50 Dkp Minus Onyxia Wipe More Dots

2006Viral audio / animated videoclassic

Also known as: Onyxia Wipe · More Dots · Minus 50 DKP

50 DKP Minus is a 2006 World of Warcraft viral audio clip of guild leader Dives' profanity-filled Onyxia raid tirade, immortalized by animator Deluthor's synced Flash animation as early WoW's most iconic meltdown.

50 DKP Minus, also known as the Onyxia Wipe or More Dots, is a viral audio recording from a disastrous *World of Warcraft* raid in early 2006, where guild leader Dives of Wipe Club unleashed a profanity-laced tirade as his team failed to defeat the dragon Onyxia4. A Flash animation set to the audio, created by player Deluthor in March 2006, turned the meltdown into one of the most iconic pieces of early WoW culture1. Blizzard later paid tribute to the recording by adding in-game achievements referencing Dives' most famous lines23.

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Overview

The 50 DKP Minus meme centers on a voice chat recording from a *World of Warcraft* raid gone wrong. In the audio, a guild leader known as Dives barks orders at his teammates as they attempt the Onyxia raid, one of the game's toughest challenges at the time. When things fall apart, Dives erupts into a torrent of profanity, threats of DKP penalties (Dragon Kill Points, a loot distribution currency), and increasingly desperate commands like "throw more DoTs more DoTs more DoTs" and "many whelps, handle it!"4.

The recording captures the raw intensity of high-level MMO raiding, where dozens of players must coordinate under pressure and one mistake can wipe the entire group. Dives' thick Romanian accent, escalating fury, and the sheer absurdity of getting that angry over a video game made the audio an instant classic among WoW players1.

In early 2006, a member of the *World of Warcraft* guild Wipe Club recorded audio from a Teamspeak voice chat session during an Onyxia raid on the EU Boulderfist server. The guild, led by a player named Dives, had around 80 members drawn mostly from the UK, Sweden, and Finland, with a few from Israel and Poland1.

Dives was a 22-year-old Romanian-born computer technician living in Espoo, Finland. His family had left Romania after the fall of Ceaușescu and moved through Scandinavia before settling in Finland, where he also served time in the Finnish military1. Despite what listeners assumed, the recordings were not leaked by a disgruntled member. Dives confirmed to Kotaku that they were "created and distributed with his full approval" by the guild's former shaman class leader, originally intended as cautionary examples of what not to do during a raid1.

On March 25, 2006, WoW player Deluthor created a Flash animation to accompany the audio. The animation used a style reminiscent of early Group X videos, with hand-drawn stick figures, intentionally misspelled text, and visual puns (such as a set of scales representing the word "way," which sounds like "weigh")4.

Origin & Background

Platform
World of Warcraft voice chat (source audio), Newgrounds / YouTube (Flash animation)
Key People
Dives, Deluthor / Alachas1985
Date
2006

In early 2006, a member of the *World of Warcraft* guild Wipe Club recorded audio from a Teamspeak voice chat session during an Onyxia raid on the EU Boulderfist server. The guild, led by a player named Dives, had around 80 members drawn mostly from the UK, Sweden, and Finland, with a few from Israel and Poland.

Dives was a 22-year-old Romanian-born computer technician living in Espoo, Finland. His family had left Romania after the fall of Ceaușescu and moved through Scandinavia before settling in Finland, where he also served time in the Finnish military. Despite what listeners assumed, the recordings were not leaked by a disgruntled member. Dives confirmed to Kotaku that they were "created and distributed with his full approval" by the guild's former shaman class leader, originally intended as cautionary examples of what not to do during a raid.

On March 25, 2006, WoW player Deluthor created a Flash animation to accompany the audio. The animation used a style reminiscent of early Group X videos, with hand-drawn stick figures, intentionally misspelled text, and visual puns (such as a set of scales representing the word "way," which sounds like "weigh").

How It Spread

The animated version spread quickly through WoW communities and early video sharing platforms. On April 21, 2006, YouTuber dar2 uploaded a remix titled "Onyxia Wiped," which picked up over 91,000 views within 14 years.

Kotaku published a feature interview with Dives on May 19, 2006, branding him "This Year's Leeroy Jenkins." The article compared the two viral WoW moments: where Leeroy Jenkins was a cheerful idiot who got his guild killed through sheer recklessness, Dives was the drill sergeant trying (and failing) to prevent catastrophe. Kotaku's Wagner James Au wrote that Dives sounded "like playing WoW with the drill sergeant from *Full Metal Jacket* if Lee Ermey was a Romanian techno fan".

In the interview, Dives was unapologetic about his intensity. "The performance was a disgrace, especially Onyxia," he explained. "We took Onyxia down on the fifth try when we should have done it on the first". The guild by then had become so high-profile that Dives had appointed a "Publicity/Communications Officer" to handle the roughly 100 people contacting him daily.

When the original Flash hosting went offline, Deluthor re-uploaded the animation to YouTube under the account Alachas1985 on December 8, 2007. That upload eventually surpassed 9.4 million views. On April 3, 2008, YouTuber liisisen posted a reaction video to the animation that drew over 157,000 views.

On March 17, 2022, Deluthor uploaded a remastered 1080p version of the original animation to YouTube. However, on April 4, 2022, the original upload was removed for violating YouTube's policy on violent or graphic content. Deluthor then uploaded a "YouTube Approved Edition" with the offending material replaced.

How to Use This Meme

The meme's catchphrases are typically dropped into gaming contexts when someone messes up a team effort:

- "50 DKP minus!" is used to mock someone's failure or threaten a humorous penalty, especially in MMOs or any cooperative game - "More dots! More dots!" works as an exaggerated demand for more effort, damage output, or urgency - "Many whelps! Handle it!" fits situations where unexpected problems pile up all at once - "That's a fucking 50 DKP minus!" is the full quote, used for dramatic effect when channeling Dives' fury

The phrases work best in voice chat during multiplayer games, but they also show up in comment sections, forum posts, and office Slack channels whenever a group project goes sideways. The humor comes from applying the intensity of a raid leader's breakdown to mundane situations.

Cultural Impact

Blizzard Entertainment acknowledged the meme directly when they revamped the Onyxia's Lair raid for *World of Warcraft's* 5th anniversary on September 22, 2009. The updated level 80 version of the raid included two new achievements: "More Dots!" for completing the encounter in under 5 minutes, and "Many Whelps! Handle It!" for causing 50 dragon whelps to hatch within 10 seconds of Onyxia taking flight. Both achievement names are taken word-for-word from Dives' most quotable lines.

The recording was frequently compared to the Leeroy Jenkins video, the other defining piece of WoW voice chat culture. Where Leeroy represented the lovable screw-up, Dives represented the authority figure losing control. Together, they captured two sides of online gaming's human comedy. Kotaku's 2006 profile speculated that if internet guru Joi Ito was right that "large organizations will be run like WoW guilds" in the future, Dives' meltdown might be "what corporations will sound like when they go Enron".

Fun Facts

Dives' name comes from Latin for "rich," drawn from his background as an altar boy in the Romanian Orthodox Church. "I choose 'Dives' because I am rich," he told Kotaku. "Not in wealth but in spirit and mind. It's a multi-dimensional name".

At the time of his internet fame, Dives had already been the boss of two companies with ten to fifteen employees, making his intense management style slightly more understandable.

The Flash animation's visual style, with images representing homophones of words (scales for "weigh/way"), was inspired by early Group X videos, a popular Newgrounds comedy act.

Dives claimed his downed half a liter of vodka the night before the Kotaku interview because he "got pissed off at work".

Frequently Asked Questions

50 Dkp Minus Onyxia Wipe More Dots

2006Viral audio / animated videoclassic

Also known as: Onyxia Wipe · More Dots · Minus 50 DKP

50 DKP Minus is a 2006 World of Warcraft viral audio clip of guild leader Dives' profanity-filled Onyxia raid tirade, immortalized by animator Deluthor's synced Flash animation as early WoW's most iconic meltdown.

50 DKP Minus, also known as the Onyxia Wipe or More Dots, is a viral audio recording from a disastrous *World of Warcraft* raid in early 2006, where guild leader Dives of Wipe Club unleashed a profanity-laced tirade as his team failed to defeat the dragon Onyxia. A Flash animation set to the audio, created by player Deluthor in March 2006, turned the meltdown into one of the most iconic pieces of early WoW culture. Blizzard later paid tribute to the recording by adding in-game achievements referencing Dives' most famous lines.

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Overview

The 50 DKP Minus meme centers on a voice chat recording from a *World of Warcraft* raid gone wrong. In the audio, a guild leader known as Dives barks orders at his teammates as they attempt the Onyxia raid, one of the game's toughest challenges at the time. When things fall apart, Dives erupts into a torrent of profanity, threats of DKP penalties (Dragon Kill Points, a loot distribution currency), and increasingly desperate commands like "throw more DoTs more DoTs more DoTs" and "many whelps, handle it!".

The recording captures the raw intensity of high-level MMO raiding, where dozens of players must coordinate under pressure and one mistake can wipe the entire group. Dives' thick Romanian accent, escalating fury, and the sheer absurdity of getting that angry over a video game made the audio an instant classic among WoW players.

In early 2006, a member of the *World of Warcraft* guild Wipe Club recorded audio from a Teamspeak voice chat session during an Onyxia raid on the EU Boulderfist server. The guild, led by a player named Dives, had around 80 members drawn mostly from the UK, Sweden, and Finland, with a few from Israel and Poland.

Dives was a 22-year-old Romanian-born computer technician living in Espoo, Finland. His family had left Romania after the fall of Ceaușescu and moved through Scandinavia before settling in Finland, where he also served time in the Finnish military. Despite what listeners assumed, the recordings were not leaked by a disgruntled member. Dives confirmed to Kotaku that they were "created and distributed with his full approval" by the guild's former shaman class leader, originally intended as cautionary examples of what not to do during a raid.

On March 25, 2006, WoW player Deluthor created a Flash animation to accompany the audio. The animation used a style reminiscent of early Group X videos, with hand-drawn stick figures, intentionally misspelled text, and visual puns (such as a set of scales representing the word "way," which sounds like "weigh").

Origin & Background

Platform
World of Warcraft voice chat (source audio), Newgrounds / YouTube (Flash animation)
Key People
Dives, Deluthor / Alachas1985
Date
2006

In early 2006, a member of the *World of Warcraft* guild Wipe Club recorded audio from a Teamspeak voice chat session during an Onyxia raid on the EU Boulderfist server. The guild, led by a player named Dives, had around 80 members drawn mostly from the UK, Sweden, and Finland, with a few from Israel and Poland.

Dives was a 22-year-old Romanian-born computer technician living in Espoo, Finland. His family had left Romania after the fall of Ceaușescu and moved through Scandinavia before settling in Finland, where he also served time in the Finnish military. Despite what listeners assumed, the recordings were not leaked by a disgruntled member. Dives confirmed to Kotaku that they were "created and distributed with his full approval" by the guild's former shaman class leader, originally intended as cautionary examples of what not to do during a raid.

On March 25, 2006, WoW player Deluthor created a Flash animation to accompany the audio. The animation used a style reminiscent of early Group X videos, with hand-drawn stick figures, intentionally misspelled text, and visual puns (such as a set of scales representing the word "way," which sounds like "weigh").

How It Spread

The animated version spread quickly through WoW communities and early video sharing platforms. On April 21, 2006, YouTuber dar2 uploaded a remix titled "Onyxia Wiped," which picked up over 91,000 views within 14 years.

Kotaku published a feature interview with Dives on May 19, 2006, branding him "This Year's Leeroy Jenkins." The article compared the two viral WoW moments: where Leeroy Jenkins was a cheerful idiot who got his guild killed through sheer recklessness, Dives was the drill sergeant trying (and failing) to prevent catastrophe. Kotaku's Wagner James Au wrote that Dives sounded "like playing WoW with the drill sergeant from *Full Metal Jacket* if Lee Ermey was a Romanian techno fan".

In the interview, Dives was unapologetic about his intensity. "The performance was a disgrace, especially Onyxia," he explained. "We took Onyxia down on the fifth try when we should have done it on the first". The guild by then had become so high-profile that Dives had appointed a "Publicity/Communications Officer" to handle the roughly 100 people contacting him daily.

When the original Flash hosting went offline, Deluthor re-uploaded the animation to YouTube under the account Alachas1985 on December 8, 2007. That upload eventually surpassed 9.4 million views. On April 3, 2008, YouTuber liisisen posted a reaction video to the animation that drew over 157,000 views.

On March 17, 2022, Deluthor uploaded a remastered 1080p version of the original animation to YouTube. However, on April 4, 2022, the original upload was removed for violating YouTube's policy on violent or graphic content. Deluthor then uploaded a "YouTube Approved Edition" with the offending material replaced.

How to Use This Meme

The meme's catchphrases are typically dropped into gaming contexts when someone messes up a team effort:

- "50 DKP minus!" is used to mock someone's failure or threaten a humorous penalty, especially in MMOs or any cooperative game - "More dots! More dots!" works as an exaggerated demand for more effort, damage output, or urgency - "Many whelps! Handle it!" fits situations where unexpected problems pile up all at once - "That's a fucking 50 DKP minus!" is the full quote, used for dramatic effect when channeling Dives' fury

The phrases work best in voice chat during multiplayer games, but they also show up in comment sections, forum posts, and office Slack channels whenever a group project goes sideways. The humor comes from applying the intensity of a raid leader's breakdown to mundane situations.

Cultural Impact

Blizzard Entertainment acknowledged the meme directly when they revamped the Onyxia's Lair raid for *World of Warcraft's* 5th anniversary on September 22, 2009. The updated level 80 version of the raid included two new achievements: "More Dots!" for completing the encounter in under 5 minutes, and "Many Whelps! Handle It!" for causing 50 dragon whelps to hatch within 10 seconds of Onyxia taking flight. Both achievement names are taken word-for-word from Dives' most quotable lines.

The recording was frequently compared to the Leeroy Jenkins video, the other defining piece of WoW voice chat culture. Where Leeroy represented the lovable screw-up, Dives represented the authority figure losing control. Together, they captured two sides of online gaming's human comedy. Kotaku's 2006 profile speculated that if internet guru Joi Ito was right that "large organizations will be run like WoW guilds" in the future, Dives' meltdown might be "what corporations will sound like when they go Enron".

Fun Facts

Dives' name comes from Latin for "rich," drawn from his background as an altar boy in the Romanian Orthodox Church. "I choose 'Dives' because I am rich," he told Kotaku. "Not in wealth but in spirit and mind. It's a multi-dimensional name".

At the time of his internet fame, Dives had already been the boss of two companies with ten to fifteen employees, making his intense management style slightly more understandable.

The Flash animation's visual style, with images representing homophones of words (scales for "weigh/way"), was inspired by early Group X videos, a popular Newgrounds comedy act.

Dives claimed his downed half a liter of vodka the night before the Kotaku interview because he "got pissed off at work".

Frequently Asked Questions