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Are you an old school....?
This is for old school trolls newbs need not apply.
How many others on yahoo are vets of the flame wars era (1998-2001)?
When did you fall in battle?
And did you come out of it without mental and or emotional scaring?
I am a vet, the first time i got on line was in 99.
I was destroyed and stopped using the net in late 01 until about 5years ago.
I had a long recovery time and all though i'm fine i still get the urge to troll for lulz.
P.S. if you are an old school troll you'll tell the truth if you're a newb we'll know.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
1998 is recent. I'm a vet of ARPANET, CP/M, CUTER, SOLOS, the KC standard and Kilobaud magazine.
I was doing other things around 89-92, but got back on the net in 92, and have been here since. IRC, Usenet, fora, etc. Flame wars in 98? There were always flame wars. Still are, really. How about the lag wars on IRC in 96? I actually measured a 32 MINUTE ping on Dalnet in the winter of 96-97.