So while this is the only Warhammer forum I post on, I do lurk some of the others, and it's been incredible watching the amount of vitriol and overly dramatic responses to these as yet COMPLETELY unsubstantiated rumours, especially over on WarSeer. I'm sure most of you are aware of the kind of hyperbolic reactions being posted over there - like this one I read earlier:
I'm of the opinion that all this gnashing of teeth is pretty pathetic, I understand people are worried about "their" hobby being under threat, but it all seems ridiculously over-the-top. And it's all been whipped up basically by a couple of posts by a couple of so-called "rumour-mongers". I mean, people are acting like the sky is falling based on some of their "revelations", which are often "revealed" in fairly troll-like fashion. For example, I've seen several instances of these guys posting some lame "cryptic clue" followed by a couple of pages of their devoted followers being forced to guess what it could mean, before the wise master reveals his knowledge. How benevolent!And my Brets too. I was holding out hope that maybe this wasn't true, or that this "new" faction would be Bretonnia-ish. But no. I'm not even going to sell my models. Just toss them in the trash.
Now I've been away from Warhammer for a long time, and I'm certainly not aware of who these forum celebrities are and why people give such weight to their (again, completely unconfirmed) posts. I'm not sure if they have some past history of 100% accurate information, but to me they just seem like immature trolls loving their minor-celebrity status. In either case, surely people aren't finding it that difficult just to take a step back and to carry on living their lives, and judge 9th if and when it arrives? I mean, I've spent the last couple of months scouring eBay for High Elves, I've probably spent at least $300 on models alone, plus new paints, brushes, everything I needed to start Warhammer from scratch again basically, so according to some people online I should be torch-and-pitchfork-angry-mob levels of pissed off, but I can take these rumours in my stride.
All the posters here seem far more rational than the average WarSeer user, I was wondering what you all think about the situation. I barely wanna give credence to some of the more stupid rumours by opening a discussion on them (does anyone seriously believe round bases are happening? ROUND BASES? people are actually posting about them as if there were already boxes of lizardmen and bretonnians at their local GW with rounds.. oh wait, no there aren't because they're being "squatted" ) but I thought maybe we could discuss what we'd like to see in 9th, when we think we'll see it, how it will relate to end times, etc. Like adults
/endrant