Memes of the Month: August 2016 (ish, pre-i58)

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 05/06/2025

It’s that time of the month again, and this month, former Choke jungler Tyrin “Dandychap” Davidson has been losing his mind.

When your Choke $$$ come thru pic.twitter.com/sXt1F9zckE

— Tyrin Davidson (@LoLDandyChap) August 15, 2016

Could really use some help with Insomnia funding. This and more could be yours via a cheeky PayPal donation DM me xx pic.twitter.com/viOSlZl5s7
— Tyrin Davidson (@LoLDandyChap) August 18, 2016

He seems pretty happy to us that Choke has now paid his winnings.

Fanning the flames

Oh crap. Excel Esports’ Ryan “Barnetto” Barnett also had a mare with his fan during an eSports News UK xL video interview with MnM’s Rob Allen.

Here’s the trailer for the @exceL_eSports video! pic.twitter.com/T9R5bXcNCk

— Rob Allen (@RobJWA) August 8, 2016

This of course spawned some memes…

When you realise @TCAeSports have gone from 50/50 to 100/0. pic.twitter.com/rG7jqFPktu
— Peter (@Ped_lol) 17 August 2016

mfw my biggest fan ruins my interview pic.twitter.com/hOHvQABbY4
— Alex Winton (@SynygyLoL) 8 August 2016

My life has been ruined by this smug little prick. pic.twitter.com/fP6X9b4ESe
— Ryan Barnett (@xL_Barnetto) August 8, 2016

Aston Aunties on top

Perilous Void analyst Greg Wheeler made some amendments to Rob Allen’s ESL UK Prem prediction video.

Dont worry @RobJWA , I fixed your rankings for you pic.twitter.com/M4ReQVJlEC

— Greg Wheeler (@Trez_LoL) August 3, 2016

Player noises of the month

Last Remedy’s sub support Alex “Synygy” Winton was really getting into his games this month…

When you make the big play @SynygyLoL @Kr1z309 @Perilous_Chin pic.twitter.com/9mwXAwhPSE
— Greg Wheeler (@Trez_LoL) 29 July 2016

.@Dom_Sacco @Trez_LoL @Kr1z309 @Perilous_Chin for reference https://t.co/RpWku1jybX 8)
— Alex Winton (@SynygyLoL) 29 July 2016

Did MnM steal ManaLight’s finest work?

The League of Legends team who played for the now-disbanded UK org ManaLight have moved across to MnM, but…

@RobJWA @MnMGamingUK Think again Rob. Think again. pic.twitter.com/fJfvKiXjp6
— Tom Willis (@Prosfair) 15 August 2016

Food watch

Team EndPoint Overwatch player Luke “iuKeEe” Dainton was not happy with his teammate Microstar during a recent ESL UK Contender Cup match… (hint: Microstar is no longer a teammate)

LF UK Reinhardt/tank who speaks and doesn’t eat during games for ESL UK Prem

— Luke Dainton @ i58 (@OWiuKeEe) 16 August 2016

A(ndy) Rainy Day

Not a meme, but it looks like Riot caster Andy “Vedius” Day has become a weatherman.

Episode 4: Water w/@lolTsepha pic.twitter.com/WbLmOH04Wq
— Andy Day (@VediusLoL) August 24, 2016

The weekly Grossie (NSFW)

UK LoL streamer Ali “Gross Gore” Larsen had a public fight on Twitter with his ex. And they didn’t spare us the details.

@CelestiaVega you know you need to be good at sex to get into porn right?

— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) August 17, 2016

@CelestiaVega That may be true, dosent make the first time we fucked the worst sexual experience i have had. Js, stop gloating ur a sex god.
— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) August 17, 2016

@CelestiaVega okay, you want to play the card of “oh we didnt fuck” knowing that u was terrible, okay allisia.

— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) August 17, 2016

@GrossieGore I generally don’t count putting your 5 incher inside me for half a minute then finishing as sex
— Celestia Vega (@CelestiaVega) August 17, 2016

@GrossieGore do you know how a vagina works?

— Celestia Vega (@CelestiaVega) August 17, 2016

What a chap

We are proud to welcome another member to the Misfits family, bienvenue @Chap_GG! pic.twitter.com/l2QJF0epnj
— Misfits (@MisfitsGG) July 22, 2016

The meme master has spoken

in case of memergency pic.twitter.com/awpAaWvQQO
— Ben / Draggles @i58 (@bedraggles) 24 August 2016

We did a meme

Are we doing this right?

When you realise you’ve gone from the ESL UK Premiership to the EU LCS… @AlicusOfficial @MisfitsGG pic.twitter.com/T84k2rR22D
— eSports News UK (@eSports_News_UK) August 7, 2016

Also, another bit of UK League brilliance.

UK League of Legends. #TheBanterIsReal pic.twitter.com/Ec44INyJKf
— eSports News UK (@eSports_News_UK) August 10, 2016

See you all @ LAN <3

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Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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