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#1 PercivalCox
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I know that 1337 is "elite," but where did it come from?
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#2 Stix9501
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It comes from TEH HAXORZ!

when people started doing the whole

lets substitute numbers for letters so we can be more cool! thing 

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#3 deactivated-57af49c27f4e8
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i think it might have roots in halo, you know, elites, but not really sure.
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#4 Nerfing
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Came from CS. 1337.
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#5 masterchief2512
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elite

leet 

l33t

1337

 

It was the work of "TEH HAXXORZ!!!!!111!!!11ELEVEN!" 

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#6 funnymario
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Most likely CS.
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#7 joey101010
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I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.
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#8 funnymario
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I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.joey101010
English?
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#9 joey101010
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[QUOTE="joey101010"]I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.funnymario
English?

Er, hackers wanted to communicate in a way that common people couldn't understand? I may have used converge in the wrong context.
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#10 wrlyy
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It came from a bunch of nerds on the internet.
i think it might have roots in halo, you know, elites, but not really sure. paullywog
It predates Halo by MANY years.
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#11 PercivalCox
Member since 2007 • 985 Posts

elite

leet 

l33t

1337

 

It was the work of "TEH HAXXORZ!!!!!111!!!11ELEVEN!" 

masterchief2512

Oh, now that makes since. Like Bobby

Robert

Rob

Bob

Bobby

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#12 Nerfing
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[QUOTE="funnymario"][QUOTE="joey101010"]I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.joey101010
English?

Er, hackers wanted to communicate in a way that common people couldn't understand? I may have used converge in the wrong context.

y0\/ @r3 /\/0+ pr3p3r3d!
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#13 joey101010
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[QUOTE="joey101010"][QUOTE="funnymario"][QUOTE="joey101010"]I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.Nerfing
English?

Er, hackers wanted to communicate in a way that common people couldn't understand? I may have used converge in the wrong context.

y0\/ @r3 /\/0+ pr3p3r3d!

?!?!
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#14 mmogoon
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I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.joey101010
lol
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#15 Nerfing
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[QUOTE="Nerfing"][QUOTE="joey101010"][QUOTE="funnymario"][QUOTE="joey101010"]I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.joey101010
English?

Er, hackers wanted to communicate in a way that common people couldn't understand? I may have used converge in the wrong context.

y0\/ @r3 /\/0+ pr3p3r3d!

?!?!

My point exactly. :D
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#16 masterchief2512
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[QUOTE="masterchief2512"]

elite

leet

l33t

1337

 

It was the work of "TEH HAXXORZ!!!!!111!!!11ELEVEN!"

PercivalCox

Oh, now that makes since. Like Bobby

Robert

Rob

Bob

Bobby

 Whoah, my name is Bobby.  I thought you were talking about me there for a second.  Creepy.

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#17 azrealhk
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check out www.u-r-b-a-n-d-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-r-y.com (without the hyphens of course)
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#18 skullkrusher13
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I went to Taco Bell today,  and my number was 1337, I kid you not. 
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#19 Nerfing
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I went to Taco Bell today,  and my number was 1337, I kid you not. skullkrusher13
lies
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#20 serbsta69
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what is 1337
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#21 skullkrusher13
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[QUOTE="skullkrusher13"]I went to Taco Bell today,  and my number was 1337, I kid you not. Nerfing
lies

you dare question me!?!?!?!?! I still have my reciept, would you like me to show you???  My camera sux, but you'll still be able to make it out. 

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#22 Nerfing
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[QUOTE="Nerfing"][QUOTE="skullkrusher13"]I went to Taco Bell today,  and my number was 1337, I kid you not. skullkrusher13

lies

you dare question me!?!?!?!?! I still have my reciept, would you like me to show you???  My camera sux, but you'll still be able to make it out. 

SS or it didn't happen
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#23 skullkrusher13
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ok, give me a second, I'll edit this post with teh SS.  I love owning n00bs. :)

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#24 Nerfing
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ok, give me a second, I'll edit this post with teh SS.  I love owning n00bs. :)skullkrusher13
\/ h@\/3 b33/\/ 0\/\//\/3d
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[QUOTE="Nerfing"][QUOTE="joey101010"][QUOTE="funnymario"][QUOTE="joey101010"]I thought it was hackers that needed a language to converge in that no one else could understand.joey101010
English?

Er, hackers wanted to communicate in a way that common people couldn't understand? I may have used converge in the wrong context.

y0\/ @r3 /\/0+ pr3p3r3d!

?!?!

You are not prepared...
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#26 skullkrusher13
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[QUOTE="skullkrusher13"]ok, give me a second, I'll edit this post with teh SS.  I love owning n00bs. :)Nerfing
\/ h@\/3 b33/\/ 0\/\//\/3d

531F 0\/\/N3D

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#27 Nerfing
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ggdf

I can't see 5h1+.

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#28 skullkrusher13
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my camera is teh n00bish, I take more pics if u want, just give me some time n00bsauce.
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#29 Nerfing
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my camera is teh n00bish, I take more pics if u want, just give me some time n00bsauce.skullkrusher13

Yep.

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#31 Nerfing
Member since 2007 • 1471 Posts
5 |*34|funnymario
NEVER!
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#32 skullkrusher13
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thats the best you can get w/ 3.1 megapixels.  If you can't see it, time to upgrade ur monitor...

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#33 Nerfing
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thats the best you can get w/ 3.1 megapixels.  If you can't see it, time to upgrade ur monitor...

skullkrusher13
lol.
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#34 irtaylor
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thats the best you can get w/ 3.1 megapixels. If you can't see it, time to upgrade ur monitor...

skullkrusher13
Burrito Supreme with ground beef =/
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#35 skullkrusher13
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ya, my number was 1337, its kinda sorta hard to see it, its in the left hand corner.

It was hilarious this chick was calling out numbers, when mine was ready she was like "1 3 3 7" that really made my day :lol: