The Pietriots
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The Pietriots
The Pietriots started life at the Planet GameCube Forums (http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums) in late 2002 as a group of previously un associated Aussies in a predominantly American-occupied forum. RABicle started the original 'Aussie Thread' which grew enormously before being fagged up by morons. A second thread was attempted after the original was locked, but met the same fate. To solve this dilemma, a secret subforum was created just for the Australians and a few select others who generally got on well with them.
In early 2003, Nintendo of Australia (NAL) organised the Australian Pokemon Playoffs in Sydney's Darling Harbour. It was here that Tama8-chan, Infernal Monkey and Grubdog first decided to meet each other in person. Tama8-chan wrote about the day as a guest writer for PGC. The article can be found here (http://www.planetgamecube.com/specials.cfm?action=profile&id=449).
From this event, the first multiplayer night was held at Infernal Monkey's house. Tama8-chan and Grubdog attended, as well as Joeyhitmaker from PGC.
Around this time, there seemed to be a sort of break from PGC for the Aussies. Because of the subforum's secrecy and limited number of members, there just wasn't much to talk about that wasn't already discussed to hell on MSN already. And so, Infernal Monkey, a veteran GFF member, introduced the drifting Aussies to GFF when interest in the PGC forums died off.
A name was coined for them by peeack - The Pietriots - a joining of "Pie" and "Patriot". Hybrid Hunter, a fellow Aussie who lurked the PGC forums, was discovered to have also been at GFF, and was quickly re-introduced to everyone and was the last remaining Aussie to join the Pietriots.
These days, The Pietriots don't really do anything important; they mostly just read each other's journals and converse with each other on MSN, where a group chat runs pretty much around the clock.
Events
- An annual tradition for The Pietriots is to gather together to watch live feeds from the Nintendo E3 press conference. First started in 2004 by Grubdog, Akai and peeack excitedly watching Reggie and Iwata reveal various Nintendo goings on. Followed on in 2005 when peeack travelled down to Tama8-chan's house with Infernal Monkey to watch the conference. American Pietriots Berto2k and Deguello attended both conferences in person.
- Several gaming nights have been organised at both Tama8-chan's and Infernal Monkey's houses. peeack even travelled down from his home 1000 kilometres away to attend two of them.
- In January 2006, RABicle flew to Sydney to meet up with Grubdog, Hybrid, Tama8 and Infernal. Peeack was tied up with TAFE and couldn't make it down. Video games were played, kebabs eaten, beer drunk, trains caught and jokes laughed at. During most days, he just hung around Grubdog, due to his employment status and one night we all stayed up gaming at t8s house.
Phrases
- Gurn
- First coined by Infernal Monkey, it simply means to fart, or emit gas from ones backside. "So I gurned on the old lady's face!"
- Gurnal
- A play on the popular GFF Chocojournal feature, basically it means a journal full of shit.
- Bloody NAL!
- Well, we say this often enough for it to be it's own phrase. NAL = Nintendo Australia, they never release games on time, and they never do anything right.
- Swinging Trashbags
- Trashbags are the presence of stupidity, and the swinging of them is one's flaunting of said stupidity in the face of others. The comical entry of a moron into a pleasant discussion. "We were just talking about this when some guy came in swinging trashbags!"
- Beating Off
- Playing Donkey Konga or Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. "I found a DK kiosk and starting beating off furiously in front of some little kids, they were impressed"
- Fist
- Stemming from RABicle's fanaticism of cult Australian comedy show Double the Fist (http://www.abc.net.au/doublethefist/). Fist is the polar opposite of weakness. Fist can be earned or awarded for a display of fistworthyness. Often Pietriots may use an imaginary :fist: emoticon to show their support or agree with something said. "Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is putting the fist back into gaming, defending it from the weakness that has plagued the pastime since Final Fantasy 7"
- Made of Moron
- Most often said by Deguello. Made of moron is a term used to describe the physical properties of ideas, people and events that fail to impress Pietriots. "SouthJag is made of moron"
- Price for Nutmeg
- The monetary value of a piece of merchandise, usually refering to a video game. "I saw Donkey Kong Jungle Beat for $40, that's a good price for nutmeg!" This was butchered from a Simpsons episode where Marge goes shopping in bulk instead of at the Quik-E-Mart.
- Sug
- One night Infernal Monkey greeted everyone by saying "sug", a typo from "sup", meaning "what is up?". It is now a common Pietriot greeting.
- Moneyhats
- This was another blatantly stolen term, this time from a Penny Arcade comic suggesting Gabe Newell selling out to Microsoft because he got offered a hat made of money. This has been applied to several conversations regarding the video game industry or when the Pietriots feel that stupid choices were influenced by the allure of moneyhats. "Resident Evil 4 for PS2 was simply done because moneyhats were included in the deal."
- ULAEULAEULAEULAEULAEULAEULAE
- It has become clear to the Pietriots that prominant Planet Gamecube member Ian Sane is fool. He is a fool who types absurdly longs posts about pure bullshit. He is also part of a band. We then came to the obvious conclusion that the band is El Mudo and that Ian wrote the lyrics for Macaron Chacaron, possibly the worst song ever. The chorus of this song is just Ian going ulaeulaeulaeulaeulaeulae. At the last big Pietriot get togethor in Sydney, Infernal Monkey burnt a CD where every second track was Macaron Chacaron by El Mudo. We never tired of it.
- Where is Elixir's steak?
- Ridiculous GFF member Elixir, an opponent of Pietriots, is found dazed and confused in every thread he ever enters. From here, Grubdog realised that Elixir was actually just looking for his missing steak.
