DOTA ORIGINS - Rax

[BillyMancer]

RAX:

The original meaning for the word came from a legendary DotA player known as Ra'akhs, who played DotA in 13th century Persia (c. 1250-1260). He had a tactic where he would run behind the enemies towers and start attacking their throne. In order to rebalance DotA and hinder agressive tactics, Dr. Anthony Isleworth, an Oxford physicist, introduced buildings behind the base towers of the teams and named them The Shrine of Ra'akhs.

Several centuries later, in 1842 Georges Sand, the infamous and secretive letter writer, was playing DotA with close friend Frederick Chopin, the poet of the piano, and Chopin backdoored her Shrine of Ra'akhs using clinkz. Georges Sand, in a flourish of continentality, struggled to pronounce the Arabic word for 'shrine', and decided express the long phrase 'Shrine of Ra'akhs' simply by Rax, and in the process invented the letter x.

found this hon DotA forums, nearly lol'd myself into a coma, and decided the HoN ommunity needed to see this.

[[Loli]coolmans]

where's the rest??

[[JSD]Turtleman]

X, the most frequent letter I use on google.

[BillyMancer]

X, the most frequent letter I use on google.

And it's all thanks to Sir Georges Sand.

PS: I'll look for more DotA Origins

[[BETA]Happyfish]

eh, i've wasted time more effectively before

[[CTCD]Skylinx]

Barraks ?

[baker4]

This is pretty win.

eh, i've wasted time more effectively before

You've tried to sad yourself into others caring?

FYI: you read and commented, you had the chance to waste time more effectively.

[OMGWTF]

For the love of everything amazing post more of this.

[highso]

He don't got the rest/more cuz he's a thief!

[evotech]

Wheres the fun part? I can't find it

[[Loli]coolmans]

He don't got the rest/more cuz he's a thief!

before you make serious accusations you must have proof!

[highso]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/sh...t=76100&page=1 #7

[[Loli]coolmans]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/sh...t=76100&page=1 #7

well technically he didn't invent it either so...o_0

[BillyMancer]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/sh...t=76100&page=1 #7

Didn't know that was there. Didn't bother to search, coz frankly I wasn't sure what to search for. But get over it.

[[BETA]Happyfish]

This is pretty win.



You've tried to sad yourself into others caring?

FYI: you read and commented, you had the chance to waste time more effectively.

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[Daemon_]

OP, you best be trolling.

Rax, is a shortened (haXXored) version of word Barracks.

Barracks, since Warcraft 2, was the main building that produced the most classical type of melee unit.

This translated into DotA, just for the quickness of typing, Rax means - the building that produces the melee unit. When you enter into base, you kill tower, and then RAX.

[Reonhato]

OP, you best be trolling.

Rax, is a shortened (haXXored) version of word Barracks.

Barracks, since Warcraft 2, was the main building that produced the most classical type of melee unit.

This translated into DotA, just for the quickness of typing, Rax means - the building that produces the melee unit. When you enter into base, you kill tower, and then RAX.

wow you totally missed the point of this thread, i mean you didnt just miss you were aiming for mars and hit neptune

[iNuke1]

OP, you best be trolling.

Rax, is a shortened (haXXored) version of word Barracks.

Barracks, since Warcraft 2, was the main building that produced the most classical type of melee unit.

This translated into DotA, just for the quickness of typing, Rax means - the building that produces the melee unit. When you enter into base, you kill tower, and then RAX.

haha

[DaddysHome]

so lame i read this somewhere before on this forum

[Sapheron]

wow you totally missed the point of this thread, i mean you didnt just miss you were aiming for mars and hit neptune

and to think I was just about to do the same thing.