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The Japanese Culture (I'm an expert) meme
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Black Republican
Member
never ever forget that thread when that FF multiplat shit went down.
i read everypage bit by bit. Classic.
i read everypage bit by bit. Classic.
terrisus
Member
Making this into a meme was a terrible idea. It's nothing but trash.
crowphoenix
Banned
You just shot yourself in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Gaf meme culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it ison Reddit where you can become funny by being an asshole. If you screw someone over on Gaf, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is Gaf members, after reading this, are not going to want to want to laugh with you, nor will they laugh at you: This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but you have alienated an entire forum with this forum.
Exr, publicly apologize and upgrade to Gaf Gold or you can kiss your membership goodbye..
ShockingAlberto
Member
It's both embarassing and hilarious at the same time.
Extra Sauce
Member
You can keep saying it but that doesn't make it so. You also seem to be in the minority in thinking this.
That doesn't mean it's real, either.
It just means that NeoGAF wants to.....believe.
Stereogatari
Banned
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Azzurri
Member
Yup, and it isn't a joke.
I'm surprised that guy never got a tag for it. Maybe it was before tags became a big thing, but people are still joking about that post nearly a decade later and he gets nothing for it? NOTHING?
It was easily one of the most shocking E3 announcements ever. There will never be a "betrayalton" of that magnitude again.
It was easily one of the most shocking E3 announcements ever. There will never be a "betrayalton" of that magnitude again.
How you can tell it's an old GAF thread:
- every second poster is banned
- the OP is banned
- every third post is :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
- sales numbers are healthy
- ???
- profit meme
Are you serious? That's not even close.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
That's not even the best Amir0x related YTMND.
...*groans* GAF does not have a pro-Sony bias, just an anti-bullshit bias. You can see that from how may people shat on Sony during that era.
IAmtheFMan
Member
To dispel a few things:
- This is one of the few memes that actually did originate here.
- The Muppet345 link is the original. The follow up reactions (vids, I think there was a YTMND on it) are not.
- The reaction was legitimate. Nobody knew what FF XIII was gonna end up being like at that point and it was still touted as one of THE reasons to get a PS3 over 360. Imagine a no-bullshit "FF7 remake exclusive to Wii U" announcement thread and the reactions therein and you're basically imagining what reactions for the FF XIII thread were like.
- This is one of the few memes that actually did originate here.
- The Muppet345 link is the original. The follow up reactions (vids, I think there was a YTMND on it) are not.
- The reaction was legitimate. Nobody knew what FF XIII was gonna end up being like at that point and it was still touted as one of THE reasons to get a PS3 over 360. Imagine a no-bullshit "FF7 remake exclusive to Wii U" announcement thread and the reactions therein and you're basically imagining what reactions for the FF XIII thread were like.
Nah. Bayonetta is a GAF darling, but not a huge name in mainstream gaming. People went cuckoo on GAF (THEY STOLE OUR GAMES), but it doesn't compare to the shock and anger that was FFXIII on 360. ONE MORE BIG ANNOUCEMENT TO SHARE. This was in 2008, one of the dark years of E3 where they heavily downsized it and Nintendo held maybe the worst conference ever. There were no rumors about it, no leaks, nothing. The way the camera held back from the action for so long made you wonder if what you were seeing was what you thought it was, then boom Lightning. It was during a time when Sony was struggling and many thought this was the nail in the coffin. It really showed how third parties could not afford to neglect any console. It will definitely go down as one of the landmark events of that gen.
And the game wasn't even good lulz
terrisus
Member
Square going from Nintendo to Sony was far bigger.
Seriously, they had just finished up working on Mario RPG
Plus, they stopped developing for Nintendo (for years), as opposed to the Final Fantasy 13 situation, where it was just Microsoft in addition to Sony.
It's nowhere near close.
It seems like that because we're so used to it by now, but at the time the rage was real. I wouldn't be so sure it's a joke, it isn't really a far cry from a very common reaction at the time.
Supermanisdead
Member
It wasn't a joke post. It was a strange world back then. FF13 broke many souls that day.
Insane Metal
Gold Member
Hahahahaha 😂
We must read different GAFs.
It was clearly a joke post.
Unless your post was also a joke and we in some opposite day shit
crimzonflame
Member
Not really. FF wasnt as popular back then as it was during the PS1 and PS2 era.
Supermanisdead
Member
It wasn't even the most embarrassing post in that thread. That whole thread is a disaster of fanboy tears. Not to mention the lesser moderated sites having the biggest, nastiest meltdowns ever.
I'm talking about E3 announcements. Of course Nintendo has the hall of fame when it comes to franchises jumping ship. Square didn't come out live in front of thousands of people watching at home and on the internet saying that FFVII was coming to Playstation.
I honestly doubt there will ever be an announcement that elicits as much shock and anger as FFXIII coming to 360 did.
The Hermit
Member
It was The only 10/10 troll post I've ever seen.
Hahaha! That might be even better than the first!
God, how did I miss this? I was there for the original, but the follow-up is nearly as good.
GREAT SEQUEL 9.5/10
TheJollyCorner
Member
lol somehow I missed that one. Nice!
This is like that thing where people think Tommy Wiseau is actually a genius, right?
TheJollyCorner
Member
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
Wow, this is great also. I particularly like that this
needed to be pointed out. I would have never known!
The Hermit
Member
Who is that guy?
I dunno. The only cue for me is the"(I am an expert)". If the quote didn't had that I would believe it was real.
Maybe Muppet was actually outraged, but when he noticed how ridiculous he felt about something so mundane, he decided to turn it into a joke.
I'm pretty sure Wiseau's the only one that thinks so, and his ego doesn't understand that the fascination everyone has with his film is how awful it is.
sixteen-bit
Member
This is the stuff of legends. They deserved a tag.
Sky Interloper
Member
I was still a lurker then, but the level of salt spawned from that event is unparalleled. It doesn't help that 2008 was one of the worse years concerning E3 conferences.
Now this I haven't seen before. People were really emotional in the aftermath.
Now this I haven't seen before. People were really emotional in the aftermath.
Maybe it was a reupload? That is weird.
He also did this video. The comments are hilarious considering that he's just reading back someone's insane post from a message board, in character.
terrisus
Member
This is true.
However, there's a big difference between:
We're going from releasing all of our games on your platform - and we had been exclusive to your company's platforms for quite a while previously - and developing games for you, to not releasing games on your platform at all
and
We're going from releasing our console games on your console system - having only made games for your console system for a decade or so, although we've been making games for another company's handheld system for a while - to also releasing games on other console systems and PC, in addition to your system
Honestly, the latter hardly even seemed like a blip. More like it was bound to happen soon enough.
Just, some people over-reacted to it.
Dion Blaster
Member
I was actually reading that thread recently. It seemed 100% like a joke, I thought it was clearly making fun of the other overreactions in the thread. Plus the comedic structure was excellent, I find it hard to believe some dumbass that angry about a game would stumble into that format.
super-famicom
Member
I lean towards "the guy was actually serious when he posted that."
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