List Your Shooters, Part IV

[ArcadiaGP]

An ingo chat room would be amazing!! But ya, i could only imagine the headache that would bring the mods with the inevitable buying and selling attempts. Maybe it could be a post limit to enter the chat, to keep runners from bypassing the system and going straight to the chat to try wheeling and dealing. I’m sure with the brains here something could be figured out. Not sure if they would want to take on that headache tho.

Your story reminded me of a time me and a buddy used to play that online poker. Poker stars I think it was called? We had our pc’s side by side and used to use ventrilo, which was like teamspeak for voice chat. One of the older guys we used to game with played poker with us (fake money, not real, I was only 16ish). He was notorious for getting drunk and mad. My buddy would go all in as soon as he was dealt his cards and the older guy would get mad and eventually call him. Every time he would somehow lose to my buddy and go on a major rant, cussing and slamming stuff around before logging off. Don’t think I’ve laughed that hard gaming since.

I miss the old days.

I thought about making an unofficial INGO Discord server. Wouldn't have to be tied to INGO moderation or rules or anything, just a gathering place for chat/etc... no rules to speak of.

Then I realized how much I hated Discord at the time.

 

[2A_Tom]

Got one running maybe...

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/members/ndlawdog.html

51 forever.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Reported for saying the 8 words in a roundabout way

Et tu, Brute?/ FIFY.

I'm a longstanding member. OFFICIALLY started in '94. (Unofficially in 91, maybe as early as the mid 80s if you count me taking over my older sister's TI-99 that she had no interest in)

 

[Snapdragon]

So you're gay now?

Nope.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I thought about making an unofficial INGO Discord server. Wouldn't have to be tied to INGO moderation or rules or anything, just a gathering place for chat/etc... no rules to speak of.

Then I realized how much I hated Discord at the time.

I’ve never used discord before. I’m assuming it’s a bit like Twitter/Facebook but a chat version?

 

[mmpsteve]

Back in the mid 80's, I taught BASIC programming to elementary/middle school kids on Commodore CBM's (Commodore Business Machine). A one-piece monstrosity with a green screen and a cassette tape drive for storage.

You never forget your first. Mine was named Tandy.

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[DoggyDaddy]

You never forget your first. Mine was named Tandy.

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Mine too (actually it was my girlfriend's at the time). Tandy 1000. With an impact line printer (green bar paper). 300 baud modem.

 

[Expat]

My first was the Atari 800xl.

ETA: of course not counting the DEC down at Bloomington.

 

[KJQ6945]

 

[churchmouse]

Packard bell.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Anyone remember ICQ? Instant messenger kinda thing... chipbennett still has the little flower icon in his avatar. I still remember the sound it made ("uh oh!") when a message came in...

 

[Expat]

Anyone remember ICQ? Instant messenger kinda thing... chipbennett still has the little flower icon in his avatar. I still remember the sound it made ("uh oh!") when a message came in...

Yes, most all of us "computer hobbyists" used ICQ long before and after the hipster set moved to AIM (AOL Instant Messenger).
Next someone is going to bring up Gopher.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yes, most all of us "computer hobbyists" used ICQ long before and after the hipster set moved to AIM (AOL Instant Messenger).
Next someone is going to bring up Gopher.

Yep, I think I had AIM at about the same time as I had ICQ. Oh and I remember those AOL cd's you could get to install it for free or some such. "You've got mail."

 

[Expat]

I was on Compuserve and I think E-World.... I think I avoided AOL.

 

[2A_Tom]

Isn't there a thread for this tech garbage.

My first was a Packard Bell 286 with a 2 Mb hard drive. I know. I am late to the game, but I don't claim any expertise about it.

 

[T.Lex]

Yes, most all of us "computer hobbyists" used ICQ long before and after the hipster set moved to AIM (AOL Instant Messenger).
Next someone is going to bring up Gopher.

And telnetting into MUDs was awesome.

But my first was a TI 99/4a with an audio cassette memory storage system.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I was on Compuserve and I think E-World.... I think I avoided AOL.

Compuserve was my first internet. I remember my parents got me my own phone line cause I always had the line tied up. Kids today will never know the pain of having to decide if you wanna talk to your girlfriend on the phone, or game with your buddies. Also the inevitable being kicked offline and having to wait 5 minutes to reconnect while it made the screeching sound.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Isn't there a thread for this tech garbage.

My first was a Packard Bell 286 with a 2 Mb hard drive. I know. I am late to the game, but I don't claim any expertise about it.

The shooter thread is the all inclusive thread. We discuss food recipes, cars, sports, technology, runners, and occasionally a shooter.

 

[Haven]

Someday I will stop enjoying Forums/BBSes/Instant Messanging/IRC/etc. Today is still not that day. The shenanigans that CameraMonkey and I used to get into back in the early days, was a ton of fun. I had forgotten about that incident at IUPUI till he wrote it up.

I am on Discord a lot. One group is all text chat, a few other groups are only for coordinating in games, one group is for coordinating in games, general chatting and keeping up with friends.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Mama uses Discord for talking to her friends while playing WoW, I just listen to them while I play WoW