The Samoan Slap Games: still viral after 2008 and 2011? Some are still playing in 2020

The name of the game is "The Samoan Slap Game", a viral Youtube trend played by Samoan youth, with the main objective to "not to get mad or laugh" and have some fun. The Youtube trend started in 2008 until 2011, either within the homelands of Samoa, or in Samoan community in Auckland New Zealand, and was popular enough that pacific communities in five surrounding nations joined in and began making their own slap videos.

How to play Samoan Slap Game

All players start with a gulp of water inside their mouth about half a mouth full. The players then face each other and take about 30 seconds to a minute to get their slapping game on focus. 

During the short focus period of starring at the opponent, one can make funny faces to make the other lose immediately, but might end up laughing themselves. Ugliest person is supposed to start the slapping first, or just start when the video-cam person says to begin. Next comes the slapping fun. Slapping combinations can be apart of the game. If you can come up with a combo play of slaps in a series, then you're more likely to make the other player laugh, or trigger his Samoan side to be more competitive. The game is funny to Samoans because slapping in the face is usually a fast trigger to a fight, but in this game, you'll lose, if you lose your cool. No punching - No tickling.

The viewers can not make the players laugh. Once the player opens their mouth and spits water from laughing or becoming mad, they're out. Most of the time it's played between 2 players but 3 is better. First player to get up to 2 wins, wins the game. This game started around 2011. [Samoan Slap Game video1]

"This is probably a great thing for sports kids to play around with, because in American style Football and Rugby, if you can't keep your cool during the game, which can be very physically intense, then you're not going to get very far"

The Samoan Mega-slap Game

There is another Samoan slap game that became viral in 2008, popular name being called "Samoa Mega-slap", and is NOT to be confused with the other friendly slap game. The Samoan Mega-slap is when a person surprises a target with a huge "Mega-slap", and posts the reaction online.

Sometimes the Mega-slap target is playing games, or sleeping, or doing work, or playing on the internet. The point is to get the Mega-slap on video so people can have a laugh. There's a larger chance of someone getting really really mad in this game, but the game keeps going when the target gets 'revenge', posting the revenge slap online. It's strongly recommended that this Samoa Mega-slap game be played with people that know and love the other players, otherwise it could be taken the wrong way and could lead to other big problems. [Samoan Mega-slap video 1, video 2]

The Slap-Fight Championship - Youtube Channel

After some videos went viral in 2008-2011, someone took the playful 'kids game' to a strange and violent new level and began a Slap-Fight Championship, which to many people seems a bit extreme, but it's Youtube. The Slap-Fight Championship still seems to be going on in 2020. A young Hawaiian man is said to be a major player and continues to take on some serious heat from competitors, while giving more heat back. His Slap-Fight nickname is "Da Crazy Hawaiian" and recently known as "The Sleeper".  [Slap-Fight Championship video1, video2]

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Legend Actor Marlon Brando an American and Polynesian Family man - Tetiaroa and Brando honored by community

An American of German and French descent became one of the most beloved actors in the world, a man of deep thought, a genius on screen and in his professional choices (also a director, producer, businessman and activist). He started his acting career in the 1940's on the New York stage of Broadway, moving in 1950 to the Big Screen, starring in "The Men" Directed by Fred Zinnemann. As a successful young actor, his fan following was intertwined with other youth influences of the times such as James Dean and Elvis Presley. After 1953 with the movies "Julius Caesar" and "The Wild One", Mr. Brando's following had the love of both the mature American audiences and it's wild free-spirited youth. His Hollywood relationships with two women were short and ended friendly.

In 1962, a movie was made that would change both Marlon Brando's life and of select people who lived in Tahiti. A film Directed by Lewis Milestone and Produced by Aaron Rosenberg "Mutiny on the Bounty" historically took place in the year 1789 on the open seas where the mission of the ship The Bounty was to sail from Britain's shores to Polynesia, and retrieve a plant (breadfruit) that could be of great health service. 

Marlon Brando wrote "Realities surpassed even my fantasies about Tahiti, and I had some of the best times of my life making Mutiny on the Bounty... Every day as soon as the director said cut for the last time, I ripped off my British naval officer's uniform and dove off the ship into the bay to swim with the Tahitian extras working on the movie. Often we only did two or three shots a day which left me hours to enjoy their company, and I grew to love them for their love of life"

Editor "Interestingly enough, The King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley also was spell bound by Polynesia's Mana, and he considered Hawaii his home"

During the making of the film Marlon Brando fell in love with both Polynesia and to a most beautiful Tahitian actress Tarita Teriipaia who in the movie played his character's lover and who later won a Best supporting actress Golden Globe nomination. The film Mutiny on the Bounty with Brando was one of the first interracial kisses on screen and became an American classic. Marlon and Tarita were married and became a couple of good and hard fates. 

Being a man who greatly enjoyed his peace and privacy, Marlon Brando settled down and made a private life founding a deep relationship with Polynesian community, obtaining a special terms lease by the local Polynesian authorities for development plans. A luxury Hotel was constructed by Brando and family and were eventually responsible for implementing environmentally safe energy in that area. Teihotu Brando (the son) who inherited his father's features has helped keep up management of the property. Eastern Polynesians of Tetiaroa still honor his name and maintain the atoll region. Elite actors and Libertarians such as President of the United States Barack Obama have too found themselves in Tetiaroa.

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The Information Wars 2018: The 15 best comments on TMBW survey

 Whitewashing of Western History in the 

new online era of Information Wars

In January of 2018, social studies by a Pacific Islander group were conducted to find out how the U.S. people were handling the Information Wars, public bombarded with ADs, fake-viral videos, Like and View Scams (purchased Likes), click-bait tactics, Wiki's attempt at a One-History-for-all, Political scandals, Hollywood promotions, and music today that loves to sneak in hidden messages. In an on-going tech filled world, the News doesn't come only at 9pm. anymore, it's now a 24hr report, and where there's not Real-news, there's always something exploitable or inflammable, able to be made Fake-news. 

At TMBW's home location a public survey too was conducted and people were asked 'How they felt about the growing misinformation in their lives', and about 'How they think it effects communities, and how it might effect their kids'. These comments are from several discussions on subjects that have effected people already in 2018. The comments are from people who are involved in different areas of industry and who are experienced and educated, living with or in the changing state-side communities.  

The Editor of Pacific Forums has said recently that new Wikipedia articles have been reviewed and found to change the tint of images who are people of Historical influence, such as an Indian or Middle-eastern King, Indian Sultan, Mongol Emperor, Japanese Emperor, Thai King, or a famous Portuguese explorer. If a historical leader is not a European type of man or woman, then Wikipedia will try and use a black n' white photo, a white stone statue, or no photo at all.

The 2018 TMBW survey statements:

"Ancient Rome is the biggest washed history in history. The History has been so played with that people even go to Rome on vacation or romantic Holidays. It was the largest slave city in the west, enslaving Western Europeans, and with a few movie-magic-moments, and acts of Theatre, idiots actually go back to Rome on tours. They see a movie like Gladiator, and want only to focus on the fighting side, when in real-life Spain were a conquered region. The women sold as slaves and used for sex, the men either were cut at the nuts and used for service, or thrown into the game pits of Rome. The second biggest washed history is Colonialism, trying to claim that Europe was a single entity on a conquest"

"Throughout thousands of years of History, arrogance is probably the heavy weight champion of killing Empires and nations"

"Do the information Wars effect you personally? Why yes they do, very much so. I'm old so its up to you young people to figure it out. I'll tell you this though..we should have focused on protecting the American Spirit, less about being the world police, looks at us now"

"There seems to be a Neo-Anglo attempt online (Some British propaganda), mostly in places like wikipedia and on free and quick answers sites. So that British seem far more important to this Era than they are, even more important than the USA. Anglo wiki writers try and add themselves to each wiki article, some part of their education or at least credit themselves in some way. We've seen this on Genetic Ancestral DNA testing companies too, the results of the DNA tests being centered around Anglo-origins, Jewish origins, mostly Western Europe.. when the Irish, Greek, Swedish, Dutch, French, Polish, Germans, Spanish, and Italians, have strong American immigrant history. The only reason that can be thought of, as to why they would do this, is that the foreign Anglo are trying to brother up with Anglo-white supremacists in the United States, grooming their readers with hopes that the United States becomes an Anglo only power"

"I wanted to switch to Vaping instead of smoking a cigarette pack a day, but I almost got spooked from the pro-tobacco campaign. I might vape in the future but not until the batteries are absolutely 100% safe. I will give the Vaping companies time to advance, but I do not appreciate being spooked by opposing views. For people who don't know this, Tobacco is a political thing, the first crop sold from North American US. regions"

"Wikipedia is the worst place to learn anything about history, but it's a good place to learn how history works, twisting and turning, angling politics, how some people wish history was. You have to understand who's the writer or broadcaster to understand the history they are trying to teach you. An Englishman teaching South Irish History in Wikipedia is not something you'd want to learn. What if it's a South African Dutchman teaching African Zulu History, that would be a conflict of interest there. A Japanese teaching Chinese History, a Confederate teaching American Union History, a KKK teaching African American slave history, in Wikipedia the authors are not identified. A One-wiki-history for all is probably the most laughable thing I've ever heard of. In my opinion Wikipedia is for the lazy mind, and the lazy mind is easily fooled"

"People today are always listing things to change, lists that could grow to a 1,000 and over on how to change the country, how to make things better. There's only one thing that needs to change, and it's that thing in the mirror. Once you start lying to yourself, it's all suffering from there, and that goes for everyone, not just a certain group of people. Work Hard and succeed, not alone, but with your community. Its so sad that people rather attack others than work harder and smarter"

"Most people don't know that Media News Companies have gone nuts, because of Social Media. The internet has allowed people to share information with a single click, where in the past people bought a Newspaper subscription and was delivered a morning paper. People don't buy newspapers anymore, they share a link on their Facebook, or get a free feed from their phone. So, what you get today is just crazy News to get clicks, called click-bait tactics. Journalism died in the 1990's. If you want real investigative information which takes research and time and responsibility, you'll have to pay for it. Some sort of Consultant maybe"

"Ever notice that if you search on anything medical, online advice always says it could be harmful so see a doctor directly, and never gives you the natural remedy"

"For some unknown reason, British immigrants, especially Euro-New Zealanders, think that lies online are going to help the economy, that magically huge industries will sprout up and that a guy that looks like the KFC Chicken mascot will some day rule the commercial world. There's a funny movie which goes through the cultural differences in Asia Pacific industry practices and Western industry practices, showing how thousands of years of Asia Pacific culture makes a profound impact on day-to-day thinking, routines, and operations. The movie is during the 1980s, a movie called Gung Ho 1986 with legendary actors Michael Keaton, Mimi Rogers, Gedde Watanabe, John Turturro, and George Wendt. Great flick and very enlightening"

"Do you people realize there's no more birds outside your windows? Why? Research a thing called Birth-control for Birds. It hasn't been on the NEWS once, but they're doing it. There's no more birds chirping in the morning, do you know why? Because there are no Birds nests, in any tree around here, the birds are not mating, there's no bird babies. OvoControl® (nicarbazin 0.5%) is birth control for birds. The United States EPA approved bird birth control because Singapore and other high tech Asian nations are using it. The Birds have been denied life so that cities can save money on maintenance costs. Rome in Italy has said they might not use it because the birds are apart of the Catholic faith and many art works have included the pigeon as a carrier and messenger of God. Online, there's floods of BS information on Birds missing"

"I read online these guys talking about we can't let China make everything. I was like.... that part of the world has never stopped making everything. Just about everything known to human history is from Asia, India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, even Caucasian's themselves are mixed in Asia. I was like... you guys can't be that stupid. There were trade wars between Catholics and Protestants, fighting over Asian Goods - one era of War being the Spice Trades. What the hell is wrong with these people? White-washed education has doomed them. Dumbing someone down to the point where all they are is angry and bitter, and arrogant, its unsafe to be that dumb"

"I want things to be made here, but we don't support the ARTS. The artists are the people who make things, design first-ever-seen things, create whole worlds. It all begins with Arts and Culture. When true artists leave or when the country forgets them, we are in big trouble"

"Its ugly out there. The TV History channels are just garbage. Even the nature channels don't even play educational material, just tv shows that have some pervert grabbing animals from behind acting like he's about to get bitten"

"The United States online social media sites and tv networks are becoming Information War Zones, why.... well because we have this thing called Freedom of Speech, which is good, but only the smart will survive the tricks of the information trades. Facebook Data scandals and Cambridge Analytica, that's all you need to research these days. Makes you wonder though, how far has this manipulation of information corrupted our education. The Stock market is another world after the banks crashed and bail-outs went amuck. You really think the markets news is going to give you free reliable information, that you're just going to sit at home doing nothing, and make money off market news you don't even pay for a subscription for, think again buddy"

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