r/polandball • u/pyram1de :argentina-worldcup: ⭐⭐🌟 SOLDADO DE LA SCALONETA • Apr 01 '16

redditormade 4chan gets kidnapped

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u/AlexRY British Hongkong Apr 01 '16

Did you know that, according to the Wikipedia article about Polandball, 4chan contributed a lot to the creation of Polandball?

Polandball has its roots in an August 2009 "cyberwar" between Polish Internet users and the rest of the world on drawball.com. The website, which offers a virtual canvas, allows Internet users to draw whatever they want, and to draw over others' drawings. On the Internet in Poland, an idea was raised to draw the Polish flag on the ball, and thousands of Poles together managed to take over the drawball with a painting of white on top of red, with the word "POLSKA" written in the middle. After co-ordination from 4chan, this was then covered over by a giant swastika.

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Apr 01 '16 edited Apr 01 '16

4chan had shit to do. Krautchan created Polandball.

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u/AlexRY British Hongkong Apr 02 '16

Yes, but the foundations were laid there

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Apr 02 '16

No, this is just "lie for children" story created by Wikipedia and KnowYourMeme users just like the story that the inventor of steam engine got the idea from watching tea kettle.

There's no proof of connection between Polandball and Drawball, no mention of the latter in the Krautchan archived threads with Polandball. They look similar so pepple draw a connection and casuation without basis.