old irc script kiddie

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stephenph@reddit

I had a fidonet node for a time, although I never did start up a bbs for real (only had one phone line and crappy copper)

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Cyberhwk@reddit

I definitely remember spoofx getting me into some...uhhhhh...certain websites.

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spicysanger@reddit

Irssi from a freebsd bash terminal, so everyone doing a ctcp version check knew you were a badass

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calladc@reddit

And had it running in a screen so you were perma online somehow

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rootsquasher@reddit

BitchX was pretty much the only IRC client I could find around 2002 and 2003 that would run on IRIX and Mac OS X.

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blissadmin@reddit

The real badass move was having a vhost name that was an ereet play on words or reference. Like me@will.pwn.j00. Or at least in a teenager's mind it was!

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f00l2020@reddit

I remember paying a hosting provider so my bitchx vhost was l33t. Those were the days

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

remember those time using psybnc to hide our info !!!!

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spicysanger@reddit

Oh 100% it was, people paid crazy amounts for shell accounts on systems with l33t host names

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

dont be rude you might be a master !! but we are padawins !!!

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egyenlet@reddit

Oh man. I was a big O operator on undernet. Those were the days. 🥺

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

might i ask you !! did that made a diferance nowaday ? are you working in hight tech ?

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Irc helped, but I was pretty much locked into geek culture at an early age. One, my dad worked as an IBM engineer, two, my elementary school had a computer club, we actually built one of the early pre PC computers (an altair I believe) three, I had a Netcom unix shell account at the time of irc starting out

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calladc@reddit

Irc paved a way to high end tech gigs for me

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Hoooooooar@reddit

me too

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egyenlet@reddit

Never really thought about it like this but you're totally right.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

that why we have to bounce !!!! we made that shit , we have control over it !!!!

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egyenlet@reddit

yeah I work in Cybersecurity but before that I worked in tv/film as a visual effects executive

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

great , so your irc adn still in your blood and flow ! that why when you saw my post its make your blood go hot ? lol nice !! we are the same !! thangs god we are not alone !

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LOGWATCHER@reddit

I can tell instantly when I meet IT people if they were involved in scene stuff from those days.

We all share a similar vibe when it comes to tech, the way we talk, the way we handle things

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frac6969@reddit

I’m 54 and was on EFnet. Quit irc and went corporate before Undernet.

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mitharas@reddit

And one generation older were usenet moderators, who were the real OGs before our time.

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pdp10@reddit

Usenet was only moderated in theory. Even running a feeder, I only could have controlled posts from downstream leaf nodes.

Servers could very much control what hierarchies they wanted to receive, but after a certain point in time, that was almost purely for storage and bandwidth reasons. Policing the content of those hierarchies was borderline impossible.

This is why Usenet had a reputation for being nigh uncensorable at the time. Governments today have given themselves a lot more laws and bought a lot more technical tools and manpower, so today it's not just a matter of hooking Iran, North Korea, and Russia up to Usenet.

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Sneakycyber@reddit

I will be 48 this year. I got my start with 14.4 dial up and IRC and BBS boards. I remember when cable modems were download only.

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dpf81nz@reddit

dont make me slap you with a large trout

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mahsab@reddit

/kline dpf81nz

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

damm bro you send me the best handshake of thiose time !!! my respect !!

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

/me hides from the fish!

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thinmonkey69@reddit

Connection reset by peer

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

omfg that that was quote in tose time !!!! rotfl !!! you made me laught and made me malanclohic !!! its good to hear am not alone,,,,,, we are not alone ....

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stephenph@reddit

My first modem was limited to 300 baud. The text would creep along so slow. My lines were also crap so sometimes I would get bursts of noise that would screw with the ASCII, not to mention the other family members picking up the phone. Fun times

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UninvestedCuriosity@reddit

That was my first as well on an atari st no less.

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frac6969@reddit

So many of us failed school after getting on IRC. (I Repeat Class.)

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UninvestedCuriosity@reddit

I have no regrets about this. I actually dropped out and went for a good enough diploma later on. Brain plasticity was at and absolute premium and time was better spent online.

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graph_worlok@reddit

But the knowledge you got in exchange is damn near impossible to teach!

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

that why we are part of a select group! and its not for our wallet ! but for our knowledge !

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DropTheBeatAndTheBas@reddit

quake multiplayer too

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

rotfl !!! you got it all !!! full respect !!!

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Jellovator@reddit

Yeah. I even wrote an IRC client. Good times.

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Lazy-Function-4709@reddit

DAE Leopard Script for mIRC? pIRCh? Oh boy...what a time to be alive.

See you on DALnet.

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Formal-Knowledge-250@reddit

I miss thc and phrack active irc times

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Joestac@reddit

It's 1995, I just downloaded the Godzilla chat bot and I am crashing AOL chat rooms left and right until my mom's account gets blocked and she disconnects my phone line so I can no longer play Starcraft on Battle.net.

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iamnoone___@reddit

Easily one of the best phases in my life. Between the anonymous friends, learning to script, the concept of channel wars and takeovers and stuff. I literally still think about some of my friends from that time and wonder.

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Cryptic1911@reddit

Ah yes the good ole days of hanging around and learning shit, messing with people and also using dcc to get porn and bootleg software lol. I miss that shit. IRC was awesome, like the wild west back in those days

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franciscolorado@reddit

Old enough to remember nick collisions before they time stamped nicknames.

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Burgergold@reddit

Sharing files with ddc

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

i dont get it ? whats the point ?

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Burgergold@reddit

I remember that time

Your question qas do you remember that timr

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whetu@reddit

Sheesh it's been so long. Was it #warez_cafe on Dalnet?

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irn@reddit

My cousin: “What’s IRC?” me: “see that smiley face on your desktop?” “OOOOH you mean MIRC”

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MonkeyMan18975@reddit

We had a Major BBS running out of our house with a pair of bonded 56k frame relays that everyone would call into that would then initiate a SLIP connection and allow them to get to the internet. Usenet groups and Public University FTP/BBS were all the rage in the early 90s

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irn@reddit

QMB 4 Lyfe and all the other mp3 ripping scenes fighting over blood and glory to see who could 0sec

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ManOfLaMontagne@reddit

I was in a DF2 Jedi knight clan that was on IRC. Do people still use it? Gods that was awesome.

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Sneakycyber@reddit

I remember those days! ASCII images, music, pictures (some you wanted to see, some you DIDN'T), all good fun.

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mmp@reddit

You weren't cool unless you had the lowest ICQ number possible. Did anyone else spend days brute forcing the password of a 6 digit number that you eventually forgot?

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mgr86@reddit

Yes but I was mainly there for the warez. grabbing lists of mainly university ftps and grabbing mp3s. I was already on my second mp3 player before an iPod was released. I was so excited when I got my 56k modem.

Oh that and drug related chat rooms where you edit your /nick to indicate what you were on that night.

I’ll be 40 this summer

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Drumdevil86@reddit

Netbus/nircmd/vbscript to fuck around with all the networked computers in IT school.

CD trays have been opening and closing randomly on many systems for WEEKS.

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UnderstandingSuch283@reddit

!site pre *

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stalker007@reddit

In my 50's here. I predated, and lived through all of that on various efnet(and other networks) channels.

All the things, DCC warez as well. :)

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

damm bro my respect !!! your are the deal !! you lived it all !!! that wonderfull ! you have a lot a to teach !!!!

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stalker007@reddit

idk about a lot to teach, but I have a LOT of stories from irc and hacker cons, and running warez top sites.

btw bash.org archive is still around here: https://bash-org-archive.com

No direct search on the site, so you'd have to use google site search, but without giving away nicknames, I see myself and a bunch of people I know on there.

For people who come across this thread today or in the future, and wonder what hacking was like back in the days: https://www.youtube.com/@wwsul/videos

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dai_webb@reddit

I am mid-forties and remember this very well! I started using IRC in around 1993 using the PIRCH client (Polar Geek's IRC Hack), and ended up running my own network with multiple servers around the UK, complete with chanserv/nickserv/operserv, plenty of EggDrop bots.

Oh the nostalgia! This brief look back in time made me smile, thank you :)

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-ThesuarusRex-@reddit

I ran a music and movies fserv for a few years in the late 90s before everything became illegal. I had a standing 4:1 return on sharing which made me one of the most popular. 10:1 on Christmas.

I didn't know how our pots line didn't catch fire.

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HuntertheDragoon@reddit

I'm 35. Started using IRC when I was 11-12 for a private Ragnarok Online server. Remember +m for unruly arguments, bot attacks, and being begging for +v (voice, I think). Later was in some channels for a GTA VC mod and then a Nintendo forum. I think we had some trivia bot in one of them. I miss the small-knit communities of IRC channels. Good times.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

you remember openkore !!!!

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Eternal_Glizzy_777@reddit

IRC introduced me to the world of Warez, FXP, and “pubbing.” I ca. confidently say I wouldn’t have the love or security I do today without that little detour on “the dark side.”

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The_Wkwied@reddit

Willing to admit that I spent much more time that I care to admit on IRC without even knowing what it was... taught me how to script and type a bit. Still have a mark for being slapped around with a large trout. Good times.

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User1539@reddit

Oh, yes ... it's crazy now how into just text we were, but I remember people talking like having contact outside of your hometown was on par with traveling to Mars.

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HappyDadOfFourJesus@reddit

48, and booting qnx from floppy so I could do all my online activities over our 56Kbps modem without leaving a trace on the family computer.

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keesbeemsterkaas@reddit

Back when you would rent shells for a few bucks

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nut-sack@reddit

Ah the good old days of riding netsplits. Such an amazing time to be part of the scene.

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graph_worlok@reddit

QU irc server - AU’s secret weapon in the IRC channel wars…

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nut-sack@reddit

Haha irc.mit.edu was the best back in the day. Hack a few edu boxes and get on the mit edu server so you were likely alone on the split.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

dammm bro you remmeber those time hijacking some edu server for proxy bouncer !!

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nut-sack@reddit

nah man, you take out all the OPs and when the channel is opless, you ride a netsplit and keep ops. Either that or you have to create the split 2 links up so it doesnt know its split. Then you can keep ops when it rejoins, even if the room had ops already!

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

damm bro talking about netsplit made my blood go hot !!! your know it all !! you are an old bad ass irc user with knowledge !!! respect bro !!!

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DrGraffix@reddit

MIT had great quake servers too

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lemachet@reddit

Ozorg

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

dammm bro you got the spirit !!!! you rememebr old good days !!!

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IFarmZombies@reddit

I sent this from BitchX

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deegood@reddit

Yeah I remember mirc and ircn, then eventually bitchx/irssi. I was continually connected to IRC from 98 to 2012 or so. Eventually work and personal groups had all moved to slack/signal.

Those were good days though, our whole social life in college was organized on IRC. Life was better when you had to physically sit down at a computer to get online.

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NoEstablishment9123@reddit

39yo here and I remember all that shit plus stacheldacht and sambal.c 0day exploit. Early 2000 was mayhen at the ircnet.

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UnderwaterGun@reddit

It’s how I got my education!

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Otherwise-Ad-8111@reddit

Ah yes the time of the server split channel takeover.

I remember them well.

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Bradddtheimpaler@reddit

None of my middle school classmates were safe once I got a hold of Sub7 lol

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

sub7, netbios, dsnx lol those time only irc users can undesrtand !!! you are part of the club your not alne bro

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Jaymesned@reddit

/wallop Can you believe this kid?

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

lol that was an autoflag at those time !!! wallops everybody with op lol

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lylesback2@reddit

I still use IRC daily. I am old.

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lemachet@reddit

Discord is just IRC with a newer interface

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Tsukurimashou@reddit

no its not, you can't self host discord, you don't own you community, it's closed source, using alternative clients is against TOS, ect ect

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

respect for you bro , your not alone !!!

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

do you guys remenber bots nets ? litmus , rbot ? auo spreading bots ? dsnx ?

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Fredx@reddit

/me looks up statute of limitations

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

/send to dev/null lol

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f909@reddit

44 year. Many years spent on undernet, dalnet and eventually efnet.

One thing held true in all, every user in every #linux channel on every server were assholes.

Oh my ICQ number was 691784, and we use to send exe’s of Back Oriface around and take control of folks computers.

I remember my first version of Redhat I installed (4.2), and the stock kernel 2.0.30.

Also remember a time before a lot of ISPs used shadows of their /etc/passwd. A user could download the /etc/passwd and run John the Ripper on it.

I say all of this because I can’t remember shit from last week, but all of this mid to late 90’s tech has stuck with me ever since.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

you remember wat formed you !! to think outside the box !!respect bro !

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

since am from that gold era , old school script kiddie . am running now fro personal use a honeyspot and a paid vps, 3 dollar a month ...irc thinking.....and i deploy some rought security report to big tech data and they dont give a shit !!! what do you think about it ?

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Kracus@reddit

Yeah, played a lot of MUD's back then. iykyk.

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dukandricka@reddit

Originally started with ICB. Been on IRC since roughly 1992/1993; channels originally had an @ prefix, not # (and prior to that they were purely numbers). Many years later was an EFnet oper/admin for a major hub. I can still use telnet/nc to speak various protocols by hand, particularly IRC, POP3, and SMTP. Yup, I'm officially old.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

dam bro , you are the realy true deal , you managed that shit almost 8 years before me !!!! my respect ! yu are a sensei !

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DrGraffix@reddit

Winnuke and AOHell

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

winnuke ! netbios ! etc ...olg good times !!! aol !! the free victims in those times !! lol

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lemachet@reddit

I definitely do

Ircnet Eu servers in the late 90s, trying to be on the 'high side' of the split

Xdcc to share your ....trial software.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

xdcc before napster ! limewire !arez !! damm bro your are part of the club !! you know it all !! you are ingenious!!! my respect !

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Absolute_Bob@reddit

I still know my ICQ ID by heart.

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flickerfly@reddit

I say that and these kids look at me like, "What's ICQ?" 6467316

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BeardedThunderNC@reddit

6112059

Why do I still remember that. Get out of my brain, I need that slot for my glasses...

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

your are true !!!

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BeardedThunderNC@reddit

mirc and the clown nose.. I will still -o someone in a teams chat and I don't think anyone has gotten it for...a while.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

mmm bro you re deeging in the source !!! my respect !!

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wombleh@reddit

BitchX Baby!

Got my first sysadmin job through IRC

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

that what i mean !!! irc was power knowledge back in the days !!!

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TheBigBeardedGeek@reddit

Yeah. I was an op in two of the larger rooms on bondage.com (back when that was an actual community fetish site).

Then just the stupid social channels on dalnet, the nerdy and pirate sites undernet

and all the scripts. My random "bye" troll script. The music scripts. Good times.

r/FuckImOld

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

can you feel the momenot when you we flooding !! but your op and you eggdrops or an admin save your arsss rotfl

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Lonely-Abalone-5104@reddit

Remember teardrop and mike where you could literally send a command to users and lock up their machines. Thst was fun

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

yup winnuke !!! that was a tiime you could blaster everybody just knowing the ip

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shimoheihei2@reddit

Remember? Some of us have never left. Some communities are still mainly based in IRC channels.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

that intersting bro !!! shoot me that info in private am curious !! as you are !!

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GoToHell_MachoCity@reddit

I didn't do much of the scripting but I do remember those days of mIRC. Asking for ops, wondering why there were so many channels for the place in Mexico (warez - I was/am a dumbass), trolling, sooooo many wav files...

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

that why you answer is so powefull !!! you remmeber those time when nothing was free. no google , no fre chatgot !! only yur guts and the leed to know !!! peace bro your are part of the club !!

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aenae@reddit

I remember it like it was yesterday.

Owh wait, that is because i closed my IRC client yesterday and haven't started it up yet today. Let me fix that.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

rotfl bro !!! you are part of the club ....old school mirc !!! keep it up

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aenae@reddit

Well, i use hexchat; no windows for me.

But yes, i'm still on IRC. It does have it's advantages.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

dammm bro you a reak dinosaur from twenty year ago and your still on it !! its like doing unix in 90s and still doin it in 2026 ! my respect bro ! you are great !

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mouse6502@reddit

thought i was in r/Xennials for a sec there

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mattjh@reddit

“Does anyone remember when Lollapalooza was a touring festival?” “omg YES” “so Xennial”

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

damm bro you flushed my mind !!! sorry to ask you that but can you remmeber me about n r/Xennials

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digdugnate@reddit

lol- a lot of em ended up on bash.org.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

dammm bro !!! rotfl not everybody was send to dev/null !!

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Telamar@reddit

And, if memory serves, the good old netsplits where you'd have to try and quickly kick anyone who had taken over the channel on the other side of the split when it merged back together...

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

that right , that why eggdrops were essential in those days!! eggdrops are now new IA !!!

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Ihavenoideatall@reddit

Is irc still around???

Still remember being flooded out...

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graph_worlok@reddit

Yup. Still a few different networks.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

proxy flooder ! socks 4 !palingenesis ! lol old ood times

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Ihavenoideatall@reddit

Old odd days indeed

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

since we are not dead !!! we can pull hat knowledge for further income !!!

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DavWanna@reddit

"That time"? Oh yes, definitely was before, wouldn't do that anymore. No...

/me hides active irssi terminal windows with Excel

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

come on bro dont be shy !!! your not alone !!! i remember those script ofc !!! thc god your part of it after twenty years .....god bless you bro !!!

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YellowOnline@reddit

/me slaps u/nasmunet around a bit with a large trout

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

damm bro you keep the automatic mirc script from old good mirc srcipt !!! dont worry your not alone !! and thanks you to share those precious old good times !!!!!!

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coret3x@reddit

Yes i miss the days. Learned a lot about security and scripting. Still relevant for my work today in a way.

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

you know your base bro !!! irc is that time was the must !!! learning about protocols!! packets etc..... you good bro !!! you are not alone !!!

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nasmunet@reddit (OP)

you guys are the pillars of the internet nowadays ! you by passed the first mydoom exploit on windows !!! that was a time !!! you guys are the remminicent of that era !!!

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kjstech@reddit

Yes and remember the old AOL days with the progz and spamming chats, finding secret keywords, profile hacks, assuming other screen name identities, etc?

There’s a whole podcast on that

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aol-underground/id1585591638?i=1000750790954

Anything other podcasts like that?

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