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Due to some interruption in the chinese stream during starladder, a lot of chinese netizens recently found out that they can actually view twitch without lag. There are a lot of hilarious threads consisting of chinese netizens seriously deconstructing twitch chat and trying to find out what the memes mean, and then ultimately embracing them. Here's a sample:
+ Show Spoiler [On Car Brands and Bandwagoners] +
"I really liked watching the high in the chat coming from VG's win over LC. Hao >>> Black. [This is followed by a few screenshots of 'ez bugattis' and 'lc fans gave me honda', balance whining and hao praises/puns] "
"Foreigners actually rate VG so highly?"
"WTF are hondas"
"I'm fucking tired just reading this. Pls translate"
"Can't tell if fans or trolls"
"What does 'lmao' mean, the others I can understand mostly"
"WTF does LC and cars have in common? Why are they associated?"
"I also don't understand, as if they bet with cars?"
"What does 'troll balance' mean?"
+ Show Spoiler [On Puppey (not) banning sniper meme] +"Everyone is spamming ヽ(◉◡◔)ﾉ MY NAME IS PUPPEY, I DONT BAN SNIPER CUZ IM COOL ヽ(◉◡◔)ﾉ " Proceed onto a page of people spamming this...
+ Show Spoiler [On the B-god spam for bone7 in c9 vs iG] +
"I saw bone7 bat lasso sb into instadeath, the screen is flooded with calls of B-god. Then I realised it fucking meant bone7 and not my emperor"
"bone7=bone3+2+2 ok?"
"Regardless of whoever's winning, you get to spam B-god. Foreigners are SO SMART"
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"As soon as EE dies the whole chat goes fEEd. ROFL"
"Great feed EE"
"This is art, you guys understand this? "
"Looking forward to EE's long blog about this"
"What's up with the twitch spam: LGD - 'Let's Go Disband', 'Retard.Maybe', and 'fEEd rEEtard'? Sounds like our version of [standard chinese pun-flames]"
"Foreigners flame very fiercely as well"
"It transcends boundaries"
"Pff, I've been seeing them flame like this for 3 years"
+ Show Spoiler [On singsing and 430] +
"When I watched iG go on the main stage, the chat spammed songsong. Foreigners can't tell the difference?"
"You fucking idiot"
"feed! feed! [song song sounds like feed feed]
"songsong looks like the same as 430"
"I can't tell the difference either"
+ Show Spoiler [On Luo's nickname] +
"[the host even called Luo mr spirit breaker. Mr sb?"
[in chinese dota sb is short for 'fucking idiot']
"lol fuck me I didn't catch that. rofl."
A lot of the longer copy pastas (rtz riki, loda centaur etc) were met with bemusement, in the sense that only a handful of people were able to understand any of it. There is also some serious discussion about all the "EE kill all the chinese dogs" and "Pinoys/russians are shit" spam. Luckily the consensus is that it is some tasteless trolling memes, but a lot of people were shocked that people don't get banned for this.
Anyway I thought it was a nice cultural exchange, however one sided it might have been.
EDIT: As I've stated in a later post, these comments are sourced from sgamer. Some comments were paraphrased or omitted for various reasons such as hate speech or my personal lack of understanding. I have also tried to translate the general feeling of the comment rather than the literal meaning.
EDIT 2: For the incoming reddit users, I go by the name of drunk_dingo over there. You are free to send me any questions or objections about these translations there as well.
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Holy crap, thank you so much for this.
This is truly what blogs were made for. This is art.
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Hahahah. Nice, thanks for the discovery.
I feel like there's culture shock every time someone discovers twitch chat.
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thats like if aliens discovered the human race
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
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Welcome to the trenches zhongguoren. Don't forget your helmets and fire-resistance gear!
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How about posting some screenshots of the original Chinese comments? Would be interesting.
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"Foreigners flame very fiercely as well" hehehe
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
yeah which message boards did these come from?
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Dominican Republic34 Posts
This is hilarious. The Dankmemes will unite
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These are aggregated from sgamers. I am unable to provide screenshots because it is a message board, so any screenshot will be too long. I also had to paraphrase or omit some comments for various reasons (hate speech, things I didn't understand, vacuous comments). But here are some links to get you started.
Disclaimer: A lot of the avatars and signatures on sgamers are borderline nsfw. Browse at your own risk.
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"Regardless of whoever's winning, you get to spam B-god. Foreigners are SO SMART"
rofl what a great comment
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
"Foreigners flame very fiercely as well"
"It transcends boundaries"
were my favorites
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I can't wait to see the new Dank Memes that China contributes to the twitch chat cesspool.
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Lalalaland34486 Posts
This is an amazing blog, 5/5.
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Thanks for the post, it was a fun read.
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haha this is so amazing, thanks for this :D
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your Country52797 Posts
Haha, that was actually pretty funny :D
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On April 27 2015 02:57 Rayeth wrote:
I can't wait to see the new Dank Memes that China contributes to the twitch chat cesspool.
I'll be the vanguard.
Chinese: 66666666
English Translation: 444444444 (in both the feed and amazing play sense, but mostly amazing play)
Chinese: Beng7
English Translation: Throw/collapse 7 (in reference to bone7)
Chinese: EE sb
English Translation: EE fucking retard
Nothing personal against c9, but the chinese love making memes about them. The other chinese memes I can think of right now usually need too much context to understand.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
God Im stealing the shit out of Beng7
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
what does jiang you (soy sauce) mean in a dota context? i hear it used a lot
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On April 27 2015 03:11 ahswtini wrote:
what does jiang you (soy sauce) mean in a dota context? i hear it used a lot
it means support.
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On April 27 2015 03:15 fixed_point wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:11 ahswtini wrote:
what does jiang you (soy sauce) mean in a dota context? i hear it used a lot it means support.
hahaha it kind of makes sense
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On April 27 2015 03:16 skipshentaiscenes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:15 fixed_point wrote:On April 27 2015 03:11 ahswtini wrote:
what does jiang you (soy sauce) mean in a dota context? i hear it used a lot it means support. hahaha it kind of makes sense
I remember reading about this in the DAC threads. There's some meme where some guy is interviewed about a celebrity scandal or something, and he says something like "I don't care, I'm just here to buy soy sauce."
On April 27 2015 03:07 fixed_point wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 02:57 Rayeth wrote:
I can't wait to see the new Dank Memes that China contributes to the twitch chat cesspool. I'll be the vanguard. Chinese: 66666666 English Translation: 444444444 (in both the feed and amazing play sense, but mostly amazing play) Chinese: Beng7 English Translation: Throw/collapse 7 (in reference to bone7) Chinese: EE sb English Translation: EE fucking retard Nothing personal against c9, but the chinese love making memes about them. The other chinese memes I can think of right now usually need too much context to understand.
I hear they call Loda and Fear "fossils"  .
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Typical foreign prejudice.
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On April 27 2015 03:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:16 skipshentaiscenes wrote:On April 27 2015 03:15 fixed_point wrote:On April 27 2015 03:11 ahswtini wrote:
what does jiang you (soy sauce) mean in a dota context? i hear it used a lot it means support. hahaha it kind of makes sense I remember reading about this in the DAC threads. There's some meme where some guy is interviewed about a celebrity scandal or something, and he says something like "I don't care, I'm just here to buy soy sauce." Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:07 fixed_point wrote:On April 27 2015 02:57 Rayeth wrote:
I can't wait to see the new Dank Memes that China contributes to the twitch chat cesspool. I'll be the vanguard. Chinese: 66666666 English Translation: 444444444 (in both the feed and amazing play sense, but mostly amazing play) Chinese: Beng7 English Translation: Throw/collapse 7 (in reference to bone7) Chinese: EE sb English Translation: EE fucking retard Nothing personal against c9, but the chinese love making memes about them. The other chinese memes I can think of right now usually need too much context to understand. I hear they call Loda and Fear "fossils" .
oh so soy sauce is their own dank meme, I thought that as soy sauce is a "support" of food generally it kind of makes sense lol
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United States47024 Posts
On April 27 2015 03:07 fixed_point wrote:
Chinese: EE sb
English Translation: EE fucking retard
This really works because it differs from "EE-sama" by 1 syllable.
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f_p you are the best, as always
these translations are so much fun :D
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Can't wait for the Chinese to see Westerners spamming "KA LE"
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lol chinese reaction are quite interesting
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funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana'
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana'
is it actually because he's like asian but white
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On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana'
Eh, that's one of those borderline racist kind of things. One of those things you can certainly joke about, but not really something to say to someone's face.
On April 27 2015 03:59 ahswtini wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana' is it actually because he's like asian but white
Yeah. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. Hilariously, it's something a lot more insulting if an Asian says it seriously to you than if a white person does.
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On April 27 2015 03:16 skipshentaiscenes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:15 fixed_point wrote:On April 27 2015 03:11 ahswtini wrote:
what does jiang you (soy sauce) mean in a dota context? i hear it used a lot it means support. hahaha it kind of makes sense
basically in Chinese soysauce is a recent slang used to describe someone who just hangs around doing nothing.
back in the days parents used to have their kids go out and buy soysauce, there were no bottled soysauce then, and you have to bring your own bottle to the store, and they pour the soysauce into your bottle, which you bring home. as you can imagine it's a lot of hanging around doing nothing when you buy soysauce.
which is basically what supports appear to do, they just move around the map doing nothing for most of the times
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On April 27 2015 04:00 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana' Eh, that's one of those borderline racist kind of things. One of those things you can certainly joke about, but not really something to say to someone's face. Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:59 ahswtini wrote:On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana' is it actually because he's like asian but white Yeah. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. Hilariously, it's something a lot more insulting if an Asian says it seriously to you than if a white person does.
my indian friend refer to himself as a coconut :p
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On April 27 2015 04:00 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana' Eh, that's one of those borderline racist kind of things. One of those things you can certainly joke about, but not really something to say to someone's face.
Yep. That's why I omitted those kind of comments. Some are even worse: 'southeast asians monkeys', and 'japanese dogs' are not as rare as they should be on that forum (obviously condemned, but people don't get banned for it).
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I agree that fEEd is art as well lmfao
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On April 27 2015 03:36 Loanshark wrote:
Can't wait for the Chinese to see Westerners spamming "KA LE"
HAHA, I can translate something for you. My english is not that good so maybe not very accurate.
Most post about ka le is for LGD vs C9 in DAC, in which mmy said: lag and Zai said: ka le
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Idiots, I am grandpa, grandpa duck is one of nickname of mmy.
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Foreigners are strong, compatriots are trash. This come from a Chinese pub pudge player. Several years ago many chinese dotaer were shocked by dendi's pudge and said dendi is way better than is guy. Then is guy post sth like "He is strong becuase he is foreigner, I am trash because I am your compatriot", then this setence be spreaded to many places.
+ Show Spoiler +以后都是这个节奏了 中国队：lag 外国B：ka le
Then it will always be like this , Chinese team: lag, foriegners team: ka le
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Foreigner language is always more fashion
——zai said
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Russian Federation3329 Posts
this was great~ 5/5 twitch is literally the most concentrated group of the worst humanity has to offer it's so bad it's great
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On April 27 2015 04:07 yujiaxinlong wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 03:36 Loanshark wrote:
Can't wait for the Chinese to see Westerners spamming "KA LE" HAHA, I can translate something for you. My english is not that good so maybe not very accurate.
That was very accurate.
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On April 27 2015 04:03 evanthebouncy! wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 04:00 WolfintheSheep wrote:On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana' Eh, that's one of those borderline racist kind of things. One of those things you can certainly joke about, but not really something to say to someone's face. On April 27 2015 03:59 ahswtini wrote:On April 27 2015 03:55 andyrau wrote:
funny that they call ee a 'fucking banana' is it actually because he's like asian but white Yeah. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. Hilariously, it's something a lot more insulting if an Asian says it seriously to you than if a white person does. my indian friend refer to himself as a coconut :p
Yeah, the amount of shit you give about those words is basically proportional to the amount you care about your cultural heritage and such.
Which is probably why in North America you're more likely to call yourself those names than actually hear anyone else use them.
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well "banana" is used to refer to Asians that have become "whitewashed" where they've forgotten a large portion of their cultural heritage
it can be twisted in a negative or positive (neutral really) connotation but I'm pretty sure that poster was using it condescendingly
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Imagine if aliens came to Earth and all anyone said to them was "ayy lmao"
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On April 27 2015 04:07 Bisu-Fan wrote:
this was great~ 5/5 twitch is literally the most concentrated group of the worst humanity has to offer it's so bad it's great
Pretty sure Twitch chat is what happens when football hooligans can broadcast their shouting to everyone else, even people not at the stadium.
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"Looking forward to EE's long blog about this"
Easily best comment.
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Is this on a forum or something? Can you post link to it?
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On April 27 2015 05:36 Abenson wrote:
Is this on a forum or something? Can you post link to it?
I aggregated a lot of comments from a lot of threads on sgamer. Here are a few:
Disclaimer: A lot of the avatars and signatures on sgamer are borderline nsfw. Browse at your own risk.
+ Show Spoiler +
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spotlight it already, mods
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Thanks for sharing! I would love more insight about the Chinese community. It seems like a huge part of Dota but hardly any coverage.
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rofl one of these forum signatures ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/TIZ4Xlo.gif)
badass earbud removal
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Germany3128 Posts
My favourite :D
"songsong looks like the same as 430"
"I can't tell the difference either"
Not because of the whole "asians look all the same" thing but just because of the sarcasm. Could be straight from reddit
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Lalalaland34486 Posts
On April 27 2015 06:01 theqat wrote:
spotlight it already, mods
Thanks for the reminder, done.
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SoCal8908 Posts
this was pretty good, 5/5.
its like a whole new version of the internet for them
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/HX2K7HI.gif)
hilarious gif about luo and chuan
Xi has a lot of hilarious nicknames, such as Moniter breaker (really similiar to sipirit breaker in Chinese) or Xi jin ping which means Xi goes into the moniter, and it's just the same with the name of Chinese president Xi Jinping
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28084 Posts
Thanks for the writeup, this was pretty good.
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I heard they just banned Kappa in China. rip in pepperoni
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On April 27 2015 10:14 datsneefa wrote:
I heard they just banned Kappa in China. rip in pepperoni
Obviously. Can't have Japanese things living in Chinese rivers.
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Did toyota_420 throw them off that hard?
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My main reaction to the translated bits was "yes, this is a thing about Twitch chat that also confuses me."
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On April 27 2015 10:44 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2015 10:14 datsneefa wrote:
I heard they just banned Kappa in China. rip in pepperoni Obviously. Can't have Japanese things living in Chinese rivers.
I really laughed at this.
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That's really funny (and also interesting). Also thank you for using "bemusement" correctly
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
lmao one of the posters on that forum has this as his avatar now
![[image loading]](http://u.sgamer.com/uc_server/data/avatar/000/38/30/99_avatar_middle.jpg)
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On April 27 2015 18:34 ahswtini wrote:lmao one of the posters on that forum has this as his avatar now
Yep, a few people are joining the so called 'Kappa club'
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Well, the end is nigh. Soon the Twitch chat will conquer the world, and then all hope for humanity will be lost.
Great post by the way, thanks for sharing.
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On April 27 2015 19:22 Dekalinder wrote:
Well, the end is nigh. Soon the Twitch chat will conquer the world, and then all hope for humanity will be lost.
Great post by the way, thanks for sharing.
it is already lost. so lean back and enjoy the ride! :D
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Quite possibly the best blog on LD :D
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omg I cracked the fuck up. thank you world I am truly grateful
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Sanya12364 Posts
Cultural exchange is always very fun.
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Man. this made my morning.  )
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Very interesting blog, 5/5.
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I always feel like some sort of bemused archaeologist reading twitch chat. Glad it's not just me.
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This was quality content.
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
wassup any choice quotes from the chinese dota world for ti5?
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EPT
