What is Leet?

[Tobbe]

Venting a little frustration there shockz? :unsure:

No, he's just telling us the truth. :yes:

[I8PP]

Speaking of 1337, Samoa's post count is just that at the time of this post, how ironic ;)

[DOCa Cola]

Hm, it's just the opposite of lame :)

[Deckhand]

my sig and avatar are 1337, they will pwn j00! muahahaa

[EzeWong]

Who invented leet?

And when will it go away?

[Homie]

Who invented leet?

And when will it go away?

actualy, its slowly now going mainstreem, so no.

It started in getting very popular in CS I believe. But someone told me it started much earlier, but in a simpler from. I know typing with numebers and stuff has been around for a while...

[EzeWong]

Who invented leet?

And when will it go away?

actualy, its slowly now going mainstreem, so no.

It started in getting very popular in CS I believe. But someone told me it started much earlier, but in a simpler from. I know typing with numebers and stuff has been around for a while...

I remember the good old beta days of CS,

I do remeber thats when everyone I knew picked up l33T,

Holy Tuna on Roasted Toast God Supreme bread... Leet is so annoying.

Figures, an annoying language would re-spawn from the most annoying kids on the planet - Kids who play CS

[Kurtz]

The slang 'l33t" was given life from the use of the word "Elite" in the 1995 movie Hackers. There the term was used to identify

the "top of the food chain" in that world.

Used now..it is an extreme insult, meaning "Wanna Be"

Its is only Scene related, meaning that they are Warez, P2P, or others of the same origins, but not a Scene member

[Phil Gates]

i have uber written on my wall

makes my computing experience more 1337

uhh... uber means super in german :rolleyes:

[Tobbe]

i have uber written on my wall

makes my computing experience more 1337

uhh... uber means super in german :rolleyes:

I have already explained what it means, did you read that?

[Kurtz]

Sorry Tobbe..

But I saw you wrote and I quote

"Leet? Screw it! Nobody is "leet"!"

But that is not true

[Tobbe]

Sorry Tobbe..

But I saw you wrote and I quote

"Leet? Screw it! Nobody is "leet"!"

But that is not true

After that?

Read all posts please.

[Kurtz]

Do you refer to your acknowledging shockz post?

Ok but it is not clear you are familar with the use of the slang within the Scene

[Tobbe]

Do you refer to your acknowledging shockz post?

Ok but it is not clear you are familar with the use of the slang within the Scene

I don't like this "leet" thing, I look down at those who use it when they are trying to be serious(opposite to fooling around/joke).

[ZiUL]

So leet is "elite" and it was something cool in the past but now is something stupid. Ok then. :p

[Kurtz]

ZiUL

No

The Scene had no respect for those that are labeled "L33t"( to use their lingo)

They have always been ZEROs..and will remain that way.

Tobbe

That's cool, its used as an insult and an identifier, so you are right in your opinion

[draelas]

in the cs world the word L33T means different things based on the servers you join.

in some its just something funny to say jokingly.

others its considered an insult by saying something like "you are so l33t" in a condesending manner

other servers take it serisouly and everyone speaks in l33t

i first saw it like years ago in the old cs beta days. figure it would be gone by now...but then i see my younger bro and his friends typing in it... so it doesnt' seen to be dying anytime soon it would seen as each generation becomes aware of the interent.

even just chatting has developed its own words(more so just so you dont have to type as much) for example, typing prolly(probably) or thru(though or threw). i even remember reading an article in the newspaper about how kids in school are writing and typing in this way. not on purpose but just out of habit and don't even realize it. So i'll be interested to see in the next few years what schools and people find as acceptable writing. It would seem the "internet language" if you will is not going away and the rest of the world, ie. older, more internet ignorant people, are going to have to adapt to it.

[Samoa]

damn, you beat me to it ;)

NO, I = 1337 :p

[Kurtz]

chrisb62

Sorry mate,but that is like saying "Bad" means "Cool" in some circles.

On the net it means but one thing...Loser Wanna Be.

No more no less

[OptiPlex]

Well, I'm no L33T d00d :whistle:

And probably will never be

I kinda agree, L33T is a lil' annoying.

At least I never encountered people that type L33T full-time :x

[Puful3tu]

1337 means elite.

It's just a way of mocking things, like in Warcraft3 where you ask your opponent " Are you good ? ". 1337 it's just slang. Nobody should take it seriously but if you use that word, that doesn't make you Loser Wanna Be or else. It just makes you 1337. That's it ! (look, i made a rhyme!!! I gues i'm a 1337 poet )

[dbeck666]

hehe, I like ritin like dis, its easia in txt msgs n when talkin to ppl on the net,alot shorter typin time n alot less money spent on txt msgs! :) But when making posts I will usually write normally - or as normally as I can!!

[tscallions]

I saw it for the first time while playing TFC (Half Life Mod). I sometimes wish there was a way to just turn off the chat in games because it is so damn bothersome.

[fekimoki]

http://www.ninjalane.com/leet.aspx

[Kurtz]

Puful3tu,

"1337 means elite."

No it doesn't.

Such comments vault you into the "l33t" catagory. :)