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chickensandwich @ddomhere "fromdrone rollslop” is a top 10 hater expression of all time, truly incredible Sovereign of Conquest and Dominion @TheRuinbringer LMAO avarge brain-dead fromdrone rollslop fan 3:34 PM Dec 13, 2024 21.5K Views 10:50 PM Apr 2, 2025 113.1K Views . Q ...

0 @StellaNoxEcl... Rollslop is such a good way to describe those games I'm sorry 4:44 PM Apr 4, 2025 77.8K Views

Cone @Lol8ball "Rollslop" seems like an insult but if you ever talk to any super diehard "Soulsborne" fan you'll find out that's all they actually want from the games. Every enemy should just involve you rolling around and occasionally hitting it for 15 damage, the perfect videogame for them. Sci || Hollow Ataraxia @Borg_Sci. Apr 2 Replying to @Soraismyson KONKAI science fiction action RPG with experimental character swapping roll slop (quickstep isn't different stfu) GENSHIN IMPACT fantasy character- swapping action RPG with rich storylines and amazing world design roll slop story-driven science fiction turn based strategy rpg with L1 spam complex systems HONKA STARRAIL futuristic post-apocalyptic dystopia hack and slash action RPG with combo- heavy combat and rogue- lite elements roll slop z-z-z 1:26 PM - Apr 3, 2025 251.5K Views Bloodborne DARK SOULS III SEKIRO SHADOWS DICE ELDEN RING

(miyazaki's LEGIT cho... MsLee @All_Lee24 My claim to fame is that I was the one being called the average brain-dead from drone rollslop fan Sovereign of Conquest and Do.... 12/13/24 Replying to @All_Lee24 LMAO avarge brain-dead fromdrone rollslop fan ... 4 175 12 ılı 22K 7:23 AM Apr 3, 2025 12.3K Views

KONKAI science fiction action RPG with experimental character swapping roll slop (quickstep isn't different stfu) GENSHIN IMPACT fantasy character- swapping action RPG with rich storylines and amazing world design roll slop story-driven science fiction turn based strategy rpg with complex systems L1 spam HONKA STAR RAIL Zz-z-z futuristic post-apocalyptic dystopia hack and slash action RPG with combo- heavy combat and rogue- lite elements roll slop Bloodborne DARK SOULS III SEKIRO SHADOWS DEVICE ELDEN RING

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About

Rollslop or Roll Slop, a portmanteau of "roll" and "slop," is a derogatory slang term for games of the soulslike video game genre, such as Elden Ring and the Dark Souls series. Coined in March 2023 on 4chan, the term saw viral spread on social media in April 2025 following the announcement of the soulslike video The Duskbloods.

Origin

On March 2nd, 2023, an anonymous 4chan^[1] user made the earliest discovered post using the slang word "rollslop," a portmanteau of "roll" and "slop," to refer to games of the Soulslike genre. The gameplay of the majority of Soulslike games heavily relies on dodging mechanics, such as rolling and quickstepping, while "slop" is a slang term used to describe low-quality content and products.

The 4chan post (shown below) appeared in a /v/ thread dedicated to the 2023 video game Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, which was also developed by FromSoftware.

Anonymous Thu 02 Mar 2023 01:05:35 No.629508421 rollslop BTFO >>629435189 Reviewers unironically got filtered

The term achieved initial spread on the /v/ board of 4chan in March 2023. For example, on March 14th, an anonymous /v/^[2] user commented, ">soulslike I call them rollslop nowadays…"

Later on March 14th, 2023, a 4chan user made the earliest found opening post that referred to Soulslike games as "rollslop" (shown below). The thread^[3] garnered over 130 replies in two years.

Anonymous Tue 14 [134/16/55] Mar 2023 20:22:12 No.630881661 View Original Report Quoted By: >>630881774 >>630882089 >>630882416 >>630882467 >>630882679 317KİB, 828x460, 05202B8C-E56C-4F0E-BBF5- 27678DA6DF83.jpg View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO >>630883981 >>630884083 >>630885961 >>630886335 >>630886579 >>630887240 >>630887312 >>630890798 >>630892610 >>630893396 How much longer will it be before FROM moves on from the rollslop gameplay of 2009s demon souls? Isn't there a better way to handle third person action combat other than iframe abuse?

Spread

The term saw further spread on 4chan in the following years. As of April 7th, 2025, over 7,900 search results for "rollslop" could be discovered on the /v/^[4] board alone.

Popularization of the term outside of 4chan started on December 13th, 2024, when X^[5] user @TheRuinbringer replied to a post glazing FromSoftware, the developer of multiple popular Soulslike games, commenting, "LMAO avarge brain-dead fromdrone rollslop fan." The post (shown below) gained over 22,000 views in five months and was spread further through screenshots.

MsLee (miyazaki's LEGIT ch... @... Dec 12, 2024 I've said it before and I'll say it again Fromsoft could s--- into a pan and hand it to me and I'd s-- at the beauty and wonder of it all and start making lore out of the arrangement of corn bits in the turd. You cannot make me pessimistic about this game. 23 1790 1K Ilil 20K Sovereign of Conquest and Dominion @TheRuinbringer LMAO avarge brain-dead fromdrone rollslop fan 10:34 AM Dec 13, 2024 22K Views

On April 2nd, 2025, X^[6] user @Soraismyson wrote that they saw somebody using the term on their timeline and found it funny. The post (shown below) gained over 3.5 million views, 4,000 reposts and 73,000 likes in five days.

Mumble @Soraismyson n---- on my timeline called fromsoft games "rollslop" and I cant stop laughing 6:21 PM Apr 2, 2025 3.5M Views Ø

Following the post, the slang term saw viral spread on X / Twitter in early April 2025.

Various Examples

Game mechanics that make you cringe Anonymous Wed 18 Sep 2024 22:53:53 No.689269467 View Original Report [26/8/1] Quoted By: >>689270029 >>689272232 >>689273060 >>689273330 >>689273428 >>689273586 >>689273917 >>689273956 >>689274568 >>689275119 >>689276932 >>689278893 445KiB, 1170x999, 1643390386796.jpg View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO I'll start: >rollslop

ELDEN RING Anonymous Mon 02 Sep [51/5/1] 2024 00:48:32 No.687496883 View Original Report Quoted By: >>687497015 >>687497059 >>687497078 >>687497247 >>687497272 >>687497373 >>687497508 >>687497574 >>687497676 >>687498185 >>687498321 149KiB, 1024x1024, phvVT0qZfcRms5qDAKOSI3CM[1].jpg View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO >>687498687 >>687499020 >>687500865 >>687500980 >>687501480 >>687502465 >>687502689 >>687502727 How do you define "rollslop"? What makes ER rollslop and why isn't Dark Souls 1 considered rollslop?

Anonymous Fri [335 / 59 / 170] 14 Jul 2023 15:08:57 No.644094775 View Original Report FIRES OF RUBICON please don't be rollslop 276KiB, 610x343, armoredcore6.png View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop please don't be rollslop

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External References

^[1] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #629435189

^[2] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #630808485

^[3] arch.b4k – /v/ Thread #630881661

^[4] arch.bk4 – Search results for "rollslop" on /v/

^[5] X – @TheRuinbringer

^[6] X – @Soraismyson

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