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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Sysops
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DL Successful: WWIV421A.ZIP transferred AVG RATE: 231 CPS
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How many sysops have seen this? Maybe not WWIV but some other BBS
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software. Maybe ANY BBS software. Around here, I see that almost everyday.
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At least one person somewhere in town DLs a copy of some BBS software.
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Guess this file is directed at new BBSers more than anyone, of course, any
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older sysop will no doubt read this and go "hell yeah! That is exactly how
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it is these days."
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Basically this. Every fucking BBSser has to take a shot at running a
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board. They have been BBSing for all of 4 weeks and like what they see and
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figure running a board HAS to be a bunch of fun! So they DL something, and
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around here it is WWIV or maybe VBBS. WWIV is a great program and all and
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the best thing about it is, it is easy to set up. Basically takes a chimp to
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set up a basic, plain WWIV board. Ok, so these new users DL the software and
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then get a board running. Here is what you see.
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CALL MY NEW BOARD!!!1!!
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###-####
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Running at 2400!!!
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That is about all you see. What the hell sez me. I call these new
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boards. I always give them a chance and I am almost always willing to help
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out so it turns out to be a decent board somewhat. Anyway, you call to find
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that it is 2400. It has maybe 10 posting subs(all of which have been used
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for years), a transfer section with very few files, and the same online games
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as you see everywhere else. If you see voting it is like 20 questions that
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are all bullshit and a waste of time. No g-files, no nothing new. So you have
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a new board, with nothing on it, what is there is old and unoriginal.
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Before I go farther, I have to say I was with this group long ago.
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I DLed WWIV and ran a part time board but I kept the user base private, and
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made sure the callers knew I had it up to chat with people. Anyway, these
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new sysop then play 20 questions with other sysops on how to do stuff. They
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don't take the time to read the docs, don't bother experimenting with stuff,
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don't think of why they set up a board or anything. Basically it is an
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impulse BBS. After time they get a little better user base, better posting,
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maybe a few more files, more games of course. And rarely these boards become
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a really good board. Almost every good board in the area has been up for
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years, or is a new board run by a person that has been BBSing for a long time
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so they know whats up with stuff.
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How many times have you called a new board and looked in the transfer
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section to find 1000 files, all without descriptions? How bout boards that
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advertise gobs of files and then keep them all offline? How bout boards that
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have few message bases because no disk room?
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Ok. Real shit here. Here are some new boards I have run across.
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(Names and such won't be mentioned for obvious reasons)
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1) 5 posting subs. 3 Transfer areas. 2 games. Board run off of 2 720k disks.
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No shit on that. Run off of two floppies.
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2) 28 posting subs (none original). 32 transfer areas (24 files total).
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Board run off a 40 meg hard drive.
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There have been others but those two seem to pop up more than I care
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to see. Anyway. I ask myself this once a week since I run a board. "What can
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I offer users that other boards can't?" Each week I think to myself. I have
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a high speed modem, 2000 files (about 75% unique to this area code), somewhat
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original posting subs. If each sysop would ask themselves that the BBSing
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community would be a much better place. The boards above. They offer NOTHING
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to the users. Just another number with nothing new. Don't get me wrong, it is
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great to see so many people interested in BBSing and wanting to run BBSs but
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everyone needs to think of why you should run a board. What can you offer that
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isn't old?
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If you do plan on running a board then do a few things. DL the
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software of course. First, read the docs. Maybe not front to back but at least
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catch the general idea and basic commands. Set it up on your computer. Mess
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around with it. Do anything you want, and try everything. If you crash your
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board it isn't a loss because you haven't done anything. You are just
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experimenting. Mess with original subs and think if good posting could happen
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on it. Get files that users will be interested in. Get onliners that are
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played by a lot of people and hell, try to set up a new onliner. Don't rely
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on other sysops to get you through any problem. I help a lot of new sysops
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with boards. I UL files, help posting, etc. It gets really old really quick
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though to see the same shit over and over. The other thing to consider, which
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a lot of people do, is to keep your board private. Have your friends call
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for a week or two or three. Get a feel for the board. Have them log on a few
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times if needbe and mess around with the accounts, access, and shit like.
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With it your friends they shouldn't mind at all. Once you think you are in
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control of things and know what you are doing THEN open the board to the
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public. Don't expect your users to start posting all the time. An actuve sysop
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is essential to a good board. If the sysop is active, posts, plays his games,
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ULs files regularly, etc. the board is almost guaranteed to be good. A lot
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better than many at least.
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With internet, Compuserve, and all those other huge nets popping up
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the call for local BBSs are declining somewhat. Local BBSs are great for a
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lot of people that don't want to pay for that access, that want to chat with
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people like themselves that they may meet someday. Although many people
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are going over to internet and such, the need for GOOD local BBSs are
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very important and quite helpful.
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As always, think about what you are doing. Do what you want but make
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sure it is somewhat logical.
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Dam.
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