leeman34 said: most just come from spelling errors on keyboards i think

leeman34 said: most just come from spelling errors on keyboards i think

A2ra3l said: pwn came from the creators or counterstrike, they accidentaly typed pwn instead of own into the code for when you are killed, hence you got owned became you got pwned, and they must have decided it looked pretty cool because thay never changed it, lolz

but alot of it come from the fact that while you are in the fast paced world of online gaming you dont have time to type an entire sentence, so you end up with, "iirc" and "rofl" "wtflolroflidkbbq???????"

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4. pwned 957 up, 620 down

a common typo of owned that is used in the same way, or more sarcasticly to mock 1337 speak. If you think pwned can be attributed to a single source you are retarded.
retard1: pwned originated with quake
retard2 no it started with warcraft
nonretard: Its a ****ing typo, like 'teh'or 'pron'. I you were older than 11 you'd know typos happened even before 1337 made tham 'cool'.
otherguy:you faggots just got pwned!

Roguedeth said: Pretty sure i invented the word 'pwn' and other derivatives of it.

moosechild said: yeah, like pwn that was some kid on WoW who pressed P instead of O to spell own.

A2ra3l said: pwn came from the creators or counterstrike

dermy said: 'pwn' definitely came from Counter-Strike.

moosechild said: £337 1$ 7|-|3 $|-|17!!!

desi said:
Google more.
Earliest recorded example is the chat text of a Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness game. Blizzard staff were having a multiplayer game and, if I remember correctly, taking promotional screenshots for their website.