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Demoscene Tropes and Memes

category: offtopic [glöplog]
I was asking ps and some other sceners about if there’s a list of demoscene memes, tropes, recurring symbols and ideas. There didn’t appear to be any current ones I could find so let me start one and please help contribute:

Coder colors
Evil bot
Coco and finsprit
Tunnel shaders
Bad apple
Shaderboi

Contributed by ps:
dungeon horror
tv noise
grey screen no music
the town is v
origins of the pig
farjan
rush hour 2

Contributed by jeenio:
rob is jarig
shut up, magic
hallo! was?
and don't forget to come to inercia demoparty 2005
react!
do you know future crew? they're dead. dead! ahahah

What other memes/tropes can you think of? A list like this is also helpful for newcomers to the scene to not feel left out and “in on the joke”. Thanks in advance!
bucket seal
optimus get a life
tits and dragons
duck.3ds
stniccc
variform 2
we are very good
added on the 2022-10-21 04:06:35 by psenough psenough
BITS
VIDEO REVIEWS
made in notch
added on the 2022-10-21 04:10:03 by psenough psenough
click clack lobster attack
on va enculer ton rgb
amigaaaaaaa
balls touching
checkerboard effect
alcatraz/kefrens bars
rubbercubes
glenz vectors
titanics loader decrunches while loading
added on the 2022-10-21 04:14:19 by psenough psenough
plasma effect
fire effect
shadebobs
flying melons
circle interference effect
added on the 2022-10-21 04:15:40 by psenough psenough
r tape loading error
guru meditation error
out of memory error
state of the art
only amiga makes it possible
stay atari
titan sucks
added on the 2022-10-21 04:18:46 by psenough psenough
scheisse!
spacebar (the key to press when a c64 scene is getting boring, not a bar in space)
added on the 2022-10-21 04:26:42 by psenough psenough
no copy!
added on the 2022-10-21 04:27:00 by psenough psenough
FODASS (FOR DOS)
added on the 2022-10-21 04:32:22 by psenough psenough
dutch color scheme
added on the 2022-10-21 04:34:35 by psenough psenough
pants off!
added on the 2022-10-21 04:35:04 by psenough psenough
Hello Kevin

Contributed by Theron (ttg):
How will X affect the scene
Metaballs, spinning cube
zx spectrum category should be subdivided
added on the 2022-10-21 05:26:35 by psenough psenough
Well done Kevin!
added on the 2022-10-21 08:05:50 by arabek arabek
stamps back
crashes indeed.. but wow! NOOON..
Real party is outside.
added on the 2022-10-21 08:44:53 by SiR SiR
Wer hat dicke Eier?
added on the 2022-10-21 08:45:36 by SiR SiR
Für Evoke reichts
Is halt Nordlicht
Geiler Hydrant
added on the 2022-10-21 08:50:11 by SiR SiR
Chair dancing
added on the 2022-10-21 09:01:58 by farfar farfar
### 20222110: Police Report: illegal neighbors invading Home, illegal insertion of substance into nostrils, illegal smell to shit of dog, illegal manipulation of smell and ear perceptions. ###
added on the 2022-10-21 09:34:47 by havoc havoc
random portuguese scener (not psenough)
added on the 2022-10-21 09:39:47 by havoc havoc
and from back in the days (behold how badly some of them aged):

Elite
Gamers Lamers
It's a scan !
It's made with Poser !
X was kicked from Y group and joined Z
precalc-ed
added on the 2022-10-21 09:40:56 by alkama alkama
Here's a couple from Finland, translated and/or explained whenever applicable.


  • Votetkaa X tai partypaikka palaa! - "Vote for X or the party place burns!"
  • Naisen pää - "A woman's head". Shouted in jest during graphics compos whenever someone thinks an entry panders to the male gaze a bit.
  • Kasettilameri - "Cassette lamer". Someone who has no disk drive.
  • Ääni - "The Voice". A security guard from back when Assembly was organized at the [REDACTED] Arena. Known for his booming bass voice and imposing physique, but also for sometimes being a bit too eager to enforce security.
  • ROTOR - A bot from #suomiscene, famous for Markov chain nonsense. Named after R.O.T.O.R., a classic bad movie from 1987.
  • Rapuvitsi - "The crab joke". A joke made famous by the main organizer of Instanssi. Often told as a drawn-out shaggy dog story, getting longer and longer with every re-telling.
added on the 2022-10-21 09:42:54 by jobe jobe
The scene is dead
We have explosive
added on the 2022-10-21 10:20:58 by arm1n arm1n

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