today's lesson ..... 1337 speek

being an online multiplayer gamer, well sort of, i only play one... i found myself reading up on some gaming forums for tips now and then. what i strolled across bewildered me at first. apparently the "youts" of america (and maybe elsewhere) have developed their own typing style for these online games/forums. i suppose its posible that it extends beyond teenagers, but for the sake of my post we will limit it to the poor youths that need some real parenting... such as someone who say created this (which i find extremely funny, but at the same time makes me afraid of the future).

anywho,

i'll give you a few 1337 speek examples and let you peruse a site or 2 for more help understanding our troubled online community..

1337= leet=elite

joo rOxxOrs mah sOxxOrs= you rock my socks

pwnd, p'wn= owned (this started because some code writer mishit a key when typing text for a game)

dave ist teh nOOb= dave is stupid

anyways people can actually write paragragh posts is this stuff.... it hurts my brain just looking at it... here are a couple links if you want to look into it further...

wiki

msn

i tried to find a suitable post in the forums of my game, but sadly they re-vamped it 2 weeks ago and it seems all the 1337 kids quit it as the game is dying....

*update*

i did manage to find this string from one of my game forums that has a small presentation in Ostisc's post (about 5th one down)