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33 lines
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A Sysop.....
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By the Silver Ghost
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Thieves' World FIDO (616)344-2718 IBM PC compatible/Apple/CoCo/Commodore/RPGs
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o Would frequently rather be doing other things besides watching users get on
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HIS computer.
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o Is hard-pressed to find time to get on other boards...
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o And then is chastised for not knowing what's happening in the BBS world.
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o Paid real money for his computer, modem, and floppies...
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o Is chastised for not having a hard drive...
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o ...and is chastised for making the board a pay-system so he can get a hard
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drive.
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o Is badgered by callers who get on once and never call back.
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o Is badgered by leeches who get on once, get verified, download everything,
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and never call back.
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o Is <Y>elled at day and night by losers who don't understand that sometimes
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he doesn't feel like talking.
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o Is called at off-hours, most frequently 3 A.M.
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o Is called on his other line.
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o Is called, while he's doing some work on the computer, by losers who
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immediately hang up...
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o ...and then call back, and want the board put up.
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o lives in constant fear that the FBI will call him and say, "Mr. Smith,
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we have discovered a profane message on your BBS...you're under arrest"
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o has his board hung up on.
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o somehow attracts all the crashers to HIS board.
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o has novice hacker/leeches who call the board, find out it doesn't have a
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hack/phreak sig, and never call back.
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o never has any of the big-name hacker/phreakers call his board
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o is surrounded by yes-men who only want co-sysop power on as many boards as
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they can find.
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o is rarely, if ever, complimented on his system.
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