Ah, Games Workshop, those magnificent overlords of plastic crack and lore so dense it could collapse into a black hole 🕳️. In a move that can only be described as either genius or utterly incompetent (we’re leaning towards the latter), they decided to nuke their own website during the limited edition Horus Heresy book drop. Why? To stop the dreaded S C A L P E R S 👹, of course! Because nothing says “we value our customers” like denying everyone access to your products.
For the uninitiated (bless your innocent souls 🙏), the Horus Heresy is basically the Space Marine version of a family feud, but with more bolters and betrayal. It’s the 10,000-year-old backstory that everyone pretends to care about while secretly just wanting to paint tiny soldiers. And this book, “Siege of Terra: Era of Ruin,” is apparently the MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER 👑 in the Warhammer 40K universe. So important, in fact, that Games Workshop decided to make it a limited edition, because artificial scarcity is totally not a predatory marketing tactic 🤑.
So, GW, in their infinite wisdom, set the stage for a digital bloodbath 🛁. They promised a “fair distribution” system, which, in GW terms, probably means “may the fastest bots win 🤖.” But surprise, surprise, the queue system malfunctioned, leaving hordes of desperate fans stuck in digital purgatory 👻. And then, BAM 💥! The website vanished. It’s like they Thanos-snapped their own online store out of existence.
The official explanation? Scalpers were being naughty 😈, so Games Workshop decided to take their ball and go home 🏠. “We’re just absolutely determined that real fans get it,” they declared on Facebook, as if that justifies the digital chaos they unleashed. All erroneous orders are being purged, because nothing says “customer satisfaction” like deleting your customers’ orders 😂. Meanwhile, Wizards of the Coast is probably watching this whole debacle unfold and thinking, “Phew, glad we’re not the only ones who can’t handle online queues 😅.”
So, what’s the solution? Sign up for an email list and wait for Games Workshop to grace you with another chance to spend your hard-earned cash 💰. Don’t worry, the limited edition book hasn’t sold out yet. It’s just… delayed. Because nothing builds hype like frustrating your entire fanbase 🤪.
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