Explaining Your Little Guys || Crapshots Ep753

[@countjondi9672]

This crapshot is just an excuse for Cam to narrate about 40k, and Im all for it.

[@gaz-l621]

Definite vibe of "Cam, just go for like 5 minutes talking about WH40K lore and we'll cut it down in the edit".

[@politikh]

No joke, would love a LRR series about Warhammer 40K. Kinda like "Intro to WH40K lore"... With Cam and any other member who knows about 40K and wishes to disseminate the knowledge... ❤

[@countjondi9672]

@@politikh The Ideal would be a "dice friends" playing some 40k TTRPG DMED by Cam.

[@SupremeFenix274]

There's a channel called Attenborough Lore that has an AI David Attenborough narrate 40k lore. I would absolutely switch over to Cam if he started doing that.

[@Quiltfish]

​​@@SupremeFenix274Holy shit, I'm in. Havn't heard a sensible use case for AI voice replication before now.

[@draygosmith]

I'm guessing there's a couple hours of unused footage for this Crapshot... which I would watch with rapt attention.

[@SnyperWolf101]

Wrong. It's 5 days. Straight. With no breaks.

[@draygosmith]

@@SnyperWolf101 I'm fine with that 😁

[@porcelainmannequinn549]

Oh, Cameron would be the best person to explain warhammer lore, I'd relisten three times straight

[@mxg75]

And all of it unscripted off-the-cuff, too

[@heartofgoldfish]

Cameron's Horse joke

[@Mogg001]

Anyone else want to see Cori go into a thought spiral about why he would use Necrons that way?

[@whollymindless]

Spoilers!

[@3dpprofessor]

​@@whollymindless Hey, fancy seeing you here. Yeah, I was expecting her side to be, like, she knows that they're warhammer, but she's been out of the game for a few years and doesn't recognize this specific faction.

[@GenericDifference]

I wanted it to cut back and Cori saying something like "Oh, you're better off with [Some overly specific type of army or model] then."

[@ravenlord_xix]

@@GenericDifference "Oh yea, I do the same with my Dark Eldar"

[@UpstreamKaraoke]

I miss stingers...

[@Crusader1089]

I showed this to a friend of mine who is absurdly deep into 40k lore. Been to conventions, Warhammer World, listened to all the audiobooks. Their response? "This person knows things even I do not know. A powerful individual indeed."

[@necasperaterent29386]

A buddy once asked me if I could explain the Necrons and the Adeptus Mechanicus to him, as he'd just started playing Mechanicus for PC and he knew I play Necrons in 40K. I began with "To truly understand the Necrontyr, we need to go back roughly 60 million years." and thus began my retelling of the War in Heaven and what Jacob would later describe as the longest two hours of his life. He still sat through the whole thing because he's a good friend. 🤣

[@arturoreyes2119]

My brother once asked me what Warhammer 40k was about at the start of a four hour car ride. He would later live to regret that decision.

[@JellicleJinx]

Cameron's inner mind has snacks!

[@crash.override]

Ooh, chips!

[@Bound2Asgard]

Are they themed snacks?

[@AppleshyJedi]

this is one Crapshot where I wish the Crapshoot was still a thing, because seeing this go from concept to finished product would be a TREAT

[@rubyseverinwhitworth9066]

Well do I have news for you

[@thecolortwelve3784]

I love Cam in this. The ending was not what I thought it was going to be.

[@RazultheFox]

I feel a crapshoot done best is one that at the last second swerves hard left, and does a 180 spin out to perfectly parallel park between to cars.

[@trashpanda8871]

Can I please get a playmat of Cam under dramatic lighting with that 1000 yard stare?

[@TheInouffe]

That is, at minimum, a 40,000 yard stare. Also: Seconded.

[@hiimemily]

This is the first time in a long, _long_ while that a Crapshot has made me literally fall out of my chair.

[@OctopusOwl]

I SCREECHED 😂

[@aHairyBaboon]

Didn’t fall out if the chair, but lost balance and almost tipped over, so i’m calling it close enough

[@Truzyxx]

While obviously an extreme example, infodumps about my interests are a love language. While I try my best to gauge relative interest and avoid going too overboard, and try to express them in a way that is both concise and interesting, someone who can’t tolerate at least the occasional one is not someone I can maintain any kind of real relationship with.

[@voland6846]

preach

[@22neohenry]

My girlfriend likes to get me started on a topic and see how far I get before I realize she's more entertained by how passionate I am about it than she would ever be about the information itself.

[@joanmoriarity8738]

@@22neohenry Sounds like a keeper to me.

[@Quiltfish]

Oh man, niche expertise infodumps are the god damn best, I don't even have to know much about the subject to be enthralled. One of my favourite youtube comments ever was on a clip from the Simpsons "The old Union Pacific doesn't go by here much anymore", and they went like 15 paragraphs in depth into why this wasn't a Union Pacific train, why the rail was unsuitable and the sound of the train wasn't right among lots of other things, it was great

[@janmelantu7490]

The opposite of gatekeeping: you will be forced to like my interests, you will listen

[@Dwachak]

It's more than a hobby-deeper-There is only war-deeper-Horus heresy was-deeper-The Eldar once-deeper-Necrons defeated god-DEEPER-The Slan-TOO DEEP!

[@EternalDensity]

hail Slaanesh

[@g.iantamongtitans]

@@EternalDensity Pain and Glory!

[@dandylionwine]

The way you shifted the lighting in that shot was brilliantly executed.

[@zen_of_chloe]

Came here for this comment, left as satisfied as an inquisitor who just imprisoned an innocent psyker.

[@Florkl]

Never before has a Crapshot spoken to me on such a fundamental level

[@ToxicAtom]

Ngl I was expecting cam's ultimate catchphrase "they're just little guys"

[@paultuck]

I love how the lighting and camera work shift to clue you in instantly into being inside Cameron's head. I love the different freeze frame expressions Cameron and how the different parts of the diatribe he's slightly further along in the process of making the cup of tea. Finally blurting out that they are for Sex, as that would be far less embarrassing. So well crafted.

[@ctrlaltmeep]

This is art. Also I unironically wanna have a podcast where Cameron tells us 40k lore.

[@LexYeen]

Same here.

[@Muspelful]

He does talk about it some in certain Desert Bus segments, like one where he explains the primarchs.

[@mrtalos]

It's at this point where you realise that the 40,000 means hours of lore

[@meander112]

Little for the little god! Guys for the guy throne!

[@tonyfencer]

You exactly understand the format. This is every conversation I have ever had.

[@mrbreeze3954]

I need more of Cam explaining 40k lore to the crew in my life

[@braveothello1896]

He did a 15 minute presentation on the awfulness of the Imperium being the logical response to the existence of the warp at DB 2022 or 2021

[@dizzycriminal]

Desert Bus is coming up, there will definitely be some amount of that

[@Rufran2567]

This just makes me want to watch a video of Cameron just explaining/talking about 40k

[@lightwolf7424]

Smooth last minute save Cam, could have gone much worse

[@Dragonewt-dv6dj]

Until she says she wants to try it out

[@LexYeen]

​@@Dragonewt-dv6djPraise Slaanesh and pass the lube?

[@PepperJAQ]

@@Dragonewt-dv6dj And that is when for good or ill, he discovers something about himself (note: not saying he would like it, might viscerally hate it more then he thought... just saying he is definately going to be discovering things)

[@FieserMoep]

@@Dragonewt-dv6dj Time to find out if your varnish is up to the test.

[@MaxMckayful]

Cam is incredibly good at explaining things. Wish he'd do more video essays. His lecture on facism on the 40K Play It Forward vid for example was superb.

[@Ahrpigi]

I was about to share this to a couple groups before that last line 😂

[@acey195]

I shared it before hearing the punch line.. ah well xD

[@snes90]

I learned the hard way to not share Twitter videos that look fine but I didn't listen to the audio for.

[@LexYeen]

You don't have friends you can share this clean-burning humor with?

[@jackielinde7568]

SKETCH SUGGESTION: The Nerd Wingman, someone who goes to the bar with you and acts as an interpreter to help those awkward transactions, like explaining hobbies and passions.

[@Nyundaa]

I suggest Paul be the interpreter with Graham or Ben narrating the whole thing as an advert for it.

[@bronterrefreelove7077]

The only way this could have been better is if it had held on cam for a few beats then cut to cory who said "neat" or possibly "hot"

[@jenikabartlett9396]

"I wanna see that."

[@redrosedancer]

I'm just going to say it: If they're still there after you're done explaining, put a ring on it.

[@nitramreniar]

Wait, are we talking about the inner monologue explanation, or the one he actually ended up giving?

[@wolfpell4634]

Secondly, do you mean put a ring on the person or the mini?

[@carlpult5235]

That's solid advice, if you lay out your silly passions and they endure/like them, it's a slam dunk. Sure it makes dating ardous and frustrating but it improves the chances to find someone you can actually be with, no matter if you like necrons or inserting things into your urethrea... or both.

[@kaig7316]

Good advice, gonna do that in 2 weeks

[@TruBoreDOM]

​@@nitramreniarYES

[@Plexippuspetersi92]

Words cannot describe how much I want Cameron to host a Warhammer 40k podcast. I'm subscribed to a few, but none have Cam's panache nor his passionately chill cadence and prosody.

[@austinrearick8946]

I feel like this crapshoot spawned from the episode of the Long Game where they had a discussion about how boys will always tell you about 40K😂

[@TheRealWormbo]

The longer it went the more concerned I got about what the alternate explanation would be… and turns out, for good reasons.

[@ChaosOverlordZ]

all ork, tau and vottan players enraged they werent talked about in the inner monolog.

[@sageofsquirrels111]

I learned so much about 40K Lore in less than two minutes. I understand almost double what I knew prior. Thank you, Cam.

[@nathanlonghair]

😂 I LOVE the overlay effect *chefs kiss*

[@lisuru5302]

i-...was expecting that ending... i have no words. Lmao

[@kevinbowrin8385]

I NEED the extended cut.

[@ewhac]

I now know more about 40K than I did at any previous point in my life. Thank you, Cameron.

[@HenryCrun2]

...in the eighties there was a woman named Margaret Thatcher...

[@Sebusol]

the line about 'capacity for abstract thought' segueing into the extended explanation montage is very good

[@laurencebrown3822]

Some say that Cam is still at home, narrating 40k lore to this very day, unable to stop until he has spoken aloud every last word that he knows about the Ruinous Powers.

[@remingtonhedrich1464]

At least he doesn’t play chaos marines. Lots of spiky bits.

[@AClockworkWizard]

A very, um, sound explanation

[@octochan]

I see what you did there and I hate it

[@Sahdirah]

I see what you did there and I love it

[@leeshajoi]

Advice to fellow nerds: start off with "They're part of my current hyperfixation." If you don't have to explain what a hyperfixation is, this will be a lasting relationship.

[@1steelcobra]

As CH episode "The Minis" demonstrated, it's a life-long thing for Cam.

[@thealteredmind9475]

I love anything even remotely 40k related. Good job to Cam for capturing the all-consuming obsession the hobby instills in us.

[@georgehugh1]

The laugh that just tore out of me, damn

[@awells444]

I wish the stinger was, girlfriend “I thought they might be for Battletech. I play Word of Blake.”

[@iamaspleen]

I just want Cam to explain WH40K to me for hours

[@theodorkipen4069]

Watching this video a week after I had major facial surgery was a mistake. Laughing hurts.

[@batjutsu]

From the initial view of the miniatures, I was heartily laughing, and the sketch kept building. Another stunning CrapShot 😍

[@djmanat1775]

I was definitely NOT expecting that punchline. Laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

[@NULLxFORxNONE]

The exact same thought process I have whenever I have to explain about those models I paint

[@ampinstein]

Today I managed to punch myself in the face with my bosses car door but it still didn't hit as hard as that punchline...

[@sharpe3698]

I was not nearly as prepared for the punchline as I thought I was

[@JustDiptych]

That's sounding like a good plan!

[@bustedsim]

Welp, this went from a video I could show my Warhammer playing superior at work to one I can *never* show my Warhammer playing superior at work REAL fast. 😅

[@oyleslyck]

OMG, I choked on my saliva when the punchline was delivered! 😂

[@darylccc]

Just amazing. Everything in this is just brilliantly done. Thanks for the proper laughs!

[@KinzyKenzie]

Cori's Frog Detective tee will never fail to make me smile

[@Jason_TCR]

This is like if someones mask for autism was a bug zapper

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Extremely specific and not wrong!

[@Nirovax]

Excellent Crapshot. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get a towel to clean up the spat out beverage currently covering my keyboard and monitor.

[@GirlPainting]

soooo, you whent for the less embarising rout.....

[@kaukospots]

I spent most of Cam's inner narration trying to think of the joke they were going to make at the end and well, you got me good

[@rodcarpenter6929]

Obligatory "I'm in this Crapshot, and I don't like it."" Well done!

[@asn101]

Ow. Just ow…that was not the ending I was expecting…or wanted. My legs will uncross eventually…

[@wormspeaker]

"They're pieces for a board-game I play with friends."

[@tiaxrulesall]

This one was really fucked, Jesus! That punchline got me.

[@pleonasticTautology]

every time i watch this i hyperventilate and then fall out of my chair laughing. a+.

[@GolemsandGoblins]

Okay, I don't appreciate getting called out like this! I came here for a good time and some laughs, not to get shot in the face by my own issues! LOL

[@EternalDensity]

I actually would like that level and tone of explanation of 40k lore from Cameron.

[@LukeBeeman]

Love the Frog Detective shirt!

[@00Clank]

Do not be ashamed of your little guys. Why would you ever want the company of someone who doesn't also enjoy some good little guys?

[@peacememories]

Honestly, as someone who never got into any 40k, if there was a stream that was just “Cam explains the 40k universe for a few hours,” I would be here for it.

[@Necroes]

"They're for a hobby. I like painting them." Jeeze, it's like Cam just wanted to monologue... Wait.

[@erikbowers0776]

Oh, that's why they shout "blood for the blood god!"

[@EPGelion]

This is the greatest Crapshot in history. When does Cam get his own show, "Roll 1 Concede?"

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

Honestly that was an impressively succinct summation of 40k lore considering he only had a minute to condense it.

[@SEANALPURVIS]

CAMERONARRATIVE IS ALIVE.... a moment later when the punch line literally "punches" the laugh right out of you. Well played.

[@captainme721]

The 2023 version of this is "Oh, those are my 40k guys. You play?" Just one more t hing we've lost in the grim darkness of the near flung present.

[@TheBobbytables]

For Sotha, For the Scythes, And for The Emperor!

[@TheJohtaja]

At this point I'm ready to believe Yureethra is just another 40k class of space ship...

[@exarkun42]

We ALL have that one interest/hobby that would have us doing that. for me, it is my model trains. *proceeds to narrate the history of an obscure locomotive that even a lot of train fans have never heard of*

[@Gokout]

He kept going! By god and country, He. Kept. Going!

[@somehow_a_wizard]

Instant top 10 crapshot right here

[@wehpudicabok6598]

However much Cam gets paid, there's no way it's enough.

[@nathanMangion_Elyden]

I immediately knew what this crapshot was going to be about as soon as I saw the title. I also knew it would be Cam :)

[@ExhaustedElox]

That explanation probably saved hours of conversation.

[@Eramiserasmus]

I would love a long talking ramble by Cameron about 40k.

[@lostmarble540]

not the most competitive sounding army but they'll get the job done

[@tomireland3644]

That's awful, well done😂

[@theVtuberCh]

I am reminded of a comic book series where on of the characters had a kink for long jargon heavy exposition infodumps. The character begging for her partner to give more information.

[@dhandy7065]

I see you have been gazing into the mirror! Continue unravelling my little ant; your expressions of the darkness are hilarious.

[@nerdaccount]

Pitch perfect. Flawless. LOL

[@MadMontyMN]

Oh that hard left turn hahahaha

[@wonkywombat12]

ok but wait now I need the uncut version. I need to hear cam lecture me on the intricacies of 40k lore for several hours

[@dylanthomas2393]

New fave crapshot just dropped 😂

[@Quiltfish]

Stop blueballing us and give Cam a Bonus Stream to rant and rave to his heart's content about 40K lore.

[@poppyappletree1400]

"I'm very mentally ill"

[@McAster99]

Saved it in the end, perfect.

[@casey4697]

Cam is so good is these!

[@nox9856]

Cam saw his life flash before his eyes when Cory asked the question.

[@lydiajohnson1318]

Well, that punchline hit like a Mac truck.

[@Rogue_07]

Oh my god, this was utter perfection. I only wish my cat was less prone to knocking things down so that I could better display my Tau