Does Scorp Suck?

[SouljaBoy2007]

Scorp sucks lmao. An iconic phrase, known by all. But where did it come from? Why? Where? An August 20th 2019, I set out on a quest to answer all of these questions and also to answer one more question. Does Scorp suck?

Beginning

Where does one go to find the origin of a phrase? My first thought was to search discord, but when you search “scorp sucks” or “scorp sucks lmao” all of the entries are from early in June or after and the phenomenon that is Scorp Sucks Lmao seems to already have been somewhat established. The first instance of it that I can find came on June 2nd, when Dermot says, “scorp sucks” then “now that’s an original conversation”. This appears to establish the beginning of when this movement started, as our subject, Scorp, is quite taken aback. So now we have our beginning point for this strange phrase and its use with Scorp.

True Origin

Confused about the origin of the actual phrase, I turned to its first user, Dermot, for answers. He says that our phrase comes from when Dermot was commissioner and people would say “Dermot sucks lmao”. This could be why Dermot chose to insult Scorp. Pent up anger and aggression could lead someone to lash out. Dermot turns his frustration on an easy target, a man who was drafted just a month ago. Or maybe Dermot was just making a joke, who knows? I decided to go deeper than the league, however, and I looked up the phrase “sucks lmao” in google and found a song on soundcloud from 2014 called Jerry Sucks lmao by user dicksoak. At the time of me writing this sentence, I haven’t listened to it. It could be an absolute gem from a time where soundcloud rap was still and people such as Denzel Curry and XXXTentacion were putting out some of their first mixtapes. https://soundcloud.com/dicksoak/jerry-sucks-lmao. As of writing this sentence, I have listened to the song and I can tell you that it isn’t what I was expecting. I don’t even know how to describe it. Listen to it for yourself. I also found an IGN board from 2013 titled “Macklemore Sucks Lmao”. I mean, they’re not wrong. That IGN board is the end of the first page of google and everyone knows nothing after the first page is official information. So I guess now we have our original phrase of “_________ sucks lmao”

Increase In Popularity

On June 5th, we see a much larger usage of the phrase. Dermot starts it off in the morning while talking about a comment from 124715, also known as numbers, and says that he’s glad that he said the comment and not Scorp. Then later in the day, Scorp makes a joke about numbers and Dermot, Dermot responds with “shut up lil b*tch” and Numbers responds with our phrase. This marks the first time that Numbers used the phrase, we’ll talk about that in a little bit. Throughout the rest of the day we see several users use the phrase. Those users being Dermot again, Numbers, Lowlycrib, Baron, Nunccoepi says it backwards, an even Scorp himself joins in on the fun. These users formed a chain of “scorp sucks lmao” just a couple dozen messages after the second usage of the phrase that day.

Numbers

Numbers and Scorp used to be very friendly with each other. Here is a quote from numbers describing Scorp from around when Scorp was going to be drafted, “He’s a real diamond in the rough, almost. GM experience will make him a top prospect even without the flashiest of TPE numbers. This occurs about a month before the phrase was coined, but it also occurs after what Scorp says caused his dispute with Numbers. “I think probably the biggest part of it was after the w2 Pythons game in s14 DSFL”. This game occurred several weeks before this kind message from Numbers to NSFL GMs. Who knows what started the Numbers Scorp Feud except for Numbers? Either way, Numbers and Scorp have gone at each other mostly in a joking manner for several months now and there seems to be no sign of stopping. Here’s a quote from Numbers from August 21st describing Scorp, “he sucks lmao, bad gm, bad werewolf player, just all around sucks lmao”. I would say poor Scorp but Scorp gets his licks in. Last Monday in the rookie discord we see Scorp say “Numbers is human trash”. This feud is probably the best feud I’ve seen in while in the league and I hope it continues, as it seems to be in good spirits.

The Scorp Sucks Count

Across 6 channels, which are NSFL general, WW general, DSFL GM chat, Rookie General, Rock Paper Scissors Sim League, and the S15 discord, I found 97 uses of the term Scorp Sucks Lmao with 40 from the rookie discord being the most. Numbers accounts for nearly half of the 97 uses, with an astronomical 46 usages. The phrase’s originator, Dermot, only has 5 uses across all channels. Baron has actually managed to surpass Dermot, with 7 usages across just NSFL and WW general.

Does Scorp Really Suck?

So, here comes the time to get a verdict. Here are the reasons why and why not Scorp sucks:

Why he sucks
Not very good at WW
Was the first loser for the S15 DSFL MVP
Was TBs backup
Penalties are his fault apparently
His plan didn’t work
No rushing TDs in S17
Less TPE than Leaf
Lost to a bot team

Why he isn’t sucks
Had a decent WW game in G18
Was OPoY in S15 DSFL
Leads the league in rushing yards in S17
Nice guy
2 time GMoY
Was picked before the greatest safety of all time
Has almost 6 YPC
100 speed

The Suck Score/Suck Board

So I’m gonna determine how much Scorp or any other user “sucks” by adding together score out of 10 as a player and score out of 10 as a user. Score as a user combines LR presence, memeing ability, kindness, involvement, stuff like that. For example, Nicholas Pierno would score a 10 because his player is completely atrocious but from all accounts I’ve heard he was a phenomenal guy and a great LR presence. For Scorp, it’s a bit too early to tell how good his player is, but he is a great guy, super fun to be around, and he does a lot of work around the league as a GM and other things.

Here is the Suck Board:

#1 - Scorp - As player: 6 As user: 10 Total: 16/20 VERDICT: DOESN’T SUCK