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Title: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Acheron on September 02, 2008, 04:01:19 pm
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Guys. Guys. Yelling "You all/I just lost the game" was funny for maybe pre-reg and Saturday.

Yelling it through the whole con was obnoxious, and not in the "Darn, I just lost the game!" way, but in the "ASDFGDF TENTH TIME I'VE HEARD IT THIS HOUR JESUS CHRIST SHUT UP SHUT UP" way.

Let's hope this fad/meme is dead by next year?
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: risotto on September 02, 2008, 04:05:16 pm
YES PLEASE.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Cassiopeia on September 02, 2008, 04:06:16 pm
Good luck with that.  :)

Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: EveofAbyss on September 02, 2008, 04:06:45 pm
Yeah, hopefully there will be new things to shout out next year. We will have to work hard to create some new longlasting memes heh.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Acheron on September 02, 2008, 04:12:47 pm
All of you should go and read XKCD. That image was taken from this (http://xkcd.com/391/) particular comic.

So when someone tells you that you've lost the game just tell them, "Thanks for informing me, but I read XKCD and I've already won the game. Have a good day."

Oh, my bad, I forgot to add credit. That will be changed shortly!

I tried to yell something to that effect, but it was lost in the crowd of "I lost"s. I would have gone up and said it when it was all quiet, but that would be pretty equally obnoxious?
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Kimiski on September 02, 2008, 05:08:07 pm
Every year has its own thing, and that was one of this years things :3 It's just all in good fun, I'm sure next year there will be something differnt to scream about.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Zhalfirin on September 02, 2008, 05:53:20 pm
I agree, indubitably. It was funny when someone would be walking along and all the sudden, "Ah dammit...just lost." as a simple statement...you know, PLAYING the game. However, when someone has a sign or shouts that I just lost, it was like telling a joke you heard by saying "well, I forget the first part but here's the punch line! ______".

Another thing that gets me, seemingly every year, is the constant marco polo'ing. Another thing that can be fun once in a while, but eventually when people do it, they might as well be going "ATTENTION!". At least pick a new name to mix it up, aye? =P Then again, I believe I'm starting to learn to live with it...
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: EveofAbyss on September 02, 2008, 05:58:27 pm
I'd never even heard of the "Marco Polo" game in a con context until this year. I mean, I knew of the pool game but I didn't know it had stretched beyond that aquarian confine.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: TanisNikana on September 02, 2008, 06:18:27 pm
This is more harmless than Kumo 06, where everyone was screaming yaoi at all times, even when a guy would just walk down a hall.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: oslapedo on September 02, 2008, 06:26:29 pm
^ I can see how THAT would be annoying ;)

In all seriosness though I didn't think the fangirls were that bad. Or was it because I'm maybe kinda oneof them? XD
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: makichan on September 02, 2008, 06:29:41 pm
This is more harmless than Kumo 06, where everyone was screaming yaoi at all times, even when a guy would just walk down a hall.
Thank God that one died down.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Teuvan on September 02, 2008, 06:31:42 pm
I'd never even heard of the "Marco Polo" game in a con context until this year. I mean, I knew of the pool game but I didn't know it had stretched beyond that aquarian confine.

That is...VERY surprising. I've heard it frequently at every con I've gone to. But even though it's common, it's not as annoying as "HURR DURR YOU LOST THE GAME" or Rickrolling.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: TanisNikana on September 02, 2008, 06:34:01 pm
Also, Randall Munroe (author of xkcd) is not the leader of the game.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: oslapedo on September 02, 2008, 06:45:11 pm
Lawl, no he's not XD

By the way... what's rickrolling? x3
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: TanisNikana on September 02, 2008, 06:49:26 pm
This video explains rickrolling pretty well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: kylite on September 02, 2008, 06:57:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

You have just been Rick Rolled
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: UselesswizarD on September 03, 2008, 10:59:46 am
You've just been rickrolled. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: EveofAbyss on September 03, 2008, 11:43:13 am
Click it (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v395/EveofAbyss/?action=view&current=ILOSTTHEGAMEAGAIN.jpg), don't worry....you won't be Rick Roll'd.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Jarnan on September 03, 2008, 11:45:48 am
I'm just infinitely glad there was so little yelling of the whole Naru/Sasu thing, plus other yaoi screams, like at sak-con 08
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: EveofAbyss on September 03, 2008, 11:48:41 am
I'm just infinitely glad there was so little yelling of the whole Naru/Sasu thing, plus other yaoi screams, like at sak-con 08

For sure. This year compared to last year seemed levels above as far as the yaoi/yuri pestilence seemed to go. (And no I'm not saying yaoi and yuri themselves are a pestilence, I'm referring to the screams of yaoi everywhere by fankids.)
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: TanisNikana on September 03, 2008, 01:44:17 pm
Fankids.

Hah!
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: Pezzer on September 03, 2008, 02:33:26 pm
MATT DAMON!!!!

people have been yelling that at the con since 05. good luck with the 'you just lost the game' anger.
Title: Re: Preemptive strike for K-con '09
Post by: TomtheFanboy on September 03, 2008, 03:26:22 pm
I am always wondering what the next big thing will be, only the internet will tell.
When it comes to the Artists' Aley though...
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