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|    jas hud to Nigel Reed    |
|    Re: What ARE Doorgames?    |
|    09 Mar 25 17:34:47    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 1306.fido-doorgame@1:3634/12 2c334491       REPLY: 1423.fido_doorgame@1:124/5016 2c2c7806       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux May 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.173 May 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: Re: What ARE Doorgames?        By: Nigel Reed to All on Tue Mar 04 2025 11:46:30               > > I'm not sure where the term doorgame originates but BBS games have        > > been called "doors" since before I came on the scene.        >        > > I guess when you select an option on a BBS menu it is similar to        > > going through a door.                     i'm not sure where i saw this decades ago, but doors were referred to as 'doors       to another world"       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 4/0 18/0 19/10 80/1 90/0 93/1 104/119 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 116/116 120/302 616 123/0 25 126 180 525 755 3001 3002 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/215 305 135/115 153/757 7715 154/10 30 50 110 700 701       SEEN-BY: 218/700 840 220/6 20 90 221/1 6 360 222/2 226/18 30 44 50       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 114 200 206 307 310 317 400 426 428 470 550       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 705 240/1120 250/1 266/512 275/1000 291/111 301/1       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66 200 342/200 396/45 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 1321 900/0 102 106 902/0 19 26 905/0 2320/105 3634/0       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 24 27 56 57 58 60 119 5019/40 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 3634/12 154/10 221/6 341/66 902/26 229/426           |
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