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Infiltrating 40k since 3rd Edition, Narrative Hobbyist, US Army Veteran, I sometimes do videos on Narrative Warhammer: http://bitshammer.net Cis He/Him

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 7d

So I regularly see some confusion about the OG female Space Marine models so let's do story time:
So before Warhammer was a thing Games Workshop started as a small miniature producer for tabletop RPGs that expanded into minature wargames as a way to get people to buy more minis.

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Doug , Space Wolf @ebonscale.bsky.social · 4h

The year is 2037

All Chaos Primarchs have returned and every Heretic Legion has its own bespoke units & codex

40k chaos players still complain about the "Year of Chaos" & are storming GW HQ

All attempts to remind them that it was a single article relating to Age of Sigmar have failed

#Warhammer

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 3h

www.youtube.com/shorts/3Zsh-...

Research vs Benefit of Doubt #40k #warhammer #gaming #anime #tabletopgames

YouTube video by Announcer of Games

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 4h

As strange as it sounds but I think bot planets with thunderstorms seem to be the biggest source of crashes I have on that front other than Warstrider grenade spam that is.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 4h

I finally got to play bots at decently high difficulties without crashing or stuttering.

Night missions with sandstorms aren't exactly easy but the Warstriders weren't too much of an issue, even the one that dropped in right next to me while I was reloading.

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 4h

I admit my stratagem use is very high but MG and rocket sentries round out the fact I was running the Deadeye, Talon, and Recoiless Rocket. Good bits of kit but not an especially high fire rate.

I was also running the 500kg but now I get two of them per Eagle rearm which will help quite nicely.

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 4h

I didn't have enough medals to get the Artic Ranger helmet today but thankfully that beret helmet goes with almost everything.

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 4h

You alright there bud?

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 6h

Ehhhhh, I don't think they can do that with this case. The case is in Italy's courts not Englands.

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 7h

Now that's some tasty jank

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 9h

If anything Ghamak's made it actively worse for the small enthusiasts by a: having a history of stealing small enthusiasts' work and making a profit doing it and b: drawing the gaze of Nottingham to the area they all share with his blatant infringements.

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Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 1d

The third one also drops a lot of neo-nazi anti-black dogwhistles via hatemonger in the show. They do it in the background but it was another 'shit' moment. (combined with the homophobia, sexism, etc earlier).

I figured more people realized this and that is why nobody talks about it here.

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Narancia⚧️ still in the blue wonder @naranciazebest.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry the indie not Warhammer show, whose first episode had homophobic jokes left and right and ended with the creator asking for support over the "autistic shows" as they point to a hellova boss looking character, has toxic mysoginistic fans? Color me shocked

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 2d

What a cringe little dork.

Also the Spaceking fans are turning out to be just as annoying as Rick and Morty fans.

No, I don't mean "people who like Rick and Morty" I mean the "fans" who would harass McDonald's employees over fucking nugget sauce.

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah I just found out he was ripping off basically everyone else too

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 9h

It's the same thing? To "grift" is to perform a confidence trick, right?

If he was reproducing these models as STLs and giving them away for free I'd have no issue with it.

More power to him.

It's the making a profit from stolen work *and* going begging to people for yet more money whilsg lying.

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 9h

"UwU i smol bean being buwwied by bad corporashun for 'competing unfairwy', I'm just a smol beaaan, I'm a lil' guuuuy, i coudnt compete wiv dem. Give me money pwweeeass".

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 17h

That's literally just the Italian version of "Theft of Intellectual Property" in the Italian legal system. The basic idea is that if you steal someone else's work and reproduce it for sale, you're not "competing" fairly.

He's been using that confusion to elicit sympathy from his Anglo audience.

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 17h

The framing is important. The Italian system frames it as market competition. If I copy a Ferrari car and slap my own "Bestie" badge on it, I am able to sell it cheaper because I didn't pay for the research, development and design of the car. That is "unfair" on Ferrari, as I'm stealing their work.

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 9h

He is a conman and grifter

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 17h

Yes.

But Ghamak is a thief, stealing frok other artists for years. And with his "fundraising" he's also a grifter.

I don't care about the outcome, I just think people shouldn't be making Ghamak to be something he's not.

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bestie @bestiel.bsky.social · 17h

Ghamak has been stealing GW's designs for years. Under Italian law this is the aforementioned "unfair competition". (He's also been stealing the designs of other 3D artists uncredited, but they don't have the money to take him to court.) Is GW a greedy corporate entity solely concerned with profit?

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 9h

I am glad the information is getting out there. Shame the idiots who write anti GW puff pieces for a living are making shit up like GW not pursuing IP infringement because they literally didn't do any research.

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, like I admit GW isn't always in the right with how they do stuff but this guy in particular has played with fire for a while and is getting burned for it

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 9h

They think it means you can't please anyone but them