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[Anonymous]

You can't talk about bombing people like that anymore or Biden will materialize and lick your ears.

[Poppy]

Usenet was fun, I'm not going to lie, despite the fact that at least half the nyms found in the alt.* portion of the newsgroup hierarchy were Poppy Socks.



Poor kid used to get so confused about all the nyms he was using that he'd often talk to himself as if it were two (or more!) different people.



Good times.

Evil Blood vs alt.flame





https://groups.google.com/g/alt.flame/c/miSrxrr8qrk/m/Dj408_HXjZQJ">https://groups.google.com/g/alt.flame/c ... 408_HXjZQJ">https://groups.google.com/g/alt.flame/c/miSrxrr8qrk/m/Dj408_HXjZQJ

[Anonymous]

Usenet was fun, I'm not going to lie, despite the fact that at least half the nyms found in the alt.* portion of the newsgroup hierarchy were Poppy Socks.



Poor kid used to get so confused about all the nyms he was using that he'd often talk to himself as if it were two (or more!) different people.



Good times.

Evil Blood vs alt.flame





https://groups.google.com/g/alt.flame/c/miSrxrr8qrk/m/Dj408_HXjZQJ">https://groups.google.com/g/alt.flame/c ... 408_HXjZQJ">https://groups.google.com/g/alt.flame/c/miSrxrr8qrk/m/Dj408_HXjZQJ

There was a lot more spanking and plonking in those days.

[Poppy]

Usenet was fun, I'm not going to lie, despite the fact that at least half the nyms found in the alt.* portion of the newsgroup hierarchy were Poppy Socks.



Poor kid used to get so confused about all the nyms he was using that he'd often talk to himself as if it were two (or more!) different people.



Good times.

KOF had no idea what was going on, they even had certain male members create female alts and then join KOF to give the impression that KOF was more than an all-male organization.



TWAP would sign up random people into KOF even if they said that they had no desire to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

[KM]

Poppy was that you who did that carry over edit flame on EB?



That was a complete murk

[Poppy]

In that thread , It's Cluless Wombat quoting me in the intro and then he takes apart Evil Blood's quotes



Clueless Wombat was an alt.flame regular, so me and him (we) went to Brawl Hall and messed around with Evil Blood then Clueless started that thread about Flame Boards in alt.flame



I think Skippy in that thread is Dr Doom Aka Tim Thorne from Hell Flame Wars, he changed his nic a few times.



Avoid normal situations was the alt.flame version of Bonesaw, he was a Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan and movie buff.

[Garraty_47]

Something just occurred to me, Poppy.



Do you still visit alt.flame, Flonk, The Nose, or any other usenet groups?

If so, is there anything left other than bots and maniacs chronicling their experiences with EMP mind control attacks?



I still have a newsreader and I'm sure I could find an NNTP server (is eternal-september still a thing?).

If it's just a vast digital wasteland I don't expect I'll bother though.

[Anonymous]

It seems like Vitty, Bones, Mulder, KM, Flea, and Ceedub are having a private party and not inviting the non flamers. Bring us up to speed. What the fuck is KOF?

[Garraty_47]

It seems like Vitty, Bones, Mulder, KM, Flea, and Ceedub are having a private party and not inviting the non flamers. Bring us up to speed. What the fuck is KOF?

KOF *was* a motley collection of folk who met in the WebTV/MSNTV newsgroups.

We had so much fun picking on each other and flaming anyone else who showed up that people started taking the whole thing way more seriously than we took ourselves.



Eventually WebTV/MSNTV folded and the whole KOF thing faded into the fevered memories of people like Poppy who STILL take the whole thing more seriously than we ever did.



Needless to say it's not relevant at all now because it only exists as a mention in various usenet/web archives.

[Poppy]

Something just occurred to me, Poppy.



Do you still visit alt.flame, Flonk, The Nose, or any other usenet groups?

If so, is there anything left other than bots and maniacs chronicling their experiences with EMP mind control attacks?



I still have a newsreader and I'm sure I could find an NNTP server (is eternal-september still a thing?).

If it's just a vast digital wasteland I don't expect I'll bother though.

I only read the archives, I doubt anyone posts in alt.flame anymore except viagra bots.

[Poppy]

KOF were like Monty Python and the Holy Grail knights, with TWAP slapping two coconuts together (to simulate galloping sound effects) as Vitriol and the rest rode around on imaginary horses.

[Garraty_47]

I only read the archives, I doubt anyone posts in alt.flame anymore except viagra bots.

I checked and my eternal-september account still worked.

When I downloaded the headers for alt.flame it fetched less than 200 articles, almost entirely spam and fruitcakes.



In 2022 there have only been about a half-dozen posts, according to eternal-september.



*sigh*

[Anonymous]

It seems like Vitty, Bones, Mulder, KM, Flea, and Ceedub are having a private party and not inviting the non flamers. Bring us up to speed. What the fuck is KOF?

KOF *was* a motley collection of folk who met in the WebTV/MSNTV newsgroups.

We had so much fun picking on each other and flaming anyone else who showed up that people started taking the whole thing way more seriously than we took ourselves.



Eventually WebTV/MSNTV folded and the whole KOF thing faded into the fevered memories of people like Poppy who STILL take the whole thing more seriously than we ever did.



Needless to say it's not relevant at all now because it only exists as a mention in various usenet/web archives.

gotcha

[cw_]

[Anonymous]

The Order Of the Illustrious Knights of Fire, I believe.