Oh damn, that's not a fun first experience! Pleased the judge stepped in with the warning. Also agree with the shower part... 🚿

Ah I see Warhammer and Super Smash Bros have similar problems💀

I will genuinely never be able to fathom not taking a shower before going to any event like this. Or just not bathing in general with people I know of going “oh I only shower twice a month” like it’s normal

@@BulkBrogan. MTG tournaments too

​@@Kozmokast"its good for my skin's natural microbiome" I don't think the good bacteria can survive in that much oil lol

Haha, in my experience against Orks they end up tipping the whole 5 gallon bucket for their rolls - hitting on 5's, so they then have to find the 5's in the millions of dice.

As on Ork player, I can confirm. 30 Ork Boyz is about 150 attacks when done right!

Meanwhile the vindicators be slaying them all

So true as a ork player

Haha that's very true. I haven't seen T'au vs Aeldari yet but I'm assuming Tau don't come out well from facing them with them being super fast and hitting hard in melee.

@@TinBearStudios you nailed it! Best of luck in your next tournament!

Thank you! Appreciate the support :)

​@@ballisticmissile11305 you just have to use your sacrificial kroot forces for the greater good

i like to watch tau against anything, because god forbid abbadon himself fucking cleave that battle suit in half

Haha, haven’t experienced that yet as haven’t built my Riptide but I’m super excited about doing it!

Yup. My buddy has wiped out my troops with that exact weapon.

Daring today aren't we?

Overcharge, or Novacharge?

You should see it when you use a storm surge or when your tau commander is arguably more durable than girlyman. Also nothing is more satisfying than watching half your enmities army blow up ok the first turn

It’s so great there! Well, except the side where every time I leave I’m like “How did I spend another £100?!” 🤣 Thanks for the support on the channel mate.

I was trying to work out if it was actually Element or just All Game Spaces Look the Same Syndrome.

Element is great. MANCUNIANS UNITE!

Also I am in the video somewhere, but I’m not about to self report 😅

We're doing our first league for Warhammer which I was worried I wouldn't have my stuff painted in time thankfully tho this league is beginner friendly you don't have to have your army painted yet which means I can take my time painting my space wolves either way I'm super excited to get into warhammer

What a cool story! Nice work. I sometimes feel like crying when losing and I’m in my mid 30’s…

It wasn't as bad as you're imagining!

Tbh, wahammer rooms tend to smell fine since lots of oils and gunk can ruin the paint on the figurines, so the players tend to have basic hygiene. Now, a Magic the Gathering room.....that is some serious Nurgle stank

Nothing is as bad as Yu-Gi-Oh! 🤢

@@dualwieldroxas358no kidding I went to a go many moons ago and there was a wall of stank

It's probably just your own nasty breath blowing back at you.

Oh damn, that was a missed opportunity! Haha 😂

I don't know if your imagination is wild enough to compete with reality, it was a hot day!!

It can be tough but I’d still go into a store and check it out, I also didn’t know anyone but searched for local groups and I’m having the best time with it all now.

Check out some local comic and game shops, if they carry the miniatures they more than likely run local games and will probably invite you seeing your interest because the more the merrier

Thank you, it’s been a great start to the hobby! What made Tau rougher to play back then, if you don’t mind sharing?

@@TinBearStudios back then we didn't have overwatch, our infantry had no reliable support options to increase their durability beyond a 4+, and our firepower to points cost was pretty inefficient. For example, a full 12 man fire warrior squad used to be 120 pts without any upgrades, the same points value of space Marines would get about 8 marines, who would be more durable, and thanks to that armor, actually outshoot us. We would also have a higher chance of breaking via leadership checks because Marines 'shall know no fear'. The defining Tau advantage wasn't even really our guns, though they were impressive, they weren't too far beyond the pale once you saw past the hype. The biggest advantage Tau had was deep strike capable weapons that could wipe out entire squads of marines/terminators in efficient unit costs. It was technically more expensive for us to field meltas and plasmas, but we were able to get large quantities of them in smaller squads... IE crisis suits. So even though we technically paid for 6 weapons at a higher cost than Marines could, we weren't paying the equivalent points in a tax for additional bodies to go with them for minimum squad requirements... Or paying for the extra drop pod transport, etc. We had minor advantages in how our points were allocated to our units, and slightly longer range to compensate for our abysmal melee game... So as long as we could maximize our alpha strike capabilities and stay ahead of enemy shots per turn, we could come out ahead. But damn if we weren't really pushing our luck by the time we finally got our codex update. The games changed a lot since those dark times. We aren't nearly on our back feet like we were back then... Assault is a lot less scary now that we can field more shots more efficiently. The tide wall fortifications are probably the biggest strategic game changer I've seen, moreso than the big suits like the storm surge.

I love them too, building my first Riptide now and it looks so damn cool!

@@TinBearStudios I got no skill so I'm waiting for Joytoy Tau.

Thanks Mateusz! Looking forward to it.

We’re out here! Thanks for watching.

Same, my town sucks

Sounds like my experience! So pleased you had a positive outcome like me too 😎

Welcome to the hobby! It’s a great place to be and super welcoming.

I'll take the Emperor Enlightenment explanation! But more realistically I think it's because my footage is HDR and the S22 Ultra is a high end phone which can handle HDR footage - when modern smartphones play HDR content it significantly bumps the brightness so you can see detail in the darkest shadows and the brightest lights... ...or the Emperor has blessed this video 🤷🏻‍♂️

My OnePlus 8 pro also maxxes out screen brightness on this video too

Thanks, appreciate that! I had a great time and it was a lot of fun.

That’s going to be cool for you! I’ve tried recording a battle but found it too stressful as I’m so new it was taking me ages to record highlights as well as play!

@@TinBearStudios I just pull a MiniWarGaming move and have it displayed over the top, with an additional camera showing the dice, and maybe one set up for a cutaway that shows both players and the field from a pov perspective That's the only way I can see myself setting it up, deleting over lapping shots that would be unnecessary and what not in editing

I can relate, my Tau are unaffectionately called the fish people 😭

@@TinBearStudios they got hooves right? Why fish?

​@@TinBearStudios yehh they are massively op and no fun to play against. They are picked by folk who need to win and don't care about fun. Don't be surprised when folk don't want to play you for fun lol

​@@michaelgallacher4800 I disagree but I'm not willing to provide a lengthy rebuttal lol

@@michaelgallacher4800i just think they have a cool aesthetic and i enjoy the tau lore

Haha, yessssss! ❤️

Let’s go!

I haven’t played against Astra Militarum yet but really excited to do so!

Both amazing options to be fair! Haven’t tried the new TW: Warhammer but I need to carve out time to.

@@TinBearStudios be prepared to pay almost 300 for everything as each game only gives you 4 factions with half there units missing so they make you pay for dlc for each faction and to get the rest of the units,lords, and heroes for the base game factions

Oh wow, so very different compared to the others! At least you could play the game in the others without missing units.

@@jeambeam3173 the immortal empire seems to give players the factions from the previous total war games

@@apolloknight9521 it's not out for me to actually check that but I feel like it doesn't as in the previous games say you buy the wood elves dlc you don't get access to the wood elves proper just a faction that exists in the Empire I think but that would be good on CA's part of that's true as it take away from them being just another greedy company but it would seriously cut into say WH1 sales if they let u play as the Empire, Greenskins, Vampires, and Dwarfs

Maybe a little brighter than the sun! It's because it's a HDR video and if you're on a HDR display (basically any of the latest gadgets) your screen brightens up to handle HDR content. It will do that on all HDR content.

@@TinBearStudios Oh so that's why

Good go know im not the only one who's confused about that

@@theradiantbeast3478 my S8 does it sometimes, I HATE it.

I’m looking forward to it :)

Wooooooo

Haha

I like them a lot!

No way! That’s cool. I’ll keep my eye out when done to see if I spot you, I play there a couple of times per week.

Lean into the salt! Love it.

Oh yeahhhh!

The greater good!

Yeah I do know what you mean, I’m the first game of the tournament the terrain was very dense and the Tau players definitely had a harder time.

Yeah it’s pretty great!

I hadn't seen someone use them in game before, it blew my mind how ridiculous they were! 3 of them just completely blew a full Rhino off the board in a single round of shooting, it was ridiculous. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 😊

Yeah it was a really fun event!

Haha, well congrats from 20 years ago! I love how the Black Templars look, don't know too much about them yet - so much lore to read.

@@TinBearStudios I miss it wish I had the time and money to keep going

❤️

🤣 I think my wife would be much happier!

Thanks for watching and the kind comments! I absolutely will be :)

I'll definitely be checking it out at some point, I've seen a couple of people playing and it looks like so much fun.

Thanks for the kind words and watching! I probably shouldn’t have entered this one given how little I had even built, but it did help me smash through my backlog of building. Would love to see your Necrons at some point if you’re up for sharing, I’m on Instagram under the same name and DMs open 🙂

Yeah I can relate to that! You could always find armies second hand, that would cut out the building/painting.

@@TinBearStudios yep

I’ve actually got that on the list to check out, as well as Grim Dark! Thanks for checking my video out :)

I’m determined to make the next one!

Thanks for the reassurance! It was still a really fun day. Yeah I've played Tau a bunch since and they're a lot of fun - the shooting phase is sometimes like "Is it over yet" for my poor opponents but I have a good time with it.

Sorry to hear that 😞 I hear Tabletop Simulator has a good crowd, I know it’s not quite the same though.

Keep at it! You’ll get there, I keep listing to my Dark Angels friend but I’m getting closer every game.

@@TinBearStudios it's those stormsurges and riptides that keep getting me. I've become very aggressive on the board, pushing my melee units deep into his deployment area, problem I had last game was that I didn't have a decent amount of anti vehicle models and the available terrain in the store was sparse. His first round, he took out my hellblasters, heavy intercessors, and 1 eradicator. (Ouch...) I took out 3 of his breacher teams but wasn't able to teleport strike my terminators near his stormsurge, so I went after his right flank with the riptide. Failed 1 charge but succeed on the other. Second round, he took out 2 intercessor units, 1 relic terminators unit, and my warlord (which I found out afterwards he wasn't suppose to be able to target him......) I managed to take out 2 more of his breacher units and his riptide. 3rd round, he wiped out my remaining forces with his 1 stormsurge.

It sounds like you're getting it against Tau so definitely just a case of practicing, your strategy seems good! But yes you need to make sure there's enough terrain against Tau, you can't let us have firing lines across the board as that's not fair on you and won't work in your favour - but it sounds like a fun game regardless and Stormsurges aren't that impressive if you target them (and they can't really hide) so I'd get that down as quickly as you're able for sure - Eradicators would tear him up! 😊

@@TinBearStudios I got more eradicators and hellblasters on the way 😀 if I'm reading the unconpromising fire stratagem right, I can use that to succeed in my action of hitting him. With a -4 to -5 ap depending on which doctrine I'm in, he better roll really well to save those throws.

Sounds super gross, haha. I love it.

Exactly!

It's got a great community!

Thanks buddy, was a really good time!

It's my favourite part of the whole hobby!

Pleased to hear it Dan and good luck! I absolutely loved my tournament, even though I didn't get to play.

How did your GT go Dan?

@@TinBearStudios so I finished 2-2-1 lost to knights and tau, beat tau and space wolves got an annoying draw against drukhari I would have won if I had like 5 minutes more

Great job! Sounds frustrating with the draw…

@@TinBearStudios safe to say I won’t be going to the last minute in time again the dude wasn’t that great either he just sacked off a whole unit of incubi and am archon into the silent kings shooting and a ctan that turned off his archons invuln

It's a great game, sorry to hear you don't get to play these days :(

@@TinBearStudios Yes it truly is. Maybe this year I'll find an active store that survived covid lol.

Custodes seem really cool, haven't played against them yet but I'm keen to - as well as a bit scared to! End game objectives are definitely cruel. Pleased you got a tournament in though, are you attending any others?

@@TinBearStudios Yeah, I was hoping they'd do well, so long as you have something to soak up damage, and something that does a heck ton of damage. You should be ok. I might be doing other tournaments, but I only started playing a year and a half ago, so not very experienced and not really got a very ready army. Only just got 2k point.

I hope there are, it’s a lot of fun!

The coveted spoon! Well done playing, that’s a huge step on its own.

Not heard of heroscape, I’ll take a look!

That's tough, sorry to hear that - I'm new to the hobby still so can't say I know everything about finding people to play with, but with it being such a popular hobby I'd definitely say it's worth spending some time looking for people as there are usually groups local(ish) to most people!

Haha, love it. The few Chaos Knights there did well. Do you have any photos of your Imperial Knight you could send me? I'd love to see it, they're such impressive models. I'm under the same name on Instagram with DM's open if you fancy showing me: kzfaq.info

Oh yeah!

That's impressive to turn that around so quick, nice work! I tried with my Tau but couldn't get 2k together in 6 weeks, was just too much for me sadly.

@@TinBearStudios would've been quicker if I hadn't spent most of Christmas on modern warfare lol

I can relate, I installed Darktide last night to play the early beta release and it's very good, got it's claws in and I'm just thinking "Do I really want to be going down this path of putting all my free time into this rather than painting Warhammer…" I think the answer's yes, I do, but still 🤣

@@TinBearStudios lol, I did try darktide in the open beta but performance was bit meh, I'll probably still try it again tho, speaking of Warhammer tho I'm actually just doing my first 40K army, I went orks

I ma definitely neither of those things! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, means a lot.

They’re a pretty fun army to use!

Wasn’t as bad as you’d think!

Very true!

Thanks! I’ll definitely make the next one 🙂

I’ve not had that…compliment…before! Thanks for watching.

Haha, Jain Zar scares me when I see her on the board…