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"pro-tips" appears as a phrase in this 1970 golf magazine http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/page/1970jul61-70.pdf http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/page/
by SixSigma 10y ago
"pro-tips" appears as a phrase in this 1970 golf magazine
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/page/1970jul61-70.pdf http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/page/1970jul61-70.pdf
- Sargos 10y agoBut in gaming culture and all of the references you will see in this thread the phrase originated from PC Gamer as they used those words for their gaming tips.
- anonbanker 10y agoTry again: Gamepro Magazine[0]. The "Protip" was their intellectual property. 0. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/protip http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/protip
- Sargos 10y agoUgh, yeah, GamePro, sorry. I got my magazines mixed up. I wish I could edit my post.
- Volt 10y agoThe term caught on among gamers in the early 2000s, and eventually spread everywhere else.
- 0xcde4c3db 10y agoIIRC, it got revived as a meme due to the popularity of a parody image with a laughably inane "tip", something like "to defeat the boss, shoot at it until it dies".