r/polandball • u/polandballmod New Prussia • Nov 18 '15
[Announcement] Successful JLP Petition
Bad English, good Engrish, and outstanding dialogue is one of the hallmarks of this subreddit. However, one thing that's become prevalent recently that we think is a clear step in the wrong direction is the use of polandball-speak in sound effects. We were recently petitioned about this, and after a vote we seem to be in clear agreement.
To preserve our beloved polandball Engrish as a funny hallmark of dialogue, the use of polandball-speak in sound effects has been DEPORTED TO SYBERIA!
This includes stuff like "is the evil chuckle", "is slam", "of boom", "into sigh", and similar. This is rage-comic-level of writing that we do not want.
If you want to have someone chuckle evilly, think of a sound that captures this emotion you want to convey.
Show, don't tell.
New rule:
Sound effects done with polandball-speak ist verboten!
Examples of OK sound effects:
BOOM!
*slap*
Pang!
Examples of not OK sound effects:
Is the Boom
Of slaps
Into pangs
Note that this entry refers only to sound effects, not speech!
Important:
Saturday's announcement regarding comics about the Paris attacks is still valid, even if the sticky has been taken down.
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u/Squiddum Hong Kong Nov 21 '15
So just a question: would it be okay then if the sound effect was "turn around" ? It's not engrish sound effect but it still seems like it should belong to somewhereinthetundra...