The Bengals Board turns 5!!!

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(05-12-2020, 08:38 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Does anyone remember (really dating myself here) the AOL message boards for NFL Teams?  I think it was around 1994 and the Internet was pretty new.  I had three computers in my office (probably what fried my eyes, those old CRT screens) and one was just for internet searches for background information.  I used to spend a lot of my lunch on the AOL Bengals board.  There was a Samoan guy named UMADOGG, that later went by UMAFLYY.  He was an absolute riot.  

I wanted a computer of my own at home, largely so I could message on that Bengals board.

The format was horrible looking back, but there was lots of debate on how to turn the perennial loser around.  Then, we had the Blake era, and that showed for a brief moment how much fun it was to discuss a team that was actually fun to watch.  

I doubt there is anyone here from back then, but as the GM of the Saturn of Dayton store, my ID was STRN1.  Man, that was a lifetime ago.

I remember those good old AOL days when I got kicked out for using the horrible word "A$$" That's when I decided to go with a regular internet provider without all those chat rooms and cartoon icons and really lousy connections and who could ever forget those lovable script kiddies who sent you emails to steal your password at will?  I did get even with the jerk that banned me and sent him an email bomb to flood his account with junk mail.. That was fun and then my old AOL friends all acted like I was some kind of terrorist or something.. lol  that was me..an AOL terrorist.. Gee.. The good old days, huh?   Back then I had a regular following of people who thought wav files were the coolest thing since sliced bread and the whole world wanted to have every sound bite known to the human race right at their fingertips. Hey, I never thought they'd die out either.  I guess I was wrong in retrospect..