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September 7, 2014 3:46 PM

EAsports - Bring Me To Life Courtesy of http://giferator.easports.com/
posted by boo_radley (31 comments total)

God Bless America.
posted by Tomorrowful at 3:51 PM on September 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

Still a better love story than Twilight.
posted by chainlinkspiral at 4:32 PM on September 7, 2014

Still a better love story than Twilight.
posted by boo_radley at 4:40 PM on September 7, 2014 [3 favorites]

Oh.

Oh goodness.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 4:44 PM on September 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

GIFs is pronounce "jifs".
posted by clvrmnky at 4:47 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

My humble contribution.
posted by chainlinkspiral at 4:51 PM on September 7, 2014

This is the best football thing not by Jon Bois I've ever seen.
posted by Etrigan at 4:55 PM on September 7, 2014

Somehow this feels exactly like the Big Dog t-shirts meme.
posted by cortex at 5:24 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

I really enjoy what tumblr has been doing with this meme
posted by NoraReed at 5:27 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Actually...
posted by cortex at 5:57 PM on September 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

I was indeed a little confused by but ultimately at least partially ready for some football. Thanks for asking!
posted by ob1quixote at 6:02 PM on September 7, 2014

Here is my contribution.
posted by capricorn at 6:04 PM on September 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

I had a bunch of "illegal word" problems which seemed harmless enough to me (cough corporate censorship) so settled with

http://goo.gl/odsTzv
posted by sylvanshine at 6:15 PM on September 7, 2014

So my gallery is hosting an event that this seemed almost too perfect for. I was worried that they'd take it down, so I saved my gif and rehosted it.
posted by GameDesignerBen at 6:26 PM on September 7, 2014

What did I just watch, and why?
posted by rollbiz at 6:30 PM on September 7, 2014

Here is a pretty solid collection.
posted by craven_morhead at 6:48 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

chest peen
posted by cortex at 6:54 PM on September 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

To their credit, someone at EA actually thought ahead and put this on the illegal words list, not that that's really going to stop anyone.
posted by cortex at 7:05 PM on September 7, 2014 [5 favorites]

All the ones linked in the comments are 404ing now. :(
posted by nev at 7:34 PM on September 7, 2014

I think it might be collapsing under internet weight, though I suppose it's possible EA is panicking and doing the exact last thing they should do in response to people actually liking, in a impish way, playing with their ill-conceived marketing toy.
posted by cortex at 7:37 PM on September 7, 2014

it won't let me make one with the R*dskins and the text INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM
posted by NoraReed at 7:47 PM on September 7, 2014

you can't use the word "concussion" either.

dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed

what season is it
posted by boo_radley at 8:05 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

They ban "brain" but not "CTE" or "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy"
posted by Small Dollar at 8:23 PM on September 7, 2014

Must be internet weight, 'cuz I'm seeing them all.
posted by Bugbread at 8:24 PM on September 7, 2014

consequences
posted by cortex at 8:31 PM on September 7, 2014

I'm doing it wrong.

Also I think people were "live gifing" tonight's game, which may have been part of why it's been slow.
posted by ob1quixote at 8:50 PM on September 7, 2014 [3 favorites]

ARE YOU A GAMER?
posted by straight at 8:57 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
posted by blue_beetle at 9:05 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

The Seattle Seahawks give you some important cooking advice.
posted by spinifex23 at 9:18 PM on September 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

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posted by naju at 9:56 AM on September 8, 2014 [3 favorites]

what is happening
posted by boo_radley at 5:16 PM on September 8, 2014 [1 favorite]