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popzags
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland604 Posts
January 19 2011 17:49 GMT
#1
...in case you had trouble with some SC terms:

ALFFLA - alffla's nickname backwards.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - last Savior/Luxury/Hwasin/Yarnc believers.
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - second Supply Depot over Barracks.
AUDIENCE - location of Flash vs Jaedong final in current OSL.
BALLS OF STEEL - imba mech TvZ tactics.
BLACKHO - Obama's Protoss ID on ICCup.
BLINK - Stalker ability. Also: human ability that Korean players don't need to use while playing.
BOXER - Muhammad Ali of Starcraft.
BULLSHIT - in PVT: Bulldog attack against standard Terran play.
BROODWAR MAP - Lost Temple clone.
CANADA - Canata failing to emulate Nada's builds.
CHILEAN MINERS - Chill's workers.
CLASH - Clam and Flash playing Bo5.
CLIFFHANGER - in TvP: Terran defending his last expo from high ground while stream goes down.
DENMARK - a hole in the creep that marks where Hydralisk Den was before Marines ran through.
DESPERATE ALLIANCE - KeSPA and Blizzard co-existence.
DONGOLIA - open land in the middle of the map where Jaedong surrounds and destroys Terran troops.
DRAGOON - Protoss unit designed to perform successful Mine drags.
EE HAN TIMING - attack that somehow succeeds despite being launched at worst possible timing.
EFFORT - what you have to put in 0-2 ZvT Bo5 against Flash to make a comeback.
FBI - abbreviation for Fatal Bisu Incident; describes his OSL failures.
FOREVER ALONE - Princess sticking to his new moniker.
FOX KIDS - WeMade Fox training program for young players (famous example: Baby).
GG - as long as there are no 'aemo' letters after it, it's an abbreviation of good game.
GODSPEED - Jaedong's APM and hand velocity.
GORUSH - Kwanro's motivation for playing BroodWar.
GRACKLINGS - in BW: Zerglings all-ining and killing Idra. In WoL: Idra's Zerglings
HAT - recently: favourite meal of Flash's fanboys.
HOROROR - horror of FPL players having Roro in their antiteams.
I DON'T MIND - Bisu's reply to the question which opponent he wants to play in his third MSL final.
KARMA POLICE - Savior's favourite song.
KILLING JOKE - sending Killer instead of Jaedong for OZ's Ace Match.
KING KONG - Yellow crowned as individual league champion (fictional character)
LEE-SSANG - Bruce Lee and Jason Lee (both deceased).
LETDOWN - Leta dropping out from both individual leagues early on.
LOL JESUS - BackHo playing PvZ.
MANNER CC - sign of bad manners.
MASCULINITY - having Testies and Jaedong; also knowing how to take advantage of it.
MIRROR MATCHUP - Luxury and Yarnc playing each other in prison.
MUCH - amount of damage not delivered by Much's Scarab.
NOOB - abbreviation for: Notorious Object Of Bashing.
ODD-EYE - Flash's twitch during famous face micro.
PERFECT MAN - Reach (not to be confused with: PERFECTMAN).
PERFECTMAN - the only one to claim that he is better than Bisu. Also, the only one who thinks so.
PIDGEY - Chinese Protoss progamer capable of beating top Korean pros.
POKERFACE - GGaemo's favourite song.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Idra's reaction to loss against Bryce Bates.
RULER OF TERRAN DOMINION - Arcturus Mengsk Flash's ruler.
SAVIOR - /this word was removed by the user/
SCARY MOVIE - Jin Young Hwa in top shape.
SEXUAL HARASS - shooting Scarabs towards TossGirl's SCVs.
SHINESE - language Bisu is trying to master at the moment.
SLUMDONG - Jaedong winning millions in India's TV quiz.
SLUMPDONG - this word does not exist. It's here by accident.
SOUL REAVER - Kal's Reaver harass in PvT.
SPAIN - in TvZ: pain delivered by Lurkers' Subterranean Spines.
TDOT - virus HIV.
TOTAL RECALL - Jaehoon's favourite Movie.
TvT - certified sleep inducer in 93 countries.
TYSON GAY - in PvT: by.Han going for 2-Gate proxy into Dark Templar rush.
UNDERDONGS - Protoss players against Jaedong.
WIKILEAKS - minor version of Progaming gossip.

****
What what the the fuck fuck? That blew my mind so much, I doubled every word in the phrase 'What the fuck' to get: 'What what the the fuck fuck my what the the fuck fucking what did the drop dropship medivac where in the what in the hell?' - Day[9]
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
January 19 2011 17:57 GMT
#2
This is actually not bad. 4/5.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
January 19 2011 18:04 GMT
#3
I laughed at a lot of these :D
oraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
green.at
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Austria1459 Posts
January 19 2011 18:05 GMT
#4
only a few made me grack a smile.
Inputting special characters into chat should no longer cause the game to crash.
e_i_pi_1_0
Profile Joined September 2009
933 Posts
January 19 2011 18:39 GMT
#5
Haha these are awesome.

Jaedong and Hwaseung Oz fan.
hacklebeast
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5090 Posts
January 19 2011 19:36 GMT
#6
inpressive list, some of those are really good. tried to think of some, but could only come up with more county ones

Russia: Kwanro's battle cry
Hungary: shine's second favorite excuse to all-in
Egypt: to be robbed of a victory in an esports match
the Congo: a dance invented by yellow
Ukraine: a derogatory way to reefer to stork
Thailand, a magical place that increases apm by 40
Singapore: two of the chores that CJ had idra doing on a regular basis
Samoa: the number of pylons aldaris wants you to have
Oman: the common reaction when one realities stork is going for carriers
Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero
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