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As a huge science fiction nerd and Games Workshop customer, this feels like rank betrayal. I expect this kind of legal bullying from big companies, but from a company that makes minifigs and other gaming accessories I expect better behavior.
And they're a pretty big company. They're a PLC trading on London Stock Exchange. (http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-marke...)
According to Wikipedia[1], the first use of the term 'space marine' in literature was the 1932 short story Captain Brink of the Space Marines by Bob Olsen. That's a full 43 years before Games Workshop was founded, and 55 years before Warhammer 40K was introduced. And the prior usage of the term and concept kept coming strong throughout the intervening half-century. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_marine
I find it really sad, I grew up near their HQ in Nottingham. A number of my dad's friends work for them. And I'd love for this to be the push that means that all the other wargaming companies (who in the past couple of years have really progressed in professionalism and quality) will find even more traction. (Although they all still suffer from a lack of space to sell things, there is a GW in almost every town in the UK. They've all but squeezed out the independent hobby shops.) But a lot of people just won't care. And an equal number of people are too locked in, they've spent a lot of money on the GW armies. All their friends have GW armies. You can't just splurge two, three hundred pounds on warmahordes unless all your friends do the same.
All I can hope is that GW gets their arse handed to them and the hobbyists get put back in charge.
According to Wikipedia[1], the first use of the term 'space marine' in literature was the 1932 short story Captain Brink of the Space Marines by Bob Olsen. That's a full 43 years before Games Workshop was founded, and 55 years before Warhammer 40K was introduced. And the prior usage of the term and concept kept coming strong throughout the intervening half-century. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_marine
So why is this not an open and shut case ?
According to Wikipedia[1], the first use of the term 'space marine' in literature was the 1932 short story Captain Brink of the Space Marines by Bob Olsen. That's a full 43 years before Games Workshop was founded, and 55 years before Warhammer 40K was introduced. And the prior usage of the term and concept kept coming strong throughout the intervening half-century. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_marine
So why is this not an open and shut case ?
As a huge science fiction nerd and Games Workshop customer, this feels like rank betrayal. I expect this kind of legal bullying from big companies, but from a company that makes minifigs and other gaming accessories I expect better behavior.
He missed the chance to title this post with 'In the grim darkness of the far future...'
"Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be relearned."
As a huge science fiction nerd and Games Workshop customer, this feels like rank betrayal. I expect this kind of legal bullying from big companies, but from a company that makes minifigs and other gaming accessories I expect better behavior.
As a huge science fiction nerd and Games Workshop customer, this feels like rank betrayal. I expect this kind of legal bullying from big companies, but from a company that makes minifigs and other gaming accessories I expect better behavior.
GW has previous form, they issued a bunch of C&Ds recently to many websites. And they're a pretty big company. They're a PLC trading on London Stock Exchange. ( http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-marke... )
Perhaps making large shareholders aware of the PR damage the company is about to take is a viable path.