Quick question...

[logi74]

Why do people spell "owned" as "pwned"?

Just curious. I never know why.

 

[ceiling_fan]

I think it originated on the CS forums.

 

[logi74]

I think it originated on the CS forums.

Huh. Well, I wonder, why press P when O is right next to it?

 

[Sage]

O and P are close to each other on the keyboard, so I’m assuming pwned was a common typo, and then became a running-joke sort of thing (much in the same way as teh).

 

[logi74]

O and P are close to each other on the keyboard, so I’m assuming pwned was a common typo, and then became a running-joke sort of thing (much in the same way as teh).

I wouldn't be surprised. Nobody uses it as a joke though now, it's just common. Oh wait, so is teh, if you've ever been to an anime forum. (Strange parallel).

 

[niky]

Not just anime forums... everyone uses it. It's an old gag.

 

[logi74]

Not just anime forums... everyone uses it. It's an old gag.

Right. We don't here, on GTP, as much as when I was with Gaia; "teh" became the norm.
A couple of my friends started saying "teh" in RL after being there.

 

[Emohawk]

I think it's from Quake. Type fast or get fragged= teh tipng eror.
And getting pwned is generally regarded as more severe then getting owned.

 

[Duke]

Actually, I think the term "PWNED" game from a real video game with a typo in one of the popup messages that came up when you got, well, owned. But the name of the game escapes me at the moment.

 

[skip0110]

Actually, I think the term "PWNED" game from a real video game with a typo in one of the popup messages that came up when you got, well, owned. But the name of the game escapes me at the moment.

It was WarCraft 👍

Thank you http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwn

 

[ceiling_fan]

Try this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWNED!

Didn't read all of it, but it seems to answer your question.

 

[Jedi2016]

Funny aside:

A friend of mine at work was talking about a guild he and some other top-level players made in World of Warcraft. They were called "My Little Pwnies", and went around whooping the holy hell out of everything in their path.

 

[Spock]

Pbe Pcause Ptyping Pwords Pwith Pa Pp Pas Pthe Pfirst Plettar Pare Pcoll.

Ptotally.

Pwned.

 

[logi74]

And thanks Duke.

And skip.

 

[xXSilencerXx]

I always figured it came from somone accidentally hittin P instead of O.

 

[ferrari_chris]

I think it stems from the common typo, which is associated with geeks - as is the term "owned".

So, the term is geek, then the spelling is geek.

Same as n00b - the term is geek, so the spelling is geek.

 

[logi74]

I think it stems from the common typo, which is associated with geeks - as is the term "owned".

So, the term is geek, then the spelling is geek.

Same as n00b - the term is geek, so the spelling is geek.

Read the thread before you post, please.

 

[crimson_menace]

I don't really know, but if you type 'pwned' for a google search, the same results will show as if you had typed 'owned.' I werkt for me to an extent.

 

[logi74]

I don't really know, but if you type 'pwned' for a google search, the same results will show as if you had typed 'owned.' I werkt for me to an extent.

Also read above. Duke and Skip say it.

(Sorry, it wouldn't kill you. It's only one page.)

 

[SS69]

dont even get me started on online multiplayer games...

 

[ferrari_chris]

Read the thread before you post, please.

I did.

Where's the problem?

 

[Duke]

Because it was explained about half an hour before you made your post, yet you made it anyway, and with a less factual answer than the several that had already been given.
👍

 

[ferrari_chris]

Because it was explained about half an hour before you made your post, yet you made it anyway, and with a less factual answer than the several that had already been given.
👍

OK, thanks.

In future I'll refrain from posting if my opinion is similar to people who have already posted.

 

[Duke]

That was just why he was busting your chops. You're definitely NOT a problem child in this area, so don't worry about it.

 

[Famine]

Don't forget, of course, that qwned is FAR more severe than pwned. And rwned is even worse. It carries on through to zwned - and then, logically, onto aawned.

Don't. Ask.

 

[logi74]

Don't forget, of course, that qwned is FAR more severe than pwned. And rwned is even worse. It carries on through to zwned - and then, logically, onto aawned.

Don't. Ask.

I won't.