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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish37•edit-23 months agoRIP 53215700, the oldest account I’m still aware of that I’ve forgotten the password to. Must have made it in 98 or 99. Edit: it was actually 2001 because I was in a Tribes 2 clan and we used ICQ to chat.
minus-squareY|yukichigailinkfedilinkEnglish21•3 months ago86336930 checking in. Pretty sure I remember the password, but it’s not like I can check now. You will be missed, ICQ. When no other messaging service worked, you always did.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months ago2728604 checking in, man i miss those days
minus-squareMaestrolinkfedilink4•3 months ago22421382 here. I can’t believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.
minus-squarer00tylinkfedilink3•3 months agoPretty sure mine was 16399753. But, not logged in for probably 15 or more years, so could be wrong. No idea whatsoever about the password :P
minus-squareY|yukichigailinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoI’m not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.
minus-square@AbidanYrelinkEnglish2•edit-23 months agoMaybe I’m off by a bit then. I could have sworn I had one in like the 500k range but it must have been around '97 or '98.
minus-square@TexasDrunklinkEnglish4•3 months agoI got on ICQ in 97 or 98 to keep up with friends from a MUD and mine was 7 digits. I haven’t logged into it in over a decade because when I went back to see if anyone from the old game was around none ever showed up online.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoYeah, you’re right. I was playing Tribes 2 around that time and it came out in 2001.
RIP 53215700, the oldest account I’m still aware of that I’ve forgotten the password to. Must have made it in 98 or 99.
Edit: it was actually 2001 because I was in a Tribes 2 clan and we used ICQ to chat.
86336930 checking in. Pretty sure I remember the password, but it’s not like I can check now.
You will be missed, ICQ. When no other messaging service worked, you always did.
2728604 checking in, man i miss those days
22421382 here. I can’t believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.
Pretty sure mine was 16399753. But, not logged in for probably 15 or more years, so could be wrong.
No idea whatsoever about the password :P
52 million seems high for that timeframe.
I’m not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.
Maybe I’m off by a bit then. I could have sworn I had one in like the 500k range but it must have been around '97 or '98.
I got on ICQ in 97 or 98 to keep up with friends from a MUD and mine was 7 digits. I haven’t logged into it in over a decade because when I went back to see if anyone from the old game was around none ever showed up online.
Yeah, you’re right. I was playing Tribes 2 around that time and it came out in 2001.
691948 here.
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