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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Death of a Handle
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As every day passes, you call your favorite BBSs and begin reading
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the new posts left by other users, no doubt expecting familiar responses
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to posts and familiar attitudes from the users. Things change though, you call
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each day, and see more and more unfamiliar names in the 'Last Caller' list
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as you logon. Of course, you probably don't give a shit about most since
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it seems 80% of the handles dissappear so damn quickly. As each month
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passes, it seems that 'Joe Public' calls more and more of the local boards
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and begins the typical charade. If not 'Joe Public', then all of the new
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'Christmas Modemers' call in and begin their typcial tirade.
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'Joe Public' is almost always spotted. Looking back through the
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last callers their is often a 'John Barnes' or 'Jim Rogers' mixed in with
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'Funkadelic R0d3nt' and 'Psycho Space M0nkey of Death!'. You will only
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see their names in the last caller logs because they never post a message,
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and they never play an online game. The only other place you see them is
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after the last caller box "'Joe Public' downloaded THISFILE.ZIP".
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The 'Christmas Modemers' are usually apparent as they are all too
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willing to interrupt your conversation on a message base with something
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like "HI!!!!!! I am the Cobra!!!!". Nothing wrong with their handles really,
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but they are quite dull, and overused. Given, not everyone can think of
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a really cool handle but with some originality a semi-decent handle can
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be thought of. Typically the 'Christmas Modemers' last about three or four
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months, then fade out of the scene as something new is introduced to them
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by their friends. A small percentage go on to become long term BBSers and
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some actually contribute a lot to systems and sometimes go on to run
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boards of their own(that last more than one month).
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Aside from that, you are left with the people that BBS for fun,
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enjoy many aspects of BBSs, such as posting, games, and file transfers.
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Among these people, in smaller areas more than larger cities I imagine, a
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handle builds an amazing personality in many cases. Around here (806 area
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code), there is a loyal base of message posters, that call many systems,
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and carry on good conversations. Unlike many areas, a majority of the
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regular posters know each other quite well, have met several times, and
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have become good friends through the boards. Even knowing the people I
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post with, totally different personalities and attitudes are represented
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by the individual, and the handle they use. It is almost like each BBSer
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in the area has two unique personas.
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Throughout my period of BBSing, there have been so many handles
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that have floated in and out of the posting scene, it is hard to keep
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track of people. On top of that, you have people that change handles
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periodically, and people that use different handles on every board.
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I really can't say much about changing handles as I have done it three times
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since I have started. I kept my first for a while, switched as a joke to
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a second, and ended up keeping it for a while. My third has last me since
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then and it is the closest thing to the real me you will find on the boards.
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The people that stick with one handle, and change it once, maybe twice are
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often times the ones that develop really cool personalities that are easily
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associated with their handles. With the change of one of these such handles,
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it is almost like losing a friend in some cases. After being so familiar
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with a person's handle, and having them switch all of a sudden, it throws
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off posting in some cases. But things bounce right back as the new handle
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slowly builds up a new, and seperate personality.
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Once again, maybe this doesn't happen anywhere else, but it does
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around here. My first handle, was pretty unique, but not totally original.
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I have been told that people could expect a superior attitude from it,
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smart ass remarks as well as some conversation and a willingness to add
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to a conversation if the chance arose. My second, people could always
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expect smart ass remarks, and the personality of an asshole. That was a stage
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where I was tired of the local posting scene, and the lack of understanding
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that was going on. My third, and current (yes, I use a different handle on
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public boards) doesn't post near as much as I used to. The posting that I
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do do is minimal and never real friendly, but never real unfriendly. With
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the passing of my first handle, a few people actually missed it for various
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reasons. My second, people rejoiced. My third, that remains to be seen.
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With some of my friends, they would change handles, leave the
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BBSing scene, or whatever, and people would miss them. To date, some
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handles are still brought up in conversation, almost a year after they have
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left. Others, are barely remembered and people have to think hard about
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what their handle was when they were on the boards.
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In all cases, a person's handle identified them, and established
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a part of their personality, some of their attitudes, and a few of their
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beliefs as well. Changing handles, kills one part of them, and from it,
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a new handle, and a new person is born.
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I don't know the point of all this, when I started I had one I am
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sure, fuck it. I guess the point is, know that your handle is much more
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than a clever nickname. It is used by others to associate a whole personality
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base with you, and when seen, is treated as a friend(or enemey as the case
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may be) and changing it in favor of a new handle changes a lot of views
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and dispels a lot of memories, as well as changing a part of you sometimes.
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Just make sure that the change is for the better if you can help it, and
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choose wisely.
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-Damanstian
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= Questions, comments, bitches, ideas, etc : z3mar@ttacs.ttu.edu : FUCK =
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= Official F.U.C.K. Distribution sites and information =
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= Board Number Other =
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= Immortal Hate 806.745.8879 World HQ =
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