What spawned the term "johns"?

[Sephirothxxx]

Hey everyone. I would love an explanation on the origin of "johns". Was there a player sometime in the past that this term is based off of? I'm interested.

 

[ballin4life]

Allegedly there was some guy named John who made a lot of excuses. I think Isai had a post expanding further on the origin.

 

[Battlecow]

It was a melee player from I believe Arkansas whose name was john. They had a "finding john" thread in the melee discussion not too long ago and they ended up finding him. His tag is like "ace" or something, and he plays falcon. Term first came into use in like 2003 I believe. They named it after him because he johned constantly.

 

[Sephirothxxx]

Heh awesome. Would I be able to find the john thread?

 

[clubbadubba]

so in my fruitless etymology search I found this:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=No%20Jareds&defid=4407810

cold hands definitely falls into that category, excuse is legit

 

[Battlecow]

johns can be legit. "No johns" means that you don't make excuses EVEN IF you really did lose because of some factor. Maybe especially if. Few johns are illegitimate.

 

[clubbadubba]

no jareds bcow

 

[KoRoBeNiKi]

See this thread for the research, http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=13789957

Do not bump however

Speaking of this thread, this quote is still amazing.

The Legend of John: Complaint Waker
The Legend of John: Majora's Cold Hands
The Legend of John: Terrible Weather of Seasons
The Legend of John: Four Bad Controllers
The Legend of John: Minish Effort
The Legend of John: Rust of Ages
The Legend of John: A Link to the Youtube video of me playing so much better than that ****ty set against you, I would've ***** you if I played that well