US Army Combat Veteran Reacts to Every single Warhammer 40k WH40k Faction Explained by Bricky PART 1

[@collinfulling3223]

I love that you know nothing about the blue communist fish weebs and you already don’t like them.

[@randomusernameCallin]

I like how much of the outsider that the Tau are. As for their communist side. Yea they are real-world evil but that is why I lean more to the farsight enclave. If only the whiny 40 "fan" did not cry about how the Tau were not "grimdark" enough.

[@tartarustrommler5454]

@@randomusernameCallin It always irritates me when the T'au (thats what GW renamed them right?) get called communist. They are very clearly an oligarchal Dictatorship. Granted, communist revolutions tend to lead to a dictatorship instead of communism but still.

[@sotbs2641]

@@tartarustrommler5454 yeah. the best candidate for a communist faction in 40k are the craftworld eldar

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

TBF, they're a caste system, not communist.

[@momqabt]

For the greater goo *BLAM* *Breaths in Krieger*

[@Kenosos]

The irony of the Emperor acting and having the powers of a God but not wanting to be worshiped as one is brought up a lot.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

It's pretty flagrant tbh

[@oiwithyou]

@@CombatVeteranReacts it's a reason why one of his sons turned against him. He argued only a God could do what the emperor was doing. He made every world he conquered worship the emperor and so daddy got the belt. A now very salty son said "screw you dad, I found real gods in the warp so I'll worship them instead!" And the rest is heresy...

[@michellewilt4479]

@@oiwithyou Said son was also pedo bait on a world full of religious nutjobs who worshipped chaos, and eventually used their "don't tell daddy about the bad touch" to guilt trip him into falling to chaos... Erebus and Kor Phaeron both suck, and Lorgar isn't much better. Seriously, read into them. It's like watching an alter boy grow into a priest who continues the cycle of abuse.

[@grassrootsdictator5701]

@@CombatVeteranReacts It's the Emperors one flaw, that he couldn't understand a simple human's need to believe in something greater then themselves, or to find comfort in faith in a big scary galaxy. His own incredible power and intellect made religious faith unnecessary.

[@Fabierien]

@@CombatVeteranReacts to be fair the emperor tried the religious route before. It is suggested he was Jesus, Mohammed and others. But when humans turned religious to divide themselves he gave up on the tactic. He switched to cold science when religion failed.

[@Silverized84]

28:50 the point is that the rifle is excellent. Never jam, can be used in every conditions, you can reload the ammopack by leaving the magazine near a fire or a under the sun (or in their chargebanks, if you are in a bunker or a command post) and works really well against "normal" enemies like cultist, gretchskins, small tyrannids, gangers etc. The problem is when facing heavy infantry like astartes, orks or evolved tyrannids: you can kill them, but it need a fuckton of focused fire

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Always a trade off between high functionality and logistical ease.

[@NecromancyBlack]

@@CombatVeteranReacts The true problem is that it's not guns that are overpowered in 40k, it's armour. Your standard space marine power armour is ridiculously overpowered, probably a magnitude better then anything modern human military has on their tanks. And don't even go into just how insane really something toughness 4 is over over standard toughness 3 of a regular human. It's honestly like a crazy logarithmic scale of toughness increase. But again, that's sort of the charm of the entire setting. The sheer, mind-numbing over the topness of everything.

[@crimsonitacilunarnebula]

@@NecromancyBlack idk orks can clow easily tho i think form what i read cain says tear astartes armour like cardboard

[@StarboyXL9]

"S-Tier" is from Tier lists, its an Internet culture thing. The scale goes: S - In a class all its own A - Top-tier, the best B - Highly respectable grade, isn't the best but is pretty good C - Average tier, not objectionable but not really great D - Low-tier, sub-standard

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

This is helpful actually!

[@eXpriest]

It definitely predates Tier lists, it's a ranking system found in Japanese culture which gained popularity worldwide via Japanese video games.

[@effigytormented]

Honestly I think it stems from old Sonic the Hedgehog ranking systems. Because games like 06 run on that system.

[@KingZolem]

@@CombatVeteranReacts S can be considered to stand for "Supreme", aka the absolute best. As such there is usually only one or two there, and two is usually the "we can't tell which one is the best but nobody else competes besides these two".

[@lordj3793]

@@CombatVeteranReacts it’s also used in anime a lot.

[@lubbnetobb]

The ten foot tall guy who claimed gods didn't exist also emitted a golden glow pretty much all the time and his majesty is so great it literally hurts to look at his beauty. Unless you have great willpower you will automatically fall to your knees and avert your eyes when he walks past.

[@Caercutta30]

It's his hot body, he'll dress how he want!

[@Noisemarine]

That was all the Emperors psykic shenanigans he probably wasn't 10feet tall he just looked that way and no 2 people saw the same thing.

[@DuBstep115]

@@Noisemarine Meh, you still have his sword. Guilliman is almost 10ft and emperors sword is just right size for him. So that basically rules out emperor being less than 9ft at least.

[@maxgaj3015]

@@DuBstep115 He was such a powerful psyker that, like Magnus the Red, he could change his size at will. The Emperor was probably only about six feet tall in his “natural,” state according to the Sisters of Silence who probably would know best.

[@DuBstep115]

@@maxgaj3015 Yeah but the lore is bit more complex. In one of the books It says corvus saw emperor as normal man as if the 10ft golden man was just a illusion. Others say he could change his height as in physical real body.

[@Sinvare]

I think your question about people liking the 40k universe because it makes everything else look great is pretty on point. A common joke about 40k is asking fans if they would like to live in the universe they are a fan of. Would you like to live in the world of Harry Potter? - Sure Would you like to live in the Star Wars universe? - Probably Would you like to live in the 40k Uni -- NO... NONONONONO... No...

[@Vezerai]

Actually it is far from the truth. The lack of exposure of the 40k or Warhammer franchise in general comes from lack of exposure, duh, which comes from the previous policies of Games Workshop. Who owns the lore, rules and whatever else they have to pretty much own it all. However they changed their regulations and differently from years ago anyone can now produce Warhammer inspired content without getting permission which leads to games, movies, art, not official lore but fan-lore, etc. Which in turn is esposing the genre more now than ever before. The concepts have not changed much since the beginning, so it is not a question of the world around the lore having changed, it is the accessability or knowledge of its existence that has changed in the general public. The world in this moment in time is less grimdark then ever. Really. Before our lifetimes we had the cold war, vietnam, korea, ww2, etc. How is this, right now, grimdark compared to where we came from? Perhaps its the exposure there too but remember, it hasnt even been 100 years since ww2 yet people act like it was 500 years ago... Like cant the clear paralells between perhaps an afterwar facist regime and the empire in 40k be stragely similar? The lore of 40k has been heavily inspired not only by ww2 but everything else that is grim and/or dark from our own world, i think it will always ring a note with those people who feel perhaps without reason to exist or well men/boys (like me).

[@cegesh1459]

No, no, no. That's rather silly and aqutally not true at all.

[@Vezerai]

@@cegesh1459 What? If you want to have an opinion specify what is silly and why or else it is pointless. And aqually is actually spelled actually.

[@Fuzz32]

I have been asked that question before. And I confuse people by saying “I already do.” 😈

[@lordcypher5889]

@@Fuzz32 Yeah, luckily we're just 39 thousand years behind.

[@richardduska1558]

13:15 "Just because I'm 10 feet tall, wearing a golden suit of armor and wielding a fiery sword while also having a permanent halo around me dose not mean that I'm god."

[@CrestOfArtorias]

You can make a religion out of this.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

There is no way anyone could be confused

[@Surya-uj7re]

To finish the TTS quote: "I'm not the one who needs to be taught not to dress like a god. You're the ones who need to be f****** taught that considering someone to be a god based on how they look is wrong."

[@volzaac]

@@CrestOfArtorias haha. I get this quote. We can make a religion out of it.

[@bigfish4965]

@@CrestOfArtorias No dont

[@StarboyXL9]

"Lorehammer" is definitely a Freudian Slip. The lore is 1000x more extensive than the Tabletop game's entire rule history at this point.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Wait, did I actually say that? Lol. It totally is a freudian slip

[@danialharithrozman5312]

Unfortunately, that's not wrong. The lore, and the attempt at understanding it, is Ludicrous. Not to mention that the world of Warhammer itself has time again stated that, information is often lost or stolen, so nothing is always consistent.

[@Алексей545-т6б]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Adeptus Arbitres are galactic cops( well more like FBI). They guard Lecs Imperialis(law in Imperium), but they would not deal with some daily crimes(that is job for local police forces on each planet). Arbitres stay against bigger problems like-manifistations, cults, rebelion etc. The overwatch on Planet Governor(because that son of the bicth could turn into chaos, make deals with xenos or play in freedom)

[@Алексей545-т6б]

@@CombatVeteranReacts What you mean by "bad xenos"? 90% xenos that Imperium met during Great Crusade was trying to kill humanity, but yeh , there was legal xenos races that Imperium let to live

[@gokbay3057]

@@Алексей545-т6б Lex Imperialis, but yes

[@imperialinquisitormordecai9688]

Haven't even seen the Tau yet and already wants to avoid them, The God-Emperor shines upon you

[@StarboyXL9]

kek I thought that was funny too

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

*Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme plays in the distance*

[@remliqa]

Funnily enough being a US combat veteran he may be more inclined to agree with the Tau combat doctrine than any of the Imperium's battle tactics/strategy .

[@Andreych95]

@@remliqa yup, the Tau actually develop new tactics and technology to improve their military efforts

[@cheeseninja1115]

@@Andreych95 the Omnissiah does not approve of these action

[@KaygeeFromNanotrasen]

The reason he stuttered at 20, and then said 18 sons is because 2 of them were banished. They are the lost primarchs, and no one knows what happened to them

[@deadbeats5640]

It’s very loose but one was hunted and killed by leman under the orders of the emperor for the betrayal of mankind. So he might’ve went against him for another race or AI who knows. The other had a genetic defect like the black rage and he was banished as the emperor saw it as a viability to the empire.

[@Maverick2736]

It's because they're actually intended to serve as the stand-in Chapter/Legion of a player's custom army. Oh, that one mysterious lost chapter? It's actually my purple-and-green Barney's Dinosaurs chapter. They vanished for millenia because they collectively slipped on a planet of banana peels and travelled to the future.

[@Argonisgema]

@@Maverick2736 they should make a customizable primarch model for those wanting to make their own chapter.

[@meamcatnm]

The other two are just alpharius

[@lordcypher5889]

Alpharius and Omegon are the twin Primarchs of the Alpha Legion. They're quite a bit different from the other primarchs, primarily being that it's practically impossible to tell them apart from a regular Astartes unless they wanted you to. They could be dead, they could be alive. It's also a theory that Omegon is a secret loyalist.

[@Cousin_Uli]

Everyone having a really bad time except for a few agricultural worlds out in the boonies growing corn and being strategically irrelevant. Worst thing they have to worry about are stray ork warbands. Which is pretty good all things considered.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

"I am just a simple farmer"

[@StarboyXL9]

@@CombatVeteranReacts The garden worlds have a good time too generally. They're used as resorts for high-up officials so they rarely see the dark side of the Imperium. But yeah in 40k, your only protection from the grimdark is being totally irrelevent, and even then that's rather flimsy protection, since the Dark Eldar always need new slaves to torture and the Orks JUS WANNA PROPPA SCRAP!

[@RogueBlood343]

Or Iron Warriors Warbands who understands supply lines

[@Ballard258]

And Nyds..... a garden or agri world porly deffended? You bet your ass that Nyds are gonna go straight to that world.

[@Silverized84]

@@StarboyXL9 yeah, but garden worlds are often seedbed for slaneshi cults... as they gathers for EVERY whims of the nobility, it could go bad really really fast. You could get the noble who want to see a play, to a noble who want to see people killing each other in a play, and maybe the last one stick because that noble jerked off with barbed wire and liked it

[@Fransens]

"Slaughter them into existance." And that my boi is how Khorne was born.

[@Huppa3333]

Now fuckin' them into existence? That's Slaanesh.

[@lubbnetobb]

@@Huppa3333 Tzeencht was confused into existence.

[@rgama1173]

Estagnate into existence is who?

[@ThatWildcard]

@@lubbnetobb Nurgle was coughed into existence

[@CommissarChaotic]

@@lubbnetobb What is confusion really?

[@ARandomCustodian]

He was not xenophobic in the loosest of Sense. “Not all xenos have to die, but not all of the can be trusted.” Which is a fair point

[@Elmithian]

Tbf, lot of his sons misunderstood him on that part. But tbf, majority of the alien races around at that time were either genuine shit holes, demon worshippers or had moral codes/values so different that compromises were close to impossible. There were ofc exceptions, there were kinder races out there, but most of those had already been slaughtered or enslaved by the more warring alien races. I believe there was one race in the Horus heresy books that was decent, but due to a theft and misunderstanding the diplomacy fell through the floor?

[@rrenkrieg7988]

@@Elmithian was it the Jokaero? it's been so long, that familiar words in warhammer lore become blurry to me

[@djcuevas1057]

No he absolutely wanted to murder the vast majority of them.

[@ΒαγγέληςΠρίντεζης]

@@djcuevas1057 No he didnt. The idea that in 30k the emperor was trying to murder every race is just because it became a meme in the 40k community but in actuality it is stated many times in the lore that the emperor always tried to persuade and convince the other party first. When all diplomatic options failed then he would go to war, either with a clan, planet or a race that united with mankind during the 22-30. Granted some of the primarchs didnt care about diplomacy and went immediately to war, but others like sanguinius always tried to approach the situation with diplomacy. This is also true for 40k but its rarely seen in books.

[@djcuevas1057]

@@ΒαγγέληςΠρίντεζης The imperium in 30k murdered many human cvilizations without negotiations due to them allying with xenos. And those they did negotiate with are ditch the xenos or die with them. That was the case the vast majority of the time.

[@TheOther19]

The emperor isnt really 10 ft. If you go deep into lore and books, many people view him differently. Some, like his custodians, see his as a young child (least one of the did) others see him as a pillar of light, some an old man. Some as a 15 ft giant. Some can't even look upon him without mentally breaking down and/or dying on the spot. He's so beyond human that it's never fully understood what he truely is. Also, is the Emperor xenophobic? Ehh... Somewhat. Kinda. Its hard to tell fully, we dont often get the Emperor's pov or inner thoughts. But given how xenos treated humanity during the age of strife, as well as how hostile xeno life is to not only humanity, but other alien species. Its likely he erred on the side of caution. He might not hate xenos himself, but he sure as hell knew they wouldn't be friendly to humanity as they expanded across the galaxy. Most aliens humanity encountered where outright hostile.

[@beverlystevens955]

Shape shifting and glamour render this a moot point

[@the_dropbear4392]

The only time a custodian saw the emperor as a child was when he showed the custodian a childhood memory so the custodian saw the child version of the emperor. While he might not be 10ft tall, even when appearing in normal human form he is a lot heavi than he looks. In one book he sits on a stone chair and the entire thing groans as if something 3 times the size had sat on it.

[@Voron_Aggrav]

I don't believe the Emperor truly is Xenophobic, just operates from the standpoint that space is a hostile place and generally most Xenos would be unwilling to work with the Empire or those that would, would in turn use that to undermine or enslave the Empire, also he's the most powerful Psyker in existence, the 4 Chaos gods combined to work through Horus and even then at their height of the Heresy would still piss their breeches and run away from him, Even in the 40th millennium, almost 10.000 years after his ascension to the Golden Throne there are still plans and designs from his hand that haven't gone into effect as their time hasn't come yet, he wasn't playing 4d chess with the Universe, but something like 12d chess if not more, besides still Actively guiding the Empire using his power as the Imperial Church turned him into a figure of the Warp through the faith put into him increasing his already immense powers, Woe betide the Universe if he'd ever returns to his Corporeal form and ascends from the Throne for the Empire would ascend with it believe generally he's depicted as bigger than his Sons the Primarks or similar in stature though through Radiance appearing bigger,

[@beverlystevens955]

@@Voron_Aggrav the chaos gods are still stronger that the Emperor

[@Voron_Aggrav]

@@beverlystevens955 I Doubt that, not just for the fact the Chaos Gods are Entities only interested in their survival and continuation of their sustenance, they've gained some level of sentience but they're still mostly driven by their primary focus, survival and food, the Four also needed to cooperate together to stand against the Emperor, Four Entities that don't do well in organising or cooperating besides their continuing sustenance or survival you might be right that together they're possibly stronger, but the Emperor has been dealing with these entities longer than is known, probably even before these Entities even left the cradle, it's also known that the entities cower in fear for what the Emperor is capable for, and He's been the ONLY one that we know of that drove them to work together

[@thetalantonx]

3:56 - Yes, Inquisitor, this one right here. 5:08 - Yes, Arbitrator, this one right here. 8:05 - Yes, Hive Mind, this one right here.

[@thetalantonx]

7:45 - You are absolutely correct. When shit sucks, escaping into a game where shit sucks *worse* makes you feel better about your life. If you can take on the Death Guard and the banes of Papa Nurgle's Blessings, then a little cough and lockdown time don't seem so bad.

[@Voron_Aggrav]

not to mention that Everything must be laced with sugar free sugar these days, and everything must be PG, it's refreshing to read or listen to something that's more grounded in Reality being gritty and dark, for me the Simple stories like "Left for Dead by Steve Lyons" is what makes me fall in love with 40K, it's a simple story of a Guardsman finding himself assigned to a labour gang by misidentification, you can find almost any genre in 40k, and it'll work and there'll be works for it, which is truly why I'm so fond of it

[@thetalantonx]

@@Voron_Aggrav Hell yeah, thanks for sharing. I'll have to check out "Left for Dead".

[@Voron_Aggrav]

@@thetalantonx I Listened to it via Aborder Prince, which is on YT really good channel for good Audiobook content on 40K

[@normalmighty]

Agreed, a look into a truly terrible universe helps you to appreciate how good we actually have it despite everything.

[@SirMarshalHaig]

If you watch "If the Emperor had a text-to-speech device" you actually get a lot of lore in this comedy show. I personally prefer the series for the nature of chaos and its gods as well as the whole how did things start early on.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

It looks funny!

[@neiloerlemans1029]

I have bad news...

[@twohorsesinamancostume7606]

That's the thing about 40k. You actually can open a portal to hell from which demons will pour out if you ritualistically murder millions of people. Some of those demon summoning rituals will feed off of a battle.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Oddly and tragically self fulfilling

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

The more dead the more dæmon. Talk about a Circle of Life… or death

[@bolomono89]

I found this answer in reddit that may explain better than I can about the nature of th Emperor and his actions on the Xenos: "There are a lot of historical matters that figure into the Imperial attitude with regard to xenos. First, during the time of turmoil, when humanity was fragmented, many humans were subjugated or worse, made into feed stock, for various xenos. Secondly, many humans modified themselves or were modified, some allowed AI's to take over (in Warhammer 40k, AI's are almost universally open to Chaos infection), generally, humans were either puppets or food, or not really human any more. Thirdly, one of the dangers of Chaos taking the human race was human extinction, humanity being mutated and changed to the point were being "human" was meaningless. The humans who were subjugated by xenos were all too willing as well to embrace an Emperor who commanded that "[...]this galaxy will be a human galaxy". To answer your question, he was not xenophobic, for the Emperor fears none, He was a misxenonist (alien hating), specieist. The memory of the Metal Men and the havoc they wreaked led to the taboo against machine intelligence. Many Psychers were also responsible for many crimes against normal humans, and so they too must endure many pacifications and purifications, to ensure they do not abuse their powers or fall to Chaos. And finally, those who lead men astray by convincing them to rebel against the Emperor, wrongly thinking they can brave the terror of the galaxy alone, who seek to break humanity apart again, their heresy is in a way an invitation to all the other heresies. In this galaxy such taboos and hatreds do not prop up the Emperors government, for the Emperor did not need such political props. They did however serve to ensure human unity, and the continuance of the Empire of Man, which the Emperor was swift to remind anyone that got confused about why the Emperor did what he did. And finally, no, he did not have this in mind at first, During humanities golden age, which he was partly responsible for, there was no policy of aggresive extermination, because humanity was simply too powerful to be challenged by any xeno. But that was before the fall of the Eldar, the ravages of the Metal Men, and mankind's hubris leading to internal war..." [Deleted] 7 years ago.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

That is a coherent explanation

[@VarvasNukka]

You could say that the Imperium is a big broken household in an extremely bad neighbourhood.

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

Morbidly accurate comparison

[@DoctorM42]

"Long flowing locks are good." -Laughs in Fulgrim

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

*sad hair trimmer noises*

[@martinhenry7362]

I hated Fulgrim and The Emperors Children from the first Horus Heresy book they were in, but in the end when he finally fell to Chaos I felt sorry for him

[@Inqusitor_VDM]

@@martinhenry7362 I hated the Emperor's children.. but rylanor.. he was a bad ass

[@x7marine935]

The Emperor would not have wanted all Xenos exterminated, he would have wanted most of them destroyed but the ones that could be reasoned with he would have wanted subjugated to the Imperium

[@MonerBilly]

Haha. I swore I read "My emperor would not have..."

[@x7marine935]

@@MonerBilly well, your not wrong

[@daswordofgork9823]

Look for, “if the emperor had a text to speech device” the Emperor himself says so.

[@djcuevas1057]

@@daswordofgork9823 That’s a parody and not canon. He wanted to kill all xenos and enslave the rest.

[@AmazonessKing01]

I think the biggest problem is that you can't really reason with Xenos either. I mean, the Eldar are one of the most reasonable races, and they are deranged and want you dead.

[@ThomasTee]

Brickies videos are not the definitve lore videos (that would be Luetin09), BUT they are the definitive entry point for newcomers, which makes them pretty awesome.

[@joshuagraham967]

Boldermort is another great guy

[@dj11o9er]

40k Theories also does lore vids, I personally enjoy his

[@neiloerlemans1029]

Oculus Imperia. Tactica imperialis.

[@famillebeaulieu-luangkham2923]

RANK S : in many references (in anime for instance, like "One punch Man", or many videogames like "Streets of Rage IV"), "S rank" stands for "super" or "special", meaning that it is basically off chart. Above A+.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Got it. Obviously, I was never enough of an achiever to get anything resembling a "S"

[@beverlystevens955]

@@CombatVeteranReacts hey man your channel is *S RANK* to us! Also adeptus aribites is basically the imperiums police force think judge dred. And on average they have such large armies that they are sometimes better armed that's some pdf (planetary defense force basically standing milita) and imp guard regiment's.

[@remliqa]

If you are familiar with manga/anime or anything that originated form Japan you would be familiar with S-tier /class . It is considered to be much higher than A. Though this have influenced some other works that are not form Japan such as Korean manhwa (Solo Levelling eg) or in works like "Worm" (an English webnovel/webseries).

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Interesting, obviously , I am not a huge manga or anime fan.

[@remliqa]

​@@CombatVeteranReacts BTW, because you're not that into anime/manga (One Punch Man, an example of a goods series that uses such power level clarification) I would suggest you read the "Worm" web series to get a grasp on the difference in A rank/tier an S-class/rank . Worm is basically a very dark superhero story told from a heroic villain/anti-villain perspective. You'll appreciate the use of tactics here and how they show elite combat veteran can put out decent fight against enemies with superpowers (unlike most stories like these where so called elite SOF are nothing but cannon fodders).

[@DarkVeghetta]

For anyone else confused: 14:30 S-tier, in Japanese gaming, is usually the absolute top-tier of score, power, or difficulty (sometimes SS or even SSS exists and supersedes it). Basically, scoring can be: F

[@quiddel3649]

The Adeptus Arbites is the closest thing the Imperium has to a police force. They tend to rely on a violent approach centered around supressing dissent.

[@stevenendersby8442]

and just generally kicking ass whenever it's required... usually that ass is of the criminal verity... mostly.

[@dhamon45]

@@stevenendersby8442 They are also, no joke, a Judge Dredd rip-off

[@Lohgoss]

I think you talked about the Potsdam Giants with the King collecting tall Man, for "combat purposes"

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Correct! Good memory!

[@paytonkraft7564]

Chaos is manifested and strengthened by the living and dead alike, thoughts, feelings, emotions, and souls.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Ah okay.

[@heiniknallkopp9688]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Plus the chaos gods arent really evil as each one also represents essential aspects of the Universe. Nurgle for example. Death and decay arent "evil", you can also see it as the circle of lifem, things die and rot away all the time only to have new life taking their place. Khorne isnt all about pure violence, he can also represent concepts like honor or sportsmanship and so on.

[@sergeantsharkseant]

@@heiniknallkopp9688 though they are mostly evil like yeah wh40k is so dark it makes chaos also dark as there was a time when the warp was calm, but then the war in heaven between the Necrons and the old ones (space frogs) made everything horrible Also the emperor is technically also a chaos god as the believe of the billions of humans do make the presence of the emperor in the warp much more potent so he is mostly more powerful then any single chaos god but less powerful then all four.

[@cbreezy1221121]

16:18 bald doesn't necessarily mean bad in 40k. Primarch Vulkan of the Salamanders chapter is bald and is one of the best people in the Imperium

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Yea! The baldness evil thing is an unfair stereotype

[@salvadorespinoza7787]

the emperor only wanted the good aliens basically, but wanted humanity to conquer the galaxy and all other races be subservient to humanity

[@derrickhaggard]

Exactly so no one faction is squeaky clean.

[@fredwin]

The Emperor actually made some shady deal or pact with the Chaos powers to help create the Primarchs. Because of this Chaos had a hand in scattering them to the winds, all ending up on random worlds.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Ah interesting

[@unionblue21]

I thought that was retconned, I swear I remember somewhere saying they did.

[@Monkeyshaman]

@@unionblue21 that's the emperors version of events. Spoilers: The siege of terra revealed that it was done by one of his remaining perpetual allies, presumably in the belief it was for their own protection.

[@fredwin]

@@Monkeyshaman Ah. Perfect example of the lore being so unwieldy, I never heard the other side of it. Was it actually a Retcon or were they just trying to make it look like unreliable narration?

[@effigytormented]

@@fredwin It's not so much unwieldy as it is so loaded with propaganda so you can choose to believe what you hear or speculate on the truth as being somewhere in between as Leutin does.

[@camomurf5182]

Me after walking into the local ecclesiarchy building: "THE GOD-EMPEROR IS TERRIBLE AT BEING THE WORST!" Priests: "HERE- wait..."

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Innocence proves nothing

[@sicor94]

The emperor hated aliens, but take into account that aliens in 40k are absolutely terrible and fucked up humanity for a long time.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

maybe the only time where 'dehumanizing' the enemy is objectively correct

[@awalkingfire2176]

@@CombatVeteranReacts absolutely.

[@brigidtheirish]

As I recall, humanity had trade agreements with the eldar and even *orks* during the Dark Age of Technology. Then the eldar started their downward spiral into inadvertently birthing Slaanesh, which caused lots of warp storms that prevented almost all human space travel. Most of the animosity toward humans from xenos came about because Emps felt that, because the eldar indirectly screwed humanity over, that *all* xenos were untrustworthy and were better off dead. For the good of humanity.

[@kernit79]

@@CombatVeteranReacts You can't dehumanize something that isn't human by definition. I understand the inclination to relate to the story, but let's keep in mind that W40k is a fictional sci-fi/fantasy universe. There's a limit to what and how much we can relate to in this universe, and it's largely allegoric. Beyond that, you bump into that limit pretty quickly.

[@elgurkus6885]

About the baldness: Space Marines (and Primarchs) are HEAVILY Augmented, most if not all of them actually have some sort of mechanical device on or in their head, so it is very common for them to be bald, since hair is way more of a hassle, if half of your head is made of metal.

[@nocturnal8171]

Dude, you're killing it. Looking forward to these (also: Anime is heresy)

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

USA was just serving the Emperor’s Will.

[@cyberash3000]

boldermort does the best videos. his nightlord video would even scare the marines lol

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

I don’t know who I would be more scared of the night lords or the death guard I mean with a word eater there at least a small chance that you will die a quick death.

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

World eater

[@cyberash3000]

@@thesmilinggun-knight9646 some world eaters wont attack unarmed people

[@beverlystevens955]

@@cyberash3000 a dwindling percentage if they even recognize that your unarmed

[@edmundscycles1]

Grampa balding is the bestest of all for lore (though he who shall not be named is entertaining when not being political) and A Boarder Prince is great story teller .

[@newhope33]

1- Anime faction = Tau the mechs look alot like suit out of shows like appleseed. 2-ADEPTUS ARBITES = think Judge Dredd. 3-Tyranids = Not just brainless bugs they're lead by a hive mind. 4-Emperor veiw on xenos = Coexistence has been tried and found not to work long term so basically everybody outside of the Tau are xenophobic.

[@brigidtheirish]

Except several human worlds *did* manage to create lasting relationships with xenos races. Until the Great Crusade showed up, of course. And, yes, the tyranids have a hive mind, but it's mostly driven by 'hungry, eat everything.'

[@loganmartin2794]

If you want some more in-depth reviews of factions, check out "Adeptus Ridiculous". It also has Bricky and is quite informative and entertaining. Others include Leutin09, Tactica Imperialis, Occulus Imperia, and so on. The Adeptus Arbites are essentially the Justice Department from Judge Dredd. Edit: The Emperor only killed off xenos if they posed a threat to the Imperium. That is why he never had many big wars against factions like the Eldar since they never really bothered the Imperium. Along with that, some 'sanctioned' xeno species, like the Jokaero, are allowed to exist since they aren't directly hostile to the Imperium. Also just noticed the Imperium mug. Nice touch. Also, Iron Within, Iron Without

[@imperialinquisitormordecai9688]

The flesh is weak!

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

There are so many!

[@JacobLauxman]

"Luckily we never had to go through the Warp." Truest thing I've ever heard.

[@nohero23]

19:10 Showing our glorious angel Sanguinius lying there in death and agony for several minutes. Such cruelty :(

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Poor sanguineous

[@DeadWayfes]

Amazing man!!! The emperor protects! Also would be amazing if you did the Helsreach animation by Richard Boyland, its a 13 part series adaptation of a book (and audiobook) and is the project thst started the whole 40k animations back in the day. Also love the amount of info and interesting details that you say in each video, and gotta say welcome to the 40k family, may the Emperors light shines upon you

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Thanks! Praise be to the emperor!

[@wulferikgebhardt5312]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Be warned , that's gonna take you some time! Highly recommend it, though.

[@Giganfan2k1]

"Yeah sure not a God. 10' tall and Immortal." Slow down there Lorgar. XD

[@heiniknallkopp9688]

But...but muh Lectitio Divinitatus!

[@TheDrunkenPhaeron]

I would recommend watching The Last Church, it's an animation of a short story of the same name. The story covers the Emperor going to the last church on Earth to convince the last priest to see the error of his ways. A lot of good philosophical arguments and a great story and animation.

[@Huppa3333]

The one thing I like about Warhammer 40K, is that despite the incredibly horrible, violent and grimdark everything is, the basic concepts of goodness, such as honor, comradery and basic kindness still exists whenever they can. Like sparks and embers in the eternal night, the overwhelming brutality and unreasonableness makes these good acts shine ever brighter.

[@TheAngryMoth104]

Bricky is just a wonderful guy and his Adeptus Ridiculous Podcast is one of the best sources for all 40K knowledge

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Cool!

[@fredwin]

Split it up as much as you have to, should be fun!

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

It really is!

[@TheArkTheArkTheArk]

16:23 “like when you join chaos do you become bald?” I mean...kind of! All the fabulous hair got claimed by Fulgrim.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

That fulgrim with his....sexy....hair.

[@thedragon133]

There originally were 20 primarchs. Two had to be... "taken care of" because of unknown reasons and were erased from the records including their space marine legions. Rumor has it that the space wolves wiped them out like the good dogs of the emperor that they are. And those weren't mere 1000 marine strength chapters, those were two full astartes legions, both somewhere between 10.000 and 250.000 space marines strong depending on the source. The Space wolves are just that badass.

[@Sylrha_Takahva]

This might be interesting for you: SPACE MARINE CREATION/RECRUITMENT - Your guide on becoming an Astartes | WARHAMMER 40,000 Lore by Luetin09

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Oh, its on the list. But Bricky needs to get finished first lol

[@BeatmasterAC]

@@CombatVeteranReacts and after that also from Luetin09 "Bolters", " The Imperiums worst defeats part 2" (especially the Cadia Part) and "Tyranids first contact with the Imperium"

[@BigGator5]

The channel "Generation Films" have a great collection of 40K videos. Highly recommended.

[@BigGator5]

Here is the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLpvdEKCBVrBjJtiWv2xvajkcY3td5JS4S

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Cool! As you can see, I need to spend some time on Bricky's first lol

[@BigGator5]

Fair enough. Just enjoy.

[@Huppa3333]

By strapping the Emperor to the Astronomicon, his psychic radiance is amplified and acts a permeating beacon in the warp, shining brightly like a lighthouse in a ridiculously bad storm. That is why Navigators trained on Terra (Earth) are so valuable, as they can see this beacon, and use it to chart safer paths while in the warp. If no Navigator is present on the ship, the ships can instead make a calculated jump, for a less safer but ultimately effective result.

[@danialharithrozman5312]

Not sure if this helps, but as a general rule of thumb, there are 3 key events that shape the general narrative of Warhammer 40k; 1) The Origins of the Necrons. 2) The fall of the Aeldari. 3) The Horus Heresy. While the Tau and Tyranids are a major faction in the setting, they aren't exactly a major element in the overall 'plot' (if you could call it as such) to the overarching story of humanity within the 41st Millennium.

[@danialharithrozman5312]

Also, I'm gonna sound like a broken record, but in terms of what videos to watch; You've already made good start with Bricky's videos. Obviously the next step would be to watch Leutin09 and his EXTENSIVE list of videos. Although a bit of a caveat, in that they can get very long and winded IMO. Which is why I also would check out the Templin Institute for some more digestible videos.

[@danialharithrozman5312]

Adeptus Arbites, is essentially.....the police force of many imperium worlds. You know Judge Dredd? Imagine them, but more brutal. Then you're not far off. Here are some models for a visual representation. www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Necromunda-Palanite-Enforcer-Patrol-2019

[@danialharithrozman5312]

At the 8 minute mark; You could say that theory is somewhat understandable. Many people often make fun of Warhammer for how MISERABLE the world is, often stating that compared to Star Wars or any other Sci-fi settings, Warhammer would be the one place No One wants to go to. Ever. If you can have fun with Warhammer despite it's over the top grimdark nature, then it certainly helps to put a smile in these trying times. Plus, you can enjoy beating down plagues, literally, if you fight against Death Guards 👍👍

[@danialharithrozman5312]

9.15 minute mark; HAHAHAHA!!! Kill enough people to physically manifest something into existence....... Wait till you get to the Aeldari history.🤣🤣🤣

[@danialharithrozman5312]

11.40 minute mark; Yes. Spoiler alert, but Tyranids are..... technically not evil. The whole goal of the Tyranids as a collective, is to simply consume and evolve as a species. There's no hidden motive or agenda behind the Tyranids; They're just hungry. Hungry for EVERYTHING, but still hungry nevertheless.

[@signor_zuzzu]

What's really charming about the 40k universe is that everything and everyone is built around flaws

[@stevestrangelove4970]

7:45 agree with your theory. There is escapism for a better world (or better you) and then there is escapism for a worst world. And the later works the same as gallow humor.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Gallows humor is a good analogy

[@demonslayer6267]

Fulgrim (Primearch of the Emperor's Children) and Magnus (Primearch of the Thousand Sons) have a lot of hair and they are100% with Chaos, and so do Konrad Curze (Primearch of the Night Lords) so, no Chaos and hair-loose are not linked, it just so happens that Horrus (Primearch of the Sons of Horrus/Luna Wolves) and Lorgar (Primearch of the World Bearers) where bald, the latter probably because of his whole, religious monk thing, Angron (Primearch of the World Eaters) and Perturabo (Primearch of the Iron Warriors) im not sure count since they have tubes in their head, and Mortarion (Primearch of the Deathguard) uses chemical weapons and grew up on a planet with a toxic atmosphere so, probably where his baldness comes from As for the Emperor being xenopobhic...kind of cause literally every alien race in 40k is actually evil, in some way or another, some are even more evil than the Inquisition, weather he would want them eradicated in their entirety i am not sure, but at the very least regulated

[@speckvankuchen7676]

I know this is probably not gonna get read, but as someone with a military background myself, I hugely enjoy and appreciate the level of insight you provide on the videos you "react" to. You do a whole lot to transform the work you are basing yourself upon - after watching you some time I just HAD to leave a comment (also for the algorithm haha) and finally subscribe to your awesome channel. Also - since you wanted to know more about the actual TACTICS and DOCTRINE as well as the ORGANISATION of the Space Marines, there is a great video out there by "Grimdark Narrator", titled: "Codex Astartes [...]" it's a multi part series that goes indepth about structure, doctrines, markings and heraldry. -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5-vgYatacp5ma8 (Part 1) As a fellow (ex-) soldier I found those videos incredibly "entertaining". Would love to see your take on them for sure! Keep up the great work and warm greetings from Germany

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Thanks! I read almost every comment, even if I can't respond to them all. I am happy I get to share my insights with you all!

[@DarkThor88666]

"When you join Chaos do you become bald?" Yes, yes you do!

[@CrestOfArtorias]

Becoming bald is the least of your problems when worshipping chaos.

[@yeoldchief7711]

Unless it's the lure of perfection that you worship

[@doublep1980]

MajorKill definetely agrees to that. xD

[@Rulytasho]

@@CrestOfArtorias specially if you are taken by Papa Nurgle ...well if you are not consumed into chaos, that is, cause once you are with Nurgle, all your problems melt away... alongside your face.

[@CrestOfArtorias]

@@Rulytasho And everything else.

[@JamOnTheHam]

Thank you so much for watching this! This'll be so fun for the other parts! I can't wait to see you react to other animations (more SODAZ XD) or straight up lore. Mainly I can't wait for da ORKS, WAAAGH!

[@Fransens]

Dear Emperor I need longer videos from you, especially since you always add much interesting commentary and info. Also, whenever you are done with this: If The Emperor Had A Text-To-Speech-Device as next react(s).

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

More than 30 minute is a little much for most viewers, so breaking it u into parts is better, I've found.

[@Fransens]

@@CombatVeteranReacts I get that. But you will be chewing on Bricky's vid alone for days then. Eh, just salty I have to wait. Solved it by subbing.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

@@Fransens lol thanks. This is the price of being a youtuber with a day job. Maybe in the future I will do livestream reactions/commentary

[@goliath1179]

The Arbites are a near 1:1 homage of Judge Dredd. They’re judge, jury, and executioner, with shotguns.

[@mcsmash4905]

all of these vids that bricky made are great

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Indeed

[@renatoyuji7660]

In regards to the Lasgun, as far as I'm aware, the gun is fairly sufficient for most situations the Guard (and some PDF forces) go through. Yes, it generally lacks stopping power against things like Chaos Space Marines, Orks and some Tyranid variants, but even bolters and heavy stubbers ("heavy MGs") struggle to put these down at times. It is very effective against softer targets, such as cultists and traitor guard, has high reliability, is fairly sturdy, easy to manufacture, and its ammo (batteries) holds a fair bit of charge per pack (around 100 shots per pack). These batteries can also be recharged by almost any source of energy available (solar, thermal, etc) and can be built in a massive scale. Overall, it does indeed tend to fall on the short end of the power scale when it comes to infantry-held weaponry in 40k, but it is not obsolete. Unless the Imperium manages to minimize the recoil on bolters without sacrificing stoppage power, make plasma reliable and cheap, or create something more akin to Tau weaponry and manage to produce it in extremely large scale, the lasgun is still the way to go for general infantry issue.

[@thenecessaryevil2634]

The Primarch's genetics is a tricky subject. What is known is the Primarch project started before the Emperor started the unification war. It involved the creation of the Pure Primarch Geneseeds. Several gene sequences were then deleted and new ones added, not all of them of human origin. The Emperor then entered a warp gate and bargained with entities unknown to learn the art of soulcrafting. He then engineered not just their genetics but their very souls. But the Gods of Chaos stole them and scattered them to human worlds across the galaxy. That said many bear a striking resemblance to great warriors of earth history. Conrad Curze Primach of the Night Lords bore no small resemblance to Vlad the Impaler, Jaghatai Khan to Genghis Khan, ect.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Oh interesting! Don't they also embody different aspects of the emperor?

[@sentientbackpack8191]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Yes, each one has some piece of the emperor, like how Magnus the Nerd has extreme psychic might, Vulkan's love of humanity, Konrad Curze's terrifying nature, Angron's wrath and so on, whether they got more good than bad depends.

[@worldlinezero4783]

@@sentientbackpack8191 Originally, Angron actually represented the Emperor's empathy, as he had the ability to heal and soothe those he touched. That got screwed up pretty much entirely when he got nails put into his brain

[@sentientbackpack8191]

@@worldlinezero4783 well I got that part wrong, thanks for the correction

[@sentientbackpack8191]

@@worldlinezero4783 that sounded really passive aggressive, sorry

[@privateerburrows]

15:40 Yes. I explain a lot of this in one comment I wrote under your other WH40k video, about the movie, to explain why there's such a mishmash of technology and medievalism in 40k; it is actually very well explained in the books of the Horus Heresy series. In that post I also explain the origin of the primarchs and of the space marines; and many things this guy doesn't explain. EDIT: 22:00 Yes, it's like a light-house. The Emperor always had this power, but he was building a hi-tech replacement for it, which one of his primarchs (Magnus) by accident destroyed (years of work); so the Emperor had to keep using his power to produce the Astronomicon. 23:00 Yes, it is obvious in the books that it is hard for most humans to NOT consider the Emperor as a god. But it is also very clear in the books that the Emperor lies, falls victim to anger, and makes terrible mistakes sometimes. There is never an answer given as to his origin, though some stories hint at his having lived on Earth since the age of dragons, and to have captured the most powerful one and taken it to Mars, where the dragon still lives in a cave deep underground. 23:25 Yes, he is xenophobic. Well, either that, or he just WANTS Humanity to be xenophobic. The orders to the primarchs was to kill any intelligent life that wasn't human. There is a "Consortium" of alien races that are trying to deal with this problem, and they manage to recruit one of the Legions to their help, the legion of Alpharius/Omegon, the dual-primarch legion; but those two get killed early in the war, as they get sent as an advance attack unit at Earth, and both get killed by the defenders. But the Consortium keep working in secret, and they believe the only way the galaxy will be spared from doom is if Horus succeeds and wins the war against the Emperor. In the end Horus only half-succeeds, as the Emperor is not completely dead; and it's not clear what the Consortium think about the outcome. 24:00 Keep in mind all this idolatry towards the Emperor came after he "died"; he would not have tolerated idolatry while he was alive.

[@Flakjacket96]

I feel like you would love Warhammer Fantasy because its loaded with a mix of history and mythology.

[@BryantVonMiller]

I love the profile photo FlakJacket!

[@felix2315]

13:00 the physical form of the emperor looks like a 100% normal dude (he isn't giant and golden on the throne). He just casualy alters the perception of everyone around him. I believe it was Konrad Curze who could one time when meeting his father see through the illusion. He also had medicore precog abilitys in the form of visions... come to think of it he might saw his future form on the throne.

[@KnightYellow]

The sisters of silence (who are blanks) can also see his true form... maybe. Since his entire shape shifting ability seems to be based on showing people what they expect to see it is hard to discern if any persons impression of him is accurate... It may be possible that he has enough power to overwhelm blanks and still distort their vision of him. His ability to see the future is not really mediocre, it's pretty damned good. It is just that chaos conspired to cloud his ability to see the paths in front of him with accuracy in the run up to the heresy in much the same way that Sanguinius and Kruze were also messed with since both got their ability to parse the future from him. It is also strongly hinted that he may have went through the heresy multiple times looking for a strategy in which he prevails and as grim and dark as the 40k setting is... that turns out to be one of the most promising scenarios so he is sitting playing it out. His talks with Malcador during the heresy where they are playing Regicide are pretty revealing with him talking about which Primarchs he expected to turnt traitor and which would remain loyal. As well as Russ meeting a Terran raised version of himself that had none of the Space Wolf identity and Magnus himself stating that this version of reality has been altered by a 3rd party and events are playing out differently than they normally would. The grim dark truth is that 10,000 years of horror and death may actually be the "good" version of events for the Emperor, or he got messed up so badly that he can't manually reset the timeline and is stuck watching his empire turn against everything he advocated apart from humanity > Xenos.

[@felix2315]

@@KnightYellow thanks, didn't know that about the sisters

[@masterchief674]

Labeling the Emperor as a god is kind of but not entirely wrong, since the other examples of the title are GORK and MORK of the Orks, Tzeentch, Korn, Nurgle and Slaneeesh of Chaos (Malal doesnt matter is not important) and Kain and Aisha as examples from the Eldar are all collections of Ideals/Souls/Concepts given form by their believers/parts as a body is comprised of cells to make up the whole. In that regard the Emperor more fell in to the realm of the old ones (also beings of unimaginable psychic might and technologic prowess) as a example of the human race at the highest known apex of a races evolution/development, which happens to be at the same ''Level'' of ''power'' as beings known as gods. The Emp was really against religion to deprive the warp of being able to draw power of the belief or similiar feelings/emotions of the human race and to spare humanity the fallicy that is Belief in something other then their own decided Destiny. (very great vid on this aspect of wh40k lore or in general is the 1hourish long animated 30k The Last Church Emps attempt to deconvert the last priest) The origin of emps is disputed between dozens of stone age shamans being the first Psykers gtting aware of the danger that is the warp and mass ritualistic Suiciding to combine their souls to create a being able to lead humanity and combat chaos, and even the old ones tampering or outright creating the emps as one of their last efforts to bring order before dieng out. To end on why its not entirely wrong, is that since the enthronement of Emps and the start of the belief in him as a god inadvertently made him into something like a god of humanity, since that is the ability/characteristic of the warp which was once not fed up and was called the realm of souls. hope i could share some lore/fanlore tidbits.

[@Colonel_Jurten]

Id say the best way to answer the "is the emperor xenophobic" question is to say that the emperor had a vision for humanity and would do just about anything to achieve it, including alliances with xenos, but aliens were never in his vision. He didn't hate them, but he certainly planned around them.

[@ZacharyBerno]

I am excited for this one!

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Hope you like it!

[@nighthawk72j80]

Do you think you'll ever watch the second video? It goes into all the other factions of warhammer. I would also suggest Majorkill's videos since he also helps explain a lot of lore in detail.

[@twal9]

"If a bear eats a person [...] they had it coming."

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I speak only truths...

[@WarnarI]

For good 40k Lore vids I recommend "A Border Prince" and "Arch" (formally "Arch Warhammer"). "If the Emperor had a text to speech device" is a pretty good satyr YT series of 40k that I highly recommend watching once you got the basic knowledge of 40k to get some of the jokes.

[@edmundscycles1]

Ah I enjoy "he whom shall not be named" whith the lore videos . They may not always be the most accurate but damn they are entertaining and flesh stuff out . Plus I do enjoy some of the way he describes things . By the roots of my desires A Boarder Prince is a great voice actor . Baldamort is a fantastic lore and story writer too .

[@InsomniacDoggo]

I like how this is supposed to be the factions explained and he barely gets to the first faction lmao That said I love that you actually have commentary on the video instead of just going "wow thats crazy" and moving on like other reactors

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I'm surprised at the number of successful react channels that follow that method.

[@elgurkus6885]

5:07 Adeptus Arbites are basically the closest thing to a police force in the imperium of man.

[@minoreror9961]

If your going to do reactions to longer videos I recommend Arch Warhammer’s lore vids. He makes them insightful and entertaining at the same time. Oculus Imperia is also an excellent choice but he speaks form the perspective of an imperial scribe.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

That sounds like a fun video!

[@cyberash3000]

boldermort does the best videos.

[@KnightYellow]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Would be a bad idea considering that the guy is infamous for his hard right views, his tendency to inject his politics into 40K, having Games Workshop threaten legal action against him because he was using Warhammer in his channel name and they wanted nothing to do with him, his discord being infested with racism that he took part in, one of his mods advocating for paedophilia and him associating openly with white supremacists. His fans will no doubt insist that he's actually totally cool and was just cracking jokes with his racism and paedophilia but don't take my or their words for it. Google "Arch Warhammer controversy" and see not only a huge reddit thread about him replete with screens from his discord but also multiple news sites covering his incidents including GW getting him to remove their IP from his channel name and a Creative Assembly community rep lashing out at him in his final livestream for the company before taking up a new job. Just a heads up as his fans have a tactic of finding new people to 40K/Warhammer fantasy and trying to get them to support his work by pretending he's a good source of info.

[@shadeling8708]

its pretty neat seeing your instant kneejerk reaction to the emperor's form being more or less exactly what the primarch Lorgar thought when he saw the big E for the first time ( 12:53 )

[@scarecrow2097]

Arbites are basically Warhammer militarised police of the Imperium's planets. Just think of Judge Dredd copy pastes xD

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Lol changed just enough to avoid a lawsuit

[@tomfordgunningham465]

Adeptus arbites are basically interplanetary police. They deal with the big stuff while local police deal with the small stuff.

[@FireandHonour]

Adeptus Arbites = Judge Dredd but with much less chill

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Can Dredd have any less chill?

[@nosacredcows1810]

The film "Event Horizon" is widely regarded as an unofficial Warhammer 40k prequel about mankind's first experience with the Warp. And the Warp could best be described as an alternative dimension where every single thought, impulse and instinct both conscious and subconscious ( from the most minor to the most depraved) takes physical form and consciousness. And the Imperial Guard will use every tactic from 18th century line infantry tactics to modern military tactics and everything in between. It all really depends on the individual regiments home world. So the Mordian iron guard would use 18th century tactics while Elysian drop troops would be more like modern paratroops. The thing to realise is if something in 40k seems stupid there is normally an in universe reason why_it might be a stupid reason but there is a reason.

[@edmundscycles1]

The writer of event horizon said that he is a 40K fan and wrote it as part of a pre 40K world.

[@ShinigamiSamaH]

Emperor: I want religions gone, and do not treat me as a god. Also Emperor: *A giant, psychic, golden man that radiate golden light* And we know he have the power to disguide himself, yet he deliberately chose to present himself as a golden god.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Yea, he just didn't want other figures of worship

[@eypandabear7483]

@@CombatVeteranReacts It was a bit more than that - he also severely punished those who venerated him as a god in his lifetime.

[@miroo4097]

And now thanks to Quintillion's of humans worshiping him they literally forced him to Ascend to Godhood/Warp Deity status.... He's definitely regretting letting Lorgar start what would eventually become the Imperial Cult.

[@allmightyweakling4167]

Well the thing is, maybe people should not judge others by their looks alone.

[@wrigglenight93]

The Horus Heresy is probably the most extensively-documented period in the lore that isn't the current day. Lots of fun stories there: -The Edict of Nikaea and the Burning of Prospero -Calth, the Shadow Crusade, and Imperium Secundus -Corax and the Raptors -The journey of the White Scars to Terra -The Schism of Mars -Vulkan and the Night Haunter -Fulgrim, Perturabo, and the Angel Exterminatus

[@Fransens]

SS+ SS S A B C D E F Comes from gaming, more used in games from asia, usually rating high-scores or stuff like combo hits in fighting games.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Ahhh ok

[@artbrann]

anime loves it too, like LOVES loves it

[@cyberash3000]

adeptus arbites are the police force, they even have their own fleets of ships, and are a playable faction in necromunda and the spaceship game too. like a better armoured imperial guard but with shotguns and bolters and water cannons and attack dofgs, they will fight in protection of a planet alongside the planetary defence force and in peace they hunt down mutants witches criminals etc

[@DuBstep115]

Just say they are 100% judge dredd

[@perkysaurus2307]

The First legion makes everything better!

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Truth!

[@littlepeach2010]

I remember reading a fan Theory that says, the Emperor is not the 10ft tall Gold Armour clad being we see in the pictures, but it in fact Malcador, and the Golden Demi God we see is a Psychic projection created be Malcador to unify Mankind, and as Malcador was a normal size human it would ex-plane how he lived for so long and no body noticed him

[@B3rten]

Could it be that the example you were thinking of about those huge soldiers back in the 1600's is Napoleon's personal guard unit? Because if I recall correctly, Napoleon's guard were made up of the biggest grenadiers (to be a grenadier you already had to be taller than average) of the Napoleonic army. This is also part of the reason the rumor that Napoleon is short came about, simply because he was at all times surrounded by huge grenadiers.

[@MidnightSt]

S being better than A+ is a reference to (spectacle) fighting games genre, it's the best score, above A+, and it's usually something like "Superb" or "Stylish"

[@Mugthraka]

14:39 Thats a Grading used mainly in Scyfy or Fantasy Its goes from the Lowest Threat Been F to S been the highest, some universe and settings even have SS or even SSS, levels of threats or Heroes. In a Fantasy setting with monsters, magic and adventurers, if there's an Adventurer's Guild from wich you can take missions (wich is EXTREMELY common in Anime/Manga and JRPG's) when you start your carreer as an adventurer you'll be either a F-ranked or G Ranked adventurer, the more Missions you do and succeed, the more contributions you make and the more your ranking goes up, to eventually A-rank adenturing parties or even S-rank adventurer wich is the Most OP you usually can get (outside the settings where they have Double or even Triple S rankings) In ScyFy its also used to categorise Threats levels, while a C-threat level is something that can be taken care off by a squad of trained soldiers, a S-Threat requires an entire Platoon with artillery support and heavy gear, like Exo-suits etc(depending on the setting) So in this grading systeme wich is very common in the Geek culture, S-rank/level/tier, means that you are the top of the top, the creme de la creme, Nothing is above you outside of the Universe and the Gods itselfs.

[@stevestrangelove4970]

29:30 something Bricky doesn't sold well on the lasgun is the fact that 1) many batteries are rechargable, 2) many are solar rechargable and 3) can be mass produced in high cuantities. Its a logistic gift to not having to move ammo to every planet or move your troops plus the ammo, specially when its that many soldiers.

[@edmundscycles1]

It's also thermo rechargeable too . You can throw it in a fire to recharge . Plus you can hot shot the lasrifle .

[@fanta4897]

Mosin-Nagant is still being found from time to time in Russia in untoched condition sealed in crates. It's not the oldest weapon I saw being used in modern conflict, that would have to be Lebel rifle which I saw being used in Syria. The most usable of these old weapons is probably StG44 which I saw a shitton of in Syria (plenty of photos of them, there's even one video showing several crates filled to the brim with them), which I'm really surprised about considering that ammunition for that must be getting pretty low. Nonetheless, Imperial Guard doesn't really have outdated tactics, the men at its' disposal are by modern standards elite and humanity is trying its' hardest to survive so of course they know of proper tactics and strategies, it's just that battles are so massive that there will be significant losses no matter what and some enemies are that powerful that winning requires borderline suicidal approach (if not outright suicidal, I've read of this happening only once but I'm pretty sure it occurs more often).

[@Valreg]

One thing about the Lasgun is that it’s not necessarily designed to be outright fatal. It cause a wound that is cauterized, painful and will likely become infected. So any lasgun wound would require 1-2 people giving constant care, depleting manpower and hurting enemy morale.

[@sentientbackpack8191]

To explain the whole minecraft nether travel connected to the warp. In minecraft everything is made out of block (as you saw) but once you go into the nether for every one tile you cross that is 8 in the overworld, so if you were to travel 8 tiles in the nether that would be 64 in the overworld. So it's kind of the same thing in warhammer, if you were to go X number of kilometers in the warp you would actually go 10X in the materium, but what year you exit to is unknown, you could be in the warp for 5 hours and pop out some 10 - 500 years in the future or past. Anyway, I hope this helps.

[@MagosCavantis]

The tall dudes you referred to were probablay the Prussian infantry regiment No 6, aka the "Potsdam Giants". The initial idea behind it was that bigger soldiers that all had approxemately the same size would look better at parades. Later on, it was seen as a benefit that larger men could (in theory) operate the large muzzleloaders that the Prussian soldiers used more easily.

[@mekhane675]

Nether travel is based on a concept in Minecraft where you can visit a hellish dimension called the nether. In this dimension, if you were to walk 1 block (1 meter) and then built a portal to leave, you would find yourself 8 blocks away from wherever you started. This makes nether travel a great way to quickly move across the world and get to certain biomes quickly.

[@CrestOfArtorias]

Watch "the last church" it depicts golden boi really well.

[@maxthereapernephilim2416]

23:26 Yes, he was. He didn't want to kill them all, but rather keep the aliens under some sort of control since most aliens don't have humanitys best interest. And he wanted to do that by reducing their numbers.

[@daimonbro5015]

8:11 nah it's not that, Games Workshop is making war hammer 40k more appalling to more people by watering down the grim dark aspect of the whole IP ( In my opinion and others)

[@paulpolito2001]

Rewatching this, and am a little bored, so I'll try and give some context for some of whatever Bricky left out. Btw, if you're still trying to learn more about this fascinating-horrible setting, Luetin is incredibly knowledgeable; Baldermort is a great storyteller; Alfabusa (RIP TTS/Kitten!) is good light viewing and still 'close' to canonical. There's a literal movie on YT, Helsreach, and it's fucking badass. The Primarchs were artificially "geneforged" individually, unlike the; Custodies -- the next-lower tier of Human power -- are humans that got custom enchanced by Big E to be mini-golden-godlings; the Astartes are adolescent boys that had extra organs crammed in (with geneseed from a primarch replacing the genetic coding from their biodads), heavily brainwashed (psyco-indoctrination), and trained to absurd degrees; the Astartes replaced the stronger-but-unstable Thunder Warriors, of whom I am unsure of the specific augmentations of; Sisters of Battle are (mostly) unaugmented females that are well-geared and ZEALOTS to the Imperial Cult... power-wise, something less than an Astartes, but they're issued power armor and better weaponry than the lowest tier; Guardsmen (and women) are regular ass, unaugmented humans with armor that may as well be modern-day Lv IV protection, and smallarms that - while robust and reliable - are generally anemic... they rely on MASSIVE vollies, crew-served heavy weapons, and armor to dispatch anything more threatening than a base standard opponent. Also, they're very much a horde army. The Mechanicus/Mechanicum have really cool toys, and are often more machine than organic, I can't really do them justice with a blurb. Functionally cyborgs, and they have a virtual monopoly on Knights & Titans - they also have a monopoly on the knowledge to maintain and repair ANYTHING more complex than the most basic equipment. I'm sure I've missed a lot (like the Sisters of Silence, a faction of "Blanks" with anti-warp powers stemming from a lack of a soul; but idk much about them. Likely more, also), but that sorta sums up most of Loyalist Human factions.

[@liammurphy2036]

There's also one thing Bricky leaves out about the Lasrifle is that it's ammo packs are solar and can be recharged around a campfire thus removing the need for ammunition for the vast majority of guardsmen along with the secondary benefits of a lighter pack it frees up logistics and manufacturing that can be used elsewhere.