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daboarder
11-06-2013, 06:59 PM
I just wanted to start this thread as a nod to one of the best things in GW in a long time, and actual company spokesman that seems willing to interact with the fan base giving us a look inside why GW does what it does along with snippets and interaction concerning what is coming out form them soon.

whether eddie is a name, a job or a title his existence is breathing new life into the hobby for me merely with enthusiasm and actual feedback form GW.

Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer
11-06-2013, 09:47 PM
whether eddie is a name, a job or a title his existence is breathing new life into the hobby for me merely with enthusiasm and actual feedback form gw.Eddie is but one, but we are all Eddie

daboarder
11-06-2013, 09:53 PM
Eddie is but one, but we are all Eddie

Praise be the Eddie?

interrogator_chaplain
11-06-2013, 09:55 PM
It would be amazing if fan appreciation for GW was renewed and that Eddie was the bridge that made it possible. We might need to be careful, this could put a lot of pressure on Eddie's shoulders. Either way, Eddie! You're doing a bang up job mate!

Mr Mystery
11-07-2013, 12:54 AM
Who is this Eddie??

Eddie Catflap? Eddie Monsoon? Edward Elizabeth Hitler/Ndingomboba?

Enquiring minds want to know!!!

Gotthammer
11-07-2013, 01:28 AM
http://imagecache6.allposters.com//LRG//%5C12%5C1288%5C9BFO000Z.jpg

That's my guess.

daboarder
11-07-2013, 01:30 AM
The first rule about Eddie is you dont talk about Eddie.

Mr Mystery
11-07-2013, 01:53 AM
Well you just did!

Perhaps it's Eddie out of Eddie and the Hot Rods,Doing anything he wants to do.

Or even Eddie Reader.

Deadlift
11-07-2013, 02:15 AM
Yep, Eddie is indeed a breath of fresh air. Somebody from GW who actually takes the time to listen, and take on board suggestions and ideas. I hope GW central take note of how well he is being received by the fans. They could learn something from him.

Psychosplodge
11-07-2013, 02:45 AM
http://imagecache6.allposters.com//LRG//%5C12%5C1288%5C9BFO000Z.jpg

That's my guess.

beat me to it.

Brakkart
11-07-2013, 02:56 AM
His name is Eddie Eccles and if you want to know a bit more about him, you can read Aaron Dembski-Bowden's blog (and you should anyway cos it's awesome) as he's one of the participants in the Tale of Five Heretics series of blog entries (other include John French and Alan Bligh). Have a read here:

Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Blog (http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/a-tale-of-five-heretics/)

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 03:09 AM
http://imagecache6.allposters.com//LRG//%5C12%5C1288%5C9BFO000Z.jpg

That's my guess.

If you ever get the opportunity to drink that beer, take my advice, don't./

daboarder
11-07-2013, 03:17 AM
Who is this Eddie??

Eddie Catflap? Eddie Monsoon? Edward Elizabeth Hitler/Ndingomboba?

Enquiring minds want to know!!!

Well we never talk about the other rules, because of the first rule, which means no one knows what the rule is for dealing with people that don't follow the first rule....

Psychosplodge
11-07-2013, 03:31 AM
http://i44.tinypic.com/2vlqtdg.png

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 04:07 AM
The first law of thermodynamics was so obvious they forgot to write it down, it is now the zeroth law...

eldargal
11-07-2013, 04:19 AM
This 'Eddie' is someone from GW who interacts with the fanbase? Chap needs to be knighted on the New Years Honours list. Also going to start running a book on how long it takes before he cracks and tries to destroy the earth by dropping nuclear warheads down volcanoes.

Mr Mystery
11-07-2013, 04:31 AM
I'm going to run a book on how long until Whineseer and Dakka declare him the new Mat Ward, because nothing is ever good enough when you're a serial whiner with a grossly inflated sense of entitlement!

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 04:34 AM
"He" certainly needs to have thick skin.

daboarder
11-07-2013, 04:42 AM
while I get the point you do realise that you guys are whining too right?

lets keep this one relatively on track and not make the inevitable (and mostly accurate;)) snarky comments about the fanbase, please.

personally I'm taking him completely at face value as someone who as chosen to occasionally provide incite into the thought process. And hopefully we wont have to put up with people taking it a step further and attacking that thought process.

eldargal
11-07-2013, 04:43 AM
I'm not, I'm subtly using humour to express my contempt for a certain element of the fanbase.:p

Psychosplodge
11-07-2013, 04:43 AM
Is this with management blessing? And where can we find him doing this talking?

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 04:47 AM
I'm not, I'm subtly using humour to express my contempt for a certain element of the fanbase.:p

The Boron ones?

daboarder
11-07-2013, 04:48 AM
it must be, he's been doing it since before sisters dropped.

its on the black library face book page I believe.

note however that the interaction is very much him responding only to what he feels like (why GW does pre-orders for digital products) and what he would be expected to know about given his position in BL, (ie: he knows about the inquisition codex and provides tidbits, but isn't likely provide info on anything about tyranids)

its eddie whose been giving us a lot of the early art from the digital codexes.


The Boron ones?

Pretty sure she meant the radicals, they react with everything.

Haighus
11-07-2013, 04:52 AM
He's on the Games Workshop: Digital Editions facebook page. Not exactly BL, sort of its own, new branch. As far as I can tell, they almost seem to get free reign over what product they decide to release next (digital only that is, codices and the like are guaranteed) so anything digital only seems to be on their call. That my be incorrect, but is the gist I'm getting from some of the things Eddie (and Sarah, everyone is ignoring Sarah ;) ) has said.

daboarder
11-07-2013, 04:53 AM
poor sarah

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 04:59 AM
Pretty sure she meant the radicals, they react with everything.
Hopefully, we can transition them

daboarder
11-07-2013, 05:00 AM
Hopefully, we can transition them

Nah, I think they're too complex for that.

Psychosplodge
11-07-2013, 05:06 AM
Well most of them will be scared of her...

daboarder
11-07-2013, 05:08 AM
awwww psycho did you miss the joke?

Psychosplodge
11-07-2013, 05:14 AM
No I was typing and all that appeared in between haighus and my post :( (work interrupted I know right?)

Maybe her chemistry with the fandom is lacking

daboarder
11-07-2013, 05:20 AM
well at least you helped iron out the problem

eldargal
11-07-2013, 05:22 AM
*thinks back to secondary school science classes in desperate attempt to contribute*

Cadmium!

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 05:22 AM
Nah, I think they're too complex for that.

We all need a Nobel cause.

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 05:23 AM
*thinks back to secondary school science classes in desperate attempt to contribute*

Cadmium!

[condesending]Yes dear, well done! *pats head carefully* [/condesening]

daboarder
11-07-2013, 05:26 AM
she is smart, but she's obviously no Einsteinium.

Mr Mystery
11-07-2013, 05:33 AM
I imagine you need an iron will to put up with the hysterical GW 'fans' that seem to infest the intertubes.

daboarder
11-07-2013, 05:34 AM
If only there was some way to curie them

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 05:35 AM
Or just nag them until they Argon

Mr Mystery
11-07-2013, 05:36 AM
Yeah. I got nothing.

eldargal
11-07-2013, 05:38 AM
Yeah. I got nothing.

Unobtainium!

Gotthammer
11-07-2013, 05:38 AM
Feed them Beryllium, Gold and Titanium - not only that, if they eat enough they'll look beautiful too.

daboarder
11-07-2013, 05:40 AM
I wouldn't worry about them, they're usually just a bunch of Cu Nano Tubes. (think about that one)

Wolfshade
11-07-2013, 05:41 AM
What you need to do is europium altogether and barium deep.

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?36661-Periodic-Puns-Quiz

Mr Mystery
11-07-2013, 05:54 AM
Unobtainium!

Is made up and well you know it young lady.

euansmith
11-07-2013, 10:27 AM
I hope GW central take note of how well he is being received by the fans. They could learn something from him.

"We have detected a breach in the zone of ignorance!"

"It comes... from WITHIN?! Find this wretch and take him for re-eduction by Ramsay Snow!"

Houghten
11-07-2013, 12:24 PM
Also going to start running a book on how long it takes before he cracks and tries to destroy the earth by dropping nuclear warheads down volcanoes.

That's a sucker bet if I ever saw one... Doctor Frankenfurter will kill and cook him long before that happens.