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Old 03-19-2010, 12:03 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I looked through all the 513 area code lists (I think) and didn't see one I recognized. There were a few that sounded vaguely familiar, but the sysop names listed didn't ring any bells.

Anyway, the main one for me was the H.O.L.E. (which stood for Home On-Line Exchange.) It had a cave theme... the forums were called "caverns," and when your hour was up, there was some line about your torch burning out before it kicked you off. Only three people could be on at once, and I can remember phone calls beforehand to attempt to get on at the same time. Mostly, I posted on the forums and "The Wall," which was sort of like a shoutbox. There was also a game called Hack 'n' Slash, an adventure game of text-y awesomeness.

There were a couple others, but for the life of me, I can't remember what they were called. It seems like one was only a handful of people, and they were all deliciously geeky. So many posts about Monty Python, Star Wars, and the Jolly Roger Cookbook (also, I was the only girl.) That one had a point system, where you got a certain amount of points for replying to a thread, starting a thread, etc. I think you could buy more time with the points, but the only thing I really remember using was the "name rape" option-- for a certain number of points, you could add your own signature to another person's posts, and it would stay for a week. We had entirely too much fun with that.

Y'know, I miss the sound of the modem dialing & connecting. Those were fun days.
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