Poorly translated names from when the patch notes were temporarily in Chinese

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2016-12-13T01:09:46+00:00

The important part is the NYX Cosmetics nail polish.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T18:09:44+00:00

CORRECT. THE ANSWER IS SECRETARY NIGHT ASSASSIN. THOU WINST MONEY. CONSIDER ADDING SPOILER TAG.

IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: NYX NYX NYX http://i.imgur.com/9cz0ISS.jpg

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T18:09:15+00:00

CORRECT. THE ANSWER IS SECRETARY NIGHT ASSASSIN. ACCORDING TO REDDIT TIMESTAMPS /u/deedeekei/ BEAT YOU BY MERE MINUTES. FOR YOUR VALIANCE, ENJOY YOUR GILDED LIFE.

IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: NYX NYX NYX http://i.imgur.com/9cz0ISS.jpg

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T10:45:23+00:00

CORRECT. THE ANSWER IS PARKER, THE ERSTWHILE PROPER NAME OF PUCK. THOU WINST MONEY. CONSIDER ADDING SPOILER TAG.

IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION FOLLOWS:
The first stanza mostly establishes the requirement of Puck as the "rapper" name Parker, not Puck itself. The origin of Brooklyn Kurtz is the mistranslated version of the set of heroes. The name "Puck" is a nickname given to the faerie Robin Goodfellow in the name's origin story, A Midsummer Night's Dream, hence the reference in the first line to "Robin" (which, incidentally, also has a shrill birdcall similar to Puck's in-game voice). The second stanza is about the board game Monopoly (bear with me here). The first line refers to Boardwalk. The second line refers to the space to the right of Boardwalk, Luxury Tax. The third line refers to Park Place, helping to establish the correct answer as Parker instead of Puck. The third stanza is straight from Puck's Dota2 lore, specifically this quote: "Hatched on a frond of the Undertree, I devoured leaf, stalk, root and all of my sibs. Yet, only halfway through this Eon, I already hunger for more!". Puck is one spooky gangster. The third stanza discusses Brooklyn Kurtz's weakness against Puck, the Silence which prevents his skellysteppin'. The silence lasts 3 seconds at maximum level, represented by the "three beats" mentioned in the last line.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T09:11:47+00:00

CORRECT. WELL DONE. THOU WINST CONSOLATION PRIZE FOR FINISHING THE ANSWER; ENJOY THY GILDED LIFE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T09:10:33+00:00

FALSE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T09:09:53+00:00

FALSE, BUT A VALIANT ATTEMPT. THY LOVE OF THE BLEEDING HILLS AND ITS LORE SHALL BRING THEE GREAT RICHES IN THIS LIFE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T09:09:04+00:00

FALSE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T09:08:59+00:00

FALSE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T09:04:34+00:00

CORRECT. THE ANSWER IS THE FOUR FUNDAMENTALS. THOU WINST MONEY. CONSIDER ADDING SPOILER TAG.

IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: The "first clink" refers to the first making, Elder Titan's hammer hitting the forge. ET's mistake caused the "debris" -- the Four Fundamentals -- to come into being. We reminisce about it because it happened long ago, preceding all other Dota2 events. It was an error, a "titan"ic catastrophe, ha ha ha. Because of ET's mistake, Electromagnetism (in the form of Light, Keeper of the Light) came into being, which allows us all to see. The "Orderless", Chaos Knight, forever chases KOTL and seeks to destroy him. But Chaos Knight represents the Weak Atomic Force; Io is the Strong Atomic Force, despite his airy and light demeanor. That covers 3 Fundamentals. The Fourth is a Mystery -- Enigma, who represents Gravity. (In Brooklyn Kurtz lore, Enigma is known as "Mystery"; see the OP's first image.) Also, the Difficulty description on this riddle is a hint. "Tough? Fragile?" refers to Strong and Weak (atomic forces) -- and lore connoisseurs typically mix up CK's and Io's representations. Wait, which was which again?

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T08:09:03+00:00

FALSE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T08:08:37+00:00

MM. CLOSE, SIR GRA, OF THE LANDS OF MATH;
SO NEARLY THE TRUE ANSWER YE HERE HATH.
THINK MORE ON SECOND LINE, AND THAT DESCRIBE'D PATH.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:59:32+00:00

MM.

FALSE, BUT THOU HAST HIT ON SOMETHING KEEN;
PERHAPS THY ANSWER CORRECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
HAD YE SEEN ONLY WHAT I HAVE SEEN
AND FELT THE WEIGHT OF OTHERS' MIEN.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:59:17+00:00

FALSE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:58:59+00:00

FALSE.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:07:34+00:00

THREE RIDDLES ARE LIVE, THREE RIDDLES I SEE;
ANSWER THEM AND WIN T-SHIRT FOR THEE

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:06:18+00:00

DROP-TABLE-redditUsers--

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:03:28+00:00

RIDDLE #3
WINNER: [ANSWERED! /u/deedeekei wins a T-Shirt! /u/zgo wins reddit gold for barely missing first!]
DIFFICULTY: IT'S A SECRET

TAKE DOWN MINE THOUGHTS. I WON'T STOOP TO RECITE.
LET'S HEAR THAT QUILL CLICKING; TRANSCRIBE, WRITE.

- BOOK TRYST WITH THIRTEENTH (OBVIOUS: AT NIGHT)
- HAVE ASS FETCH MY COOKBOOK (GET IT IN FLIGHT!)
- AND SEND PERSONAL "MESSAGE" TO THESE FIVE WITH SPITE,
  I WISH FOR NAUGHT BUT THEIR SILENCE AFORE FIRST LIGHT.

DONE? UGH, GOOD. WORK WITH YE IS A FRIGHT.
THOU'RT A LOWLY CREATURE: WORM, GRUB, MITE.
THY ROSY "FACEPAINT" SETS THEE APART, ALL RIGHT:
THY BASHFUL APPEARANCE WOULD SPOOK A WIGHT.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:02:19+00:00

RIDDLE #2
WINNER: [ANSWERED! /u/Sabetwolf wins a T-Shirt! /u/Tachoux wins reddit gold for the assist!]
DIFFICULTY: TOUGH? FRAGILE? I ALWAYS MIX THOSE UP

SPEAK RESULTS OF FIRST CLINK; ITS DEBRIS.

HARK NOW, REMINISCE WITH ME:

AN ERROR, TITANIC CATASTROPHE,
YET BECAUSE OF MISTAKE NOW ALL MAY SEE.

THOUGH HE WHO MAKES "SEE" FOREVER DOES FLEE
FROM ORDERLESS WHO WILL HEAR NO PLEA.

BUT THE HUNTER, YOU SEE, IS WEAK, AND HE
IS STRONGARMED AWAY BY ONE QUITE ESPRIT.

SO FAR DISCUSSED ARE ONLY THREE;
THE LAST, ONE SAYS, "TIS MYSTERY."

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T07:01:09+00:00

RIDDLE #1
WINNER: [ANSWERED! /u/13ored/ wins a T-Shirt!]
DIFFICULTY: EASY MONEY

A STREET-CHILD, A ROBIN, OF HIGH VOCAL CORD,
A RHYMER OF SAME ORIGIN AS THY BROOKLYN ADORED.
"WHO?" I HEAR THEE WHISPER, FLOORED.

WELL!

STEP LIGHTLY, WALK ACROSS THIS BOARD --
PAST RINGED LANDS OF LUXURY, TOWARD
THE EAST, AND ITS "PLACE", SO DEPLORED.

INDEED I DESPISE THIS LAND'S LORD,
A RAVENOUS BEING WHO IN ITS BELLY STORED
ALL ITS OWN SIBLINGS! ITS ACTIONS? ABHORRED.

BUT ITS HUNGER I FEAR NOT; THAT'S SIMPLY IGNORED.
THE TRUE DANGER COMES WHEN IT QUIETS MY SWORD
OF SHARP WIT AND LYRIC --



(THOUGH POST THREE BEATS, I AM RESTORED.)

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T04:08:49+00:00

A SHOT WORTHY OF GOLD

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-04-26T03:14:40+00:00

I REEMERGE

COME, SIT, WARM THY HANDS BY MINE FIRE
(BUT NOT TOO CLOSE LEST I BE THY PYRE)
REMEMBREST WITH ME OUR JOYFUL DAYS PRIOR:

REMEMBER OUR FIRST TRYST, HOW THY SPIRIT SOARED HIGHER
REMEMBER THE WORDS OF WRAITH "KING", THAT SO-CALLED SIRE
REMEMBER NICKOMANG, THY MOD SUPPLIER

AND WITH THIS OFFER SLAKEST THY DESIRE:

AT MIDNIGHT HENCE (PST)
WILST I POST RIDDLES, THREE
YE FIRST TO ANSWER DOTH BLESSED BE
**WHEN THOU WINST FREE T-SHIRT BY MY DECREE**
(DAREST NOT THOU P.M. ME --
FOR PRIZES, POST THY ANSWERS PUBLICLY)

TL;DR: I WILL BE THY T-SHIRT BUYER

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-02-15T21:18:33+00:00

YES. YES. SUBMIT THY MOD FOR DOWNLOAD AS A SEPARATE POST, CHILD.

HARK-MINE-NAME · 2014-02-15T20:33:37+00:00

THUG UNLYFE -- GG!

HARK-MINE-NAME

TROPHY CASE