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Bogusheadbox
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:03:00 -
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Ok, here is one for the L33t geekoid comunity. Apparently in my old age <ahem> i have fallen short of keeping up with the jargon that makes posting on forums for the young wippa snappers Ohhh so much fun.
Okay so can people give me a list and explanation of all the groovy little acronyms.
AFAIK = ?
and so on.
Feel free to make some up.
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Enderweeks
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:08:00 -
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Edited by: Enderweeks on 19/09/2003 10:37:02
IMHO here is a good place to start 
Edit to put in link 
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Fijou
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:08:00 -
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Well, uh, heres some I can think of off the top of my head.
afaik=as far as i know
brb=be right back
bbs=be back soon
bbl=be back later
afk=away from keyboard
bbiab=be back in a bit
bbwtmran=be back when the monkey rides at noon
tbh=to be honest
lol=laughing out loud
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:14:00 -
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...also what does this crap mean about being "owned"? It sounds so lame. It reminds me of whiney, geeky 14year old american teenagers, which is not a pleasant thought at the best of times. And also, I don't get this thing of substituting numbers for letters, eg m3g4 - are they dyslexic or something?
Answers of a postcard please, to the usual address...
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Roba
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:14:00 -
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Bah, I never got all this stuff. And I'm a kid. If you can type at a decent speed why not just spell it out?! Well I do use ppl instead of people.
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:16:00 -
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Edited by: DB Preacher on 19/09/2003 10:33:07
rtfm = read the f**king manual
rofl = roll on floor laughing
lmao = laugh my ass off
fsr = for some reason
m00 = universal greeting
mOo = universally hated pirates
j00 = you
wtf = what the f***
I'll prolly think of a hundred more as soon as i press Post Reply.
Current RKK Ranking: (CAL4) Soldier
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:18:00 -
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Miso, old bean,
anyone who spends some time on IRC unfortunately has to learn the lingo otherwise you just can't keep up with wtf (what the F***, another there) is going on.
a good start is to add 0r onto anything.
L33t0r Scr1ipt0r k1dd13s lub m3.
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:20:00 -
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L33t0r Scr1ipt0r k1dd13s lub m3.
That is so lame, that its off the scale of all known lameness detectors...
(Thanks for the explaination DB!)
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Fijou
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:28:00 -
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Edited by: Fijou on 19/09/2003 10:28:20
For anyone interested, here is a comprehensive look and guide to "leet speak" (aka replacing letters with numbers)
"leet speek"
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:35:00 -
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Thanks for the link... just re-afirms my belief that its all lamer than a donkey with 4 broken legs.
Still, kiddies like that sort of thing don't they? They probably think its "kewl"
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SavX
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:39:00 -
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The word "lol" is the only one I use. How are you going to tell someone that you are laughing other then, "HAHAHAHA" which looks stupid. To the other people who do things like, "I hav 2 go 2 c if u r there" then learn to type faster.
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Temujin Destovai
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:40:00 -
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lets not forget "ffs" - for fcks sake
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Richard Saldana
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:41:00 -
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Edited by: Richard Saldana on 19/09/2003 10:45:13
Edited by: Richard Saldana on 19/09/2003 10:44:33
Quote:
Thanks for the link... just re-afirms my belief that its all lamer than a donkey with 4 broken legs.
Now that *really* did make me LOL!
The girl I share an office with is now wondering why I am sitting here chortling at my laptop 
(Oh, and I agree with you wholeheartedly - maybe I'm just old, but it's lame beyond belief)
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:44:00 -
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its lame, but somehow it grows on you like a disease.
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Bart: "Do you even have a job any more?"
Homer: "I think its obvious that I Don't"
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Richard Saldana
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:47:00 -
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OK, while we're on the subject, can someone tell me what "w00t" is all about? I keep seeing it on here but can't work out what it's supposed to mean or where it is derived from.
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Captain Xpendable
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:48:00 -
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one thing that bugs me.
"You" is only 3 letters long.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ABBREVIATED!!!!
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The Doctor
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:48:00 -
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Quote:
its lame, but somehow it grows on you like a disease.
yes, yes it does.
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Fijou
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:51:00 -
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"w00t" is an exclamation of joy
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Ballard
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:14:00 -
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Edited by: Ballard on 19/09/2003 11:14:19
Heh...I can think of some situations were shouting "woooot" as an indication of great joy would be kinda...err..funny ;P
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sutty
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:18:00 -
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I belive long ago some guys actually did a petition to get "1337" and offical language :D since like enough people speak it :)
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Meau
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:23:00 -
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Edited by: Meau on 19/09/2003 11:23:57
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The word "lol" is the only one I use. How are you going to tell someone that you are laughing other then, "HAHAHAHA" which looks stupid.
Emotes are quite common in the online gaming community, if the chat doesnt suppurt any, then like
*grins evilly*
The absence of lol generally makes a chat channel far more enjoyable in my humble opinion (seeing several lines of nothing but those 3 letters after some joke still looks quite lame for me, though i should be used to it after the years ;), albeit i and many others tolerate it even in more roleplayed channels cause not everybody has the |_33»|» typing skills to quickly react with an emote, while shaken by laughter. *winks*
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Irnaii
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:27:00 -
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OMG OMG OMG, m3 *****3d ur ub3rl4m3 h34d$. WTF?!
err, sorry... need to take my mining pills again, then i can speak normally again.
Irnaii
Personnel Manager NERD Inc.
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Drake Ramirez
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:59:00 -
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Edited by: Drake Ramirez on 19/09/2003 12:00:24
Quote:
Edited by: Enderweeks on 19/09/2003 10:37:02
IMHO here is a good place to start
Edit to put in link
"mkay?" wtf does that mean?
A work colleague reckons its simple "hmmm okay" but said like Mr. Makey from Southpark.
Edit: It aint in that list ever 
Drake Ramirez
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Bogusheadbox
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Posted - 2003.09.19 12:04:00 -
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"mkay?" wtf does that mean?
A work colleague reckons its simple "hmmm okay" but said like Mr. Makey from Southpark.
Edit: It aint in that list ever
Screw you hippie I'm going home!!!!!!!!!!
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Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the *******s
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Drake Ramirez
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Posted - 2003.09.19 12:05:00 -
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Quote:
Quote:
"mkay?" wtf does that mean?
A work colleague reckons its simple "hmmm okay" but said like Mr. Makey from Southpark.
Edit: It aint in that list ever
Screw you hippie I'm going home!!!!!!!!!!
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Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the *******s
My work colleague just proved it to me, so screw you guys, I'm going home!!!
Drake Ramirez
When everything else is said and done, there will be nothing else to say or do... |
Beringe
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Posted - 2003.09.19 12:27:00 -
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:laughs:
This is the first thread I've even remotely felt like posting in since the patch.
1337-speak is the result of a community of percieved elites twisting standard language in an attempt to isolate themselves from the "lesser" types. It is more of a cant than a slang.
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Gan Howorth
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Posted - 2003.09.19 13:06:00 -
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idd? = I dont doubt??
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Severe McCald
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:10:00 -
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Edited by: Severe McCald on 19/09/2003 14:11:52
"It is more of a cant than a slang"
Dreadful. The word is spelt with a "u" and you don't say "it" when describing a person. And what has slang got to do with it.
DGA (dear god above.)
SM
And Moses was content to dwell with the man:and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom:for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. |
Tilihad
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:18:00 -
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I am too old to learn how to type in leet speak. So i just use the online translator to help me along.
http://www.geocities.com/mnstr_2000/translate.html
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Spyder Murphy
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:22:00 -
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I 0WNzor J00 WI+h MY L33T 5K1Ll$
Heheh couldn't resist 
Your Anode Light Neutron Particle Cannon I perfectly strikes Serpentis Smuggler, wrecking for 218.0 damage.
Verge û noun - An extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen. |
Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:24:00 -
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Do your parents have any normal children?
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Bart: "Do you even have a job any more?"
Homer: "I think its obvious that I Don't"
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Zezman
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:31:00 -
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m sprsd tht n n mntnd tpng wtht n vwls. Thts lt hrdr t rd n m pnn. Cn y rd ths? |
Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:37:00 -
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Do your parents have any normal children?
I know spyder, and I can honestly say I doubt it...
Spyder/Daes - you coming out to play tonite?
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:43:00 -
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possibly, every time we miss each other the desire just intensifies :)
Its like a booster... are you sure you didn't slip anything in my drink at the last party?
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Bart: "Do you even have a job any more?"
Homer: "I think its obvious that I Don't"
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Kushy
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:44:00 -
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lol, i can sorta read it :P something else thats sort of weird: If you mix aornud the mdidle lteetrs in a wrod but lveae the lsat oens the smae, it can siltl be raed fraily ealsiy.
neat huh? 
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:53:00 -
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possibly, every time we miss each other the desire just intensifies :)
Its like a booster... are you sure you didn't slip anything in my drink at the last party?
You don't need anything to light your fire girl, ive seen you shaking your ass at THAT club in Stacmon...you know the one I mean...
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Arcain Draconis
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Posted - 2003.09.19 15:08:00 -
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Drugs are bad, mkay
southpark
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DeathStar
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Posted - 2003.09.19 15:33:00 -
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That was a very funny read for a friday, cheers peeps looks like it could be a good w/end :)
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Nemesis I
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Posted - 2003.09.19 16:16:00 -
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The rarest one of course is
CTD = Crashed to desktop.
Rarest seen, but probably the most typed, due to 'oh sh*t IÆm going to CTD..........
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Bobby Wilson
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Posted - 2003.09.19 16:30:00 -
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My favorite is LOL, ROFL et al. There's a certain inflation to these expressions, as in my experience most people put LOL in not to mean "in RL I'm really laughing out loud", but rather anything from "that's hilarious", to "that's mildly amusing", to "you're dumb I'm laughing at you", to "if this was RL I'd smile and fake a chuckle to be polite". Similarly I've only really ROFLed once in RL from anything I read in a chat or forum, and that was years ago, but I continue to use that to say something like "That was really quite funny, I actually did audibly laugh in RL". Really what LOL was originally meant, I think.
I think the lack of true emotional expression (ie. real faces, tones of voice, etc.) is leading to some kinda inflation in expression. Much like people now saying "STFU MF, I'm gonna kill you and stuff your arm down your throat you homo", when in fact all they're really saying is what 10 years ago would have been expressed as "F*&k off dude, you are such a loser", and 20 years ago by "shut up!". None are polite, but the expressions of displeasure, disapproval, etc. are getting more and more extreme well past the point of ridiculous. Also, it seems to take a lot more effort in words and thought
Originally by: Selim
Cool, congrats.
Oh, stupid idea by the way.
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Chucky
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Posted - 2003.09.19 16:52:00 -
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You forgot Meh!
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Larana
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Posted - 2003.09.19 17:18:00 -
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Edited by: Larana on 19/09/2003 17:19:48
Edited by: Larana on 19/09/2003 17:18:13
I was alwasy told leet speek was originaly formed in Half Life {counter strike}. Used in local or open chat to try to confuse your foe, it helped a few clans I know, pull off some very nice tricks,
A deeper Leet speek of sorts was formed later in SOF n SOFII, but that was a combnation of military terms and leet, for those who used to play SOF or SOF II you might know what im talking about.
KEY WORDS
for those who dont know what SOF or SOFII is.
Soldier Of Fortune
Soldier Of Fortune 2
Example of SOF/II Coded message
1200-4lph4,Ch4rli3-0-500
Translation 1200: simple
Alpha was used to mean: Next target was moving in stated direction.
Charlie: was in our case used as a signal for a friendly which was a reverse of Military charlie meaning foe.
0: was if they were moving or not or if Alpha was moving but Charlie wasnt it would have been 1200-4lph4,Ch4rli3-1-0-500
500: was where you spotter was in in oposition to Alpha.
This was used for Sniper direction, and you can see the information contained in a simple code, thougth complex, can be typed fast enought to get a heads up, when anyone read these kind of messages in Open Chat or Local they were baffeled as to it's meaning, thougth using Leet in Eve impo is kind of pointless cause it's not always first to shoot wins, or one shot kills.
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