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so I've heard (and noticed) that folks who play certain factions act or are a certain way. Anyone else notice this?
so far I've seen the loud ork player, a mischievous slightly sadistic DE player, and a wapanese anime loving tau guy. (the community up here isn't huge so the sampling size for the survey isn't very good). There will always be the WAAC folks who play the OP flavour of the month, but I'm looking more for personality wise.


oh and women love the tyranids.

I'm not sure, are you claiming a correlation between army choice and personality, or that each army caters to (and is strictly played by) a certain personality type?

Also, where do people who play multiple armies fall into your theory?


Either way, I don't agree with you.

I've never noticed any sort of connection between sadism and playing DE, although DE players are more like the people who smell like Patchouli and like Rocky Horror Picture Show. Maybe that's just me.

Then there's the stereotypes of Eldar players being dicks, SM players being stupid, Orks and Khorne players being loud and obnoxious, Nurgle players smelling odd, Slaanesh players being sex perverts, Tau players being wapanese and all that, and SW and BA players being WAAC dickheads. Most of which are completely true.

As i've played (at one time or another) all of these , plus Tzeentch daemons (devious) and Necrons (stubborn as hell) i'm not sure i like the inference, but the mental image is hard to ignore

IMO, the Stereotypes seem to be more of the exception than the rule.

Some Eldar players can be dicks, but to be far that is because some players in general can be dicks

Some Tau players can be anime Freaks, but Anime is now a really big thing and alot of people like it.

Some Nurgle player reek up to high heaven, but so do most other players(the Unwashed Gaming Community) that do not ever plan on getting laid.

and so on and so forth.

Now some people prolly gravitated towards their army based on how they(the players and the army) act, but from what I have seen it's not as commonplace as people make it seem.

I see a lot of opposite attraction, actually.

The small, shrimpy 80 lb guy playing ogre kingdoms, or the guy covered in peace symbols (including one cut into his hair) running Khorne Daemons.

Sometimes we like our escapism to be something we're not

I'm a 6'6'' god of war, and play Space Marines. My khorne mate is a bit crazy, my ork mate likes things that are green, and bought his car solely because it was red.

I am a ale swilling werewolf hence my liking of SW's
A lithe 6''3" environmentalist pacifist hippie tea totaller, obviouly I like Wood Elves.
My stunted emotional development and GOM syndrome make me ideal for playing Dwarves.
Don't wash my knickers so obviously that fits the bill for O&G

So yes stereotypes are a good way of judging people.

Mr. Self Destruct wrote:Then there's the stereotypes of Eldar players being dicks...

Hey, we're not dicks. We're just better than you and we know it

On the serious note, I haven't particularly noticed and major sterio types for any particular army. But thinking about it logically and there should be slight similarities between each armies player base, if for no other reason then like minded people will have similar tastes. Where I play doesn't form anything like that, though that may have alot more to do with people going "Well I like army A and army B. But Bob over there already collects A, so I'll choose B".

Well there are many types, I generaly experience unpleasent players are just that, no mather what army they play.

I hate when people associate tau with anime lovers. Mostly because I am asian and play tau so I feel like people would judge me like that but I thoroughly dislike anime except for a few.

No idea about this correlation between players and armies though. It'd be fun to make up a few though. Like space wolf players being burly men who just like to beat people's face in with their armies (figuratively speaking)

I play nids, tau 2 types of marines crons and De - where's your theroy now?

Mr. Self Destruct wrote:I've never noticed any sort of connection between sadism and playing DE, although DE players are more like the people who smell like Patchouli and like Rocky Horror Picture Show. Maybe that's just me.

Then there's the stereotypes of Eldar players being dicks, SM players being stupid, Orks and Khorne players being loud and obnoxious, Nurgle players smelling odd, Slaanesh players being sex perverts, Tau players being wapanese and all that, and SW and BA players being WAAC dickheads. Most of which are completely true.

Yea I find these stereotypes to be true. Really, it is like you go to my FLGS or something...stalker

Generally it seems newer players use Space Marines/Orks. The Assault on Black Reach box set having so many starting goodies may be partially the explanation.

Note this means "generally, newer players use Space Marines/Orks". Not "Generally, Space Marine/Ork players are newer players".

Phototoxin wrote:I play nids, tau 2 types of marines crons and De - where's your theroy now?

anime fan iwth an s&m fetish, tough guy attitude and a pest problem?

Hmmm, I seem to be an 8ft giant in power armor(Ogres and Space Marines) armed with a Nemisis Force Halberd(GKs)

In actuality, I am a 6ft man of medium build who takes showers regularly.


the DE player here is super skinny and also happens to play Slaaneshy marines. he also has a Goth girlfriend. Only coencidence I assure you.

Iur_tae_mont wrote:Some Tau players can be anime Freaks, but Anime is now a really big thing and alot of people like it.

[sarcasm]Suuuure. Anime is totally mainstream now. Anime fans aren't at all crazy weirdos.[/sarcasm]

Seriously, anime is still really fringe and anime fans are weird. But, you would say that, being a Tau player.

And, I'm being a total dick to you and I'm an Eldar player.

It looks like this stereotyping thing works!

I think some people are attracted to similarities between their personality and the factions they play. Others are just asswipes who like to use whatever the internet says is best.

Personally I play blood ravens because I saw similarities between their doctrines and my beliefs.

Grakmar wrote:

Iur_tae_mont wrote:Some Tau players can be anime Freaks, but Anime is now a really big thing and alot of people like it.

[sarcasm]Suuuure. Anime is totally mainstream now. Anime fans aren't at all crazy weirdos.[/sarcasm]

Seriously, anime is still really fringe and anime fans are weird. But, you would say that, being a Tau player.

And, I'm being a total dick to you and I'm an Eldar player.

It looks like this stereotyping thing works!

I'm not a big anime fan and I play Tau. I'm also looking to start Sisters of Battle, though I am not a crazed nun toting fire based weapons, and Looking to start Daemons, But I don't smell odd, not a sex pervert,Do not crave bloodshed, nor am I cunning.

of the people i have played with:

1 IG player who irreverently declares everything to be heresy. (jokingly)

1 Eldar/tau player who has a devious streak a mile wide.

1 marine player who is in awe of everything happening on the table.

and i am an ork player who cant sit still.

hm, I like the drawing style of Animé, but that is wherer my stereotype ends.

I actually am the everlasting paladin goody goody person, who now is doubting why I play the MOST Grimdark setting ever, how naive. (we have a match!)
I also think it faikls that in the 41st millenium we still use melee, i mean WTF! ( and another match!)
Plus i think the Imperium are downright douchebags from time to time.

Yeah I match my faction just fine without any stereotyping neccecary.

So what am I with my Tau, Space Wolves, Orks, WIP DE, and WIP Chaos/DA?

My gaming group back in highschool had players who correlated with their armies very well - the wacky guy played Orks, the more malicious of us played Chaos, and the "straight man" as it were played Imperial Guard. Since highschool I haven't seen too much correlation between army and player though. I will say that since I cut my metal mane and shaved my beard I don't play Space Wolves much anymore though.

I don't necessarily think that people mold to the army that most represents them, but I do think certain attitudes tend to come packaged for free with certain Codices. Sisters players tend to be more stubborn than most, I find. Other than that, I have noticed a trend. While not all Tyranids and Dark Eldar players are cheaters, every cheater I know plays either Tyranids or Dark Eldar.

Odd that.

All the ones i've noticed to be cheating blatently are Marines players of one stripe or another (if you count CSM as marines also)

The AP 2 Heavy 8 Blast Thunderfire cannon was one of the more hilarious attempts


The sneaky cheaters are often DE or Nid, i'll agree, as it's easier to miss rules 'modifications' in a codex you aren't up against every game

Shrike325 wrote:So what am I with my Tau, Space Wolves, Orks, WIP DE, and WIP Chaos/DA?

well de/dda in progress says s&m, secretive and goth
orks you're loud
space wolves you drink to much with a macho attitude
tau - you just want to get along

so... a loud tough drunkard who dresses goth alternativly, into kinky stuff and secretly wants to be friends with everybody?

as a vanilla marines/ ork player ...

partially i'm cheap considering its just 3 AoBR boxes that I got to start so figured build both armies with vehicles and aother unit boxes to compliment >_<

so i'm a cheap loud macho boring guy

I play Space Wolves and Orks, am 6 feet tall, and have a voice that's over 100 decibels.

Take that as you will.

Eldar-Most Eldar players are artsy freaks. They're obsessed with how well their army is painted and how well built their army list is. Tend to be egotistical.

Dark Eldar-Okay, emos and creeps. That's obvious.

Tyrands-These guys are generally fat and smelly, with cases of massive, unpainted identical miniatures.

Tau-Hyper 9 year olds who think they really understand the game, but they don't.

Space Marines-DURRR I'm generic! Space Marine players are the worst of the lot. They're mad extremists obsessed with their vision of 40k, where the Space Marines rule all.

Chaos Space Marines-These players are bitter at 5th and 4th edition for a poorly thought out, unbalanced Codex. They seek vengeance against GW, frequently organizing failed boycotts and long for the day when a new Codex is released..

Imperial Guard-Imperial Guard players are like really skinny Tyranid players whose us too much aftershave and are quiet and awkward. They tend to cry when they lose games.

Chaos Daemons-These guys are probably some of the craziest of all. Their miniatures were assembled wrong and just splashed with random colors, as if the player had no sense of reality. They tend to roll the wrong kinds of dice, randomly place their Daemons on certain parts of the board and making hissing noises when they lose. Don't play with these guys.

Sisters of Battle-Sisters of Battle players are rule/fluff Nazis, who are known to scream at and sometimes punch people whose visions of the guy contradict their own.

Grey Knights-Imagine a Sisters of Battle player whose gone off the deep end.

I have to say that as a newer player I've run into certain kinds of people who seem to fit their armies.

Some regular playing buddies:

A computer programmer for a large firm plays IG and has a very detailed paint scheme, neat and orderly deployment, and everything is in order both on and off the tabletop.

A chubby guy who doesn't strategize too much and is slightly immature but a nice guy loves his orks.

Art professor who is slightly agrressive at times (socially awkward) loves his Eldar.

Ex-Marine jock yet nice guy plays his Space Marines and rarely deviates from the same list every week. A young kid plays his same exact space marine list every time fits the bill as well.

Guy with lots of tatoos loves who loves his Dark Eldar.

Intelligent finance guy who goes to the gym a lot loves his shiny and pristine Grey Knights.

We don't really have "loud" guys or agressive guys, and I don't know about stereotypes of army generals, but I can certainly see how our local group of friends seem to mesh well with their army.

Hmmm...

The socially awkward guy programmer has a inferiority complex and perceives us as being out to get him plays Eldar/DE/Tau.

The loud, excitable, energetic guy who gets angry at the game plays Orks, CSM, and IG.

I'm the moody drunk, and I play IG, Tyranids, and GK predominantly.

Our 'outgoing' friend who just got deployed plays exclusively SM ("Blood Angels", now). Not sure how to describe him, other than by saying that he believes a slap on the ass is socially acceptable long as you say "good game" afterwards.

Other than that, I don't really know many of the other guys at the LGS. They mostly seem to fit in to the 'quiet socially awkward' stereotype, regardless of what they play.