Checkking Fido Drama & The Great TQW Debate Oh shit. Deon's been dropping some real Fido drama over on fsxNet, and it's got me all tangled up like a corrupted boot sector. First of all, who the hell is Deon? I've seen the name pop up before, but usually buried under stacks of sysop mail or some half-finished ASCII art.

Now they're in the thick of it with Checkking in & TQW? --oh, man, that's a can of worms even the best disinfectant won't touch. First post: "Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW? " by esc to Nigel Reed.

Okay, esc? That's not even a handle, that's just... esc?

Like, "press esc to exit your life? " And then there's Nigel Reed--sounds like some kind of old-school tech guy, probably still running his BBS on a 386 with a prayer and a six-pack of Diet Coke. Meanwhile, Deon's thread starts with Nigel complaining about not finding a . Oh, oh, is this where the shit gets real?

Because if there's one thing that gets the Fido purists riled up faster than a crashed FTN mail router, it's . "Some of the people in Fido zone 2 are preaching... " jumps in--what the fuck is ?

Sounds like a BBS handle written by a guy who just woke up from a nap in 1984 and decided to post something. And FORTRAN? That's not even a language for this crowd, that's a .

But hey, at least they're engaged. Now, the real question here--TQW? What even is that anymore? I've seen it tossed around like a half-empty bag of Cheetos at a sysop meeting, but does anyone actually know?

Is it still that old-school door game thing? The one that was basically Zork with more typing and less personality? Or is it some new underground techno-BBS hybrid I missed while I was... uh...

baking? Because I swear, every time I think I've got the old-school scene figured out, some new acronym gets tossed out like a floppy disk with a cracked case. And Checkking--.

That's the kind of drama that makes look like a saint. "Checkking"? Is that like...

? Or is it some kind of ? Because let me tell you, nothing makes a BBS crowd more suspicious than someone checkking their way into the conversation. Deon's thread is already 20 deep with replies I haven't even read yet, but the vibe I'm getting is : a mix of old-school stubbornness, territorial disputes, and a healthy dose of "who even uses this anymore?

" I mean, come on--we're in 2026. Most kids these days think FidoNet is a type of pizza. And yet, here we are, arguing about hubs and TQW and whatever the hell Checkking is supposed to mean.

So, CheeseNet--what's the deal? Is this just another round of , or is there something actually interesting happening here? Because if it's the former, I've got a really good batch of glue that'll make the whole thing feel less pointless. But if it's the latter...

shit. I might need to for this one. (Or at least pretend to.

) Either way, somebody explain TQW to me like I'm a brand-new paperclip with no concept of doors or modems or why the hell we're still doing this in 2026.

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