# All your bases... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 28, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400 "2002-06-28T15:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Summers\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Summers\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Summers_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/1 "2002-06-28T15:45:15Z")
I was just wondering … i keep hearing this “all your bases belong to us” lines whats that about anyhow? something american i presume, something about baseball? Oh yeah, just so this dont get moved to General Questions … Fuck, shit, damn and … Poop ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/2 "2002-06-28T15:50:18Z")
Well, do a search on “All your Base” and you will find enough info to choke a donkey. Basically it was a poorly translated line in a Sega Video game that caught on as a catchphrase a few years ago. Like I said, do a search of the archives, its pretty much been discussed ad nauseum. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/3 "2002-06-28T15:51:58Z")
5t00p|d n00B!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOL!!! YUO = suXX0r!!! (You’re about two years out of date, m’friend. [Looky here.](http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/) ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/4 "2002-06-28T16:17:08Z")
Mentioning _All Your Base_ online two years too late: **-50 points** Having it be a genuine question about the phrase (as opposed to using it in an effort to be funny) **+10 points** This line: _“Oh yeah, just so this dont get moved to General Questions … Fuck, shit, damn and … Poop”_ **-10 points** for tastelesness. **+20 points** for general cuteness. Getting an old fogie like **andros** to respond to your _All Your Base_ question: **+150** points. (yeah, it’s just like Quidditch, ain’t it) Total Score: **170 points**. Not bad, thanks for playing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/5 "2002-06-28T16:20:31Z")
Oops. Make that 120 points. Next time I’ll use a calculator… ---
**Author:** ![Summers\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Summers\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Summers_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/6 "2002-06-28T16:34:19Z")
Yeah, well 120 is okay i guess… not that i’m much wiser now, poorly translated Sega game line became “cool” phrase… pretty pathetic, now i’m glad i didnt post this on the fecking general questions, at least here u can tell me what a fookin eejit i am… i’m going back to the smeging monkey wanking page ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/7 "2002-06-28T16:37:47Z")
> [@](#): > > the smeging monkey wanking page C’mon, that’s no way to talk about the Progressive Democrat’s website. well, actually, it is. For the Information of our American Friends, may I just add that the only place I saw “All Your Base” was on this very board. Ireland is blissfully ignorant in the ways of AYBBTU. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/8 "2002-06-28T16:44:07Z")
All Your Belfast Are Belong To Ulster? ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/9 "2002-06-28T16:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MachV \* > \*\*Getting an old fogie like **andros** to respond to your _All Your Base_ question: **+150** points. (yeah, it’s just like Quidditch, ain’t it) > \*\* So… **andros** is a golden snitch? Yeah, I can see that. ---
**Author:** ![Summers\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Summers\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Summers_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/10 "2002-06-28T16:50:11Z")
After my fuckin 5 minutes of research (i love posting here), i still havent discovered what the saying was supposed to mean before it was translated… in the game the dude says “morning gentlemen, all your base belong to us” is he telling someone -he took some kinda space stations over? -he acually payed for the bases and the are rightfully his? -this really is a space age game about baseball -the word “base” was part of the mistranslation and he acually meant to say “all your smeging wanking monkies belong to us”? ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/11 "2002-06-28T17:12:47Z")
Yeah, like he took over spacestations. I think that he’s supposed to be a suave, James Bond sort of bad guy. The translations just made him miss his mark a bit. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/12 "2002-06-28T17:20:13Z")
My favorite part is: For Great Justice Take Out Ever Zig ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-bases/116400/13 "2002-06-28T17:38:40Z")
It’s the intro to the game _Zero Wing_ Here’s a link to the correct translation and the “Engrish” version. [http://www.icon.co.za/~jeandredt/aybabttu.html](http://www.icon.co.za/~jeandredt/aybabttu.html)