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TORONTOTOKYO’s “ez game” at TI10
The “ez game” Team Spirit’s TORONTOTOKYO typed in all chat while knocking two-time champions OG out of The International 10 in 2021.
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FIRED: Gabe Newell and 2GD
Valve dropped host James “2GD” Harding from the 2016 Shanghai Major, and Gabe Newell wrote “James is an ass.” Chat has typed FIRED ever since.
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MMR is just a number: Dendi’s Dota 2 meme
“MMR is just a number” is a Dota 2 phrase attributed to Dendi of Na’Vi, now used sarcastically to mock rating-obsessed players.
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Puppey’s “Stay down” to OG at TI10
Team Secret captain Puppey’s two-word advice to OG after sending them to the lower bracket at The International 10 in 2021: “Stay down.”
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Volvo give Diretide: the 2013 Halloween uproar
In 2013 Valve skipped Dota 2's Diretide event, fans flooded the internet with “Volvo giff Diretide,” and even Volvo Cars replied on Twitter.
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Faceless Void chronoing his own team
A Dota 2 joke about Faceless Void trapping his own allies in Chronosphere, which freezes every unit in its radius except Void himself.
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"That's it, the ship, all into ArtStyle" (V1lat)
A shout by caster V1lat during a DTS vs EnRo-Griffins DotA Allstars match that became a copypasta for a team falling apart.
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Izi katka: the Russian "gg ez" of Dota
Izi katka ("easy game") is a post-match taunt in Russian Dota that shrank to "ez" and merged with the international "gg ez."
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“Buy wards” and “We need wards” in Dota 2
The eternal Dota 2 chat request “We need wards” and the stereotype of the poor position 5 support who buys and places them.
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"Buy the chicken": Dota supports and the courier
"Kupi kuru" ("buy the chicken") was Russian Dota's nudge to make the support buy the courier and wards, until patch 7.23 in 2019.
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Lost, BKB! — the TI2 moment known as “The Play”
A Russian caster's shout from The International 2012, when LighTofHeaveN timed Black King Bar perfectly and Na'Vi wiped Invictus Gaming.
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Mid or feed: the Dota 2 pub ultimatum
“Mid or feed” is a MOBA pub ultimatum: give me the middle lane or I'll die on purpose. Its author is unknown; it dates back to early Dota pubs.
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Ocherednyara: Papich's word for "just another random"
Ocherednyara is a dismissive Russian Dota word for a forgettable "just another" player, linked to streamer Papich and spread around 2015.
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“Does it pierce BKB?” in Dota 2
Which Dota 2 abilities go through Black King Bar? An eternal player question that patch 7.33 made even more confusing.
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THD: Twin Head Dragon or “Tidehunter Damage”
THD was the old DotA nickname for Jakiro, Twin Head Dragon. On Russian Dota 2 broadcasts it was reborn as the joke “Tidehunter Damage.”
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Removed for pressing ceremonial reasons
In 2013 Valve pulled Skeleton King from Dota 2 “for pressing ceremonial reasons” and brought him back as Wraith King. The line became a meme template.
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Feeder and the Furion feed: Dota's protest deaths
Feeding means dying to enemy heroes and handing them gold. On iCCup in the original Dota it had a ritual form: Furion dying at the enemy fountain.
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Öbnulis
“Öбнулись” is an inscription with two dots over the first letter, printed on the T-shirt that Moscow City Duma deputy Daria Besedina wore when she took the rostrum on March 12, 202
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“Heads Are Smoking, Girlfriends Are Missing Out”
A line from a song by rapper Eldzhey that became a caption for photos of people smoking. In 2025 it had a second life thanks to a viral TikTok of a young woman opening her mouth wi
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Actually, I'm an Entrepreneur
A man at a desk in a modern office confesses, "Actually, I'm an entrepreneur." The joke is the sharp pivot from a modest or dubious activity to an important-sounding status, when t
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This Is an Avengers-Level Threat
The caption “This is an Avengers-level threat” sits on a frame showing a bearded man in a flight helmet against a bright glare. The phrase parodies grandiose assessments of danger
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Too Late Now, You Should Have Asked Sooner
A bearded man in a black wig with bangs smiles, arms folded across his chest. His words from the sketch “Too late now, you should have asked sooner” have become a universal reply t
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Why Do You Think I Came All This Way?
The phrase “Why do you think I came all this way?” is Bran Stark's reply in the finale of “Game of Thrones,” when Tyrion proposes making him king. The meme rests on the contrast be
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But I Value X More Than Y
A template where a character declares one unexpected thing more important than another. The humor comes from the clash between the expected value and a personal attachment, and the
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