The spiritual successor to {B1FF} and the archetype of {script
kiddies}. Jeff K. is a sixteen-year-old suburbanite who fancies
himself a "l33t haX0r", although his knowledge of computers seems to
be limited to the procedure for getting Quake up and running. His Web
page http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/ features a number of
hopelessly naive articles, essays, and rants, all filled with the
kind of misspellings, {studlycaps}, and number-for-letter
substitutions endemic to the script kiddie and {warez d00dz}
communities. Jeff's offerings, among other things, include hardware
advice (such as "AMD VERSIS PENTIUM" and "HOW TO OVARCLOAK YOUR
COMPUTAR"), his own Quake clan (Clan 40 OUNSCE), and his own comic
strip (Wacky Fun Computar Comic Jokes).
Like B1FF, Jeff K. is (fortunately) a hoax. Jeff K. was created by
internet game journalist Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, whose web site
Something Awful (http://www.somethingawful.com) highlights
unintentionally humorous news items and Web sites, as a parody of the
kind of teenage {luser} who infests Quake servers, chat rooms, and
other places where computer enthusiasts congregate. He is
well-recognized in the PC game community and his influence has spread
to hacker {fora} like Slashdot as well.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {all your base are belong to us}{B1FF}]