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Are Space Orcs loved because their language is dumbed down to the general population's IQ level? Waaaaaaaaaggghhhh!!!

Uh no..... They are loved because they are not as "serious" as the other races, if you ask me. And because they are completely different than the other races in 40k.

In my opinion, they are loved because they are not serious (as @Anshal says up), and because they are so crazy (the word "dakka" says all).

I think it's because they love to go fast, shoot guns, and have a good fight. Also, they're great for anyone who likes to convert, because you can slap nearly anything together out of spare parts and it's orky.

Orks are the 40K equivalent to red necks. And doesn't everyone love rednecks?


GG

generalgrog wrote:Orks are the 40K equivalent to red necks. And doesn't everyone love rednecks?


GG

not the ones who eat your kitty if they go to your lawn....

also because they are possibly the easiest to convert (looks crappy? AN ORK VHEICLE IT IS! )

Orks are great because their fluff is funny, their actions and special rules are random and funny....you couldn't ask for more.

I love space orcs because I can destroy 3/5 unit choices with a battle cannon

Gorkamorka wrote:

I was going to say this, but without the pic. I love that pic. Just curious, why would you say Space Orcs?

I only like the grots. I find them hilarious. Little puny runts being bashed about by big green guys.

I like orks because as "light" as they are, they are the biggest example of 40k's GRIMDARK, Orks go around randomly shooting, lynching civilians, eating or killing each other for fun, and working captives to death through slave labor and brutal punishment.

And they are the COMIC RELEIF!

That never occurred to me, situation's a bit dire when thats the fun team lol

Like a lot of 40K, Orks have been made less fun and more grimdark™ over the decades.

Davor wrote:Just curious, why would you say Space Orcs?

Wasn't that their old name?

Orks are pretty fun because of their humor which even seeps into their rules. You basically go into games expecting them all to die in some fantastic and comedic way but do some smashing first. Win or lose Orks are usually fun.

n0t_u wrote:

Davor wrote:Just curious, why would you say Space Orcs?

Wasn't that their old name?

Orks are pretty fun because of their humor which even seeps into their rules. You basically go into games expecting them all to die in some fantastic and comedic way but do some smashing first. Win or lose Orks are usually fun.

Orks can't lose. If they win, they win. If they die, they are dead so it doesn't count and if they run away, they can just come back for 'annuva go!

Kilkrazy wrote:Like a lot of 40K, Orks have been made less fun and more grimdark™ over the decades.

They've gotten less grim dark and less slapstick. The thing about the early setting is that it was all over the place, and what they've done over time is make the whole thing more consistent.



Meanwhile, I like orks because they seem like the only ones having any fun.

And you can model them with a serious theme, or have them posed and painted so you win all your games because your opponent is laughing. The possibilities are endless. While this is also true of other races, nothing says "ha" better than an ork, possibly because it has a limited vocabulary.

Orks are the only race where a "Hello Kitty" theme can actually be justified.

Gwar! wrote:Orks are the only race where a "Hello Kitty" theme can actually be justified.

Truthfully, Eldar are much more likely to enjoy the products of the Sanrio Corporation.

I like orks because of the character and ever since the models were redone for 3rd and onto the present generation, they look bad ass. I *hated* the original Sporks; probably a reason I never got into 40K until 3rd Ed (even though I own all the Rogue Trader books in hardback or PDF, strange). But when they started looking like cool, grimy, mekked up thugs, and still had a lot of the same comic relief and character, I was sold.

Because they're not more SPEHSS MEHREENS!

Skarboy wrote:

Gwar! wrote:Orks are the only race where a "Hello Kitty" theme can actually be justified.

Truthfully, Eldar are much more likely to enjoy the products of the Sanrio Corporation.

I like orks because of the character and ever since the models were redone for 3rd and onto the present generation, they look bad ass. I *hated* the original Sporks; probably a reason I never got into 40K until 3rd Ed (even though I own all the Rogue Trader books in hardback or PDF, strange). But when they started looking like cool, grimy, mekked up thugs, and still had a lot of the same comic relief and character, I was sold.

NOPE! You're both wrong.

Men, bring in the women in PA, or PRETTY MARINES, if you will!

n0t_u wrote:

Davor wrote:Just curious, why would you say Space Orcs?

Wasn't that their old name?

AFAIK, no. Orcs are WHFB. Orks are 40k. The older models were called Space Orks (Which I only know because the big shelf of kits at my FLGS has a bunch of Ork stuff with "Space Orks" on the side of it).