The Bomb Has Been Planted

'The bomb has been planted.' — the Counter-Strike announcer line that instantly raises every heart rate in the server. Twenty-five years of clutch rounds live inside this sentence. The meme usage applies it to any point of no return: the message sent, the oven left on, the decision made. From here, everything is consequences. Iconic in esports and beyond.

Origin: The bomb-plant announcement from Counter-Strike.