So, Tencent Walks Into a Chatroom… In 1998, Pony Ma and four pals in Shenzhen spotted the success of ICQ and thought, “Let’s make a Chinese version.” Boom—OICQ was born. By 1999, it was everywhere. People loved it. AOL didn’t. They sued. Tencent renamed it QQ, slapped a penguin on it, and kept rolling. Then…