+DarkLord Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 Here is the lucky winner for December 2021 at The DarkForce! BBS: December 2021 1. BSDRob wins the game, "Attack of the Petscii Robots" ! -------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations to our winner, and thanks to all our callers! PS BSDRob, I need your actual/physical address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 Check out our March 2022 Prize giveaway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 The winner is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 Let's get summer going in good fashion! This month, June 2022, at the DarkForce! BBS we are giving away a free copy of: Toogle! Toogle is a newly released game for the Atari ST. More details here: Great new Atari ST game, good luck to all, and thanks for calling! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanuki Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 @DarkLord Do you purge accounts after a time? I know I've created a few over the years, the last one I have notes for doesn't work. I'd hate to just create another one and keep making a mess of orphaned accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 21 hours ago, thanatos said: @DarkLord Do you purge accounts after a time? I know I've created a few over the years, the last one I have notes for doesn't work. I'd hate to just create another one and keep making a mess of orphaned accounts. Thanatos, PM me (not public!) your login and password. I'll check it out and report back to you here via PM. I have done purges in the past and one is coming up soon. I usually do it every 2-3 years or so. When I do them, I usually delete any account that hasn't been used in 5 years or more. I mean...5 years.... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Hah, actually there was a different post-it note I found, and that account still worked! So never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 18 hours ago, thanatos said: Hah, actually there was a different post-it note I found, and that account still worked! So never mind. Awesome, and now, because of this "recent" login, you are exempt from the upcoming purge! (But beware of all "purge" sequels...Hehehehe...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/1/2022 at 9:15 AM, DarkLord said: Let's get summer going in good fashion! This month, June 2022, at the DarkForce! BBS we are giving away a free copy of: Toogle! This is a great game and a great prize. As I already own it, I won't be entering thus upping the chances for everyone else!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 Thanks, we aim to please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Here is the lucky winner for June 2022 at The DarkForce! BBS: June 2022 1. Jason Young wins the Atari ST game, "Toogle"! ------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations to our winner, and thanks to all our callers! PS Jason Young, I need your actual/physical address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 New prize for September 2022! https://tinyurl.com/2p9389ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 We have a winner! https://tinyurl.com/2p9389ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 Just in time for the holiday season, this month, December 2022, the DarkForce! BBS is giving away a new copy of: L'Abbaye des Morts! L'Abbaye des Morts is a newly released (this year) game for the Atari Falcon. More details here: https://tinyurl.com/w9dwaw2w Great new Atari Falcon game, good luck to all, and thanks for calling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 I know it's a few days late, but this just came in (rather unexpectedly, I'll admit!) so we're going to run with it. Alan H., long time active developer for the Atari ST community is donating his most recent innovation, the "ImpoSTer" as a monthly prize at The DarkForce! BBS, for December 2022. From the website: The ImpoSTer adapter is a keyboard/mouse emulator for the Atari ST/STE/MegaST/MegaSTE/TT and Falcon computers. It plugs into the keyboard port of the Atari and has a passthrough port for attaching the original keyboard. The ImpoSTer also features two DB9 joystick ports, with port0 being able to use both joystick and original Atari mice. It also has two USB ports for keyboard/mouse and USB hubs. https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=42197&hilit=imposter http://www.atarikit.co.uk/ So as usual, thanks for calling and good luck to everyone who enters! PS This is running concurrently with the December 2022 Atari Falcon game prize givaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Okay, in an attempt to make things a bit less confusing, there will be 2 separate drawings for the two prizes this month. Using BBS Express! ST's scripting language (because who doesn't like to be up at 3 o'clock in the morning writing code? ) I added the option to pick between prize 1 and 2 (or both, if you're feeling supremely lucky), from the Monthly Prize Giveaway screen. Thanks all. Here's screenshots, in VT52 and ANSI format to demonstrate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Here are the lucky winners for December 2022 at The DarkForce! BBS: December 2022 1. Bikerbob wins the Atari Falcon game, "L'Abbaye des Morts"! 2. Atari8guy wins the "ImpoSTer" USB keyboard/mouse board! ------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to all our callers! PS Guys, I need both of your actual physical addresses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 On 1/1/2023 at 1:33 AM, DarkLord said: Here are the lucky winners for December 2022 at The DarkForce! BBS: December 2022 1. Bikerbob wins the Atari Falcon game, "L'Abbaye des Morts"! 2. Atari8guy wins the "ImpoSTer" USB keyboard/mouse board! ------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to all our callers! PS Guys, I need both of your actual physical addresses. Dunno man... Looks like Canadian Appeasement to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Tillek said: Dunno man... Looks like Canadian Appeasement to me. Yeah, it was pointed out to me that both prize winners for December 2022 were in fact, Canadian. I posted a reply on DarkForce! addressing the issue. Long story short, the way the prize winner algorithm on DarkForce! works, it'll probably be at least another 5-10 years before any Canadians are picked again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataricrypt Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 lol nice well done them I say ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 1 minute ago, DarkLord said: Yeah, it was pointed out to me that both prize winners for December 2022 were in fact, Canadian. I posted a reply on DarkForce! addressing the issue. Long story short, the way the prize winner algorithm on DarkForce! works, it'll probably be at least another 5-10 years before any Canadians are picked again... The person pointing that out.... were they actually mad or something? I mean, you obviously know I was just joking... and I'm sure they (the winners) don't think I was calling foul... so was this other person actually thinking something was up? After all, there aren't that many regulars in the BBS community, and so even the few Canadians we have make up a large percentage... so it was bound to happen. But it would be a shame if anyone thought there was any funny business going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 Oh no, it was all done in jest. No problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 I will be pulling DarkForce! offline later today for some much needed file backups/maintenance/upgrades. Hopefully, everything won't take longer than a day or two... I'll post as soon as we are back online. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 Okay, we're back up temporarily at least, although I may pull it down again (off and on) for the next bit. I was trying to install the RSVE mod (which I did). I was also hoping to get it to work with my BBS software and the WiModem 232. While the mod installation seemed go okay, I've been unable to get the RSVE mod to communicate with the WiModem232 and my BBS software. I'll keep working on it. Thank you for being patient... If you want to follow my bumbling attempts at this you can read about it here: https://tinyurl.com/42b4wymk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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