When the interwebs were young

[JL]

Talk to people in AOL chat rooms.

Play Red Alert

[KoRnholio]

Play Red Alert

Ahh Red Alert.. good times. Also Doom, Diablo 1, Total Annihilation (never liked SC1)

Other random bits:

- "noob" was spelled "newb"
- pirating music/games/porn through irc/ftp sites and hoping you didn't get a virus
- downloading midi music files because mp3 took too long on a 14.4 modem
- getting disconnected whenever someone would call your landline
- Doom sprite packs to make enemies look like bunnies/cartoons/etc

[eugmac]

- downloading midi music files because mp3 took too long on a 14.4 modem
- getting disconnected whenever someone would call your landline

Man, you're supposed to dial pound-something-something to disable call-waiting to prevent incoming calls from interrupting your connection! In my case though it was mostly an angry father needing to use the phone that would end my download party. He wouldn't just pick up the phone - he'd start mashing buttons until the connection failed.