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FIVE YEARS on YOUTUBE: Ask Me Anything!

Arbitor Ian

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00:00 Introduction
02:30 Lore Questions
25:27 The World of 40k
36:30 Running the Channel
01:03:55 Games Workshop
01:21:25 Quickfire Round!

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20 Comments

@xzBorn_ 1 month ago

Found you after Space Marine 2. I’m repeatedly blown away by the quality of your delivery. I’m looking for a model to paint again, first time since 15 years.

@Katieplays_40k 1 month ago

Thank you for the mention!! I’m so excited to be creating my own stuff 🥹

@JackGladstoneHolroyde 1 month ago

The Emperor has actually been reborn already as Count Binface. Good old Albia!

@heralds 1 month ago

Orks are the reverse of other factions, where they're overtly silly and secretly kind of horrifying where everyone else is overtly horrifying and then has hidden humor

@joshuaaspinall5524 1 month ago

The subtlety with which Ian says that Americans made 40k edgy is top tier.

@Hannibal953able 1 month ago (edited)

The goat of Warhammer lore videos. Keep up the fantastic work.

@tehdoughnut9862 1 month ago

I appreciate that you use art of the specific thing you are discussing instead of generic visuals.

@Whym-Sickle 1 month ago

Thanks for another set of answers! Congrats on 5 years! 🎉

@vaderkoshpaints 1 month ago

My favorite thing about you sir is your ability to have fun with a game, remind folks it’s a game and treat the glorious ridiculousness with all the seriousness it deserves. 😂. Cheers to another 5 years! (And there were far too many Salamanders books 😂).

@Porkpie99 1 month ago

I met you when you were just a bloke at a gaming club. Always seemed like a decent guy, much respect. Great channel

@heresyinsider 1 month ago

I found you when you were the one of the two people that acknowledge the old Imperial Armour books and necromunda exsisted. Congrats on the channel. Keep it up!

@thecrunchyferrett6985 1 month ago

You just popped up on auto-play one day a few months ago. I'm not even into 40k but you have a good voice, a nice cadence, and you make it interesting.

@EyeOnTheTV 1 month ago

You're the best WH lore channel out there. You cover the in-universe lore and the history behind it, which is just as important!

Here's to another 5 years of amazing lore content!!

@Butterscotch12345 1 month ago

Lmao it's hilarious to imagine the emperor thought the AI were cool. "Wow I sure was wrong! Im sure that wont happen again."

@diederikpeelen 1 month ago

24:00 The Emperor is David Mitchell confirmed

@maxaslagolis 1 month ago

17:20 In regards to Comedy. Guardsmen are frequently, hilarious. They are just normal ass guys in an INSANE galaxy and a lot of them seem to cope by being funny in a way that only a soldier who has stared death in the face to long its become boring can.

@Melsharpe95 1 month ago

Only discovered your channel a year ago and it's INCREDIBLE.
I don't even play Warhammer any more but I'm watching your entire back catalogue because you don't do videos for "drama."

@ropable 1 month ago

30:00 I don't think that it's possible for a fictional setting that's been around for so long and expanded by so many different authors, to not evolve and change over time. It's inevitable that each new generation of authors and fans will interpret the setting in their own way. The "lore" is a gestalt thing.

@JTHWW 1 month ago

You’ve become one of my favorite YouTubers, love seeing your success over the years and thanks for sharing your knowledge and humor with us.

@melissajones492 1 month ago

Thank you for answering my question! I too am enjoying Mira's slowly growing disillusionment with The Emperor. Cheers from one theatre professional to another!