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Stay classy GW (re. GCN affiliation) - Simian - 26-07-2015 GCN update - “Hello everyone, we have a quick update for you all. Games Workshop have informed all of their managers to remove any and all GCN Club adverts from their stores and to not inform the clubs themselves. As we have found this out we have decided to keep you informed as to whats happening especially as we know there are some of our clubs who rely on the advertising Games Workshop have at times provided. If you have any questions let us know through here and we will do all we can to answer them” GCN credit the advertising space that GW gave them in stores and in White Dwarf for keeping some of their clubs alive. Presumably from GW’s point of view, they do not wish to expose their customers to non-GW games, and especially to be responsible for it by advertising the club. If this is true, then it's a bit of a crap move from GW RE: Stay classy GW - Gareth - 26-07-2015 Just to make people aware the statement is in the quotation marks, speculation as to why is not the part of the GCNs communication over this. Just in case anyone links the two together, and potentially causes the GCN any issues, as their FB comment later was positive towards their involvement with GW. I'm a little confused as to their reasoning as the stores have been trying to push people away towards clubs. This could be a shift in company policy, although with the praise they had over reaching out to the community with the AoS release, will probably be eroded with this. RE: Stay classy GW - Simian - 26-07-2015 It's an odd one, on one side GCN have put this up on their Facebook page but on the other they seem to be trying to distance themselves from it. RE: Stay classy GW - Gareth - 27-07-2015 They are just not trying to burn their bridges, in case this decision gets reversed. I have no idea what else the machine does for the GCN, but if they go about slagging them off, whatever else could get removed. RE: Stay classy GW - Stuart - 28-07-2015 From the GCN Facebook page yesterday: Quote:A Statement from the GCN President RE: Stay classy GW - Gareth - 12-08-2015 So having read through the latest GCN Facebook status, it would appear that the instruction to remove club adverts, is down to a failure on the GCN to ensure that member clubs are DBS checked. The GCN are looking into what is required with regards to DBS, but in the time being it would appear that GW acted in an entirely appropriate way, with regards to child protection. RE: Stay classy GW - Stuart - 21-09-2015 Announcement just posted: Quote:ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE CESSATION OF THE GAMING CLUB NETWORK AND GAMES WORKSHOPS AFFILIATION RE: Stay classy GW (re. GCN affiliation) - jjakaalbinoboy - 21-09-2015 That's that then. RE: Stay classy GW (re. GCN affiliation) - Etched Oracle - 22-09-2015 I can't decide if I'm just being biased against GW, but it seems like they created a situation they knew the GCN couldn't comply with, causing the affiliation to dissolve. But then that could be my bias showing. RE: Stay classy GW (re. GCN affiliation) - jaqenhgar - 23-09-2015 (22-09-2015, 12:23 PM)Etched Oracle Wrote: I can't decide if I'm just being biased against GW, but it seems like they created a situation they knew the GCN couldn't comply with, causing the affiliation to dissolve. But then that could be my bias showing. Yeah seems like it to me too, sure they have had some of their legal guys on this to find a way. |