Somehow, Warhammer-adjacent wank just ends up funnier than the fans' own wank. It's like a rare and delicate flower by comparison. This one's vintage, aged one year (like cheap yet delicious wine) and doubles as an early shower of TV Tropes naming wank, foreshadowing the great renaming splooge-hurricane to come.

The story begins in a magical place called "You Know, That Thing Where..."-land, where young tropes are born. Unfortunately, the parents can't decide on a name for their newest trope. "Bullet Barrage" was suggested first, but then "More Dakka" gains supporters.

One heretic user objects strenuously.

added: 2008-07-02 13:19:35 by Cosmetor
No, the strangeness of the trope name is obscuring and distracting. Let's try to be comprehensible, people. Write for the readers.
added: 2008-07-02 13:33:51 by LargeBluntObject
7 votes (including mine) for More Dakka, 5 for Bullet Barrage... da Orks have it. WAAAAAAAGH LAUNCH TIME!

The dramatis personae introduced, the wank begins in earnest. (For those who don't have two hours to lose to the Site That Will Eat Your Mind, quotes:)

Working Title: More Dakka: From YKTTW

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    Stupid Flame War 

Cosmetor: Okay... you launched the trope prematurely, miscounted the votes, and created an empty page. That's three strikes against it.

Large Blunt Object: Stop shoving your damn butthurt in everyone's face, it's disgusting. Your little TV TROPES IS SERIOUS BUSINESS crusade fell apart, get over it.

[...]

tl;dr: Piss off, nobody cares.

Direct links to tropes included, because I'm evil like that.

It's amazing that Warhammer 40000 fandom hasn't wanked its way here before now. But here it is!

It all started when someone on a bizarre conspiracy theory site makes a play to become the next BADD (see also: Dark Dungeons), by writing the article "Space Marines - Death Toys" about the super-soldiers from Warhammer 40k. It lays bare Games Workshop's nefarious plot to brainwash our children for the coming of the New World Order.

ETA, 2009/08/21: It begins.

I know you were looking forward to great excitement today. Some of you said words to me that indicated you anticipated fiery 'judgement' upon those who remained fresh and dewey white, those you call n00bs.

Anyway, you got today instead.

Stop anticipating things, we'll just break your hearts.

 Hey, all!  Remember this wank?  About the baby not!elephants, and whether or not the abuse of such in a fantasy figure game crossed some line of common decency?  There was a lot of tl;dr about the validity of the complaints?  

Well, Privateer Press sure noticed.  See their October 25 front page announcement (not directly linkable, but currently right up top) about merchandise to capitalize on/ruthlessly mock the whole flamey affair.  Best line:

Privateer Press would like everyone to know that we share this sentiment and are deeply concerned with the ongoing abuse of these noble, fictitious animals.

It's no great surprise that this stirs things up again.  While the topic previously died down after a mod-locking, it rises again in a new thread.  Highlights thus far!

How about being a responsible business PP and donating the proceeds from these items to local human societies instead of just pocketing them?


[...] grow a pair and bash the baby titan's brains out before it mashes up your army! 


If this merchandise offends your "sensibilities" I strongly suggest you go play some other game, like Pokemon.


As early as Post 23, a staffer steps in to say of the merchandise that P.P. was not intending to poke fun at people, but simply at their ideas.  This goes over about as it would reasonably be expected to--it adds fuel to the fire.

Not too long as of yet--only two pages--but possibly worth keeping an eye on, and notable for possibly the most amusing display of filthy capitalism I've ever seen.

EDIT:  Ah, the perils of posting something just before you go to sleep for eight hours.  Thanks harrylovesron for pointing out the Rich Text thing.  Fixed!