4 Chris Johnson 01-22-2003 08:04 PM ET (US) I Larned. I also used to post to newsgroups with a real reply address. I tried to weather the spam storm, but I finally gave up on newsgroups when I dumped my 30-40 spams a day Yahoo email address that I used on said newsgroups. Now all my forum stuff is done on the web. Mostly on sites using phpBB or, to a lesser extent, Slashcode. 3 Dav Coleman 01-22-2003 07:36 PM ET (US) I used to love exam weeks, because sometimes I could MUD for 4-5 days in a row. MUD coding was addictive to me because I could create anything that I could imagine and implement, and immediately watch other people interact with it. It satisfied both artistic and geek cravings. Plus it taught me object oriented programming well before I ran into C++. I so wish I could find an old snapshot of the cyberpunk MUD we were working on, I have fond memories of my old ShadowCorp section. 2 tvalley000 01-22-2003 01:49 PM ET (US) My brother actually dropped out of Iowa State because of MUDing. He used to tell me of weekends where the time would progress as such: 1) Friday after class, retire to dormroom, log into MUD. 2) Monday morning, go to breakfast at the cafeteria. 1 Dav Coleman 01-22-2003 03:29 AM ET (US) Between BITNET relay chat, MUDs and being at an official party school, how did I ever make it out of college with a degree?	Upgrade to PRO Upload pictures, personalize your board, and more! About these ads