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[Moose]

im just w0nd3ring what happ3ned 2 th3 dayz wh3n 1337 was 0verus3d all 0v3r f0rumz? iv3 h3ard many th1ngz ab0ut dis but im n0t 5ur3 if itz tru3. y3@ i s33 it c0mm0nly by n00bz in gam3z but how did it di3 0n forums? ok i think u get the point. just because i didnt use forums back when i was 5 years old so i thought i'd ask u 'old' ppl.

btw: nice comic. but the previous and next button dont seem to work for me. o_O

[Drackir]

I don't remember ever seeing 1337 speak used on forums...maybe back in the day when the fastest net was just 14.4k and BB's were basically the entire internet it was like that, but I wasn't around at that time either haha. Personally, I'm glad it's gone! Also, the sayings "owned", "pwned", etc. are stupid and annoying ESPECIALLY when people actually SAY them. Gah!

P.S.: Yeah, I had to fix that. It's all working now and the "First" button gets disabled when you are on the first comic too!

[Moose]

heh maybe its just the strange ppl i talk to that used to use it on forums. o well RIP 1337!

[Faselei]

Y4y 1337!!11!! 7|-|15 t4|<3Z |\/|3 84|< 70 t3|-| 600|) 01|) d4y5 !1!!!111

Y34H 1M p|>3tty M|_|<|-| 571|| |=7u3|\|7 1|\| 1T,

... although it takes much longer to type out than back then... the example above being a more extreme dialect than most though.

Its been replaced by 'txt spk' now which arises from the use of cellphone txt services so

"hey hw r u? cn i hav sum gold pls? thanxs. bai."

which in leet would be:

"h3y c4n 1 h4v3 50m3 601d p1s? pH4nX. 8y3."

Leet was mainly used as way of circumnavigating auto language filters and stuff, but thats not really true, its just eveyone reckoned they were 't3h 1337 h4x0r' back then...

[Caseyweederman]

D00d, if you're going to spell it out in letters, it's not "leet", it's "elite"

Ah, the good old days.

[Nalyid]

that hurts my eyes, I know of only one person who uses that messed up form with the slashes and such, they are on my msn...I have never talked to them, they added me from runescape

[Faselei]

I suggest you continue NOT talking them

But may i just add that y00 4|23 +3|-| |\|008Z0|2 though...

[pokey]

Richard. You are SO wrong. I still use PWNT and OWNED when rocking somone in halo or something.
PS You're stupid

[Drackir]

I'm gonna "pwnt" your face!

[Caseyweederman]

Pwnt! I hereby hijack this conversation.


You see, what you were talking about really reminded me of how much Microsoft sucks.
Because, you know, they suck. A lot.

[Nalyid]

I agree trying to defend the use of it by saying you use it when playing halo just make it look even worse

[rickoshay818]

Reg. = I lik pie, alot.

leet = 1 L1k 913

I think..

[Moose]

yep. just dont turn into a slash freek like fas 0_o scares me... =( this also reminds me of the smiley faces ppl come up with. thos contests were awesome.

[rickoshay818]

Yea this one had a guy literally throwing up. Kinda gross... Another had a 70's guy with big hair.

[Faselei]

Leet kinda sucks at the end of the day as it takesl onger to type and makes you look silly..

txt speak is much quiker but still makes you look silly

so i guess its normal typing ftw!

[Moose]

good point. and i dunno how i would get my fingers to memorize typing anyother way. Thank God that we have body memory. i dunno how i would live without it. body memory ftw! o right...leet topic

[rickoshay818]

Yes, Yes body memory is something we all benifit from. Like playing ps2. Ok back on topic: 80DY |\|\3m0ry!

[Drackir]

What are you talking about? And ricko do you even know or are you just saying things?

[rickoshay818]

No, I know what I'm talking about. Body Memory is when you do something alot and your fingers,hands,feed, etc. sort of like get used to it, like typing. Meh, its weird that people at 1337.com dont use leet, kinda doesn't make sense... Well thats it.


~Rickidy Rick Rick

[Moose]

yea i dunno how i changed this topic around to body memory. i guess im just crazy