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Project G
11-08-2005, 04:44 PM
What the hell does pwn mean? I know it sounds like I'm a n00b but please someone tell me

Luara
11-08-2005, 04:46 PM
...have no idea ö.ö

Hawkeye
11-08-2005, 04:46 PM
PWN (verb)

1. An act of dominating an opponent.

2. Great, ingenious; applied to methods and objects.

Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer mispelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supose to be "player has been owned." was "player has been pwned".

Pwn eventually grew from there and is now used throughout the online world, especially in online games.1. "I pwn these guys on battlenet"

2. "This strategy pwns!" or "This game pwn."

Reine
11-08-2005, 04:47 PM
Its a wierd version of "own"

Rye
11-08-2005, 04:47 PM
It means to beat someone at something and "own" them, like they're a slave.

Example: I PWN U @ HALO!!!1ONWONE

Shoeberto
11-08-2005, 04:49 PM
Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer mispelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supose to be "player has been owned." was "player has been pwned".
WarCraft? Seriously? I always imagined it had origins in FPS games, not RTS. I have just had my mind blown.

Alive-Cat
11-08-2005, 04:52 PM
My mind just blew up:joey:

ScottNUMBERS
11-08-2005, 04:55 PM
Your what? :confused:

xX.Silver.Wings.Xx
11-08-2005, 05:24 PM
its covered in a thread in feedback. But it logs you out of the forums, Dunno why anyone would bother but....

Yamaneko
11-08-2005, 05:26 PM
I usually pwn after headshots.

Rainecloud
11-08-2005, 05:45 PM
*sigh*

http://www.pwn.pl/

Meat Puppet
11-08-2005, 06:51 PM
once again, it's a chess nerd thing

crashNUMBERS
11-08-2005, 06:55 PM
It's a stronger synonym for when somone says OWNED. It's like saying Jealous and Envy. Same word, ones a stronger way of usage...

RPJesus
11-08-2005, 06:57 PM
What the hell does pwn mean? I know it sounds like I'm a n00b but please someone tell me
It's a n00b thing to say anyway.
*It's a dirty urrg to aaaeek aaay, what you like*

Ohhh
11-08-2005, 07:03 PM
geeky way of saying "owned":cool:

Psychotic
11-08-2005, 07:20 PM
geeky way of saying "owned"Saying "owned" is pretty geeky in itself.

Holy_Aeris
11-08-2005, 07:20 PM
lol true, theres no smarter way of saying it, is there?

Ohhh
11-08-2005, 07:30 PM
Saying "owned" is pretty geeky in itself.
good point, what would you say???

GunbladeMaster
11-08-2005, 07:35 PM
pwoned?

Holy_Aeris
11-08-2005, 07:49 PM
^ that makes no sense what so ever!

Psychotic
11-08-2005, 07:52 PM
good point, what would you say???Why, I'd merely go through the good ol' fashioned "Point 'n' laugh" routine.

Ohhh
11-08-2005, 08:02 PM
Why, I'd merely go through the good ol' fashioned "Point 'n' laugh" routine.
wha? no kick in the balls??!!? :)

bipper
11-08-2005, 08:07 PM
PWN (verb)

1. An act of dominating an opponent.

2. Great, ingenious; applied to methods and objects.

Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer mispelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supose to be "player has been owned." was "player has been pwned".

Pwn eventually grew from there and is now used throughout the online world, especially in online games.1. "I pwn these guys on battlenet"

2. "This strategy pwns!" or "This game pwn."

That could be wrong? Back in the days of MUDS, the ultimate spell that admins could cast was mispelled to pwn, which could be targeted at everyone on the game :) This was also a grammar boo-boo.

It came on a premade mud set, I think DIKU??? I cannot remember for the life of me though.




Geeky way of saying "owned"
:cool:

Well done :cool:
lol ;)
Bipper

Psychotic
11-08-2005, 08:16 PM
wha? no kick in the balls??!!? :)I wouldn't want to get crabs on my foot hair.

Hawkeye
11-08-2005, 08:17 PM
I am right bipper. Dont even try to argue with me

bipper
11-08-2005, 08:23 PM
hehe not launching an argument. Just saying that thier are other roots to it. Note the question mark

damn, people get a little too defencive around here [/irony ;)]

Anywho. brings back fond memories, as whn I launched a Mud using the codebase... the man pages had the command as OWN, when the command that needed to be typed was PWN ... frustration! I changed it then, now I kick myself for not trademarking the phrase :(

Bipper

Hawkeye
11-09-2005, 03:58 AM
I'll say it again. Dont argue with me. EVER

I underlined it so you could understand. [/blue]

Old Manus
11-09-2005, 07:30 AM
http://www.gabor-nagy.com/pwned.jpg

Neco Arc
11-09-2005, 08:24 AM
pwn means porn
pwned means porno....