What’s with 0 in names?

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Simp4S0m

t0nz y0y b0tssi where did this come from?

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Lqwnmower

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S0m

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NOCAPPPA

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for som it's the S0men

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hiyo

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seemen

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DELUSIONAL_POTTER_FAN

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c0m

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fmadwerdna

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me

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thatpower

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its just to mock players
s0mple

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hanafuuji

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t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣t0nz BWAHAHAHAHAHA 💦💪🤣

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Idk the exact origin of these satirical usages, but many CS legends have used 0 instead of o in their names like the CS Goat, N0thing, fl0m, Nitr0, s0m etc

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Simp4S0m

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Oh so it was common to use it as stage name first before becoming a meme

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gamr

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no those things are different from replacing a letter with 0 as an insult

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SilentCypher

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Yep. Pretty much how 1 was popularised as I (s1mple, dev1ce) and 4 as a (d4v4i), 9 as E and so on

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TakoSaki

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9 as E?

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CryoZanderDerrekEnjoyer

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3 is e lil bro

sugarz3ro

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SilentCypher

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Yeah, both of those work. I'll admit 3 is a more common usage, just that, at that time I remembered 9

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SilentCypher

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You guys ever heard of Xyp9x?

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TheMonk

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U fucking MELON, he is not xypex

He is xypnex
Check casters pronouncing his name

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SilentCypher

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Ah yes let me spam Kekw omegalul everything but not even check how the guy himself validates his name should be.
He himself has clarified it's Pronounced as Zee-Pex here

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TheMonk

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L bozos
Still 3 is E not the 9

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SilentCypher

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Lmao now you just edited your original reply when you got corrected and you're coming with that.
Why don't you just admit it? What does it even take?
Man we're not arguing here lmao. Check #31

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TheMonk

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Where's #31
And I didn't edit 'xypnex'

Edit : found the #31 but 3 is E
How come 9 is E

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greedeetv

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cuz they get 0 bitches

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Simp4S0m

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Look who’s talking

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sussybaka

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m0nesy >>>>>> s0mple

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DrudaL

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f0rsaken

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unknown_trash

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No majors/tournaments won I guess

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gamr

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came from csgo im pretty sure, cuz people would refer to players like s1mple as s0mple cuz he had 0 majors at the time when the meme was created

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wr0nski

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jackb2016

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to show how many world championships they have

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acels2

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s0mple

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Chow1E

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0 impact/ useless
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