“I would only win because I had more bodies to sacrifice.” Imperial Guard: He’s a genius on par with Ciaphas Cain!

Orks truly know how to embrace the true feelings of peace and happiness. They're the only ones having fun. Just like their tabletop players. Sometimes to be at peace with oneself, even on the battlefield, is to just shoot. Shoot what? Who cares, just make your shooting phase as long as possible. Fun through all the dakka!

Someone needs to draw a zen monk ork please for the love of mork

Tip for Shooty stuff: Normal Meks can increase a Vehicle’s BS by +1 and this applies to vehicles with Firing Deck too! So grab yourself a mek, whatever Vehicle ya got/ A battle Wagon full of boyz, Have the Mek jump out and use his ability, and YA GOT DAKKA

Sincerely want an Ork centered FPS for a Warhammer 40k game.

bro got a siivagunner takeover 😭

Proves how Orks are da best in 40k! Gotta love the big ol' Green Boiz!

I gotta say Gaijin, you really are an inspiration. As someone who worries, stresses and is negative enough about every facet in my life to the point of being paralyzed instead of even trying to do what I want to do. Watching your videos gives me just a bit more courage to follow through with my intentions in hopes of leaving the shitty life I have onto happier days. Keep being Orky

Silvagunner fans send their warm regards please dont look it u

We have a player in our D&D group who has horrible luck like that. We even let him play with weighted dice on purpose to help him out, but he decided to just use some regular dice because he thought they looked cool and were a gift from a friend. In our last session we fought an ancient dragon because my level. 6 rouge/bard accepted a challenge from one (he’s a bold fellow) and to everyone’s shock and amazement his character (a war-forged paladin) absolutely dominated in that fight. He got like three crits in a row and dealt hundreds of points of damage. It was incredible for someone who normally rolls nat 1s constantly even with weighted dice. I’m sure his back must be hurting from carrying the entire party in that fight.😂

Seeing Gaijin Explode with RAGE at Not being ALLOWED by the Game system to just DAKKA ALL WEZ GOTZ BOIZ!!! isn't something I thought I'd See, But I am SO here for it!....(Note that this is not encouragement to Continue doing it, it's special because it's so Rare to see this kind of Rage from em!)

I’m really happy for you man. I’ve been waiting for another “Which Ninja” for a long time now but honestly, seeing you make what you want instead of what the algorithm wants, I can wait a bit longer

River Flows, Snow Falls, Life goes on, an' da boyz will all be there for ya!

Ah Yes the shooty boyz taught you how to be zen they are certainly great teachers

As someone who has more recently gotten into the Warhammer franchise, I'm glad you are making these videos. I don't play tabletop, yet, but I enjoy most of the games whether classic Warhammer or Warhammer 40k. I'm also glad that you've found something that helped with the problems you were dealing with.

I'm glad you're having fun again. You learned the most important lesson of orks. It's not about who wins or loses. It's about telling stories, having fun, and the drive to krump harder. I wish you many fun games and the WAAAGH! of your dreams.

I haven't played the tabletop yet, but Bad Moons Orks were for sure a faction I was compelled to explore. This video's a good prep for what to expect. Gotta learn to enjoy the dakka even if I'm bound to miss

I feel your pain. I also have rolls that are legendary for how bad they are. But you're right, it's the time you spend with friends that's truly important. There will always be another game and if not do you really want stress to ruin your last game? Thanks for bringing us on this journey with you. Looking forward to what's next.

Im excited for both your japan vids AND your ork vids ❤

This was truly so healing. Thank you so much for this advice. I've been overwhelmed by anxiety and worry recently, and focusing on positivity and that which I can actually control has truly made my life better.

I've been waiting to watch your Ork video on your Orc Big War Boss dude for a bit, finally got around to watching it and sent me down a rabbit hole of your Ork content. It's been weirdly insightful and helpful. Despite not knowing anything of Warhammer 40K I found this very enjoyable. As a fan of flamethrowers and Shotguns to a fan of big guns, Dakka.

“Play something you love” And that’s why I feel in love with my bugs. They Nids will consume the galaxy

5:21 that growl/laugh tells me that button is your rage button.

As an ork player I can relate to all of this it taught me to relax and just have fun with the game

Whenever life gets me down there's always a single word I say to myself. It keeps me going, keeps me sane, reminds me that there are times in life where the worries and wiles of this world have no hold over me. This word has lifted me up from my deepest depression, calmed my hottest anger, and cured my heartbreaking sadness. That word is WAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!

I'm ever slowly scrapbashing a mechanized ork army focused on BIIIG Dakka, starting with a stompa, keep it up bro!

Thank you, Gaijin. Your channel is one of my favorite channels in all of KZfaq, and this episode is a helpful reminder, as I myself have been going through a lot of stress about what I can & can't control.

These are my favourite videos from you, man. You just talking about the things you love, learning too live your life as you. I appreciate you, your work and wouldn't be the same without you.

I love these Orky vids boss. They feel so personal and heartfelt. Plus you can't help but love dakka. Thanks for another vid boss, really appreciate it :D

Gaijin I always enjoy seeing your passion for your hobbies. Especially showing the life you can pull from them

I feel this. I haven't won a game of 40k in over a year and I've learned to embrace it.

This is a video I really needed to see. Thank you so much dude. Your videos and thoughts are amazing and such an inspiration

This is another video that has been helping me settle and feel happy. I just recently picked up the 40K Hobby (Tyranids) and the painting has been amazing and the games have also been awesomely as well! I'm exited to make my own cool Hive Fleet eventualy. I even ran into one of my first games where me and my opponent rolled terrable and it was funny as hell and I'll keep that memory for a while. So you enjoy your DAKKA and I'll enjoy my Tyranids chaging the backline trying to stab!

As an Evil Sun myself, I totally understand the need to play for fun. You love the Dakka, I love the ramshackle vehicles.

Thx for sharing your passion and teaching us so much. I feel so much at peace with myself after both videos.

Glad to hear you found the truth of table top. Win or loose it if the of the wall moments that you will remember with a smile. Had a battletech game where my mech was the first blown of the table but because I stuck around to watch the ensuing shenanigans can still put a smile on my face. Keep the daka flying and the smile on your face.

More Dakka

The whole Deff dread getting one shot before you could do something with it is too relatable

I feel this entire video on a spiritual level also playing orks. I also have terrible rolls and had to come to terms with it. I finally got to the point that I LOVE that killa kans can kill my own gretchins

"This is where I'm going to pop off on you meta chasing smooth brains" That quote has me cackling bwhahahaha! this video gives me life haha! Watching you nerd out on Warhammer makes me happy as I have a few friends who will eat up anything Warhammer for breakfast!

This is a big reason (one of many) as to why I'm building an Ork force, because I recognize that I care about winning and my chronic dice curse way too much. I love your fishing analogy. It is verbatim what I said to myself when I got started: "I'm fishing for sixes, because those are the moments that will stick with me." WAAAGH! to you, sir.

Omg ur videos are literally saving MY LIFE !! IM NOT KIDDING ❤ please keep making videos like this

Loved that shooty section. I love the zen lesson here. Had a lot of cursed dice rolls and had to learn about this myself.

I haven't played in a while, I prefer the building and painting aspect of miniatures, but it's always good to see and hear about how games like 40k bring good vibes to people. Sometimes we just need to let go of our worries and live for ourselves, tell the world to buzz off and focus on ourselves. It's interesting to see how Orks are doing that for people and bringing them into this little game of personal armies battling.

1- Thank you for sharing videos like this with us. I'm really digging your Orky videos, both as a hobbyist and as a long time enjoyer of your channel. They're a lovely window into your personal life, philosophical views and i wish more of my fellow content creators would allow themselves to be more intimate like this. 2- thank you for shouting out OnePageRules, because as much as i love this hobby, i hate how much of a chokehold GW has on it. 3- Make as many of these orky/ hobby videos as you like. I'll be here for the Japan Studies AND the Hobby angle!❤

I got into warhammer last summer and it’s been so much fun! I love the videos showing your journey because I totally get it!

Dude, I can't tell you how much I needed this. This year, I've been dealing with so much stress, from dealing with customers at my job at Dollar Tree and not letting them down and annoying my coworkers by being myself, to not annoying everyone at my program and making my friends mad at me by...again...being myself. I've even been trying to consider following my dream to become a KZfaqr and even making my own Fire Emblem Iron Man marathon and Pokémon Franchiselocke by trying to do what others do to make them successful, but all it did was cause me stress. However, it's thanks to this video that I realized I shouldn't worry about other people and just enjoy things that I like because I simply like them. Even though it won't be instantaneous and Sunday onwards, there will be a huge chance of relapsing into old habits, hopefully this new mindset might set me on the right track to becoming healthier.

Been a little over ten years and a single game from an ork boss at a tournament is my local store's go to for warning new players about just this problem with a dice game. Nothing like seeing the last two nobs in a squad fire their sluggas into a two man squad of termies (back when they were 1w) two dice only, both hit and wound, termies roll ones, store goes wild. He lost the game but had the best story of the day. The moral we tell with it is that the games may go badly even in a tournament setting, but nobody remembers those, you remember the nail bitting moments that get the blood pumping. So don't worry about the win, just have fun. So glad to see you found your way through that rut we all end up in at some point from rule changes and embraced the Ork side that cries out for more wagh. 💚

Remember, Orks are never beaten in battle. If the Boyz are having a fight, they've already got what they wanted, so they won.

6:15 Faceless gw corpo skulking in darkness: "Find him. SILENCE HIM!"

I hope you'll make the video about Craftworld Eldar. People call T'au "weebs" while Craftworlds have all the references of Ancient Japan.

I was the same way with my gunpla model kits before I got to that hobby I was at my worst point in my life then I watched Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans and that's what gotten me into watching the rest of the anime which in turn lead to building gunpla. It was a distraction at first but then it turned into a hobby to the point where I buying kits faster than I can build them

The part where you talked about the store giving you the banned blessed dice out of pity had be laughing. It is a perfect example of how superstitious Table Top Player's can be. XD

You talking about dakka and silly green men exploding with a dash of honest to god, some really good advice I needed to hear. I'm glad you made these Ork videos

6:35 Well, time to play through *BULLETSTORM* again.

Man did this advice come at a really good time. I’ve been so bogged down by trying to juggle everything I care about and feel I should care about, and in the end I just end up trying to care about everything. But when you’re so overwhelmed by it all you have no energy to care about anything!! Then you just feel like a heavy blanket, you’re not sure wtf to do or how to feel and then you can barely be there for the things that really matter. It’s a really hard struggle, but I hope I can find at least one thing where I feel like I don’t have to care, I can be fully in the moment and not stressed about the end outcome. Maybe it’ll start breaking away at my stress and teach me how to just let go and stop caring so much.

Hey just recently found your KZfaq channel from how orks saved your life. HUGE ork fan too btw. Anyways great videos I’m really digging the channel so far!

“Winning is temporary, but looking cool is forever!” -Marie (Splatoon)

thanks silva.

Tanks Gaijin, i really needed this.

I myself, sadly, am not good at the ways of Dakka, but damn if you ever need an eagle-eyed sniper to watch your behind - sign me up! :3

Orks: Listen to the song of my people!!! *DAKKA INTENSIFIES*

Did you buy "The Make Ogre" for the Heavy? It is a cosmetic that turns him into a proper orc boi.

What an incredible video, Thank you.

man i remember one of my best victories against an ork player way back in 5ed i used to play space marines, there was a big campaign in the local store going on, iirc i had recently had a CRUSHING defeat against a dark eldar player, even with weapons that are better against them i get CRUSHED great ork player asks for me to play against them, we set up the board and one of the objectives is my customised shadowsword superheavy tank, these big buys can only happen around my birthday or xmass now im a teen at this point in life, i can barely afford to buy kits so all my units are SUPER upgraded and every so often i can buy a single SM bike so most of my units are infantry or bikes against someone thats played longer then me and has a job to actually buy models this battle though was a good battle, despite not realy having the right units for a defensive battle, the numbers to hold off the orks and against a veteran player i was BEATING orks in melee with marines, now in 5ed there was no such thing as primarus and they all had 1 wound so im fighting orks off with normal marines, scouts, SM bikes and scout bikes it was like the god emperor himself and blessed me that battle to pull of a win, what a game

Thanks GG, you are actually inspiring me to build an Ork army!

"BIG GUN GO..." Hey, GG, your Texan is showing.

For the Emperor! (Laughing out loud)

Hey Gaijin, Long time no see, work and life have kept me away from the streams but hearing all the passion and fun in your voice has got me wanting to stop by and see some stuff live. Hope to see you soon KorteCoder

Great video Gaijin~! Who could predict that Orks would be such life lesson teachers o.o

Remember that time Greckles fell off a balance course. I do

theses videos remind me of a point in lore where an eldar philosopher said that orks where the pinnacle of creation because unlike everyone else in the galaxy they're happy.

There's a beautiful Dakka parallel with this and an old PBS Idea Channel video on how bullet hells are zen. For those who don't know, the individual projectiles that cover the screen in bullet hell games are also called dakka. In that video, he talks about how in the sheer proliferation of data it's basically impossible to separate it all into individual points of information and comparison. You have to go into a flow state in which you perceive the entire field as one contiguous thing. You allow yourself to respond instinctually rather than consciously. Just a fun, coincidental comparison I thought was relevant!

I needed this video, thanks Gaijin.

3:29 Imperial Guard: ahem, excuse me.

The orc mentality is an inspiring way of thinking. Don't worry about things in life outside of your control Don't worry what others think or do

Gork and mork bless you Gaijin. I've been stuck in a depressive funk the past month and half since I lost my job, and haven't had any motivation to do the Warhammer stuff that I love. Feeling a bit better after this vid. Gonna build some chaos knights tomorrow I think. Thank you for this vid.

I've had a passing interest in 40k and your videos on them really make me want to try playing orks

Man I need to see somthin like this thanks man

Might not be the same but I had my awakening to daka in the first tom clancy division game. There's a gear set called lone star, which was built around the idea of sustained fire. Basically, you had unlimited ammo, and the more you blasted bullets, the harder your bullet hose hits. So yeah, my favorite thing in that game was just holding left click till everything stopped moving, the serenity after the guns stop ringing was euphoric.

Your description of an Ork player hits super close to home. You described my relationship with Magic the Gathering. I hope my similar bad luck on dice rolls doesn't carry into my Odyssey into 40k. Mini building is why I play 40k more than playing.

Watched while building some kommandos, and at some point I got a warbike caught in my pony tail, which I only realized half an hour later. Ork hijinks never fail.

while I dont play, I really like the orks. and with my engineer soul, seems I have a mekboy heart. also, you used an ork pic that really sums up the orks. let me just say, there was an ork duo that took down a titan.... well, them with a squig, too.

So glad you’re having fun with your Orks I hope to see cultural comparisons of not only 40 K factions to our real world but also fantasy you need to Sigmar I think that will be a lot of fun to see. Hope you have a good day

As a thousand sons player with terrible dice luck, i feel your pain of always rolling low. I also get the zen of playing just for fun. I lose a lot, but I'm just hanging out with friends so it's worth it. In the end, it's a game meant for fun. But those highs of good rolls can be something. My crowning achievement will always be getting a wound against a custodes captain on a hover bike with a blue horror, the last man standing in his squad. It only did one wound to a full health model but the sheer odds of it happening were just so amazing me and my friends took pictures to celebrate it cause we knew no one would believe us. Just playing for fun makes the lows just casual smack talk and the high so much better for it.

Orks were my first army, 15-20 years ago. Still one of my favourite collections. I still own two or three of the models from that army.

I've never played table top rpg before, especially not one where you lead a whole army but rolling a fist full of die for a groups action sounds really unique.

Nice to see another heavy weapons inthusies and I wish I could find and have games like the ones you play and just go hamm on the heavy but sadly I can't. I am glad to see you are starting to have a good time with the Orks I mean at least you can look cool with them and still have fun I like the Tau and I have trouble trying to make them look good.

Orks never lose, they get their ass kicked but that means they can have a good fight AGAIN, and ALSO they can tell other boyz where the good fight is. Win-win.

Here is the best description of ork philosophy. "Orkses never lose a battle, if we win we win, if we die we die fightin' so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die either, cos we come back for annuva go, see!" ~Unknown Ork Boy

I get what you mean with Orks 🙂This is why I always loved playing Orcs and Goblins in Fantasy, the funny moments where you fail an animosity roll and your units start arguing or your boyz heads explode due to a nearby Shaman miscasting. Even releasing a couple of fanatics which then proceed to spin back through your boyz squishing many of them lmao. It's not about winning and it isn't about the stats or the meta or the fluff, it's about the fun you have through out the battle 🙂 I mean this is why my Bloodthirster is called Dennis

7:20 i was so lost in the video of MORE DAKKA that it has seriosly confused me to get interupt by the little ninja with zen XD It should been a 20 min video of just orks gunning something down and i would still be here XD

While not a Bad Moons boss myself (I have more heart currently for Goffs and Freebootaz), I love the DAKKA! I love getting my guns up the field, unloading until my opponent tries to close the distance; only to savor the brutal melee to ensue. Play and enjoy the game how you want to! Glad you are finding your zen ^_^

I love necron and I want to play them in melee, because reasons. They seem fun. No friends to play suxx tho. and yes i know necron are primarily a slow moving pew pew army. But why not bikes! flayers! and a nightbringer! and maybe a doomscythe for support :D

Unique among the 40k factions, Orks are all about just letting go and unapologetically having fun, both in-lore and as a player IRL. Loretuber Occulus Imperia has a video on orks called The Waaagh Effect which I'd encourage you to check out. Specifically at 24:15 there's a section of Ork dialogue whch spells out their philosophy. I reckon you'll find it really resonates for you. "All I has to do to win at bein' me is.... be me. Be an Ork. Batter stuff. 'ave a massive larf battering it. " You've got a really good handle on the Zen of Orkiness and the positive mental health effects. It's exactly what drew me to them when I started looking at 40k/OPR

ORKS When in Doubt, just WAAAAGH!!!

I can relate to your initial pains with Orks, especially in the shooting department, 5 ups, typically 4 strength with no AP can feel like such a curse especially when everything else can just get ya and slice your armour beyond defending but our toughness is grand though 💪. For a while all that stuff nearly made me regret playing Orks, a friend of mine, a fellow Ork lover switched to a different army while I felt I was in too deep and kept trukking along and you know what after a while, after playing more games and trying to role play the Orks to an extent, being Kunnin and being Brutal as I could be, seeing every battle as a good scrap whether win or lose I started to love it. Don't get me wrong a win always felt good and a really bad lost could still feel meh because it would be more like the party bus came to a stop rather than someone stealing my glory. As I've gotten more to grips with the game I've gotten really familiar with my boyz and how best to help get them stuck in and krumpin and unleashing Dakka and I couldn't be happier in my games. Just wish Ghaz was a little cheaper to field or at least had a bit more to him, he still hits like a Stompa and I find Mikari hilarious though will take any opportunity to field them though. PS if you ever want to play let me know 👀

I've had the ork ork half of the old "assault on aggresus ater" box gathering dust for something like 14 years. It's time to start da waaagh boiz

When in doubt Dakka it out.

You have to love your faction. I don’t play anymore and I love just collecting the models I love. I paint what I like and write my own lore. My marines are garbage and I love them. Recently I’m building a massive skeleton army for AOS while trying to spend as little as possible. Keep spreading the waaagh!