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If I'm not mistaken it was popularized by the Fighting Game Community (FGC). There's a related subreddit (r/Kappa). PogChamp and Bible Thump (which are also o

If I'm not mistaken it was popularized by the Fighting Game Community (FGC). There's a related subreddit (r/Kappa). PogChamp and Bible Thump (which are also on the list on the linked page) were also popularized by the FGC. The interesting thing is that in terms of viewers, Fighting games have a substantially less proportion of the total audience compared to MOBAs and FPSs. It's possible that FG viewers just spend much more time chatting than other spectators because the average Fighting Game match goes by in about 2 minutes. Besides trolling, r/Kappa is also known for sponsoring many FG players to get to tournaments around the world, so you might come across players who list them as a sponsor (in the same way you'd maybe see someone sponsored by EG - Evil Geniuses). In "twitch speak" the term can in some ways be used to indicate sarcasm, as replacement for "j/k", or just trolling in general. eg. "This stream's quality is fantastic kappa!"

crazypyro 11y ago
I think you are overestimating how much of the popularity came from the FGC. All of the popular emotes represent pretty common reactions, especially with respect to watching e-sports. BibleThump is a crying eyes, which is pretty much the best emote for sadness or, more commonly, faking sadness. PogChamp is a guy screaming so when people are demanding stuff (e.g. "FIX SOUND PogChamp") its an obvious choice, but it can also be used for things of excitement, so it has a lot of uses. I think, even without the FGC, the emotes that have risen to the most used would've been very similar, if not the exact same.
- ilitirit 11y ago
  > I think you are overestimating how much of the popularity came from the FGC. I'm really not. PogChamp is Gootecks, host of Cross-Counter and FG player. The meme is based on an ad they did for MadCatz Fight Sticks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkBDZ8Davvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkBDZ8Davvg "BibleThump" started out as meme involving an incident with streamer Spooky and FG player Wolfkrone. http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7921h1cU41qcriw6o1_1280.png http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7921h1cU41qcriw6o1_1280.p... BibleThump resembled Wolfkrone in that image so literally thousands of viewers started spamming it with the text "spooby pls" on Spooky's chat whenever something went wrong, or the stream was going to end. That is why you'll often see people type "<topic> pls biblethump", eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df_C79cFhoM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df_C79cFhoM
  - crazypyro 11y ago
    Right, but I'm saying past the origination of those emotes, I don't think a huge portion of their popularity is directly tied to the FGC. They grew out of the FGC, but they've long taken on meanings of their own across the entire site that have no relation to the FGC and center around what emotion the face represents.
    - runevault 11y ago
      They've expanded to use outside the FGC, but I would be the FGC viewers who also watch LOL/DOTA/etc is what spread them to the rest of the streaming world. At least with PogChamp (hell maybe DansGame too even though it isn't TECHNICALLY Floe it might as well be at this point).
- abduhl 11y ago
  The fighting game community has led the pack for memes and vernacular in esports for a long time. It seems natural to me for this to be so - the FGC had the first real English streams with commentators that were extremely colorful and embraced the idea of the hype man. On top of that, the FGC is much more of a communal group coming from the arcade scene as compared to the home PC scene. I think you are not giving the FGC the credit it deserves for its role in the growing popularity of "esports" and its role in shaping the character of the "esports" fan.
  - jegutman 11y ago
    I agree that the FGC deserves some credit, but it's weird to credit it with eSports much since they were the community most resistant to the term. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/26llfc/why_is_the_fgc_seem_so_antiesports/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/26llfc/why_is_the_fg...

crazypyro 11y ago

I think you are overestimating how much of the popularity came from the FGC. All of the popular emotes represent pretty common reactions, especially with respect to watching e-sports. BibleThump is a crying eyes, which is pretty much the best emote for sadness or, more commonly, faking sadness. PogChamp is a guy screaming so when people are demanding stuff (e.g. "FIX SOUND PogChamp") its an obvious choice, but it can also be used for things of excitement, so it has a lot of uses. I think, even without the FGC, the emotes that have risen to the most used would've been very similar, if not the exact same.

ilitirit 11y ago
> I think you are overestimating how much of the popularity came from the FGC. I'm really not. PogChamp is Gootecks, host of Cross-Counter and FG player. The meme is based on an ad they did for MadCatz Fight Sticks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkBDZ8Davvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkBDZ8Davvg "BibleThump" started out as meme involving an incident with streamer Spooky and FG player Wolfkrone. http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7921h1cU41qcriw6o1_1280.png http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7921h1cU41qcriw6o1_1280.p... BibleThump resembled Wolfkrone in that image so literally thousands of viewers started spamming it with the text "spooby pls" on Spooky's chat whenever something went wrong, or the stream was going to end. That is why you'll often see people type "<topic> pls biblethump", eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df_C79cFhoM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df_C79cFhoM
- crazypyro 11y ago
  Right, but I'm saying past the origination of those emotes, I don't think a huge portion of their popularity is directly tied to the FGC. They grew out of the FGC, but they've long taken on meanings of their own across the entire site that have no relation to the FGC and center around what emotion the face represents.
  - runevault 11y ago
    They've expanded to use outside the FGC, but I would be the FGC viewers who also watch LOL/DOTA/etc is what spread them to the rest of the streaming world. At least with PogChamp (hell maybe DansGame too even though it isn't TECHNICALLY Floe it might as well be at this point).
abduhl 11y ago
The fighting game community has led the pack for memes and vernacular in esports for a long time. It seems natural to me for this to be so - the FGC had the first real English streams with commentators that were extremely colorful and embraced the idea of the hype man. On top of that, the FGC is much more of a communal group coming from the arcade scene as compared to the home PC scene. I think you are not giving the FGC the credit it deserves for its role in the growing popularity of "esports" and its role in shaping the character of the "esports" fan.
- jegutman 11y ago
  I agree that the FGC deserves some credit, but it's weird to credit it with eSports much since they were the community most resistant to the term. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/26llfc/why_is_the_fgc_seem_so_antiesports/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/26llfc/why_is_the_fg...