State of the Game Address...

By swingjunkie, in Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game

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*in serious, presidential tone*

Dear Fellow Warhammer: Invasion Players,

We have embarked upon a dark time in our game. We have a broken deck. It's name is Dwarf. WAIT! I'm sorry, I have an incoming transmission from the Pentagon. I'm sorry, the broken deck is Bolt Thrower. As such, I demand that we ban Repeater Bolt Thrower! Sorry, I'm getting another transmission...Now Dwarves are again broken. To remedy this new and present danger, we shall also ban Dwarf Ranger and possibly Mining Tunnels.

I apologize lady and gentlemen. I realize how badly it can hurt to be playing a broken game and we're try to fix this. This reminds me of a time not so long ago, when Skaven and Rush overran our beloved game. Wait, what? You're telling me Skaven are still out there? Oh my... I'm sorry my friends, It appears that with Dwarf and Bolt Thrower out of the way, Skaven and Orc are once again the dominant races. We shall now ban Deathmaster, Clan Molders, and the top 5% of Orc cards. Wait, you're telling me a Destructo Thrower deck won a regional recently? That simply won't do! From personal experience, I've seen the damage DestructoThrower can do if left unchecked, and with the banning of these cards, I have no choice but to ban Reaper Bolt Thrower as well. Well, I assume that means another deck will have the doors open for becoming broken...You know what? Actually, lets just reinstate the cards and ride it out. There will be new cards in soon that should fix the problem like they did with rush.

Let us not forget, through this troubled time, that we only have 6 races. Well, we have 9 races, but only 6 capital boards. This is simply unacceptable! We must immediately begin production on more capital boards for all of the Warhammer races and flush them all out! Gone shall be the days of multiple useful cards every month! We may either have one or two useful cards every month, or we may have a few useful cards every 2 months! Whoa, Whoa...I have another message from the boys upstairs...You say people have already complained about balance issues and that balancing 10+ unique races would be a complete nightmare? I DON'T CARE! I WILL HAVE MY SEPARATE CAPITOLS! What? Are you saying that suddenly the fans of Warhammer are happier, but many card game players are disgruntled? Well which one is more likely to buy our game? Oh......really?......well ok I guess..... Ladies and Gentlemen, it would appear that I am once again mistaken. We shall continue on the path we've come and simply hope for neutral boards for the factions.

Also, bear witness to the terrible prize support for our beloved game...mats and pins and uncut card sheets and boards and...what? nothing else? Well, this is embarrassing. Why would I play in a tournament for anything less than money or free games? It's not like there's pride in winning, and it's certainly not like it's a GAME! There's no reason to play for the challenge or fun! Hold on just a moment, Huh? OH, it's still a fairly young game with not a very large player base? I guess I can understand that. Ok... Ladies and Gentlemen, I suppose this too is merely a short term problem. I would suggest that as we travel forward, we keep watch for bigger and better prizes, but let us not forget that regardless of if we find it on our way, the ultimate destination is still joy and happiness.

Fellow players, let us not see our dark times without knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Let us realize that all games have their flaws, but we must learn to cope, or find a new journey. In closing, I guess what I'm trying to say is.......SHUT UP AND ENJOY THE GAME FOR WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!

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swingjunkie said:

*in serious, presidential tone*

Dear Fellow Warhammer: Invasion Players,

We have embarked upon a dark time in our game. We have a broken deck. It's name is Dwarf. WAIT! I'm sorry, I have an incoming transmission from the Pentagon. I'm sorry, the broken deck is Bolt Thrower. As such, I demand that we ban Repeater Bolt Thrower! Sorry, I'm getting another transmission...Now Dwarves are again banned. To remedy this new and present danger, we shall also ban Dwarf Ranger and possibly Mining Tunnels.

I apologize lady and gentlemen. I realize how badly it can hurt to be playing a broken game and we're try to fix this. This reminds me of a time not so long ago, when Skaven and Rush overran our beloved game. Wait, what? You're telling me Skaven are still out there? Oh my... I'm sorry my friends, It appears that with Dwarf and Bolt Thrower out of the way, Skaven and Orc are once again the dominant races. We shall now ban Deathmaster, Clan Molders, and the top 5% of Orc cards. Wait, you're telling me a Destructo Thrower deck won a regional recently? That simply won't do! From personal experience, I've seen the damage DestructoThrower can do if left unchecked, and with the banning of these cards, I have no choice but to ban Reaper Bolt Thrower as well. Well, I assume that means another deck will have the doors open for becoming broken...You know what? Actually, lets just reinstate the cards and ride it out. There will be new cards in soon that should fix the problem like they did with rush.

Let us not forget, through this troubled time, that we only have 6 races. Well, we have 9 races, but only 6 capital boards. This is simply unacceptable! We must immediately begin production on more capital boards for all of the Warhammer races and flush them all out! Gone shall be the days of multiple useful cards every month! We may either have one or two useful cards every month, or we may have a few useful cards every 2 months! Whoa, Whoa...I have another message from the boys upstairs...You say people have already complained about balance issues and that balancing 10+ unique races would be a complete nightmare? I DON'T CARE! I WILL HAVE MY SEPARATE CAPITOLS! What? Are you saying that suddenly the fans of Warhammer are happier, but many card game players are disgruntled? Well which one is more likely to buy our game? Oh......really?......well ok I guess..... Ladies and Gentlemen, it would appear that I am once again mistaken. We shall continue on the path we've come and simply hope for neutral boards for the factions.

Also, bear witness to the terrible prize support for our beloved game...mats and pins and uncut card sheets and boards and...what? nothing else? Well, this is embarrassing. Why would I play in a tournament for anything less than money or free games? It's not like there's pride in winning, and it's certainly not like it's a GAME! There's no reason to play for the challenge or fun! Hold on just a moment, Huh? OH, it's still a fairly young game with not a very large player base? I guess I can understand that. Ok... Ladies and Gentlemen, I suppose this too is merely a short term problem. I would suggest that as we travel forward, we keep watch for bigger and better prizes, but let us not forget that regardless of if we find it on our way, the ultimate destination is still joy and happiness.

Fellow players, let us not see our dark times without knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Let us realize that all games have their flaws, but we must learn to cope, or find a new journey. In closing, I guess what I'm trying to say is.......SHUT UP AND ENJOY THE GAME FOR WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!

yuor an itiod.

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Do we really need another thread like this, we just had one yesterday that is still going.

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Ya rly!

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I really liked your post, swingjunkie
...I agree with his "sarcasm"... :)

Noone is idiot for posting his point of view...

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DB.Cooper said:

I really liked your post, swingjunkie
...I agree with his "sarcasm"... :)

Noone is idiot for posting his point of view...

NO U R.

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ddm5182 said:

DB.Cooper said:

I really liked your post, swingjunkie
...I agree with his "sarcasm"... :)

Noone is idiot for posting his point of view...

NO U R.

Sorry??? Is it an insult?

Thanks.

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I suspect he was funnin' with ya, D.B. ;)

Amusing post though I think some of the complaints are valid (and will explain my thoughts in my post GenCon wrap-up that I keep putting off writing. LOL

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Yeah, It was pretty much meant to pick fun at all the bickering, not so much to voice my opinions. I mean, you can tell my opinions from it, but it really wasn't a stand, just for amusement.

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I see what you did there.

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Well in all fairness the "bickering' from the one post was simply due to some bozo coming in here and whining about Capital boards - an issue that's been addressed and one which (in all likelihood) is never going to be changed anytime soon, so I'd take all that with a huge grain of salt, honestly. Most of the main crew who has been in these forums from the very beginning don't have any issues with that particular, er, issue.

There are some grumblings about the tournament though and from my perspective, some of those do have merit. However I don't put much stock in complaints about over-powered this and under-powered that, for the most part - those are typical to see after any big tournament, imho.

But interesting post either way and it helps people to hopefully put things in perspective. It's just a game but a great one at that. ;)

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swingjunkie said:

Yeah, It was pretty much meant to pick fun at all the bickering, not so much to voice my opinions. I mean, you can tell my opinions from it, but it really wasn't a stand, just for amusement.

I'm pretty sure that is the only way to take it.

I laughed hard reading it, a great satire of what is going on around here lol.

- dut

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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: ~best thread ever~

People need to chill, i got fired up about that r-tard.. but im done now.. more relaxed about it. IMO though we do need a banned list.. or atleast limited, Some cards need to be GONE or at 1. Games too new though, so i doubt it. Atleast FFG can read whats going on, and think "wellll we should fix this" and IN THE FUTURE, do something about it.

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hahahahaha awesome post
had me laughing for ages :)
good work mate

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Zephe said:

People need to chill

Thats right, but should be open for other opinion too.

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Great post! I am a new player to WI and I am playing it for the discovery of new cards, ideas, and just pure joy of play a game based on fantasy and war.

I don't put much stock in tournament decks or broken this or broken that. (Side note the word broken is broken and should stop being used immediately.)

This game seems to be growing at a steady pace and shouldn't be flash in the pan. I hope FFG keep up the good work.

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Wytefang said:

Well in all fairness the "bickering' from the one post was simply due to some bozo coming in here and whining about Capital boards

Hey, McFly, you bozo! Those boards don't work on water unless you've got power! cool.gif

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Great satire, fun to read. I also agree that the word "broken" is thrown out far too often. There are long term plans for this game that we as players are not aware of. What's "broken" today wil likely be bested by a new "broken" card later. This is a LIVING card game, and as such should always be growing/evolving and creating new synergies for it's rabid fans to exploit. With that said, I admit that I am not a huge fan of WSE. But, I would never cry "broken" and lobby for it to be banned. Thanks again for the fun read.

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swingjunkie said:

*in serious, presidential tone*

Dear Fellow Warhammer: Invasion Players,

We have embarked upon a dark time in our game. We have a broken deck. It's name is Dwarf. WAIT! I'm sorry, I have an incoming transmission from the Pentagon. I'm sorry, the broken deck is Bolt Thrower. As such, I demand that we ban Repeater Bolt Thrower! Sorry, I'm getting another transmission...Now Dwarves are again broken. To remedy this new and present danger, we shall also ban Dwarf Ranger and possibly Mining Tunnels.

I apologize lady and gentlemen. I realize how badly it can hurt to be playing a broken game and we're try to fix this. This reminds me of a time not so long ago, when Skaven and Rush overran our beloved game. Wait, what? You're telling me Skaven are still out there? Oh my... I'm sorry my friends, It appears that with Dwarf and Bolt Thrower out of the way, Skaven and Orc are once again the dominant races. We shall now ban Deathmaster, Clan Molders, and the top 5% of Orc cards. Wait, you're telling me a Destructo Thrower deck won a regional recently? That simply won't do! From personal experience, I've seen the damage DestructoThrower can do if left unchecked, and with the banning of these cards, I have no choice but to ban Reaper Bolt Thrower as well. Well, I assume that means another deck will have the doors open for becoming broken...You know what? Actually, lets just reinstate the cards and ride it out. There will be new cards in soon that should fix the problem like they did with rush.

Let us not forget, through this troubled time, that we only have 6 races. Well, we have 9 races, but only 6 capital boards. This is simply unacceptable! We must immediately begin production on more capital boards for all of the Warhammer races and flush them all out! Gone shall be the days of multiple useful cards every month! We may either have one or two useful cards every month, or we may have a few useful cards every 2 months! Whoa, Whoa...I have another message from the boys upstairs...You say people have already complained about balance issues and that balancing 10+ unique races would be a complete nightmare? I DON'T CARE! I WILL HAVE MY SEPARATE CAPITOLS! What? Are you saying that suddenly the fans of Warhammer are happier, but many card game players are disgruntled? Well which one is more likely to buy our game? Oh......really?......well ok I guess..... Ladies and Gentlemen, it would appear that I am once again mistaken. We shall continue on the path we've come and simply hope for neutral boards for the factions.

Also, bear witness to the terrible prize support for our beloved game...mats and pins and uncut card sheets and boards and...what? nothing else? Well, this is embarrassing. Why would I play in a tournament for anything less than money or free games? It's not like there's pride in winning, and it's certainly not like it's a GAME! There's no reason to play for the challenge or fun! Hold on just a moment, Huh? OH, it's still a fairly young game with not a very large player base? I guess I can understand that. Ok... Ladies and Gentlemen, I suppose this too is merely a short term problem. I would suggest that as we travel forward, we keep watch for bigger and better prizes, but let us not forget that regardless of if we find it on our way, the ultimate destination is still joy and happiness.

Fellow players, let us not see our dark times without knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Let us realize that all games have their flaws, but we must learn to cope, or find a new journey. In closing, I guess what I'm trying to say is.......SHUT UP AND ENJOY THE GAME FOR WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!

Game over... you win! :)