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Modem Organizations/Groups/Gangs in Stark County
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An M.I.A. Presentation
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(5-12-91)
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[NOTE: Sysops and users may freely distribute
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this file under the condition that it is not
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tampered with in any way. Thank you.]
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I. Silent Terror
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Around circa 1983 to 1984. Trashed and crashed the systems of the time,
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with limited H&P. Members included Overlord, Ramlord, Byte Phyter, and more,
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although many records have been lost.
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II. Sysop's Communications Council
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Around circa March of 1984 to November of 1984. These were established
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sysops who organized to help with the influx of users. Membership included
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Clyde M. Davis, Gary Cox, Stew Bracken, and others.
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III. The USA Alliance
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Circa 1984-1987. Extensively hacked and phreaked, and sponsored many BBS
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systems. Members included The Prophet, Ted Rockson, Swamp Fox, The Vigilante,
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216 Wizard, Byte Phyter, Tigerman, Reign of Terror, Dungeon Master/The
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Messiah, Long John Silver, Lady Mercury, Playboy Kid/Ali Baba, Stingray, Jian
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the Mystic, and Mad Hatter.
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IV. NATO
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Circa June of 86 to Sept of 86. This was geared at destroying the
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previously mentioned USA Alliance for reasons unknown at the time of this
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writing. Members included Pendle the Pirate, Bad Boy, Cap Com, and others.
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V. Tel*Star
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Circa April of 86 to June of 87. This group held users meetings, and many
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BBSs and well-known sysops of today were in it. The president was Muad Dib,
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the Vice-President was Long John Silver, the Secretary was Lady Mercury, Sgt
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at Arms was Red Baron and Kracken (sysop of Rising Power) was also in it.
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VI. The Underground Alliance
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Circa 1987. This group dealt with protection, new ideas, modifications,
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and other resources for BBS sysops who wanted to join. Members included Ninja
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Master and others.
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VII. User Terrorist Group
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Circa 1987. This group claimed to be friendly, although the name seems to
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make it not so. Also, the group contains two current TLP members. Members
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included Thomas Covenant, Deathmaster, Vingyth, Mithrom, Lone Wolf, Satan, The
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Executioner, The Modem Outlaw, and Iron Cobra, among others.
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VIII. Elite Den Crew
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Circa 1986 to 1987-88. This group ran the BBS system called The Tiger's
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Den. Phreaking and piracy was involved, although nothing was ever confirmed.
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Members included Tiger Man, Warlock, and the Messiah.
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IX. NAUSEA
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Circa 1987. This was an Atari users group which ran a BBS system called
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Fort NAUSEA. It had little success, according to Elminster. Membership
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included Mister Pi, Jaguar, Panther, Safetypup, Pokey, Mr. Do, and the Witch
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Doctor.
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X. The Lion's Pride (TLP)
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Began circa 1988, and continues today. Perhaps the most notorious group
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around today. Early membership included current members, Sir Cavalier, Thomas
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Covenant, Deathmaster, Robotron, Mike Tyson (currently the sysop of Dazed &
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Confused, then the sysop of the Knockout BBS), and the 216 Phoneman (also
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known as S.S. Sigue). Current membership is limited to Rampant Lion (seems to
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be the leader), The Joker, The Punisher, and Tom Olson, who goes by many
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handles, including the Modem Outlaw and Gunslinger. Recent problems with TLP
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included the Sandman incident, which has been directed towards Tom Olson for
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almost certain, the Rod Serling/Treasure Chest Incident, which might also be
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the direct result of actions taked by Tom Olson, and the Forgotten R
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ealm Ordeal, where sysops Elminster and Nightstalker refuse to admit legal
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accounts to the Lion's Pride. This group makes demos using a program for the
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C-64. The Joker, then known as The Eme, ran two boards, Alcatraz BBS and
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Gotham City BBS. Future M.I.A. text files will deal with the Lion's Pride
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extensively.
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XI. Innovation Annihilation Inc.
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Circa 1988-1989, limited today. This group produced two diskettes which
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slandered modem users. Past membership included Muad Dib, Robotron, Spray,
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Deathmaster, Thomas Covenant, and The Eme. Currently, IAI is associated with
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the Lion's Pride.
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XII. Fuji Alliance
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Circa 1986-1987. This group took control of the Atari Louisville users
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group meetings during the Tel*Star era. Membership included Neebokanezeer, the
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Citadel, Witch Doctor, the Acocuntant, Father-time, and others.
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XIII. The Young Godz
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Circa Jan-March of 1991. This group was a fledgling group that was
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pretty much eliminated by pressure from TLP. Membership included Poseidon,
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<ronos, Atlas, and Dionysius. The group was supposed to send out "application
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packets," but known were. Rumors included a Young Godz BBS, but this also
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failed.
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XIV. The Jew Crew
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Unknown time span. This group, which focuses on the C*Net boards, include
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Muad Dib, Ziltron, EdorhaS, The Human Computer, and others. It has created
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many program mods for the C*Net program, and current boards include The
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End/Terminal Zone at 494-
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6333 and Arrakis at 833-6159. Both are leary of TLP.
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XV. The Elite Rodent Crew
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Circa January 1991-. This small group, composed of the mysterious users,
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Ratman and Master, center themselves on Forgotten Realm BBS and do very
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little. They require 60s "muscle cars" as membership, though.
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XVI. American Party
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Circa Dec 1990-January 1991. This group, which was only existent on
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Treasure Chest BBS, harrassed users and hacked user logs. Members included
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Hermann Goring, Stormbringer, Jaguar, The Anarchist, and any other straggler
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that sucked up to them. They were liquidated by TLP, supposedly, although many
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modemers today believe that the TLP WAS the AP. The American Party resistance
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force included Josie, Rod Serling, Elminster ("Adamned," if you asked the AP),
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Dr. Who, Casca, and Mech1.
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XVII. The Crusaders
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Circa May 1991-. Very little is known about this group, except for the
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leader, Dark Knight. It is dedicated to user group meetings, and other fun
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things. The naive approach that they take towards the modem world extended as
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far as to ask the Lion's Pride to "merge" with them, to form one group. This
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was obviously referred to as a joke and disregarded. The group strongly urges
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that they are not from Canton Central Catholic, but McKinley High School.
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Future plans are extensive, but secret, inc
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luding the revealing of the background of their name.
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XVIII. M.I.A.
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The authors of this text file, the M.I.A., are a top secret group. The
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members, which are few and far between, are regular users on the Stark County
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boards, but go under assumed names. They produce demos, and #1 is available at
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the time of this
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writing, focusing on the American Party. Number two is currently available,
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but has not been u/l'ed anywhere. Number three is being worked on. It will
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also u/l these text files.
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The authors of this text file would like to thank the following people
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for aiding in the writing of this file:
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Dr. Who (for u/l'ing the old text file),
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Elminster (for extensive research on older groups),
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Kracken (for information on Tel*Star),
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and the Lion's Pride (for information on groups and boards).
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This file was greatly based on a text file written by the Ninja Master, called
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"Modem History Part 1".
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The information contained in this file is unauthorized material. It may or may
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not represent the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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