1. Forum
  2. DOVE-Net
  3. General

  • Greetings from NottinghamBBS.com in the UK

    From Bagwaa@VERT/NOTTSBBS to All on Thu Jul 3 22:35:15 2025
    Just thought I would say hello, it's been around 26 years since I was last on a BBS :)

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nottingham BBS <nottinghambbs.com>
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Bagwaa on Thu Jul 3 16:41:24 2025
    Re: Greetings from NottinghamBBS.com in the UK
    By: Bagwaa to All on Thu Jul 03 2025 10:35 pm

    Just thought I would say hello, it's been around 26 years since I was last on a BBS :)

    Welcome! :)

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Bagwaa on Sat Jul 5 19:27:55 2025
    Re: Greetings from NottinghamBBS.com in the UK
    By: Bagwaa to All on Thu Jul 03 2025 10:35 pm

    Just thought I would say hello, it's been around 26 years since I was last o BBS :)


    Welcome!

    How long since you first used a BBS :)

    What brought you back after such a long absence?

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ MS & RD BBs - bbs.mozysswamp.org
  • From Bagwaa@VERT/NOTTSBBS to Boraxman on Sat Jul 5 21:00:18 2025
    Re: Greetings from NottinghamBBS.com in the UK
    By: Boraxman to Bagwaa on Sat Jul 05 2025 19:27:55

    How long since you first used a BBS :)

    What brought you back after such a long absence?

    I think it was around 1993 ish, I remember I was still in school, so must be around that time. I always preferred BBSes over the internet, I don't know why but it just felt very different.

    I would love someone to be able to explain why BBSes felt so much better back then? (and even still) - maybe because connections feel more personal and meaningful, like chatting to some guy in a bar or something?

    bagwaa

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nottingham BBS <nottinghambbs.com>
  • From TOG@VERT/THATBBS to Bagwaa on Sat Jul 5 23:21:58 2025
    I've always liked them more, specifically because of the door games. It was fun to get online and play your turns on something ( like BRE or Tradewars ), and wait in suspense for the next day to roll around and see what damage the other's did to you, or if your attacks did well and stuff. It was also neat to talk to other people in the city over the chat functions and then the BBS meet ups that we used to have. Those were all fun!


    That_One_Guy
    Thatbbs.hopto.org
    SSH/Telnet

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ThatBBS - thatbbs.hopto.org
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to TOG on Sun Jul 6 00:58:29 2025
    Re: Greetings from NottinghamBBS.com in the UK
    By: TOG to Bagwaa on Sat Jul 05 2025 11:21 pm

    I've always liked them more, specifically because of the
    door games. It was fun to get online and play your turns on something
    ( like BRE or Tradewars ), and wait in suspense for the next day to
    roll around and see what damage the other's did to you, or if your
    attacks did well and stuff. It was also neat to talk to other people
    in the city over the chat functions and then the BBS meet ups that
    we used to have. Those were all fun!


    yep those days are over though. they will never be the same again.
    i couldnt see us having a bbs get together unless i showed up and i would be sitting on top of a dunk tank. honestly, though. i couldn't think of a more boring thing to do than to get the bunch of us together. it wasnt like that
    in the dialup days.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::