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wbonnell
10-26-2003, 11:51 AM
Feeling a bit nostalgic (and trying to avoid writing this history paper), I did a quick google search and found this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=jim+gindin&start=260&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=35de3156.17823365%40news.blarg.net&rnum=262

From what I gather, this is the first mention of Front Office Football on usenet. I found out about it 2 months later:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=william+bonnell+front+office+football&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=70fv5u%2434k%241%40supernews.com&rnum=8

Who else was part of the "pre-FOFC" community?
wbonnell
10-26-2003, 12:00 PM
and my aborted attempt to create the first FOFC (just kidding):

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=william+bonnell+front+office+football&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=70fhpc%24evk%241%40supernews.com&rnum=5
finkenst
10-26-2003, 12:01 PM
i was. I think i read Jim's initial announcement and purchased FOF shortly thereafter.
cartman
10-26-2003, 12:05 PM
How did we find info on the internet before Google?
finkenst
10-26-2003, 12:07 PM
usenet and/or irc. or some other pay service for forums (ala GEnie)
sabotai
10-26-2003, 12:09 PM
I was...kind of. I read about FOF on the newsgroups but never posted. I kind of forgot about FOF for awhile and then found FOF again during The Sideline days.
wbonnell
10-26-2003, 12:13 PM
Ah, yes, The Sideline. I didn't join it until late 1999 or so. Are those posts archived?
JeeberD
10-26-2003, 12:29 PM
Nope, The Sideline is gone forever... :(

I wasn't part of the community until after FOF2 came out...
wbonnell
10-26-2003, 12:29 PM
still bored...

Was FOF originally a java application?

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=jim+gindin&start=270&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=334693ad.2661218%40news.demon.co.uk&rnum=271
wbonnell
10-26-2003, 12:31 PM
Originally posted by JeeberD
Nope, The Sideline is gone forever... :(

I wasn't part of the community until after FOF2 came out...

damn! Those archives would certainly be entertaining. Does Tony Wyss have access?
JeeberD
10-26-2003, 12:34 PM
I'm pretty sure that everything got erased when Dave Dial and Stix took over and The Sideline was abandoned for FOFC...
wbonnell
10-26-2003, 12:39 PM
Originally posted by JeeberD
I'm pretty sure that everything got erased when Dave Dial and Stix took over and The Sideline was abandoned for FOFC...

which begs the question: what happens if Sportplanet folds...
FBPro
10-26-2003, 12:55 PM
Here.....me, me. I was. I made one of the very first purchase's of FOF ever and still have the CD.
Cringer
10-26-2003, 01:33 PM
No, but i did jump on board sometime during the Sideline period........i think towards the last few months ......