/WarhammerOfficial/
https://m.twitch.tv/warhammer/profile
https://www.youtube.com/user/GamesWorkshopWNT
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Games-Toys/Wizards-of-the-Coast-540208589333239/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/warhammer-40000
https://archive.md/wip/FA4lz
https://www.rpg.net/
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Games_Workshop#Age_Of_Skubmar:_The_Great_Derpening
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons
Thanks
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for helping me so far! Also I apologize if I forgot to thank someone that helped!
