Re: A REALLY old timer...

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From: ZiggyPopp
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:32

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rms wrote:
>>Any oldtimers still around? I started playing Descent 1 online even
>>before Kali came out. We used to use IHHD via a UNIX shell account
>>over 9600 back in the day
> 
> 
>     Remember MILK?  Multiplayer Internet Link I think the acronym meant. 
> Not many people knew about it, the maker was a teenager who intended to get 
> in on the budding internet gaming phenomenon and compete with Kali (which 
> was in beta at the time as I recall).  It ended up fizzling out when he 
> couldn't get 3player games to be stable.  IHHD was mostly a failure for me 
> (a modemer), though I had a few quake1 demo games.  #descent on IRC was a 
> rocking place back then, with Parallax programmers popping in every so 
> often, and channel takeover battles occurring regularly :)
> 
> rms 
> 
> 
Back in the day I remember being entertained by feuds between players. 
Remember Derek (the guy who liked cows) and Zod?

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