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BanzaiOnTagPro

Pi or radius players from mid-2014 and earlier, do you remember the player who moved really, really slowly? Please give me some info.

I remember this guy but not his name. yz thought he was named "Gramp" or "Grampa" or something like that. I think he also played as an age (like 89 or 91, etc.).

I don't know how he did it; he moved smoothly, but was extremely slow (as if he was elderly, I suppose). The visual of it was hilarious, but I never knew any details or backstory and then he disappeared. I've always wondered about him.

I know this is circlejerky and shitpostish, but nobody I've talked to seems to remember much about him if they knew of him at all. So once and for all I'm asking everybody these questions lol.

Do other people remember this? Was it a known person goofing around as a gimmick or just some random account? Any idea how he moved like that? What was the name he normally played as? By some miracle does anybody have a recording of him playing?

If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm sorry for the post. I know it's a "you had to be there" type thing. But I've been wondering about this for over a year lol, so hopefully somebody knows something.

Posted Jan 10, 2016, 8:26 PM UTC

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psychfan5Anne Frank•

Haha I remember this guy. He would somehow go like 50% speed at all times. Like he binded his keyboard or something like that. Grandpa sounds right but I could be wrong.

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Therealoooooo•

Yeah, I remember him as grandpa. Funny and annoying at the same time.

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YourThoughtsHaveBeenMKo // Centra Hero•

This is correct - it was Grandpa. It was a hilarious joke until he was on your team

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psychfan5Anne Frank•

I would often go behind him and push him faster and he would say stuff like "slow down" or "too fast"

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TeamTPTeam | the source of "team pls" since 2014•

Made sure that each key press registered at "50% of power."

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EldiniEldini•

I remember one called "Turtle"? on Orbit a while back, probably 18 months or more ago?

Edit: Might have been Snail? Tortoise? I dunno

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Ballkenende/Panathinaikiss/•

I do remember a Snorlax 6 months ago, he did the same thing as OP described

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Glass_MarbleGlass Marble | Centra•

https://www.reddit.com/r/TagPro/comments/1rj5vt/ip_was_banned/

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BanzaiOnTagProOPI thought we'd agreed to leave Punster alone•

Thank you! I still wonder if that was his only account, but at least that gives the name and some context lol. Banned? Ugh. No respect for the elders.

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theycallmebbqsaundy || BMX2 || origin•

I remember seeing a player like this on origin. Thought it was hilarious.

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BanzaiOnTagProOPI thought we'd agreed to leave Punster alone•

I specifically remember a game on Oval where he was FC and going across the middle with people trying to snipe him from above and below. It took sooooooooo loooooooooong for him to make it back to base.

And he never said a word or broke character, which made it that much funnier. It was as if he was really trying his best but was just slow.

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LickyDisco| Bean || Radius |•

Definitely remember this guy 100%. His name was either Grandpa or a play on the word, as yz said. I've always seen him/her as a great novelty account, as they seemed to play the grandpa role perfectly, including chat. I always figured he purposely moved slow without the help of extensions of anything, similar to when you tap a direction key rather than hold it. This was on Origin where I would see him a few times, no clue what happened to him though. Thanks for inciting that memory again!

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BanzaiOnTagProOPI thought we'd agreed to leave Punster alone•

I was thinking that 99% of people would view the post as clutter but 1% would be like "oh my god I remember that guy!" and enjoy the memory as much as I do lol. So definitely worth it.

And actually, as others mentioned, I suppose it's possible this was on Origin. Back then the games on the east coast servers dried up late night and people moved to Origin, so maybe I saw him there.

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LickyDisco| Bean || Radius |•

I spent 99% of my first 100 degrees or so on Origin, and I remember this guy wellllll before I hit that mark ( and a few times in fact). I feel like I would remember it more vividly if he was on Radius

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AnalShipmenttThe real slide not that pussy vernonpost•

nah i remember grandpa. He was around for a bit on radius and it was pretty funny. he even had macros like "gonna need a new hip" or "bingo tonight!"

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AzhfI did it! | Arizona DiamondCaps•

A few weeks ago I saw someone do this on radius as "snail". Eventually we had a whole game full of slow people. It was funny as all hell. Maybe more than a few weeks tho, possibly a month or two. :P

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ProTagonist_Ghostboosters // Soviet Ballers S4 Buperball Champs•

snailman slugman tortoiseman and starfishman

it was great til gem got us banned

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AzhfI did it! | Arizona DiamondCaps•

haha fantastic

gem pls

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-EasterEggsRazgriz || REKT ROLLERS || Juke Skypoppers || /r/PiMasterRace ||•

I remember a guy on Pi named Sloth who would do this. There was a script released where you could go 50% speed if i remember right

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ButtersnackSnack is an Origin Duck.•

I remember this. I think I may have just been reading about it on the sub, though.

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NazgulTPno man can kill me•

I know exactly what you’re talking about. I remember someone doing it with the name “slow ball” or something like that. Would have been ~May 2014 and I remember specific instances on oval too. I was new and it was infuriating.

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-MegaMan-MegaMan•

I thought it was snail or turtle

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wacroverWacreddit / Radius•

God I loved it.

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OriginalPocketWeedPocketweed•

Slow bertha!

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