tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post3440786263657660711..comments2024-02-16T18:32:38.635-05:00Comments on The Back 40K: Arranging Deck Chairs - The New GW Web StoreFarmpunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622091234212120598noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-65180825692467036252014-04-17T10:23:41.731-04:002014-04-17T10:23:41.731-04:00The FAQs are up now...on the Black Library website...The FAQs are up now...on the Black Library website,,,and some are missing,,,CaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-80530244467427084702014-04-13T05:47:57.449-04:002014-04-13T05:47:57.449-04:00However, you still receive the news emails, which ...However, you still receive the news emails, which means they've kept their mailing list and maybe not backed up any customer info. That's incredibly shoddy and could lead to Data Protection issues here in the UK. ISO time!jlmbarneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134747074844332811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-45645527713018745532014-04-12T18:03:24.678-04:002014-04-12T18:03:24.678-04:00There's no excuse for losing your customers...There's no excuse for losing your customers' account data. None. That should be backed-up off-site and easy for a competent IT team to transfer to a new system. Because only the database calls, and not the actual data, would change.<br /><br />What this says to me is that they've got amateurs in charge of their IT. Who probably had all their data on one server, and accidentally blew away the database as they shut down the old site and installed/copied over the new one to that box.<br /><br />Maybe they have/had a RAID in place for drive failure protection. But if the data isn't there anymore, then they weren't running off-site backups as they should have been.SandWyrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265244938930651317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-25294631432813959192014-04-12T17:57:20.141-04:002014-04-12T17:57:20.141-04:00Those are statements of voting rights with differe...Those are statements of voting rights with different dates. Two of them are Nomad Investments selling off their stock. So the notification lists the %thresholds crossed as 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%...<br /><br />The other is a new fund buying in and crossing the 5% mark.SandWyrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265244938930651317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-14073621577636138942014-04-12T17:41:24.527-04:002014-04-12T17:41:24.527-04:00I wouldn't really call it mobile oriented. On ...I wouldn't really call it mobile oriented. On my iPad you can only expand the category filters by tapping the little plus signs. Not the big-ass, easy to tap button. But the little teeny plus sign inside it. Requiring me to pinch-zoom WAY in to do so.<br /><br />I actually do know a guy at my church that used to work for GW's IT team. I'll run this by him for a comment. But my wife does server consultancy for a living, and routinely gets new servers/sites up with zero downtime in the switchover. 24 hours down and a crappy, bug-ridden template-site scream cost-cutting to me.<br /><br />But what can you expect from marketing pukes? They think their problem is image and perception instead of the shitty value their products offer compared to competitors. If they put half the energy into understanding their market that they put into increasing their margins, the business would turn right around. But they're currently incapable of perceiving the difference between a good product/site and a bad one. SandWyrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265244938930651317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-10943261598425068002014-04-10T19:54:57.942-04:002014-04-10T19:54:57.942-04:00Oh cool! 'lol' is correct though as it ill...Oh cool! 'lol' is correct though as it illustrates the lack of ease of use for the new site...Da Masta Cheefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941441877537371502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-77081040702177760212014-04-10T19:25:48.284-04:002014-04-10T19:25:48.284-04:00@Link
3++ is still probably the biggest mainly 40k...@Link<br />3++ is still probably the biggest mainly 40k site. Even BOLS has diversified. Big Red might have 50% GW. I think 3++ is possibly a higher percent 40K. I'm pretty sure they're most likely to have GW-positive articles.<br />There are still a few bastions of pro-GW out there. blogs of big tourney TO's are still positive.<br /><br />A few years ago a lot of bigger blogs started realizing that diversification was going to be necessary. Several of us knew something was happening with GW. Price increase after price hike, a new edition with some pretty strong money grab aspects, more price hikes. It's been a rough couple of years for GW games.<br />Necromunda and Blood Bowl are still good. (and cast aside by GW.)<br /><br />and I agree with you, not being able to find the FAQ's is kinda unsettling.Farmpunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622091234212120598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-38591269023821748072014-04-10T18:21:52.072-04:002014-04-10T18:21:52.072-04:00"if you wanna read pro-40K stuff, I advise yo..."if you wanna read pro-40K stuff, I advise you to go read 3++."<br /><br />Uuuuh, you really think that? That wasn't the vibe I got.<br />Most certainly not with the last articles.<br /><br />That aside, thanks for the article.<br />No FAQs makes me sad.<br />Link-Hero-1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09239440842941343687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-78852671882294929142014-04-10T16:38:55.900-04:002014-04-10T16:38:55.900-04:00Well, from a gift perspective, I don't think t...Well, from a gift perspective, I don't think the site is designed to educate said parent to the game. Roll the thinking back to how a person buys a gift for someone's hobby that they know little-to-nothing about. <br /><br />Some options for the gift are a) using Timmy's wishlist and b) sorting by price range based on what they wish to spend. (and hopefully at least a basic knowledge of what game and army he plays)<br /><br />While I agree it's not ideal customer-focused design, the above scenarios seem more likely than the un-40k clients actually learning about the game to make their choice.<br /><br />Absolutely agree that they shouldn't sort by price as default, but I do like the fact that the mult-build kits are separate item entries. "Timmy wrote down he wanted a Banehammer tank" gets you to the right model, whereas before you'd have to figure out that it's a sub-variant of another kit.<br /><br />The default page seems to have some sort of "featured product" mojo working, but that's not much better.<br /><br />The FAQ faux pa and lack of "getting started in " sections is just badly done.WineSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212299461727539955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-46180308560830842832014-04-10T16:22:47.095-04:002014-04-10T16:22:47.095-04:00I found it. lol http://www.games-workshop.com/en-U...I found it. lol http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Codex-Militarum-Tempestus I had to go to the Scions then they suggest it on the bottom of the page under the title we think you'd like.Grenn Dalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15232562388479188357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-22917141988846612132014-04-10T16:01:40.757-04:002014-04-10T16:01:40.757-04:00that is good. I just looked at it.
http://investor...that is good. I just looked at it.<br />http://investor.games-workshop.com/longaw-share-price/<br />they're so secretive, they've gone totally private with share prices....<br /><br />I also like how on the investor relations news page, they've got 1 story listed 3 times, and another twice, with 1 other story listed once as a downloadable PDF.<br />nice.Farmpunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622091234212120598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-24947593265990998582014-04-10T15:47:47.240-04:002014-04-10T15:47:47.240-04:00My favorite issue with the GW site is going to Inv...My favorite issue with the GW site is going to Investor relations and asking for the share price. It takes you to a page that says that the stock can't be found for one of 3 reasons: 1) Bankrupt, 2) When out of business 3) Was bought by someone. <br /><br />I found this to be a good chuckle. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835344558543123368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-18300610712251095332014-04-10T14:47:16.668-04:002014-04-10T14:47:16.668-04:00The user accounts are indeed gone. I had to recre...The user accounts are indeed gone. I had to recreate mine this morning. They also tell you as much when you got to sign in to the page "Please note: accounts from our previous webstore are no longer active."<br /><br />I did find it interesting to list things by product and not sku. When I went through to reset up my wish list for the wife's reference, i had to make sure I picked the primary product on the box so that if she went into our FLGS she could find it on the shelf. As someone pointed out this could make shopping for the non-gamer frustrating.Mad Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-71957714122210472752014-04-10T14:03:59.560-04:002014-04-10T14:03:59.560-04:00Hell, amazon doesn't even have it, is it not r...Hell, amazon doesn't even have it, is it not released yet? Regardless, I agree with the less than desirable navigational ease of the new site. Not that I ever shop on the site anyways...Da Masta Cheefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941441877537371502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-22104320072805776622014-04-10T14:00:19.470-04:002014-04-10T14:00:19.470-04:00But you know 40K and GW products. Try looking at ...But you know 40K and GW products. Try looking at it from the standpoint of a new customer. A parent buying little Timmy a birthday present or something like that. If you know your kid play's Imperial Gaurd and go to buy him something, the first thing you see is 9 models costing 140 bucks. If you know nothing about the Warhammers, how do go about finding what you need to play? What do you buy first? <br /><br />In most respects they improved the technical and visual aspects of the site. But the website it really the only advertising they have outside of White Dwarf. It needs to introduce a potential player to all aspects of the game and hobby. I think it fails in that regards. CaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-89346481121111522262014-04-10T13:53:46.758-04:002014-04-10T13:53:46.758-04:00"the gripes on the layout and navigation are ..."the gripes on the layout and navigation are a bit nitpicky"<br /><br />Nonsense. I tried to find the new, just released book for the scions 'tempestus militarum' or something like that this morning on the site. I gave up after 10 minutes of fruitless searching, not even the site filter could find it. The books only shown are the new codex & limited edition version of it, the tempestus book itself apparently no longer exists.<br /><br />Nice.Da Masta Cheefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941441877537371502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-48032226283761542022014-04-10T13:46:20.928-04:002014-04-10T13:46:20.928-04:00I quite like the site, it seems better at displayi...I quite like the site, it seems better at displaying the more obscure products more readily. I don't like the way the sidebar changes position as you deselect things and it compresses submenus but on the whole it seems faster and cleaner. It's obviously very mobile oriented and geared towards a touch interface but it's quite nice overall.<br /><br />I dunno about not being able to find things or it not selling you things. The collapsing menu system means you're presented with stuff of increasing relevance to you as you filter down the search. Putting apoc models at the top of the page is questionable but the core concept is sound and it might be an alphabetical thing.<br /><br />The rulebook I found very fast. You click "Warhammer 40,000", then "Warhammer 40,000 Books & Digital" then "Rules & Expansions". Is that hard or confusing? You can also type "40,000 rulebook" into the search menu. It would be nice if they told it that 40k = 40,000 and that it put the books from the language you set the site to on the top of the list, but it's not nearly as hard or as arcane to use as the old site.Koronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250234754318025124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-87614613615876687032014-04-10T13:25:04.434-04:002014-04-10T13:25:04.434-04:00Actually, Dakka's been harsher on the site tha...Actually, Dakka's been harsher on the site than I've beenCaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-26642887214999572682014-04-10T13:15:02.457-04:002014-04-10T13:15:02.457-04:00Thanks! That's why we've got dayjobs.
sho...Thanks! That's why we've got dayjobs.<br /><br />shotgun negativity is also partly why some of us don't even bother posting much. Somewhere, some people got the idea that only GW, and more specifically, PRO-GW stuff should be published here.<br /><br />if you wanna read pro-40K stuff, I advise you to go read 3++. Or stick to trolling Dakka.<br /><br />a Lot of us have stopped drinking the Kool-aid, and apply critical thinking to what we do.<br /><br />if we were all just sycophants, we'd still be in the Dark Ages. Without innovation. or in the 41's Millennia, the Drimdark Ages.Farmpunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622091234212120598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-20952307211454239502014-04-10T13:00:44.829-04:002014-04-10T13:00:44.829-04:00FYI, the mobile version of the site seems to have ...FYI, the mobile version of the site seems to have some issues on the most popular mobile operating system in the world:<br />https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OurhozF8VXw/U0a3B6BkZyI/AAAAAAAAtyQ/a52ugfxlBis/w487-h865-no/14+-+1<br /><br />Also... why does a website that you aren't logged into, have a timeout period that forces you to reload the website?<br />https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oGxJQDhWHtk/U0a75U5bydI/AAAAAAAAtzU/9nNM322TGw4/w566-h543-no/gwscreen.jpg<br />Defenestratushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072351174930861397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-60040115591489460292014-04-10T12:59:08.630-04:002014-04-10T12:59:08.630-04:00Thanks, I'll take that under advisement.Thanks, I'll take that under advisement.CaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-77034731543843735112014-04-10T12:57:30.758-04:002014-04-10T12:57:30.758-04:00I just want to add, that the gripes on the layout ...I just want to add, that the gripes on the layout and navigation are a bit nitpicky, the real problem is that they stripped away all the context.<br /><br />Why should you buy widget A over widget B. There is a little effort to link models with hobby items in the design, but it's all just one jumbled mass of widgets otherwise. Where do I start collecting a 40K army. What rule books do I need? What units make a valid army? What's it all about? The old website at least played lip service to helping you pick the thing you needed to at least attempt to sell the game.<br /><br />The website lets me buy things, but it's not trying to sell me anything other than what cost the most.CaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-66943668036539148242014-04-10T12:56:53.015-04:002014-04-10T12:56:53.015-04:00You're an idiot. Spend your time doing somethi...You're an idiot. Spend your time doing something useful.Terminus Esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216648052452417162noreply@blogger.com