10 years ago today, Square shot themselves in the foot

oni-link · Jul 13, 2018

10 years ago today, one of the most famous posts of all time was made by Muppet345

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

I've seen so many versions of this post reworked for most major news stories over the last decade, and it always makes me smile

So, do we have any Japanese culture experts here? How did Squares shot to the foot affect them over the last decade?

Mods, bring shame on me if this thread is against the rules

Imran · Jul 13, 2018

Y'all realize that post was satire, right

Takeru · Jul 13, 2018

Classic.

Lukar · Jul 13, 2018

Imran said:
Y'all realize that post was satire, right

That's been said in response to responses to the meme almost as much as the meme itself.

Fireblend · Jul 13, 2018

Imran said:
Y'all realize that post was satire, right

What

No

electroshockwave · Jul 13, 2018

Imran said:
Y'all realize that post was satire, right

I don't know how much the rest of you know about satire (I'm an expert)...

Deleted member 5491 · Jul 13, 2018

A true legend

Crayon · Jul 13, 2018

That was a great night to be at home on the board with nothing to do.

Deleted member 864 · Jul 13, 2018

Hard to forget lol.

Imran · Jul 13, 2018

Fireblend said:
What

No

I was there when it was written. The writer now makes a bunch of very good narrative games and did a number of the stories in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine.

Citizencope · Jul 13, 2018

I was there.

Grapezard · Jul 13, 2018

10 years, Jesus. As (an expert) on the concept of time, that was a long-ass time ago.

oni-link · Jul 13, 2018

Imran said:
I was there when it was written. The writer now makes a bunch of very good narrative games and did a number of the stories in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine.

His final post at the old place cemented his status as a true legend

electroshockwave · Jul 13, 2018

http://ffxiii360.ytmnd.com

DiipuSurotu · Jul 13, 2018

Wait, 10 years??

KillLaCam · Jul 13, 2018

A horrible day

Xx 720 · Jul 13, 2018

I remember after the trailer ended and the FF XIII logo came up the internet kind of imploded lol fun times.

Azure Wanderer · Jul 13, 2018

oni-link said:
His final post at the old place cemented his status as a true legend

Umm link please?

Becks' · Jul 13, 2018

Tobor · Jul 13, 2018

Citizencope said:
I was there.

A lot of us were there. I can't remember if I saw it as it happened or caught up with the thread later, though.

Plum · Jul 13, 2018

Imran said:
Y'all realize that post was satire, right

oni-link just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Internet satire culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in real-life comedy where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw a fellow meme connoisseur over on the internet, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the internet public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to see posts from oni-link or any alt accounts they try to make, nor will they reply to any of their threads. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but oni-link has alienated an entire internet community with this move.

oni-link, publicly apologize and get a mod to lock this thread or you can kiss your internet rep goodbye.

oni-link · Jul 13, 2018

Azure Wanderer said:
Umm link please?

I can't, it was nuked during the great exit

Iit was basically his famous quote as a good bye tailored to that specific situation, but obviously the thread was deleted

Azure Wanderer · Jul 13, 2018

oni-link said:
I can't, it was nuked during the great exit

Iit was basically his famous quote as a good bye tailored to that specific situation, but obviously the thread was deleted

Ooh.

I was never on neogaf but the memes permeated the whole internet.

Tito · Jul 13, 2018

electroshockwave said:
http://ffxiii360.ytmnd.com

You forgot the best one http://amir0x.ytmnd.com

oni-link · Jul 13, 2018

Plum said:
oni-link just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Internet satire culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in real-life comedy where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw a fellow meme connoisseur over on the internet, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the internet public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to see posts from oni-link or any alt accounts they try to make, nor will they reply to any of their threads. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but oni-link has alienated an entire internet community with this move.

oni-link, publicly apologize and get a mod to lock this thread or you can kiss your internet rep goodbye.

ULTROS! · Jul 13, 2018

In the end, do you guys think the fanboy drama was all worth it?

--R · Jul 13, 2018

10 years already? Fucking hell.

Plum · Jul 13, 2018

ULTROS! said:
In the end, do you guys think the fanboy drama was all worth it?

Is it ever worth it?

CM_Ace · Jul 13, 2018

I like how even now when a variation of it is posted people still fall for it.

ULTROS! · Jul 13, 2018

--R said:
10 years already? Fucking hell.

Makes us think that:

MGS4 is 10 years old
DMC4 is 10 years old
FFXIII is almost 10 years old (Dec 2019 makes it 10 years old in Japan)
Tales of Vesperia is 10 years old

GhostTrick · Jul 13, 2018

Imran said:
I was there when it was written. The writer now makes a bunch of very good narrative games and did a number of the stories in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine.

Of course it is satire. But it's better to think it's not. :"")

oni-link · Jul 13, 2018

CM_Ace said:
I like how even now when a variation of it is posted people still fall for it.

10 years is a long time, I'm sure a lot of people found out about it much later on, but yeah it always makes me smile

GLHFGodbless · Jul 13, 2018

There is no way in hell that was 10 years ago....

Buttchin-n-Bones · Jul 13, 2018

That last post during the great exodus was brilliant.

Zippo · Jul 13, 2018

One of the worst E3s of all time. One of the best posts of all time, however.

oni-link · Jul 13, 2018

Buttchin-n-Bones said:
That last post during the great exodus was brilliant.

I thought it was great when I saw the quote, then I knew it was legendary when I saw the poster

Quinton · Jul 13, 2018

In 10 years, God of War (2018) will be 10 years old

Crazy stuff friends, don't get old

Super Corpse Soldier · Jul 13, 2018

Time flies when you're having fun.

Remember when we thought Final Fantasy XIII was going to be fun?

Aters · Jul 13, 2018

Decade old meme that I still see occasionally here.

Buttchin-n-Bones · Jul 13, 2018

oni-link said:
I thought it was great when I saw the quote, then I knew it was legendary when I saw the poster

When I first saw it, I thought it was just someone copying and repurposing the meme.

Then someone posted it was the actual OP himself

ULTROS! · Jul 13, 2018

Super Corpse Soldier said:
Time flies when you're having fun.

Remember when we thought Final Fantasy XIII was going to be fun?

People had unreasonable expectations with FFXIII. I bet most were thinking it'll be a 70 hour RPG with an expansive open-worldish type with a lot of quests and 2 worlds to fully explore.

RPGamer92 · Jul 13, 2018

Zippo said:
One of the worst E3s of all time. One of the best posts of all time, however.

Yep, 10 years since Ravi Drums as well tomorrow!

CommodoreKong · Jul 13, 2018

Easily one of the greatest message board posts of all time.

Wein Cruz · Jul 13, 2018

Jintor · Jul 13, 2018

any sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from being a dumbshit on the internet

Ocean Bones · Jul 13, 2018

"The age of Sony is done" is the real best post to come out of all that moronic fanboy nonsense.

Neat · Jul 13, 2018

It hasn't been 10 years.

You cut that out OP

Sagadego17 · Jul 13, 2018

oh god i forgot where that shitty meme came from, wasn't from the old site. geeeh!

Ocean Bones · Jul 13, 2018

And yeah, that e3 is way to fresh in my mind to be ten years gone.

Just stopit.

Mitch · Jul 13, 2018

I fell for this a few years ago when it was reposted/changed around. Shameful.

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