History of L33t

This is for everyone who just found out about l33t and still have no idea what it really is or where it really came from A long time ago, being a hacker used to be cool, but many people who couldn't cut it, such as the script kiddies who aslo wanted to be cool too. Eventually a script kiddie language called "l33t" developed. The term elite was used to make people believe they were the best, and along with it came many other terms such as "h4x0r" "0wn" "p4ck3td", etc. An example being: "i 4m s0 l33t b1tch, i c4n p4ck3t j00 with my 0c3" or "i h4ve 7000 psx g4m3z". Soon l33t spread rampant like the plague in undergournd warez channels. It would not be uncommon to see an all out battle of wits going on in any of these chans. Not everyone learned from the constant kick-bans however, and being l33t still thrived. Along with the language l33t, came many other neccesities came too. To be l33t one must absolutely hate AOL and Microsoft. Using Microsoft products was acceptable as long as one admitted that "b1ll g4t3s sux0rz". To be l33t one must also threaten everyone with being h4x0red into. As the pracitcal joke fadded, even more and more newbies picked up this language as their own, and it began to appear in many FPS games such as Half Life or Quake 3. People would claim they "0wn3ed j00" after a cheap camp shot in the leg. As the language began degrading futher and furthter, it eventually dissapeared from IRC and hit AIM and AOL chat rooms to people with absolutley no computer knowledge except that of mp3s and Napster. People here took quite a liking too it, as they could insult someone and "look really cool too". Although not quite familiar with its terms, they knew that being l33t "r0x0red". It is not known how much further l33t speak will go, but can only be hoped it dies soon, and those who started it are shot along with the people who decided "All Your Base" should be posted on every UBB accross the net. In all fairness l33t does has its advantages, and is the only truthful way to pick out someone with a computer knowledge limited to Winamp and Counter Strike. And besides, l33t is history.