Frothers Unite! UK

A Chaotic Humphrey wrote:But all it really is, is grown men who play with toy soldiers.
It's, literally, writing itself.

The saddest thing is I bet half of them don't even do that. Oschit and McLaddie must not have time to paint anything, never mind play.

Do you remember Soap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSaNWYHmUvI

Some people try to make a living selling toy soldiers and when competitors bad mouth their company through anonymous accounts which is in direct violation of TMPs rules, then it becomes much more than "Small people thinking they are living big lives".
Not having enough money to pay the bills because your products are constantly being undermined by a dishonest competitor is not trivial at all.

I don't think KM has ever done thsi to me, but I know he has done it to many 15mm sci-fi people and has no doubt damaged their income as a result.
No matter how you dress that up, it is not cool.

Heinz Good Aryan!

pete wrote:Do you remember Soap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSaNWYHmUvI

Based on the aroma at wargames shows? Most of us don't.

http://web.archive.org/web/201503180935 ... ?id=378230

It seems that Bill's members no longer regard anything he says as true anymore!
You did that to yourself Bill and you'll never get back their trust.

angelbarracks wrote:Some people try to make a living selling toy soldiers and when competitors bad mouth their company through anonymous accounts which is in direct violation of TMPs rules, then it becomes much more than "Small people thinking they are living big lives".
Not having enough money to pay the bills because your products are constantly being undermined by a dishonest competitor is not trivial at all.

I don't think KM has ever done thsi to me, but I know he has done it to many 15mm sci-fi people and has no doubt damaged their income as a result.
No matter how you dress that up, it is not cool.

The utter silence from Khurasan on his Facebook page on the topic is telling. In all honesty I cannot see this sort of puppetry having the slightest effect on anyone. His figures are nice, a puppet (especially one with such an unpleasant rep) going 'Ooh those are nice' is hardly going to bring his competitors to their knees, though I understand it must be aggravating to them.

Pat

Don't remember Old Glory getting banned when Sixthlancer got caught sockpuppeting...

http://web.archive.org/web/201503181000 ... ?id=101403

No doubt double standards based on advertising revenue and perceived backlash came into play back then

Storm in a tea cup.

KM isn't the first and wont be the last.

Sane Max wrote: His figures are nice, a puppet (especially one with such an unpleasant rep) going 'Ooh those are nice' is hardly going to bring his competitors to their knees, though I understand it must be aggravating to them.

Pat

I think the problem is that he slagged off their stuff and was quite aggressive in his pursuit of some of his competitors.
Just praising his own stuff I suspect would not have bothered them...