How did this newsgroup get started anyway? :-)

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3 total messages Started by Detonate Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00

#487

Author: Detonate
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00

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Okay, so who was responsible?

Detonate

Re: How did this newsgroup get started anyway? :-)

#488

Author: Rune Boersjoe
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00

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>Okay, so who was responsible?
>
>Detonate

I think a lot of us were. By sending hundreds of little messages to
the newsserver people saying we want alt.games.x-com It was only a
matter of time before they caved in :-)
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Re: How did this newsgroup get started anyway? :-)

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Author: wak...
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <360cd9b...@news.jancomulti.com>,
  look@my.sig (Rune Boersjoe) wrote:
> >Okay, so who was responsible?
> >
> >Detonate
>
> I think a lot of us were. By sending hundreds of little messages to
> the newsserver people saying we want alt.games.x-com It was only a
> matter of time before they caved in :-)
> --
>
> Sticks and stones may break your bones, but a fifty foot fall will kill ya'll.
>
> Reply by mail to jb...@jancomulti.com
>
If I remeber correctly I think I seen it in 1997 but no one really was posting
to it. Just recently newservices started carrying it.
http://www.angelfire.com/la/wakko98/
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