My dick is a song by Mickey Avalon which is added to suitable videos of famous people. As a result there are a lots of mashups: famous persons sing that song.
Meme was created on Coub: platform for creating mashups of looped videos and sounds.
By 2013 there are about 5,260 mentions of “coub my dick” in Google. Also huge amounts of mentions in Twitter, Tumblr and of course on the origianl resource – Coub.
Obama
Ryan Gosling
Putin
Misfits
Jony Ive
Editor’s note: Work in Progress
Eye to Eye is a song by Pakistani artist Taher Shah.[1] Since its music video was uploaded to YouTube in June 2013, the song has been very popular with people.
“Eye to Eye” was released in April 2013 and had been airing on several music programs in Pakistan. The music video was already uploaded to his Dailymotion[2] and Vimeo[3] account in that month. However, it became viral via Twitter and Facebook after the video was posted to YouTube in the end of June 2013.
eye to eye, eye to eye
essential, sensational eye’s
my eye’s and your eye’s
colorful eye’s our eye’s
fabulous, exciting eye’s
eye to eye, eye to eye
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
aahaaha, aahaaha, aahaaha
keep your love in the soul
make love with eye to eye
your face and glorious eye’s
i’ can see with my spectrum eye’s
it’s a genuine classic love
serious feelings romantic love
my pride eye to eye
glowing with your sparkling eye’s
our elegant special love
sincere promise blessful love
eye to eye, eye to eye
simple, charming eye’s
my eye’s and your eye’s
dreaming fairie’s eye’s our eye’s
stylish excellent human’s eye’s
eye to eye, eye to eye
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
aahaaha, aahaaha, aahaaha
eye to eye make’s epic era love life time once in a life. substantial love is heaven for precise eye’s. spectacular eye’s, our eye’s, my eyes and your eye’s, eye to eye, eye to eye
beautiful eye’s has endless love
your eye’s are like sun shine
your precious heart belongs to me
because i’ love you
true love always smile,
you are mine, always mine,
your love is faithful forever and
ever without you i’ am like a butterfly without flower
eye to eye, eye to eye
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
aahaaha, aahaaha, aahaaha
wonderful, gorgeous eye’s
my eye’s and your eye’s
emotional and happy eye’s
all lovely eye’s full of life
eye to eye, eye to eye
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
aahaaha, aahaaha, aahaaha
Via: Taher Shah Official Website[4]
Its nonsensical lyrics became a laughing stock on the social network. He responded to the online reputations in one of the interviews.
There are several reports by Indian Express[5], The Atlantic[6] and AOL’s CoolAge.[7] In addition, a handful of parodies are uploaded to YouTube.[8]
[1]Wikipedia – Taher Shah
[2]Dailymotion – EYE TO EYE SONG / 04-12-2013
[3]Vimeo – Taher Shah
[4]Taher Shah Official Website – EYE TO EYELYRICS
[5]Indian Express – Watch: Taher Shah's sensational Eye to Eye / 06-26-2013
[6]The Atlantic – Eye to Eye: Taher Shah, Unlikely Overnight Pop Sensation – James Hamblin / 07-03-2013
[7]CoolAge – Let us Laugh Face to Face / 07-19-2013
[8]YouTube – Search results for "eye to eye" parody OR remix
The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen[1] (GISHWHES) is an annual world-wide scavenger hunt organized by Supernatural actor Misha Collins. In 2012, the inaugural week-long event attracted more than 14,000 participants from 69 countries, setting the Guinness World Record for Largest Media Scavenger Hunt.[2]
In December 2010, Supernatural fans banded together in a vote contest to get the cast of the show on the cover of TV Guide’s first annual Fan Favorite issue.[3] However, only actors Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles appeared on the final cover. In commenting on the issue cover, Misha Collins tweeted that he would be given a Rhino from the show’s production company as a consolation prize. He invited fans to mail him a self-addressed stamped envelope to get a piece of the rhino.
if you recall, since we won, Warner Bros. will be rewarding me with a Rhino. True to my word, i will cut it up & share it with you all.
— Misha Collins (@mishacollins) December 6, 2010
In January 2011, fans who sent in envelopes received a letter from Collins[9] with a numbered piece from one of five Rhino jigsaw puzzle.[4] The letter instructed the recipients to put the pieces together to find an email address for the next step of the scavenger hunt, leaving the details of logistics up to the fans. On February 1st, 2011, fans with the puzzle pieces created a LiveJournal community[5] and Tumblr blog[6] to help themselves find each other and connect their pieces.
After all of the puzzle piece recipients had found each other, Collins sent out a response email[7] instructing the participants to continue working together and complete a global scavenger hunt. The teams were given one week to take photo or video of 22 specific tasks ranging from relatively easy (ex: a video of a person holding an authentic rhino puzzle piece bestowing an act of random kindness for a complete stranger) to seemingly impossible (ex: a photo of a person holding an authentic rhino puzzle piece with me while I’m wearing a single glittering, fingerless glove). The winning team was offered a prize of either $53.21 in Canadian dollars or a cup of tea with Collins anytime and anywhere except his home within seven years. Collins also announced he would be launching a bigger, better scavenger hunt later that year.[8]
The first annual GISHWHES was held from November 20th to November 29th, 2011. To join, participants had to pay $10 or write an essay on one of several topics chosen by Collins. The task list[10] included 147 photo challenges, 65 video challenges and seven web-based challenges, each worth a certain amount of points ranging between 3 and 217. More than 6,000 people participated, with 621 teams of 10 people each. The winners were awarded a trip to Rome to have dinner with the actor.[11] That year, GISHWHES won the Guinness World Record for Largest Photo Scavenger Hunt (shown below).
In 2012, GISHWHES was held between October 30th and November 4th. The task list[12] was shorted to 152 total missions, ranging between 12 and 287 points. A special mission was later added in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Most Pledges to Commit a Random Act of Kindness, which was set by Guinness Breweries with 74,379 pledges. 47 pledges were needed per team member to break the record, with 350 points on the line. That year, 14,580 people participated, breaking the Guinness World Record for Largest Media Scavenger Hunt.[2] Additionally, 93,376 pledges to commit a random act of kindness were made in partnership with Collins’ non-profit organization Random Acts[13], shattering that record. The winning team Badwolf was flown to Scotland in May 2013 for an evening in a haunted castle with Collins (shown below).
The 2013 edition of the game was announced in July on Twitter[14] and Facebook[15], scheduled to take place from August 11th through 18th. A number of unofficial Tumblr blogs[16][17] were started to answer questions about the scavenger hunt as well as to help people find teammates.[18]
On July 30th, 2013, Misha Collins participated in a question and answer session about the hunt on Twitter. Ten minutes after his initial invitation for questions, he gave out his personal phone number and invited fans to call him. This message was favorited nearly 16,000 times and retweeted more than 11,000 times. The phone number was active for 36 hours prior to being disconnected.
This typing is too tedious. I feel i could be much more efficient on the phone. Why don't you just call me with questions. (323) 790-4967
— Misha Collins (@mishacollins) July 30, 2013
Fans recorded their unsuccessful attempts to call and text Collins as well as successful conversations on Tumblr with the tags #Misha Collins Phone Number[19] and #Misha Callins.[20] A number of screenshots from these posts were shared on Buzzfeed[21], the Daily Dot[22] and SocialNews Daily.[23]
[2]Guinness World Records – Largest Media Scavenger Hunt
[3]Supernatural Wiki – TV Guide Covers
[4]Supernatural Wiki – Rhino Puzzle
[5]LiveJournal – mishasrhino
[6]Tumblr – mishasrhino
[7]Tumblr – sammwinchester: Misha’s Email
[8]Examiner – Team three reigns supreme in Misha Collins’ first scavenger hunt
[9]Tumblr – fyeahmishacollins: Dearest Rhino solicitor,
[10]Tumblr – almaasi: GISHWHES 2011 List of Items
[11]Tumblr – gishwhes-2013: About
[12]Tumblr – almaasi: GISHWHES 2012 List of Items
[14]Twitter – @whatisgishwhes
[15]Facebook – G.I.S.H.W.H.E.S.
[16]Tumblr – gishwhes-2013
[17]Tumblr – gishwhesunofficial
[18]Tumblr – wantedgishwhes
[19]Tumblr – Posts Tagged “Misha Collins Phone Number”
[20]Tumblr – Posts tagged “Misha Callins”
[21]Buzzfeed – So Yesterday Misha Collins Gave Out His Number On Twitter
[22]The Daily Dot – “Supernatural” star posts phone number, politely trolls fans
[23]SocialNews Daily – Misha Collins Gives Out Number On Twitter, Typing ‘Too Tedious’
Dancing For Anons is a fundraising campaign launched by supporters of FreeAnons.org,[4] a Florida-based company that aims to help members of Anonymous who have been criminally prosecuted.
On April 23rd, 2013, YouTuber Francophone uploaded a video titled “FreeAnons Donation Campaign,” asking for donations[2] to help Freeanons Solidarity Inc. provide financial support for members of Anonymous facing legal troubles Within the first three months, the WePay[2] donation page collected over $9,9999.
On July 23rd, 2013, Sue Crabtree launched a Facebook event[1] titled “Dancing for Donations to Assist FreeAnons.org,” announcing a campaign to promote the fundraiser by encouraging people to make videos of themselves dancing in front of the camera.
We have chosen to create a fun event where some very dedicated Anons have volunteered to make total asses of themselves to solicit your donations and support. I hope these ridiculous videos brighten your day and all that we ask is that you consider any size donation to FreeAnons so that we may continue to assist the ones that fight for all. Of course, if you’re brave enough to make a fool of yourself for a great cause, please send us your videos of support. It’s alright, act foolish for a great cause.
On the same day, YouTuber N Green uploaded the first dance video titled “Dancing for donations to assist FreeAnons.org” (shown below), which was subsequently posted to the Facebook event page where it received more than 220 comments and 35 likes in the next 10 days. On July 24th, YouTuber AnonymousFrancophone uploaded a new video promoting the dance video campaign (shown below, right).
On July 26th, YouTuber Karen Holloan Savard uploaded a video titled “Dancing for FreeAnons” in which she dances to the 1999 industrial metal song “Living Dead Girl” by Rob Zombie (shown below, left). On July 31st, YouTuber Lupewuzhere uploaded a video of himself dancing in front of the camera as the White Spy from the Mad Magazine comic series Spy Vs. Spy in support of FreeAnons (shown below, right). On August 2nd, 2013, The Daily Dot[5] reported on the Anonymous operation, in which Crabtree revealed that the campaign was conceived as a joke, but ended up providing much needed assistance to members of Anonymous facing prosecution.
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[1]Facebook – Dancing for donations to assist FreeAnons
[2]We Pay – FreeAnons Fundraising for Arrested Anons
[3]Facebook – Dancing for donations to assist FreeAnons
[4]FreeAnons.org – Free Anons
[5]The Daily Dot – Anonymous next operation? a dance off fundraiser
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Dean McCoppin Mug is a reaction image based on a still image of Dean McCoppin from The Iron Giant, holding a mug of coffee with a smug grim on his face. Over the years, numerous derivatives have been made, starring various characters from different franchises.
The shot of the character was taken from the film “The Iron Giant”, which was released in August 6th, 1999.
Over the years, many images, which include various characters from different franchises, were created based on this picture, all of which include the character holding a mug of coffee and having the same facial expression as Dean in the film.
Hello everyone I’m Lav, editor on Know Yoir Meme.
Have you heard of Scott Oelkers?
Today I’d like to introduce this new collaborative meme featuring Scott Oelkers: Know Your Meme, feat. Domino’s App, feat. Hatsune Miku!
Scott Oelkers exists as the head of branch of Domino’s Pizza USA in Japan. The coorperation runs and advertises the American restaurant in Japan. Scott Oelkers appears in the advertisements they have created. A great feature they share is they’re all weird, like the one made previously where Scott appears in a spacesuit on the moon. The Japanese Domino’s branch created multiple advertisements to appeal to the people of Japan. Their misdirected attempts were succesfully carried out and in March of 2013, this new akward commercial was produced!
Very cool.
Based on this video as well as Scott’s lack of proper Japanese pronunciation throughout, alot of edits have been made created by Youtube Poopers have been made on Youtube. They’re very funny. Just like the original.
Since then, many parodies and blogs have been made in response to this older gentleman posing as someone who knows what’s in the cool, in efforts to raise awareness of Domino’s in Japan.
Let’s enjoy the rest of the performance, as more parodies are created in time!
Vlogbrothers are a pair of popular Youtube celebrities and video bloggers, composed of brothers John and Hank Green[1][2]. After their successful video blogging project Brotherhood 2.0, the brothers gained a large fan following, known as Nerdfighters, leading them to create a variety of further videos.
On January 1, 2007, John and Hank Green first launched their Brotherhood 2.0 project, in which the two bloggers ceased all text based contact for one year, instead keeping contact through a series of video blogs, which they released publicly via Youtube and through their Brotherhood 2.0 website[3]. Despite the series ending on December 31 2007, the Vlogbrothers continued to post videos, due to their new found online following.
After the end of Brotherhood 2.0, a new website was set up to act as the Vlogbrother main website, named Nerdfighters[4]. As well as their normal series of blogs, a number of side series have also been created, such as Sci-Show[5], a series of Science-based videos, Crash Course[6], a series of educational courses, and Hankgames[7], a series of video game playthroughs. As of March 5, 2013, the channel has over 1 million subscribers.
[w.i.p.]
Don’t Forget To Be Awesome (often abbreviated to DFTBA) is the catchphrase of the Vlogbrothers, which they usually use to close of their vlogs. The phrase eventually gained spread within the Nerdfighter fandom, spawning a variety of different parodies.
“Humpy Hank”: refers to a series of photoshops, showing Hank Green humping a number of various objects. The meme originates from a video in which Hank humps a Google sign while at Google’s HQ. A number of parodies can be found at the Humpy Hank single topic blog[8].
It is not sure when Memy crated his YouTube account of uploaded his first video.
W.I.P.
BattleTech[1] is a cross media franchise[2] based on 1984 board game originally called BattleDroids[3] created by Jordan Weisman[4] and L. Ross Babcock III[5]. The game and subsequent spin off works is centered on giant piloted robots called BattleMechs[6] and their pilots the MechWarriors[7].
The main board game takes place on hexagonal grid with 1/285 scale miniatures (or markers) of the BattleMechs and other units such as vehicles[8][9][10] and even infantry squads[11]. The results of combat and other action are typically resolved by two six-sided dice. Players must keep track of their units’ damage, ammunition, and heat.
The first edition of what became to known as BattleTech was originally called BattleDroids[3]; it was owned and published by FASA Corporation[12]. Due to George Lucas and Lucasfilms claiming the rights to the term “droid”[13] the following year’s second edition’s name was changed to BattleTech[14]. FASA also created the third[15] and fourth[16] editions of BattleTech in 1992 and 1996 respectively. A Japanese edition of BattleTech was licensed by FASA in 1992[17][18]; it had new artwork provided by Studio Nue[19].
FASA also released BattleForce (a game simulating larger battles) in 1987 and 1997[20]; BattleTroops (a game simulating infantry engagements) in 1989[21]; and BattleSpace (a game simulating space battles) in 1993[22].
All the BattleMechs (with the exception of the one used as the example of the construction rules[23]) in the first edition used unmodified mechanical designs from Super Dimension Fortress Macross[24] (produced by Studio Nue[19], Artland[25], and Tatsunoko Production[26]), Fang of the Sun Dougram[27](produced by Sunrise[28]) and Crusher Joe[29](produced by Studio Nue[19] and Sunrise[28]); those designs continued through the following editions (the second edition even used several more outside designs). FASA was under the impression at the time that it had received the rights to use the designs from Twentieth Century Imports[30]. Around the same time Harmony Gold[31] acquired the U.S. rights to several animated series (Super Dimension Fortress Macross[24], Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross[32], and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA[33]) from Tatsunoko Production along with the name “Robotech” that was originally used by a line of Revell model kits[34] based on several different animes (Super Dimension Fortress Macross[24], Super Dimension Century Orguss[35], and Fang of the Sun Dougram[27]). FASA continued to use the design with little issues until the mid-1990s when legal issues concerning a failed pitch to PlayMate Toys to make a BattleTech toy line, designs and story similarities to FASA’s appearing in PlayMate’s ExoSquad line, and Harmony Gold’s involvement in the ExoSquad line resulted in the designs from outside sources being phased out.[36] These removed BattleMechs became known as the “Unseen”[37].
In 2001 WizKids[38] purchased the rights to BattleTech and created MechWarrior: Dark Age in 2002 and its second iteration named MechWarrior: Age of Destruction in 2005[39]; these game were used WizKids’s Clix System. During this time the original board game was re-branded as Classic BattleTech and published under license by FanPro[40].
In 2003 WizKids was purchased (and eventually shut down in 2008) by Topps[41]; and in 2007 FanPro’s license ended and was acquired by Catalyst Game Labs (a subsidiary of InMediaRes Productions, LLC)[42].
During the board game’s history many smaller supplementary books[43][44][45][46][47] were released (including Technical Readout: Project Phoenix in 2003 that reintroduced many Unseen units with new designs that became known as the “Reseen”[48]); these supplementary books introduced new unit, equipment, rules, and scenarios. Many of these rules were complied and stream lined (along with the basic fifth edition rules) in the Total Warfare source book in 2006[49]. Total Warfare serves as the source book for tournament play and BattleTech, 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set (released in 2011) contains the basic fifth edition rule set[50].
As of July of 2013 there have been four editions of the roleplaying game each of which tend to take place primarily in a different eras of BattleTech history. In the RPG the players typically took the role of a BattleMech pilot (the often titular MechWarrior) but could take other roles.
The first edition titled MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game released in 1986 by FASA[51] and took place during the Third Succession War era[52]. It’s more centered around the board game than later editions with the player character being part of a larger military unit[53].
The second edition came out in 1991[54] and reworked much of the basic rule set taking it further away from the board game allowing for more leeway with player characters.[55] It took place during the Clan Invasion Era[56].
The third edition was released in 1999[57]; due to the “MechWarrior” title being used by MechWarrior: Dark Age the third edition was re-released by FanPro under the title of Classic BattleTech RPG in 2006[58]. Again, it changed much of the mechanics. In addition the core book allowed for a player character outside the main Housed or a Clan[59]. It took place during the FedCom Civil War Era[60].
The fourth edition titled A Time of War was released by Catalyst Game Labs in 2009[61]; much of the mechanics were once again reworked.[62] It takes place during the Jihad Era[63].
BattleTech Centers are entertainment venues that feature enclosed cockpit simulators (referred to as “pods”) used to play multiplayer matches of mech on mech combat. The first center opened in Chicago, IL, USA in 1990 followed by centers in Japan in 1992 and 1993. At their height there were 26 BattleTech centers. [64][65] The centers in Japan had all closed by 2000. By July of 2013 only a hand full of centers[66] along with groups of pods that travel from convention to convention in the US[67] and only a few pods in private hands in Japan.
Over the years there have been numerous BattleTech based video games across many platforms; it should be noted that the story lines and events contained in these games are consider apocryphal[68].
This series consist of two RPGs developed by Westwood Associates[69] and Published by Infocom[70]: BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks’ Inception released in 1988 for Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS based PCs[71][72] and BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks’ Revenge in 1990 for MS-DOS based PCs[73][74]. Both games use an overhead view for combat (along with navigating the world in the first game) with the first game being turned based and the second game being real-time with pausing.
The story follows Jason Youngblood, a MechWarrior from the Lyran Commonwealth[75], from a cadet to fighting against an invasion of the Draconis Combine[76] while rebuilding his father military unit (the titular Crescent Hawks) in the period of the Succession Wars[52] during the events of Inception then to a branching series of battles starting two years after the end of the previous game and into early part of the Clan Invasion[56] in Revenge.
A series of vehicular simulation games typically featuring 3D polygon graphics, customizable mechs, and a default first person view.
The Evolution of MechWarrior: 1989 – 2012
The first game in the series (simply titled MechWarrior) was developed by Dynamix[77] and published by Activision[78] in 1989 for MS-DOS based PCs. The game featured an non-linear campaign where the player traveled the Inner Sphere[97] completing contracts for the various Great Houses, buying and selling mechs, hiring other pilots, and avenging the death of the family of the player character (Gideon Braver Vandenburg) along with finding the chalice that proves his lineage within five years inside of the Secession War Era[52].[79][80] In 1992 a Japanese port of the game was released for the Sharp X68000 under the title バトルテック ～奪われた聖杯[81](BattleTech: Holy Grail Deprived); the 2D portion of the graphics that appeared between missions during the campaign were redone by Victor Musical Industries to look more Japanese.[82]
In 1993 MechWarrior for the SNES developed by Beam Software[83] and published by Actision[78] was released. Instead of 3D polygon graphics it featured 2.5D Mode 7 graphics but the mission were still played in first person perspective inside the cockpit. It has a different story with a different protagonist (Herras Ragen) from the PC game; although it was similar (avenge the protagonist murdered family) and takes place during the same era. The game lacked the PC’s version larger campaign but it did feature a roster of highly customizable BattleMechs developed specifically for it.[84][85]
The next entry in the series was MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat developed and published by Activision[78] in 1995 for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Sega Saturn, and PlayStation.[86][87] In the single player campaign the player took the roll of a Clan MechWarrior for either Clan Wolf[88] or Clan Jade Falcon[89] during the Refusal War[89]. The Windows version came with the “NetMech” software that allowed for player vs. player matches over a network. It was one of the most widely played MechWarrior games and helped to make the Timber Wolf[90] one of the most iconic mechs of the franchise. The same year an expansion, MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear’s Legacy, came out (but not for the Sega Saturn or PlayStation) that added more mechs, weapons, environments (including underwater and outer space), music, and missions. In the expansions campaign the player took the role of a Clan Ghost Bear[91] warrior attempting to recover his/her Clan’s genetic legacies[92].
In the following year of 1996 MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, once again developed and distributed by Activision[78], came out for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, and Apple Macintosh. It was a standalone expansion that shifted the focus of the game back to the Inner Sphere[97]. The single player campaign takes place in the years leading up to and the early parts of the Clan Invasion (making this game a prequel to 31st Centry Combat/Ghost Bear’s Legacy) with the player character taking contracts from various Inner Sphere[97] factions.[93][94]
In 1999 MechWarrior 3 came out for Microsoft Windows; it was developed by Zipper Interactive[95] and published by Microprose[96]. In the single player campaign the player takes the part of an Inner Sphere[97] mercenary that is stranded on a hostile planet after a botched attack on Clan Smoke Jaguar[98] and must complete the initial mission objectives. Later in the same year the expansion MechWarrior 3: Pirate’s Moon by the same developer/publisher was released. In the single player campaign the protagonist from the main game was given a name (Connor Sinclair) and was now tasked with defending a planet from pirates; there was also an alternate campaign with a series of mission playing as the pirates.[99][100] The stats of the BattleMechs and weapons were almost directly translated from the table top but didn’t take into account that player could aim all weapons at one point and a mech could be disabled by destroying a single leg; these factor resulted in legging becoming stigmatized in the multiplayer not only in this game but future MechWarrior multiplayer.[101][102]
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance was released in 2000; it was developed by FASA Interactive and distributed by Microsoft (due to Microsoft buying out the rights to BattleTech in 1999[103]). In the single player campaign the protagonist (Ian Dresari) fights his usurper cousin for leadership of his home planet. The following year the expansion, MechWarrior 4: Black Knight, was released.[104][105] There was also an arcade version of MechWarrior 4: Vengeance released by Tsunami Visual Technologies in 2000.[106] In 2002 MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, a standalone expansion, came out; in the single player campaign the player plays as an Mercenary traveling the Inner Sphere[97] during the FedCom Civil War[60].[107][108] The multiplayer was known for the prevalence of “poptarting” (the tactic of hiding behind cover, using jump jets to briefly rise above the cover, and delivering a single high damage attack during only a brief moment of exposure).[101]
In April of 2010 the MechWarrior 4 series was released as a free download by MekTek Studios.[109] In 2012 MekTek Studios shifted its focus to developing a new game based on the Heavy Gear franchise[110] and ceased support of MechWarrior 4 along with its availability as a free download.[111]
MechWarrior: Living Legends is a fan made multiplayer mod officially sanctioned by Microsoft. It started life as a Quake War mod in December of 2006 but eventually moved to Crysis Warhead.[112] The team was given early access to the Crysis Software Development Kit by CryTek and entered into open beta in 2009; in January of 2012 it was announced that the core team (Wandering Samurai Studios) would cease development on the project and the last update was released.[113]Livng Legends was noticeably different from previous games in the series (besides being purely multiplayer and fan developed) in that it focused on common canon variants of mechs with no customization (allowing for balancing based on individual units instead of weapons and build rules) and players could also control wheeled and treaded vehicles along with aircraft and infantry battle armors. Dan Tracy, one of the founders of the project, is currently working on Star Citizen: Squadron 42.[114]
In July of 2009 MechWarrior 5 was announced by developer Piranha Games Inc.(PGI)[115] but due to difficulties find a publisher and funding MechWarrior 5 was retooled into MechWarrior: Online(MWO) and Infinite Game Publishing was secured as the publisher by October of 2011.[116]MWO entered into close beta on May 22, 2012, open beta on October 29, 2012, and has a planed launch date of September 17, 2013[117]. MWO is a match based free-to-play multiplayer game notable for introducing a dual reticule system (one reticule aims the torso and other the arms). The mech concept art is done by former BattleTech fan artist Alex Iglesias[118] (a.k.a. Flying Debris[119]).
The MechCommander series consist of two (and an expansion) real-time tactics games developed by FASA Interactive. The first game came out in 1998 and was published by MicroProse[96]: the player took the part of an Inner Sphere[97] mechcommander[120] that commanded a company during operation to take a planet back from Clan Smoke Jaguar[98]. An expansion came out the following year and continued the story with the reclaiming of another world in the Periphery.[121][122] The sequel, simply titled MechCommander 2, was released in 2001 published by Microsoft (that controlled the BattleTech rights since 1999); the single player campaign followed a planetary conflict between House Steiner[75] and House Liao[123].[124][125]
A series of third person shooters consisting of two games developed by Day 1 Studios[126] and published by Microsoft for the Xbox in 2002 and 2004 respectively, and a Nintendo DS game developed by Backbone Entertainment[127] and published by Majesco Entertainment[128] released in 2006. The first game’s single player was about a Wolf’s Dragoons[129] mercenary fight against The Word of Blake[130], and in multiplayer it was one of the first games to use the Xbox Live service.[131][132] The second game, MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf, featured a single player campaign that continued the first game’s story on a new planet and with an experimental Battle Armor[133]; it featured Xbox Live multiplayer much like the first game.[134][135] The DS game(MechAssault: Phantom War)’s single player was about an Inner Sphere[97] MechWarrior (Vallen Brice) quest to prevent the weaponization a malfunctioning interstellar communications node[136]; it was not as well received as the Xbox titles.[137][138]
A series of massively multiplayer online vehicle simulation games developed by Kesmai[139] that consisted of Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA for the GEnie gaming network that ran from 1992 to 1996[140]; Multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris for AOL and GameStorm that ran from 1996 to 2001[141]; and Multiplayer BattleTech 3025 that was in beta in 2001 before being canceled the same year.[142]
MechWarrior 3050 is a 1995 isometric action game for the SNES developed by Tiburon Entertainment[143] and published by Activision[78]. In the game the player takes the role of Clan Wolf[88] pilot during the Clan Invasion[56]. There is a Sega Genesis version developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Extreme Entertainment Group simply titled BattleTech.[144]
There have been many smaller fan made projects dating back to early 1990’s text based games (if not before).[145] One of the most notable currently active fan project is MegaMech: an online open source freeware version of the table top game using the Total Warfare[49] rules set along with many of the more advanced rules from Tactical Operations[146].[147]
MechWarrior Tactical Command is a 2012 real time strategy game for the iPad developed by Personae Studios.[148] It was set during the Clan Invasion[56].
MechWarrior Tactics is an free-to-play browser based turn-based tactics game based closely on the board game. It’s in development by Blue Lizard Games and Roadhouse Interactive and being published by Infinite Game Publishing. As of July 2013 it is in closed beta.[149]
In 1996 Wizards of the Coast[150] created the BattleTech Collectible Card Game for FASA. The game was designed by Richard Garfield[151], creator of Magic the Gathering (MTG), and featured game play similar to MTG. It went out of print in 2001.[152][153]
There have been over a hundred full-length, canonical, physically published novels[154] under the name of BattleTech and MechWarrior since the first novel, Decision at Thunder Rift[155], in 1986. The novels were initially published by FASA until 1991 when Roc Books[156] took over the publication.
One notable author is US science fiction and fantasy writer Michael A. Stackpole[157]. He wrote The Warrior Trilogy(1988-1989), the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy (1989-1991) , and eight other BattleTech/MechWarriors novels from 1992 to 2007.[158] In his novels mechs that had their nuclear fusion powered engines breach would frequently experience large and dramatic explosions; they did not do this in the board game. This mech explosion phenomenon became known as “stackpoling”[159]; optional rules for the table top game were released to recreate stackpoling along with MechWarrior 3 and 4 featuring Stackpoling.
One of the most infamous novel among fans is 1993’s Far Country by Peter Rice[160]. While alien life including sentient races are known to humanity in the BattleTech universe they are usually so far and separate from human held space they play no part[161]: Far Country is the only time a sentient alien race played a significant role in any novel. In the novel an elite military team is stranded on a planet in unknown space after a botched hyperspace jump; the planet is inhabited by a race of primitive bird-like aliens called the Tetatae. The Tetatae are one of the primary reasons The Word of Lowtax (a group of MechWarrior: Online players based out of the Something Awful forums) have adopted bird imagery and the battle cry of “SQUAWK!”.[162]
After a failed attempt to pitch a toy line to PlayMates FASA successfully managed to convince Tyco Toys[163] resulting in a 1994 toy line[164] and accompanying Saban Entertainment[165] produced animated series[30] that aired on Fox and in syndication. BattleTech: The Animated Series lasted for 14 episodes and told the story of MechWarrior and minor House Steiner[75] royal Adam Steiner[166] in his quest to liberate planet Somerset (or as the protagonist referred to it “MY HOMEPLANET!”) from Clan Jade Falcon[89]. The animated series is not considered canon but does exist in universe as a badly reviewed attempt at anti-Clan propaganda.[167]
The first BattleTech comic (and the only comic considered cannon) is 1986’s The Spider and the Wolf; this standalone comic was published by FASA and also served as an introduction to the BattleTech universe and as a scenario pack.[168]
From 1987 to 1889 Blackthorne Publishing, Inc.[169] put out a comic series consisting of six regular issues, two special issues, and two issues of a BattleForce comic.[170]
From 1994 to 1995 Malibu Comics Entertainment Inc.[171] published five issues of the Fallout series inspired by BattleTech; The Animated Series.[172]
BattleTechWiki (a.k.a. Sarna)[183] is a popular long running wiki started by Nicholas Jansma. It began as Slayer’s BattleTech page on GeoCities in 1996.[184]
There are BattleTech and MechWarrior presents on many popular gaming forums often with a clan of players attached to the particular forum. The name clan is already taken in the context of the BattleTech universe so they are more commonly referred to as mercenary corporations. Conversely there are smaller mercenary corps with forums.
Reddit has a Subreddit for BattleTech[185], MechWarrior[186], and MechWarrior: Online[187] along with the cReddit Mercenary Corporation[188][189].
Gamers out of the Something Awful forums[190][191] have formed The Word of Lowtax[162].
MWO players based out of the Penny Arcade forums[192] have formed the Oosik Irregulars[193].
As of August of 2013 there are over 9000 results for “BattleTech”[194] and over 8000 results for “MechWarrior”[195] on DeviantArt; although many of the works featured on the site are works that have appeared in official BattleTech products from the original artist.
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While the term “alpha strike” likely originated as a United States Navy carrier action from Vietnam War era where an aircraft carrier would send all available aircraft to strike a target leaving none for defense[173] BattleTech used the term to describe an attack were a battlemech would fire all its weapons usually generating large amounts of heat[174]. “Alpha strike” has been adopted by many other games for an all-out aggressive attack or strategy that leaves the unit, force, or player venerable; TV Tropes attributes the use of term as used in gaming to BattleTech.[175]
YouTube gaming commentator and reviewer (and known BattleTech/MechWarrior player[176]) John Bain (a.k.a. TotalBiscuit[177]) currently calls his early look video series “Alpha Strike”[178].
The Lyran Commonwealth[75] (dominated by the Steiner royal family) is an Inner Sphere Successor State[179] that is known for being wealthy, favoring larger mechs (because they can afford them due to the wealth), and has the in-universe reputation for incompetent commanders. These factor have lead players to joke a typical lance (a unit of four mechs)[180] employed for scouting and recon by Lyran forces is composed of four Atlases/Atlai (a 100 metric ton assault class mech[6] making it the heaviest and often slowest weight class typically available)[181] or of other configurations of four assault mechs. Scout Lances are typically composed of fast light and medium battlemechs, and the Lyrans manufacture and deploy the 25 metric ton light mech the Commando[182] (which may be refereed to as a Lyran Battle Armor[133]), but the assault dominated scout lance is the joke.
“Lyran Scout Lance” my also be refereed to as “Steiner Scout Lance”, “Lyran Recon Force”, “Steiner Recon Force”, and similar.
[1]BattleTech Official Site – Home Page
[2]BattleTech Wiki – List of Battle Tech products
[3]BattleTech Wiki – Battledroids
[4]Wikipedia – Jordan Weisman
[5]BattleTech Wiki – L. Ross Babcock III
[6]BattleTech Wiki – BattleMech
[7]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior (pilot)
[8]BattleTech Wiki – Combat Vehicle
[9]BattleTech Wiki – Conventional Fighter
[10]BattleTech Wiki – AeroSpace Fighter
[11]BattleTech Wiki – Infantry
[13]United States Patent and Trademark Office – Tradmark, US Serial Number 75652542
[14]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech, 2nd Edition
[15]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech, Third Edition
[16]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech Fourth Edition
[17]Gears Online – Japanese BattleTech
[18]Archive GeoCities Page – BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combate review by David “MacAttack-sama” McCulloc
[19]Wikipedia – Studio Nue
[20]BattleTech Wiki – BattleForce
[21]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTroops
[22]BattleTech Wiki – BattleSpace
[23]BattleTech Wiki – Merlin (BattleMech)
[24]Wikipedia – Super Dimension Fortress Macross
[25]Wikipedia – Artland (Company)
[26]Wikipedia – Tatsunoko Production
[27]Wikipedia – Fang of the Sun Dougram
[28]Wikipedia – Sunrise (company)
[29]Wikipedia – Crusher Joe
[30]That’s All I’ve Got To Say – Harmony Gold vs. BattleTech: The Second Coming? / Posted on 9-5-2009
[31]Wikipedia – Harmony Gold USA
[32]Wikipedia – Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
[33]Wikipedia – Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
[34]Wikipedia – Robotech Defenders
[35]Wikipedia – Super Dimension Century Orguss
[36]QQ Rage Quit Mercenary Corp – Now You See Me, and Now You Don’t: A Brief History of the Unseen / Posted on 6-29-2013
[39]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior: Dark Age
[40]Wikipedia – Fantasy Productions
[42]Catalyst Game Labs – About
[43]BattleTech Wiki – Category:Sourcebooks
[44]BattleTech Wiki – Category:Rule Books
[45]BattleTech Wiki – Category:Technical Readouts
[46]BattleTech Wiki – http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Category:Record_Sheets
[47]BattleTech Wiki – Category:Scenario Packs
[48]BattleTech Wiki – Technical Readout: Project Phoenix
[49]BattleTech Wiki – Total Warfare
[50]BattleTech Wiki – 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set
[51]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game
[52]BattleTech Offical Site – Succession Wars
[53]The Foundry on Blip – Mechwarrior: The BattleTech RPG First Edition / Posted on 10-23-2011
[54]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition
[55]The Foundry on Blip – Mechwarrior: The BattleTech RPG Second Edition / Posted on 11-17-2011
[56]BattleTech Offial Site – Clan Invasion
[57]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior, Third Edition
[58]BattleTech Wiki – Classic BattleTech RPG
[59]The Foundry on Blip – Mechwarrior: The BattleTech RPG Third Edition / Posted on 1-24-2012
[60]BattleTech Offical Site – Civil War
[61]BattleTech Wiki – A Time of War
[62]The Foundry on Blip – A Time of War: Fourth Edition Battletech the RPG / Posted on 1-31-2012
[63]BattleTech Offical Site – Jihad
[64]Wikipedia – BattleTech Centers
[65]Reviews Online – BattleTech Center / Posted on 5-1993
[66]Virtual World Entertainment – Virtual World Entertainment Tesla Sites
[67]Get In The Pods – Home Page
[69]Wikipedia – Westwood Studios
[71]Wikipedia – BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk’s Inception
[72]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks’ Inception
[73]Wikipedia – BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk’s Revenge
[74]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks’ Revenge
[75]BattleTech Wiki – Lyran Commonwealth
[76]BattleTech Wiki – Draconis Combine
[78]Wikipedia – Activision
[79]Wikipedia – MechWarrior (video game)
[80]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)
[81]Wikipedia (Japanese) – バトルテック
[82]MechWarrior Wiki – MechWarrior
[83]Wikipedia – Krome Studios Melbourne
[84]Wikipedia – MechWarrior (Super NES video game)
[85]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior (SNES)
[86]Wikipedia – MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
[87]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
[88]BattleTech Wiki – Clan Wolf
[89]BattleTech Wiki – Clan Jade Falcon
[89]BattleTech Wiki – Refusal War
[90]BattleTech Wiki – Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)
[91]BattleTech Wiki – Clan Ghost Bear
[92]BattleTech Wiki – Clan – Genetic Repositories
[93]Wikipedia – MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
[94]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
[95]Wikipedia – Zipper Interactive
[96]Wikipedia – MicroProse
[97]BattleTech Wiki – Inner Sphere
[98]BattleTech Wiki – Clan Smoke Jaguar
[99]Wikipedia – MechWarrior 3
[100]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior 3
[101]TV Tropes – MechWarrior – YMMV
[102]MechWarrior: Living Lengends Wiki – Legging
[103]Microsoft – Microsoft Acquires FASA Interactive / Posted on 1-7-1999
[104]Wikipedia – MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
[105]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
[106]Tsunami Visual Technologies – MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
[107]Wikipedia – MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
[108]BattleTech Wiki – MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
[109]BattleTech Offical Site – MechWarrior 4 Free Release Available! / Posted 4-30-2010
[110]Heavy Gear Assault Offical Page – Home Page
[111]MekTek Forums – Before posting on MechWarrior4 / Posted 1-22-2013
[112]MechWarrior: Living Legends Wiki – Mechwarrior: Living Legends
[113]MechWarrior: Living Legends Offical Site – Mechwarrior: Living Legends – Final Release; 0.7.0 / Posted on 1-16-2013
[114]Roberts Space Industreis – Meet Dan Tracy! / Posted on 3-23-2013
[115]IGN– MechWarrior Revealed / Posted in 7-8-2009
[116]GameSpot – MechWarrior Online stomping in 2012 / Posted on 10-31-2011
[117]PC Gamer – MechWarrior Online release date announced, open beta infographic will terrify engineers /Posted on 7-3-2013
[118]MechWarrior: Online Offical Forum – ALEXIGLESIAS
[119]DeviantArt – ~flyingdebris
[120]BattleTech Wiki – MechCommander (officer)
[121]Wikipedia – MechCommander
[122]BattleTech Wiki – MechCommander (Video Game)
[123]BattleTech Wiki – Capellan Confederation
[124]Wikipedia – MechCommander 2
[125]BattleTech Wiki – MechCommander 2
[126]Wikipedia – Day 1 Studios
[127]Wikipedia – Backbone Entertainment
[128]Wikipedia – Majesco Entertainment
[129]BattleTech Wiki – Wolf’s Dragoons
[130]BattleTech Wiki – Word of Blake
[131]Wikipedia – MechAssault
[132]BattleTech Wiki – MechAssault
[133]BattleTech Wiki – Battle Armor
[134]Wikipedia – MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
[135]BattleTech Wiki – MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
[136]BattleTech Wiki – Hyperpulse Generator
[137]Wikipedia – MechAssault: Phantom War
[138]BattleTech Wiki – MechAssault: Phantom War
[140]Wikipedia – Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA
[141]Wikipedia – Multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris
[142]Wikipedia – Multiplayer BattleTech 3025
[143]Wikipedia – EA Tiburon
[144]Wikipedia – MechWarrior 3050
[145]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech 3025 MUSE
[146]BattleTech Wiki – Tactical Operations
[147]MegaMek Offical Site – About
[148]MechWarrior Tactical Command Offical Site – About
[149]MechWarrior Tactics Offical Site – Home Page
[150]Wikipedia – Wizards of the Coast
[151]Wikipedia – Richard Garfield
[152]Wikipedia – BattleTech Collectible Card Game
[153]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech Trading Card Game
[154]BattleTech Wiki – List of BattleTech novels
[155]BattleTech Wiki – Decision at Thunder Rift
[157]Wikipedia – Michael A. Stackpole
[158]BattleTech Wiki – Category:Works by Michael A. Stackpole
[159]TV Topes – Every Car Is a Pinto
[160]BattleTech Wiki – Far Country
[161]BattleTech Wiki – Category:Alien species
[162]Unofficial MechWarrior Online Wiki – Word of Lowtax
[164]BattleTechTyco Toy Archive – Home Page
[165]Wikipedia – Saban Entertainment
[166]BattleTech Wiki – Adam Steiner
[167]BattleTech Wiki – BattleTech: The Animated Series
[168]BattleTech Wiki – The Spider and the Wolf
[169]Wikipedia – Blackthorne Publishing
[170]BattleTech Wiki – Blackthorne BattleTech (Comic series)
[171]Wikipedia – Malibu Comics
[172]BattleTech Wiki – Fallout (Comic series)
[173]Wikipedia – Alpha strike (United States Navy)
[174]BattleTech Wiki – Alpha strike
[175]TV Tropes – Alpha strike
[176]YouTube – MechWarrior: Tactics – TotalBiscuit vs AngryJoe – Part 1 / Posted on 7-9-2013
[177]YouTube – TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit
[178]YouTube – Alpha Strike : Infinite Crisis (formerly “An Early Look at”) / Posted on 7-6-2013
[179]BattleTech Wiki – Successor States
[180]BattleTech Wiki – Inner Sphere Military Structure – Lance
[181]BattleTech Wiki – Atlas (BattleMech)
[182]BattleTech Wiki – Commando
[183]BattleTech Wiki – Home Page
[184]Sound Cloud – NGNG Podcast 0062 / Posted on 4-17-2013
[185]Reddit – BattleTech SubReddit
[186]Reddit – MechWarrior SubReddit
[187]Reddit – MWO SubReddit
[188]Reddit – cReddit SubReddit
[189]cReddit Mercenary Corporation – Home Page
[190]Something Awful Fourms – Games
[191]Something Awful Fourms – Tradional Games
[192]Penny Arcade Forums Games and Technology – MechWarrior: Online thread
[193]Oosiks Irregulars – Home Page
[194]DeviantArt – “BattleTech” search
[195]DeviantArt – “MechWarrior” search
Cochlear Implant Activation Videos contain footage of deaf individuals having their hearing restored during the activation of a surgically implanted electronic device.
On January 5th, 2007, YouTuber Kwilinski uploaded a video of a six month old deaf child hearing for the first time following the activation of his cochlear implant device (shown below).
On July 16th, 2007, YouTuber Nikki Buck uploaded footage showing her cochlear implant activation (shown below, left), garnering more than 530,000 views and 670 comments. On April 14th, 2008, YouTuber beancounterbb uploaded a video an 8-month-old boy reacting to the sound of his mother’s voice after activating his hearing aid (shown below, right). In the next six years, the video received over 4.17 million views and 3,300 comments.
On July 7th, 2009, YouTuber jessiecijourney published a video showing her cochlear implant activation (shown below, left), which garnered more than 620,000 views in the first four years. On May 27th, 2010, beancounterbb’s YouTube video was posted to Reddit[2] where it received upwards of 8,700 up votes and 380 comments prior to being archived. On June 5th, 2010, YouTuber Eriskegal2008 posted footage of a young girl reacting to her cochlear implant being turned on (shown below, right). In the next three years, the video gained over 400,000 views and 100 comments.
On September 26th, 2011, YouTuber Sloan Churman uploaded a video of herself hearing for the first time at 29 years of age after turning on her hearing aid device (shown below, left), which accumulated upwards of 18.3 million views and 75,000 comments within the following two years. On May 31st, 2012, YouTuber ali manz published footage of a 2-year-old boy hearing his mother for the first time after a cochlear implant activation. In the first 14 months, the video gained over 1.75 million views and 3,300 comments.
On September 14th, Redditor daydreamingmama participated in an “ask me anything” thread in the IAmA[1] subreddit, in which she claimed to have received cochlear implants to restore her hearing and that the practice was shunned by some people in the deaf community.
Shitty Watercolour is the online handle for a United Kingdom-based painter who posts photographs of original watercolor paintings on the social news site Reddit. His work is often compared to illustrations by artist Quentin Blake, who he admits to drawing inspiration from.
The Shitty_Watercolour Reddit[1] account was created on February 15th, 2012, with his first submission featuring a watercolor painting of the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog (shown below).
Three days later, Shitty_Watercolour participated in a painting battle with the novelty account ShittierWatercolor, receiving thousands of karma points from up votes in the thread.[4] On February 21st, an interview with Shitty Watercolour was published on the Internet news site The Daily Dot,[3] in which he revealed he had been experimenting with watercolors since December of 2011. On March 24th, the Shitty Watercolour[8] Tumblr blog was launched, highlighting notable works by the artist.
On April 18th, 2012, Shitty Watercolour launched a YouTube channel showcasing painting videos. On August 5th, 2013, an instructional video was uploaded to the channel demonstrating how he improved his painting ability (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the video accumulated upwards of 92,000 views and 240 comments.
In May of 2012, Shitty Watercolour was banned by the moderator karmanaut from the “ask me anything” subreddit /r/IAmA for posting links to his personal website. On June 1st, The Daily Dot[6] published an article about the ban, which quoted Shitty Watercolour who claimed he had not profited from his Reddit account.
On July 9th, 2012, Redditor bigmur submitted a post to the /r/pics[7] subreddit thanking Shitty Watercolour for helping him propose to his fiance, which included a photo of the couple holding the painting (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained more than 5,100 up votes and 770 comments. On the following day, The Daily Dot[9] published an article about the post, which featured a slideshow of Shitty Watercolour’s paintings for the proposal (shown below, right).
On October 4th, 2012, Shitty Watercolour posted an announcement[5] that he would be doing customs paintings for 12 hours to raise money for the non-profit organization charity:water,[10] aiming to provide potable drinking water for people in developing countries.
[1]Reddit – Shitty_Watercolour
[2]Reddit – Sonic the Hedgehog
[3]The Daily Dot – He turns posts into paintings on Reddit
[4]Reddit – "My friends dad was flying out of Rome":He turns posts into paintings on Reddit
[5]Reddit – Charity draw starting now!
[6]The Daily Dot – Popular novelty account shitty_watercolour banned from Reddits IAmA
[7]Reddit – With a little help from shitty watercolour i got engaged
[8]Shitty Watercolour – Shitty Watercolour
[9]The Daily Dot – Reddits shitty watercolour helps couple get engaged
[10]Charity: Water – Charity Water
Esteban Winsmore is a Second Lifegriefer notorious for his tendencies to pester other players and trespass on their property, much like Ralph Pootawn.
On July 14th, 2010, YouTuber charliezzz uploaded a video titled “The Story of Esteban Winsmore (Episode One),” featuring gameplay footage of a character named Esteban annoying other players in the online virtual world Second Life (shown below). Within the first three years, the video gained over 125,000 views and 125 comments.
On April 24th, 2011, charliezzz released a sequel episode titled “The Story of Esteban Winsmore (Episode Two)” (shown below, left), receiving upwards of 190,000 views and 890 comments in the following two years. On February 11th, 2013, the /r/clubesteban[1] subreddit was created for Esteban Winsmore-related discussions, accumulating upwards of 5,100 subscribers in the following five months. On February 15th, charliezzz uploaded the third episode of the series, in which Winsmore tries to grief players in several locations throughout the Second Life universe (shown below, right). That same day, Redditor charlieso submitted the video to the /r/cringe[7]subreddit, accumulating more than 1,200 up votes and 270 comments in the next five months.
On March 1st, a Facebook[3] page titled “Esteban Winsmore” was launched. On March 26th, NeoGAF[2] member Drencrom submitted a thread linking to several Esteban Winsmore videos, to which other users responded by comparing the character to Ralph Pootawn. On March 20th, charliezzz uploaded the pilot episode of a new series titled “Esteban Winsmore’s Big Furry Adventure,” in which Winsmore interacts with furry players dressed in anthropomorphic animal avatars (shown below). The same day, the video was posted to the /r/cringe[8] subreddit by Redditor WildWildCat. In the first five months, the video received upwards of 160,000 views and the Reddit post garnered more than 1,100 up votes.
On April 18th, DeviantArtist[5] Elmatt0 uploaded a fan art inspired by the furry video, depicting Winsmore threatening an anthropomorphic wolf (shown below).
On June 10th, charliezzz uploaded a pilot episode for a series titled “The Home Invasions of Esteban Winsmore,” in which the Winsmore griefs players inside their private homes (shown below). The following day, the Internet news site BoingBoing[4] highlighted the video and it was submitted to the /r/cringe[6] subreddit, where it received over 2,600 up votes and 360 comments in the first two months.
Charliezzz has uploaded other griefing videos featuring the character Chargglez Firecaster, who attempts to annoy Second Life players in a similar vein to Winsmore.
[1]Reddit – /r/clubesteban
[2]NeoGAF – Esteban Winsmores adventures in Second Life
[3]Facebook – Esteban Winsmore
[4]BoingBoing – Second Life Home Invader
[5]DeviantArt – Esteban Winsmore
[6]Reddit – Second Life cringes with our favourite character Esteban
[7]Reddit – Esteban Winsmore returns to Second Life
[8]Reddit – Esteban Winsmore returns to Second Life furry cringe edition
(Work in Progress)
Welcome to Night Vale[1] is a bimonthly podcast produced by Commonplace Books that is set up like a community radio show with local news, advertisements and announcements for the fictional desert town of Night Vale. Created by former Something Awful writer Joseph Fink[2] and Jeffrey Cranor in 2012, the show gained a large following on social networks in the summer of 2013, resulting in it becoming the most downloaded podcast on iTunes in July 2013.
Welcome to Night Vale launched on June 15th, 2012 on iTunes[6] and Podbay.fm[7], narrated by New York City-based performer Cecil Baldwin.[3] The series begins when a scientist named Carlos and his team moves into the town to investigate strange and supernatural happenings within the desert town including the opening of a dog park that is populated with shrouded, hooded figures and a house that does not actually exist. In addition to the news, each episode features a song from an independent artist or band in place of the weather report as well as ambient music by Disparition.[19]
The podcast was noted for its unique storytelling as early as July 2012 in the comments of a Gizmodo Australia[8] article on podcast culture. Later that year, the podcast was featured on the Dallas Morning News[9] and the Welcome to Night Vale Wiki[10] launched in November. In February 2013, it was included on a list of must-download podcasts[11] by California NPR affiliate KQED. The following month, it was mentioned on an A.V. Club[12] podcast roundup. Also in March, one of the first live performances of Welcome to Night Vale (shown below) took place at the Rebel Girl humor event in New York City.
In April, the podcast was linked on MetaFilter[13], where it was compared to cult classic Twin Peaks and animated mystery series Gravity Falls. Between April and May, discussions about the series took place on the Principia Discordia forums[14], the Shadow Manor blog[15], Goodreads[16], the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast Forums[17] and the Maximum Fun forum.[18] In June and July, Welcome to Night Vale was mentioned on the Daily Dot[20], Creepypasta.com[24] the Artifice[21], Den of Geek![22] and The Geekiary.[23] Welcome to Night Vale also maintains official Facebook[4] and Twitter[5] accounts, with more than 16,000 fans and 37,000 followers respectively as of August 2013.
By the first anniversary of the series, in June 2013, Welcome to Night Vale episodes had been downloaded approximately 150,000 times. Following the first anniversary episode, the downloads increased to 150,000 in one week[25], attributed to a growing Tumblr fanbase. By July 15th, he series hit #2 on iTunes’ audio podcast chart[26], taking the #1 spot from NPR series This American Life the following week.[27]
The week of July 5th, 2013, the Welcome to Night Vale fandom exploded on Tumblr[25] with more than 20,000 posts, 183,000 blogs and 680,000 notes using the #Night Vale[28] tag.
[1]Commonplace Books – Welcome to Night Vale
[2]Something Awful – Joseph “Maxnmona” Fink
[3]Facebook – Cecil Baldwin
[4]Facebook – Welcome to Night Vale
[5]Twitter – @NightValeRadio
[6]iTunes – Welcome to Night Vale
[7]Podbay.fm – Welcome to Night Vale
[8]Gizmodo Australia – I’ve just picked up this amazing podcast called welcome to night vale
[9]Dallas Morning News – Welcome to Night Vale: Eerie, witty podcast has Texas ties
[10]Welcome to Night Vale Wiki – Home
[11]KQED Pop – 6 Podcasts You Really Should Be Listening To
[12]A.V. Club – Dick Van Dyke continues WTF’s “comedy legends” streak and Dane Cook makes it weird
[13]MetaFilter – Welcome to Night Vale: Vigilant Citizen article coming soon?
[14]Principia Discordia – Thing Listen To: Welcome to Night Vale
[15]Shadow Manor – Welcome to Night Vale
[16]Goodreads – Melissa Dominic: Studio: Packing My Bags and Moving to Night Vale!
[17]H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast Forums – Welcome to Night Vale
[18]MaxFun Forum – Welcome to Night Vale
[19]Disparition – Welcome to Night Vale
[20]the Daily Dot – “Welcome to Night Vale,” where David Lynch meets “The Twilight Zone”
[21]The Artifice – 10 Reasons to Listen to Welcome to Night Vale
[22]Den of Geek! – Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor on Welcome To Night Vale
[23]The Geekiary – THE“WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE” PANDEMIC
[24]Creepypasta.com – Welcome to Night Vale
[25]The Awl – America’s Most Popular Podcast: What The Internet Did To “Welcome to Night Vale”
[26]Dallas News – ‘Night Vale’ podcast with Texas ties closes in on ‘This American Life’ on iTunes
[27]PolicyMic – Why ‘Welcome To Night Vale’ is America’s Most Popular Podcast
[28]Tumblr – Posts tagged #night vale
Crazy Rhubarb Lady is the nickname given to a woman who rose to viral fame for her hostile, foul-mouthed rant after being confronted about stealing a neighbor’s rhubarb in a town in Iowa. A recording of the confrontation began circulating on the Internet after it was uploaded to YouTube in July of 2013.
On July 5th, 2013, YouTuber rhubarblady uploaded a video in which two people are shown confronting a woman who is stealing rhubarb on their property (shown below). Upon being questioned, the angry woman begins to aggressively insult the property owner by calling her a “bitch” and claims the rhubarb is available to the public. The original video has since been removed.
Rhubarb Lady: You Pinocchio fuckin’ nose -- go mind your own business!
Fence Lady: Why don’t you?
Rhubarb Lady: Why don’t you?
Fence Lady: Why don’t you grow your own?
Rhubarb Lady: This is not your fucking property, go somewhere else!
Fence Lady: [Something something] my property …
Rhubarb Lady: Fuck you! Go mind your own business!
Fence Lady: NoooOOOO. You just don’t know what’s right and wrong, do you?
Rhubarb Lady: You’re a fucking whore!
Fence Lady: You like to steal.
Rhubarb Lady: You stick your nose in everybody’s fucking business -- this is goddamn alley property, bitch!
Fence Lady: No, it’s not!
Rhubarb Lady: This don’t have your name on it. Where’s your name, bitch? Where’s your name, bitch? Where your name?
Fence Lady: Where’s my name?
Rhubarb Lady: Where’s your fucking name on this alley property, bitch?
Fence Lady: Where’s yours?
Rhubarb Lady: This is anybody that wants to pick it!
Fence Lady: No, it’s not!
Rhubarb Lady: Yes, it is.
Fence Lady: Okay, if it’s anybody’s property, why don’t you come up here and mow it?
Rhubarb Lady: Because my lawnmower was stolen, bitch, by a fucking pig!
Fence Lady: Oh, yeah, right.
Rhubarb Lady: Yeah, you know the Iranian pigs around here that don’t steal? That’s who it was stolen by, bitch.
Fence Lady: So that’s why you’re so mad and you steal from everybody else.
Rhubarb Lady: Oh, I asked, bitch. I asked three fucking places. They don’t answer their fucking doors!
Fence Lady: Did you ever ask my mom who--
Rhubarb Lady: This isn’t hers!
Fence Lady: Yes, it is.
Rhubarb Lady: Go to hell!
Fence Lady: No! You!
Rhubarb Lady: You don’t know how to cook anyway, so--
Fence Lady: Oh, are you videotaping?
Generally Quiet Camera Person: I’m videotaping.
Fence Lady: Oh, wow, we’re videotaping. You’re on video!
Rhubarb Lady: I don’t give a shit; this isn’t yours.
Fence Lady: Yes, it is!
Rhubarb Lady: You don’t prove that yours.
Fence Lady: Oh, yeah, I will!
Rhubarb Lady: Alley property, bitch.
Fence Lady: No, it’s not!
Rhubarb Lady: Yes, it is.
Fence Lady: No, it’s not!
Rhubarb Lady: Yes, it is.
Fence Lady: You know where the alley is?
Rhubarb Lady: Yeah, it’s right here.
Fence Lady: Yeah, that’s--
Rhubarb Lady: Your fence is there, bitch! Go mind your own business!
Fence Lady: Ooohh no, uh-uh.
Rhubarb Lady: Ugh, ugh ugh ugh. Mind your own fucking business; your fince not out here.
Fence Lady: My what’s not out here?
Rhubarb Lady: Your fence isn’t out here; mind your own business!
Fence Lady: This fence was put in here--
Rhubarb Lady: I don’t care. This isn’t your property, bitch! You wanna claim this and that house over there. This isn’t your property!
Fence Lady: Um, um, can I ask you something?
Rhubarb Lady: Bug off.
Fence Lady: Can I ask you something? See that, see that fenced-in area up there that has all the wood?
Rhubarb Lady: I haven’t been in that. And I don’t know what’s in it, and I could care less. This is not your property!
Fence Lady: No, no no. You see where that fence line is? That is--
Rhubarb Lady: I could care less.
Fence Lady: That’s inside of this rhubarb.
Rhubarb Lady: No, it doesn’t!
Fence Lady: Yes, it does!
Rhubarb Lady: This is alley property.
Fence Lady: No! No, it’s not!
Rhubarb Lady: Don’t try to claim everything in this alley -- it’s not yours!
Fence Lady: NooOOO!
Rhubarb Lady: Go back inside!
Fence Lady: NooOOO!
Rhubarb Lady: This doesn’t bother you a bit. You got all that over there, so don’t fucking try to copy -- you try to claim everything!
Fence Lady: You like to steal from people--
Rhubarb Lady: This isn’t called stealing!
Fence Lady: Yeah, it is!
Rhubarb Lady: Anybody could take, anything from take anything from [unintelligible].
Generally Quiet Camera Person: Oh, they’re comin’!
Rhubarb Lady: Go back inside!
Fence Lady: NooOOO!
Rhubarb Lady: You’re a fucking troublemaker.
Fence Lady: No, I’m not. You’re the one who’s causing all the problems.
Rhubarb Lady: Yeah, you are. You came out here first -- go back inside.
Fence Lady: Oh no, you were out here first.
Rhubarb Lady: You’re a troublemaker.
Fence Lady: Stealing from my mom!
Rhubarb Lady: I’m not stealing! You call ‘em bitch! You call ’em!
Fence Lady: Sweetheart …
Rhubarb Lady: Call ’em! Don’t call me sweetheart, honeybun. What are you, a fucking lezzie?
Fence Lady: Sweetheart.
Rhubarb Lady: Stay out of my business!
Fence Lady: Sweetheart.
Rhubarb Lady: Honeybuuun! Go back inside, bitch! Go back inside, whore!
Fence Lady: Sweetheart, the police are coming.
Rhubarb Lady: Go right ahead, I ain’t scared of them. I got relations in, er, police. Go back inside.
Fence Lady: NooOOO!
Rhubarb Lady: Go back inside!
Fence Lady: You oughta know right from wrong.
Rhubarb Lady: Fuck you. Go back inside.
Fence Lady: NooOOO! I’m outside!
Rhubarb Lady: Troublemaking whore!
Fence Lady: Yeaaah!
Rhubarb Lady: Go back inside, have some coffee, you’re drunk as a skunk.
Generally Quiet Camera Person: Oh, my God. Oh, that’s funny.
Fence Lady: Oh yeaaah!
Rhubarb Lady: I wasn’t out here causing fucking trouble.
Generally Quiet Camera Person: She don’t even fucking drink, lady.
Rhubarb Lady: Oh, yeah? That’s why you’re out here causing fucking trouble.
Generally Quiet Camera Person: Dude, I was the first one out the fuckin’ door, so shut your goddamn mouth!
Rhubarb Lady: You shut your goddamn mouth! Why don’t you go back in there and lose some weight, you big fat ass! You don’t own this property!
Generally Quiet Camera Person: Why don’t you get a job?
Rhubarb Lady: Fuck you.
Fence Lady: Ooooh.
Generally Quiet Camera Person: Bitch, touch me.
Rhubarb Lady: I will, you fat ass!
Generally Quiet Camera Person: And then I’ll press charges--
Rhubarb Lady: You fat ass! You don’t own this shit.
Generally Quiet Camera Person: --on your goddamn ass.
Fence Lady?: Give me a photo -- that way we have proof.
Rhubarb Lady: You go right ahead. You don’t own this shit.
Fence Lady: Oh, look, we have an audience watching this now!
Rhubarb Lady: Go right ahead!
Fence Lady: No, look! They’re down across the street!
Rhubarb Lady: You’ve given me fucking trouble before, bitch!
Rhubarb Lady: You don’t own this shit!
Fence Lady: Neither do you!
Rhubarb Lady: [Talking to herself.] All she does is try to cause trouble for any neighbor she sees. You go right ahead, bitch.
Generally Quiet Camera Person: Well, something needs to be done, because this is retarded. She tried to fuckin’ hit me. Now she’s leaving! Awesome!
Unclear: Follow her and find out where she lives.
Rhubarb Lady: Go right ahead, ‘cuz you’re not coming in there. Think you’re fucking big time?
Transcript via NY Mag.[6]
On July 31st, 2013, Redditor burnout posted the video to the /r/videos[2] subreddit, where it gained over 13,000 up votes and 4,100 comments in the first week. The same day, the video was highlighted on the news site Gawker[3] as well as the Internet news blog UpRoxx,[4] which compared the rhubarb lady to the character Roz from the 2001 animated film Monsters Inc. On August 1st, YouTuber Amy Davy uploaded a video satirically defending the rhubarb lady as if she were her attorney (shown below, left). The same day, YouTuber Michael Subia uploaded an edited video juxtaposing the rhubarb lady footage with a phone conversation from the 1994 dark comedy film Serial Mom (shown below, right).
On August 6th, the TeamCoco YouTube channel uploaded a clip from the late night show Conan in which host Conan O’Brien confronts his cohost Andy Richter who is dressed as the rhubarb lady (shown below, left). On the same day, Redditor dilchip21 submitted the Conan video the /r/videos[5] subreddit, where it accumulated upwards of 2,700 up votes and 140 comments in the next 24 hours. Also on August 6th, YouTuber RayWilliamJohnson uploaded a video mocking the rhubarb lady (shown below, right).
Dragon’s Crown is a 2D fantasy arcade-action RPG video game, developed by Vanillaware and published by Atlus for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. Due to it’s unique artstyle, the game has become very popular in 4chan’s /v/ (Video Games) board.
Dragon’s Crown has been a subject of multiple controversies and discussions surrounding its artstyle and over-sexualization of female characters, primarily the Sorceress and, to a lesser degree, the Amazon.
In April 12th 2013, Jason Schreier of Kotaku wrote a post[5] about the game’s Sorceress. Due to her appearance, the character was described as “designed by a 14-year-old boy”.
In April 23rd, Dragon’s Crown artist George Kamitani wrote a Facebook post to Jason, featuring three happy naked bearded men, saying that if he (Schreier) wasn’t pleased with the appearance of neither the Sorceress, nor the Amazon, the art of the direction he likes was prepared.
Schreier responded[6] to the post, interpreting it as a homophobic jab at him, though it was a light-hearted joke about him not liking the artstyle of game’s women. Scheier later apologized his rashness and apologized for calling Kamitani a 14 year old.
Bones Messages are messages from a pile of bones in Dragon’s Crown. There are sometimes meme related quotes like Arrow To The Knee and I Have The Weirdest Bone when you’re about to pick up the pile of bones.
Amazon and Sorceress are playable female characters in Dragon’s Crown. They are very well known with the Amazon’s voluptuous, scantily clad, muscled, large thighed body, and the Sorceress’ very large, curvy, jiggling breasts.
[1]Atlus – Dragon’s Crown Official Website
[2]Google – Dragon’s Crown
[3]Google Images – Dragon’s Crown
[4]4chan – Dragon’s Crown General
[5]Kotaku – Game Developers Really Need To Stop Letting Teenage Boys Design Their Characters
[6]Kotaku – The Real Problem With That Controversial, Sexy Video Game Sorceress
Chabelo is a very popular character in Mexico.
He got the same tv show since 1975,
we think he is inmortal . My grandfather saw his TV show too
In 2012’s Teleton TV Show, some staff members introduce Chabelos line up, but he can heard it , and appears on this image.
a lot of memes are made with this pic
The game called Realm of the Mad God, or formally know as RotMG. While beta began in January 2010, Realm of the Mad God was officially released June 30th, 2011 by Wild Shadow Studios. Calling itself a “Co-Op Fantasy MMO Shooter,” the game has done an above-adequate job at classifying itself. Thrust into a world where death is uncommonly unforgiving, the Mad God, Oryx, has intended you to be food for his minions. You must cooperate with other players to battle his minions, defeat guardians, and eventually confront and defeat Oryx himself. Offered through a self-titled website, Steam, and the Google Chrome Web Store, Realm of the Mad God is a top-down shooter, very reminiscent of bullet-hell type games where dodging incoming enemy fire is just as important as dealing out damage. But then in June 2012, Kabam bought out the game and they made the game really hard for some people, and pay 2 win.
Getting out of history, the community is sometimes very friendly. There are a lot of people with experience, but sadly there are a lot of greedy people out there and there’s a group of trolls. There are still some newbs in the game, but it’s easy to ignore them. A lot of the famous people for example Kalle and Henez who make videos on YouTube get followed around every time they’re playing the game. And there are prices for items as you would suspect in this type of game. There are memes and funny images around, they even had a RotMG GIF themed contest. A lot of you have played RotMG and have been addicted to it, and that’s alright.
Gameplay wise, all you basically do is shoot your way to level 20 and then max every stat for example defense, attack, dexterity, etc to a certain number using potions that give you a 1 stat boost till you max. Do not worry, it’s not that hard to be a pro. But unfortunately, Kabam is putting the best tiered items you can get in the Nexus, the only safe place in the game. The items in the game are tiered. The normal items go from T0 to T12 for weapons, and then T1 to T13 for armor, T1 to T5 for rings, and T0 to T6 in abilities. But there are other items that are extremely rare called UT which means Untiered.
We do not have a lot of information on updates yet, but we will be researching! :3
Black Twitter is an online social movement made of people of African descent using the microblogging and social networking site Twitter.
The earliest known use of the term “Black Twitter” was in the title of an article titled “Black Twitter: A Starter Kit,” which was published on the African American culture online magazine The Root[3] on February 4th, 2010. The article contained useful tips for using Twitter, arguing that the black community is a “powerful force” on the microblogging site.
Brown Twitter Bird is a cartoon character and Twitter hashtag inspired by a controversial Slate article published on August 10th, 2010. The article featured an illustration of a Twitter bird with brown feather and a blue baseball cap with a hashtag printed on it (shown below, left), which many regarded as stereotypical and offensive. In response, many Twitter users made parody versions of the image, dressing the bird in a variety of different costumes (shown below, middle, right).
On January 18th, 2011, The Root[6] published an article titled “Black Twitter: Trending Topics Paint the Wrong Picture,” reporting that black black people make up 25% of all Twitter users. On December 13th, the African American news site News One[5] published a “Black Twitter History” inforgraphic (shown below).
In March of 2012, writer Kimberly Ellis (a.k.a. “Dr. Goddess”) held a presentation at the South by Southwest (SXSW)[7] conference in Austin, Texas titled “The Bombastic Brilliance of ‘Black Twitter’.” On December 20th, the men’s interest blog Complex[8] published an article about negative misconceptions associated with Black Twitter. On February 18th, 2013, the black men’s interest blog Single Black Male[4] published an article about the different types of Black Twitter users. On May 31st, the viral content site BuzzFeed[2] published a list titled “8 Things You’ll Find on Black Twitter,” which provided examples of tweets from Black Twitter. On the same day, The Huffington Post Live aired a segment on Black Twitter (shown below).
On July 16th, BuzzFeed[1] published an article about the role Black Twitter played in killing the book deal for one of the jurors in George Zimmerman‘s trial. On the following day, CNN aired a segment on "The Influence of ’Black Twitter’," citing its involvement in the Trayvon Martin trial (shown below).
On August 7th, 2013, Ebony Magazine posted a tweet[9] mocking rumors that Tea Party activists would be boycotting the magazine for their September cover dedicated to the memory of Trayvon Martin (shown below). The same day, News One[10] reported that jokes about the rumored boycott subsequently circulated on the microblogging site under the hashtag “#WhitePeopleBoycottingEBONY.”[11]
[1]BuzzFeed – The Secret of Black Twitter
[2]BuzzFeed – 8 Things You’ll Find On Black Twitter
[3]The Root – Black Twitter – A Starter Kit
[4]Single Black Male – Mean Girls – The Many Factions of Black Twitter
[5]News One – Black Twitter History Infographic
[6]The Root – Black Twitter – Trending Topics Paint Wrong Picture
[7]SXSW– The Bombastic Brilliance of Black Twitter
[8]Complex – The Miseducation of Black Twitter
[10]News One – #WhitePeopleBoycottingEBONY Takes Over Black Twitte
[11]Twitter – #WhitePeopleBoycottingEBONY
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Aubrey Plaza is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as April Ludgate in the NBC sitcom series Parks and Recreation. Since rising to mainstream recognition, Plaza has garnered an online following for her deadpan comedy and awkward mannerisms in interviews.
Pop It, Don’t Drop It is a fan-made taunt gesture which can performed by the Medic character in the first-person shooter video game Team Fortress 2 (TF2).
On July 27th, 2013, YouTuber anangrysockpuppet uploaded a video titled “Team Service Announcement: ‘Pop it, Don’t Drop it’” in which the Medic is shown giving the middle finger and dancing to TrendieMan’s “One More Time, I’m Back with a New Rhyme,” after evading the enemy’s abush by using the ÜberCharge (shown below). In the first three weeks, the video gained over 200,000 views and 1,300 comments.
On the following day, Steam Forums[2] user Beanos posted anangrysockpuppet’s video to the Team Fortress 2 sub forum. Shortly after, Redditor Krunkidile submitted the video to the /r/tf2[3] subreddit, where it received more than 1,700 up votes and 100 comments in the next 15 days. Also on July 28th, 2013, two shirts with the phrase “Pop it Don’t Drop it” printed on the front were added to online retailer District Lines[5] (shown below).
On July 29th, YouTuber crazyhalo uploaded footage of a custom taunt modeled after the “Pop it, Don’t Drop it” video (shown below, left), which linked to the animation file at the mod site TF2 Banana.[1] On the same day, Redditor Porkwich submitted the mod video to the /r/tf2[4] subreddit, where it accumulated upwards of 970 up votes and 110 comments in the following two weeks. On July 30th, crazyhalo uploaded a second video demonstrating the custom taunt (shown below, right).
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[1]TF2 Banana – Pop it dont drop it dance mod animation
[2]Steam Community – Team Service Announcement
[3]Reddit – Team Service Announcement
[4]Reddit – Meet the medic taunt replacement
