Whats with all the numbers? Doesn anyone know how to spell?
I’m new to Quake and don’t really know either. However, I have picked up some clues that might help you understand and fit in better. Spelling while confusing letters and numbers is called ‘L33t speak’. Apparently, this is a corruption of elite. Leet is also use as an adjective to describe ones prowess with their keyboard and mouse. It stands to reason that the more you confuse your numbers and letters, the more l33t you are, and therefore that much more skilled at Quake. So you ask yourself, how can I speak l33t? First off, if this FAQ is helping you out, you are clearly a newbie (Newf, FNG, etc.,) and should stay clear of leet speak. However, if you insist on this dangerous course of inquiry, then writing in leet speak is ‘simply’ the matter of replacing common, tried and true, easy to understand English letters with number and symbols. For example, “E” transforms into “3” and “T” turns into a “7”. For the advanced speller, “N” becomes “|” + “\” + “|”.
