I made so much money in high school downloading MP3s or anime from Napster/Kazaa/Limewire and burning then to CD/DVD since I was, like, the only kid in town with a computer, access to the internet, and a DVD burner. I remember getting asked how my parents let me get away with it and I was like "my dad is the one who taught me how to do it!" He was always borrowing games or music from co-workers. He got the DVD burner to make copies, since DRM was basically non-existent at the time for a majority of games. S'how we had Quake!

[–] IllNess 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

If you don't mind me asking, were you on dial up, DSL, or coax?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

IIRC, we first got DSL when I was just leaving junior high. Or maybe when I was a sophomore. I really don't remember when, but when I was doing most of this downloading, it was on DSL. When we still had dialup, I couldn't even reliably play UO all weekend (first-world problems, AMR?), because we only had 1 phone line and someone would eventually need the phone.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

UO, respect.

Kal Ort Por

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Kal Ort Por

Hehe reminds me of my Hide macro. I would make it bow 3 times and say "Kal Ort Por" before hiding, so people would think I teleported away when being chased by PKers in Felucca. 🤣

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