what are some l33t hax0r things you did when AOL was the hotness?

[Kaervak]

Did pretty much the same stuff as others. Warez rooms, anti-punters/punters. Anyone remember the program Hellraiser? I don't remember if it's the same program but one had Metallica's Master Of Puppets play during startup. I also remember IM color punting a friend of mine. AOL 2.5 FTW!!

 

Honestly?

Over 250K in CC fraud.

 

[zephyrprime]

I got banned from AOL when I was caught hacking my character to uber leet levels in neverwinter nights. (there used to be another game called neverwinter nights that came out ~10 years before the current neverwinter nights).

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Honestly?

Over 250K in CC fraud.

hehe- been there done that. not just CC, but back in the day MCI codes were hot sh!t. You could set up your computer to dial MCI all night and wake up with about 8 fresh MCI codes. Good as cash back then 🙂

 

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: SampSon
Honestly?

Over 250K in CC fraud.

hehe- been there done that. not just CC, but back in the day MCI codes were hot sh!t. You could set up your computer to dial MCI all night and wake up with about 8 fresh MCI codes. Good as cash back then 🙂

I remember the MCI codes. Thoes were tradeable for various accounts on ISPs or CC numbers.

 

[necine]

Um... Never had AOL but I don't wanna say some of the stuff I've done.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: SampSon
Honestly?

Over 250K in CC fraud.

hehe- been there done that. not just CC, but back in the day MCI codes were hot sh!t. You could set up your computer to dial MCI all night and wake up with about 8 fresh MCI codes. Good as cash back then 🙂

I remember the MCI codes. Thoes were tradeable for various accounts on ISPs or CC numbers.

Pre-Caller ID days of course 🙂 I used to trade MCI codes for CC #'s, and also software/games released in Europe before the U.S., download it using a 1200 baud modem and have it on my BBS before it was for sale here (I also had a visit form a federal agent when I was 17 🙁 ) good thing I wasn't 18!

 

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: SampSon
Honestly?

Over 250K in CC fraud.

hehe- been there done that. not just CC, but back in the day MCI codes were hot sh!t. You could set up your computer to dial MCI all night and wake up with about 8 fresh MCI codes. Good as cash back then 🙂

I remember the MCI codes. Thoes were tradeable for various accounts on ISPs or CC numbers.

Pre-Caller ID days of course 🙂 I used to trade MCI codes for CC #'s, and also software/games released in Europe before the U.S., download it using a 1200 baud modem and have it on my BBS before it was for sale here (I also had a visit form a federal agent when I was 17 🙁 ) good thing I wasn't 18!

Yea, the trouble found me eventually. I was very young and they didn't know a damned thing about internet crimes at that point.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
BBSs FTW. And AOL was never cool nor l337,

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
BBSs FTW. And AOL was never cool nor l337,

QFT. A BBS I was a member of used to play this game against other BBSs and beat the crap out of them. Wish I could remember the name of it. I recall svaing up lots of money for nuclear strikes.

That.. and VGA Planets. Anyone play that? I was thinking about starting that up if there was any interest in a vintage PBM game.

If VGA Planets is the one I am thinking of, that was great stuff. I'd love to check out some of those old BBS games sometime. Its definitely been awhile.

I was co-sysop of Byte This! We were one of the largest message BBS's on the east coast. I think we were running Renegade software. Ah, the days of true ASCII art...

Can't remember what connection program I used to use, though.

Mark

 

[NiKeFiDO]

ooo the memories....

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Coolest thing I ever did was NEVER use AOL.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Patt
I used the free AOL cds as coasters ... that is as close as I came to using AOL 😛