i was in a competition their were greenies EVERYWHERE MY POOR SALAMANDERS they fought so hard but they were overwhelmed V_V orks suck. now you know who hurt me. QUINTILLIUS GOREBAG GIVE ME BACK MY GREEEN SPACE MARINE BOYS.
The fact they waited until the Overlord of that tomb world woke up is hilarious given it makes them somehow so polite. "Hold it boyz! 'ez sleepin'! Letz wait till 'e wakez up, den we krump 'im!"
@@saber2802there was this one group of humies that were ork slaves den dey were not. But deyz waz orkiest of humies who helped build an ork titan on some planet the necrons were on.
their was a book where a Khorne Demon was summoned into a Demon Engine while Orks were invading a Mechanicus planet. The demon ignored it's mission to fight the Orks for a few interesting reasons. Ork power doesn't come from the Warp which annoys it, they worship their own gods and don't even consider Chaos which made it angry, and finally their Waagh Energy creates an annoying buzzing in his head. Orks are literally demon magnets and not in the typical psyker kind of way. Meanwhile the Orks saw a giant robot dragon and said "I'm gonna smash that into the dirt!"
@@Broomer52 actually I'm pretty sure that orks DO draw power from the warp, but unlike most other species they do it directly. They don't need a patron god to give it to them, they just siphon it directly from the warp and don't give any worship to the 4 chaos gods. I think it's because the krorks were designed to siphon energy from the immaterium at a time when there were no gods in it.
You got one thing wrong: Orks are somewhat aware of human hierarchy, but not in the way we think. They do think that humies are all the same size so it's problematic, but they have noticed that they sometime use regalia to know who is in charge; more medals or bigger hat = boss. They also noticed while watching commissars that it is traditional for humans to shoot their allies until they agree to their boss decisions, which they can understand.
Imagine how EXTREMELY disappointed the orks would be if they ever reached the God-Emperor. They come in expecting an awesome fight with a giant humie, and the git's already krumped.
By the logic of Ork magic. If the ork believes something hard enough. Then it becomes so. So if the orks warghhhhhhhhed to Tera there would be a hundred foot god emperor humie waiting for them.
@@coronelkittycannonimagine how shocked the humiez would be, at one moment you're just worshipping the god emperor, then the next orks land on your doorstep and your god rises from his grave and grows 100 feet.
@@robertyoung3825wasn’t there something about Ork’s belief in the power of the Emperor that helped him stay alive? Or was that just someone’s headcanon?
I adore the idea of a love-hate relationship between an Astartes and an Ork in a battle. Space Marine: *DISGUSTING GREENSKIN! DIE! IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR I CLEANSE YOUR FILTH FROM THE GALAXY!* OrkBoy: YEAH DAZ MA GUD MAET ROIT DERE. WE BE GETTIN IN DA GUD FOIGHTS ALLDA TOYM. YU DE ONLY 'UMIES DAT KNOW HOWTA FOIGHT ROIGHT PROPPAH, INNIT?
And because they've never seen him all this respect comes from giant statues and other pieces of art they've seen. That's one of my favourites points on this video.
orcs causing nid infestations not just for the fight but to troll humans on those planets is something I didn't expect as a newcomer to this franchise.
Even though Orkz love fighting, it's in their DNA to need to fight, Looting is a close 2nd. But if they find something that provides other endless entertainment, they'll do that too if it doesn't get in the way of fighting and looting. So it makes perfect sense that they will do something just because it's funny.
from what i hear the only way to be safe is if they know you will not even put up any fight, from what i hear sometimes they will avoid entire civilian settlements and such for this very reason
Indeed. That is reflected in the Ork language: the word "Grod" means both your nemesis and your best friend. Orks see no difference between the two, so they don't really hate in our sense, they are just excited for a good fight
I mean it is rude. Why beat a dude who is tied and cant even punch you back? Thats not a good fighting etiquitte. A fight must be enjoyable for both side. And preventing your partner from having fun is a dishonorable shitmove.
I think they'd enjoy a good coliseum bit of torture - weird and entirely lopsided pit fights and the like. Prison fights. Etc. And that can definitely be torture. ... But a dark room with a tied up "client" and pliers ain't their style. That just kind of annoyingly screamy and unsportsmanlike. Even perhaps sad if an Orc can feel "sad" - and definitely boring.
Reminds me of a conversation a couple of Orks have in Da Big Dakka when they're invading Commorragh _(it's a long story)._ The Warboss of the whole shebang touches base with his most trusted Painboy _(which says a lot in Ork society, honestly - the Dok literally stitched his head onto a bigger and stronger body when he got mortally wounded although there was every impression that said boss' rival was going to take over the WAAAGH! they were on because he thought his patient would bring them to better fights)_ and the latter got a look at the Drukhari's Maximum Fun dungeons and said that the people running the show here seriously needed their heads examined. Let me condense that a wee bit. An ORK thought that the people they were invading were utterly insane. Although from context I admit it was more due to said Ork being weirded out by the Deldar being so into the concept of hurting someone who can't hurt them back.
I love the Ork Warboss from the Farsight books who's whole motivation for fighting the Tau is that he got really annoyed by his boys saying the Tau have the best dakka, and became determined to beat them at their own game to prove that the orks are best.
I remember reading a 40k lore summary/interpretation/speculation once (years and years and years ago) that said something to the effect that Orks are so pure - as an entire race - that they are completely immune to the corrupting influence of the warp. Essentially, there is nothing Chaos can corrupt as they are of such a singular purpose as to nearly be the perfect species. The author further posited that they were created long, long ago as a sort of neutralizing or balancing agent throughout the universe; hence, their near-infallible adaptability to any environment, technology, or situation. I have no idea if any of that is still accurate with the modern lore revamps, but that's kind of beautiful in a cosmic kind of way when you think about it.
As far as I understand (not a WH lore expert) the second part, at least, is accurate - they're essentially a sentient weapon originally created against Necrons in the current lore.
I forget the quote but it was from an eldar historian talking about how orks have the galaxy figured out and understand that if fighting is inevitable you might as well enjoy it and are wiser than eldar and humans in that respect It was not well received
I find it funny bc it is said that the death korps were too grim and depressed, devoid of any strong reaction to death and too stoic to give up that the Orks straight up went and left bc it stopped being fun fighting them
imagine the kicking after telling them those same Scrawnies kicked their asses so hard that they were nothing but manageable pests for 65 million years. Your would go from paste between the floorboards to a hand-made singularity.
I love hearing the various factions talk about each other! One of my favs is that one Eldar philosopher who said that orks thrive where others aren't cuz the other factions ask questions that orks don't care about lmao
I'm gonna butcher this quote. "The Orks crude as we think them to be have transcended such concerns. What is the purpose of life? What comes after death? Humans fear what comes after. We know what comes after. The Orks do not care, because for them, the great questions are already answered. They are profound, yet we dismiss them as simple."
There are plenty, mostly people who feel they jump the shark a bit. Lawrence (Spider) from Tabletop Tactics is an example. I kind of agree, especially with the more recent 'ork tech works cos they believe it does' nonsense. I found older Ork lore far more interesting - where the Old Ones had encoded certain technical knowledge in their genes and large enough accumulations of Orks led to that encoded knowledge being expressed. I don't mind that old concept of Orks, I hate the newer one, so I just head-cannon them.
@@samhunter1205 that old lore is still there. Theirs a reason why all Orks know what a guns truck or ship looks like. They have a genetic knowledge about what tech looks like but they don't have deep engineering knowledge. The Imagination Power fills in the gaps in their knowledge. that way they can start building war machines the moment they wake up
Suggestion for your next video: "what do the tyranids think of the other factions?", and just separate them into the categories of "FOOD" and "NOT FOOD, YUCK".
@@andrewjensen7413 They have an anti-Chaos hive fleet because Warp shenanigans keep stealing perfectly good biomass from their fridge (that is, the galaxy), and they don't appreciate that one bit. Still motivated all but purely by snacks though.
Necrons waking up left right and centre slaughtering everything in their wake, Tyrannids encircling the galaxy from all directions looking to feed, Imperium torn asunder decaying like a rotting corpse, Eldar and Dark Eldar fighting off Slaanesh' grasp and fighting against going extinct, Tau barely realising just how big the galaxy is and that they are a drop in the ocean, Chaos fighting over who is in control and tearing shit up in the process...........It's not a fun galaxy to be in, it's very brutal. Then there are the Orkz, having the absolute time of their life.
To be fair to Orky intelligence, orks are extremely numerous but have an incredibly high mortality rate. The overwhelming majority of orks you encounter are going to be only a few months to a few years old. If you put a baby's brain into an adult man's body, you see how well they perform. It's not just that orks' brains grow as they get older, but they are also acquiring more experience and tricks. Arguably more of their genetic memory is unlocked too.
My interpretation was that their genetic knowledge is unlocked by the mood around them and from certain triggers. Like the build up of Waaagh will start to make them build gargants and roks.
@@SusCalvin I always thought of it more like the more orks there are the higher chance there are of odd boyz being spawned. So meks and doks and stuff like that, which are like 1/1000 or 1/10,000 sort of deal. But if you have 1 million orks, then you have a few hundred meks, and all those meks combined are able to build a gargant. This would also explain why there are feral orks, their population is kept so small they never advance past that stage.
@@keegobricks9734 That too, more orks on a planet mean a larger industrial base. It's weird and funky exactly when stuff clicks. Orks don't seem able to teach eachother, it's intuitive. Sometimes feral orks haven't grasped the concept of war across the stars. And think the most intense fight is with local megafauna or the Dutchess' bombers.
I swear I actually didn’t realise how strong the orks were, as a Necron collector, I genuinely was like “Eh a couple lychguards could take a squad of da boys” lol
The one thing that Orks do better than any other faction: they bring fun to the actual tabletop. Ork players are the most chill, fun loving players around. Anyone willing to play such a crazy hit or miss aka it's all up to the dice gods army is never going to get salty after a lost match. And he won't rub salt into your wounds after a landslide win either. => Ork players are simply the best boys at any table.
It’s hard to take things so seriously when half the time your weapons might kill you instead of the opponent, and your “tech” only works because you think it should. They are a blast to play. There were times in 3rd ed where I literally rolled 60 dice and scored 4 wounds.
Awww, dude. As an older brother of 25+ year Warhammer lover (my bro bought all the games, we both loved the whole thing. I introduced him to it via Space Marine / Heroes Quest ) Can I just say- you get it. I hope to play a game this chrstmas of Bloodbowl. And when my Goblin Star Player with the Chainsaw inevitably harms himself with a bad dice roll, I will think of you and wish you all the best with a big smile :)
Quite funny that Orks have a harder time figuring out how Necron tech works than Tau tech given the fact that they have absolutly no idea how any of this works and they just imagine it to work.
For a very simple reason: Tau tech looks more like they expect it to. Who knows what that mysterious tinhead stuff is supposed to do. The ork tech is based on appearance.
I mean People STILL sometimes have difficulty explaining what exactly happens when a Gauss Flayer hits someone, it makes sense that a mekboy has a bit of trouble makin it more killy
@@Aetheraev Fishie gun may be flimsy lookin and go pew instead of dakka, but fishie gun looks like gun and shoots good like gun should. Simple as. No notes. Now tinnie stick? Could be gun. Could be part to a machine. Could be leg. Never know, and that's no fun. Even if it's gun? Never know what kind of gun till it shoots. Now that just ain't proper.
I've been an Eldar fan since the moment I learned about 40k, but the shit the Orks say about them in Dawn of War is hilarious: "Eldars? We can send half the boyz home!"
@@Spartan135 no it js an ancient incident that happened if am not mistaken 7 times documented in relics of a past time i was in said time i can barely rember but i have been ressucitated to drive those big machines and sell weed
I love how Ork think about Tyranids the most (Always give good a fight but kinna annoy later on). And as for Space Marine also very interesting to know that Orks give them so much respect than I thought. Nice video btw
I mean there’s a pretty funny theory that the only reason the emperor is still “alive” is that the orks believe he is immortal and therefore he literally can’t die.
It was either the fifth or sixth edition codex for forces of chaos said that khorne attempted to battle Gork and Mork, but they ignored him because they thought he was so weak.
@@dinkilagemorgoon7774 it was in the Orks codex as a myth (and if they worked together they said they could take him)....They have never meet in any kind of event or non Ork story
Might still be true. There's probably just as many Orks out there as there's people whose emotions power the Chaos Gods in the immaterium. Gork and Mork together are likely just as powerful as the big four combined, and therefore would overpower any single one of them quite easily if they weren't so busy beating the snot out of each other.
@@darthplagueis13 Gork and Mork are not close to the four combined. They are beings who exist when the Orks think about them. The Chaos gods exist with or without humans. The weakest may have been created by the mass death of a species but doesn't need them to still exist. They make plans and fight in the story and talk and gift their follows. Gork and Mork have never done anything. They are like the greater good "thing". A myth given form by a large group of orks. (They have changed the lore and I believe Slannesh now existed before Eldar deaths just got godhood from it)
Orks are the best because no matter what ridiculous scenario you imagine, the Ork answer is: "Yus" Orks trapped on a planet with no-way out, and so one half dress themselves as Imperial Guardsmen and start waging war against themselves just to have something to do? "For tha Empruh!" Orks flying headlong into a sun because someone convinced them that only the Orkiest of Orks could fight a sun? "Absoolottaly!" Orks settle a random planet and become peaceful farmers because they believe the greatest battle is fighting nature itself and the challenge of terraforming/settling a world so it's liveable for their foes and invites future conflict. "OI, DOS POTATOES AIN'T GUNNA DIG DEMSELVES! GIT TO WORK!"
I think the second one really did happen. And the first is possible, but knowing Orks, they would smash broken ships together and it would work for them.
I can imagine the ork dressed as a comissar trying to act like one to a mob of confused grots) "Oi gatherd ye around me, ye lil grots, cuz ya were shoutin "Fur da Meperah!" too quietly, weren't green enaugh, and yer cowards! I sentense ye all to krumpin'! COME HERE YE LITTLE...."
Imagine: some Ork lives long enough to remember the War in Heaven like a backup memory from their design as krorks, and remembering how great the fighting was the orks decide to wake up every single tomb workd again just so they can finish the fight.
I’m sort of a new fan to this world and lore and must say , your videos have been so helpful with finding my feet with it. Thanks for all the effort you put in dude, well earned sub
Man, this video is both interesting and entertaining. The way you depict ork thinking made the video very funny, but also i depart with a greater understanding of the green man. It explains a lot why most ork klans just nick stuff from "da humies" to convert into their own equipment and vehicles. Da humie loot iz da best loot! PROPER DAKA! I love it XD
You know what would scare orks? Ghosts. You can't punch them, or shoot them, they just float around being annoying. And if you die, you become one, and can't fight anymore. (Assuming ghosts cannot fight each other.) They would drive themselves mad.
You'd have to convince them of all that ahead of time. Otherwise, they'd just stomp them anyway. Their pshycic power would make their weapons work on the ghostsnif they think it'll work.
I would *LOVE* a W40k game where you play as orks and a big focus is looting stuff and crafting gear and vehicles are based on what you looted from. Tyranids? Power klaws made from claws and fangs. Imperial guard? Leman Russ loooted tanks and lots of scap for kans and armor. Tau? Plasma stuff.
For real tho, an Ork MMO/ looter shooter would be insane. Not only would you choose who you go after but you would also pick your clan (bad moons- +15% teef renewal rate, evil suns - 15% faster movement) but also your profession. You would be an orky boy for a while, then get to pick whether or not you wanted to be a Nob, Mek, Painboy, or Speed freek.
@@KincaidCalder-vn6bo That sounds amazing! It’s a shame I don’t know how to develop games because I would definitely use that idea. Edit: Also to add to your idea, the more you level up your Ork the bigger he gets. I think that would be a great idea.
I'd say Humies are their top enemy, as it was Humies that gave them Yarrick who is THE proper Enemy. The loot they can get from them is a plus as they can make it a fun game to see how the Humies deal with whatever the Mek Boyz come up with and loot whatever new thing they made after a scrap
10:00 I actually remember from a battle report in White Dwarf where the Black Templars, on the hunt for Ghazghkull, got the wrong intel and attacked the base of Andy Chambers' ork army instead. It's WD258 and I have it next to me. What's relevant here is the narrative introduction before the battle. I'll try to only keep the important bits, so I apologize if it's a bit longwinded, but a quick summary of the situation is that there are two boyz, Gaszbak and Blatrog, in a communications tower at a fighta bommer airfield when Gaszbak gets worried that the equipment is broken. *"Oi! Blatrog! Wake up and get over here! Dis one's givin' out dots all over da place!"* *His hugely muscled companion shifted his considerable bulk, the seat screeching under the strain as he swivelled to face the flickering displays. He ambled over to the instrument covered desks, one long claw picking the remains from his latest meal from between his teeth. For a second he stared at the flickering dots as they crawled across the glowing face of the main dial. Gaszbak looked up nervously at the brute's thoughtful scowl, points of light traversing the jagged landscape of his face.* *Suddenly, Blatrog smashed the ball of his bony fist into the side of the machine bank with such force that Gaszbak nearly fell out of his chair. Leaning forward, the larger ork scrutinised the dial for a long moment before turning to face Gaszbak. The readings were still there, and the old ork's face was split into a hideous grin.* *"Gaszbak, it's working alright. We're under attack! Sound da alarms!"* Of course, ork warbands differ so greatly from each other that (even when they're from the same klan) each separate warband might as well be its own unique culture with its own unique customs and rules, so there aren't many things that are true for all of them, but at least in this case, it's not that orks don't have alarms, but rather that to them it's a good thing.
This might just be my favourite 40k lore video that I've ever watched since I jumped head first into this fandom a few months ago. Orcs seem like a hoot. Love it.
It's kinda ironic that the Orks were *literally* made to fight the Necrons but, in modern day, they barely pay them any mind because they're kinda boring.
The Orks are the first thing I learned about 40k, and it’s probably the only thing I’ve ever remembered about 40k. It was the first thing my father told me about 40k, it’s probably the best thing about 40k, and I like it a lot. It’s the thing I wish was in a lot of grimmer RPG’s; something to help you not take things as seriously.
"The Orks are the pinnacle of creation. For them, the great struggle is won. They have evolved a society which knows no stress or angst. Who are we to judge them? We Eldar who have failed, or the Humans, on the road to ruin in their turn? And why? Because we sought answers to questions that an Ork wouldn't even bother to ask! We see a culture that is strong and despise it as crude." - From Culture vs. Kultur: Thoughts on Orkish Society by Uthan the Perverse, a controversial Eldar philosopher
"Ork can smash a young humie in tha head, an get a handfull o teeth, but leave tha humie to grow biga and now you got a propa fight and more teeth." Some ork probaly...
@@darkdawnbringer theirs an Ork that got a head injury that grants him savant levels of philosophical insight for a few short minutes at random and then he goes back to normal not even understanding the words that came out of his mouth. He mused on the fanatical futility of the human struggle in this cold unfeeling universe they have all found themselves. As well as commenting on the rejection of their own humanity the Mechanicus all have and how it will ultimately be their own undoing as a human cannot separate themselves from their own nature regardless of how much surgery they commit on themselves, and that rejection leaves them even more vulnerable as they fight themselves as well as the enemies of man.
There's a channel 'Noman' that has a series of Orks discussing human philosophy like "Orks Discuss Diogenes" has done others, I find them to be quite fun. Check them out
Alright, ‘ere we go. Gather ‘round, boyz, ‘cause ol’ Gorksmasha’s got somethin’ big ta tell ya. Dis ‘ere’s a tale ‘bout da meanin’ o’ life an’ why all dem humie societies always end up krumpin’ themselves. Listen good, ‘cause dis ‘ere’s da real truth, da Orky truth. See, da meanin’ o’ life, it ain’t about dem fancy words an’ thinkin’ too much. It’s simple, like a good choppa. Life’s about fightin’, winnin’, an’ gettin’ more dakka. We Orks got it right. We know life’s a big ol’ scrap, an’ da strongest comes out on top. Dat’s what Gork an’ Mork teach us, innit? Fight hard, fight smart, an’ keep fightin’ till ya can’t fight no more. Dat’s da Orky way. But den ya got all dem humies, Eldar, an’ other weedy gits. Dey all think too much, always askin’ questions, always pokin’ at stuff wot shouldn’t be poked at. Dey wanna know everythin’, like “What’s out dere in da stars?” or “Why do we exist?” or “What’s da point o’ all dis?” Pah! What’s da point? Da point’s in da end of me choppa, dat’s what! Humies, dey got dis thing called curiosity. It’s like a squig wot keeps bitin’ at dere brains, makin’ ‘em wanna find out more an’ more. But da more dey find out, da more dey realize how much dey don’t know. It drives ‘em mad, makes ‘em do all sorts o’ stupid fings. Like makin’ big machines dey can’t control, or muckin’ about with stuff dat’s best left alone, like warp magic an’ all dat. Take da humies, fer example. Dey got all dere big cities an’ tech, tinkin’ dey’re so clever. But da more dey build, da more problems dey make. Dey keep pushin’ an’ pushin’, wantin’ more power, more knowledge. An’ den, wham! Somethin’ goes wrong. Dere machines go bonkers, dere cities fall apart, an’ dere whole society goes up in smoke. Seen it happen a million times. It’s like dey can’t help it. Dey’re too curious fer dere own good. An’ don’t get me started on da Eldar. Dey thought dey were so clever, too. Dey wanted to know all da secrets o’ da universe. But dere curiosity led ‘em straight to Slaanesh, an’ look wot happened to dem. Now dey’re a dyin’ race, clingin’ to dere craftworlds, always runnin’ from da past dey created. All because dey couldn’t leave well enough alone. An’ why’s dat happen, ya might ask? It’s ‘cause all dese gits are ignorant. Dey don’t know da real truth, da Orky truth. Dey fink dey can control everythin’, dat dey can understand everythin’. But da universe is too big, too wild. It’s like a big squiggly beast wot can’t be tamed. Dey try to cage it, but it always breaks free, an’ when it does, it’s a right proper mess. See, we Orks, we don’t fall fer dat trap. We know da universe is mad an’ wild, an’ we love it fer dat. We don’t try to change it, we just live in it, fight in it, an’ enjoy da ride. We’re curious, sure, but in a different way. We wanna know how to make a bigger boom, how to build a faster trukk, how to smash our enemies better. Dat’s good curiosity. Dat’s useful curiosity. But dese humies an’ Eldar, dey’re always lookin’ fer somethin’ deeper, somethin’ more meanin’ful. Dey don’t realize dere ain’t nothin’ more meanin’ful than a good scrap. Dey’re ignorant of da simple truths. Dey think too much, and in da end, it’s dat thinkin’ wot kills ‘em. Every society, every empire, every big civilization, dey all fall in da end. It’s da way of fings. Dey get too big fer dere boots, too curious, an’ too ignorant. Dey can’t handle da truth dat life’s just a big fight, an’ in da end, it’s da strongest, da smartest, an’ da most cunning wot survive. So, boyz, remember dis: don’t be like dem humies an’ Eldar. Don’t get caught up in all dat thinkin’ an’ questionin’. Keep fightin’, keep winnin’, an’ enjoy da ride. Dat’s da meanin’ o’ life. Dat’s da Orky way. An’ as long as we remember dat, we’ll keep goin’, no matter wot. WAAAGH!!!
ROFL "They changed the helmet to an ork face straining on the latrine... so we kept the name Beakies." It never occurred to me before that the non beak helm is PERFECT for catching a bullet in that venitlator and channeling it right through your brain stem :D
You talked about the Orks hating the Eldar, but you missed out a few things that you can actually appreciate. For a start, the red ones go faster. PROPER orky. Also unlike Fishbois and Humies they aren't afraid to get stuck in and get choppy! And of course, you used a picture of a Striking Scorpion (or possibly a SS themed Autarch) to represent them. Scorpions are the MOST orky of all Squishies. First off, they're green, which is the best colour. Also, they are dead choppy, like REALLY choppy. In fact, they are so choppy that even their DAKKA is choppy! And lest we forget they even have dakka ON THEIR FACE! That they use while they get choppy! And if anyone can appreciate that then it'd definitely be an Ork!
I just like to point out that orks do change tactics if they live long enough. For example in the waaagh of dakka orks started using more dakka and less chopas against the tau or with the demon killa and his increased use of weirdboys to find and fight demons.
I love that the Old Ones set out to creat the perfect standing army that has endless reserves and no fear, but ended up creating the happiest, most Zen species in the galaxy.
I've been dipping my toe into Warhammer lore recently, just like everybody else, and im happy to say, this video is the first one to give me any kind of overview of the Scrawnies.
I never thought about this before but as both Eldar and Orcs are created as weapons against the Necrons by the old ones they should also, at least, be subconsciously driven to support or ignore each other while being drawn to the Necrons as their arch- apex- and natural-enemies.
They were never given any sort of programmed imperative like that. Orkz were essentially a bio warfare weapon intended to fire and forget, then self-replicate and long term harass enemies. They were never intended to develop much of a "culture" or anything, and they werent just used against one type of enemy I suspect. It wouldn't do if your bioweapon decided to up and leave its target because of subliminal programming that made it prefer another target. Instead they just like to fight...... anything. Literally anything. The old ones would probably be shocked that either orks or eldar are still alive all these millions of years later. Their creations outlived them by a fuckin lot.
I think it’s because the old ones didn’t directly create Orks, they created the Krorks who eventually devolved into them. My theory is that during this devolution the Orks lost a good chunk of their original genetic code
I feel like most of the Ork/Custodes interaction would be around the War of the Beast, as opposed to in the current setting post edict of restraint. And I'd expect da boyz to not really like the goldies because they don't talk much, like the tinnies.
Who would have thoughr. That the orks and head placing would be real reason for the space Marines huge shoulder armor. The boys usually have to swing up to behead a Beaky and that shoulder armor deflects the shot. Who knew
Orks are the greatest thing in all of fiction. My favorite is the tale of Tuska Daemon-Killa, who found true happiness on a daemon-world of Khorne. Brings a tear to my eye every time. A tear of joy.
As a new fan of 40k your videos have been a VERY useful. The orcs from the jump intrigued me but now that I know more I have a newer found appreciation for them. Thank bro keep it up!
my favourite lore bit was orks collecting different space marine chapter helmets, not just as a brag about how many different foes they've killed, but because it looks more colourful on their boss poles. The higher the rank, the harder the fight (and the fancier the helmet)
Do you think Orks aren’t as excited about fighting Aeldari because of a genetic remnant put there by The Old Ones to recognize friend/foe during The War in Heaven?
It could be and I like the idea, but I doubt it. Everything about the way the Aeldari behave is due to their society, which is post War in Heaven. They hit and run because they are a dying race. They're scared of death because of Slannesh. They are focussed and joyless when fighting as a way to control their psyche and prevent a second Fall. These are all things that the Orks dislike and all of them are the result of the Fall, which was a long time after the War in Heaven. The only thing that (probably) stayed the same is their technology. It's also worth considering that the Orks were almost a different species back them. Information is difficult to find, but from what I've read they were superior to modern Orks in every way, and modern Orks can get intelligent enough to understand concepts such as negotiating, alliances and fighting alongside allies without killing them. In older lore, Blood Axes and Freebootaz regularly worked as mercenaries for more pragmatic Imperial commanders. I don't know the validity of that anymore given GW have reduced the subtlety of the lore and made everything more black and white. But the point is that Orks are capable, even now in their devolved state, of allying with other races and not turning on them in the heat of battle. So I'd imagine back when they were Krork with all the superior intelligence, technology and tactics that entails, they wouldn't have needed an inbuilt genetic IFF.
They probably dislike fighting Raven Guard, or White Scars too. Any faction with hit and run/covert operations doesnt quiet scratch the itch the orkz have for combat. White Scars would be tons of fun for the speed obsessed clanz but probably irritating for the majority of orkz. They dont mind the use of kommandos and such a little bit, but to build an entire combat doctrine around that kind of stuff is not very orky and thus unpleasant for orkz.
I'd love to know their opinion on the Kroot. I'd imagine they'd respect them; especially Beast Snaggas, as they could probably see some similarity with them
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Is. there a reason in the lore for why Orcs don't get corrupted by chaos?
i was in a competition their were greenies EVERYWHERE
MY POOR SALAMANDERS they fought so hard but they were overwhelmed V_V orks suck.
now you know who hurt me.
QUINTILLIUS GOREBAG GIVE ME BACK MY GREEEN SPACE MARINE BOYS.
I do love that Ghazghkull respect Yarrick
Zug Zug "Me no, that Kinda Orc" 😂
Ork*
The fact they waited until the Overlord of that tomb world woke up is hilarious given it makes them somehow so polite. "Hold it boyz! 'ez sleepin'! Letz wait till 'e wakez up, den we krump 'im!"
They had drills so I don't think is krumpin
Thats just propa tho.
What kind of wuss hits a sleeping boy for a cheap shot?
They want a proper fight
It's not a proper fight if they stabbed them while they aren't even awake.
I so want that memed. If there’s ever a Warhammer 40k animated series there could be so many black comedy moments like this.
To sum up the Orks in a single sentence: In Ork language, the word for “friend” and “greatest enemy”, is the same word.
in a weird way
orcs are the friendliest race in 40k, at least to themselves.
lol
Grud
Yarrick
@@saber2802there was this one group of humies that were ork slaves den dey were not. But deyz waz orkiest of humies who helped build an ork titan on some planet the necrons were on.
Orks worshiping Gork and Mork, while Khorne is over here staring at them bricked up and foaming from the mouth, wishing they could be his instead.
their was a book where a Khorne Demon was summoned into a Demon Engine while Orks were invading a Mechanicus planet. The demon ignored it's mission to fight the Orks for a few interesting reasons. Ork power doesn't come from the Warp which annoys it, they worship their own gods and don't even consider Chaos which made it angry, and finally their Waagh Energy creates an annoying buzzing in his head. Orks are literally demon magnets and not in the typical psyker kind of way. Meanwhile the Orks saw a giant robot dragon and said "I'm gonna smash that into the dirt!"
@@Broomer52and then the poor daemon engine got instakilled by the gargantsmasha flying a jet into them.
@@KincaidCalder-vn6boserves it right for hesitating during such a scrap
@@gideonmele1556 well, technically at that point it was essentially trying to krump the planet, but after it ran way from da boyz.
@@Broomer52 actually I'm pretty sure that orks DO draw power from the warp, but unlike most other species they do it directly. They don't need a patron god to give it to them, they just siphon it directly from the warp and don't give any worship to the 4 chaos gods. I think it's because the krorks were designed to siphon energy from the immaterium at a time when there were no gods in it.
You got one thing wrong: Orks are somewhat aware of human hierarchy, but not in the way we think.
They do think that humies are all the same size so it's problematic, but they have noticed that they sometime use regalia to know who is in charge; more medals or bigger hat = boss.
They also noticed while watching commissars that it is traditional for humans to shoot their allies until they agree to their boss decisions, which they can understand.
😂😂😂
The orks will be so confused when they watch kriegs executing their commissars
@@youneskasdi oh boy that will make orc think hard
@@youneskasdiWell clearly there's someone who gave that order with more medals and a bigger hat they just haven't found yet
@@youneskasdieasy enough. That was a bad boss who didn't let them do proper fighting
Imagine how EXTREMELY disappointed the orks would be if they ever reached the God-Emperor. They come in expecting an awesome fight with a giant humie, and the git's already krumped.
I'd imagine their power of belief would instantly resurrect the emperor and would make him 100 ft tall
By the logic of Ork magic. If the ork believes something hard enough. Then it becomes so.
So if the orks warghhhhhhhhed to Tera there would be a hundred foot god emperor humie waiting for them.
@@coronelkittycannonimagine how shocked the humiez would be, at one moment you're just worshipping the god emperor, then the next orks land on your doorstep and your god rises from his grave and grows 100 feet.
@@coronelkittycannon Good point 🤣
@@robertyoung3825wasn’t there something about Ork’s belief in the power of the Emperor that helped him stay alive? Or was that just someone’s headcanon?
Human upon seeing Tyranids: Oh my throne, we are all going to die.
Ork upon seeing Tyranids: free meats for barbecube.
"Looks like BUG EYES are back on the menu, boyz!"
@@SubduedRadical and tyranids "brain" "'think" : proteine or something
It really depends of the planet, on catachan a tyranid invasion wouldnt make headlines
@@kaollachan "Dat Bio-mass!"
@@SubduedRadical Dat thinkin' be mighty tasty on a spit!
"They are so consumed with hate, they miss out on the joy of fighting"
This is actually kinda profound.
They do kinda have a point, ngl.
The hatred serves to justify the violence. For Orks, violence doesn't need to be justified; it's as much a bodily function as eating and drinking.
Marine: DIE FILTHY XENO! YOU SHALL BE PURGED FROM THE GALAXY!
Ork: Oh, yer no fun anymore...
to be fair to the hoomies if you get too excited about fighting you grow an extra excitement tentacle or two
WE'Z NUTHIN BUT GOOD THINKAZ
I adore the idea of a love-hate relationship between an Astartes and an Ork in a battle.
Space Marine: *DISGUSTING GREENSKIN! DIE! IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR I CLEANSE YOUR FILTH FROM THE GALAXY!*
OrkBoy: YEAH DAZ MA GUD MAET ROIT DERE. WE BE GETTIN IN DA GUD FOIGHTS ALLDA TOYM. YU DE ONLY 'UMIES DAT KNOW HOWTA FOIGHT ROIGHT PROPPAH, INNIT?
lol
Its not just an idea, it's literal canon to pretty much what happens whenever they cross swords/bolters
There is an ork warboss who got legitimately sad when he learned he was too big and strong for space marines.
@@MrSamulai
Well that thought just makes me depressed
@@MrSamulai I'm sure a good Dreadnought or two would cheer him right up
I so genuinely love how the orcs respect the emperor and the confused respect for humanity as a whole
lol
And because they've never seen him all this respect comes from giant statues and other pieces of art they've seen.
That's one of my favourites points on this video.
@@IIIIMavIIIIExactly it somehow shows how art influences beliefs as well as an art appreciation, to some extent.
orcs causing nid infestations not just for the fight but to troll humans on those planets is something I didn't expect as a newcomer to this franchise.
But it is hilariousn
Dear Emperor...
only bad think about them as whole so far
Even though Orkz love fighting, it's in their DNA to need to fight, Looting is a close 2nd. But if they find something that provides other endless entertainment, they'll do that too if it doesn't get in the way of fighting and looting. So it makes perfect sense that they will do something just because it's funny.
You're in danger from orks no matter who you are. If they hate you, they'll try fighting you. If they love you, they'll still try fighting you
It’s a tough kind of love
Dang, an abusive relationship
from what i hear the only way to be safe is if they know you will not even put up any fight, from what i hear sometimes they will avoid entire civilian settlements and such for this very reason
@@digunder14 yes or if you can convince them to team up with you or give them scrap unironically they aren’t completely unreasonable
Indeed. That is reflected in the Ork language: the word "Grod" means both your nemesis and your best friend. Orks see no difference between the two, so they don't really hate in our sense, they are just excited for a good fight
I love the idea that orcs don't like torture and they find it mean and it makes them sick unless it's funny.
I mean it is rude. Why beat a dude who is tied and cant even punch you back? Thats not a good fighting etiquitte. A fight must be enjoyable for both side. And preventing your partner from having fun is a dishonorable shitmove.
I think they'd enjoy a good coliseum bit of torture - weird and entirely lopsided pit fights and the like. Prison fights. Etc. And that can definitely be torture.
... But a dark room with a tied up "client" and pliers ain't their style. That just kind of annoyingly screamy and unsportsmanlike. Even perhaps sad if an Orc can feel "sad" - and definitely boring.
@@stuflames4769iirc orcs turn lumpy if deprived of fighting and I imagine also sad
@@stuflames4769 Ya gotta enjoy seeing the amazon fight the dwarf. It's the midnight showing at the Amphitheatre.
Reminds me of a conversation a couple of Orks have in Da Big Dakka when they're invading Commorragh _(it's a long story)._ The Warboss of the whole shebang touches base with his most trusted Painboy _(which says a lot in Ork society, honestly - the Dok literally stitched his head onto a bigger and stronger body when he got mortally wounded although there was every impression that said boss' rival was going to take over the WAAAGH! they were on because he thought his patient would bring them to better fights)_ and the latter got a look at the Drukhari's Maximum Fun dungeons and said that the people running the show here seriously needed their heads examined.
Let me condense that a wee bit. An ORK thought that the people they were invading were utterly insane. Although from context I admit it was more due to said Ork being weirded out by the Deldar being so into the concept of hurting someone who can't hurt them back.
I love the Ork Warboss from the Farsight books who's whole motivation for fighting the Tau is that he got really annoyed by his boys saying the Tau have the best dakka, and became determined to beat them at their own game to prove that the orks are best.
So, he tried to overdakka the dakkiest gitz of dem all?
@@BluntEversmoke lol
@@BluntEversmoke lmao your comment got a "Translate to English" option, amazing.
The kicker is it stays exactly the same hahaha
The war of dakka.
I'm a noob to 40k and have fallen in love with it. Just ordered several books today. So my question is what is dakka?
"Flashy gubbins are ment to go on the OUTSIDE!"
Can't fault the orcs logic here. I'm with them.
I remember reading a 40k lore summary/interpretation/speculation once (years and years and years ago) that said something to the effect that Orks are so pure - as an entire race - that they are completely immune to the corrupting influence of the warp. Essentially, there is nothing Chaos can corrupt as they are of such a singular purpose as to nearly be the perfect species. The author further posited that they were created long, long ago as a sort of neutralizing or balancing agent throughout the universe; hence, their near-infallible adaptability to any environment, technology, or situation.
I have no idea if any of that is still accurate with the modern lore revamps, but that's kind of beautiful in a cosmic kind of way when you think about it.
As far as I understand (not a WH lore expert) the second part, at least, is accurate - they're essentially a sentient weapon originally created against Necrons in the current lore.
I forget the quote but it was from an eldar historian talking about how orks have the galaxy figured out and understand that if fighting is inevitable you might as well enjoy it and are wiser than eldar and humans in that respect
It was not well received
@@lordgod9958 I think I remember that! Wasn't there a snippet of it in the 3e Orkz codex?!
@@nebufabu Created by whom?
@@TheRealCeeJai The Old Ones.
The Orks must love the Death Corps. They don't retreat. They know how to fight, and their rifles actually can take out an ork.
Only downside: "dey too quite! Not 'nough waagh when Krumpin!"
Krieg also favors artillery..
@@possiblepuzzles8137 they be "CHAAAAAARGE"ing though, if a bit muffled😇!
@@vahidmoosavian6313 I can see it now:
Kriegman: "*Muffled war charge*"
Ork: "WAT!?"
Kriegman: "*Muffled war charge*"
ORK: "WAT!?"
I find it funny bc it is said that the death korps were too grim and depressed, devoid of any strong reaction to death and too stoic to give up that the Orks straight up went and left bc it stopped being fun fighting them
Imagine the kicking you'd get if you ever told an Ork that Orks and Scrawnies were made by the same guys
You'd get a beating
imagine the kicking after telling them those same Scrawnies kicked their asses so hard that they were nothing but manageable pests for 65 million years. Your would go from paste between the floorboards to a hand-made singularity.
Ork need not be told anything to start a scrap
@@eshaanjain9379 Spoken like a true ork.
Them skrawniez wuz made for praktice.
I love hearing the various factions talk about each other! One of my favs is that one Eldar philosopher who said that orks thrive where others aren't cuz the other factions ask questions that orks don't care about lmao
I mean, when you think about it it isn't wrong.
I'm gonna butcher this quote. "The Orks crude as we think them to be have transcended such concerns. What is the purpose of life? What comes after death? Humans fear what comes after. We know what comes after. The Orks do not care, because for them, the great questions are already answered. They are profound, yet we dismiss them as simple."
@@FuriousMaximum "'Ate scrawniez. 'Ate spikiez. 'Ate 'umies _(not racist, just don't like 'em)._
"Luv Gork an' Mork. Luv krumpin' gitz. Luv squig pies. Simple as."
Brilliant! I love'em!
"You gets a squiggin...and you gets a squiggin...EVERYBODY gets a squiggin!" - Weirdboy squig herder.
"you can't drive a door" favorite sentence
Stupid humies.
"Dude why are you so angry? We are actively engaged in the most fun thing you can do?"😂
lol
Orks unironically saying "Chill out man, it's just a game"
Even if the Orks arent your favorite faction in 40k, I cant imagine anyone who's into Warhammer that doesnt enjoy them.
There are plenty, mostly people who feel they jump the shark a bit. Lawrence (Spider) from Tabletop Tactics is an example. I kind of agree, especially with the more recent 'ork tech works cos they believe it does' nonsense. I found older Ork lore far more interesting - where the Old Ones had encoded certain technical knowledge in their genes and large enough accumulations of Orks led to that encoded knowledge being expressed. I don't mind that old concept of Orks, I hate the newer one, so I just head-cannon them.
Orks would probably be my next faction after Tyranids, if my buddy didn't pick them as his first faction. Love da boyz.
@@samhunter1205 that old lore is still there. Theirs a reason why all Orks know what a guns truck or ship looks like. They have a genetic knowledge about what tech looks like but they don't have deep engineering knowledge. The Imagination Power fills in the gaps in their knowledge. that way they can start building war machines the moment they wake up
@@samhunter1205your gun probably stopped working huh? Just believe harder
@@papamilfz1565 Or . . .use less stupid lore
Suggestion for your next video: "what do the tyranids think of the other factions?", and just separate them into the categories of "FOOD" and "NOT FOOD, YUCK".
Not food: Necrons
Yuck: Deamons
Food: Everything else
Bio mass or not simple as that to the Tyranids only after that what Tastes Best.😅
@@andrewjensen7413 They have an anti-Chaos hive fleet because Warp shenanigans keep stealing perfectly good biomass from their fridge (that is, the galaxy), and they don't appreciate that one bit. Still motivated all but purely by snacks though.
@@crowe6961 yes the Tyranids null fleet wiping the Chaos away one bite at a time.😅
@@andrewjensen7413 Can we 'guide' all the nid fleets into the eye of terror somehow and close the door later?
Doesn't matter what lore you're talking about, that 40K artwork in the video is incredible, I could look at it all day.
You have such a great way of basically lore dumping but at a steady pace it’s nice
"in the grimdark of the far future, at least someone is having fun"
Necrons waking up left right and centre slaughtering everything in their wake, Tyrannids encircling the galaxy from all directions looking to feed, Imperium torn asunder decaying like a rotting corpse, Eldar and Dark Eldar fighting off Slaanesh' grasp and fighting against going extinct, Tau barely realising just how big the galaxy is and that they are a drop in the ocean, Chaos fighting over who is in control and tearing shit up in the process...........It's not a fun galaxy to be in, it's very brutal.
Then there are the Orkz, having the absolute time of their life.
Never thought about it but Orks stealing necron tech and making gargants outta that stuff is scary
With how gargants are shaped, I can’t help but imagine a monolith with the rope half of a gargant crudely staples over the top
Thaaaaaats a helacious creature
I need to find where this story came from. Hopefully it’s not just a small snippet out of a codex
@@Cthulhuwarlord sadly it is a Codex snippet
@@TheGreatThicc sad 😢
But thanks for the info
Dis is a proppah Orky Video
IZ EET? I AINT HEERIN NO DAKKAZ SHOOTIN!! WAAAAAAAGHHHH
@@ivancsontos7011 OI DON'T U GET TO MAKE FUN OF DA HUMIN OR U GETTIN A PROPPAH CRUMPIN WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
@@sirmultiverse5896WOT ARR YOO?! A HUMIE LOVAH? YER TEETH AMD DA HUMIES TEETH ARR GON' BE MINE WAAAAAAAAGHHH
Dis message was fact checked by proppa orky gitz
BOYZ, KEEP DIS GOIN
I can't believe the Orks feel pity for the beakies and subsequently get pissed at feeling pity lmao
Dunno why but the thought of Orks appreciating humanity and praising us is weirdly wholesome.
They just love Human violence craving and problems
To be fair to Orky intelligence, orks are extremely numerous but have an incredibly high mortality rate. The overwhelming majority of orks you encounter are going to be only a few months to a few years old. If you put a baby's brain into an adult man's body, you see how well they perform. It's not just that orks' brains grow as they get older, but they are also acquiring more experience and tricks. Arguably more of their genetic memory is unlocked too.
so what happens if you lock up one of the boys? what will they turn into after a few years?
My interpretation was that their genetic knowledge is unlocked by the mood around them and from certain triggers. Like the build up of Waaagh will start to make them build gargants and roks.
@@SusCalvinand probably statistics, eventually more and more mekboys will appear as the population swells
@@SusCalvin I always thought of it more like the more orks there are the higher chance there are of odd boyz being spawned. So meks and doks and stuff like that, which are like 1/1000 or 1/10,000 sort of deal. But if you have 1 million orks, then you have a few hundred meks, and all those meks combined are able to build a gargant.
This would also explain why there are feral orks, their population is kept so small they never advance past that stage.
@@keegobricks9734 That too, more orks on a planet mean a larger industrial base. It's weird and funky exactly when stuff clicks. Orks don't seem able to teach eachother, it's intuitive.
Sometimes feral orks haven't grasped the concept of war across the stars. And think the most intense fight is with local megafauna or the Dutchess' bombers.
The orks think the faceplate of space marine helmets look like "an ork when hes straining to hard at the drops"😂😂
An ork hearing about the dropsite massacre is gonna have a very weird idea about humanity
@@richardlionerheart1945 🤣
@@richardlionerheart1945 They would probably be thinking they missed out on the fun.
My favorite thing about Orks are the windows they have on their spaceships that they use to do drive bys.
gotta leave some windows open so they can fight some chaos gits while travelling the warp.
@@managarn8038 100%
Gott a have some fresh air too
Dakka gud.
Ramming also gud.
I mean, everyone knows how it feels when it gets too hot and you gotta crack a window to let in some of that near absolute-zero vacuum.
33:30 "It's only game. Why you heff to be mad?"
Lmao i can just hear the high pitch Russian accent English 😂
I swear I actually didn’t realise how strong the orks were, as a Necron collector, I genuinely was like “Eh a couple lychguards could take a squad of da boys” lol
The one thing that Orks do better than any other faction: they bring fun to the actual tabletop.
Ork players are the most chill, fun loving players around. Anyone willing to play such a crazy hit or miss aka it's all up to the dice gods army is never going to get salty after a lost match. And he won't rub salt into your wounds after a landslide win either. => Ork players are simply the best boys at any table.
This is so true, never have I ONCE played with an Ork player who didn’t make me have an awesome time lol. They’re all such fun guys to play with.
It’s hard to take things so seriously when half the time your weapons might kill you instead of the opponent, and your “tech” only works because you think it should. They are a blast to play. There were times in 3rd ed where I literally rolled 60 dice and scored 4 wounds.
Tyranid players too, kinda. Though mostly depressed.
Stems from the old Ork saying: If we win, we win. If we lose, we're ded so it dun't matter. An' if we run away, we can come back for anuvva go, see?
Awww, dude. As an older brother of 25+ year Warhammer lover (my bro bought all the games, we both loved the whole thing. I introduced him to it via Space Marine / Heroes Quest ) Can I just say- you get it. I hope to play a game this chrstmas of Bloodbowl. And when my Goblin Star Player with the Chainsaw inevitably harms himself with a bad dice roll, I will think of you and wish you all the best with a big smile :)
Quite funny that Orks have a harder time figuring out how Necron tech works than Tau tech given the fact that they have absolutly no idea how any of this works and they just imagine it to work.
For a very simple reason: Tau tech looks more like they expect it to. Who knows what that mysterious tinhead stuff is supposed to do. The ork tech is based on appearance.
@@Aetheraev You explained the "funny" part, which made it somehow less funny ;)
I mean
People STILL sometimes have difficulty explaining what exactly happens when a Gauss Flayer hits someone, it makes sense that a mekboy has a bit of trouble makin it more killy
@@sleepingcity85That's literally what you did too. "Words, words, words... given the FACT that... explanation of the funny thing"😅
@@Aetheraev Fishie gun may be flimsy lookin and go pew instead of dakka, but fishie gun looks like gun and shoots good like gun should. Simple as. No notes.
Now tinnie stick? Could be gun. Could be part to a machine. Could be leg. Never know, and that's no fun. Even if it's gun? Never know what kind of gun till it shoots. Now that just ain't proper.
I've been an Eldar fan since the moment I learned about 40k, but the shit the Orks say about them in Dawn of War is hilarious: "Eldars? We can send half the boyz home!"
The dawn of war games did SOOOO much in giving personality to the Orkz. The voice actors/writers nailed so much of the atmospheric stuff like that.
"There blood is all over me! So shiny!"
I love the IG line when they encounter Eldar, it's the voice acting that nails it. DoW series was brilliant. Shame 3 was such a shitshow.
@@alekz8580 I think another great line was "Just fell apart in me handz!!"
KAN REDDY FOR FRAGGIN STOFF.
“Humies just ain’t logical”😂😂
Sisters of Battle! They scream, they charge, they create their own kind of WAAAAAHG psychic field. They are closest humie atempt to emulate Orks.)
"A hurricane of violence"
An Orknado, if you will.
Bugger I think I just gave Wazdakka an idea....
Oh boy this is gonna be worse than the sharknado incident in terra
@@THE_TRAPPYMAN wait,did the Charcharadons did something i missed out? 😂
@@Spartan135 no it js an ancient incident that happened if am not mistaken 7 times documented in relics of a past time i was in said time i can barely rember but i have been ressucitated to drive those big machines and sell weed
I love how Ork think about Tyranids the most (Always give good a fight but kinna annoy later on). And as for Space Marine also very interesting to know that Orks give them so much respect than I thought. Nice video btw
Orks looting a iconoclast titan's desolator chainsword
"now this is some real gourmet shit"
having loads of the orks believing the emperor is all powerful, therefore he becomes all powerful would be funny
And 100-feet tall would be the icing on the cake that every Imperium citizen would love to see
I mean there’s a pretty funny theory that the only reason the emperor is still “alive” is that the orks believe he is immortal and therefore he literally can’t die.
@@davidsoyele7829 thats a great theory. im suprised i havent come across it
31:06
"The Orks found it really funny that the humies were mad" 💀
hell we know that gork and mork when they do work together can effectively almost one shot nurgle, at least based on da boy's myths
It was either the fifth or sixth edition codex for forces of chaos said that khorne attempted to battle Gork and Mork, but they ignored him because they thought he was so weak.
Yeah I believe it...
@@dinkilagemorgoon7774 it was in the Orks codex as a myth (and if they worked together they said they could take him)....They have never meet in any kind of event or non Ork story
Might still be true. There's probably just as many Orks out there as there's people whose emotions power the Chaos Gods in the immaterium.
Gork and Mork together are likely just as powerful as the big four combined, and therefore would overpower any single one of them quite easily if they weren't so busy beating the snot out of each other.
@@darthplagueis13 Gork and Mork are not close to the four combined. They are beings who exist when the Orks think about them. The Chaos gods exist with or without humans. The weakest may have been created by the mass death of a species but doesn't need them to still exist. They make plans and fight in the story and talk and gift their follows. Gork and Mork have never done anything. They are like the greater good "thing". A myth given form by a large group of orks. (They have changed the lore and I believe Slannesh now existed before Eldar deaths just got godhood from it)
Orks are the best because no matter what ridiculous scenario you imagine, the Ork answer is: "Yus"
Orks trapped on a planet with no-way out, and so one half dress themselves as Imperial Guardsmen and start waging war against themselves just to have something to do? "For tha Empruh!"
Orks flying headlong into a sun because someone convinced them that only the Orkiest of Orks could fight a sun? "Absoolottaly!"
Orks settle a random planet and become peaceful farmers because they believe the greatest battle is fighting nature itself and the challenge of terraforming/settling a world so it's liveable for their foes and invites future conflict. "OI, DOS POTATOES AIN'T GUNNA DIG DEMSELVES! GIT TO WORK!"
Pretty good, but I think the second scenario’s the only plausible one out of the three that I can really see the Orks doing.
I think the second one really did happen. And the first is possible, but knowing Orks, they would smash broken ships together and it would work for them.
I can imagine the ork dressed as a comissar trying to act like one to a mob of confused grots)
"Oi gatherd ye around me, ye lil grots, cuz ya were shoutin "Fur da Meperah!" too quietly, weren't green enaugh, and yer cowards! I sentense ye all to krumpin'! COME HERE YE LITTLE...."
The orcs are the only happy race in the "grim dark future" of 40k.
So true lmao
The Death Guard can also be jolly ol' fellows.
Imagine: some Ork lives long enough to remember the War in Heaven like a backup memory from their design as krorks, and remembering how great the fighting was the orks decide to wake up every single tomb workd again just so they can finish the fight.
I’m sort of a new fan to this world and lore and must say , your videos have been so helpful with finding my feet with it. Thanks for all the effort you put in dude, well earned sub
Wes: Who hurt you?
Sly Marbo: Everybody (in a deep batman like voice)
I read that as Sly actually saying the second bit under his breath
Translated into sly marbo
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Marines: GREEN SKIN XENO SCUM
Ork: I luv ya too beaky boi
So, the Worm Killas are like 40k's version of the Yautja unleashing Xenomorph on a random planet for a hunt?
Actually ya that's a pretty good comparison
@@weshammer Nice. When I heard you mention them doing that I was like hmmmm....this sounds a little familiar lol
The Yautja would probably have a good time in 40k, so many trophies
@@wyattmaniscalco3090 Especially tyranids! You would get a LOT of respect for bringing down one of their rare advanced bioforms!
I thought the same thing!
Man, this video is both interesting and entertaining. The way you depict ork thinking made the video very funny, but also i depart with a greater understanding of the green man. It explains a lot why most ork klans just nick stuff from "da humies" to convert into their own equipment and vehicles. Da humie loot iz da best loot! PROPER DAKA!
I love it XD
I'm quite new to the 40k universe and Orks are my entry point because they seemed so fun.
So I loved every minute of this video ❤
You know what would scare orks? Ghosts. You can't punch them, or shoot them, they just float around being annoying.
And if you die, you become one, and can't fight anymore. (Assuming ghosts cannot fight each other.) They would drive themselves mad.
Just call the weirdboyz to deal with strange unpunchable thing.
Well in Warhammer fantasy or Age of Sigmar, the orks/greenskins like to battle them though
Now I don't remember why they liked them (the nighthaunts)
You'd have to convince them of all that ahead of time. Otherwise, they'd just stomp them anyway. Their pshycic power would make their weapons work on the ghostsnif they think it'll work.
"Can't punch them"
*pours holy water on fists*
we'll see about that
I would *LOVE* a W40k game where you play as orks and a big focus is looting stuff and crafting gear and vehicles are based on what you looted from.
Tyranids? Power klaws made from claws and fangs.
Imperial guard? Leman Russ loooted tanks and lots of scap for kans and armor.
Tau? Plasma stuff.
For real tho, an Ork MMO/ looter shooter would be insane. Not only would you choose who you go after but you would also pick your clan (bad moons- +15% teef renewal rate, evil suns - 15% faster movement) but also your profession. You would be an orky boy for a while, then get to pick whether or not you wanted to be a Nob, Mek, Painboy, or Speed freek.
@@KincaidCalder-vn6bo That sounds amazing! It’s a shame I don’t know how to develop games because I would definitely use that idea.
Edit: Also to add to your idea, the more you level up your Ork the bigger he gets. I think that would be a great idea.
@@haydenwoodyard3624 yeah, I have self described “good ideas” but can’t code. Love the idea of them getting bigger too.
I'd say Humies are their top enemy, as it was Humies that gave them Yarrick who is THE proper Enemy. The loot they can get from them is a plus as they can make it a fun game to see how the Humies deal with whatever the Mek Boyz come up with and loot whatever new thing they made after a scrap
Orcs: "I fear no man"
*looks over at Flesh Tearers*
Orcs: "But those things? They scare me"
Best ork thinky vid out there! Lotsa good words and now I knows the right gitz ta look for!
10:00 I actually remember from a battle report in White Dwarf where the Black Templars, on the hunt for Ghazghkull, got the wrong intel and attacked the base of Andy Chambers' ork army instead. It's WD258 and I have it next to me. What's relevant here is the narrative introduction before the battle.
I'll try to only keep the important bits, so I apologize if it's a bit longwinded, but a quick summary of the situation is that there are two boyz, Gaszbak and Blatrog, in a communications tower at a fighta bommer airfield when Gaszbak gets worried that the equipment is broken.
*"Oi! Blatrog! Wake up and get over here! Dis one's givin' out dots all over da place!"*
*His hugely muscled companion shifted his considerable bulk, the seat screeching under the strain as he swivelled to face the flickering displays. He ambled over to the instrument covered desks, one long claw picking the remains from his latest meal from between his teeth. For a second he stared at the flickering dots as they crawled across the glowing face of the main dial. Gaszbak looked up nervously at the brute's thoughtful scowl, points of light traversing the jagged landscape of his face.*
*Suddenly, Blatrog smashed the ball of his bony fist into the side of the machine bank with such force that Gaszbak nearly fell out of his chair. Leaning forward, the larger ork scrutinised the dial for a long moment before turning to face Gaszbak. The readings were still there, and the old ork's face was split into a hideous grin.*
*"Gaszbak, it's working alright. We're under attack! Sound da alarms!"*
Of course, ork warbands differ so greatly from each other that (even when they're from the same klan) each separate warband might as well be its own unique culture with its own unique customs and rules, so there aren't many things that are true for all of them, but at least in this case, it's not that orks don't have alarms, but rather that to them it's a good thing.
i think they have their own version of alarms, they go something like this: ruclips.net/video/kz_vBV8XN4g/видео.html
'Rather a lot of people have hurt me.' ~ Inquisitor Eisenhorn
But he's like that.
Do NOT mention orks without dragging ME in! Orks mentioned and I'll come around sooner or later
Wanna crump some humies?
That’s what she said😳🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
EWE WUT?
That's what ork do. Sooner or later, they'll come.
BIG MEKZ UNOITE
This might just be my favourite 40k lore video that I've ever watched since I jumped head first into this fandom a few months ago. Orcs seem like a hoot. Love it.
It's kinda ironic that the Orks were *literally* made to fight the Necrons but, in modern day, they barely pay them any mind because they're kinda boring.
Ork seeing the tau for the first time:FISH
Itz dem fish gitz
Ork: If deyz not fishboyz, why do dey have so many fishtankz? 'ammer'ead, Devilfish, Sky Ray deez are all fish
TBH, I'm suprised they know what fish are... they don't have anything to do with fighting.
@@mitwhitgaming7722 Are you suggesting Orks don't have a rough idea of what sea creatures are the most fun to fight?
@@AronSilverwind true
The Orks are the first thing I learned about 40k, and it’s probably the only thing I’ve ever remembered about 40k. It was the first thing my father told me about 40k, it’s probably the best thing about 40k, and I like it a lot. It’s the thing I wish was in a lot of grimmer RPG’s; something to help you not take things as seriously.
Listening to your intro as someone who is barely getting into warhammer lore. I felt like a level 1 wizard listening to an archmage speak.
"The chaos lads do a whole lot of weird stuffs " understatement of the millenium
"The Orks are the pinnacle of creation. For them, the great struggle is won. They have evolved a society which knows no stress or angst. Who are we to judge them? We Eldar who have failed, or the Humans, on the road to ruin in their turn? And why? Because we sought answers to questions that an Ork wouldn't even bother to ask! We see a culture that is strong and despise it as crude." - From Culture vs. Kultur: Thoughts on Orkish Society by Uthan the Perverse, a controversial Eldar philosopher
yeah, he had a great point here. the orks are living their best life. they are the winners in this universe by far.
We need more musings of an Ork philosopher
funnily their are a few like Orkamedis.
"Ork can smash a young humie in tha head, an get a handfull o teeth, but leave tha humie to grow biga and now you got a propa fight and more teeth."
Some ork probaly...
"I Waaagh! therefore I... oh bugger this, I'm gonna go krump something!" -Ork Philosopher
@@darkdawnbringer theirs an Ork that got a head injury that grants him savant levels of philosophical insight for a few short minutes at random and then he goes back to normal not even understanding the words that came out of his mouth. He mused on the fanatical futility of the human struggle in this cold unfeeling universe they have all found themselves. As well as commenting on the rejection of their own humanity the Mechanicus all have and how it will ultimately be their own undoing as a human cannot separate themselves from their own nature regardless of how much surgery they commit on themselves, and that rejection leaves them even more vulnerable as they fight themselves as well as the enemies of man.
There's a channel 'Noman' that has a series of Orks discussing human philosophy like "Orks Discuss Diogenes" has done others, I find them to be quite fun. Check them out
21:30 *Laughs in Bad Moons*
Oy GimGam, where's the vid ya git.
Howdy git!
Oh fancy meeting ya here. I was just imagining how cool a collab between the two of you would be 😊
@@hizamaruaelon427 i believe it's this part 21:05
Alright, ‘ere we go. Gather ‘round, boyz, ‘cause ol’ Gorksmasha’s got somethin’ big ta tell ya. Dis ‘ere’s a tale ‘bout da meanin’ o’ life an’ why all dem humie societies always end up krumpin’ themselves. Listen good, ‘cause dis ‘ere’s da real truth, da Orky truth.
See, da meanin’ o’ life, it ain’t about dem fancy words an’ thinkin’ too much. It’s simple, like a good choppa. Life’s about fightin’, winnin’, an’ gettin’ more dakka. We Orks got it right. We know life’s a big ol’ scrap, an’ da strongest comes out on top. Dat’s what Gork an’ Mork teach us, innit? Fight hard, fight smart, an’ keep fightin’ till ya can’t fight no more. Dat’s da Orky way.
But den ya got all dem humies, Eldar, an’ other weedy gits. Dey all think too much, always askin’ questions, always pokin’ at stuff wot shouldn’t be poked at. Dey wanna know everythin’, like “What’s out dere in da stars?” or “Why do we exist?” or “What’s da point o’ all dis?” Pah! What’s da point? Da point’s in da end of me choppa, dat’s what!
Humies, dey got dis thing called curiosity. It’s like a squig wot keeps bitin’ at dere brains, makin’ ‘em wanna find out more an’ more. But da more dey find out, da more dey realize how much dey don’t know. It drives ‘em mad, makes ‘em do all sorts o’ stupid fings. Like makin’ big machines dey can’t control, or muckin’ about with stuff dat’s best left alone, like warp magic an’ all dat.
Take da humies, fer example. Dey got all dere big cities an’ tech, tinkin’ dey’re so clever. But da more dey build, da more problems dey make. Dey keep pushin’ an’ pushin’, wantin’ more power, more knowledge. An’ den, wham! Somethin’ goes wrong. Dere machines go bonkers, dere cities fall apart, an’ dere whole society goes up in smoke. Seen it happen a million times. It’s like dey can’t help it. Dey’re too curious fer dere own good.
An’ don’t get me started on da Eldar. Dey thought dey were so clever, too. Dey wanted to know all da secrets o’ da universe. But dere curiosity led ‘em straight to Slaanesh, an’ look wot happened to dem. Now dey’re a dyin’ race, clingin’ to dere craftworlds, always runnin’ from da past dey created. All because dey couldn’t leave well enough alone.
An’ why’s dat happen, ya might ask? It’s ‘cause all dese gits are ignorant. Dey don’t know da real truth, da Orky truth. Dey fink dey can control everythin’, dat dey can understand everythin’. But da universe is too big, too wild. It’s like a big squiggly beast wot can’t be tamed. Dey try to cage it, but it always breaks free, an’ when it does, it’s a right proper mess.
See, we Orks, we don’t fall fer dat trap. We know da universe is mad an’ wild, an’ we love it fer dat. We don’t try to change it, we just live in it, fight in it, an’ enjoy da ride. We’re curious, sure, but in a different way. We wanna know how to make a bigger boom, how to build a faster trukk, how to smash our enemies better. Dat’s good curiosity. Dat’s useful curiosity.
But dese humies an’ Eldar, dey’re always lookin’ fer somethin’ deeper, somethin’ more meanin’ful. Dey don’t realize dere ain’t nothin’ more meanin’ful than a good scrap. Dey’re ignorant of da simple truths. Dey think too much, and in da end, it’s dat thinkin’ wot kills ‘em.
Every society, every empire, every big civilization, dey all fall in da end. It’s da way of fings. Dey get too big fer dere boots, too curious, an’ too ignorant. Dey can’t handle da truth dat life’s just a big fight, an’ in da end, it’s da strongest, da smartest, an’ da most cunning wot survive.
So, boyz, remember dis: don’t be like dem humies an’ Eldar. Don’t get caught up in all dat thinkin’ an’ questionin’. Keep fightin’, keep winnin’, an’ enjoy da ride. Dat’s da meanin’ o’ life. Dat’s da Orky way. An’ as long as we remember dat, we’ll keep goin’, no matter wot.
WAAAGH!!!
Glad to hear you're feeling better, thanks for another banger
7:59 Now that's hilarious! 9:44 Humies stole our truck!
ROFL "They changed the helmet to an ork face straining on the latrine... so we kept the name Beakies." It never occurred to me before that the non beak helm is PERFECT for catching a bullet in that venitlator and channeling it right through your brain stem :D
You talked about the Orks hating the Eldar, but you missed out a few things that you can actually appreciate. For a start, the red ones go faster. PROPER orky. Also unlike Fishbois and Humies they aren't afraid to get stuck in and get choppy! And of course, you used a picture of a Striking Scorpion (or possibly a SS themed Autarch) to represent them. Scorpions are the MOST orky of all Squishies. First off, they're green, which is the best colour. Also, they are dead choppy, like REALLY choppy. In fact, they are so choppy that even their DAKKA is choppy! And lest we forget they even have dakka ON THEIR FACE! That they use while they get choppy! And if anyone can appreciate that then it'd definitely be an Ork!
The fact that this was written by a gardevoir pfp somehow makes it better and certainly more green.
Such an underrated comment.
Face dakka😂🤣😂🤣
Yep, scorpions are orky, but, they rare
I just like to point out that orks do change tactics if they live long enough. For example in the waaagh of dakka orks started using more dakka and less chopas against the tau or with the demon killa and his increased use of weirdboys to find and fight demons.
I love that the Old Ones set out to creat the perfect standing army that has endless reserves and no fear, but ended up creating the happiest, most Zen species in the galaxy.
Ork: duz your gunz go boom?
Eldar/Tau/Necrons: nah, they go zoom and swish!
Ork: Barbarik!
Humans: ours go boom!
Ork: yu have all'o me respektz🤝
14:17 - "A tank looks like a tank!"
Tank: Is named "Sword"
Good thing Orks can't read.
IT IS THE BAAAAANEBLAAAAADE
Ev'rybuddy gangsta 'til da warboss starts finkin' more
A humie ork war is just some mates playing stick ball in the back yard. :)
I've been dipping my toe into Warhammer lore recently, just like everybody else, and im happy to say, this video is the first one to give me any kind of overview of the Scrawnies.
The absolute funniest part about Orcs to me is the fact that the Imperium doesn’t have a stable economy, but the orcs do😂
Okay i have never seen that art at 27:58 but holy shit that goes hard. Im finding that image as soon as I get home.
I never thought about this before but as both Eldar and Orcs are created as weapons against the Necrons by the old ones
they should also, at least, be subconsciously driven to support or ignore each other while being drawn to the Necrons as their arch- apex- and natural-enemies.
hmm
They were never given any sort of programmed imperative like that. Orkz were essentially a bio warfare weapon intended to fire and forget, then self-replicate and long term harass enemies. They were never intended to develop much of a "culture" or anything, and they werent just used against one type of enemy I suspect. It wouldn't do if your bioweapon decided to up and leave its target because of subliminal programming that made it prefer another target. Instead they just like to fight...... anything. Literally anything.
The old ones would probably be shocked that either orks or eldar are still alive all these millions of years later. Their creations outlived them by a fuckin lot.
I can imagine this draw being how they even found any tombs to begin with
"Hmmm
Oi dunno why, but dis all barren like rok lookz good"
I think it’s because the old ones didn’t directly create Orks, they created the Krorks who eventually devolved into them. My theory is that during this devolution the Orks lost a good chunk of their original genetic code
I feel like most of the Ork/Custodes interaction would be around the War of the Beast, as opposed to in the current setting post edict of restraint. And I'd expect da boyz to not really like the goldies because they don't talk much, like the tinnies.
Who would have thoughr. That the orks and head placing would be real reason for the space Marines huge shoulder armor. The boys usually have to swing up to behead a Beaky and that shoulder armor deflects the shot. Who knew
Not gonna lie, that ad you did about tact was amazing
An important thing to mention is that Orkz absolutely LOVE fighting Ogryns. THEY ARE THA BETTAH HUMIES!!!
Orks fighting demons are basically the equivalent of edging yourself and getting blueballs in the end
Gees, thanks for putting that image in my head.
Orks are the greatest thing in all of fiction.
My favorite is the tale of Tuska Daemon-Killa, who found true happiness on a daemon-world of Khorne. Brings a tear to my eye every time. A tear of joy.
As a new fan of 40k your videos have been a VERY useful. The orcs from the jump intrigued me but now that I know more I have a newer found appreciation for them. Thank bro keep it up!
my favourite lore bit was orks collecting different space marine chapter helmets, not just as a brag about how many different foes they've killed, but because it looks more colourful on their boss poles. The higher the rank, the harder the fight (and the fancier the helmet)
Do you think Orks aren’t as excited about fighting Aeldari because of a genetic remnant put there by The Old Ones to recognize friend/foe during The War in Heaven?
Could be a thing but I think its more a social issue with the Eldar standard combat method being be fast and special tactics
It could be and I like the idea, but I doubt it. Everything about the way the Aeldari behave is due to their society, which is post War in Heaven. They hit and run because they are a dying race. They're scared of death because of Slannesh. They are focussed and joyless when fighting as a way to control their psyche and prevent a second Fall. These are all things that the Orks dislike and all of them are the result of the Fall, which was a long time after the War in Heaven. The only thing that (probably) stayed the same is their technology.
It's also worth considering that the Orks were almost a different species back them. Information is difficult to find, but from what I've read they were superior to modern Orks in every way, and modern Orks can get intelligent enough to understand concepts such as negotiating, alliances and fighting alongside allies without killing them. In older lore, Blood Axes and Freebootaz regularly worked as mercenaries for more pragmatic Imperial commanders. I don't know the validity of that anymore given GW have reduced the subtlety of the lore and made everything more black and white. But the point is that Orks are capable, even now in their devolved state, of allying with other races and not turning on them in the heat of battle. So I'd imagine back when they were Krork with all the superior intelligence, technology and tactics that entails, they wouldn't have needed an inbuilt genetic IFF.
They probably dislike fighting Raven Guard, or White Scars too. Any faction with hit and run/covert operations doesnt quiet scratch the itch the orkz have for combat. White Scars would be tons of fun for the speed obsessed clanz but probably irritating for the majority of orkz. They dont mind the use of kommandos and such a little bit, but to build an entire combat doctrine around that kind of stuff is not very orky and thus unpleasant for orkz.
@@nexxusx yeah that requires a "not your usual" orky boyz
as a member of the alpha legion I can confirm that most if not all of us are big ork fans
or is that a lie?
Hydra Dominatus
You are Alpharius
I'd love to know their opinion on the Kroot. I'd imagine they'd respect them; especially Beast Snaggas, as they could probably see some similarity with them
Im too lazy to get deep in the Wh40K lore but this video made me whatch and get a good laugh.
Loved the way da boyz think
Same
27:21 Narbash? The Orks would love him 😂