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[–] PugJesus 35 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Nostalgia might be pushing a bit hard here. Even playing obsessively on relatively small games on a limited number of servers for hours every day, I never got to recognize people just by being there. Occasionally someone would friend you, but otherwise, you knew people for 4-5 rounds at a time, and then never saw them again. Internet, even back then, was a big place.

[–] Siethron 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well the post is 6 years old so it's actually referencingthe internet 21 years ago. This kind of thing did happen back then. I'm remembering Halo 1 pc servers and recognizing names.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Online gaming in 2004 indeed had much less people available overall. On the FPS front, it was mostly Counter Strike and Battlefield 1942 I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

For me it was counter strike and day of defeat. Guess I was fully on the valve train.

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