Yeah the kids don't understand rushing home to watch Dragonball Z or any other after school cartoons. And having to watch like 3 ad breaks in a 23 minute show.

No internet before 9PM is crazy! I used to tie up the line to play Rainbow 6: Rogue Spear or TFC online. You couldn't even do it sneakily because of the modem noise when connecting. Even MP3's took ages back then on 56K, when we finally got ADSL was like the transition from ADSL to fibre now.

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And having to watch like 3 ad breaks in a 23 minute show.

My kids only know what ads are because we visit the grandparents, they love them lol.

No internet before 9PM is crazy!

My Auntie and Uncle had a second phone line for internet! Unfortunately they lived in another city, but my Auntie used to play Quake 2 online and introduced me to it. I remember being on a 56K modem and you'd often come across people on what I think they called a T1 connection? They would normally clean up. Hard to say if the faster connection helped them win or the more dedicated players would have the better connections, but I'm guessing a little of column A, a little of column B.

I don't really play twitch games or even online ones anymore, but over the years I've played the occasional game of Quake 3 for nostalgia's sake.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That sounds familiar. I think T1 lines were more common with businesses or universities, not sure how common they were in residential here? I was pretty young then so I would have had no clue. I do remember seeing those with much better ping than what I could get on our connection.

I don't have much time for online either nowadays. I still get the urge to try playing once in awhile and realise how terrible I am at shooters now 😅

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago

Haha oh boy am I bad at shooters. Well, all games really. I play them on easy and treat them like an interactive movie.