I've Played These Games Before!

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About

I've Played These Games Before!, also known as I Have Played These Games Before! or Seong Gi-hun Shouting, refers to a scene in season 2 of the Netflix show Squid Game in which the protagonist Seong Gi-hun (played by South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae) shouts, "I've played these games before!" to a crowd of other players. The English dub of the scene was most commonly used in memes on TikTok and elsewhere. It became the subject of memes in late 2024 and January 2025, mostly used by gamers to joke about having veteran experience and expertise. Others joked about how "Bro is not 456" and showed recreations of the red light, green light game in which one person shouts, "I've played these games before!" The screencap of Seong Gi-hun yelling became an exploitable as well, resulting in ironic memes and increasingly absurd re-edits.

Origin

On December 26th, 2024, season 2, episode 3 of Squid Game, titled "001," was released on Netflix. ^[1] Near the episode's end, the protagonist Seong Gi-hun shouts, "I've played these games before!" to a crowd of other players, trying to sway their vote. The moment was also included in the season's second teaser trailer, posted to YouTube^[2] on October 31st, 2024 (shown below).

The scene's English dub was reposted to TikTok^[2] by @squidgamefanpage29 on December 26th, gaining over 346,500 plays and 9,500 likes in a week.

The first discovered memetic use of the scene was shared by TikToker^[3] @garfieldl0ver6 on December 27th, 2024. It was included among other scenes from season 2 with text overlay reading, "'546 noobs vs. 1 pro' ahh," gaining over 1.1 million plays and 86,500 likes in six days (shown below).

Spread

On December 30th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @cjneedaname posted the video with a caption about Jerkmate Ranked, reading, "Why do you know so much about Jerkmate?" The video received over 4.2 million plays and 728,200 likes in three days (shown below).

On December 31st, TikToker^[5] @munburumu posted an iteration about seeing "an eighth grader excited to start high school," amassing over 1.2 million plays and 290,000 likes in two days (shown below).

On January 1st, 2025, TikToker^[6] @fwknoxypoo posted an iteration about the visual novel game My Femboy Roommate, receiving over 714,700 plays and 115,200 likes in a day (shown below).

The abovementioned video was reposted by Twitter / X ^[7] user @shitpost_2049 on January 1st, receiving over 28,000 likes in a day.

On January 2nd, 2025, X^[8] user @supersonic16023 tweeted a meme that showed Seong Gi-hun screaming, "I've jerked off to Fortnite skins before!" amassing over 13,000 likes in two hours (shown below).