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Hemlo, inventor of PWN here.
It was a misspelling of "Owned" in a Warcraft 2 map that I made. People thought it was funny that it upset me when I noticed the typo and perpetuated the map version with the misspelling.
"Player 1 was pwned."
For more Internet history facts, stay tuned.
41 0 ReplySounds like you got pwned, noob.
10 0 ReplyI fucking did. The Internet will never let me live it down.
However, it belongs to you all now!
Be free
And get rekt :p
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Thank you for this incredibly interesting yet highly unexpected history lesson. I really enjoy knowing this now.
7 0 Reply..... I can't tell if you're serious or joking but since it's Lemmy I want to think you're serious and that's pretty fucking cool if it is, bud
5 0 ReplyHello fellow pog, it is me, your ancestor :>
3 0 ReplyI mean I am like 37 so you're probably more like my brother haha
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ITS HIM! GET HIM!!!!
3 0 ReplyDid Pure Pwnage ever pay you rolalties?
1 0 ReplyAre you kidding me? No way. You can't trademark a word or a typo. That's dumb.
Jeremy deserves every ounce of his fame from Pure Pwnage
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Yeah,
pwn
was way beforeepic
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