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Millennium · Oct 30, 2006, 11:41 AM

So, apparently this 13-year-old kid tried to steal someone's password over MSN.

Let's just say karma came back to bite him. Talk about walking right into it...

Dakar² · Oct 30, 2006, 11:44 AM

Damn.

What was the kid trying to do, get on the account to steal the guys stuff or something?

Oisín · 11:58 AM

What an absolute idiot, that kid.

“Unlike you, I actually work for Valve, and know that Valve will never ask for your account information. Now, what’s your user name and password?”

Edit: Was there an original meaning of ‘pwnt’?!?

zerostar · Oct 30, 2006, 11:53 AM

good stuff

drnkn_stylz · Oct 30, 2006, 12:06 PM

Hahahaha!

"Dude I'm 13 and saved for a year for this!"

"Go mow some yards bitch."

HAHAHA roflsaurus rex!!!

turtle777 · Oct 30, 2006, 12:22 PM

-t

Rumor · Oct 30, 2006, 12:27 PM

I love it when people try to impersonate "officials" yet they canot spel or use corect pronuounciation.

Dark Helmet · Oct 30, 2006, 12:33 PM

Pretty crafty.

Oisín · Oct 30, 2006, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Rumor

I love it when people try to impersonate "officials" yet they canot spel or use corect pronuounciation.

Pronunciation? Punctuation?

(Also: about 90 per cent of the ‘officials’ I’ve dealt with in writing have been quite bad spellers, so I’m not at all disinclined to see that as realistic enough)

turtle777 · Oct 30, 2006, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Rumor

I love it when people try to impersonate "officials" yet they canot spel or use corect pronuounciation.

Uhm, I do hope that was intentional

-t

Gossamer · Oct 30, 2006, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Uhm, I do hope that was intentional

-t

I think it's bad enough that you can safely assume it was intentional.

SSharon · Oct 30, 2006, 01:11 PM

Funny.

That is also a great example of how huge sigs are really annoying.

kick52 · Oct 30, 2006, 01:16 PM

WTF is valve?

what an idiot.

rickey939 · Oct 30, 2006, 01:19 PM

Wow.

sek929 · Oct 30, 2006, 01:29 PM

Valve makes Half-Life, Steam is their online service.

brapper · Oct 30, 2006, 01:29 PM

kick52 · Oct 30, 2006, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Valve makes Half-Life, Steam is their online service.

thanks

Warhaven · Oct 30, 2006, 02:59 PM

Some more instant karma.

Rumor · Oct 30, 2006, 04:15 PM

What did pwnt and pwned come from anyways?

Kerrigan · Oct 30, 2006, 04:20 PM

pwned = owned ...typo made by many hasty, immature online gamers

similar to teh

Gossamer · Oct 30, 2006, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Rumor

What did pwnt and pwned come from anyways?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwned

The etymology of the term pwn is believed to be rooted in a typographical error arising from the close proximity of the 'p' key to the 'o' key on a standard keyboard. Initially — that is, before the term's adoption into the 1337 lexicon — "pwn" was generally parsed as an honest error and pronounced "own." Eventually, as the word took on a life of its own and began to convey a meaning stronger and more specialized than that of "own", its pronunciation began to vary as detailed below.

Millennium · Oct 30, 2006, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Rumor

What did pwnt and pwned come from anyways?

I'm pretty sure that "pwned" came from a typo for "owned," as in "dominated." It started in the online gaming community.

I'm not sure how it then went from "pwned" to "pwnt," but the first time I saw it was in a fan-made anime music video called Fullmetal Hell. It had pretty much the same meaning there.

Dakar² · Oct 30, 2006, 04:24 PM

Probably derivative of burnt or just more internet laziness.

Oisín · Oct 30, 2006, 04:37 PM

'm not sure how it then went from "pwned" to "pwnt"

I’m sure the Welsh had something to do with it, somehow.

kick52 · Oct 30, 2006, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Warhaven

Some more instant karma.

hahaha. stupid laptop stealing guy

davesimondotcom · Oct 30, 2006, 06:28 PM

Now that's justice served luke warm...

ghporter · Oct 30, 2006, 08:59 PM

Gotta love karma! Half Life 2: $50. Valve online account: $0. Super Pownage of attempted password thief: Priceless!