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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: Firestar on December 29, 2009, 18:03:13

Title: Strange Post Count
Post by: Firestar on December 29, 2009, 18:03:13
Hi everyone, I was reading Joke of the Day, and I happen to look at Aad's post count and look what it said?

I refreshed the page, and it was gone. :o
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Wave Music on December 29, 2009, 18:07:01
That means he reached the elite post count - 1337.  :thumbs:


*sigh*

1337 = leet

1337    
Hacker "Sp33k" for leet, or elite. Originating from 31337 "eleet", the UDP port used by Dead Cow Cult, a hacker group, to access Windows 95 using Back Orifice, a notorious hacking program.

L33t or Eleet (sometimes rendered leet, 1337, or 31337), also known as Leetspeak, is an alphabet used primarily on the Internet,
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Firestar on December 29, 2009, 18:09:56
I've got a ways to go. ;D
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 29, 2009, 18:44:22
And VSTEP, or at least one of the admins, decided it would be cool that if you have 1337 posts to just have it say leet.
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 29, 2009, 18:50:18
Could also ofcourse be in the forum software, in which case it's a joke of one of those devs.

I don't know.. I only know it wasn't me!  ;D
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Wave Music on December 29, 2009, 18:53:15
I'll go alongside with Fred on that...

Next one 1337 will be probably sturmfahrt (http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=12), so keep an eye on his post count.  ;D
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: matt5674 on December 29, 2009, 18:56:01
He has 8 posts left till the leet Post Rank
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Captain Darling on December 29, 2009, 19:06:18
It's part of the forum software.. There is a mod by the Dev team that removes it from the software...
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on December 29, 2009, 20:14:30
Ohh' Interesting...I don't ever recall having that. But then again, 1337 posts is a long time ago now, and I can't even remember what happened yesterday, so :doh:
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Ballast on January 27, 2010, 10:47:34
I'll go alongside with Fred on that...

Next one 1337 will be probably sturmfahrt (http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=12), so keep an eye on his post count.  ;D

(http://i48.tinypic.com/29p2brb.jpg)

 :doh:

Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Capt. Matt on January 27, 2010, 15:42:32
 :doh:

I think I've surpassed that awhile ago
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 27, 2010, 15:46:31
:doh:

I think I've surpassed that awhile ago

Me too...

Shame I missed it  :C
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Capt. Matt on January 27, 2010, 16:15:50
Especially you having almost 4000  :P
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 27, 2010, 16:19:05
I have posted a few times here...  :doh:
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 27, 2010, 16:39:44
His count DOES show leet


Can someone PLEASE tell me what muppet decided that 1337 was such a special number?
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: TerryRussell on January 27, 2010, 22:11:50
Leet:

Also known as L337 or L33t or 1337. This is (amongst other things) a language used in chat rooms where letters are replaced by numbers and symbols (Iri5h J4ack for example). Words may also be mispelled.

It's a programmer's joke (I use the term loosely) and is apparently buried in a number of BBS software packages, in various guises.

So here, when the post count reached 1337, it states "leet".  As another example, enter "BBS software leet" into Google. In the list of matches, it will highlight those words and the numbers 1337 and 337.

Programmers! Who'd have them?

Programmer's mothers  :evil:

Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 27, 2010, 23:52:04
Terry, thanks for that definition. But if it's all the same to you, I'd use another word... And it is exactly the same as the one you use when describing people making pancakes or throwing a coin to decide head or tails...

That said these people do give out some damned good software for no charge, so I shan't be TOO critical of them  :)
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: TerryRussell on January 28, 2010, 01:06:41
Terry, thanks for that definition. But if it's all the same to you, I'd use another word... And it is exactly the same as the one you use when describing people making pancakes or throwing a coin to decide head or tails...

Ah, I see.

"Programmer" => Cook or Referee.  :evil:
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Master Captain on January 28, 2010, 02:15:35
ah geez, i'm long past that too, i can't believe i'm approaching 2000 posts ::)
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: McGherkin on January 28, 2010, 10:02:51
913 posts, l33t here i come  ;D
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 28, 2010, 14:41:26
Ah, I see.

"Programmer" => Cook or Referee.  :evil:

Not quite... :evil: :evil:
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Firestar on January 30, 2010, 20:43:47
ah geez, i'm long past that too, i can't believe i'm approaching 2000 posts ::)
I would be at almost 4000 if I hadn't deleted my account... :P
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Captain Best on January 30, 2010, 21:02:11
I would be at almost 4000 if I hadn't deleted my account... :P
Why did you delete you'r account then? :D
Title: Re: Strange Post Count
Post by: Firestar on January 31, 2010, 03:40:04
That's no one's business, sorry, I'm not going to tell. Personal reasons that were fixed very soon. I almost left..