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After watching Dreamhack Valencia and checking Liquipedia afterwards, what I've feared did come true - "The Dong" is an widely accepted Nickname of Jaedong. What I couldnt find is which caster gave him the nickname or who is responsible for its grown use.
I searched the forum without a answer to this and - shame on me - I refused to google "origion of The Dong" etc. ... please forgive me dear mods but I think you understand.
Many progamers have interesting IDs, yet Jaedong stands out by choosing his own name as ID (even though he uses his initial). Force a nickname upon someone/ belittle their name is in many cultiures considered as disrespectfull, unless you related to that person by family bounds/friendship or something around those lines. In sports or competitive scenes in general this isnt the case. Players/athletes get nicknames that often highlight a certain skill/move/attribute or achievement of the player/athlete and are taken as some sort of compliment in general.
Now back to "the Dong". I dont see how the stated uses of nicknames in competitive scenes applys to "the Dong" - Jaedong is no pornstar even some of you wish so. This reminds me of a case regarding aglicisms I discussed with my students where the "Jugendamt der Diözese Speyer" (yound wellfare office of the diocese of Speyer) translated the "ökumenische Christfest 2000" to "The Great Ding Dong" and got mocked for it.
To get to my point: "The Dong" might be the single worst nickname for a SC2-player that exists (ang gets used by casters) and I want to know who came up with it. I am also interested how this name sounds to you native english people.
Note: Origin of the name is the thing I am most interested. - who came up with it
EDIT: Gunther - Ding Dong Song. Just search it on youtube if you dont know about this "masterpiece"... credits go to onPHYRE for bringing up this piece of long repressed memory.
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Dong is his name, that's all
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It is the best part of my body. I see it as a compliment.
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he actually used to be a porn star before turning to SC2
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because it's awesome and funny at the same time?
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You touch my tralala mmm my ding ding dong - Gunther
That's ^ what your post made me think of, lol.
On topic, I have no idea but I have heard it used for a while.
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is just a joke, koreans dont call him "the dong", just foreigners
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It's a stupid nickname that belittles jaedong when used with anything less than 110% irony. It should not be used in major event casts. It's entirely tasteless, and even he would hesitate to say it.
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Because it's his actual name and you know how people love short-form.
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On July 21 2013 09:41 StarStruck wrote:
Because it's his actual name and you know how people love short-form.
And "The Dong" sure sounds better than JD? For a korean maybe, but DH valencia wasnt a korean event.
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On July 21 2013 09:33 waffelz wrote:
After watching Dreamhack Valencia and checking Liquipedia afterwards, what I've feared did come true
It has nothing to do with you, it's silly to be afraid of that.
In case you didn't know, sometimes names are shortened and turned into nicknames. It's neither offensive or degrading, and it's certainly nothing to fear.
Edit: And considering it's his name, and that fact that you sound like a fan (although deeply misguided), I wouldn't suggest telling him that his name sounds awful.
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One of the many things that makes SC2 casters unprofessional is their penchant for blurting out stuff from forums. "The Dong" is a very old nickname for Jaedong that people use on this forum. It's a dumb penis joke made up by kids. That's really all there is to it. You must not have been around when DRG was big and people were arguing over who the "one true dong" was.
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Only someone who can micro mutas as well as he micros his dong deserves that nickname
@posterabove: Only one dong can rule them all, and thats jaeDONG\\
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On July 21 2013 09:38 EatThePath wrote:
It's a stupid nickname that belittles jaedong when used with anything less than 110% irony. It should not be used in major event casts. It's entirely tasteless, and even he would hesitate to say it.
nvm lol.
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Is this thread serious? His name is Lee Jae Dong, his ID is Jaedong, Dong is a funny euphemism for dick.
It's just a joke, really shouldn't require an explanation..
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On July 21 2013 09:46 lolmlg wrote:
One of the many things that makes SC2 casters unprofessional is their penchant for blurting out stuff from forums. "The Dong" is a very old nickname for Jaedong that people use on this forum. It's a dumb penis joke made up by kids. That's really all there is to it. You must not have been around when DRG was big and people were arguing over who the "one true dong" was.
I am around since a long time just not registered/lurking the forums that much. So it is a community thing and not the horrible work of a caster? Good to know.
On July 21 2013 09:50 DeekZ wrote:
Is this thread serious? His name is Lee Jae Dong, his ID is Jaedong, Dong is a funny euphemism for dick.
It's just a joke, really shouldn't require an explanation..
I am sorry that I might confused you. This thread is serious. The origin of the word is clear, I wanted to know who is responsible for coming up with this name.
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Jesus we have some people overreacting to nicknames in this thread. Chill out.
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On July 21 2013 09:50 waffelz wrote:Show nested quote +On July 21 2013 09:46 lolmlg wrote:
One of the many things that makes SC2 casters unprofessional is their penchant for blurting out stuff from forums. "The Dong" is a very old nickname for Jaedong that people use on this forum. It's a dumb penis joke made up by kids. That's really all there is to it. You must not have been around when DRG was big and people were arguing over who the "one true dong" was. I am around since a long time just not registered/lurking the forums that much. So it is a community thing and not the horrible work of a caster? Good to know.
Whoever came up with it, it probably predates the casting careers of any of the casters who worked at Valencia.
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Many of the nicknames given I really disagree with. The Dong, God and others. Some however are really cool!
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