darin3 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I'm assuming most of us had some kind of foray either in message boards, chat rooms, bulletin board services, etc. before The Huddle's boards gobbled us up like little crumbs. Some of you have already come clean in the Geocities thread... but didn't want to get this likely very funny and potentially coincidental topic lost in that thread. Me? I was a regular on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). I was on EFNet and frequented a few "channels" (rooms). You? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I used to hang out on a bbs from Arkansas. Thats pretty much it other than my former career on yahoo messenger chat rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 AOL had some jazz message boards I hung out on a lot about 10-12 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 It was AOL boards mostly for me. From one of those, we started an email list with about 20 people. I kept in touch with them for a very long time. Some of us have reconnected a bit over at facebook. That list started about 14 yrs. ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 IRC and newsrooms for research purposes. My productivity dropped into the tank the day I discovered the Huddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Re chatty stuff, Prodigy msg boads here and there. Generally, got into downloading software off of some local BBs for awhile. GB free stuff. PS had AOL for awhile and also tried their chat rooms a time or 3 but quickly found out that apparently no one past the age of 6 goes there so never went back. Even given that, it was odd to the point of scary.....although kind of amazing how everyone could talk and talk and not say a single thing. Edited October 29, 2009 by BeeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 AOL had some jazz message boards I hung out on a lot about 10-12 years ago. Wow, you're one crazy, badass mofo. From now on, you are Dos Azquis to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Back in high school (90-91) I used to dial in to Bruce's Bar and Grill with my PC, and sometimes into The Win Tower which ironically was a C64 BBS... which at the time was already retro. At college we had a mainframe system on campus that had chat rooms. After I got fooled by my first really fat chick freshman year (92), I swore off chat rooms until the Skybox opened. Edited October 29, 2009 by AtomicCEO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) At college we had a mainframe system on campus that had chat rooms. After I got fooled by my first really fat chick freshman year (92), I swore off chat rooms until the Skybox opened. IRC was a frickin' gold mine for me in college. Edited October 29, 2009 by darin3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 AOL milfs room 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 IRC was a frickin' gold mine for me in college. I didn't say I didn't hit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 I didn't say I didn't hit it. When I was a junior, I was in the #UCSB room and some broad on the swim team was on from her dorm room. After a couple of chats, she invited me over to the dorms to ... I think we talked like 2-3 more times that year and then The next year, I was with a few fraternity brothers... out at the fields taking my cleats off after a flag football game, and she sees me and comes up to us.. Chick: Hey Darin! Me: Chick: It's Stephanie, you know, from last year? Me: Chick: From the dorm. Me: Chick: Me: My buddies: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeductiveNun Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I used to spend time on the prodigy boards. The pro wrestling one was always a lot of fun. If I remember correctly, that's where Hyatte started some major flame wars with other future wrestling columnists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffraff Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Before there was theHuddle, there was Usenet Newsgroups for Fantasy Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) MOOs MuCKs and MuDs Edited October 29, 2009 by cre8tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Before there was theHuddle, there was Usenet Newsgroups for Fantasy Football. I remember that as well as some other FF message boards. Occassional foray into an AOL chat room. Other than that, I used to actually talk to real flesh and blood people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 I remember that as well as some other FF message boards. Occassional foray into an AOL chat room. Other than that, I used to actually talk to real flesh and blood people. Probably the reason I was reluctant to come to the boards here. I had years of activity on IRC and grew tired of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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