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Post by Nick P on Nov 12, 2015 10:29:32 GMT -6
Going off of Doubleback's Newbie thread...with the influx of new players to the group, I think its important that we get to know each other. The majority of this group have been playing together for the better part of 5 years, and have gotten to know each other pretty well. As the community grows, we want to foster that type of atmosphere among the new members as well, and help bridge the gap between the new Wednesday Dojo Crew and the old-timer NDG/GF Crew from years past.
So, with that, new guys - why don't you introduce yourselves (real names are helpful, so you don't ask random strangers at Dice Dojo if their name is D666), what you do for a living, where you're from, what armies you play, and other hobbies.
In fact, old guys, this is a good idea for us as well so the new players can start to get a handle on who we are - since many of the OG members are rarely able to make the regular gaming days outside of Wanderers Refuge once a month.
Real Name: Nick Powell From: Cincinnati OH, aged 28 years
I've been in Chicago for 5 years, I moved here right after college (Miami OH ftw), and have been playing 40k since 2000 and Fantasy (RIP) since 2005. I'm a jack of all trades - love sports, video games, board games, and wargaming. I recently got married to my GF of 7 years, and work in sales for CareerBuilder.com down in the loop.
Hobbies include promising to show up but never showing up, half-painting armies, and using naked, black spray as a main feature in color schemes.
Hope to meet more of the new guys soon and start throwing some cubes!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 10:40:51 GMT -6
Name: Will Blood From: All over Illinois, 23yrs old
I moved to Chicago to attend DePaul, but I've stuck around since graduating. I work for a Telecoms company managing their accounts. I'm a big fan of boardgames and tabletop RPGs of any variety (I've been GM'ing a weekly game consistently for nearly 7 years, currently we are playing Shadowrun 5E). I've played 40k since 2008, and thus far I've played Tzeentch Chaos Space Marines, Daemonkin, Sisters of Battle, and most recently Space Marines. I think I'd fall into what Nick calls the OG members.
Hobby wise I try to put paint on my plastic men, but I rarely get to do so. I really like to write lists and speculate on their effectiveness, almost more then I like playing the game. Otherwise I'm prepping for my weekly tabletop session or grinding my way through some video game.
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Nov 12, 2015 10:47:07 GMT -6
Nick is also the inspiration for the phrase "Powelling", which means, as he showcased in his hobbies section, talking about showing up and then not. It has been adopted as an insular idiom.
Most recently used name: Jeff Allen Aged: To perfection (31)
Lived in Chicago(land) my whole life, city proper since 2006. Been playing 40k since 3rd ed, took a break in college, back to it now as a responsible adult. I also have a wealth of board games and kind of prefer that to 40k these days, but not really, but kind of. I actually have less unpainted minis than these days than not, but a lot of half-painted minis. I enjoy the hobbying aspect of 40k much more in my old age. I love getting really excited about campaigns or hobby challenges or whatever the current seasonal 40k flavor is, then fizzling out dramatically after about 3 months. I work from home for a marketing company, just bought a house, am father to two dogs and two cats, and vegan (often angrily so). Deal with it.
Also, fuck Russell.
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Post by dex on Nov 12, 2015 12:24:39 GMT -6
Powelling...
I'm Dexter Wallis, Age:30
I am a recent Chicago import, major cities in recent years in reverse order for fun, CHI<IA<AK<WA<MD<DC
Been playing 40k since '92, I also play or have small collections of most non-GW systems. I am burnt on 40k but still love the UltraSmurfs and FishHeads. I am aggressively eating everything I can try and a cook. I work in Data Management, I live in Jeff's old house.
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Post by 1D3chan on Nov 12, 2015 12:32:13 GMT -6
Hey guys, my name is D666, but you can call me D666 if you ever don't know who I am. Just stand in the middle of the Dojo, on top of a table, and scream D666! D666! D666! And I conjure right there.
My name is Madison, I'm 27 and I've lived in Chicago for 9 years. I also attended DePaul for my undergraduate degree and then Northwestern in Evanston for my Master of Science. I work in Digital Marketing for a youth sports instruction and training company.
I've actually played 40K since 2nd (!) Edition, and played every edition since with generously long breaks here and there. Except for a small Space Marine army when I first started around age 12, I've played the same race ever since and consider myself an Eldar enthusiast - and yes, through thick and thin, good codices and bad, ranger disruption tables, Black Guardians, Eldar "Dreadnoughts", $35 a piece Wraithguard, even the entry for Exodite Dragon Riders. They've always been a delicate hard hitting race, few in numbers but able to consistently and reliably pack one of the hardest punches in the game if timed correctly.
I love the lore of 40K a lot, like I'm sure most here do, and my love for it brings me back to the table all the time, even through GW's questionable antics. Huge Dawn of War enthusiast, always played that in-between tabletop games. I watch Battle Reports online habitually to get better. I also play several instruments, I'm in a band and I love the NBA.
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Post by Nick P on Nov 12, 2015 12:44:29 GMT -6
I don't know how you do it man lol you're a better man than I
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Post by OneEyeRob on Nov 13, 2015 9:16:31 GMT -6
Name: RJ O'Neil, or Rob, or Robert, or Captain One-Eye, or Bob. Age: 24 and 3/4 Location: West Town / Noble Square
I'm originally from Columbus, OH (but we don't talk about that), moved to Chicago in 2009 for Undergrad at DePaul, and never looked back. I Majored in Political Science and fucking about, and now I work in the West Loop as a Senior Logistics Analyst, doing stuff.
I have always been a huge Sci-fi and fantasy enthusiast, and read 40k and Warhammer lore way before I had any miniatures. I have consistently been a DM for my group friends, historically 3.5 and Pathfinder, but now dabbling in some Unisystem goodness with "All Flesh Must Be Eaten" (stupid name in my opinion, we call it ZDay). During a 5 month long bender last year I started buying plastic crack because I was going to "save money by painting and modelling and not going to the bar" (I did none of those things during that time). Always been an Imperium guy, because I love the Grimdark Proantagonist. Just took up the Fiddle, learning at the Old Town School.
I'm the funny guy who calls Doug out on his hilariously ill timed rules nazism, which almost invariably kills something on the table, usually his own teams. The loud, bombastic, potentially annoying (if you ask Dex), guy who you can't quite decide whether he is drunk or if he's like that all the time; it's all the time. I will shit on you, in a funny and playful way, if you are being a rules douche and then capitulate to whatever you're saying because I don't know and I don't generally give a fuck. I play to have fun, and rule of cool is 10x better than whatever horseshit iteration of a rule GW has put out. If you're whooping my ass, I'll give you a hilariosuly heroic and voice acted roflstomp. I've liked everybody from this community that I've met, and enjoyed playing with them, except that one time where I got butthurt about Preferred Enemy Chaos Space Marine against Will.
I enjoy conversions, don't really give a shit about WYSIWYG, I don't mind painting or modelling, but I run out of steam after a short period of time. I am however prone to furious bursts of hobbying activity when the mood hits me. I have a whole bunch of mostly half-assed painted Space Marines, and a small Nemesis Strike force of pretty decently painted Grey Knights. I have a multiple page background story for my homebrew drunk-Irishmen-themed Space Marine army that is partially just an excuse to smash as many cool themes and rules into a single color scheme as possible. Each Company basically uses different chapter tactics, because fuck making decisions, I want all the cool fluffy formation rules. I also have an entire shelf full of miscellaneous modelling shit, and a whole fuckload of "interesting shaped" styrofoam and stuff that I am entirely convinced I will eventually be turning into super legit terrrain to use for play at my house.
I tell myself every week that I'm coming to the Dojo, but mostly end up Powelling. Trying to get back in to coming each week, and definitely trying to make to the Wanderers Sundays this month. Look forward to seeing you all soon, and meeting any new people I haven't yet.
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Post by Russell on Nov 13, 2015 10:33:10 GMT -6
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Post by dex on Nov 13, 2015 11:17:41 GMT -6
Hey now RJ. When I get back to playing I will prove you are not all bad!
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Post by Nick P on Nov 13, 2015 11:26:17 GMT -6
I'm originally from Columbus, OH Buckeyes fan?
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Post by rogerspacem on Nov 13, 2015 12:10:19 GMT -6
NAME: Roger Omar Macias (or ROM) FORUM NAME: rogerspacem Image/avatar: A angel Age: 26 Profession: Electrical Engineer (POWER)
Hello all! I have been around since September (I believe) of this year. I run the Dark Angels chapter for the Space Marines (Glory for the Emperor and all.) My army is also known for the beautiful blue and purple explosions as their plasma guns explode. Played a few games now, and every time I play I get a better grasp of the rules and the flow of the game. I became interested in Warhammer 40K a long time ago, but didn't really know anyone that played the game in my high school and college career. It was recently this year, I dove head first into the game, due to a false promise of a co-worker of mine. My first purchase was the Dark Vengeance Set (chaos vs the Dark Angels.) After reading a little bit online about them, and buying the Dark Angels Codex 7th, I fell in love with the DA's. They were essentially the old school Knights in their universe, and I am a BIG fan of knights. My d&d friends can attest to this, as many of my games I played my characters were some kind of knight. I am still in the process of collecting the dark angels, and have been VERY lazy in painting them, but aside from the laziness, I haven't really found a motivation to paint them. I am still trying to figure my army out. Reading and looking up theories can only take you so far if you haven't played them out enough. In a sense I guess I am kinda soul searching for my army. Hopefully some time after the year I will have decided how I should portrait the army, but in till then they are just a bunch of gray color blobs running around the battlefield... who will blow up after the first two round. :-(
I am not really sure what else to say, but if you ever meet me in person I will generally answer any question. I have no quarry against any questions what so ever. Oh okay, forgot the most basic information. I was born and breed in chicago. Never left the state, but I did manage to go to japan for a week. It was AWESOME!
Can't wait to play more games with you gentlemen and women! See you Wednesday!
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Post by 1D3chan on Nov 13, 2015 12:51:41 GMT -6
Roger gets +2 cool points for always being super pleasant to play against even when his army explodes. and, all of your miniatures are built very well and you almost always run WYSIWYG for all the special weapons, heavy weapons, bikes, etc which is a huge help for Space Marines. Your gray army is fine by me, rather you paint them when you're ready and really feel like you know what you want to do.
Now get your friend to build that Thunderwolf list and we'll have a two for one deal
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Post by rogerspacem on Nov 13, 2015 14:20:48 GMT -6
Don't worry we will get him in too. He managed to buy more models, for his space wolves. He just really needs his codex and he will be closer to playing a game. ;-) which reminds me, I got to send him a link to this site.
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Post by littlekyle on Nov 13, 2015 17:07:26 GMT -6
Name: Kyle Johnson Age: 19 Occupation: I'll figure that out eventually Hobbies: Swing dancing, Starting things and never finishing, procrastinating (like I am right now), video games, board games, crude/crass humor, weapon based martial arts, discussing things completely unrelated to the games we're ostensibly meeting to play, baking, loquacious and circuitous answers to simple questions, (Excessive use of parentheses in writing), divulging way more about my personal life than I probably should etc.
I was born and raised in Chicago (technically born in Harvey because it was the closest hospital to that year's family Christmas gathering, but nobody cares), and am actually one of the most "veteran" members of the group, going purely by time as a member. I first heard about 40k through the Dawn of War videogames (accidentally pirated the first DOW looking for a different game. Have since bought the lot.) and then the few kids who put up with me in high-school told me about Galactic Force and the wargame. This coming February (or was it March?) will make it a solid 5 years ago I first started. My friends got bored of the wargame somewhat quickly, but because of Nick and Andy and all of the other friendly people willing to put up with a dumbass 15 year old I stuck around. I honestly enjoy the painting and modeling and lore a lot more than I do the game itself (much like basketball, it only feels exciting in the last quarter of the game). I think I've played, between 40k and fantasy (Vampire Counts), maybe 8 games? Tied once or twice, won only once (Suck it, NICK), and that was all way back when galactic force was a thing. Still, I enjoy the social atmosphere this group has fostered, so it's one aspect of my childhood I'm in no hurry to be rid of.
As of now I'm studying in Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University, so I'm not in Illinois 10 months out of the year. I've also been devoting more time to other pursuits (not failing classes, which is a bitch and a half given how bad I am at physics, exercising, learning to sing, dance, and play cello, going to shows, and just generally doing stuff I've wanted to for years but didn't/couldn't), so my painting progress makes glaciers seem as Porsches. Maybe before Will hits 30 I'll have a fully painted army. Maybe not. Who knows? At least I finally painted those Hammerheads I bought back in 2011. Maybe I'll actually paint the third one this year.
If you ever do see me around it'll be either in the beginning or end of summer, or around holidays. I'll just be there trying to get people to play the assorted board games in our collective collections or otherwise just hanging out. Hopefully I'll get to meet some of you newer folk in December.
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Post by peter on Nov 13, 2015 21:10:17 GMT -6
Name: Peter Rees From: Chapel Hill, NC, 38 yrs old Location: Oak Park Avatar: Me Profession: Project Mgr at a Direct Marketing Agency (sorry)
I played 2 games of 40K about 25 years ago and then nothing until about 5 years ago when I got back into the fluff; reading old Black Library comics, and most of a 40K wiki. That lead to the the "Damnation Crusade" comic which gateway'd me into eBay browsing, then to some very nice Black Templar Terminators, which spiraled out of control to about 3,000pt of Black Templar. So, yeah, I play Black Templar. I've also got some Grey Knights and Inquisitors (thanks, Dan Abnett!) I need to whip into shape.
I've really enjoyed the games I've made it to with this group and am going to make an effort to push more plastic.
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