There aren’t any precise records of when exactly internet users co-opted QQ to become a synonym for crying. Blizzard Entertainment / Myth WeaversĪs the internet and online games exploded in popularity so did the use of QQ, but its original definition was lost on anyone who had never played Warcraft. QQ Beyond Warcraft 2Ĭoncept art for 'Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness'. In the process, QQ became a household phrase among the Warcraft fans. Blizzard offered online matchmaking through its platform, making it simple to link up and play with a stranger online. The game also introduced features to make it easy for new computer gamers to start playing. Then in 2002 Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos was released with the same format. “You can draw a line of comparison to by GG'ing for your opponent exactly the same thing.” I can't say I've experienced everything on the Internet, but I've been on the net since the nineties started and I've never heard any pre- WC2 reference to this,” wrote GamesFAQ user Tro77Tro in 2011.
“As for QQ - was certainly the first time I encountered it. When Warcraft players told each other to QQ they meant, “You're so bad, just quit the game.” It was a precursor to many popular gaming insults, like “uninstall the game, please” and it was the first time the acronym QQ was used in a derogatory manner. It was this context that made players adopt it as an insult. This command was typically used when someone rage quit, or abruptly abandons a game in a fit of frustration.
Pressing this combination of buttons would leave a match and close the entire game. Like most real-time strategy games, Warcraft 2 featured keyboard shortcut commands that let you quickly control your troops and access various menus. Some players even blogged about their most memorable games and dissed their opponents for being “bad” or “kicking their ass,” but these generic insults would pave the way for more niche bad-mouthing. It’s here where early internet gaming culture began to flourish, gamers would recognize each other online and occasionally talk trash. Back then, games didn’t have online matchmaking features out-of-the-box so some devoted gamers began using programs, like Kali, to create multiplayer lobbies. The advent of QQ came with the release of Blizzard’s influential real-time strategy game Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness in 1996. The rise of QQ was a blending of multiple online subcultures that unexpectedly came together to create a now universal insult and emote. But QQ’s modern-day definition was actually a coincidence because of how similar the letters look to an emote. The diss has evolved into its own breed of angry gamer meme referred to as “Cry Moar” or “QQ Moar” and typically directed at anyone who’s seen as whiny in online games.
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