se4 is teh r0xx0rz w00t w00t

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 May 29th, 2003, 07:54 AM

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 · #2 May 30th, 2003, 10:08 PM

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!

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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.

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 · #3 May 31st, 2003, 06:22 AM

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 · #4 May 31st, 2003, 09:12 PM

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

Fyron · #5 May 31st, 2003, 10:32 PM

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 · #6 June 1st, 2003, 07:04 AM

or they could just be having fun.

Katchoo · #7 June 1st, 2003, 07:11 AM

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...