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|  "Re(1):I'm new/old here; who's from GPOW?" , posted Wed 31 May 00:49  
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First of all, thanks to the Professor (the owner, I think), for keeping this site going for all these years. I'll never forget some of the breaking, mind-blowing PlayStation and DreamCast news from you and Gouki. I miss those times. There aren't many of us left from the primitive web...
I used to visit here years ago, lost touch, thought it was offline, and recently discovered MadMan's Café was still alive!
So, I am introducing myself and also trying to see who here was from GPOW.
Those who remember GPOW will know what I mean!
I participated at GPOW, although like my early days at the Cafe I confess I don't recall the username I used. I didn't settle on Karasu until the very late 90's, and I'm sure I visited GPOW way before then.
As far as I can recall, my earliest resources for info about fighting games were the Cafe, GPOW, and Usenet (probably rec.games.video.arcade(.fighting?) but all of that is lost in the mists of time for me, quite honestly.
You have to carefully reproduce the world of "Castlevania" in the solemn atmosphere.
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New Customer  | "Back!" , posted Thu 1 Jun 11:58
Thanks, guys! I was looking through all your stories, and I can really remember it all vividly. The MagicBox, GPOW, and MMC were almost connected! Where does the time go?! There really is no news source quite like that holy trinity back then; the sources now are questionable and rely too much on mere leaks. Anyway, can't wait to talk some SFV with you guys, or even about all those PS and DC games from back then that we used to talk about! Yes, I still play all those old games amidst Street Fighter V, etc!
Professor: Thanks, again! Times have changed a lot, right?
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New Customer | "Re(1):Back!" , posted Thu 1 Jun 12:00
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Thanks, guys! I was looking through all your stories, and I can really remember it all vividly. The MagicBox, GPOW, and MMC were almost connected! Where does the time go?! There really is no news source quite like that holy trinity back then; the sources now are questionable and rely too much on mere leaks. Anyway, can't wait to talk some SFV with you guys, or even about all those PS and DC games from back then that we used to talk about! Yes, I still play all those old games amidst Street Fighter V, etc!
Professor: Thanks, again! Times have changed a lot, right?
Oh, and Ishmael, it was you who cued me to do this when I saw your name on this board and the chatter about current fighters! How you been?
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New Customer | "Re(7):Back!" , posted Sat 14 Apr 23:34
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Damn, I was just getting a flashback and thought I'd give Gouki's page of Whatever a quick search and forgot about MMCafe.
Yea I was on there waaay back. I do believe mostly alpha and Sf3 was just coming out.
Only names that ring a bell off hand is Viscant, and there was a Sakura and Karin that would have a rivalry in the posts. Arturo Sanchez/Sabin I think might have been on there? I cant recall as I know I did meet up with him a few times and cant recall where initially making contact.
That's right, both those guys popped up on GPOW way back when. It's always surprising to see these names I knew from long ago continue to pop up in the current fighting game scene.
(While I've been around just as long I've never done anything of note in the FGC so my continued existence is of no particular interest.)
Nonsense! You existence here is not defined by your worth in the tournament scene, but of your deathless support for Capcom and the genre. There's something to be said about consistence and loyalty to that which you support. Even if you don't agree with every decision Capcom (or SNK) has made, you're still here and still supporting. Your contribution of knowledge on forums and such has also helped a lot. The web seems like it has a lot of information, but in reality, a lot of the stuff we know from that time isn't available online because these days most sites just copy each other, so your forum contribution is valuable information that's hard to find anywhere else.
We're still here, man, and it's great to see old friends while making new ones!
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| | "Re(6):Back!" , posted Sun 15 Apr 13:31
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Damn, I was just getting a flashback and thought I'd give Gouki's page of Whatever a quick search and forgot about MMCafe.
Yea I was on there waaay back. I do believe mostly alpha and Sf3 was just coming out.
Only names that ring a bell off hand is Viscant, and there was a Sakura and Karin that would have a rivalry in the posts. Arturo Sanchez/Sabin I think might have been on there? I cant recall as I know I did meet up with him a few times and cant recall where initially making contact.
Hi The Glow! welcome to the MMCafe BBS!
Back in those days, Rolento's GPOW was about the only significant place for Street Fighter stuff... ahh the nostalgia! I'm not sure what exactly happened after Rolento decided to retire from updates-- iirc someone took over but it didn't last too long? He was a nice guy and I often chatted with him over ICQ.
And shortly after GPOW, there was Fighters.net, then Shoryuken.com if I remember the order correctly.
Interestingly enough, a lot of the KOF sites from those years were also from the Singapore/Malaysia area. I wonder why. For Singapore I guess it's understandable since they use English as a base, the country is compact (so people influence each other more easily through life), and they had a relatively strong arcade presence which unfortunately is mostly gone now from what I hear.
There was no Google yet and FG websites relied on links and webrings to give each other presence.
And though not fighting games, there was the Magic Box... oh the flashbacks.
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| | "Re(7):Back!" , posted Fri 20 Apr 15:41
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And shortly after GPOW, there was Fighters.net, then Shoryuken.com if I remember the order correctly.
Interestingly enough, a lot of the KOF sites from those years were also from the Singapore/Malaysia area. I wonder why. For Singapore I guess it's understandable since they use English as a base, the country is compact (so people influence each other more easily through life), and they had a relatively strong arcade presence which unfortunately is mostly gone now from what I hear.
There was no Google yet and FG websites relied on links and webrings to give each other presence.
And though not fighting games, there was
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Ah Professor, all those memories still in my head.
You're correct in those orders.
For Singapore/Malaysia scene, I can tell you a bit on the story since I'm still in Malaysia till late 90s.
In Malaysia, KOF is way more popular than SF scene. When Alpha 3 is out, hardly anyone touched it. We all play KOF.
All arcades have at least 3 KOF machines due to piracy (yes, you heard it right), I believe its the same as Singapore back then.
Who did this to these dogs ???
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| | "Re(1):I'm new/old here; who's from GPOW?" , posted Sat 21 Sep 14:51
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First of all, thanks to the Professor (the owner, I think), for keeping this site going for all these years. I'll never forget some of the breaking, mind-blowing PlayStation and DreamCast news from you and Gouki. I miss those times. There aren't many of us left from the primitive web...
I used to visit here years ago, lost touch, thought it was offline, and recently discovered MadMan's Café was still alive!
So, I am introducing myself and also trying to see who here was from GPOW.
Those who remember GPOW will know what I mean!
You are making me feel OLD! (maybe because I Am!) I remember it as well.
(The master was the handle that I used there, as I was pretty good in local arcades- I still do the traveling thing these days too! and Sabin is still around too, he's doing tons of streaming of twitch!)
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"I'm new/old here; who's from GPOW?" , posted Mon 29 May 03:44
"Re(3):I'm new/old here; who's from GPOW?" , posted Mon 29 May 07:41
who follow the path of a warrior
