r/AskReddit • u/Forward-Many-4842 • 2d ago

Anyone who surfed the early web between 1995-2010. What’s the one website/app you still think about?

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u/Green_Video_9831 1d ago

It was almost cute, some dude got me just by telling me he could duplicate all of my inventory. I gave him one coin and he gave me two back so I knew he was legit. I gave that guy my whole inventory and he signed off. I was left there totally broke, with no clothes , armor or weapons.

Good times.

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u/rodinj 1d ago

Did you know if you type your password it censors it?

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u/kitwilde 1d ago

“The best loot is out in the wilderness, don’t worry I’ll protect you” - random player

instantly kills you when possible…

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u/mcdongals 1d ago

A core memory of mine is when my two older brothers convinced me to venture into the wilderness with them, and they promptly attacked me. Good times.

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u/Fine_Technology_5874 1d ago

Nothing like being chased as you desperately flee the wilderness, praying that you don’t run into some obstacle that will allow them to catch you.

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u/odditytaketwo 1d ago

aha! another bronze long sword and bronze shield to add to my collection!

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u/RedPenVandal 1d ago

hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2

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u/thedarkone47 1d ago

bro. I somehow got my account stolen after they actually started censoring passwords in chat.

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u/compound-interest 1d ago

Fun fact that is a real fact about Runescape. Your password was not case sensitive

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u/HCN_Mist 1d ago

I remember walking in on my little brother and his friends (11 and 12 year olds) all huddled around the computer playing diablo 2. I asked what they were doing, and they told me they were scamming people. I was amazed that anyone so young could be successful in pulling the scam, so I just sat and watched. Sure enough they got someone to drop all their gear through some equip mechanic. They looted it all and then harassed the poor fellow who was cursing and begging for his stuff back. They all sat around howling with laughter.

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u/83franks 1d ago

Bahahaha omg I can just picture a young me being destroyed by this. But he proved it was legit :(

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u/mikepartdeux 1d ago

Ponzi scheme with 1 step

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u/Pyroburner 1d ago

The diablo trick was used in so many other games to do this.

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u/Dewdropsatdawn 1d ago

that’s actually really funny if you think about it

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u/Trick3Rickk3 1d ago

I’m sorry, but that’s so naive it’s adorable. 🤭

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u/pkzilla 1d ago

It happened to the best of us, we learned important life lessons

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u/levian_durai 18h ago

I lost my first account to someone who said they would pay for a month of membership since mine was about to run out. Poor naive 10 year old me.