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General discussionSo long and thanks for all the fish(204 posts)(204 posts)
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Posted July 07, 2015
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awalterj: When I hear NMA, I'm thinking null modem adapter. When we didn't have a proper null modem cable, that's what we used in combination with a regular serial cable for multiplayer before we had internet. Many happy memories!
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Cadaver747: That's how we played Doom/Heretic in Russia ;)
Ah the nostalgia...
We didn't have internet until 1995 (14,4 kbit dial up...) but I wasn't allowed to use it, especially not for online gaming. So I just carried the whole computer over the hills to my friend's place. Russian style!
Posted July 07, 2015
Agreed.

Best of luck, Fenixp.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Cadaver747: That's how we played Doom/Heretic in Russia ;)
Ah the nostalgia...
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awalterj: We didn't have internet until 1995 (14,4 kbit dial up...) but I wasn't allowed to use it, especially not for online gaming. So I just carried the whole computer over the hills to my friend's place. Russian style!
I got my first internet access in December 1995 (14,4 sounds like a heaven, we had maybe 5 kbit at best). Remember downloading 3dfx patches to Tomb Raider and Carmageddon games for several hours and constant pray to higher power in fear of any connection breaks. After some time good downloader managers appeared.
We discussed to have multi-nights game party with my friend. He came to my place we packed my PC and monitor, made a few steps out of the house to underground and were stopped by Police patrol (back then Milice or Militia if you like), they thought we stole electronics and asked for documents ;)
Imagine, back then nobody had any documents for computers bought in half illegal markets, many enthusiasts bought parts and combined into a full fledged desktop, this allowed us to save up to 50-250$ sometimes. But this time it was a a birthday present from my father for having good marks in school. So I presented all the documents to a great disbelief and slight disappointment of our law enforcement. We played for 2 weeks non-stop in Heretic/Hexen & Doom/Final Doom.
So it's nice to know that we all had something similar in our gaming history ;)
Posted July 07, 2015
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Cadaver747: We discussed to have multi-nights game party with my friend. He came to my place we packed my PC and monitor, made a few steps out of the house to underground and were stopped by Police patrol (back then Milice or Militia if you like), they thought we stole electronics and asked for documents ;)
Imagine, back then nobody had any documents for computers bought in half illegal markets, many enthusiasts bought parts and combined into a full fledged desktop, this allowed us to save up to 50-250$ sometimes. But this time it was a a birthday present from my father for having good marks in school. So I presented all the documents to a great disbelief and slight disappointment of our law enforcement. We played for 2 weeks non-stop in Heretic/Hexen & Doom/Final Doom.
So it's nice to know that we all had something similar in our gaming history ;)
Epic story, the kind your grand children (who will have sci-fi cyber implants in their heads) won't believe!

I only encountered cows & farmers on the way to my friend's house, no dramatic story there :)
Posted July 07, 2015
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ScotchMonkey: Hell the ice man still comes round to my place.
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OneFiercePuppy: It says you're in Canada. By "ice man" don't you just mean "outside"?
No I mean Jeff the slow fellow with the shovel :p
Posted July 07, 2015
take care
Posted July 07, 2015
Well, have a good time!
Posted July 08, 2015
Have a good time, Fenixp. Hope to see you around again at some point. I really appreciated, that you've also been present in the sub-fora. Cheers
Post edited July 08, 2015 by DeMignon
Posted February 18, 2016
*sigh* I'm weak, I give up, turns out the rest of the internet sucks more than you assholes. You can thank Drealmer7 for that realization by the way, him constantly communicating with me is the only reason I kept lurking around these boards.
Posted February 18, 2016
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Fenixp: *sigh* I'm weak, I give up, turns out the rest of the internet sucks more than you assholes. You can thank Drealmer7 for that realization by the way, him constantly communicating with me is the only reason I kept lurking around these boards.
2 weeks.

that's how long you will last this time.
Posted February 18, 2016
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amok: that's how long you will last this time.
You gonna beat me up?
Posted February 18, 2016
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amok: that's how long you will last this time.
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Fenixp: You gonna beat me up?
then I would have said 2 minutes....
Posted February 18, 2016
Jezuz f**kin krist...
Posted February 18, 2016
I still don't buy that an omnipotent all powerful computer program god needs a monocle.
Posted February 18, 2016
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Fenixp: *sigh* I'm weak, I give up, turns out the rest of the internet sucks more than you assholes. You can thank Drealmer7 for that realization by the way, him constantly communicating with me is the only reason I kept lurking around these boards.
Ay caramba, you`re back!!!! :-)
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