- Bratwurst,Dec 5 2016
- 02:29 PM
- portnoyd,Dec 5 2016
- 11:43 AM
I remember the IM bombs that cost him a Chrono Trigger proto. Good times.
Please elaborate.
So there was a proto of Chrono Trigger up on eBay. This was back in the day when, you know, BIN only auctions didn't even exist, aka THE GOOD OLE DAYS. So it was an open auction for the proto. Since it was likely a same as proto, DreamTR didn't try and get the seller to end the auction early, unlike what he did with Super Pitfall 2.
But I digress.
So sheik482, master of two things: being obsessed with Carl Winslow (I still have the ROM file somewhere, where he jammed a mp3 of the Family Matters theme song into a ROM that worked in an emulator - black screen and nothing but the theme song).
Where was I?
So sheik482, master of two things, being obsessed with Carl Winslow and trolling DreamTR, spied his ebay handle as the top bidder for the proto. This was also back in the day when bidder IDs weren't masked, aka THE GOOD OLE DAYS.
He pitched the plan: since DreamTR at that point still used AOL for his internet access (no joke), everyone in the channel would IM him in the closing seconds, while sheik or someone bid on the proto to win it. The IMs would spam pop up to prevent him from getting to the eBay browser window to put a counter bid back in. This was also back when sniping tools didn't exist, aka THE GOOD OLE DAYS.
In the end, mission accomplished.