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Horhiro
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"All your base belong to us"
What the frap does this mean? Where does it come from? I've recently moved back to western MA and I just saw it painted on a railroad bridge (converted into a pedestrian/bike way) on route 9 in Northampton.
Someone please explain this to me 
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Ronin
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| Posted: 05-Jan-2004 13:03 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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Hopefully someone can give better details, but from what I understand, this comes from a (sega?) video game from about 15 or so years ago. It is an example of poorly translated Japanese to English text, and it has become a fashionable saying on some (fringe?) pop culture websites and t-shirts, etc. in the past few years.
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Shadowking
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| Posted: 05-Jan-2004 13:52 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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As far as I'm aware of, it came from the computer game Starcraft, which came out a few years ago. Or at least, that's when people started saying it regularly anyways.
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| Posted: 05-Jan-2004 18:00 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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Neg, the name of the game was Zero Wing, and as stated, it was a very poorly translated Genisis game...
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Nightmare
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| Posted: 06-Jan-2004 02:19 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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Oh yes, it's about a very badly translated video game.
http://www.scene.org/redhound/AYB.swf
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Slythis
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| Posted: 06-Jan-2004 03:22 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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On 2004-01-05 13:52, Shadowking wrote:
As far as I'm aware of, it came from the computer game Starcraft, which came out a few years ago. Or at least, that's when people started saying it regularly anyways.
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Thats a common misconcption as the phrase was a cheat in the game.
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Horhiro
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| Posted: 06-Jan-2004 10:29 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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Thanks guys, that clears things up. But about that video...... 
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| Posted: 07-Jan-2004 01:19 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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| I actually heard a segment about this on NPR a few months back...I thought it was kind of funny showing up there.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 07-Jan-2004 07:36 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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You never know when or where the past will pop up.... 
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| Posted: 08-Jan-2004 04:51 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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The past? It seems like only last year everyone was making fun of the "all your base" stuff. Perhaps I have a distorted sense of time? Or just visit sites that aren't as fast at spreading news?
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| Posted: 08-Jan-2004 12:55 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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I think I saw that stuff first back in about 1999 and the hype was old then. It did not officially become recognized pop culture until the last couple of years.
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| Posted: 08-Jan-2004 16:51 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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On 2004-01-08 04:51, Nightmare wrote:
The past? It seems like only last year everyone was making fun of the "all your base" stuff. Perhaps I have a distorted sense of time? Or just visit sites that aren't as fast at spreading news?
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As you can probly tell it's from the last presidencial election. Has pics of Al Gore and G.W. Bush that were from their early debates.
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| Posted: 09-Jan-2004 06:29 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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So I have a distorted sense of time then 
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 09-Jan-2004 07:29 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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Time??? You mean that stuff inside your watch???
If it's so distorted, then change the lens over the Face.... 
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| Posted: 16-Jan-2004 16:50 Post subject: RE: I know this has something to do with a game... |
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At swome point, I heard about a company that makes figurine bases, a la the hex bases you can buy and fix your mechs to. Last i heard, they wanted to buy or copyright that 'all your base' phrase for their own use. HexBase Hex Base Corp. "All your base are belong to us."
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