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Re: 3vil Battleship Azazel
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:53:00 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner wrote:
> > In lugnet.space, Matthew Sklar wrote:
> > > But one thing's been bugging me ever since I first saw 3vil. How is it
> > > pronounced?
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> > This subject came up at BrickFest PDX in February. Mark claims that it's
> > pronounced "evil", but the consensus among everyone else was that if he's
> > gonna keep spelling it "3vil", then we'll keep pronouncing it "three-vil".
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> That's because you're not 1337 Hafner.
Apparently 3vil isn't either, 'cause then it would have to be "3\/1|_" or
something equally stupid[1]. Proper 1337-speak is nigh illegible to the vast
bulk of the population, and as a graphic designer you obviously know that to
market a name it can't be completely inscrutable.
You're smarter than you look[1], because you've obviously carefully crafted a
name that has just enough ambiguity to spark this sort of discussion but not
enough that people truly have no clue what to call it.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
[1] And, of course, 3GA doesn't regularly and loudly refer to his enemies as
"gay".
[2] If you don't believe in dumb luck.
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| (...) I've sparked quite the (little) argument here! And it's only my, what, 10th post? Not even? I think Tony has a point here, 3GA, 3vil can't quite consider themselves 1337 just by useing the 1337-5p34k "e". (I'm a gamer, and I'm quite 1337, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.space)
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