se4 is teh r0xx0rz w00t w00t

[Ed Kolis]

OK, now that I've got your attention with that sufficiently inane title, don't you think it says something that the SE4 forum has more THREADS than any of Shrapnel's other forums has POSTS??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Makes you wonder what the folks at Shrapnel did before SE4 came along http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Taera]

*looks at SJ and Fyron*

[tesco samoa]

how do they look.

dapper http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Taera:
*looks at SJ and Fyron*<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif I haven't started that many threads!

[Taera]

*still stares*

[Lord Kodos]

P|-|33R /\/\Y L337 5UP4 U63R |-|4><0R 5K1LL5!
4LL Y0UR 53RV3R5 4R3 63L0|]|\|G 70 U5! W007! ROXORZ!

sorry just had to add that. ^_^

[Taera]

*smacks kodos* no 1337 here.

[StormcloudCreations]

To Ed Kolis:
Oh there are other games getting plenty of activity that are worth playing; message Boards on here rarely indicate what a game is doing interest wise... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
It is great to see the community that has sprung up on this board, though. Reading this forum is always entertaining. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[TerranC]

Pherhaps the other forums don't have Posts as much as we do because they (people who would post on those forums) spend their time playing games rather than to post on the forums.

If I'm right, then SE4 is in a heap of trouble http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[tesco samoa]

you sure that does not say

give a hoot don't pollute.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Taera:
*looks at SJ and Fyron*<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Atrocities...You forgot Atrocities... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif He has started more threads then anyone I know around here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Fyron]

I haven't started that many threads! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[minipol]

Hehe, Last friday, a coworker asked about SEIV and what that forum was that i checked every day at work. You should have seen the look on his face when he saw the number of Posts in this forum ...

[Erax]

Originally posted by Taera:
*smacks kodos* no 1337 here.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, only 1138 allowed here ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Taera]

huh?

[Erax]

Star Wars fan joke. George Lucas' first film was called THX-1138 and he inserts that number here and there in all the SW movies.

[Ed Kolis]

Wow, 14 replies already... now I know why we have so many Posts... but I hope TerranC's theory isn't correct! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Taera]

oh i c, now im getting the joke http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif , im not that an avid fan of SW then http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

one of the reasons is also that SE is very friendly with the fact that you can easily switch windows, as well as there is no time pressure in the game... and there is the time inbetween PBW turns http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Voidhawk]

Uh, don't look at me. If you divide my time as a member of Intel by my number of current Posts, carry the seven, add the number of years I've been playing SE and subtract the square root of the sum total of every Shrapnel game I own... then... well, then... something strange will probably happen to you.

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(lurker extraordinaire)

[Taera]

blame voidhawk! its all him!

[Kamog]

se4 is teh r0xx0rz w00t w00t <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Does this actually mean something? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Taera]

not literraly translated but..
SE4 rocks (or is a cool game) followed by COOL COOL

[Will]

You know, if you add in the Posts in the forum pre-2000, the number would be even larger... not too much larger compared to all the other game forums, but still pretty big. I guess the folks at Shrapnel decided that cleaning up all the topics in this forum isn't worth it, since it only happened the one time...

[Loser]

Originally posted by Kamog:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">se4 is teh r0xx0rz w00t w00t <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Does this actually mean something? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If I am not mistaken, the term 'roxor' is derived from the term 'rox' (roxor being to rox you front and back), itself a mispelling of 'rocks' which in turn gets its popularity from a popular genre of music but its euphimistic root from early twentith century African-American slang, in which it was used to refer to the act of sex.

The rest of hte line is rather sefl evident.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i understood all the leet on this thread, including kodos'. i think i'll go wimper in the corner.

[Fyron]

Why? leet speak is designed to be comprehensible by anyone. It is not tricky at all.

[TerranC]

w00t has no definition btw; it is translated into normal english as Wow, Wooh, Cool, Kick-Arse, Mama, and such such.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

yes, but easily? and i've been trying not to. mostly.

[Fyron]

"easily" would directly follow from what I said...

[Ed Kolis]

Anyone ever notice that when you select Luigi in Super Smash Bros. (the N64 Version at least) he says "w00t w00t"???

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i managed not to understand the more complicated words for about i don't know 2 years? but, there's only so long you can delay comprehension. unless you mess up your mind, and i don't want to do that.

[Ares]

Perhaps this forum is so much more popular than the other games' is due to the close-knit threads (no pun intended) that bind SE players together. In most games, the majority of the excitement and plot are derived from the game itself. In SE, however, much of the excitement, and almost all of the plot, are derived from the players themselves. So we are so bonded to each other in-game, that this forum is just an out-of-character extension of the game.
BTW, I can't say for certain if this is true, as I myself haven't played MP yet (though I've followed the forum for a long time). Waiting for my SEIV Gold to arrive. It should be here shortly after the weekend, and that does indeed r0xx0r!

Originally posted by TerranC:
w00t has no definition btw; it is translated into normal english as Wow, Wooh, Cool, Kick-Arse, Mama, and such such.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So it's very similar to the army word "Hua" (or hooah, or however else you want to spell it), except that hua also mean things like yes, right, correct, or other affirmatives.

[ May 30, 2003, 21:09: Message edited by: Ares ]

[Will]

I'm pretty sure that "w00t!" initially developed in one of the early FPS communities, as a very brief way to express jubilation over a kill/frag. It was then adopted as a de facto standard in just about every other game where a shorthand was in any sort of demand.

I always just mentally translated it as a very energetic "YAY!". Close enough.

[Taera]

whatever it means its pretty powerful-sounding dont you think?

[Fyron]

Doesn't sound powerful to me, just lame and cliche. Little kids trying to look cool and such is all it is, really.

[ May 31, 2003, 21:33: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

or they could just be having fun.

[Katchoo]

Sure, it's all fun and games now, but just wait until the next President of the United States updates the Constition and uses "w00t" in every paragraph!

You know it's comming sooner or later...

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[Jack Simth]

It would have to be the Supreme Court - they are the ones that interpert the United States Constitution (officially) rather than the President.

[Phoenix-D]

They interpret it though, not re-write it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Actually, I'm not aware of an official way the main text can be re-written (amendments don't count, the original text stays as-is..which is why Prohibition is still on the Constitusion)

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
They interpret it though, not re-write it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Actually, I'm not aware of an official way the main text can be re-written (amendments don't count, the original text stays as-is..which is why Prohibition is still on the Constitusion)<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Theoretically, there could be another constitutional convention - The US has actually had two of them - the first was right after the Revolutionary War, the second came a few years later when the first wasn't working out too well (and resulted in the modern US Constitution)

[Ed Kolis]

Hey! C'mon guys! (slaps everybody) This isn't supposed to be a SERIOUS topic! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif