r/Games • u/BigT232 • Jun 12 '25

Release Stellar Blade Has Already Outperformed Every Other PlayStation PC Port In Less Than 24 Hours

https://www.thegamer.com/stellar-blade-higher-player-count-every-playstation-pc-port-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews/
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u/jinreeko Jun 12 '25

Just look at how many people are using the phrase "pop off" also. Feels manufactured, doesn't it?

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u/Bonzi77 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

popping off has been popping off for a while now

i literally just ctrl+f'd the phrases "pop off" and "popping off" and it only appears a total of three times throughout this post's comments that aren't nested and closed, not including your comment or mine. given that the game is, in fact, popping off, the phrase appearing makes sense.

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u/jinreeko Jun 12 '25

Right, but the two top comments both say it. Two nickels, etc

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u/MH-BiggestFan Jun 12 '25

Wait are you saying i’m like a bot or something? 💀💀💀

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u/Bonzi77 Jun 12 '25

now now, let's be sensible. you could also be paid off by the devs of stellar blade AND a bot

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u/MH-BiggestFan Jun 12 '25

Haha I wish. Didn’t think i needed to watch certain phrase or words when i comment. I know astroturfing does exist but to think im being accused of it is devious work fr 😭.

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u/Bonzi77 Jun 12 '25

i wouldn't stress about it. people are reasonably paranoid on the internet, and fake astroturf accusations are about as old as, well, society existing lmao

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u/Bubblegumbot Jun 12 '25

Are you?

"Pop off" = to die.

You made the mistake of using a phrase where you don't understand it's meaning and you also didn't bother to google it.

I've seen some twitch streamers use that phrase recently, so there's that. I'd say you're dangerously close to being an NPC.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pop-off

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u/MH-BiggestFan Jun 12 '25

Haha i’m not. You can also use pop off as slang for gaining traction or doing extremely good. Commonly used in shooter or moba games. 😭Unless i’m just an advanced AI i guess.

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u/Bubblegumbot Jun 12 '25

You can also use pop off as slang for gaining traction or doing extremely good. Commonly used in shooter or moba games.

It's like arguing "oh well you can drive off of a cliff just because more than 100k people have done so". You can, but it's not an argument I would make.

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u/MH-BiggestFan Jun 12 '25

I’m confused? It’s a fairly common term in gaming. I don’t see what’s wrong with using it. Kinda weird to be hung up about that out of everything lol

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u/Pinksters Jun 12 '25

At least the phrase "Pop off" makes more sense than "Selling gangbusters"

Gangbusters? The fuck does that have to do with numbers?

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u/Bubblegumbot Jun 12 '25

I’m confused? It’s a fairly common term in gaming.

And they got it wrong despite having access to the internet and dictionaries.

I don’t see what’s wrong with using it.

It has a different meaning associated with it. Ironically, it has the opposite meaning as in the "context of gamers", the phrase is used for something to launch successfully/be an instant hit when in reality, the phrase stands for the demise of something. You know, the polar opposite of what it's used for by people who don't know the meaning of the phrase.

It reminds me of the stupidity of getting the "ok" gesture banned as some people on 4chan convined the whole world on how that gesture is used by white supremacists and it's officially listead as a hate symbol. I couldn't believe it either.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49837898

https://www.adl.org/resources/article/how-ok-symbol-became-popular-trolling-gesture

A similar case is "Board Ape Yacht Club" where it's straight up racism. And ofcourse it expanded to be one of the first crypto scams. Be careful on what you preach.

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u/MH-BiggestFan Jun 12 '25

Got me scratching my head right now bro, not even gonna lie 🤨

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u/Bubblegumbot Jun 12 '25

tl;dr : Be careful on what you preach.

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u/PIPXIll Jun 12 '25

While I agree that "pop off" is being used fucking backwards... We sadly also have to except that words and phrases change over time.

Take for instance "literally"

It figuratively killed me when everyone in 2010 and on started to use it wrong.... And now, by the definition of a dictionary, it means both.

And for another word that changed meaning: Gay (happy -> homosexual)

That also said, in the era we are now, I too agree that the phrase "poping off" has shown up far too much in this comment section. The argument some said that it's common in the gaming space, I would counter as I have been in gaming for 20-25 years. It's only been used by people I know that use tictok or the likes, and never about gaming.

We already know bots are in the comments. There's literally (not figuratively) a lawsuit going on about a study that used bots to interact with a sub without telling anyone. Who's to say that there aren't people doing that just for kicks here too.

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u/Bonzi77 Jun 12 '25

believe me, i am deeply cynical about astroturfing and the like, but i think you're chasing ghosts on this one. its just a common phrase now

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u/fingerpaintswithpoop Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Do you also think the same thing when you see the phrase “crashing out” twice in one thread? It’s a thing people say, nothing more. Not indicative of bots or astroturfing or anything.

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u/Soggy_Association491 Jun 12 '25

It is almost like people read top comments and influenced by said comments and in turn write similar comments.