Feb 23, 2025 · Coined by Super Smash Bros. player Jesse "Zulu" Fuentes in the late 1990s, referring to his friend John, who would often make unconvincing excuses after losing a game.

Nov 28, 2024 · In the Smash community, a John is an excuse for a player's underperformance that results in a loss in a Smash Bros. game, for example not using the correct attack, having a poor controller, or narrowly losing a match, among others. It can be considered an equivalent to the word "excuse".

"No johns" means that you can't make excuses. It is the perfect counter argument to anyone who is making any type of excuse whatever. When someone makes excuses or tries to make excuses, they are "johning".

Sep 16, 2019 · “No Johns” is such a ubiquitous phrase in the Smash scene that it’s even inspired regional variations around the world. No Stacos. No Tiesos. No Joshis. Igna Yunas, in Swedish. It even made...

Sep 15, 2014 · "no excuses", basically. A Smash player named John way back in the day used to come up with the most ridiculous excuses ever for losing, so people just started saying "no johns" instead of "no excuses".

Oct 22, 2016 · Today I have the opportunity to interview John, the man behind the phrase “No Johns”. The familiar expression denoting “an excuse for a player's under performance that results in a loss in a Smash Bros. game”, has long been a cornerstone of …

John A Smash Bros.-specific term meaning "excuse". You'll hear Smash players saying "No Johns" to each other to remind them not to blame the game or the sun in their eyes for their loss, and to take responsibility for their gameplay and knowledge.

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Jun 18, 2022 · Johns are basically excuses for why you lost, typically in a complaining way. Like "You only beat me because I'm playing bad today" and such. The response to that, of course, is "No Johns." It was apparently named after a guy named John who did this a lot.

Feb 11, 2009 · When I first started playing smash I would always see "no johns" and stuff. I've played enough to know what it means (and I must admit, I use the term A...