Bottom Dollar  | 04 Apr 2012 5:31 p.m. PST |
O Schmidt wrote: "Always remember, the hobby won't sell itself. You have to sell it and that means you're selling yourself."
O Schmidt, talk about a bunch of hooey BS. I don't buy it. A good GAME sells itself… and it helps to have a person orchestrate an introduction to it. So, I think you may have a good game, but the BS about "selling yourself"… well go ahead, be my guest…. But I bet you gave an good, well organized intro to your game and I bet your introductory scenario was balanced… always helps to have nice looking MILITARY MINIATURES too.
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| Gazzola | 05 Apr 2012 3:00 a.m. PST |
basileus66 Calm down! No one is TELLING anyone how to play wargames or play with their toy soldiers or what term to use concerning what they call their figures. Their choice is their choice. It is just people throwing out their opinions and agreeing and disagreeing – no one has to change the way they play, what they play with and what they call them. Me, I play Napoleonic wargaming with Military Miniatures. That's my choice and my term. Happy wargaming and spread the word.. |
| Gazzola | 05 Apr 2012 3:06 a.m. PST |
OSchmidt Yes, not taking what everyone says and their views too seriously is vital, if we want to see our hobby/passion/pastime expand and attract new wargamers. But I think we would need to get the topic of Military Miniatures or Toy Soldiers on some TV talk shows before it really took off. Happy wargaming and spread the word. |
| Bottom Dollar | 05 Apr 2012 3:47 p.m. PST |
Gazzola, Though the Greeks loved the theater, didn't they hold actors in contempt ? I thought I remember reading that somewhere. I disagree with you though. A person's stated view should always be taken seriously even when they are PLAYING around, be it with toys or miniatures :) |
| Bottom Dollar | 05 Apr 2012 4:17 p.m. PST |
PS Apologies O Schmidt, but I can't stand that saying "You've got to sell yourself… |
| Gazzola | 06 Apr 2012 5:11 a.m. PST |
Bottom Dollar They built so many theatres, it was probably the reverse. Some of the plays they wrote were quite good too. Although it is hard to take some people seriously here – especially anyone claiming to play with toys (unless it is with their children or granchildren) and others take what people say far too seriously, when perhaps they may have been joking or fooling around, which happens a lot – other people's points of view should of course be respected. But the problem is that some people attending this site can't accept that other people disagree with them, have different points of view or prefer a different term to whichever one they they prefer to use. You get used to it and learn to ignore the clowns who pretend to be serious but are just trying to cause trouble. A happy wargaming to you. |
| Bottom Dollar | 06 Apr 2012 1:28 p.m. PST |
Gazzola, I think they loved the plays, which yes were quite good. But I don't believe the actors themselves gained any kind of celebrity status, like we see today with movie stars and whatnot. I think it had to do with the notion that however great a performance might be, it was still contrived. Point being it was the content of the play that sold itself--with the actors playing an important communicative, but secondary role. I'm not an expert, but I think that was the case. Otherwise, I agree, its just a forum. |
| Arteis | 06 Apr 2012 3:27 p.m. PST |
Gazzola said: … it is hard to take some people seriously here – especially anyone claiming to play with toys… then in the very next paragraph: … some people attending this site can't accept that other people … prefer a different term to whichever one they they prefer to use. ;-) |
12345678  | 06 Apr 2012 3:45 p.m. PST |
I am so glad that it is not just me who notices the contradictions. |
| Lord Ashram | 07 Apr 2012 7:01 a.m. PST |
Jeez… You miss a few hundred posts, you miss a lot! I have always loved things that are small and detailed. I have always loved dioramas. I've always loved military matters. Put all that together, and you get why I love my toy soldiers! |
| Gazzola | 07 Apr 2012 3:04 p.m. PST |
Arteis & Colinjallen Just for you, since you both seem somewhat confused. I don't care if people call them toy soldiers. That's their choice. I don't agree with it but I accept it. My reasoning behind this is because I do not see the figures we all wargame with as toy soldiers. Toy soldiers are generally plastic toys played with by children, or specialist items collected by specialist collectors. I see wargame figures as military miniatures because they are generally miniature replicas of something specifically military. And they are painted, based and made to play by set rules geared to a particular period of military history. Happy wargaming to you. |
| SJDonovan | 07 Apr 2012 4:55 p.m. PST |
Gazzola, you seem to think it's white-boy day. It ain't white-boy day. YouTube link |
| Gazzola | 08 Apr 2012 4:52 a.m. PST |
SJDonovan Nah, it is just a discussion forum with people agreeing and disagreeing. Obviously, some people just can't take others disagreeing with them and take it as some form of attack. A shame really, but that's life. A happy wargaming to you with whatever you play with. |
| Gazzola | 08 Apr 2012 5:39 a.m. PST |
A bit late but I wish everyone a happy Easter, and I do mean everyone! |
| Maxshadow | 08 Apr 2012 7:56 a.m. PST |
Forums are occasionally useful online communities where you can chat with kindred spirits but, more often than not, they are populated by idiots. Laughed myself stupid when I read that. :oP |
