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I remember hearing that image macros originated on TribalWar (a forum for Starsiege: Tribes), but they were definitely popularized by SA
by xenihn 5y ago
I remember hearing that image macros originated on TribalWar (a forum for Starsiege: Tribes), but they were definitely popularized by SA
- busterarm 5y agoShazbot!
- mjfl 5y agoI am the greatest.
- ghuntley 5y agoVGH
- praxxis 5y agoI mean while we're talking about the legacy of Tribes and SA and "old internet" culture we need to shout out a certain dancing gherkin wearing a pink inventory as a hat. (hi Nexty, it's ParadoX)
- superkuh 5y agoHey guys. Don't just reminisce about Starsiege: Tribes, pick it up again (if you ever stopped playing). The community master servers and a couple dozen servers are still up. It's active with pick-up games on Fri+weekends. Join us! http://playt1.com/ http://playt1.com/
- aweiland 5y agoholy crap, I had no idea this existed
- georgeecollins 5y agoWhat a great game!!
- aww_dang 5y agoI heard they originated in Canadia
- marginalia_nu 5y agoThese proto-memes were probably independently "invented" on a lot of different forums. There was a much bigger emphasis on making content yourself back before content aggregators, which meant there was a lot of innovation going on in a lot of places. They'd sort of trickle through the internet through some sort of weird back-channel osmosis and merge and intermingle to create new formats. I think almost anyone who spent a decent amount of time in forums aimed toward adolescents around 2000 will have had some small impact on the emerging meme format.