[kiryandil]

Though I always heard it game related when you got stomped in whatever online game you were playing.

Yes. The winner got so excited trying to ram the bayonet of defeat down the enemy's throat that he or she hit the "p" instead of the "o".

And thus history was made...

[dayglored]

> And thus history was made...

Indeed. Wikipedia confirms the original was gaming, and it spread to the larger network context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet#Owned_and_pwned