EPTOn October 10 2012 20:58 Quintum_ wrote:
Its a part of gamer lingo, not tied to any culture.
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On October 10 2012 20:55 The_Unseen wrote:
Nope. People in French gaming community use it all the time for example.
On October 10 2012 20:53 WigglingSquid wrote:
I would like to make a point, though: liberal use of "rape" is more of an american lowbrow college thing, not a western cultural thing. >>'
On October 10 2012 20:51 GTR wrote:
On January 12 2007 16:58 rinizim wrote:
Tour Bus Driver - Choi Yungsung. oov
Now, I am not sure how many people know the origin of this nickname.
It all starts from progamers, obviously.
Progamers, in private, use profane words. Swearing words, describing certain strategies and sorts. Among them was the word "gang gan", meaning rape. The progamers use the word "gang gan", just as we use the word 'rape' to describe one-sided matches. However, you have to understand that in Korea, the use of such word is generally much more frowned upon. You know, culture difference. So, the word 'gang gan' transformed into a word 'gwan gang' which sounds similar(though really not), but has a totally different meaning. 'gwan gang' means tourism. And the one who leads people into "tourism" by a "tourist bus" would be named the "bus driver". This idea came right out after the match between oov and goodfriend in nostalgia, where oov led goodfriend into "tourism" with 200 wraiths, when goodfriend was defending with goliath and turrets. There came to be many photoshopped images, where oov is driving a bus, and goodfriend as one of the passengers. (We all have seen that picture once or twice).
A similar conceptual word to "tourism" is Andromeda. The Koreans will pronounce that word syllable by syllable, 안드로메다. It is basically the same concept. A progamer will send the opponent into "tourism" to visit Andromeda... a distant, far far away galaxy. So the Koreans(and even the commentators) will use phrases like, "Ah, He will be paying a visit to Andromeda!", or phrases like, "Whoa, oov has seated himself in the driver's seat, ready for a take off." They are really funny.
(But, they will not use the word 'gwan gang', because it still resembles the word 'rape'.)
Tour Bus Driver - Choi Yungsung. oov
Now, I am not sure how many people know the origin of this nickname.
It all starts from progamers, obviously.
Progamers, in private, use profane words. Swearing words, describing certain strategies and sorts. Among them was the word "gang gan", meaning rape. The progamers use the word "gang gan", just as we use the word 'rape' to describe one-sided matches. However, you have to understand that in Korea, the use of such word is generally much more frowned upon. You know, culture difference. So, the word 'gang gan' transformed into a word 'gwan gang' which sounds similar(though really not), but has a totally different meaning. 'gwan gang' means tourism. And the one who leads people into "tourism" by a "tourist bus" would be named the "bus driver". This idea came right out after the match between oov and goodfriend in nostalgia, where oov led goodfriend into "tourism" with 200 wraiths, when goodfriend was defending with goliath and turrets. There came to be many photoshopped images, where oov is driving a bus, and goodfriend as one of the passengers. (We all have seen that picture once or twice).
A similar conceptual word to "tourism" is Andromeda. The Koreans will pronounce that word syllable by syllable, 안드로메다. It is basically the same concept. A progamer will send the opponent into "tourism" to visit Andromeda... a distant, far far away galaxy. So the Koreans(and even the commentators) will use phrases like, "Ah, He will be paying a visit to Andromeda!", or phrases like, "Whoa, oov has seated himself in the driver's seat, ready for a take off." They are really funny.
(But, they will not use the word 'gwan gang', because it still resembles the word 'rape'.)
I would like to make a point, though: liberal use of "rape" is more of an american lowbrow college thing, not a western cultural thing. >>'
Nope. People in French gaming community use it all the time for example.
Its a part of gamer lingo, not tied to any culture.
It's more of the lingo that's part of our generation.
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