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Malv0isin: 1999 meant one more year before the catastrophic Y2K apocalypse where all computers in the world would wig out, panic, and cripple the world's IT infrastructure. COBOL and FORTRAN programmers were in high demand to ensure older systems and applications would continue to run.

At the end of the year, at the stroke of midnight...nothing happened. Much ado about nothing. :)
Hardly anything happened because anyone with any sense had sorted out the problem years before. There were a few incidents from companies who didn't do anything but nothing major.
Thanks for yet another great GA Lou!

This time around I will go in for lugum.

1999 : HOMM3, The Longest Journey, Planescape:Torment
Need I say more? :-)
Post edited December 16, 2013 by dragonsreach
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duragon: 1999, we were still quaking in fear of the Y2K bug ;).
Not just quaking, but also working to fix it. Later people would think it was just a scare, but that's because countless programmers worked to make sure things will continue to work.

Not in.
Gonna do the pick Tuesday Evening this week - we need at least one more Torchlight participant so tell your friends ;-)
Not in, but thanks for your continued generosity! :)
We have our Winners:

IT2013 - Torchlight
TheEvoker - Torchlight
Crappynuker1 - King of Dragon Pass

Congratz to this weeks winners and thanks to all for playing along and adding your comments. See you all Friday.
Post edited December 17, 2013 by Lou
nvm lol, gratz to the winners +1 :)
Post edited December 17, 2013 by Aveweto
Thank you so much Lou, really great!!
Congratulations to T2013, TheEvoker and Crappynuker1. And huge thanks to Lou again! :)
YAY! won a Torchlight copy
Thank you so much, Lou!
Congrats to the winners and of course thanks to you Lou for the continuing storm of generosity.
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DeMignon: Congrats to the winners and of course thanks to you Lou for the continuing storm of generosity.
^This :-)
1999. A pretty good year. I met the only girl I've ever (and probably the only one I ever will) really loved, who I later lost due to my stupidity. Oh, and waiting months with KISS tickets in my hand for the May 2000 Farewell Tour show near me. Having those in my hand was worse than seeing a big red "Do Not Press" button on a machine that gives free BJ's and bacon wrapped beef jerky. I couldn't wait for the night to come, seeing Skid Row, Ted Nugent and KISS (the original lineup) on the same show.

Funny thing is, my friend that I went with was driving since I bought the tickets and it was a 3 hr. drive. He said he got a headache during Skid Row's opening and wanted to leave, thinking I would come along just because he wanted to leave. I told him to leave if he wanted and I'd find a way home. He left and the girls and guy next to us said they'd give me a ride home. I told them it was a 3 hour drive and they said they didn't care since my friend was a dick. Anyway, this was the show that Gene got busted open by Ace's guitar at the end of the show during "Rock and Roll All Nite" when confetti was raining down. Our seats were prime and I was able to get a lot of confetti with Gene's blood on it which kicked ass and during the ride home I was in the back with a girl that I had known when I was a kid (and would later pose for Playboy's website and hosting a show for them) and we spent the three hour drive making out and drinking from the case of beer they had brought along.

I called my friend when I got in to tell him about the show he missed and all he could talk about were the two tickets he had gotten on the way home for speeding lol

Sorry, that went a bit away from 1999, but it's a good story nonetheless.
Thanks Lou. I'm in for lugum.