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[โ€“] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay THAT'S pretty insidious. I didn't know they were doing actual copyright trolling. No, your opinion is pretty accurate. That's what that strategy is called

[โ€“] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's why these days they've been trying to push more specialised names for units.

Marines became Intercessors, Eldar (actually from LOTR) became Aeldari, Imperial Guard became Astra Militarum, etc.