describing in-game domination

Crunchums

United States11144 Posts

April 16 2011 15:09 GMT

So I was reading this blog and I saw the part about the word "rape" at TL (#8) and had some thoughts.
I would completely agree that most internet communities have a generally misogynistic atmosphere, and that TL is no exception. I also hate rape! If you are reading this please do not rape anyone ok : 3

But when it comes to using it to describe in-game domination, I am torn. On one hand it is definitely a bad thing to do for obvious reasons. On the other hand, there are certain times when when it is the word that I want to use. When it comes to in-game domination, different words mean specific things to me (though there is some overlap).
If player X got...

owned, they were soundly beaten by their opponent's strategy.
Examples - Leta vs hero, Hiya vs Juni, Jaedong vs Skyhigh

posterized, they got beat so soundly and impressively that you can put it in a highlight video.
Examples - Flash vs Horang2, Jaedong vs Lucifer

wrecked, whatever strategy they had got completely shut down in a hilarious way.
Examples - Ssak vs Dear, Backho vs Canata

crushed, they simply failed to stop their opponent from just easily killing them.
Examples - fantasy vs Shine, Lomo vs Zero

rolled, they got outplayed without their opponent doing anything special.
Examples - Light vs n.Die_soO,

destroyed, nothing special happened but it was obvious that they were badly outclassed.
Example - Stats vs Sair

roflstomped, they were quickly and quite obviously unable to keep up with everything their opponent threw at them.
Example - Kal vs Saint

dominated, their opponent was constantly a step ahead of them and nothing they tried worked. Generally only applied to a series.
Examples - Flash vs Stork (2008 Bacchus OSL Finals), Jaedong vs YellOw[ArnC]

raped, they were dominated so badly that you get the impression that you could replay the series again and again and the outcome would be exactly the same each time.
Examples - F91 vs kOs (Liquibition #30), when foreigners play pros

At the end of the day I think I am going to try and stop using the word "raped" to describe in-game domination because even if "dominated" isn't as good of a descriptor it's close enough that I am willing to make the sacrifice, and unless you somehow care more about word choice more than I do I encourage you to do the same.