What the hell does pwn mean? I know it sounds like I'm a n00b but please someone tell me
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What the hell does pwn mean? I know it sounds like I'm a n00b but please someone tell me
...have no idea ö.ö
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."
Its a wierd version of "own"
It means to beat someone at something and "own" them, like they're a slave.
Example: I PWN U @ HALO!!!1ONWONE
WarCraft? Seriously? I always imagined it had origins in FPS games, not RTS. I have just had my mind blown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkeye
My mind just blew up:joey:
Your what? :confused:
its covered in a thread in feedback. But it logs you out of the forums, Dunno why anyone would bother but....
I usually pwn after headshots.
*sigh*
http://www.pwn.pl/
once again, it's a chess nerd thing
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...
It's a n00b thing to say anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Satans_apostle
*It's a dirty urrg to aaaeek aaay, what you like*
:cool:Quote:
geeky way of saying "owned"
Saying "owned" is pretty geeky in itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by PrincessYuna
lol true, theres no smarter way of saying it, is there?
good point, what would you say???Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
pwoned?
^ that makes no sense what so ever!
Why, I'd merely go through the good ol' fashioned "Point 'n' laugh" routine.Quote:
Originally Posted by PrincessYuna
wha? no kick in the balls??!!? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkeye
It came on a premade mud set, I think DIKU??? I cannot remember for the life of me though.
Well done :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by PrincessYuna
lol ;)
Bipper
I wouldn't want to get crabs on my foot hair.Quote:
Originally Posted by PrincessYuna
I am right bipper. Dont even try to argue with me
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
I'll say it again. Dont argue with me. EVER
I underlined it so you could understand. [/blue]
pwn means porn
pwned means porno....