ROFLcopter

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2008-12-12T20:13:27Z

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> <head> <meta content='text/html; utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <meta name='keywords' content='ASCII' /> <title>ROFLcopter | Know Your Meme</title> <link href='http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/stylesheets/mobile.css?1264901130' media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <script src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery-ui.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jrails.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.timeago.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/application.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body id='mobile'> <div id='container'> <div class='c' id='content'> <div class='block c' id='entry_titlebar'> <div class='left'> <div class='c' id='entry_photo'><img alt="" class="thumbnail left" src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/23/thumb/roflcopter-2.jpg?1229112806" title="ROFLcopter" /></div> <dl id='entry_details'> <dt>Status</dt> <dd>Confirmed, Researching</dd> <dt>Origin</dt> <dd><em>Unknown</em></dd> <dt>Year</dt> <dd><em>Unknown</em></dd> </dl> </div> <div class='right'> <h1>ROFLcopter</h1> <p class='desc'> According to Urbandictionary.com, the term ROFLCOPTER originated in the Warcraft III forums nvented by a Blizzard moderator on the Warcraft III forum.…</p> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <div class="block"><h1>About</h1> <p>According to Urbandictionary.com, the term <span class="caps">ROFLCOPTER</span> originated in the Warcraft <span class="caps">III</span> forums<br /> <blockquote><br /> nvented by a Blizzard moderator on the Warcraft <span class="caps">III</span> forum. There is always much whining going on on those official forums, much sucking up to moderators and an awful lot of ‘<span class="caps">BLUE</span>!!! <span class="caps">PLZ</span> <span class="caps">REPLY</span>!!!1one’ (Blue = color of moderator posts), so when a mod posts something, you can bet there’ll be thousands of people jumping on it, if only to spam ‘<span class="caps">BLUE</span> <span class="caps">FIX</span> <span class="caps">GARGZ</span> <span class="caps">PLZZZZ</span>’ or ‘first reply woooot!’ after it in the vain hope that the mod will read it and react.</p> <p>So when one invented this new buzzword, it was grabbed and squeezed out and spread like a virus across all of the Blizzard forums and from there over the internet.</p> </blockquote> <p>Roflcopter.com was created on March 30th, 2004, featuring nothing more than an animated <span class="caps">GIF</span> of an <span class="caps">ASCII</span> Helicopter. (See: <a href=http://web.archive.org/web/20040507031011/http://www.roflcopter.com/>roflcopter.com archived May 7th, 2004</a>)</p> <p><a href=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roflcopter>Wiktionary</a> credits Roflcopter.com with popularising the term, but points out that it may have been used as early as 2003.</p> <h1>Y.T.M.N.D.</h1> <p>The first ROFLcopter <span class="caps">YTMND</span> was created by <a href=http://ytmnd.com/users/xeonshockwave/>xeonshockwave</a> on May 1st, 2004 and has been viewed over 14,000 times.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://roflcopter.ytmnd.com/"><span class="caps">ROFL</span> <span class="caps">COPTER</span> <span class="caps">ROFL</span>!!!</a></li> </ul> <p>The most viewed and highest-rated ROFLcopter <span class="caps">YTMND</span> was created by <a href=http://ytmnd.com/users/Chyort/>Chyort</a> on July 8th, 2006 and has been viewed 173,052 times.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://roflcopterfinal.ytmnd.com/"> RoflCopter Takeoff Final</a></li> </ul> <p>As of February, 2010, there have been a total of 143 ROFLcopter YTMNds created.</p> <ul> <li><a href=http://ytmnd.com/search?q=roflcopter&o=|7|all|SC|D|0|>Click here</a> to see the most up to date <span class="caps">YTMND</span> search results for ROFLcopter.</li> </ul> <h1>Youtube</h1> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/boh92DrYEWs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/boh92DrYEWs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mDMPSjodfpc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mDMPSjodfpc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuQSaUVgTxc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuQSaUVgTxc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> </div><div class="block"><h1>Google Insights</h1> <p class="ta_c">Chart unavailable on iPhone.</p><p>Searches for RoflCopter begin to show up in March of 2004. 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ROFLcopter <h2>About</h2> <p>According to Urbandictionary.com, the term <span class="caps">ROFLCOPTER</span> originated in the Warcraft <span class="caps">III</span> forums<br /> <blockquote><br /> nvented by a Blizzard moderator on the Warcraft <span class="caps">III</span> forum. There is always much whining going on on those official forums, much sucking up to moderators and an awful lot of ‘<span class="caps">BLUE</span>!!! <span class="caps">PLZ</span> <span class="caps">REPLY</span>!!!1one’ (Blue = color of moderator posts), so when a mod posts something, you can bet there’ll be thousands of people jumping on it, if only to spam ‘<span class="caps">BLUE</span> <span class="caps">FIX</span> <span class="caps">GARGZ</span> <span class="caps">PLZZZZ</span>’ or ‘first reply woooot!’ after it in the vain hope that the mod will read it and react.</p> <p>So when one invented this new buzzword, it was grabbed and squeezed out and spread like a virus across all of the Blizzard forums and from there over the internet.</p> </blockquote> <p>Roflcopter.com was created on March 30th, 2004, featuring nothing more than an animated <span class="caps">GIF</span> of an <span class="caps">ASCII</span> Helicopter. (See: <a href=http://web.archive.org/web/20040507031011/http://www.roflcopter.com/>roflcopter.com archived May 7th, 2004</a>)</p> <p><a href=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roflcopter>Wiktionary</a> credits Roflcopter.com with popularising the term, but points out that it may have been used as early as 2003.</p> <h2>Y.T.M.N.D.</h2> <p>The first ROFLcopter <span class="caps">YTMND</span> was created by <a href=http://ytmnd.com/users/xeonshockwave/>xeonshockwave</a> on May 1st, 2004 and has been viewed over 14,000 times.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://roflcopter.ytmnd.com/"><span class="caps">ROFL</span> <span class="caps">COPTER</span> <span class="caps">ROFL</span>!!!</a></li> </ul> <p>The most viewed and highest-rated ROFLcopter <span class="caps">YTMND</span> was created by <a href=http://ytmnd.com/users/Chyort/>Chyort</a> on July 8th, 2006 and has been viewed 173,052 times.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://roflcopterfinal.ytmnd.com/"> RoflCopter Takeoff Final</a></li> </ul> <p>As of February, 2010, there have been a total of 143 ROFLcopter YTMNds created.</p> <ul> <li><a href=http://ytmnd.com/search?q=roflcopter&o=|7|all|SC|D|0|>Click here</a> to see the most up to date <span class="caps">YTMND</span> search results for ROFLcopter.</li> </ul> <h2>Youtube</h2> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/boh92DrYEWs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/boh92DrYEWs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mDMPSjodfpc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mDMPSjodfpc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuQSaUVgTxc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuQSaUVgTxc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Google Insights</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=roflcopter&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><p>Searches for RoflCopter begin to show up in March of 2004. By September of 2005, searches for the term seem to have mostly leveled out, mostly maintaining search volume without much decrease for the last 6 years.</p>

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