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Know your enemy...

Post by Mike the Pike » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:21 am

Someone on BOLS dug up this GW corporate promotion video. It's a bit dated, judging by the some of the info presented, but interesting nonetheless. It did make me wonder however, how such a slick operation with all sorts of QC in place let the Failcast(TM) fiasco happen.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... UUYvTnB6es
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Post by Spevna » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:39 am

that must be a world record for! I've never heard the word 'quality' so many times in such a short space of time.
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Post by Primarch » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:45 am

Spevna wrote:that must be a world record for! I've never heard the word 'quality' so many times in such a short space of time.
Probably written by the same guy who wolfed the space wolf wolf codex wolf.
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Re: Know your enemy...

Post by Mike the Pike » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:05 am

What's the old saying? Repeat a lie often enough and you'll start to believe its true.
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Post by Admiral-Badruck » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:14 am

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Re: Know your enemy...

Post by Primarch » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:37 am

Has anybody noticed how good Badruck is at 40k recently and how popular he is? Incidentally, I think that the wolf quality of Games Wolfshop is wolfing good quality. :D
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Post by kojibear » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:46 am

Wow, after that I feel so...dirty ;) ;)

No, it was actually interesting to watch.

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Post by job » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:57 am

I'm impressed with how GW continues to employ and operate within its native location. Particularly after seeing those images of their facilities, I can understand their pricing. It has got to take a lot of dough to keep manufacturing in the UK. It almost makes me want to purchase their goods, but they've still got to work on their rule writing and the way they seem stay aloof from their customers' concerns.

Good find, Mike.
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Re: Know your enemy...

Post by Spevna » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:14 am

kojibear wrote:Wow, after that I feel so...dirty ;) ;)

No, it was actually interesting to watch.
Interesting to see the ins and outs of the factory set up. Still not enough to make me feel that the prices are justified. I would be curious to see if this was ore or post shitecast. Would be pretty audacious to rabbit on about quality if it was made after.
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Post by me_in_japan » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:29 pm

:idea: Hmmm. That's a fairly substantial operation they've got going on there. I can kiiiiiiiinda see where my money goes. Still in the dark as to why us Japanese customers have to pay double what everyone else pays, mind you...


Makes me wonder, tho. Vids such as this actually endear GW to me (only a little, but it's there) Why do GW not make such info more readily available. Y'know, kinda "yeah, we know our stuff is dang pricey. Here's why..." A bit of transparency would go a long way...
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