noob. It says, leetspeak gives me a massive headache.
ph33r m3.
I for one was sorry when Thaidog was banned. He’s seriously one of the funniest writers who ever visited these boards.
I emailed back and forth with him a bit after he was banned, but the bloom was off the rose, and our paths eventually diverged.
Oh plus he was really cute; could be mistaken for Keanu Reeves without much squinting at all.
<whispers> I have no idea what this says. Something about being owned and ?
Like the immortal bit in the Dick Van Dyke (when Laura and Rob get a maid from Mexico)…“she either wants to kill herself or she’s going to the movies; I dont’ know!”
FinnAgain --I had to look and look and then realized where you spelled my name wrong! And then I looked and realized that I had spelled YOUR name wrong.
Gah.
I have it on good authority (my 16 y/o daughter) that she has never heard of leet speak, and she thinks that it is probably done by middle school children (her term) that also delight in WrItInG lIkE ThIs…
I hope I’m dead before the language.
eleanor, allow me to translate for you. cracks knuckles and squints at the funny text:
Translated into English:
Oh no! The newb is the suck! Owned!
Translated into polite English:
Oh, dear. The unintiated person is no good at this. I, however, do understand, and therefore I am better than them, and their children’s children; nay, I am greater than all of the Universe!
However, the smiley indicates that it is just a joke, and this poster doesn’t really feel this way about you. 
(<-- and neither do I)
This is what I get for spending too much time on GameFAQs forums.
[SUB]How’d I do?[/SUB]
You did quite well.
thank you kindly.
I do take issue with the premise that I am “owned” by one sentence (I assume that 133t adheres to most grammar rules). Methinks owning should require a bit more evidence, no?
I have an urge to write in Ubby-Dubby, but am now late for work.
Cute or not, I could never figure out his obsession with Reeves. And I found his posts amusing. But was there any specific reason for his banning? Everyone predicted it would happen, and a few said he was a troll. At worst, to me, he was just incomprehensible.
[QUOTE=Mr. Blue Sky He went mental in a Pit thread about the Pet Rock.
[/QUOTE]
Oh my god. I have read that thread a few times and I never realized til now that it was the Pet Rock he was so upset about.
facepalm
Being “owned” is more like being utterly dominated or humiliated by another. Say I beat you in a chess match that lasted 4 hours, that’s simply winning. If I beat you in 4 moves (not sure if that’s even possible, just trying for something that might make sense), then you were owned. Also, if you fell for some practical joke, you were owned. I imagine it started in video gaming when one player would soundly thrash another, hence “owning” him.
[aside]
It’s possible. The standard 4-move beginner’s mate is something along the lines of: 1 e4 e5, 2 Bc4 Nc6, 3 Qh5 Nf6, 4 Qxf7 mate.
There’s even a 2-move mate, but White has to really want to throw the game for it to happen, because almost nobody, no matter how terrible a player, would play White this way while trying to win: 1 f3 e4, 2 g4 Qh4 mate.
[/aside]
We really need a FAQ about phrases that pop up here a lot, but rarely do elsewhere. For instance, I’ve assumed the “masturbating like a motherfuck” phrase comes from a porn spam email header, but I’ve never bothered to ask.
Well, this thread has evolved, hasn’t it. Wish I had more time today to participate!
Sometimes I love doing IRC with my nephew. It’s often a fascinating study in1337010gy. One thing I’ve noticed is somehow, leet insults have the effect of disarming the insulted. If you come up with a particularly clever put-down, the object of derision cannot help but be overcome with mirth, and hence the contest becomes less about who is the best snowborder or PS2/Tony Hawk player, and more about leet skills. I’m guessing this whole phenomenon is really an evolved form of the dozens.
Plus, I must admit, it’s just damn funny to watch these kids go at it, even as an adult?
“OMFG! j00 r so teH sux0rzzz, j00 n00b! | w|11 p0wn0rzz j00 w|7 my m4d sk|11zzzzz!”
45 4 57ud3n7 0f 3n6|15h, 1 f1nd 7h3 cu|7ur4| 4nd 50c10|1n6u1571c 5h1f7 b37w33n 3n6|15h 4nd |3375p34k 0n|1n3 f45c1n471n6 70 57udy 45 4 r3f|3c710n 0f 7h3 mu74b1|17y 0f |4n6u463 4nd 7h3 cr34710n 0f n3w 3nc0d3d 5y573m5 1n 4 c0n574n7|y 5h1f71n6 3nv1r0nm3n7.
n00b.
I agree. I probably took me a year to figure out where “Hi, Opal” came from. It’s used too often to do a search on it.
Nope, just some random weirdness:
Masturbating like a motherfuck
IMO, girls think it’s funnier than guys.
Jesus. Who’s grill is that?!? It bloody filthy!
[QUOTE=RTFirefly]
We really need a FAQ about phrases that pop up here a lot, but rarely do elsewhere. QUOTE]
You mean like this?
So…just to get things straight (dope):
did the phrase “I burning your dog” have currency before the “Rock in the Box” thread, or was this little gem an entirely new coinage from friend Thaidog (to the best of our knowledge, I mean?)
It’s just that I’ve never been present before at the first usage of a net-wide catchphrase (and I remember reading the thread that day). Just like to know if I saw history in the making.
/needs a life
That wholly and fully Thaidog.
Dunno. It’s what a Google image search for “burning dog” turned up.
Gah. I am familiar with the concept, I disagree with the claim.
pWn3d, ind33d!
As if…
What RTFiefly wrote makes sense, it is standard algebraic chess notation. However, long algebraic notation might make more sense here:
- e2-e4 e7-e5
- Bf1-c4 Nb8-c6
- Qd1-h5 Ng8-f6
4, Qh5xf7#