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Hope you speak emoji? Dota 2’s latest patch notes were released in emoji format, and now the community is attempting to translate!
It’s time for another Dota 2 patch, but rather than make it easy for us, Valve has decided to make waiting for the release just that little bit more “fun” with a page full of emoji riddles. Released on the morning of August 8, the blog post, entitled Emojis in the dark, listed all of Dota 2 patch 7.34’s notes, but hidden behind symbolic emojis.
The blog post’s name is a reference to theRiddles in the Darkblog post which came out ahead of the massive 7.33 New Horizons Dota 2 patch. That post hid several details of the upcoming patch behind riddles, which were quickly solved by the community.
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Similarly, this type, posted by unofficial Dota 2 spokesman Wykrym Reddy, the Emojis in the dark post has encoded the patch notes with emoji simples.
Dota 2 Emoji in the dark solutions?
Just for fun, we’ve translated some of the Emoji in the dark notes. For example:
Under the 🎒 section (items)
🩸💣: 💰🔻 6️⃣5️⃣ ➡️ 5️⃣0️⃣
🩸💣: 🎒🔝🔻 3️⃣ ➡️ 2️⃣
🩸💣: 🆕📦🔻 3️⃣ ➡️ 2️⃣
🩸💣: ⏳🔺 1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣s ➡️ 1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣s
Under the Neutral Items section (😐🎒)
🐖🎋: 🌈🆙 🔻 +6️⃣ ➡️ +5️⃣
And under the heroes section
🌍👻: 🥌👊🐺💥 🔼 1️⃣.2️⃣5️⃣ ➡️ 1️⃣.4️⃣
🌍👻: 🌀🥌 🔛 🔛🌍👻 🚫🎯🔝🎯 🛡️🚫🔄 🌀. 🌍👻 🔙 🛡️🔛 ⏲️⚡
🌍👻: 1️⃣0️⃣ 🎭🌟 ➕8️⃣% ➡️ ➕1️⃣0️⃣%
🌍👻: 1️⃣5️⃣ 🎭🌟 🧲💥 & ⌛ 🔼 ➕2️⃣5️⃣% ➡️ ➕3️⃣0️⃣%
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We’ve opted not to translate every single one, as that takes out a lot of the fun. If you’re looking to enjoy the translation, check out TeaGuvnor’s stream where the on-air talent is attempting to translate the lot:
Alternatively, here’s aReddit threadwhere translations are taking place!
When will Dota 2 patch 7.34 come out and where are the real patch notes?
When the Riddles in the Dark blog post was posted, 7.33 released around 24 hours later. We expect that Dota 2 patch 7.34 is likely to arrive at end-of-day PT time, so approximately 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. PT.
Stay tuned to esports.gg until then and we’ll be breaking down the Dota 2 patch notes as and when they’re released!
