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In the Smash community, a '''John''' is | In the Smash community, a '''John''' refers to the time when Angrycrazyzebra beaten John on top on Mount everest in 1941. Angrycrazyzebra was so salty (because he always is even if he wins) and threw his GameCube controller at John's head. John died and that is why there is "no john". HEY GUYS, IT'S ME..JAIZO. | ||
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In the Smash community, a John refers to the time when Angrycrazyzebra beaten John on top on Mount everest in 1941. Angrycrazyzebra was so salty (because he always is even if he wins) and threw his GameCube controller at John's head. John died and that is why there is "no john". HEY GUYS, IT'S ME..JAIZO.
Origin
The term "Johning" was started by the Classic City crew from South division. In addition to future professionals such as Caveman and Rob$, another member of the crew was named John; this player became notorious amongst the other members for frequently making excuses for his losses. Eventually, the other members of the crew began to accuse him of "Johning" whenever he made another excuse; the terms "John" and "No Johns" were also eventually used by the players in order to generically refer to excuses.
As the crew began to gain more exposure, including attending tournaments out of state, they still used the term "John" and its variants, spreading usage of the term to other crews and players; the term eventually became widespread throughout the Melee community, and the members of the Crystal City crew were surprised upon seeing its usage on Smashboards.
The smasher from which the term John originated still plays Melee, under the tag "ACE".
Regional variants
In Sweden, the term "Yuna" can be used interchangeably with "John", here referring to the smasher Yuna, who became known for similar behaviour to John. Players say "Inga Yunas", pseudo-Swedish for "No Yunas".
Spain has numerous synonyms to the term "John", with the two most common being "No Veyrons", after a smasher from Catalonia, or "No Joshis", after a smasher from Andalusia. "No Veyrons" is more common in northern Spain, while "No Joshis" is more common in the south.
In Italy, for a certain period of time, the expression "No Dems" was used, referring to Dem-Long, a player from Florence who failed to pass pools in a tournament in June 2006; his supposed reason, that his hands were too cold, became an inside joke in Italy.
In Germany, a counterpart called "No Stacos" evolved, leading back to the player Staco. Staco was known in the German community for frequently using excuses both for victories and losses, often claiming he could have performed better in both cases. While Staco later retired from competitive Smash, the phrase is still commonly used. As an extra in written form, especially on the SmashBoards, the digit sequence "<<" was established by him, stressing his disapproval when something was not in his favor; the sequence is called "kleiner als kleiner als", which, in German, roughly translates to "less than less than".
In Nintendo media
During EVO 2014's Super Smash Bros. Melee singles tournament, a short video was played that featured Nintendo of America's president, Reggie Fils-Aimé, vocalizing Nintendo's support of the tournament. After sharing his appreciation for the Melee players at the event, Reggie wrapped up the video with a challenge for players to face him in the upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. 4; at the conclusion of the video, Fils-Aimé said, "And if we ever do go head-to-head, please, no Johns."[1]
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, one of the names that can randomly show up when the player presses the button to give them a random name is "NOJOHNS".
See also
References
- ^ Fils-Aimé, Reggie (2014-07-13). Nintendo EVO 2014 Video. Nintendo. Retrieved on 2014-07-14.