Where have been your internet "Hang outs"

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-10-27 07:21pm

This thought just occured to me as my last internet hangout just died, it's still up and running but only 1 or two people go there anymore.

What have been your internet "hang outs" The site were you spend most of you life brutally killing time. Obviously SD.net is that for most of us now, so where did you use to hang out?

When i first got on the net I spent most of my time in a HTML chat room called The Dungeon at coolchat.com. It was RP based, and despite how it sounds, it was not sex oriented. I was Jacen Solo with my familiar, a magical blue jay, named Nixta that gain force powers through our bond. It had some of the best RP-Fighters on the net, mostly and mainly god moders were ignored by all, people lost and won fights. Most of those that always won rarely fought and mostly chatted. I've tried to find another place like that on the net since but they are all filled with God-Moders(one stupid one I found on Yahoo that said he wasn't a god, but their guardian, and could kill them but just chooses not to, FUCKING IDIOT! THATS GODMODING)

Then I went to a MUD called Alanthia, an ok mud, little contraints on RP and a pretty damn funny and humorous place to hang out. Plus if someone pissed you off, you could kill them. Then the old staff left and new stupid corrupt imms were staffed and then RP was enforced even thought only 3 or 4 people accually rped, and then the non-rp items were erased and the place. I then left and spent a lot of my net time here. Just the other day I talked to the guy in charged. The place is dead, but he's gonna keep the place running cuase of all the work he put into it.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-27 07:25pm

Badkarma.net

gundamshop.com

GameFAQs

gundamproject.com (sadly, this site has long since shut down

)

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-10-27 07:27pm

Spacebattles.com, I know, don't kill me! I'm not a trekkie by any stretch of the imagination. And I try not to be an idiot. I'm as put off as you guys by the kind of behaviour that goes on over there.

Other noteworthy site:

Aegy's Hall of Honor (weber chat board)

David Weber newsgroup

B5 moderated newsgroup.

ASVS occasionally.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-27 07:51pm

Here (*Of coures)

Hardocp

Shacknews

Firingsquad

And MSNBC

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-10-27 07:58pm

SD.Net

Badkarma.net

Gamefaqs.com

www.ironmouse.dhs.com/dragon

www.securityarms.com

www.hkpro.com (Don't go here very often, don't know if it's still up)

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2002-10-27 08:42pm

Stonedog's Hold

TarValon.net

Here

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-10-27 08:46pm

I'll be honest, and I'm not a trekkie.

Spacebattles (#1 hang out place)

SD.NET (#2 hang out place)

www.fanfiction.net

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2002-10-27 08:58pm

Usual Suspects Network
Head-fi Forums
Candlepower forums
Princeton Women's Swimming webpage (GF's sister is on the team, GF was too)
And of course I spend enough time here to make 5 posts or so a day.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-27 09:19pm

SD.net Obviously
Redscape For Diplomacy gaming
Yahoo! Mail For my mail...I am continuously on this page
LiveJournal For my LiveJournal
DeadJournal For my DeadJournal
Angelfire For creating my web pages
Yahoo! Groups For various groups, including Diplomacy and RPGs
Namco Arcade For the Tekken4 forums
Electricity Theatre For a Sailor Moon RPG I participate in
The Doll Palace Where I make all the cool dolls on my web page

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-10-27 10:19pm

Other than here:

http://kier.3dgladiators.com (Assuming it ever gets back to working on all cylinders)
http://www.3dgladiatiors.com (Again assuming it ever starts working again)
http://news.bbc.co.uk
news:sci.military.naval
news:rec.arts.sf.science
news:rec.arts.sf.composition
news:alt.war.nuclear
news:sci.military.moderated

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2002-10-27 10:31pm

Wow . . . has it really been that long?

Hmm . . . starting from Pokemon Fanfiction (bleh), I went to fanfiction.net and Pokebattles.com (which, despite their name is more of an RPG site in general, having mostly shed its roots . . fun little site, think they're still up).

Then I went to crius.net (http://www.wcnews.com), and inhabited it for roughly a year before becoming bored and being banned for rampant stupidity. I still consider myself a wingnut first and foremost, though (wingnut as in, inhabitant of wcnews.com / #wingnut on DALnet)

I visited SpaceBattles purely in hopes of finding decent calcs and scientific analysis for Wing Commander. Was it too much to hope for? Probably. I stayed there about the same time. That place in insidious . . . takes over your mind, rots your brain until only it remains. I stopped being a "regular" there around June, which puts me roughly at the 1-year mark. I wouldn't even go there except that it's the only place I know where stuff . . . happens. (And of course we have to smack sense into the newbies).

I wouldn't consider myself a regular here, either . . . I really don't give a damn about SW or ST or creationism or pink fluffy bunnies. I'm just here for the free food

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2002-10-27 10:41pm

Also, I suppose I should mention animenation.com . . . they seem like a nice bunch, even if there's TOO DAMN MANY . . . sorry. I'm just used to smaller groups. The sheer post number is staggering.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-10-27 10:54pm

In order, as best as I can remember:

www.segaoa.com - HTML chatroom. Late '96
began spending most of my time on DALnet, in #square and #lakitu. Couple of years there.
Stopped hanging out on IRC as often, went over to www.shoutweb.com. My first name there was Janus.
Was away from shoutweb for about a year, came back and changed my name to Angel of Discord. Can't remember how long I was there under this name.
Stopped going to shoutweb, and found B5Tech, during the old Network54 board. Been there ever since.
Then went over to SB, about six months ago now.
Came over here.

And there we are.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-10-27 11:46pm

First started off hanging around a Star Trek sim club thing for a while. That ended when my brother got fed up with the hourly AOL rates and suspended the service.

Got reinstated a while later when they switched to flat rates, and I signed on with a new name and started hanging around the Star Wars Fan Forum. Through there I made some really good friends I don't talk to at all anymore.

My next major thing was the Star Wars Unlimited fan club. Still involved with that, but nowhere near the degree I was involved in back in the day.

Then the tide turned, tho I didn't know it. I stumbled across Tony Case's "I Hate Star Trek" site and started hanging around the guestbook. Formed a little clique of guests which ran strong for a while. It was from there that I found SD.net...and reading through his pages I got interested in ASVS...and from there went to Deja.

Now my hangouts include here and ASVS, and occasionally alt.comics.sluggy-freelance.

[edit] I also used to spend a fair amount of time on a MUD called Monty Python's Flying Talker.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-28 12:35am

www.Forumoc.com
www.icrontic.com
www.starfleetgames.com/discus/ SFB board I lurk on--The only ST site I know of with *any* common sense...

www.speedguide/net
and here.

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-10-28 01:21am

In chronological order:
AGSC
ASVB5
ASVS
PCPowerplay.com.au forums
SD.net

Random invasions.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-28 01:24am

weemadando wrote:In chronological order:
AGSC
ASVB5
ASVS
PCPowerplay.com.au forums
SD.net

Random invasions.

Not to mention alphabetical! w00t!

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-10-28 02:18am

Wow, sub-concious Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-28 02:40am

weemadando wrote:Wow, sub-concious Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

???

CmdrSweevo · Post by **CmdrSweevo** » 2002-10-28 05:59am

Ooo...

alt.jokes
telnet://mtrek.com (dead now)
message boards at www.thedivinecomedy.com
ASvS
And until recently, Subspace (www.subspacehq.com)

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2002-10-28 10:39am

Here. Mainly here.

Although I parade around talk.origins from time to time, and have been known to post at the folklore-ghost-stories group. Although most of the denizens there are so-called 'psychics' who really believe in that sort of thing and can't just appreciate a damn story for its entertainment value without trying to suggest what crystal I should use to channel it. Blech.

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2002-10-28 11:51am

SD.net - duh
www.Freeopendiary.com - not as much now as I used to
www.yahoo.com - for mail
www.google.com - for things that I just look up
webct.unm.edu - where I take quizes and print out readable lecture notes

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-10-28 02:07pm

Well originally I was on the AoL chat rooms. I mainly was in the Star Wars Space Battles chat room were I ran one of the sim factions. One of my members told me about Poe's site, and from there I found SD.net. As the AoL portion died off, I started spending more time coordinating the Dark Guard (that's were the DG is from) and when that finally slowed a little more I found the link to spacebattles.com. tada!