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TheRabidDeer
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States3806 Posts
July 21 2013 01:30 GMT
#41
There are many Dong's in South Korea, Jaedong is THE Dong. The fact that you have an odd interpretation of his real name is no fault but your own.

If I have the last name Smith, and somehow incorporate that into my username, and I am called "The Smith" would you make a thread about it?
shin_toss
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines2589 Posts
July 21 2013 01:31 GMT
#42
Its on his name.. jaeDONG. It goes the same for people who calls DongRaeGu the' "the true dong"
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OblivionMage
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada377 Posts
July 21 2013 01:31 GMT
#43
How is that a bad nickname? What the fuck?

Waayyy over-thinking this, OP
Greendotz
Profile Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2053 Posts
July 21 2013 01:33 GMT
#44
On July 21 2013 09:55 Riiaider wrote:
So if they were saying "The HyuN" too would you be upset also?


I hear he's hyun like an elk.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
July 21 2013 01:33 GMT
#45
What's wrong with The Dong? Why is it bad?
julianto
Profile Joined December 2010
2292 Posts
July 21 2013 01:35 GMT
#46
His name has "dong" in it...
Sooner or later, someone would've called him that.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8306 Posts
July 21 2013 01:41 GMT
#47
On July 21 2013 09:42 waffelz wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Of course, a German would say that. But, this is an international forum so we shouldn't have conform to your definitions of what the world should be like, much as you wish that were the case.

...

Ridiculous statement right? Right. There's so much wrong with it, but it echoes your sentiments. Your post there is slightly ethnocentric even though it strives not to be.

The difference between "The Dong" and the case you cited with "The Great Ding Dong" is that this just happens to be short form for the guy's name, there's no translation mistake or simplification of one's language.

Anyways, to answer your question, while the community started it I believe Apollo was the first mainstream English caster to use it.

To my first point though, don't act like yours is the only valid opinion on this. I get what you're getting at, you're entitled to your opinion and we are to ours. Now, if JAEDONG himself was offended by the nickname, that'd be a COMPLETELY different story.

That's not the case though, because if it were people wouldn't call him that.
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ElvisWayCool
Profile Joined March 2010
United States437 Posts
July 21 2013 01:41 GMT
#48
It's just funny... Calm down.

This thread made me think of this:


Lighten up man.
larse
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
1611 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-21 01:48:21
July 21 2013 01:45 GMT
#49
It's completely OK to call him Dong in Korea and in China, if you are his close friend or family members.

His name is not Lee Jaedong. His name is Lee Jae Dong

Lee Jae Dong
이 제 동
李 帝 東

Korean and Chinese given name are two completely separated characters. The two characters are not connected in any way. Only in latinization, Korean and Chinese connect the two characters of their given name together to make it easier to understand for Westerns.

But well I guess this is a different topic from what Westerns call him the DONG, which is only a joke to me, chill
Just_a_Moth
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada1964 Posts
July 21 2013 01:46 GMT
#50
On July 21 2013 09:36 AllHailTheDead wrote:
he actually used to be a porn star before turning to SC2

So Broodwar was just a front? Or was it the actual porn? O_o
MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
July 21 2013 01:50 GMT
#51
Legit question this time.

Who coined 'The Tyrant'?
Archas
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6531 Posts
July 21 2013 01:50 GMT
#52
On July 21 2013 10:46 Just_a_Moth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2013 09:36 AllHailTheDead wrote:
he actually used to be a porn star before turning to SC2

So Broodwar was just a front? Or was it the actual porn? O_o

I dunno about you, but his Mutalisk micro turned me on so much. Might as well have been porn.
The room is ripe with the stench of bitches!
RaiKageRyu
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada4773 Posts
July 21 2013 01:51 GMT
#53
Never in a million years did I think someone one make a thread about this.

What and How, you claim you already know.

Who? Most nicknames simply arise from the whispers of fans. Like how memes come to be.
Someone call down the Thunder?
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
July 21 2013 01:52 GMT
#54
On July 21 2013 10:50 Archas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2013 10:46 Just_a_Moth wrote:
On July 21 2013 09:36 AllHailTheDead wrote:
he actually used to be a porn star before turning to SC2

So Broodwar was just a front? Or was it the actual porn? O_o

I dunno about you, but his Mutalisk micro turned me on so much. Might as well have been porn.


His mutalisk balls spraying all those glaive worms... hawt
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TimKim0713
Profile Joined June 2012
Korea (South)221 Posts
July 21 2013 01:56 GMT
#55
이제동. Or
Lee 이
Jae 제
Dong 동
Jaedong is his first name in korean,
FSKi
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States901 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-21 01:57:09
July 21 2013 01:56 GMT
#56
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KhaliWear
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada159 Posts
July 21 2013 01:58 GMT
#57
Can not say his name fast enough, before one dies.

Therefore a simple " Dong " shall suffice

Stretching ones neck 30 seconds to either side, will help improve blood flow and relax nerve endings.
CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
July 21 2013 02:00 GMT
#58
Clearly he has a huge dong and some lucky fangirl let loose the secret one fateful day...
ymir233
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States8275 Posts
July 21 2013 02:06 GMT
#59
The nickname began as a series of rumors that surfaced when Jaedong went to the beach.
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Mallidon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Scotland557 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-21 02:08:56
July 21 2013 02:08 GMT
#60
Oh bloody hell.

Something tells me this thread is taking a joke well out of proportion. There's well worse things that he could be called than 'The Dong'.

Edit - And its his name ffs!
Bleh.
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