40K Editorial: Stop The Imperial Guard Hate!!!
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Feb 20 2011
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Hey everyone, Crazy Red Praetorian here with more of my thoughts on the hobby. I got back into the tournament scene about 3 month ago. My first tournament back, I felt like Dave Chappelle at a clan rally, when I walked in with IG.
Last year, I took a little time away from playing my Praetorians. There were three reasons for this, the first was the Space Wolf codex was out and I wanted to play some games with the new codex and get a little break from the guard (Playing 6-12 games a week with army will do that to you.), my second reason was due the amount of people playing IG at the time, and the third reason was something new, Guard Hate. Some people hate the IG, they would rather not play than face IG.
What is there to hate? Weak basic humans with crappy armor saves and crappy shooting skills, that can’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag? AV14 tanks with crappy BS? Cheap tin can transports? Ahhh, now we’re getting somewhere. These IG haters can’t stand to see the IG on the move. They miss the old days of the static stand and shoot gunline IG. That must be it, because IG are doing the same thing they always did, shooting the enemy up like a speed limit sign on a dirt road. Except, they are now doing it while moving.
He did it!!!!
Some of the reasons that people throw out there are really funny – others are just sad.
- You have too many tanks.(Transports aren’t tanks)
- IG are boring. (Really? More boring than your UltraRedWolfAngels?)
- Some 40K Internet Douche Bag built an IG list and won Ard Boys and everyone copied his list. (Like that hasn’t happened before.) He ruined 40K! ( Seriously? Get a life!)
- I don’t like to play IG. (When asked why they mumble to themselves quietly. The worst really.)
- You shoot too much. (It’s what the guard does…that and miss….and die.)
- Guard SUCKS!!! (Usually followed by much crying and whining. My response is usually, so do you… and that’s why your +++DELETED BY THE EDITOR (bad CRP, BAD!)+++ loves you.)
Don’t be an IG Player Hater!
Why do you think the Imperial Guard are so hated 2 years after their codex came out? What units do you think are the root cause of this hate? Are you a Guard player that has had similar experiences?
Now Go Roll Some Dice!!!
CRP
Author: Guest Columnist
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