Glory to The First Man to Die!

I remember losing my first battle. And I learned a lot. I had a string of victories against my more rookie friends who had started out with me. And I had lost before, but that was with borrowed armies, armies I didn't much like. But when I got my own army, everything I'd studied for, everything I'd worked for, I was unbeatable. Then came along, the Space Marines. I had never fought Space Marines. I had no idea their armor was 3+s. I had no idea how crippling to my entire army that was. I didn't have a single weapon that could pierce that kind of armor. I could devastate 4+s with my autocannon spam. But there was just nothing I could do. And when my guardsmen charged, with their WS 4, and their I 4, for the first time ever, I was fighting on even ground.

I was crippled by the damn 3+ armor, and their average men, being far better than anything I could bring to the table. So from that day onward, I more than anything else, pack armor piercing weapons. It's not uncommon for me to field upwards of 25 ap3 or lower weapons.

Now needless to say, that's a little overkill, but I just hate fighting space marines. To the point where no matter who I'm fighting, I will fight dirty if they are space marines. Nicest guy in the world, FUCK YOU. Because I just have this gut hatred of space marines. 3+ saves are too good. Just sayin, a guardsmen with a lasgun has less than a 5% chance of killing a space marine. less then a five percent chance. whereas a space marine, has an almost 50% chance of killing a guardsmen. And the points difference, says that three guardsmen with lasguns should be able to kill a space marine. Nope.

Ok so I'm not usually this anti space marine, I have worked myself up into a rant, but still, the point is, my first loss had an impact on me as a player.