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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months ago52 million seems high for that timeframe.
minus-squareY|yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 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-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 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-squarederangerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYeah, you’re right. I was playing Tribes 2 around that time and it came out in 2001.
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.