D_Davis
04-21-2008, 09:36 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html
The origin of rickrolling goes back three years and involves an egg, a duck without feet and the video game "Grand Theft Auto."
In keeping with silly Internet humor (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html#), the director of the image-sharing Web site 4chan, who goes by the handle "moot," decided he'd play a joke and change the word "egg" to "duck" every time a user posted a message.
In time the phenomenon spread, and the word "eggroll" was replaced by "duckroll." When someone came up with the idea to redirect Internet links to an image of a duck on wheels, rickrolling's forebear, "duckrolling," was born.
Then in March 2007 came the release of the eagerly awaited first trailer for the still-upcoming video game "Grand Theft Auto IV."
So popular was the response that it immediately crashed game publisher Rockstar Games' Web site.
In what was to become a pivotal moment in Internet hoax history (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html#), someone at 4chan took the now-useless Web link for the "Grand Theft Auto IV" trailer and duckrolled it.
But instead of linking to the image of a duck on wheels, he or she linked to the Rick Astley video on YouTube.
Rickrolling was born.
The origin of rickrolling goes back three years and involves an egg, a duck without feet and the video game "Grand Theft Auto."
In keeping with silly Internet humor (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html#), the director of the image-sharing Web site 4chan, who goes by the handle "moot," decided he'd play a joke and change the word "egg" to "duck" every time a user posted a message.
In time the phenomenon spread, and the word "eggroll" was replaced by "duckroll." When someone came up with the idea to redirect Internet links to an image of a duck on wheels, rickrolling's forebear, "duckrolling," was born.
Then in March 2007 came the release of the eagerly awaited first trailer for the still-upcoming video game "Grand Theft Auto IV."
So popular was the response that it immediately crashed game publisher Rockstar Games' Web site.
In what was to become a pivotal moment in Internet hoax history (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html#), someone at 4chan took the now-useless Web link for the "Grand Theft Auto IV" trailer and duckrolled it.
But instead of linking to the image of a duck on wheels, he or she linked to the Rick Astley video on YouTube.
Rickrolling was born.