I don't know why I remember, but it was 1999. The good ol' dial-up days. π I decided it was time because my children seemed to need it for school stuff. I have a photo of a time when some good family friends of mine were gathered around my computer, amazed at what they saw.
shareI used to game online twenty years ago, so the first forums I used were probally IGN's Playervault.
Instant Messengers I used were ICQ, AOL and them MSN Messenger (Windows Live Messenger).
I built websites too, mostly with Angelfire, all my sites had guestbooks, midi music and annoying gifs!
I registered for classes online at a friends house in 1996. By the next year or so it was AOL and Warcraft II online gaming.
share"Why you poking me again?"
shareβWeβre under attack!β
share"Why you poking me again?"
"Why don't you lead an army instead of touching me!?"
"Poke poke poke - is that all you do?"
"Ooh, that was kind of nice."
I was completely addicted to that game. Did you play it online?
shareI played it before I had a modem, but I made custom maps, I loved Warcraft II! Starcraft was a great game as well.
shareI switched to Starcraft when it came out also because the online community did, but Warcraft was my favorite. To this day I can hear those ogers on bloodlust. π
shareThey were fun to play! https://youtu.be/boFxCG_UyEE?t=473
shareLet's see...I believe my family first got access to the internet in winter of 1996, when we were living in Wisconsin. I was 9 at the time and hadn't had my 10 birthday yet. I think one of the first websites I ever visited was Amazon. I loved the idea of finding books that weren't available in the stores, and it kinda took off from there.
shareWindows 95 - having a PC in the house for our education was important to my parents.
I remember when Napster came out... it pretty much killed the music industry. Only one person in my home town had a CD burner and he made a decent money selling bootlegged music. I used a cheaper alternative. I hooked the PC audio up to the stereo and recorded onto cassette tapes.
2012 when I was 19.
shareI think it was sometime in 1998.
shareYes, I remember it being hideously White and male. Thank God the internet is more diverse and inclusive now.
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