[NOSTALGIN'] Things I miss about America Online circa 1994
 

• Modem noise

• America Online suspending my family's account because I said "fuck" in a chatroom

• The total non-existence of spam filters

• Getting outraged when they started charging by the hour to play MUDs

EDIT

• MUDs where leveling required you to grind ladder-climbing

Delivering Nostalgia to Your Doorstep
 

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That's like four different places I gotta go to get what AOL used to provide in one convenient fuck-you package.

True, but you have to give me points for finding the exact same MUD, right?

I know 'cause I got pissed off when they started charging for that one, too.

In which I sound patronizing... after being ninja'd.
 

Geez. Can you believe Mr. Grumpy-modpants here? You try do something nice for a fella...

Fuck Gemstone, Dragonrealms Playaz Club 4 Lyfe

(4:20 GRIND LADDER CLIMBIN SKILLS EVERY DAY)

Oh man wait that's totally going on the list

• Muds where leveling required you to grind ladder-climbing

EDIT: You know what was legit great on AOL was this one incredibly shitty multiplayer FPS with like, wizards and elves and shit.

EDIT: Except I think they started charging for that, too. Fuckers.

That one's still around, too.

I played both, but I don't remember either well enough to tell you my class and level.

Edit: Here's a free mud where you can grind ladder climbing for stats.

'Cause I'm such a nice guy.

And yeah, they started charging for pretty much everything.

I was a human warrior-mage because I was indecisive and boring.

On the plus side it allowed me to hone the valuable life skill of begging strangers for free shit.

Knowing me at 13, I was probably exactly the same thing except an elf, but I'm not 100% sure.

Oh, the other thing!

• Every username being taken, including every nickname you'd ever had and your real full name, because every jerk in the world used AOL and had took them already, so you always ended up getting stuck with like Retardedmiddleschooler15692.

Also, signup discs! Sooooooooo many signup discs.