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I used to go by Ironman or Buckaroo Banzai.
What were your POPnet names?
What were your POPnet names?
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Tue, December 28, 2004 - 5:33 PM
oh dear....this can't be right.
heh
Shadow
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Wed, December 29, 2004 - 3:59 PMMy handle was Stingray. I called POPnet starting around 1989 or 1990 until it went down. I was on lifeline.
And one time, I totally beat Robby at Othello.
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Wed, January 12, 2005 - 3:28 PMWow.
Now... where are all the other ex-POPnetters? Methinks it's high time to have another reuinion (I missed the first).
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Sun, January 23, 2005 - 5:34 PMMith
I was one of the first POPnetters and a lifeliner as well.
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Mon, January 24, 2005 - 4:22 PMCherie. I was one of the really weird Popnetters from Ohio
Good thing I wasn't the one who paid the long distance bills.
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Thu, January 27, 2005 - 3:39 PMHandles.. can't have just one... But most know me as Six... -
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Fri, January 28, 2005 - 1:35 PMHahahhhh!
Long time no see, Six! Where've you been? Whatcha been up to? -
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Fri, January 28, 2005 - 6:32 PMWell.. let's see... Still in the Bay Area, bought a house in Castro Valley. I worked at Maxis/EA for 7 or so years, lost some hair, gained some pounds, then went to Palm (the handheld guys) for a few more years... Now I'm working in San Francisco at a place called PirateGames. It's all good.
Not much else to tell... Cool running into you lot here, there's a few folks I never thought I'd hear from again - very cool! The world's getting smaller every day. -
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Fri, January 28, 2005 - 7:59 PMHey Six,
ya still doing those occasional friday nights? (or was it saturdays?)
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Fri, January 28, 2005 - 9:16 PMNot in a year or so... PirateGames is a startup so I've been working the long hours and have no time for such indulgences :) If someone else wants to organize one, they're more than welcome - I hardly own the idea of getting together for drinks and chatter. -
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Fri, January 28, 2005 - 10:10 PM
no, but you did have the slick distribution list =)
myself, I've gone back to school, so I have almost zero time these days too.
greg
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Sun, January 30, 2005 - 11:55 AMHey Chris - I'm at Maxis/EA now myself. They've moved us from Walnut Creek to Redwood City last year.
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Sun, August 14, 2005 - 2:29 PMThipdar was the main one, and I still use it.
The others that come to mind are Khirad Shah, Helvius Pertinax, and STGM (Super Traders Game Master). I also borrowed "Blue Jello Nightmare" for a while. -
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Mon, August 15, 2005 - 10:13 AMWOw.
it's really you, Thip.
That's.... er.... quite a thing. Wow. Well, er, I, for one, welcome our new vintage longhair hacker overlords. -
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Wed, August 17, 2005 - 1:28 PM'vintage longhair hacker overlords'??
Nah, I don't fold, spindle and mutilate like I used to.
Heck, I hardly even fondle the system any more.
<waxing nostalgic>
Sure had some interesting times in the early days, though...
</waxing nostalgic>
Thipdar (handle still in use after 21 years)
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Wed, August 27, 2008 - 11:11 PMKurt, wasn't it you that used "Bandwidth Sculptor" for a while? I always liked that.
Me: Dr. Doolittle, Doctor D, Flippant Tommy -
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Thu, August 28, 2008 - 6:14 PMYeah, I used "Bandwidth Sculptor" on POP/SR. That was after I'd borrowed "Blue Jello Nightmare" for a while.
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 10:22 AMI was Brainwasher.. must have been from about '88 to the end. I was lifeline.. didn't play the games much, but I do remember having a poll pulled that asked how many times one wiped after using the loo. Go figure.
Now I'm in Texas, doing desktop and systems management for instution known as The University of North Texas. (unt.edu).. if anyone's ever in the DFW area, drop me a line! -
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 7:13 PMI was the Popnet San ramon trader god. Aka the Cosmic Jester. -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 10:03 AMYeah, and I was your GM too!
Heheheheh... Game Master to the Gods... I love it...
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 10:01 AMHi, BW - been a long time - glad to hear you've lived through it -
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Tue, October 3, 2006 - 11:13 AMHi Thip!! Yeah, I lived through it.. just turned 35, so I bought a Corvette. Life is good.
('04 Z06 CE, if anyone cares.. :-) and headers are legal down here)
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Sun, August 20, 2006 - 10:57 PMMr Dewdrop, SYSOP of POPnet San Ramon. While it lasted. Damn real jobs.
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Sun, August 27, 2006 - 5:28 PMI was one of those cheap kidos who used guest accounts mostly.
But the parties were always a hoot -
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Fri, September 22, 2006 - 11:16 AMDamn those jim's that mooch...
Anyway, I was one of those lifeline people. Went by Opus.
-j
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Tue, August 21, 2007 - 11:57 PMDoctor D or Dr. Doolittle and I just remembered I was Flippant Tommy for a time. POPnet San Ramon! -
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Wed, August 22, 2007 - 1:02 AMFlippant Tom...hmmm...wow....
I'd talk more...but I'm <just> about to head out the door for this little camping trip thing.....
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Mon, August 27, 2007 - 5:09 PMHiya, Ford, good to see you in here.
You still have the hat I gave you? {smile}
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Mon, December 17, 2007 - 2:06 AMI was Mach Three, and had lifeline until I gave it up when I moved off to college.
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Sun, June 8, 2008 - 11:32 PMI was registered as Asterix the Gaul. Actually, for much of 1985/1986, I was on all the time as a guest. Couldn't afford the steep rates! Then I finally handed Her Maj the $20 or whatever at one of the parties, and was officially not the longest-term guest. She even put that in the welcome page the next day. Shortly thereafter I drifted away from online gaming/chatting and really haven't come back...
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Wed, August 27, 2008 - 2:05 PMI was (and still am) using the nick "The Yipper".
Still living in the Bay Area, worked at Round Table Pizza in Castro Valley in the early 1990's.
I then was a guitar technician for a couple of metal bands (Testament and Soulfly) in 1997-1998.
Returned to computers and was a QA tester/SQA engineer.
Currently guitar tech'ing for the local Bay Area 90's metal band "Forbidden". -
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Thu, November 13, 2008 - 5:10 PMHey everybody,
I was Sir Falstaff on POPnet San Ramon. Sooooo strange to see some of these names and faces again.
Life has been good to me!
Drop me a line if I knew you.
~ Matt
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Mon, December 1, 2008 - 1:53 PMI use to be Garfield....... Wow I decided to google popnet and see what I found???
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Thu, January 15, 2009 - 3:56 PMTempus. POPnet WC from 1986 to 1989.
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Fri, February 20, 2009 - 2:06 PMI had life line.
Roxy was my first handle.
Purl was one.
I think I was that bomb - Bomb # 19?? - from that movie once.
And I'm sure there were more.
One time we (and I don't know who we was) broke into the popnet office and changed a bunch of peoples handles. :) Robby was pretty darn pissed! -
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Fri, February 20, 2009 - 8:40 PMThat was not me.
The time that I changed handles around, I had a key to the office and was also 'babysitting' the system.
I think I was the first one to notice that I could change a regular User's handle to be "POPnet" (with an embedded Ctrl-G), and thus counterfeit 'system messages' to other Users.
Rax was the only person that spotted the fraud immediately - it was because he'd written his own terminal software which displayed the Control characters instead of acting on them.
In order to confuse things even more, I handed that "POPnet" account off to an accomplice (and I still refuse to say who that was) who used it to play with the other Users. Meanwhile, I was online as "SysopProTem", helping the accomplice to wreck havock on the Users.
Remember getting bumped out if someone else used your access code & password? The accomplice would see someone log in, then he'd send them a counterfeit "system" message that they'de just logged in. When they saw the second login message, they'd have a moment of panic, waiting for the system to bump them out - while wondering "Who's got my password???". Then they WOULDN'T get bumped out, and they'd be really confused.
The acomplice sent messages like "(POPnet)Striptease has logged on", and guys would jump to chat with this 'interesting' new User - only "Striptease" wasn't even in the system, in fact the name wasn't even registered.
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Fri, February 20, 2009 - 8:41 PMSorry... that sould be "mutilate"... (stupid rental fingers!)
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Fri, May 15, 2009 - 1:59 PMWow, hello everyone. Been a while, 20 years? This is Jeff, I was on San Ramon and went by the handles of Jammin Jeff, Tormentor and I think Metallikatz, or maybe that was just my BBS. Who can remember...
Cool to see so many names I haven't seen in so long. Long live the POPnet parties! I actually recently moved near where Mountain Mikes used to be in Dublin. Its now Lucky's pizza and looks a little different inside... -
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Sun, May 17, 2009 - 7:40 PMCreeping Death was my main handle.... I knew it would come back to me eventually.
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Wed, July 8, 2009 - 12:29 PMI was known as Bloodguard Brinn... OG PopNetter... One of the original lifeliners... Damn! That was SO long ago... -
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Thu, July 9, 2009 - 8:16 AMYou were one of the first POPnetters I ever met in person (along with The Seeress).
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