Oh, yes, take me back to the good old days of l33tspeak!
REALLY. L33tspeak is a language invented by lamers, for lamers, which can only be read by illiterate lamers, and is only considered in any way cool by lamers. I don't see how the addition of further lamers into the equation could hurt things one bit. Anyone who tries to be "down with it" by imitating 15-year-old script kiddie morons is, yes, a freeb, but I don't know that that's the case here, and frankly anyone who pines for the Golden Age of 15-year-old illiterate moron l33tspeak is twice the loser. It's a trend that deserves nothing better than ignominous death and mockery. Actually, worse, since generally fads at their very best deserve death and mockery, and l33tspeak was not a good fad.