What is Smurfing? The Weird Story Behind Online Gaming's Secret Accounts
If you’ve ever played a competitive game online, you’ve probably encountered someone inward match-making who is a little too goodness to be playing within your rank. Well, chances are high that you’ve just been dunked on by a smurf account. But where did these annoying pests come from? And when did people start “smurfing”? Well it all started inward 1996…
Written & Hosted by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Shot & Edited by: Miles Hackett (@MilesHackett)
Illustrated animations by: Christian Pearson (@Chr_Pearson)
Closed-captioning by: Sebastien Martin-Schultz
Footage, Audio and Image credits:
All Footage and Image properties of The Smurfs courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Productions
All visual properties of Warcraft II & Overwatch courtesy of Blizzard amusement
ScreaM smurfing clip
Courtesy: Twitch.tv/ScreaM
A Day inward The Life of a CS:GO Smurf!
Courtesy: MojoOnPC
IDDQD Smurfing footage
Courtesy: Twitch.tv/iddqd
Celine Dion – It’s all Coming Back To Me Now
https://youtu.be/pDxoj-tDDIU
Courtesy: Epic-Columbia Records
Toronto Promo
Courtesy: City of Toronto
Men’s 100m Final Atlanta Olympics 1996
https://youtu.be/saa3SA-2dTY?t=300
Courtesy: CBC
Boy Meets World Intro Season 4
Courtesy: ABC
NBA Hangtime (1996) Gameplay (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
Courtesy: MfaRec
Independence Day clip
Courtesy: 20th Century Fox
Black Street – No Diggity
Courtesy: Interscope
Seinfeld Soup Nazi clip
Courtesy: NBC Studios
Spice Girls – Wannabe
Courtesy: Virgin Records
Kazaam clip
https://youtu.be/ZA9AtHjJxWM?t=93
Courtesy: Touchstone Pictures
Bill Clinton Victory Speech
Courtesy: William J Clinton Presidential Library
Mission Impossible clip
Courtesy: Paramount Pictures
Hollywood Hogan WCW intro
Courtesy: WWE
QuakeWorld 1996 footage
Courtesy: Nick Breckon
Nintendo64 Commercial
Courtesy: Nintendo
foremost DVD Sale inward Japan
https://youtu.be/pZePwxayJ18?t=154
Courtesy: Global SciTech
Warcraft II Trailer
Courtesy: Blizzard amusement
All Warcraft 2 Gameplay Footage courtesy of FrostbittenWarcraft:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakXKOGoRoAOCaYTGemfO0Q
Dungeon Keeper One footage
Courtesy: Grass Hopper
Geoff Fraizer of Blizzard interviewed on CBS
https://youtu.be/zoiw__3UKeo
Courtesy: CBS
500 Days of Summer spit-take
Courtesy: Dune amusement
Austin Powers Radar Jokes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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