SpaceBooger wrote:Somebody already mentioned the one I hate the most - Pwn!
It was a typo... and now its cool.
No, Own and Pwn were never cool. Used a lot yes, cool, no. Ok well, I always thought that 'I owned that guy' or 'I owned you' was always a really stupid sounding mangling of English. Purposefully mixing it with a typo is just extra special stupid with a side of fries.
Clearly you didn't play CS at the turn of the century.
Or any competitive shooter. ;P
*was a Quake 3 player at the time*
CRTGAMER wrote:Don't like it, condescending, should not be used. Everyone new or old has knowledge to share and contribute.
That's just what a noob would say.
Damn straight, he actually spelled n00b with o's.
I consider that word little or belittling , it is far more important not to discourage anyone from positive contributions. I do believe Forum rules and proper decorum discourage use of that word anyways.
I met my GF in 2002 on an IRC server I've frequented since 1998. She's now an oper on that same server. But as far as I'm concerned, she's still a n00b to me.
We are prepared to live in the plain and die in the plain!
