I actually loved the 5th edition blood angels codex, the Sanguinor is awesome, also the fact that he turned the Necrons into a fully fleshed out race of dr evil like characters was amazing and inspired me to collect about 15,000 pts of super evil space baddies. Also Kaldor Draigo carving a name into Mortarians heart was sick!! Thankyou Matt for making my hobby a far richer place:)
@nathanbuxton3271Ай бұрын
It was very interesting thank you for the video. Thank you also to Matt for all of his contributions to our hobby.
@ShintyBoy6 күн бұрын
Absolutely mental people would send this guy hate. Thanks to him and all those who are putting in effort to make our hobby so vibrant.
@eBuddy89Ай бұрын
Perhaps add time stamps regarding your questions for such a long video?
@WGRevivalАй бұрын
"You can't stop people being wrong" - words to live by. Matt's Frostgrave novels are tremendous, by the way. Well worth a look if fantasy's your cup of tea.
@WGRevivalАй бұрын
Excellent interview. Thanks both!
@someirishguy1662Ай бұрын
I feel quite bad about how Matt was treated, its nice to see him doing well, he does things for Frostgrave now that are cool!
@tommys_hobbiesАй бұрын
Agreed. His Frostgrave novels are excellent.
@noheartfourteeneightyeightАй бұрын
matt should have been fired on his butt out of this hobby/industry, lol
@johnfarscapeАй бұрын
100% agree, its nice to see him doing something else and staying away from GW 😂
@David-li4uwАй бұрын
I don’t feel bad at all. I’m glad he’s doing well. I’m even more glad he’s away from 40K.
@johnfarscapeАй бұрын
@@David-li4uw lol, 100% agree
@christopherbroga4700Ай бұрын
great interview thanks so much. I appreciate very much all the years of work that this man gave to our hobby.
@fatarchonАй бұрын
Fascinating interview! I think "hating" Matt Ward was a mostly a meme & luckily one that has mostly died off by now. This was a great interview though & def gave me a different perspective on him, seems like someone who genuinely loved WH
@platexproductionsАй бұрын
@@fatarchon no, he was toxic to quality lore writing during his tenure. He gave us the named Ultramarine companies and the “new” Necrons cringe. Nothing positive to be found.
@fatarchonАй бұрын
@@platexproductions Everyone is always welcome to their own pov so I won't knock you for having a different opinion! I will say, considering how much lore/rules/codices he was responsible for it's easy to cherry pick specific things we hated but don't forget all the *good* things he was responsible for too. Prolly way more than we know even up to this day! There were def. things I disagree with that he did, but I could say that for every single thing GW has ever done
@CornishMooseАй бұрын
@@platexproductions Did you watch the video? As discussed in it, Matt Ward was a) part of a team and b) under instruction from people higher up in the company. He didn't make these changes off his own back, he was just the writer they got to make the actual books.
@Alessus95Ай бұрын
Definitely wasn't a meme with the group of people I played with at the time, but it mostly was regarding the balance of the codex rather than lore as all of the Matt Ward codices trampled all over the ones that came before, which considering my group was a bunch of competitive tournament players made many hate them because of the imbalance they brought to the game table.
@platexproductionsАй бұрын
@@CornishMoose yes, but I actually lived through it, seeing him own the creative decisions he made at the time, from naming all the Ultramarines Captains, to his characterisation of the new Necrons. It wasn't ordained from above, it was all HIS work and creative writing. And it was awful.
@alexandergoldnatznworeptil9652Ай бұрын
Banner of the world dragon: 2+ ward save against magical attacks for bearers unit (unit of dragon princes could equip) Meanwhile deamons: 👹
@farnball1Ай бұрын
Mat, despite whatever disagreements you might have with his efforts, didn't and doesn't deserve all the focused hate! We acted extremely toxic as a community towards his person and I truly hope he's in a much better spot in his life right now.
@robert8984Ай бұрын
Its not ok when the (harsh) critic about his 40k work crosses the line and attacks the person behind that work. However his 40k writing is ... terrible. Plain and simple terrible. He seems to be a perfectly nice person and also writes popular things outside of the 40k Universe, but i can not stretch it enough: His 40k writing is reaaaaally bad. Insultingly bad.
@justwannabehappy6735Ай бұрын
@@robert8984 compared to the isekai 40k has become, his writing was okay.
@farnball1Ай бұрын
@@robert8984 was it only his fault or everything should have been peer reviewed withing the GW ecosystem before release? Everybody makes mistakes, if you as a company allow for it, then that's on you, not on the employee. My very personal opinion on things like that.
@johnfarscapeАй бұрын
I think GW was partially to blame for letting him continue to infuriate the fan base, there was a running joke that he must have had some dirt on the bosses to have kept his job as long as he did 😂
@David-li4uwАй бұрын
He was terrible. That doesn’t make him a bad person. It’s not “toxic” to call it out either though. There has been lots of projecting things people never said.
@Ingethel-Ай бұрын
I can't say I ever 'hated' the guy but....... Grey Knights slaughtering Sisters of Battle for their holy blood, Papa G being seen as the spiritual liege of all other chapters and the infamous Chaos Demons army book for WHFB was bound to draw a lot of negative attention from a well established fan base.
@IVIaskeradeАй бұрын
Plus, I think his books were the start of codex creep, where when the GK came out they were just so much better than most other armies in a way we hadn't really seen before.
@mehblarg5011Ай бұрын
Wasn't he the infamous CS Goto pen name, yeah he can't write shit.
@Culexus101Ай бұрын
@@IVIaskerade Sort of. The last few codexes of 4th ed 40k were an attempt to make much more restrained and balanced army lists than what had gone before but with 5th ed GW changed direction and upped the average power levels back to something closer to early 4th. Matt wrote about half of 5th eds dexes and they were all solid books that could produce at least one competitive list. Grey Knights and Necrons weren't that bad as they lacked easy access at AP1 melta weapons and since 5th was a mech heavy format that stopped them really dominating. Matt was really good at writing codexes that looked busted on the surface but which turned out to just be really solid in practice. There's a solid case that Guard and Space Wolves were the two best dexes of 5th and he didn't even write them.
@prestonpowell9222Ай бұрын
@@Hax268 I guess I just find it stupid the best force to combat demons really needs some holy blood to get up to par. Someone's clearly never heard the term 'grimderp' but if you like what Ward wrote, that speaks for itself.
@SirBrasstionАй бұрын
@@prestonpowell9222 There is a science to the subjective nature of the warp and chaos undivided. The gods and daemons have no more control over their nature than we do the physics of realspace. Innocent souls are sacrificed daily to maintain the Astronomican so it wouldn't surprise me if the sacrifice of zealous souls and the smearing of their blood empowers the individual(s) responsible. It was terrible writing for an idea with potential.
@alexc8209Ай бұрын
This is a great interview thankyou. I started off thinking that Matthew reminded me of Dr. Robert Chevalier from Gentlemen Broncos BUT by the end of the video I liked him and I could relate to or appreciate pretty much everything he said. I think GW makes big decisions that I dont agree with but its the GW leadership who should get the flak, not the guy in the middle. Anyway it was a great interview so thankyou.
@alexfenner2579Ай бұрын
Really loved the elf books for WFB. Thanks for writing those Matt it was great how joined up they were!
@giannilee79Ай бұрын
Nice interview. Ward created some great supplements and War of the ring is a great ruleset with many nice ideas. And he seems such a nice and educated man. Never understood how someone can "hate" him.
@oldman1111Ай бұрын
War of the Ring is my favorite system.
@justwannabehappy6735Ай бұрын
I'd say the hate came from two of his works in the 5th edition of 40k : Codex Blood Angels and Codex Grey Knights. Back then, some of their rules made them extremely difficult to face on the tabletop. So much that the Grey Knights were almost an auto-win army. Also, remember, back then nerf FAQ and new Codex were not something that happened frequently. Some armies (like chaos space marines) still had a codex from the 4th edition. As such, they were extremely disadvantaged when facing these two armies.
@GrafWattenburgАй бұрын
Some of the rules he wrote ruined the balance of the entire game. This was before things were FAQ'd, and it sucked to have to either houserule things or have a dysfunctional game for your models you'd spent a lot of time and money on
@krissteel4074Ай бұрын
I think on the main subjects that doesn't get touched on very often is age and experience when it comes to a skill set, for about 15 years I used to do writing for technical and operations manuals. Extremely interesting stuff (no it isn't) which if I'm being perfectly honest, the stuff I wrote 24 years ago just isn't as good as the stuff I wrote 10 years ago and would be much worse than what it would be now if I picked up a keyboard in anger. The real problem that everyone hates to hear though is that you're really only as good as the company you're writing for. If that company doesn't have the depth of experience, documentation, accountability and even in some cases, integrity- then you are quite shit out of luck trying to make that happen on your watch because its a very big job. So you do the best you can, with what you have and hope that at the end of the time you have to do it, it doesn't suck Sometimes it sucks a bit, but lets face it, no one very got a dose of ionizing radiation, got dipped in fuel or ate 10,000V on the job of playing war games so its ok if it sucks a little bit. No one died, some people got a bit sad but it probably didn't lead to any long term harm and life moves on. That's sort of the advantage of being an old grump, when I got into GW products in the early 90's and it sucked a bit back then, it kind of sucked in the 2000's a little bit, it sucked in the 2010's and there;s some suck going into the 2020's. But its not all bad! That's the thing, its till got some good bits in it even if you don't like it and there's really nothing stopping you from gathering friends and living in a period which you enjoyed a product. I really like Star Wars and Star Trek, they're complete garbage and terrible now, go back 30 years though and its pretty good. That's just how life goes sometimes. Its going to change, maybe not for the better but you tough it out and just keep going or in the case of a hobby, you can walk away at any time that suits you, no one gets upset about it
@EntmootVideosАй бұрын
You’re absolutely right, I should very much have asked the question “what would have done differently” it’s kind of a key question and I’m kicking myself I didn’t think to ask it!
@matthewward5319Ай бұрын
@@EntmootVideos Well, as I stopped by … let’s answer it. What would I do differently as far as rules writing? (As that feels like the focus of this thread.) Honestly, I’d make fewer compromises. I spent *a lot* of time trying to avoid creating edge-case FAQs for things that really didn’t matter (and almost invariably still created FAQs anyway, because ). You *can* write something to cover all those cases, but it’s seldom worth it and you often damage the core of what you’re doing along the way, whether that’s in terms of clarity, balance or points values. These days I also have a better idea of when I’m being stubborn and when I’m being right. It makes it a lot easier to fight for what’s important and save your strength for it. Hugely important when your feedback can arrive from a dizzying array of sources, not all of whom have taken the time to work out if *they’re* stubborn or right. Being an author teaches you that: trust yourself, but check that you’re right to do so.
@draketheduelist5 күн бұрын
For all the hate thrown at Matt Ward, I don't think it's the _rules_ that were the most controversial thing he did. 5th edition Necrons were massively broken because they were arguably the first major codex designed with aircraft in mind. Codex Marines and Blood Angels were serviceable, even if their Razorbacks were a little too cheap. Even Grey Knights' most broken aspects, stunningly low points cost notwithstanding, revolved around external problems (Razorbacks, 5th edition's busted wound allocation, death stars, Eternal Warrior, psychic power mitigation...). Maybe if Tyranids didn't suck anus crack (which was mostly the Space Wolves' fault... which was mostly Jaws of the World Wolf's fault) and Dark Eldar could actually handle Transport spam, the _power_ of Ward's books wouldn't have been much of a problem. It was largely Matt Ward's fluff that earned him his reputation. The Blood Angel / Necron fist bump. The Sanguinor. The "spiritual liege" line. The Grey Knights coating their armor in the blood of a Sisters of Battle convent. Kaldor Draigo. And pretty much the entire Necron reboot, one of the wildest and most mystique-eradicating retcons in all of 40k that _I_ still hate to this day. And if this wound up being editorially mandated, he can assign blame as he sees fit, but I'm still calling those choices dumb.
@cmxpiiplАй бұрын
I could never hate him for he co-wrote my all time favourite army book. 6th Wood Elves, which was miles above the backstep they took in 8th ed.
@Jimmyjazz1414Ай бұрын
6th wood elves armybook was so broken gameplaywise that people didn't wanna play them out of respect/pity/fear of reaction of the opponent His 8th edition dark elf army book made my DE so cringy (and OP i may add) i stopped using them
@TrulyLoathsomeАй бұрын
Matt Ward the bad man. (I jest, of course). Honestly a lot of his writing was a breath of fresh air. At least his books were fun! He was severely underappreciated. Keep being you everyone and do what you love!
@colummccrudden101Ай бұрын
I dont think we hated him as such, i think people just liked to jump on the Ultramarine hate wagon. In retrospect, he was probably just very good at making us fight Ultramarines and hating them instead.
@skywalkersindar7463Ай бұрын
I'm very happy that we got War of the Ring and would love to see a second edition with more playtesting
@Middle-earth_In_Mercia_PodcastАй бұрын
The thing about the Matt Ward hyper negativity is you never actually meet anyone in real life who feels that strongly. Seems like a really interesting fellow fan! @entmoot Videos Really do have to say, this and the other interviews you've done with former GW creatives, for us are 10/10 here in Mercia. Honestly think they are some of the best content made in the hobby sphere. That first one with Rick was part of the the inspiration to get on and create our podcast. Look forward to the next one!
@EntmootVideosАй бұрын
Thank you so much, you’re too kind to say! I’m running out of people relevant, who aren’t currently GW and will talk to me… but there are still names in the pipeline! H
@alihannicholls31Ай бұрын
Love all of these interviews, Harry. They’re so interesting. As a youngster I think lots of this goes over your head, but it’s fascinating to hear the inner workings from those working on MESBG at the time (and other Warhammer games). Thanks for the content!
@Timmie17Ай бұрын
Awesome interview Harry. Looking forward to meeting you this weekend in Belfast! Hope you don't mind me approaching you
@EntmootVideosАй бұрын
Thank you!! Absolutely not! Please say hello!
@joshua9490Ай бұрын
Seems like a nice guy. I doubt he was solely responsible for all the controversies. Afterall, he's doing a job and creating to a brief. I doubt he ever got free reign on any project. But his heart certainly seems in the right place.
@MadMax-el2elАй бұрын
Having been on the receiving end of Matt's flights of fancy i can say. I don't hate him, just his writing. the power creep and escalating imbalances of a game suffering from inconsistencies, was unpleasant. In fact it is why i went from hiatus status due to school, to outright quitting 40k originally. Mistakes were made i came back for 8th quit before 9th. but i need to thank Matt, due to his BS codices obliterating anything remotely looking like game balance. Combined with GWs ridiculously secretive and slow release schedule and inability to balance the damn books. It gave me the opportunity to grow beyond the artificial boarders of GW. Find better games from game compies that actually give a sh t about their games not just the models. Don't get me wrong i will still meme the hell out of his writing, but i don't hate Matt. How could i? I have never met him, i have only been standing across the table from his BS writing. Going wtf.just happened, oh right you won because book says so. Go go ultra smurffs, yah. Oh F off he wrote Grey knights as well? Joy.
@fboylan16Ай бұрын
Agreed
@johnfarscapeАй бұрын
Same, the Wardinator was the best thing for every other games company, I discovered Bolt action, flames of war, Warmachine, Malifaux, none of which would probably have happened if he hadn't of made it impossible for me to contine to play my Ultramarines without people wanting to spit in my face.
@foreshame7370Ай бұрын
2nd edition is still the best edition😊
@TehstampedeАй бұрын
I did not think he sounded like that lol Honestly I liked the Space Marine codex he wrote initially. I enjoyed the previous one by Graham McNeil more because it had more flavor, but I played Dark Angels and enjoyed using the Ward dex with Cato as my HQ for army-wide Ld10. Matt probably did get a raw deal but it was mostly a meme among other 1d4chan nerds like myself; I think the wider 40k fandom either had no opinion or liked the stuff he put out. The Khornate Knights fluff thing was beyond stupid though, to be fair.
@BlauJen887Ай бұрын
Good interview. "How you interact with fantasy worlds is upto you......" change fantasy worlds for ideas, religion, politics etc. as needed and you have good life advice from Mr Ward. The point of ideas, is surely they are only ideas and your are making them up in your head. "I learnt to take the bits I like" ... sound advice indeed, from a writer of storries about crusading space facists.
@jmaccsarmiesofArdaАй бұрын
Incredible interview absolutly love that
@LordDiabetusIIIАй бұрын
I still think the 6th edition Necron Codex was goated for what it's worth, even if it was a slap in the face for the lore that was established beforehand. People seem to forget that we got Zanndrekh, Obyron, Anrakyr and especially Orikan and Trazyn (!) all because of him and that Codex.
@angelicdespot2735Ай бұрын
I was sad WotR wasn't more successful. I thought it was a really good game. Unfortunately the army lists tended towards forces which overused the elements that should have been very rare. But I think the rules served thematic armies very well.
@mikeking6143Ай бұрын
Great interview!
@MiniatureRealmsАй бұрын
Great job with this Harry, thoroughly enjoyed it.
@Darksky1001ableАй бұрын
I still never want him touching 40k ever again.
@CaptainWwowWАй бұрын
Lol same
@johnfarscapeАй бұрын
100% agree
@foreshame7370Ай бұрын
Show us, on the ultramarine, where he touched you...
@David-li4uwАй бұрын
💯
@marcelfranich5042Ай бұрын
Or anything Warhammer fantasy…. you 40k guys are no special orphans 🙄😂
@dietrichmcgoogilygoo9606Ай бұрын
Great interview! I was hoping someone would talk to Mat about his time at GW. War of the ring and the supplements for sbg he was in charge of defined my early gaming experiences. Interesting if not totally satisfying answer to the legions of middle earth profiles too!
@patinho5589Ай бұрын
Our liege! He did say that all space marines follow the ultramarine model and regard Guilleman as their liege! (From what I understand)…. And people didn’t want their chapters following Guilleman!
@maxmallas6753Ай бұрын
Shadow and flame is still an absolute banger. No sbg supplement will top it
@walt_manАй бұрын
Mr.Ward does not look like what I expected from all the internet hoopla and in-person displeasure for his Codex/Lore writings. Personally, seems like a good bloke but I absolutely did not care for his contributions to the "Andy Chambers Grim Dark 40k" version of Warhammer 40,000. Just bad lore, at times written like bullet points. This is the firs time I'm learning about the end times contributions, as if this poor lad wasn't disliked before. lol! Is this a case of Battletech writers being given a short amount of time to advanced to the Dark Age? Any 40k players that can suggest something Mr.Ward added that's "pretty darn good?". Updated: Trazyn the Infinite, there's that.
@fboylan16Ай бұрын
I don't hate him as a person. I do blame his poor writing and lack of understanding of game balance for ruining my hobby for several years.
@mlpsh6995Ай бұрын
I loved deep striking Land Raiders.
@banhammer7243Ай бұрын
I never understood the hate towards Matt Ward, it's not as if he could have written any thing he did at GW and it not being passed as OK by the GW higher up.
@MariusGageАй бұрын
Matts books were great. Everything people hate for the space marine codex was lifted from 2nd ed
@patrikjohansson59398 күн бұрын
Grey Knights codex. Your argument is invalid.
@leesweeney8879Ай бұрын
He wrote stuff about stuff he knew nothing about.
@ay2deet578Ай бұрын
Our spiritual liege
@johnfarscapeАй бұрын
He was the best thing to happen to other games companies, driving people away from 40k, and towards Warmachine and other systems, I went over to bolt action and flames of war and Mantic. he continually destroyed game balance due to what seemed to be a complete lack of understanding of game mechanics and interaction, he made a mockery of the points system, he made it impossible to play Ultramarines without feeling ashamed and dirty, and people just making excuses not to have to play them, I had an army from 2nd edition, and ended up selling them as I couldn't stand to look at them anymore. when he wasn't messing up the rules, he was making awful lore, I had grey knights since the metal rogue trader ones were relesed, and he made me hate them. I spend years trying to figure out what was wrong with him, some people thought it was due to him not having any direct contact or interactions with people, and just spent too much time with his cats, but eventually I decided he must have secretly hated GW and did as much damage as he could to their company on purpose, I was playing through the ward era, and I can say that every single person I was playing with, and everyone I knew from the gaming community strongly disliked, or even hated everything he done. He didn't just pick on space marines, though. I remember him even managing to even make Craftworld Iyanden disliked. I even remember people cutting their hair so they didn't have a similar haircut to him. For people that wasn't there when he was involved with GW, the best way of describing it, was imagine the Female Custodes Gaslighting reaction, but having a persons name attatched to it, and having that person repeatedly doing it, to lore and the armies you love, again and again and again. . . It was only this year that I finally managed to let my harted of the Ultramarines fade enough to start a new army of them again. Listening to ward still not understanding that Ultramarines were never the template chapter, still annoys me, although I think he might have hit the nail on the head when he said it was because" thats how they were explained to him" . . . Maybe if he had bothered to read earlier codex and lore, rather than just accepting someone elses innacurate descriptions, he might have had a chance of producing something the fanbase would have enjoyed. I think ultimately though, the fault lies with Games Workshop for not checking more thoroughly what he was doing, and for not getting at least a few actual fans to read over his work, and advise him more, I remember a lot of people saying that his rules wrighting was proof that GW had stopped play testing with experienced gamers. There are too many examples of times he upset people, but there are a load of what was ward thinking Facebook groups you can join to view the details. Watching this interview, he even seems unaware that a large number of people actually love still playing 2nd edition and even rogue trader, so finger nowhere near the pulse as usual 😂
@justwannabehappy6735Ай бұрын
His codex for Necrons was good. I had no problem with that.
@EntmootVideosАй бұрын
Me too! I never had much of an objection to anything he did to be honest. Power creep existed (and continues) without him so to blame him for everything is silly.
@justwannabehappy6735Ай бұрын
@@EntmootVideos honestly, the power creep of today makes his codices seem reasonable. My only real problem was with the force Halberds of the GK.
@bat33.12Ай бұрын
@@EntmootVideos Exhibit one: 5th Ed. Grey Knights with Grey Knights anointing themselves with the blood of Sisters of battle? Which then led ADB to rage quit his Grey Knight trilogy after having to rewrite the whole first book after the codex dropped with completely retconned background and leaving only Emperors Gift as a stand alone novel.
@Culexus101Ай бұрын
@@bat33.12 That incident with the Sisters was like one event in a history that spanned thousands of years plus the Grey Knights aren't good guys. The best argument that can be made against it is that the only effect it had on the Grey Knights was psychological and it was therefore just another example of how irrational the forces of the Imperium are. If ADB rage quit a planned GK trilogy because of the Sisters thing then he's an idiot and if he rage quit because he didn't like the new fluff in general then I don't think it's fair to blame Matt exclusively for that because it's doubtful he had total creative freedom when writing any of his codexes.
@terraneauxАй бұрын
@@EntmootVideos I much preferred the pre-5e Lovecraftian Necrons. I'm not everybody, though.
@SirBrasstionАй бұрын
Much of the ridiculous stuff he wrote makes sense with thought and context. It was just horribly dumbed down to sell the new and cool thing to idiot readers. And I put that on the people who told him what to write. Examples: Every codex compliant chapter has Guilliman as their spiritual liege because he wrote their art of war. Had GW emphasised the inner conflict over this fact and it would've been fine. Necrons and Blood Angels being too honourable to continue fighting and tag-teaming Tyranids only makes sense when you accept the retcon to Necron lore and explain the uneasy truce which was upheld because of other urgent priorities. Grey Knights butchering Sisters makes sense with how power from sacrifice works. But then, asking anyone who writes for GW to understand chaos and the warp is too much.
@TheSmell-m9wАй бұрын
Wonder if the current rules writer will watch this and learn a thing or two. "a sense of responsibility".
@Tulkash01Ай бұрын
I hope not. The man tells a tale, but his wolhole modus operandi was the opposite. Ward overhyped whatever he was assigned to both in rules and in lore. I love how he never mentions demons for WHFB for example. As for the end times… check those books. It’s not just a matter of Merrett and Co wanting to end WHFB (although that absolutely was the case) it’s the QUALITY of the work he did. Contrived plots and out of character elements written for the cheapest shock value imaginable. It’s not that Tullaris of Har Ganeth gets no real spotlight, it is that Tyrion, Teclis, Alith Anar, Malekith, Morathi and so on are all out of character and developments are frankly idiotic AND disrespectful to the previous characterization. In this interview Ward talks quite a bit about the need to respect the legacy of previous authors… I wonder what the likes of Bill King think of what he did with their creations and how “respectful” he was towards them.
@justwannabehappy6735Ай бұрын
@@Tulkash01he clearly speaks from learned experience. Plus, let's be honest, GW wanted the End Times on a rushed schedule to end WHFB.
@jmaccsarmiesofArdaАй бұрын
Probs just fart out more dragon emps and masters of battle
@magunra3kАй бұрын
the hate towards Matt is as much a fiction as the stuff he writes, he is a GW legend , someone should interview Paul Sawyer AKA Fat bloke and find out why he went from editor of white dwarf to answering phones in trade sales.
@nrakethАй бұрын
And this is why they no longer credit individual writers too, supposedly.
@EntmootVideosАй бұрын
Keep watching, he reveals that’s not the case
@ktg8030Ай бұрын
Prob has more to do with losing talent, since writers can use that material on their resumes.
@jiveturky3000Ай бұрын
YUCK
@terraneauxАй бұрын
Ward's fluff was fine, the codex creep was out of control. Dunno if that was an edict from on high though.
@noheartfourteeneightyeightАй бұрын
he ruined the hobby for years, then the rest of the hobby caught up with him and the whole lot is rotten to the core now,
@platexproductionsАй бұрын
He ruined Necrons. The OG Necron 3rd Ed codex was incredible, so much better than the modern codexes - then he made it a meme. Their lore is so less interesting now they have named characters that speak, they’re like everything else.
@Culexus101Ай бұрын
I liked the idea that the C'tan were divided into an unknown number of shards but that's about the only thing I liked. They could've kept the C'tan as the rulers whilst giving the Lords some personality. Not the goofy personalities they gave them though...
@platexproductionsАй бұрын
@@Culexus101 Necrons to me should be like Dark Crusade. Hordes of personality-less mechanical alien husks with murderous intent for anything living. It never needed to be more than that.
@Culexus101Ай бұрын
@platexproductions they basically sold their souls for a way to beat the Old Ones. They won, and now their only purpose is to harvest the living to feed the insatiable appetites of the C'tan. I could see the Lords finding purpose in the building of Empires, but it's all in service to the Star Gods.
@drunkenork5373Ай бұрын
You can't ever accuse Matt Ward of coming out with a bland codex. Bland codexes are far worse than OP codexes. People wait years for these things to come out and its entireley soul destroying to get a bland weak ass codex.
@lordy6666Ай бұрын
Brilliant lore writer, awful awful rules writer and should avoid rules and balance creation at all costs.
@Jimmyjazz1414Ай бұрын
>Brilliant lore writer Tell me you are American without telling me
@lordy6666Ай бұрын
@@Jimmyjazz1414 How dare you! I'm British beef.
@Jimmyjazz1414Ай бұрын
@@lordy6666 and you find him a brilliant lore writer? Alas, how low have the once great fallen
@lordy6666Ай бұрын
@@Jimmyjazz1414 I do! I'm one of the few that enjoyed large portions of the end times though. And yet I absolutely despise AoS lore/background, weird uh? Don't worry though I've not forgotten how Mr War ruined an entire edition of Warhammer (7th ed) with just 3 horrific armies books. Matt wasn't alone in the shocking rules writing though it must be said, I think the problem may have had something to do with the fact that none of the book designers were actually competitive players. GW did a good job employing from within the community with AoS, the likes of Ben Johnson were great additions. Having said that AoS balance has been fairly poor when releasing new books, I imagine that is the intention though to sell models before fixing them in the updates that they now produce. CA does the same thing with DLC for Warhammer Total War, all the new DLC are usually overpowered until sales wear off and then they get balanced.
@wesleyejacksonАй бұрын
Seems most hated Matt due to some flavour text in Codexes he authored. Flavour text!Commercially commissioned prose designed to sell toy soldiers. People need to get a fucking grip.
@Jimmyjazz1414Ай бұрын
If only that was remotely true
@jasonpaulson9116Ай бұрын
Nahh. I hate Robin Cruddace more.
@TobydigitalАй бұрын
I don't understand why people have to have their mic sensitivity so high that you hear every spit-swapping gurgle between every word, it's f****** annoying.