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| − | * | + | * Mmmmm but [http://dev.dota2.com/archive/index.php/t-115698.html What Does AMENO Meano?] |
| − | * | + | * Look at the symbol like a chinese language glyph, its an emoticon not a word. I would guess it symbolizes an infantile wanting to be held by a parent. It bears particular resemblance to "Kirby" a Nintendo IP. Making a huge logical leap I believe the effect is that Diretide is being postured as infantile to Dota 2, while HoTS is being compared directly to Diretide. HoTS adds structural elements of the Nintendo IP 'Kid Icarus' to the DOTA genre, therefore HoTS is being compared to Diretide in relation to DOTA 2give diretide had nothing to do with HotS. |
| − | * | + | * It started with the playerbase uproar about the discontinuation of Diretide this year. From knowyourmeme.com: "On November 3rd, user down_limit released skin for Io (Dota hero) called “GIVE DIRETIDE TO IO”." [http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/637/275/7a2.png Then This] |
| − | * | + | * Warriors [https://www.reddit.com/r/warriors/comments/4lgjo5/%E3%81%A4_%E3%81%A4_warriors_take_my_energy_%E3%81%A4_%E3%81%A4/ Take My Energy! Multi-Ameno-Posting] |
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Revision as of 16:44, 20 January 2017
This ASCII Thing
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
What is
This is AMENO.
In 1996, Era released their eponymous debut album, which included the song “Ameno”.
In early 2014, the song was popularized on Twitch by streamer Noxious, who would repeatedly play the song during while playing the game Hearthstone, with the viewers spamming the emoticon “༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つAMENO༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ”.
Spread
On May 6th, 2014, the /r/Ameno[1] subreddit was launched. On May 8th, engineer Adam Bronte published a post on his personal blog Brontesaurus, which listed the Ameno emoticon as the 48th “most shared message” on Twitch.
On May 19th, Redditor jumpinjahosafa submitted a post to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[4] subreddit asking about the “Ameno” spam on Twitch.
On July 18th, the SeriousGaming Twitch channel posted a video of streamer Chair Vic singing “Ameno.”
On July 29th, YouTuber greennin uploaded a mashup of “Ameno” with the song “Sandstorm” by Darude.
On March 9th, 2015, SoundCloud user DankMemes420Boner posted a Thomas the Tank Engine remix featuring “Ameno” (
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽ Raise your Amenos ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽
- Mmmmm but What Does AMENO Meano?
- Look at the symbol like a chinese language glyph, its an emoticon not a word. I would guess it symbolizes an infantile wanting to be held by a parent. It bears particular resemblance to "Kirby" a Nintendo IP. Making a huge logical leap I believe the effect is that Diretide is being postured as infantile to Dota 2, while HoTS is being compared directly to Diretide. HoTS adds structural elements of the Nintendo IP 'Kid Icarus' to the DOTA genre, therefore HoTS is being compared to Diretide in relation to DOTA 2give diretide had nothing to do with HotS.
- It started with the playerbase uproar about the discontinuation of Diretide this year. From knowyourmeme.com: "On November 3rd, user down_limit released skin for Io (Dota hero) called “GIVE DIRETIDE TO IO”." Then This
- Warriors Take My Energy! Multi-Ameno-Posting
