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Started by nes8bit Oct 27, 2000 at 12:44 AM 42 replies 2.5k views
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nes8bit
nes8bit
what exactally are the characters and phrases used in l338 talk huh? I know this 1=l 3=E ...wait a minute. --------------------------- Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell your...don't tell your family. The GDTalker
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Pouya
Pouya
1337 or 1338?

1338 is prolly 1337 + 1 IMHO

...
Quantum
Quantum
ah.. this takes me back

old-school:
1 = l
3 = e
4 = a
5 = s
6 = g
7 = t
0 = o
i know im missing some there..

new-school:
1 = i
2 = r
3 = e
4 = a
5 = s
6 = g
7 = l
8 = b
0 = o

+ = t
\/\/ = w
more weird combo''s like that...

j can be used for y
e.g. j00 = you
u is capitialised unless theres a y in the word, i think.

bah.. i''ve forgotten a lot of it.
DarkMage139
DarkMage139
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("Al Gore is a fink")

- DarkMage139
++++++++++++++++
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"Ask and you will be shot" -snes16bit
"Not again!" -SHilbert (upon being assimilated)
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DarkMage139
Fantasy Edge
Fantasy Edge
wtf, you still didnt explain anything to us people that dont follow this crap. I have been wondering what this "new school" slang has been for some time now. so.. what is it?

I am not text, I am not organized pixels, I am not killed by turning off your monitor, I am not isolated by turning off your computer. I just am.

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SiCrane
SiCrane
This seems like it''s a spin-off of the "#gamedev has finally gone to hell" thread where msn12b said:

"Wow, I guess I''m not as 31337 as you are!"

and someone (CobraA1) asked for clarification. This was my clarification:

31337 when translated literally means "elite". The 3''s translate to E''s the 1 translates to an L and the 7 translates to a T, due to the similarity in their appearance. esp in fixed width fonts. I believe it originates on the old BBS systems in which the "elite" would share cracking/hacking techniques and tools. In the circles I travel in nowadays, 31337 is used as a derogatory term. As a noun meaning an infantile individual who has an exagerated self opinion, and/or an individual who doesn''t "talk" normally. i.e. an overabundance of abreviations and canned substitutions. Members of 2600 often suffer from the 31337 stereotype.

Aparantly I didn''t list enough of the character translations.

At least this is the most recent reference to it that I''ve seen on the boards.
firahs
firahs
1 w1Ll p4[k37 j00

ElMrGambler
ElMrGambler
!

Gamble, Gamble My Life!
Gamble, Gamble My Life!
terminate
terminate
+32/\/\||\|@+3 |5 C007

|)@/\/\|\| |/\/\ l338

A = @
B = 8
C = C
D = |)
E = 3
F = |=
G = G
H = |-|
I = |
J = J
K = |<
L = 1
M = /\/N = |\|
O = 0
P = P
Q = Q
R = 2
S = 5
T = +
U = |_|
V = \/
W = \/\/
X = ><
Y = j
Z = Z

Thats my intereprtation ;P

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Whats a pretty girl like you doing in a dirty mind like mine?

Edited by - terminate on October 27, 2000 4:59:11 PM
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
terminate
terminate
Correction B = 8, not B=B

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Whats a pretty girl like you doing in a dirty mind like mine?
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
Facehat
Facehat
it''s "l337" ("elite"), not "l338" ("leeb"? )

I don''t think there are really any character translations. It''s more subject to what seems right then anything else. Besides, j00 people forgot about the MiXeD cAsE stuff that goes on.

n0\/\/, 1 w1lL h4x04 j00!

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"Before criticizing someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
Then, when you do criticize them, you will be a mile away and have their shoes." -- Deep Thoughts
Ironblayde
Ironblayde
I suppose l338 would make sense if you pronounce the 8 ("lee"-"eight"). Maybe that was the idea behind it? Who knows. As screwed-up of a language as it is, I prefer English to all this crap.

-Ironblayde
 Aeon Software

The following sentence is true.
The preceding sentence is false.
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
Pouya
Pouya
naw, C++ is better
that''s what I answer when people ask me what my first language is

...
Pierre Zuluut
Pierre Zuluut
Public Sub menus()
If inf.Tag = "u" Then
For Each ctrl In Me
If ctrl.Top = n.Top - 33 And ctrl.Left = n.Left Then
examine ctrl
Exit Sub
End If
Next ctrl
ElseIf inf.Tag = "d" Then
For Each ctrl In Me
If ctrl.Top = n.Top + 33 And ctrl.Left = n.Left Then
examine ctrl
Exit Sub
End If
Next ctrl
ElseIf inf.Tag = "r" Then
For Each ctrl In Me
If ctrl.Top = n.Top And ctrl.Left = n.Left + 33 Then
examine ctrl
Exit Sub
End If
Next ctrl
ElseIf inf.Tag = "l" Then
For Each ctrl In Me
If ctrl.Top = n.Top And ctrl.Left = n.Left - 33 Then
examine ctrl
Exit Sub
End If
Next ctrl
End If
End Sub

ummm...my first language is VB

wise_Guy
wise_Guy
Well first of all you guys are forgetting 9 which is used a g, as in 9amedev. And for added 1887 points you can use ø for O, ß for B or S, ü for u and other such gnarly tricks. Also try to add in squiggles wherever possible, as in ׆¬ wiše 9µy ¤¤¢

Second of all, if you go to 3DActionPlanet they have a really cool "1887-iser" thing where you can type in names and it 188t''s them for you.

later
JonnyQuest
JonnyQuest
If you count so-called "script kiddies" (aka leet people) there you go... Those are people who inflate their ego by downloading trojans and portscanners and thinking they're so great when they crash some poor bloke's machine.

[edit]
MARTYR!
[/edit]

- JQ, PWC Software
"programming is all about wasting time" -me

Edited by - JonnyQuest on October 27, 2000 6:45:23 PM
~phil
Quantum
Quantum
quote:
Original post by arsenius

he he, thanks, now I think i''m gonna go home and write a little proggy, that inputs a file, and replaces all the normal characters, with l337 h4x0r characters
somethin to do


-arsenius
''after three days without programming, life becomes meaningless'' -The Tao of Programming


hehe, i already did that
it was my first app (i skipped the hello world stuff )
it crashed unless you gave it exactly 15 letters and most of the time it didn''t work


quote:

One thing I''ve always wondered... Does anybody *actually* use this as a regular form of communication? The only people I know do it as a joke or as a derogatory things as SiCrane was saying.

if you take a look at some of the sites that list defacements (http://www.attrition.org/security/lists.html etc) you''ll see a few "real" hacking groups do use 1337 talk
jonnyfish
jonnyfish
My friend and I created a sort of "1337^1337" chat that we used to harass Half-Life server admins. They could never figure out what we were saying... ah, the good ol'' days.
furby100
furby100
The modern meaning for l337 or 1337 or l33t is an annoying idiot who gets netbus or bo3k or other such rubbish and takes control of other people''s computer''s, refers to themselves as a ''hacker'' and then blames themselves for any thing that goes wrong with a computer, and who doesn''t know the first thing about programming, ie they think their ability to use DHTML is an amazing feat which will make millions for them. Let me give you an example. A person I know, on finding out about the recent Microsoft break in claimed that they did it. Now is that a stupid thing or what.

And by the way, the reason I know all this stuff about these people is:
a) I was one when I was about 7 years old. (This was before I could irritate people on a message board fortunately).
b) I know a few at school, and they are irritating.


Please state the nature of the debugging emergency.


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