Honestly, with Steve’s rolls like that, his marines should’ve been painted up as Lamenters. At least then the suffering would’ve been thematic.
@Qardo2 жыл бұрын
Lamenters: We suffer because the Emperor demands it. Also, Lamenters: And you suffer because you have to hand paint all those checker board patterns on our equipment and cry the whole time you mess up. Lament. Lament!
@toheekang1742 жыл бұрын
Steve would make a great primarch for lamenter.
@Ajehy2 жыл бұрын
I always think that. Poor Steve, poor banana boys…
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
All hail Chapter Master Steve!
@Thingymabob10002 жыл бұрын
Oh my God this was BRUTAL to watch. Steve needs a hug and holy hell he was a better sport about it all than I likely would have been.
@logosofgame42732 жыл бұрын
I would have been burning the studio down in full Khornite rage mode.
@Coreyseyes112 жыл бұрын
His sportsmanship is part of what makes him such a great player imo
@Coreyseyes112 жыл бұрын
And why I'm always rooting for him
@Thingymabob10002 жыл бұрын
@@Coreyseyes11 oh that's 100% the case.
@Jechti3072 жыл бұрын
Fuck, I'm crying for him. I'd just be under the table if it was me.
@TheTronmon2 жыл бұрын
Steve is a champ for staying chill in the face of all that. If someone were to animate this match though it would be incredible. Screaming marines tripping over themselves, an atv getting shot to dust as it heroically shows up, hellblasters melting themselves, a single arc immortal electrocuting 5 units simultaneously, a squad forgetting to take their transhuman phys. Pills ... this match is a ride..
@shahman762 жыл бұрын
Lol! All to the Benny Hill theme.
@illiteratebrian17072 жыл бұрын
Puts the terror of the Necrons into perspective I guess lol
@BoisegangGaming2 жыл бұрын
And the hellblaster killing himself by failing to destroy a single bug.
@biffbidderman81642 жыл бұрын
when necrons are lore wise accurate
@artemisthehunter8360 Жыл бұрын
I think his space marines were tipsy
@nathancoppock77202 жыл бұрын
We need to study Steve's dice for science
@MLaak862 жыл бұрын
Yes... study... like the Inquisition studies Xenos!
@Qardo2 жыл бұрын
@MLaak86 Well, you may joke, but the Inquisition does study Xenos. I mean, there are detailed reports of trying to figure out how an Ork even works. All to figure a better way of killing them. Even though Orks can adapt to pretty much anything, the reports become dated fast.
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
Purge it!
@PlasticAddict301 Жыл бұрын
Michael's too, holy cow was that a lot of 6's for damage
@xanderlee512 жыл бұрын
Forget Steve touched dice, give me some Micheal touched dice! Massive respect to Steve for being a great opponent, even in the face of ridiculous rolls. Also, how does Micheal feel about the new dataslate changes for Necrons?
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
I love them! This was shot before they were announced, but I think it breathes new life into the army synergies Necrons always should have had!
@xanderlee512 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbuckthorp977 I'm really looking forward to using core Skorpekhs alongside my shiny new Doomsday Ark. Wattson inspired me to pick one up, and I love it.
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
@@xanderlee51 call him Watson Jr.
@xanderlee512 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbuckthorp977 Yes, my Phaeron. Your will is my command.
@sleipnirodin28812 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbuckthorp977 *Yes!*
@lucidlobster46622 жыл бұрын
man, big up to steve for being such a sport. does make me a little sad we won't see james and michael's rematch this time around, i think in future if championships are going to be on a points aggregate we should have everyone play everyone, in this case including winner of game 1 vs loser of game 2 and vice versa :)
@sportyeight77692 жыл бұрын
Make it a league with a final
@commanderstorm88742 жыл бұрын
It would just have to be six rounds as the winners would face winners and losers fight losers as unless two people won three rounds in a row they would face all three people
@Thenameispurple2 жыл бұрын
I would enjoy that format immensely. More games!
@ivanzidarov56962 жыл бұрын
That’s a great idea. 4 games is not enough!
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
He will win a championship one day!
@DeadpanTrike2 жыл бұрын
I believe in Steve as the exemplar of good sportsmanship, to take that brutal a beating and still being able to laugh about it is inspiring haha
@pointynoodle2 жыл бұрын
"Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't... maybe I'm not wearing pants" I wasn't ready for that
@RevanR2 жыл бұрын
*"I BELIEVE STEVE!"* *"I BELIEVE STEVE!"* *"I BELIEVE STEVE!"* The match was one-sided but Steve attitude make it at least interesting, remember : *REDEPLOYMENT IS A TRAP!*
@veteranofbaal82322 жыл бұрын
Ein!
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
Is it that bad?
@josephsharkey1913 Жыл бұрын
Elaborate please
@stealthX792 жыл бұрын
37:45 Steve's moment of "turning it around" was hilarious! But I really do feel bad for him though, the game was rough and would've been an uphill battle even if he did make the right tactical decisions! Looking forward to the next few matches! :D
@PlayOnTabletop2 жыл бұрын
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@benwaardenburg2 жыл бұрын
Link doesn’t work!
@annoyingrequirement2 жыл бұрын
@@benwaardenburg Remove the work Like from the link (delete everything after top) and it works.
@viniciussardenberg7062 жыл бұрын
Burn steve's dice damn that was Brutal. seriously, having a segment of this is smt i'd watch
@Antheraws2 жыл бұрын
That was the roughest game I have ever seen. Pouring one out for Steve. I still believe in Steve.
@SuperGingerLad2 жыл бұрын
Feels like Steve should do a comeback next season by fielding a whole army of lamenters
@weebtrash60282 жыл бұрын
You could remove the 1 from the dice and Steve would still roll it.
@MLaak862 жыл бұрын
"We don't know how he caused the meltdown." "There wasn't any radioactive material in the truck!"
@here13592 жыл бұрын
@@MLaak86 Somewhere in the another planet the Lamenters are just steamrolling some orks with no casualties.
@destendgem Жыл бұрын
He'd roll a zero. Somehow.
@461Dragonman2 жыл бұрын
Jeez, is Steve playing Astral Claws or recolored Lamenters? In all seriousness, props to him for keeping positive until the end!
@Dragon_Fyre2 жыл бұрын
Positive-ish. I mean, he at least had a sense of humour about it. When you play a game where your dice are cursed and the opponents dice are blessed, laughing at yourself is about all you can do.
@461Dragonman2 жыл бұрын
@@Dragon_Fyre Well, more positive than I would have. I would have asked for a rematch with any other dice.
@viniciussardenberg7062 жыл бұрын
@@461Dragonman i'd have called it at turn 2 cuz it was already gone from then on,
@Ankhtowe2 жыл бұрын
@@viniciussardenberg706 You would have intentionally sabotaged the entire championship? Talk about a poor sport.
@viniciussardenberg7062 жыл бұрын
@@Ankhtowe i mean, not really, in Starcraft 2 tournaments a bunch of matches are called and GG'd before the 11 minute mark if the other player has clearly won, and then they move on to the next match, no point in playing a game in which you already know the result, this game was decided by the 10 min mark, Steve's deployment/composition isn't really optmal but with those rolls there was legit nothing he could do, lost way too much stuff and took out basically nothing, that is a wrap.
@SpazMonkeyxd2 жыл бұрын
Michael has definitely learned his lesson from the first match he played against James's Orks
@UnverifiedScrobbler2 жыл бұрын
Michael finding money in his pocket during turn 2 was just *chef's kiss*
@wkool94302 жыл бұрын
I like the new format with the announcer intervals. It helps people that don't play or are not pro's to understand better what's going on. Also great comedic value.
@TATERplaysGAMES2 жыл бұрын
The intermittent commentary from Nick and McDowell is a game-changer. Love it. 🤣
@spaceiguana50662 жыл бұрын
Wait, so did Michael actually pull a $20 out of his pocket when Steve made the comment about him finding money in his pockets?
@Jack-wy4cg2 жыл бұрын
yes.
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@RealNazuno2 жыл бұрын
Michael saying we didn't shout loud enough: I BELIEVE IN STEVE, while my family wonders why I am screaming in my Office so loud for a guy named Steve.
@thesighbored2 жыл бұрын
Could not focus on the game after 10:25 because kept wondering if the announcers were wearing pants or not. 😂😂😂
@markpabst84682 жыл бұрын
JT was probably wearing his eldar tights. Nick, there’s no way to tell.
@adammcateer5392 жыл бұрын
When this does turn into the year of Steve. Can a custom chapter master version of Steve be added to his army
@Dracodomin2 жыл бұрын
Obviously it makes no lore sense, but I want a Steve Primarch. LOL
@veteranofbaal82322 жыл бұрын
@@Dracodomin the lost primarch
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
I would buy it!
@QuayNemSorr2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite 40k gaming channel. Great models and maps. Great commentary and relatively short video's that still manage to show the important parts of the games.
@Court_of_Crows5602 жыл бұрын
Those Necrons are absolutely breathtaking.
@nds711D2 жыл бұрын
Brutal, gotta believe the redeploy is where things started to go bad, but the dice rolls just DESTROYED any hope for Steve, the show of sportsmanship is a great sight as well.
@benbiddiss3362 жыл бұрын
Poor Steve... end of that last turn... Michael's face said it all when he broke it to Steve, quantum shielding works in combat. He looked so apologetic, one of those games you just fel bad for your opponent
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
Nothing more Canadian than apologizing while winning.
@builder969channel62 жыл бұрын
the tesseract ark should be named Wilson
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
I like that
@20thmainer482 жыл бұрын
I'm so jazzed! Can't wait for this. I love the commentary table with both of your preferred titan models. Also you guys should definitely sell those dice trays. I know I've said it twice now! 😆😅 but you guys would rake in some bookoo bucks if you did.
@EkardTheMedic2 жыл бұрын
That's a real big "Oof", my guy. A valiant effort, to be sure, and some entertaining content to boot, but a raw deal nevertheless. I hope Steve gives as good as he got in Game 4!
@AltheSpiderlord2 жыл бұрын
The marble effect on that Ark is sensational. How'd he do it?!
@esox2022 жыл бұрын
Watching Steve did actually hurt me emotionally. Not getting the Dreadnought forward is one thing, but getting beaten like a quadriplegic dog with a stick is absolutely heartbreaking. I would have probably just packed my things and went home. He is great sport for soldiering on. What a trooper.
@einarbratz32132 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel and just wanted to say 40k in 40mins are the best battles/battle report videos ive ever seen! So entertaining. I’mm loving the shooting effects and banter between players. Definitely hooked!
@PlayOnTabletop2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AntiNubDevice11 ай бұрын
The dice were brutal on this one. Not what any of us want to see in a Champs match. Great sportsmanship shown by Steve here, well done sir!
@TalentHouseAd Жыл бұрын
37:49 this is the hardest ive laughed all week. Dude, steve, thank you for being such a good sport,a nd showing us what accepting defeat with grace looks like, you're the man!
@rivertlevandowski2 жыл бұрын
I am no longer on the fence about ordering a tesseract ark lol that thing slapped!
@chancesummers83902 жыл бұрын
When Steve brought up Ruberts comment I was dead. I still quote that to this day.
@hd4002 жыл бұрын
I love Space Marine Steve. But I think i love watching his dice fail even more. I'm always impressed how he keeps his cool!
@empagaming23412 жыл бұрын
I think he’s used to his dice failing him. XD
@Bobgriffon2 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've ever felt physically ill watching a match. Props to Steve for being such a good sport, and managing to salvage anything from this game.
@Kazmahu2 жыл бұрын
Big ups to Steve. Being able to keep on trucking when the dice are that filthy to you while in a game with stakes is a skill to be admired. I hope Nuffle favours you in the future, buddy!
@AntiNubDevice11 ай бұрын
I have nothing but love and respect for airbrush painting, but damn I love seeing a well-done handbrushed army. I'm pure handbrush work myself, so I love seeing good and interesting paintjobs and trying to reverse engineer how they went about the paintjobs.
@MacKayVer40k2 жыл бұрын
You know your dice are screwing your over when your opponent starts cheering for you as well haha 😂 ggwp tho. Very fun to watch haha
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
I was willing the dice to roll better for him.
@Gojira17442 жыл бұрын
Love these matches! Though I wish the reigning champ Tak was playing too! He's a beast with his ad mech.
@apollorizing2 жыл бұрын
Paint job on both armies are gorgeously stunning
@theadjacentground70992 жыл бұрын
Who's down to chip in with me to buy Steve new dice? Hats off to Steve for being such a great sport.
@RiffSilverthe1andonly2 жыл бұрын
This episode was making me depressed, like every time I play against a good chapter of space marines as guard. Just the same attitude as Steve when he shouts out his weapon rules.
@DoMw4r2 жыл бұрын
Gotta give props to the editing - some of the very best on youtube when it comes to 40k battlereports! Can't imagine anyone else being able to stretch this game to 40 minutes :)
@aggrael82852 жыл бұрын
'DID YOU JUST PULL A $20 OUT OF YOUR POCKET RIGHT NOW!?!?!? ' That was hilarious. Keep it up Steve, I believe in you!
@timlin7832 жыл бұрын
Steve's Milhouse reference just about summed everything up.👌So brutal.
@johnnyk6172 жыл бұрын
Steve: I can redeploy I have that option Michael doesn't Michael: laughs in veil of darkness
@joejenkinson692 жыл бұрын
My goodness were some of those rolls funny. Congrats to both players for being such good sports about it. I always look forward to your new 40k videos, praise be unto the algorhythm for bringing me to your channel. As an aside, I'd love to see more necrons in your videos. Love my skelly bois! Keep up the good work.
@figothikos12 жыл бұрын
"maybe he does, maybe he doesn't, maybe I'm not wearing pants". this is the type of quality broadcasting that I love about you guys 😂
@Bizarre1122 жыл бұрын
28:53 was too funny. You just feel the dread is going to lay into Watson… and he gets a 1. Poor Steve.
@Trebbih2 жыл бұрын
Necron doomweapons always make one person very happy and the other very sad. Never an inbetween
@eastoforion2 жыл бұрын
anyone who has lost like this at a local shop knows how hard it is, huge props to steve for sportmanship on a loss like that being filmed and during a tournament
@kaimuller1692 жыл бұрын
"You do play Tau though" everything that needs to be said lol
@Scritscratch2 жыл бұрын
I just keep coming back to this video because of Steve’s great sportsmanship. I believe in Steve!
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
I too beliwve in Steve!
@XSpamDragonX2 жыл бұрын
Michael looking straight up into the overhead camera was hilarious
@humantwist-offcap95142 жыл бұрын
That is really, really rough. We’re all here for you Steve.
@bartholomuscorley44682 жыл бұрын
New t-shirt quote. "Of course the hell blaster killed himself.....of course!"
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
The emperor's finest.
@KhanjoOfEthiopia2 жыл бұрын
Michael, what have you done? that man had a family! though to be fair, Steve should know that the emperor doesn't protect the astral claws
@mightbeapersonmaybe83792 жыл бұрын
Maybe some cacharodons? They battered the astral claws in lore so???
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
I love when Steve plays with the Lamemters!
@andrewt91282 жыл бұрын
That was brutal. And pretty entertaining. Someone needs a hug.
@joejoe46012 жыл бұрын
LETS GO NECRONS! WE ARE LEGION! WE ARE INEVITABLE! TAKE IT ALL THE WAY MICHEAL!
@michaelmoon6222 жыл бұрын
Michael’s lore-accurate Necrons lmao
@harleymills88622 жыл бұрын
After loosing so many games to that redeploy stratagem and trans-human physiology, this match was certainly cathartic to watch!
@isiahduran20412 жыл бұрын
It amazes me that people still can't spell "losing" correctly
@sanguinius12842 жыл бұрын
@@isiahduran2041 Good for you.
@Dracobyte Жыл бұрын
Are those truly that bad stratagems?
@Synaesthesie122 жыл бұрын
Steve should get a special price for playing Reivers. Perhaps their terror tactic was used on his dice and not the enemy.
@Knightmare-Requiem Жыл бұрын
So THIS is where the inspiration for the Steve touched dice in the level up campaign came from.
@alistairsangling19702 жыл бұрын
My god Mike! That was BRUTAL!
@incription8972 Жыл бұрын
I think Michael would do a good Kermit impression
@Pilsnerp1c2 жыл бұрын
I know next to nothing about 40k beyond the lore. This channel still has me absolutely gripped. Nice work.
@philippbayer8662 жыл бұрын
Beer, snacks...everything is at hand. Time to cheer for Steve. Cmon Steve you got this
@stevefelten11972 жыл бұрын
You guys make watching a 40k match so exciting and wow Steve got slammed first turn with sheer luck, I'm sorry Steve I am always rooting for you, and that game made me feel your pain and frustration.
@longhairedmoron Жыл бұрын
if i was steve playing with my brother, my brother would pups be laughing at me so hard and calling me a bozo
@alphariusomegon73742 жыл бұрын
Tzeench has cursed poor steve
@valkryie-51292 жыл бұрын
Man it's one of my favorite things to dunk on Space Marines and Space Marine players and make fun of them and whatnot. Even I feel bad for Steve at this point like, the guy just cannot catch a break this is brutal. Props to Steve for not tilting harder than the pool table on my grandfather's computer that I played when I was 4.
@industrialplant86752 жыл бұрын
"Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't, maybe i'm not wearing pants!"
@larryofastora94672 жыл бұрын
J.T: maybe he does, maybe he doesen't....maybe I'm not wearing pants" Nick: 😳
@dragonnight222 жыл бұрын
Steve needs to go play salamanders cause he needs the hugs
@chrisdarling32122 жыл бұрын
Everyone: THIS IS THE YEAR OF STEVE!! Steve's dice: No. Wrong.
@adammealing86322 жыл бұрын
Never have I seen a man with as bad luck as me at dicerolling till Steve. I feel the pain moodkin.
@Nukacola382 жыл бұрын
I too am maybe not wearing pants - like all good Dark Eldar!
@Gadgets20592 жыл бұрын
So soft spoken while he is punching you in the face. Awesome game
@michaelbuckthorp9772 жыл бұрын
speak softly, but carry a big gun
@bartholomuscorley44682 жыл бұрын
Hey Space Marine Steve I would suggest rounded dice on hard flat surfaces
@Bubz062 жыл бұрын
I think Steve's dice suffer from the Observer Effect good gawd!!
@t8mars4482 жыл бұрын
The echoing laughter of dark gods can be heard when the dice are rolled on both sides this day. Steve... I think you need to build some alters for luck
@BrotherCaptRob2 жыл бұрын
Steve is going to have the most amazing come back in the next game I'm calling it now!
@cdh74532 жыл бұрын
Don't worry Steve, you're not the only one with appalling dice luck. Fingers crossed your Astral Claws make up for it in the next game - I want to see that Redemptor high five a few Nurgle units in the face!
@solitairemask77542 жыл бұрын
Well, Steve's score going into round 2 is just abysmal.
@briansalloum92592 жыл бұрын
15:49 When I see the Yankee with no brim
@SneezyIsGaming2 жыл бұрын
Steve’s rolls makes me feel better about my matches. People I don’t even know know me because they hear about how bad I roll. I’m like a legend in the area. I’ve literally managed to roll more 1s in one turn than an opponent rolled all game.
@emilrydell76312 жыл бұрын
Honestly I feel like Steves list just does nothing, like I don’t get it at all. This list combined with scuffed targeting Will land you low points against a decent opponent, no matter the will of the dive gods
@keithmenzer64542 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Those hellblasters and transport points would be better spent as another redemptor and more elites! Plus….eradictor melta rifles are assault! Same AP! You don’t need help blasters to advance and shoot anti tank firepower!!
@PlayOnTabletop2 жыл бұрын
One handicap Steve had was having to play the sponsored army which when he got it was a lot more competitive than it is now. Those are great lost building points.
@mightbeapersonmaybe83792 жыл бұрын
@@PlayOnTabletop any chance he'll be getting a new army? They year of Steve must come
@greyspeight87762 жыл бұрын
Steve is great and he really made this an enjoyable watch. Gotta love a good attitude.
@brunswicklord63652 жыл бұрын
Finally found a bat rep format that fits into my world. Excellent production values.
@PlayOnTabletop2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! We try hard. :)
@TheDickDeck2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never actually felt bad for a space marine player before I saw this video. I mean, I still don’t, but I never did before either.
@Lord_Inquisitor_Ignis2 жыл бұрын
Are we sure these 'Astral claws' aren't really lamenters
@Slenkamure2 жыл бұрын
Steve..........buddy.........what did you do to piss off the Emperor?
@mrsilverbutton77862 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful game! So sorry for Steve, thank you for handling it as well as you did. It's so great seeing you friends playing so respectfully with fun in mind
@joshuagerhardson30852 жыл бұрын
Steve needs to bathe in holy water to remove the curse he is under before next season.
@liamweber7316 Жыл бұрын
It was really inspiring to watch this video and build space marines...