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[wildweasel]

Likewise, modem connect noises were fun, but I really don't miss the sluggish downloads and hefty telephone bills that accompanied them.

As unpleasant as modem screeching was to actually listen to, the thing that amuses me the most about it was that hearing that noise was a good thing, because it was better than the busy signals and the like that we'd get back when our service was AT&T WorldNet. (Or back when Dad used to call up the local Software Creations BBS mirror to check the shareware game releases.)

[edit] Also, I'm obligated to post this.

[Enjay]

As unpleasant as modem screeching was to actually listen to, the thing that amuses me the most about it was that hearing that noise was a good thing, because it was better than the busy signals and the like that we'd get back when our service was AT&T WorldNet. (Or back when Dad used to call up the local Software Creations BBS mirror to check the shareware game releases.)

Heh, yes, you're right. And once you get to a certain point in the sequence, you know you are going to connect.

[LostSkull]

I remember those friday nights. Another hard week in school was over, the tv table was mounted with candy and drinks and me, my older brother and our dad took turns in browsing the web with our trusty 56k modem. We got perhaps 10-20 minutes each, which wasn't enough since the connection was so damn slow. But man, what wonders I discovered back then. Do anyone remember Shockwave?

[Enjay]

Shockwave?

Shockwave dot com?

Radiskull and Devil Doll? Damn, I wish Joe sparks had been able to continue that series.

http://joesparks.com/radiskull/

[DoomRater]

[edit] Also, I'm obligated to post this.

Thanks a lot. An afternoon spent at thebest404 website after tracking down the source of the video.

[LostSkull]

Oh gosh, yes! Radiskull and Devildoll was one of my favorite things on the internet back in they day.
I am the Radiskuuull and I kill you one by ooone...

And who can forget Joe Cartoon with his then so violent cartoons about gerbils, frogs and who knows what

[leileilol]

I can.

I was never into the trend of crude flash animation or sprite comics.

[Kostov]

AHEM.

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Sorry to be a hypocrite, but someone's gotta do it if you can't move dialup nostalgia to another thread.

I'm using Tony Iommi because he has a badass look in that picture. If anyone wants me to become Angry Joe again, say so.

[Marrub]

by your cmd.exe

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by your #!/bin/bash

pshhh,

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by your #!/usr/bin/zsh

[jaws45]

My avatar came from listening to some remix of e1m1 with friends, and one of them mentioning it sounded like if doom was set in a rave club, thus I made a pinky demon who looked like he was partying. I wanted to upload a version with glow wands and animated, but I lost it when my hard drive got fried, and never got around to remaking it.

[Coraline]

Mine is myself (which in itself is a horrible photo).

[Ethril]

The new avatar of mine is from my super-secret, ultra-hidden library of certain images.
I brought it up because i originally planned to put it in a frame and hang it onto a wall in my mod. It somehow didn't make it.

is that a pokemon

it looks kind of like a pokemon

Aha! I knew I'd seen that style before.
Yeah it's totally a Pokemon. Ivysaur, to be exact. Celadon City Gym Leader Erika as an anthropomorphic Ivysaur, to be even more exact.

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Cannot post a link here on due to the presence of dangerous nipples (and that's all; it's not even remotely close to anything hardcore), but if you're that curious, look up a "green bird of blue sky" and then go back about 28 pages/8 years.

(mine is still Lemeza from La-Mulana eating curry)

[Viscra Maelstrom]

a humanized version of Viscra i commissioned a couple of months ago. i still rather like it, though the picture is gonna get updated whenever i can find someone to commission a reference sheet from. artist is Cuddlehooves, the picture is not on FA but his Tumblr i believe. not gonna post the full version here due to fetish content.

[Kostov]

I like the previous avatar you had, but both are good.

[The_Funktasm]

All I have is either "WE'RE GONNA FRY YOUR ASS NUKEM!" or "YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?"