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« on: August 21, 2003, 11:55:51 pm »
 ???who the hell came up with w00t? Huh i would like to know how they thought of it cuz damn is it catchy
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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2003, 12:38:50 am »
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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2003, 12:54:08 am »
From a land far far away.  

The same place things like yeti, free checking, Apple G5's and Olestra came from.


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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2003, 12:59:07 am »
I can't tell you where w00t came from, but I can tell you that it spawned AgT's trademark exclamations:

Snipe = s00t
Voodoo = v00t
Mellow = m00t
One = 00t
Kame = k00t
Colin = c00t

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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2003, 01:16:43 am »
Woot originated from the ICT, more specifically electronicjo about 2 years ago, then i began saying it and exploited it untill everyone knew what it was.
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2003, 01:51:59 am »
Some are highly skilled it the art w00t.

The w00tness is strong with them.

And other long for the w00tness, but will never reach it.

I for one wish I had the w00tness. Wink
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« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2003, 02:53:53 am »
w00t originated from r00t, a hacker term that hackers allegedly used to yell after they had cracked into the root files of a computer...overtime it morphed into w00t (much longer than a couple of years ago)
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« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2003, 09:00:58 am »
I heard it came from the days when people still played Quake 2 (they still do now)
Then again I'm sure a nerd like Brain will find the right answer
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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2003, 01:01:47 pm »
Once apon a time.. In the land of w00t...........



Didn't come from that 90's talk show.. The Arseneal Hall show or something where every one pumped there fist and yelled w00t w00t w00t at the start of the show?
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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2003, 03:18:46 pm »
fusion the w00tness is strong with you

i.e ibookoy  Roll Eyes you all kicked out ass with sniper, very w00t worthy
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« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2003, 05:02:46 pm »
...does anyone really care?
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2003, 02:50:37 pm »
Is that so Assassin? I heard it came from 'what' which warped into 'woot' and then 'w00t'.
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« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2003, 11:09:36 pm »
you guys are all wrong, except for maybe psycho assasin, woot has been around since back in the day though. i know that for sure. and it has nothing to do with quake. All i know is it suddenly became a phnomenon on GR, but ive been usin it for like 2 years now. oh well.
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« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2003, 03:54:35 pm »
Yes it's been around for longer than GR has, much longer.
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« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2003, 05:09:22 pm »
I have no idea we need someone who noes the answers always.
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« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2003, 10:13:49 pm »
     The answer (sort of).
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« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2003, 05:00:26 am »
Quote from: kami on August 23, 2003, 02:50:37 pm
Is that so Assassin? I heard it came from 'what' which warped into 'woot' and then 'w00t'.

In several years of gaming, I have come across many people named r00t and w00t...probably 95% of those people all tell me the same story or a derivative of it. I seriously doubt that it comes from the exclamation "whoot" as Lothario's google answer would state.
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« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2003, 05:24:20 am »
Sorry my friend was spaming, and i didn't stop him. My fault i will talk to him. Angry
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« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2003, 05:44:01 am »
woot = "Mike the Spike", all u old fuckers should know that
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« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2003, 05:41:06 pm »
The 1st I ever heard from it was from +-KoS-+ Ej and then Tech9Ne, then everyone else started repeating it.  Its not the only word ppl came up with, there was also, "weak sauce= as a response to ppl who want to stop playing and leave the game or GR"

THATS THE TRUE STORY......
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