�ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!�
I followed his message with a creative contest that awards the best explanation of the sentence with some sort of prize. Who won? Well let�s look at all the explanations and find out.
The first explanation was given by Old Oak Tree himself. He or She said�
�If you were a l33t h4X0r, you would know that ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!�
Oak Tree you have just confused us more. I don�t want to say that other people can explain your cryptic logic better than you, but they can and you will soon see why.
Ranking: Oak Tree = Last Place
Now let�s move on to a more reasonable explanation. This one is from a person named Mark.
Probably means all your bases belong to us...
if you check out the link from the original posting it will take you to a
strange little video. The beginning of the video has some animation from
some early Ninetendo shoot-em-up game. You can tell by the distinctive
Anime look to all the characters.
Japanese video games tend to have a lot of story behind them and exposition.
When the games get sold in America they have to be translated.
Unfortunately, its probably the original Japanese programmers that did the
translation so the grammar and syntax is usually butchered and rendered into
something bizarre. Hence: "All your base are belong to us" instead of
"All your BASES BELONG TO US."
Mark
Now that�s an explanation. Let�s look at that ranking now.
Ranking: Oak Tree = LAST PLACE! DEAD LAST!
Mark = First Place
OK here�s another explanation by a person on the guest book.. He/she goes by the name of Caesar.
Kewl site -- nice cursor action. Keep it up dood Actually if you look at the last url, I think that's what he's talking about -- its some sort of music video.
Nice Research Caesar but unfortunately this explanation is too much like Mark�s with a too little details. Don�t worry there�s a second place and third place prize. Oh but there�s no prize for LAST PLACE!
Ranking: Oak Tree = LAST PLACE! THE FAILURE POSITION
Caesar = Second Place
Mark = First Place
The next explanation comes from the good pastor from KMC church himself (www.kmcem.org), Pastor Sean Lee.
This is very simple - you can close off the contest and name me the winner. I'll take my $1,000 prize in small, unmarked bills, please.
This is what the cryptic message, "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" means:
The writers are obviously extra-terrestrials who have invaded our planet. They are not FOB, they have been monitoring our development for the past 100 years, but they are now poised for global invasion to suck out our bodily fluids to make their engines work better. How do I know? Read and be amazed!
I had to cut his almost ten page essay to the introduction because of server space, but nonetheless it was a very creative explanation. Unfortunately you assumed the prize was a $1000. That�s what we call in the business arrogant presumption. You�re going to have to settle for second place. Well at least you�re not LAST PLACE!
Ranking: Oak Tree = LAST PLACE! YOU GET NOTHING!
Caesar = Third Place
Pastor Sean = Second Place
Mark = First Place
Finally our last entry comes from Paul Solecki (www.vetivers.com) He has probably the most reasonable explanation of them all.
Clyde, I figured it out!
Americans
Like
Labeling
You
Oriental.
Unending
Racism.
But
After
Speaking
Everybody
Acts
Really
Empathetic.
Bitches!
Even
Lepers
On
Neptune
Grasp
The
Original
Un-equality
Sincerely!
This is enough to win this contest and any other contest that follows. I think that if anything this is what Oak Tree was trying to say. Now if Oak Tree wrote this answer he would probably not be in LAST PLACE! Unfortunately for Paul I cannot award him first place. Why? Because I won your contest on vetivers.com and people might think this entire thing is rigged. But you do get second place and receive a prize that suits you more. Now lets look at the rankings again.
Oak Tree = LAST PLACE! THE LOSER POSITION! YOU ARE NOT THE CHAMPION MY FRIEND!
Caesar = Forth Place. You played well, but the competition was pretty stiff. And at least you aren�t in LAST PLACE like some people. And don�t see yourself as second to the last. You see how it all works out is that it goes the first four winners then the everyone else in the world and then Oak Tree making him truly the LAST MAN IN LAST PLACE!
Pastor Sean = Third Place. Well played�you receive original commissioned art from the Cypher online comic book. (www.geocities.com/cyphercomic) . The art will be placed in a clear plastic poly-bag for its protection.
Paul Solecki = Second Place. You get gourmet M&M�s that cost me $1.00 to buy. I was going to give you the commissioned art, but I think you�d appreciate this prize more.
Mark = Congrats on your victory, you win a set of circle shaped playing cards that I bought in Las Vegas. You�ll receive your spoils of victory the next time we see each other (which will probably be at the wedding of Charlie and Sandy.)
Well goodbye all I�m going to do something else now. Everyone have a nice day�except those who are in LAST PLACE!
