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[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I still recall how, as a fresh-faced, young gamer just getting into the newfangled realm of online multiplayer, I got absolutely got in Everquest when somebody told me you could get a numeric representation of your current experience points by typing "/ex".

It was actually short for "/exit". And in those days, it took a loooooooooooooooooong time to relaunch the game and get logged back in. Learned a valuable lesson about human nature that day. It has served me well.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I got people with ‘/qui gon jinn’ in Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy.

It runs ln the Quake 3 engine, so it would just ignore everything after the space and auto complete the closest command, which was ‘/quit’ which instantly quit the game.

I got so many people because it seems like a plausible cheat code in a Star Wars game.

‘/disco’ to dance got a lot of people too.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Entering disco in Warcraft 2 lit up this bad boy:

https://youtu.be/8jQ36ixLeq8

Good times.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

That's a top tier prank

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is an initiation we all must pass through. Nothing delights me more than delivering that initiation to others.

[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, this was before xkcd. If I'd known about the "lucky 10,000", I might have been more philosophical about it at the time.

[–] orris@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

‘Type disco into console for lights’ for CS

[–] Muun@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Man, I really miss EverQuest. Wish I could go back to my teens and relive those days.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

check past messages with "/log"

[–] gerbler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

First week playing WoW and some goober told me to try the camp emote. /camp quits the game and I quickly learned my lesson. Wasn't even mad.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Damn, that looks like a legit old man Linus.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago

Nope: Gary Oldman, master of disguise, strikes again!

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was a aged picture of him at first

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is, though, isn't it? That's exactly his stream setup at his old house, down to the Sennheiser headphones with a mod mic

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Oh man, you're right,

So aged Linus pic???

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

LOL OP thinks kids still know how to use computers with physical keyboards.

Gen Z can barely operate them, and Gen Alpha can't even read, let alone figure out a desktop PC; imagine how stupid kids in the 2070s are going to be.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

I remember Thor from PirateSoftware talking about that ... a lot of kids only know touchscreens.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

"I was there with your mother when it was written. We were cybering at the goldshire inn".

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

At work, I use a databank interface that's so old, Alt+F4 is save changes. Guess it's from before the standard arose

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Something something “hunter2”

[–] orris@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is something something “*******”

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

“*******” balls!

[–] don@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

a smaller demographic be like “tf kinda nonsensical bugshit r u talkin bout bro alt+f4 lol its cmd+q you silly fuck lol alt f4 deez nuts in ur mom u daft cunt”

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a reason it's a small demographic.

[–] don@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, it’s because there are fewer people that are familiar with the cmd+q shortcut than there are those familiar with alt+f4. It’s possible that even fewer still have ever even used QNX Neutrino, back when it fit on a standard 1.44 3.5, let alone are even familiar at all with an RTOS.

So yes, your point stands.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This guy has a lot of different doors.

[–] morphballganon 1 points 2 months ago

Why'd you ask then grandpa