Call me a Pessimist Pete, but I think this attack vector might actually be the one that allows them to do meaningful damage. We've seen GW come out and make statements on issues they didn't need to. We've seen how widespread and deep the Facism freakout has been over the last few years.
Maybe, but it could be suicidal for the franchise. For as much as progs scream and piss about the Imperium, not only is more popular than all other factions in 40k combined, but the entire universe is built to justify its brutality so that it doesn't become a parody of itself.
Progs have been occupying the 40k hobby for years, but their attempts at subversion have always been weak. The problem for them is that the themes of 40k are reactionary at their core, so it's difficult for progs to get their proboscises in when the entire franchise is corrosive to them.
This article is a good example. It's just grasping wildly at straws. Look at their "popular channels." They're tiny by 40k standards. It's pathetic.
If it is suicide for the franchise... oh well. 40k itself is a franchise built on a setting, lore and goodwill of people who haven't worked for Games Workshop for decades. The company is one of the most dysfunctional IP holders in gaming today.
If they die at least there's a chance the IP would get bought by a company that pretends to give a damn.
40k itself is a franchise built on a setting, lore and goodwill of people who haven't worked for Games Workshop for decades.
Ain't that the truth. I got out when the awesome eldritch horror got turned into Space Egyptians because I could tell then that things were pivoting in a shitty direction and everything I've seen when I've checked back since has vindicated my choice.
Call me a Pessimist Pete, but I think this attack vector might actually be the one that allows them to do meaningful damage. We've seen GW come out and make statements on issues they didn't need to. We've seen how widespread and deep the Facism freakout has been over the last few years.
Gatekeep or be Gatekept.
Maybe, but it could be suicidal for the franchise. For as much as progs scream and piss about the Imperium, not only is more popular than all other factions in 40k combined, but the entire universe is built to justify its brutality so that it doesn't become a parody of itself.
Progs have been occupying the 40k hobby for years, but their attempts at subversion have always been weak. The problem for them is that the themes of 40k are reactionary at their core, so it's difficult for progs to get their proboscises in when the entire franchise is corrosive to them.
This article is a good example. It's just grasping wildly at straws. Look at their "popular channels." They're tiny by 40k standards. It's pathetic.
If it is suicide for the franchise... oh well. 40k itself is a franchise built on a setting, lore and goodwill of people who haven't worked for Games Workshop for decades. The company is one of the most dysfunctional IP holders in gaming today.
If they die at least there's a chance the IP would get bought by a company that pretends to give a damn.
Ain't that the truth. I got out when the awesome eldritch horror got turned into Space Egyptians because I could tell then that things were pivoting in a shitty direction and everything I've seen when I've checked back since has vindicated my choice.
I got out in 4th edition, after Gav Thorpe ass fucked the codex balance so badly. The game's army roster variety never recovered.