Report, edit, etc...Posted by axblader on 2005-01-22 at 18:11:51
is it special? i saw it..a lot... i just noticed so i forgot which post it was in...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chill on 2005-01-22 at 18:18:12
Elite > LEET > 1337
Report, edit, etc...Posted by LegacyWeapon on 2005-01-22 at 19:05:42
1337 is the way people talk to be "cool"
It mostly started when people playing CS (Counter Strike) would talk weird and replace their letters with characters, numbers, and symbols to confuse their enemies. 1337 is derived from the word elite which means high quality, upper class, superior, fine, above average, great, wonderful, skillful. They shortened it to leet which soon became 1337. There are many 1337 translators made from javascript to help people better understand this new "language." Now 1337 is spoken on online games all over the world.
The common characters used are:
A
@
^
/-\
4
B
8
|3
13
C
(
{
<
[
D
|)
])
1)
E
3
F
|=
#
G
(_-
9
6
H
}{
]-[
)-(
I
1
|
!
J
.|
.1
K
|<
1<
L
|_
1_
M
(\/)
/\/\
/|/|
|\|\
|\/|
N
(\)
/\/
|\|
O
()
{}
[]
<>
P
|*
Q
(_).
R
12
|2
S
§
5
T
+
-|-
U
(_)
|_|
1_1
V
\/
W
\/\/
|_|_|
(_|_)
X
><
Y
`/
J
Z
2
This is not a complete list but just most of the simpler variations.
It mostly started when people playing CS (Counter Strike) would talk weird and replace their letters with characters, numbers, and symbols to confuse their enemies. 1337 is derived from the word elite which means high quality, upper class, superior, fine, above average, great, wonderful, skillful. They shortened it to leet which soon became 1337. There are many 1337 translators made from javascript to help people better understand this new "language." Now 1337 is spoken on online games all over the world.
The common characters used are:
A
@
^
/-\
4
B
8
|3
13
C
(
{
<
[
D
|)
])
1)
E
3
F
|=
#
G
(_-
9
6
H
}{
]-[
)-(
I
1
|
!
J
.|
.1
K
|<
1<
L
|_
1_
M
(\/)
/\/\
/|/|
|\|\
|\/|
N
(\)
/\/
|\|
O
()
{}
[]
<>
P
|*
Q
(_).
R
12
|2
S
§
5
T
+
-|-
U
(_)
|_|
1_1
V
\/
W
\/\/
|_|_|
(_|_)
X
><
Y
`/
J
Z
2
This is not a complete list but just most of the simpler variations.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chill on 2005-01-22 at 19:08:18
Y can also be J.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by LegacyWeapon on 2005-01-22 at 19:10:40
Thank you. Added.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chill on 2005-01-22 at 19:23:11
No, no, you put Y under J. J goes under Y, not the other way around.
See:
Juice > Y(_)!53 (doesn't sound right)
You > J00 (does sound right)
See:
Juice > Y(_)!53 (doesn't sound right)
You > J00 (does sound right)
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Lisk on 2005-01-23 at 16:55:17
I always thought 1337 was invented to prevent search sites from finding your sites oO_ CS... jeez...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by iamacow on 2005-01-23 at 17:01:54
Wrong, not from CS, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A787917%22 (Not actually what I was looking for, but it's close enough)
You = J00 always seemed more like a fake typo joke to me, combined with leet, like the and teh.
You = J00 always seemed more like a fake typo joke to me, combined with leet, like the and teh.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by High on 2005-01-23 at 17:29:56
isnt one of the terrorists called the 1337 Crew or soem 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kow on 2005-01-23 at 18:03:22
1337 all started with hackers. They would put stuff on their sites, but search engines would find their 'stuff'. They replaces characters with similar looking characters to fool the searches. One thing led to another and it turned out like 7#15.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-01-23 at 18:30:08
0M9, 7h€ 1337¡n@70r k¡çk§ §0 mµçh @§§!
The 1337inator http://www.scindex.com/articles.php?id=1
If you want to see 1337ness, click links in my signature that say 1337 in them.
The 1337inator http://www.scindex.com/articles.php?id=1If you want to see 1337ness, click links in my signature that say 1337 in them.