Roleplaying in AOL chatrooms. I remember joining this group who roleplayed as vampires and hanging out in the “local tavern.” I was only 9 and in hindsight half of what people were doing was hooking up, but it made me love writing.
Later on, I really enjoyed LiveJournal and staying up way too late reading fanfiction with my friends on AIM/MSN messenger.
Early Google. When AskJeeves fizzled away but SEO and ads hadn’t taken over.
I was a bit late to do that in ICQ (AIM wasn’t popular in my country), not sure I ever used chatrooms there (and whether they were supported).
But in Skype (old Skype, of course) immediately after switching from ICQ with everybody around - yep, lots of post-apocalypse, and space opera, and fantasy roleplaying. Though mostly on Web forums, ahem.
Roleplaying in AOL chatrooms. I remember joining this group who roleplayed as vampires and hanging out in the “local tavern.” I was only 9 and in hindsight half of what people were doing was hooking up, but it made me love writing.
Later on, I really enjoyed LiveJournal and staying up way too late reading fanfiction with my friends on AIM/MSN messenger.
Early Google. When AskJeeves fizzled away but SEO and ads hadn’t taken over.
@lamentforicarus @5redie8 I wonder if we were in the same chatrooms haha
I was a bit late to do that in ICQ (AIM wasn’t popular in my country), not sure I ever used chatrooms there (and whether they were supported).
But in Skype (old Skype, of course) immediately after switching from ICQ with everybody around - yep, lots of post-apocalypse, and space opera, and fantasy roleplaying. Though mostly on Web forums, ahem.