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  • @andrewniehoff8612
    @andrewniehoff8612 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Personally, I liked them better before they went all 1984 on us. As someone on Reddit said, them being a good race yet also being doomed is more grimdark. Even if GW wont kill them off, at least as long as models sell, to see a race that shows that all the hate and killing is not the only way, yet knowing that is a one that will never dominate and only be a minor power can be depressing in and of itself.

    • @SadisticDouble
      @SadisticDouble ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hard agree. Love the idea of having the ONE genuinely good alignment faction against the horror that is 40K. The "generic sci-fi aliens" in contrast with the rest of the setting and showing how screwed up everything is. And as a stepping stone for those who are interested in 40K to get into it without going into the deep end of grimdark

    • @marley7868
      @marley7868 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      reminder most of there bad aspects were still implied in there first lore the tau have always been hypocrites

  • @dagonofthedepths
    @dagonofthedepths ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I had the same thought with the whole Tau / Dark Eldar thing. When the guy in black armor, covered in blades and skulls and is riding a torture barge says, "I just want to have a chat, step through this portal you'll be back soon, trust me". Then starts cackling, maybe don't thrust him.
    Then again, now that I think about it, Dark Eldar are not any better. "You know what would be a great idea? Having a hunting holiday on Fenris." Then getting made when Space Wolves start killing them. There is having and ego and just being comically stupid.

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    The Tau AREN'T comparable to the Federation. Period. It's more accurate to say they're a "nicer" Dominion.

    • @tubalord3693
      @tubalord3693 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      A.k.a. imperialism

    • @SMG_Games
      @SMG_Games ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Eh...pseudo imperialism.

    • @NoSoulJoel177
      @NoSoulJoel177 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck em'

    • @robland3253
      @robland3253 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, but the tau are definitely more expansionist

    • @sebastianwagner7334
      @sebastianwagner7334 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am... pretty sure no one ever said that.

  • @unknownsoul9300
    @unknownsoul9300 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    At the end of the day Tau is my second favorite faction of WH40K, simply because I like cool mechs and the advance tech they have is appealing to my lore style overall, what ya'll think about Tau?

    • @declanmugford987
      @declanmugford987 ปีที่แล้ว

      Extermination

    • @rorya01ok37
      @rorya01ok37 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Like them cause their the new kids learning about how absolutely awful the warhammer universe is

    • @falsehero2001
      @falsehero2001 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tau are the army I love to hate. And also straight up hate. The pseudo Asian names, letter number designations, and exotic sci-fi look confuses and infuriates me. I can’t wrap my head around which unit is what or what load outs they’re equipped with. Is this a pulse rifle, carbine, or blaster? I can’t tell.
      There is a smug aura to the Tau that I am driven to combat. Even though they are not represented much in my local area’s meta, I can’t help but list tailer my armies to counter them.

    • @Nostroman_Praetor
      @Nostroman_Praetor ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm a Gundam nerd, so in my opinion they need a larger variety of mechs and better thruster layouts of their current ones for higher mobility.

    • @ThePandoraGuy
      @ThePandoraGuy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MACROSS MISSILE MASSACRE

  • @edim108
    @edim108 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Love the reactions, but honestly that explanation for why you don't like T'au is really dumb.
    I could say the exact same thing about Space Marines- plenty of "those guys" play Astartes- but I don't bc they have plenty going on aside from people who play them.
    You should really give them a chance. They have a lot of interesting lore for such a relatively fresh faction and they bring an interesting outlook to the setting.

    • @OldManReacts
      @OldManReacts  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's a meme my guy.... :)

    • @some00751
      @some00751 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@OldManReacts its hard to see that as a meme when half the vid is spent dissing on the tau xD

    • @Gearshoot
      @Gearshoot ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OldManReacts Well I didn't see that coming

    • @Prophetofthe8thLegion
      @Prophetofthe8thLegion 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@OldManReactsit ain’t

    • @eldaross8646
      @eldaross8646 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@OldManReacts I applaud you sir, its quite convincing. I'm also glad that you recognise the brilliance of overblown pointless rage.

  • @dellasc2980
    @dellasc2980 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    17:00 your comparison of the ethereals and the player in any civ game was on point, got those vibes from them too

  • @Randomdude.74
    @Randomdude.74 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Ngl boss man your reason for hating the tau because of “that guy” just makes it sound really dumb. You held onto that bad experience for so many years to continue hating on a fictional faction? What is this? Elementary school?

    • @OldManReacts
      @OldManReacts  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's a meme my guy.... :)

    • @Randomdude.74
      @Randomdude.74 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@OldManReacts ah right of course. Sorry. Have a good day

  • @amac1688
    @amac1688 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Before life happened i regularly played Dark Eldar, my friend i mostly played with was a Tau man, my usual strategy was get in close and swing, i think we were pretty even in victories. Our favorite moments usually were when i managed to close to melee and he roll terribly, jokingly said "are they doing lines down the barrel"

  • @dakotalange2858
    @dakotalange2858 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Tau player “my rail guns are god tier”
    Krieg player “fix bayonets for the god emperor!”

    • @onerxowns2202
      @onerxowns2202 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jee i wonder Who win in range fight... T'au

    • @thedusktrainer5340
      @thedusktrainer5340 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@onerxowns2202 If Krieg wins, they won, if they die trying, then they gave their lives for the God Emperor of Mankind, so they won

    • @Archivist001
      @Archivist001 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@onerxowns2202 The 88th wants a fucking word

    • @willlord6289
      @willlord6289 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thedusktrainer5340 “I may never see my family again, but at least I died for the dead guy in the chair who doesn’t give two shits about me”. You realize the whole point of the death korps of Krieg is that there sacrifices are ultimately meaningless, but y’all see the German uniforms (even tho they’re more similar to ww1 French uniforms) and y’all soy out

    • @willlord6289
      @willlord6289 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Krieg players proceed to get mowed down and obliterated because they’re only toughness 3 against the tau’s light arms fire strength 5

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Love is a strange thing, dude." 😎

    • @brok56
      @brok56 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not Canon!

  • @DeHerg
    @DeHerg ปีที่แล้ว +15

    30:00 Well those guys now, in all likelihood, play primaris. So you're going to hate those too?

    • @OldManReacts
      @OldManReacts  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      LOOOOOAAATHE. (gets his pitchfork) but would that make me a heretic?

    • @hunterlongbrake6268
      @hunterlongbrake6268 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OldManReacts probably in-universe.

    • @michelecastellotti9172
      @michelecastellotti9172 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@OldManReactspretty sure most people hate primaris

  • @ShinigamiSamaH
    @ShinigamiSamaH ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Honestly chief, the explanation of why you hate T'au because of "that guy" just make it sound very petty and silly.
    Like you decided to held on to that bad experience for how many years just to continue hating on a fictional faction? The quote "Hate the player, not the game" exist precisely for these moments. And every time you bring up a reason to hate the T'au, like them essentially enslaving their second class groups for example... So what? It's really isn't anything worse than stuffs other factions have done. It's a reason to don't like them morally, yes. But if you run with that logic, the entire setting is shit because everyone else are even worse.
    And FYI, I don't even like T'au all that much, not more than any other factions in the setting really. They all got their niche, good and bad.

    • @OldManReacts
      @OldManReacts  ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's a meme my guy.... :) At some point I'm going to have to explain why certain factions are fun to hate. I "hate" the Tau. Or 30k Space Wolves. It's fun to 'hate' them. Or do you honestly think I'm out in the street outside hobby shops screaming at people with Tau armies?

    • @alaskarii007
      @alaskarii007 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@OldManReacts yes

    • @captain-commander8138
      @captain-commander8138 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@OldManReacts like how I 'hate' the WOB from mech warrior 1 and 2, all so hate feral ghouls.

    • @apolloknight9521
      @apolloknight9521 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@OldManReacts it’s really hard tell if you’re really memeing because half of the video is dissing on the T’au… plus anytime the T’au is mentioned you diss T’au with every opportunity. So the difference between a meme or genuine “hate” becomes blurry. -_-

    • @onerxowns2202
      @onerxowns2202 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is just a IDIOT. Typical american, stupid, ignorant and proud of their Criminal enterprise called usa (yes intentionallly with lower case cause americans are Pathetic)

  • @avalonmandrake3989
    @avalonmandrake3989 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You're a great guy, but i'm gonna echo the rest of the comments here and agree that, while it's completely fine that you dislike the tau, the reason for it comes off as a lot more petty and childish than you probably want. Either way, awesome vid as always, even if the vibe is a bit off 😅

    • @OldManReacts
      @OldManReacts  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a meme my guy.... :)

    • @avalonmandrake3989
      @avalonmandrake3989 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And memes are always a great time, unless the joke falls flat, which i think it did, for some folks. Either way, it’s not a big deal 😄

    • @apolloknight9521
      @apolloknight9521 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@avalonmandrake3989 it did fall flat…

  • @Foogi9000
    @Foogi9000 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like Warhammer 40k would be an amazing stellaris/endless space 2-esque game.

  • @ironkeko4423
    @ironkeko4423 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can see the discomfort and Anger of the Boss

  • @DaddyVeo1911
    @DaddyVeo1911 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You know full and well hell why she's in this in the video, Boss man.

  • @sookendestroy1
    @sookendestroy1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tau gang

  • @fatebreaker413
    @fatebreaker413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Xenophile in stellaris? I have a name for such things, Future livestock.

  • @noirerequiemii101
    @noirerequiemii101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love Pancreasnoworks channel, enjoy the rage lol

  • @darkinnovator2479
    @darkinnovator2479 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To compare the fucking Tau to another race, albeit less mind control and more ideology, I'd compare them to the Qunari from Dragon Age. Although, the Qunari take it to an entirely different level.

  • @trip9845
    @trip9845 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok I asked for this to mostly know WHY! and i got it.

  • @notrandombeard9365
    @notrandombeard9365 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would I rather live in an empire where I am little more than fodder to be thrown at a problem and I eat what I'll become that being corpse starch or would I rather live in the Tau caste system and have a job with reasonable hours, an apartment, real food and a breathable atmosphere? Hard call man

    • @marley7868
      @marley7868 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah just forget all the crimes the tau commit
      such as at least 2 accidentally wiping out species that join them
      and several other times they claimed to be accidents
      a growing bias against there own primary species cause redundant
      oh and a ww2 era germany problem when it comes to weapons
      and the fact they actively screw over planetary pops so they effectivly controll breeding rates so certain species just disapear off certain planets or the galaxy case depending

  • @TheWeaklingg
    @TheWeaklingg ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So, the only way to get you to like Ultramarines is to show them massacring Tau, huh :D

  • @cowdanator5742
    @cowdanator5742 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love Tau

  • @discountplaguedoctor88
    @discountplaguedoctor88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So wait, you ran into a guy who went with the hated Fish of Fury strategy?
    No wonder you hate the Tau, even Tau fans hate that strategy!

  • @yoannbelleville7763
    @yoannbelleville7763 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Half the community: Me no like Tau.
    Me: Why ?
    Half the community: Because me no like Tau.
    Seriously. I can get behind tabletop issues, but in lore, they haven't done nearly as much as most of the other factions to get all that hate.
    And if having one nice faction actually prosper makes you mad because it makes your favorite faction look like the incompetent dinguses that they are (it's not an insult nor a critic, it's literally how they were made) is enough to make you mad, then you need to get your insecurities checked out.

  • @zacmason3593
    @zacmason3593 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tau are intresting as a guy holding gold fish with abbadon

  • @odst522
    @odst522 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who says you can't engage in melee if you're a Tau
    If you know what I mean 😳😳😳😳😳

  • @ReinaSaurus
    @ReinaSaurus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this might call for an excessive amount of AA-defense units. nothing against a good airshow though

  • @theredneckunicorn9752
    @theredneckunicorn9752 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a former Rick and Morty, I feel that. Zealotry can ruin interest in anything

  • @playbetter7937
    @playbetter7937 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is enslavement that bad?

  • @SMG_Games
    @SMG_Games ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha. I kinda like the mecha suits. Not much else

  • @funnyspeedrun84
    @funnyspeedrun84 ปีที่แล้ว

    i can’t tell if your hatred of the tau is genuine or a joke

  • @MistaBaze
    @MistaBaze ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I now have a faction to point all my UNBRIDLED RAGE at. Why do I not like them? Cause fuck them that's why! *angry chainsword revs*

    • @FrostbiteDigital
      @FrostbiteDigital ปีที่แล้ว

      You're a fool dude

    • @anthonyrodriguez8788
      @anthonyrodriguez8788 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And it's always funny to show the Imperium why Chainswords are stupid idea with plasma fire.

  • @helldrake77777
    @helldrake77777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only ones you can call good guys in 40k are the Salamanders. Not the Tau.

  • @Eatmydbzballs
    @Eatmydbzballs ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a 4 way free for all with Bricky and some others:
    th-cam.com/video/Mve8UwJJ1CY/w-d-xo.html
    [Tau v Guard v Chaos v Nids]
    The first turn made me laugh so hard.

  • @janehrahan5116
    @janehrahan5116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He didn't really mention it, but they do clearly take inspiration from the covenant/dominion, the ethereals being malevolent puppet masters matches perfectly with the prophets/founders.

  • @AsSaSsIn200706050403
    @AsSaSsIn200706050403 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I also got into 40k around when the Tau first launched, but in my case 'That Guy' ran Grey Knights, rules lawyered my friend and I out of victory when we were about 12 at the local game store. Needless to say I feel the exact same way about Grey Knights as you do about the Tau. First time I faced a Tau player funny enough involved me getting WAAAY too luck with Ahriman's staff and rolling 6 after 6, essentially melting both his hammerhead and an entire squad of crisis suits with bolts of change in a single turn, ahh memories.

  • @Prophetofthe8thLegion
    @Prophetofthe8thLegion ปีที่แล้ว +10

    AHAHAHAHAHAHA the fucking moment I got the notification

  • @waltuhgaming6523
    @waltuhgaming6523 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    21:34 as a pretty big tau fan, this image is very accurate and i also love it.

  • @Thewolfobsessedgamer
    @Thewolfobsessedgamer ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have always felt the meme that Tau mechs are gundams to be a little weird considering that a lot of the mech designs were stolen from the Battletech franchise

    • @GMorgan84
      @GMorgan84 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A lot of the older classic Battletech designs are actually gundams.

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@GMorgan84 neg, those came from Macross and Fang of the Sun Dougram. And the Macross designs caused all kinds of problems because FUCK HARMONY GOLD!!!

  • @buddyburroughs6072
    @buddyburroughs6072 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I mean I played Tau cause I could never hit crap in melee anyway and have been in love with Railguns since I was young and I played Red Faction. First fps I remember letting you shoot through walls and kill stuff at the same time.

  • @tulsibeepat3453
    @tulsibeepat3453 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember playing DOW with the Tau and holding off three different players until they got up close .Tau hit hard but without Kroot to hold the line your fucked . Although a fully upgraded fire warrior teams alone can run through the game they just start shooting things you can't see 🤣🤣🤣

    • @DeHerg
      @DeHerg ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, 2 Devilfish, 3 squads fully upgraded fire warriors and a pathfinder team. Mobile trolling fire across 1/4 of the map for days.😁

  • @DjapeKostic
    @DjapeKostic หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's hilarious how you turn into the "ACKCHUALLY" guy the moment someone mentions Tau

  • @wetrisolesse619
    @wetrisolesse619 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Idk if someone had the same vibe I get from tau name, it kinda have the same ring to Tao/Dao which many confucianism use to describe how life should be

  • @tulsibeepat3453
    @tulsibeepat3453 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you put peak Tina Turner and peak Tim Curry together what do you get .Slanesh , now you wonder why the Eldar fell 😎🤡

  • @complex314i
    @complex314i 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I heard a fan theory on the Tau that an Enslaver managed to notice them and took interest. Yes, the Tau have almost no warp presence, but they do have some. This particular Enslaver realized it could keep itself well fed having the whole of the Tau to itself to consume.
    This Enslaver made the Ethereals (I'm not sure how) to keep the Tau from evolving a stronger warp presence or developing true warp engines (this was pre-4th sphere). Should either occur then other warp entities would notice the Tau ruining it's tiny portion sized but exclusive cattle species.

  • @dillonpeterson66
    @dillonpeterson66 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I get it boss you can not like the tau, but i really like them I like how they look as well as the fact they aren't just "ha ha space crucade killlllllllllllll!" And i think giant robots with more missiles than a Michael Bay movie are really cool.

  • @OrkWarbossThrakka
    @OrkWarbossThrakka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m not a Gundam fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I don’t mind the Tau. The universe is a near endless space, and it’s not impossible for a race that has its own style to be in the setting.

  • @racknack5778
    @racknack5778 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I fought a farsight player i got crushed brutally i was using tyranids and a friend of mine used world eaters he kicked my ass then butchered the world eater player me and the world eater teamed up and we still lost i hate the tau on table top

  • @LegatusLucius2
    @LegatusLucius2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every time you react to the channel each episode gets 373 likes😂

  • @douglaszelazny1094
    @douglaszelazny1094 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Considering that the federation are, most likely, an authoritarian bureaucracy, the tau are close. But again, still not quite.

  • @isaacrichard2621
    @isaacrichard2621 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you react to pancreas no work lizard man plz

  • @Mikazuchireborn
    @Mikazuchireborn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Tau might be 'better' than the current Imperium of Man.... but that's still pretty damning. It took humanity an entire conga line of galactic-level apocalypses to go from the scientific, enlightened civilization to what it is in the 40th millenium. Meanwhile... the Tau without ANY outside influence (that we know if) did a speedrun straight into dystopian society.

  • @jestergodfield690
    @jestergodfield690 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would humans even be susceptible to Tau ethereal pheromones?

    • @anthonyrodriguez8788
      @anthonyrodriguez8788 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean the Vespids are so why wouldn't humanity?
      This isn't Mass Effect where Humanity is the super special underdog for no adequately explained reason, humanity is rather pointedly kinda pathetic in comparison to most species in 40k
      That being said it seems pretty clear that whether they're vulnerable to the pheromones or not a lot of humans would rather side with the Tau anyway.

    • @marley7868
      @marley7868 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@anthonyrodriguez8788 vespids are expressly stated to run off pheromones and are as such highly vulnerable meanwhile kroot are not notably too loyal or susceptible to the pheromones that said they specialize in diplomacy so it's all kinds of unfalsifyable

  • @allknighter5791
    @allknighter5791 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here’s my biggest problem with the tau. The greatest character, Farsight, is the most famous Tau because he told the Tau empire to PISS OFF

  • @Nostroman_Praetor
    @Nostroman_Praetor ปีที่แล้ว

    21:33 The one problem with that picture for me is that the center guy is Cato Sicarius

  • @Lancersilva
    @Lancersilva ปีที่แล้ว

    Seethe