Hi Boyd!

I see you're already aware of it... You're a pretty "plugged in" fellow to what's going on online.... :)

You can find this Flash file, along with the phrase "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" on an increasing number of web pages! It's growing.... (Do a search for the phrase to see for yourself!)

Remember the Hampsterdance? It's that kind of thing.... :)

How do these fads start?

I found the origin.... It started on a discussion forum for the game Tribes....

I've linked to it below, for those who like to know about these things, how do fads start and how do they spread...

If you go to the Tribes forum linked to below, you'll see that in December, a guy named "Bad_CRC" created a little animated GIF file, with screen shots taken from an old video game (with bad English translation), called "Zero Wing"....

From there, he started creating altered images, with the phrase "All Your Base Are Belong To Us". And others got into the act too....

Before long, there were hundreds of these altered images, with "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" over them.... If you look at that thread in the "Tribes" forum, it goes for 96 pages!

Others got into the act. It spread beyond that Tribes forum, and outside....

From there, Bad_CRC made a Flash movie, combining the opening scenes from this video game, along with these altered images, and a sound track... Which many found hilarious!

And it's kept on spreading... :)

Here in Australia (and probably lots of other places), the Hampsterdance song has made it into the music charts....

I don't know if "Bad_CRC" has profited from the fad he has created yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if we'll see the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" song becoming a music hit too! I've heard that some people already play it at dance parties....

:)

(Don't forget the link below....)

- Dien




All Your Base Are Belong To Us... the thread where it began (for those who study fads!)....