All your base are belong to who?
courtesy of
http://www.animations.com
So all whose base belongs to who? And why has this phrase become the attention of almost any person who just surfs the net on a regular basis? Lets find out.
This little catch phrase has spread like wild fire all over the net. About 90% of people who surf the next on a regular basis have atleast heard of it or just the phrase atleast. But only about 15% or less are actual followers of this little fiasco. Lets start at the beginning.
There once was a game called Zero Wing made for the genesis. It was like any other side scrolling shooter of it's time. But when the Japanese game company, Toaplan, decided to release it in the US they couldn't get anyone to translate the game for them, So guess who gets the job of translating it? An eager person who is Literally (at the time) learning english. Thus we get the poor translation of the game.
Here is the great job that he did:
In A.D. 2101
War was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It's You !!
Cats: How are you gentlemen !!
Cats: All your base are belong to us.
Cats: You are on the way to destruction.
Captain: What you say !!
Cats: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Cats: HA HA HA HA ....
Captain: Take off every 'zig' !!
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Move 'zig'.
Captain: For great justice.
Now obviously alot of you are probably wonder "what the hell is this guys point giving me the whole history of this fad?" I was just trying to show that i did my research before just mindlessly whining.
Now that the game has been made someone thought it would be fun to create a flash video featuring the intro to this game then taking the games music and minda remixing it and putting all these images of "all you base are belong to us" into a video. Sure it was funny. I had a good laugh. But what i dont like is the people who follow this thing like a cult! They base their entire vocabulary on what they have seen on this game. They have made their own Mad libs of this for the love of god. It's honestly gone from a harmless project to a completly ridiculus situation.
As I have also witnessed most of these people exercise extreme immaturity. I have seen posts on a message board devoted to the fad where some folk just ask "Why do you find this thing so interesting and why do you stick with it for so long". The Responses "**** you! You just dont understand the genious behind all your base!".
Now look at the entire thing. People are holding on to this thing by floss like string. Instead of letting it die (like it should've ages ago), People keep reviving it as if they dont know what to do with their lives after it's all over. All I can say to those people is Get outside More!
There are better things in life to do then mindlessly follow a passing fad. It's just not worth it. So take a page out of the book of Mr.T and "stay in school".
Rant by:
Moody
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