It's always been that way sadly enough.
The feeling of complete anonymity online, however false, leads people to say and do things that they would never do in person- usually because they'd end up getting punched. Oh, I've trolled before out of sheer boredom and for other reasons, but fedcom in game really embarrasses me sometimes!

Putty? lol.

Dannng a 386 @2400! Man, I always wanted to get a 2400... I played first on a 286 with 1200 connection.

Telnet... ring ring... beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep hfeiwhfwheii43jtjijgjigjg click. connected :D

Yeah I remember playing when the top your planet could have was a Q cannon.

Also hey everyone, I am glad I found this site which seems pretty active.

Welcome back Monarch! The game has changed a little since you last played. If you need some help getting your telnet client set-up, questions about helpers and scripts, just let us know. Someone here will help you.