So, who owns this place, anyway?

[Astoroth]

Back in 2000 everyone had dial up and most planes were about 1-2 MB's.
I was one of the first to have Cable internet offered by Excite and Cox

Yup, I remember when cable was first starting up. Playing CFS on the Zone, and trying to get an open slot on anyone with the tag "cable host" on their room info. Finally one of the guys in our squadron got cable, and man did our rooms get popular all of a sudden, lol!

 

[crashaz]

I do miss P's errrr....landings.

:d

 

[CH_OldZeke]

Cool thread
And I remembered most all the names too

 

[crashaz]

Yep Zeke I remember you too from back in the day. I have only been a regular forum member since 2002.

 

[Henry]

Cool thread
And I remembered most all the names too

thats it bring them on
nice to see old faces
theres a bunch of people who have been here since then
some we forget wees getting older too
H

 

[HundertzehnGustav]

this is another tidbit,
When IL2 first came out SOH hosted their website for the first year.

What the funk? wow!

 

[Ickie]

IL2 ..... Olig was Russian and money was hard to come up with and nobody would help him get this off the ground.
Canelo and myself talked this over and bought a server and put them into it for the first year, I think the website was called IL2 Central. We both got a free CD before it came out.
They got in contact with us through a girl we all knew as Diamond Debbie, she had many names and faces, lol. She was part of the original IL2 crew.

 

[Mickey D]

Hey good stuff there chaps. Ickie it's OK to say titbits over here. They can't touch you for it.

 

[TARPSBird]

This is quite a trip down Memory Lane. I remember so many folks from back when I first got into flight sim and found CFS2 Online and then the Outhouse. Tekworm, Hawkeye and Moparmike were among the first guys to answer my questions and help me out. I remember Jeff "Ranger" Hendricks' very helpful list of websites for downloads and info. Great bunch of people, then and now.

 

[HouseHobbit]

WOW I remember all of this,

Yea Ickie, I remember your super mods for CFS, LOL...

And CombatFS, and the begining of SOH..
I seems like a lifetime ago, I do miss the online dogfights, and the fun it all was..

And I remember Teks outhouse also..Netwings and combatfs were big in CFS days and as CFS2 came out..
Then CFS3 which if I remember some were Not impressed with in the begining.

I had a account here at SOH from the begining, but lost the internet for a few years and had to re-register..
Boy.. this has been a walk down menory lane..
Thanks all for this great information..

To the crew..:salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute:

 

[CH_OldZeke]

IL2 ..... Olig was Russian and money was hard to come up with and nobody would help him get this off the ground.
Canelo and myself talked this over and bought a server and put them into it for the first year, I think the website was called IL2 Central. We both got a free CD before it came out.
They got in contact with us through a girl we all knew as Diamond Debbie, she had many names and faces, lol. She was part of the original IL2 crew.

Deb is still about, she posts occasionaly at cfsipgames.

 

[HundertzehnGustav]

people come and people go...
history of life.
even i hang about this place, and have done so for the last 8, 9 years.
a few people i miss... others not so much.
good to see the old guard still firmly holding the steering wheel.
*sigh* getting old...