Regarding what Linemen should be called

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 11:02 am

I frequently call mine line*insert expletive here*.

Lucien Swift · Post by **Lucien Swift** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 1:03 pm

see roy, the point you're missing here is that _yes_ it is quite obvious to just about everyone who plays the game that the -man extension is incorrect... _however_ what we have been trying to impress upon you is that a) a decent portion of people already call their players by more appropriate names and there is nothing right or wrong about that and b) it isn't economically or logistically appropriate for gw to make such a change even if they did care, which they don't...

...we're just trying to talk you off the ledge, man, this really isn't that big of a deal...

base rings, on the other hand, _that_ is a topic worth coming to blows over

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:08 pm

Base rings and painted minis (as if there was such a thing).

Post by **Thadrin** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:37 pm

I AM doing base rings on my Skaven.

Roy - nothing personal dude. In most ways you ARE actually right and expressing a thought most of us have probably had on occasion.

Mestari · Post by **Mestari** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:56 pm

Linemen are ok with me, even though I use the linerat or line-elf -names.

BUT. The fluff names gotta go!

Longbeards = linemen (=linedwarves)
Gutter Runners = Runners
Lion warriors = Catchers

etc. This is a football game, so the roster positions should reflect that!

And the base rings need to be painted!

Post by **Thadrin** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 6:13 pm

agreed...but......

Gutter Runners = Skaven CATCHERS.
Just like the second ed. team. Stormvermin=Blitzers. I see the Skaven as very much a Passing team. I think of Runners more as a position that has developed on teams that don't throw a lot: Ghouls on the old Undead team, Dwarf Runners, Dark Elf Throwers (SHOULD be Runners with Sure Hands instead of Pass to start IMO...but thats just me.)

Anduin · Post by **Anduin** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 6:50 pm

I just recently got the Shadowforge female bunny team for my amazons.

LineBunnies anyone???

Drives the other coaches nuts...

roysorlie · Post by **roysorlie** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 6:52 pm

Hey look. I got some sympathy support.

I have to tell you all though, I think it's a little charming with the longbeards, zombies, skeletons, gutter runners, stormvermin.

I like it really. We could all use a little fluff. It's a fantasy football game, not just football game. The players usually have som nasty warhammer profession. Like Wardancers.

i just though, fluffwise, that lineman was boring, and lineelf sounds alot better.

But as earlier posted, It's not a big deal. I don't really want to make a huge deal out of it.

I'll just keep calling my line postition players lineelves.
You can all do what you feel like.

Let this post be to inspire others to do the same, if they like the idea.

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 7:17 pm

Mestari wrote:Longbeards = linemen (=linedwarves)

Longbeards aren't linemen! Sure they're the bottom of the roster but they're far superior to any lineman around, except elves maybe.

Damn I hate Dwarves. Gimli hitting all that Elven fluff. Elves are so fickle. How come there's no strawberry soap in the stores? Mine disappeared.

I need help.

Ghost of Pariah · Post by **Ghost of Pariah** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 9:58 pm

I can't believe that this stupid thread is 70 posts long!

Hey, don't be bashing dwarves! Gimli is cool!
One nitpick I have with FOTR is that Gandalf didn't bring dwarfs with him to Bag End!!!!

roysorlie · Post by **roysorlie** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:14 pm

I rather think it's cool the thread is so long

Wohooo, cuz it's mine, and until just recently, I was a rookie!

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 11:21 pm

Pariah wrote:Hey, don't be bashing dwarves! Gimli is cool!
One nitpick I have with FOTR is that Gandalf didn't bring dwarfs with him to Bag End!!!!

I like Dwarves (well not BB Dwarves) and Gimli too. I was just reading that "Diaries" page and got caught up in it.

martynq · Post by **martynq** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 11:38 am

Pariah wrote:One nitpick I have with FOTR is that Gandalf didn't bring dwarfs with him to Bag End!!!!

Why is that a nitpick? He doesn't bring them in the book either. (It is in The Hobbit that the dwarves come to Bag End, not Fellowship of the Ring.)

Cheers,
Martyn

Shasta McNasty · Post by **Shasta McNasty** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 3:29 pm

Ah, comon guys, teh game is based on fantasy. Teh question doesn't really matter all that much, but hey, it adds a little bit of flavour to teh game, and I'm all for that.

btw.... should skaven linman be called "linerat-rats?"

kaboom · Post by **kaboom** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 7:33 am

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Regarding what Linemen should be called

Elf, orc and skaven (etc..) line player postions should be named by race.