Piglin Beast Naming
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Overview
Piglin Beast Naming refers to a community vote held by game developer Mojang for an official name for Piglin Beast, a new Minecraft pig mob. In the days following the vote announcement, multiple submissions referencing offensive and vulgar words, such as "Pigger" and "Brap Hog," were submitted, with voting raids organized by users on iFunny and 4chan. On October 19th, 2019, Mojang[14] announced that the beast will be named Hoglin.
Background
On September 28th, 2019, Minecraft developer Mojang announced the upcoming addition of Piglin Beasts, a new hostile mob found in the Nether.[1] On the same day, a poll for an official name for the mob was launched on the feedback section of the Minecraft.net website.[2]
On the same day, forum user urielsalis submitted "Pigger" as a potential name for the mob (screenshot shown below, left).[3] Within two hours, several posts on the /b/ board of 4chan were made by anonymous users, urging other users to vote for the submission (posts shown below, center and right). [4][5]
The submission gained over 3700 votes and reached the number one position in the poll before being removed by the moderation team in the following days.
Notable Developments
On September 30th, 2019, iFunny user FunnyInternetMan, known for creating Bro! You Just Posted Cringe! meme, urged others to submit slang expression "Brap Hog"[6] to the vote.[7] On the same day, Minecraft forum user Sweet Beast made the submission, with multiple iFunny users making memes to promote the voting raid in the following days.[8]
On October 1st, 2019, the "Brap Hog" submission was removed by the moderators after reaching the number one position in the poll with over 1500 votes.[9] Additionally, a forum moderator made a post notifying that all further submissions containing offensive terminology will be removed, with repeated submissions punishable by a ban.[10]
Additionally, more similar submissions were made by iFunny users and consecutively removed by the moderator team, including "Pignoon"[11] and "Saboboar."[12][13]
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External References
[1] PC Gamer – Minecraft's Nether is getting an overhaul, with new biomes and Piglin Beast mobs
[2] Minecraft – Piglin Beast Naming
[4] 4chan – /b/ Post #810598773
[5] 4chan – /b/ Thread #810600439
[6] "Brap Hog" is a slang expression used to describe women with curvy body type, particularly with larger-than-average buttocks. The expression is particularly popular on 4chan and iFunny.
[7] iFunny – FunnyInternetMan's Post
[8] iFunny – FunnyInternetMan's Post
[9] iFunny – Japanesed's Post
[11] iFunny – AwesomeTruckMemes' Post
[12] iFunny – Sarken's Post
[13] Reference to former iFunny user Saboteur, currently incarcerated for murder.
[14] Minecraft – Meet Hoglin
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