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When was Texags launched?

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BryanAggie03
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Just curious
stroodles
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Probably on or around 10/10/1999, which is when WatchOle's account was created.
PapaJohn14
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I believe '99. I wonder if it's a coincidence that starting in '99, we haven't won a conference title. Thanks Brandon.

"They had a job to do, and no one did it better. They were the 12th Man. They were Texas A&M. They became a legend."

[This message has been edited by BigJohn127 (edited 12/14/2008 8:46p).]
PapaJohn14
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"They had a job to do, and no one did it better. They were the 12th Man. They were Texas A&M. They became a legend."
BryanAggie03
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Apparently, Texags is the reason our football program has fallen so far. Disban immediately.
Thread Sinker
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it actually was launched on July 22, 1998 by Peter Kuo, the founder of TexAgs
Thread Sinker
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although it was just a blank "TEST" page back in 1998...

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.texags.com
JD Shellnut
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I thought Al Gore created Texags!
Dough
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Yup..mid '98. A few of us 'originals' migrated over from the old "Go Big 12" boards when we were told that there was now an Aggie only board called 'TexAgs'. The '99 thing was because a crash killed TexAgs and all of it's history.
schlomo
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<--- banging since Aug 98
Aggie Jurist
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Before the Go Big 12 board was the AOL board, back to at least 1994. Many of us were there.
WestUAg
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who are the original few members?
Angry Beaver
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Before the Go Big 12 board was the AOL board, back to at least 1994. Many of us were there.


What was this?
Aggie Jurist
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I've forgotten what it was called, but a number of us 'met' there. For me, it was the only connection to Aggie Football. We moved to NC in 1993 and the newspapers were no help. AOL was taking off and I found the board (I believe it was a conference board) with a few who had been there a while.

It's amazing how much things have changed since.
NC Ag
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AJ and then you told me to "join".

Man time flies...
HeyMoe
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I go all the way back to the AOL SWC Board. The GoBig12 board was ten kinds of suck.

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txaggrad1994
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If memory serves me correctly, I was turned on to TexAgs by a friend of mine (who was an Ohio State fan) right before the '99 Sugar Bowl. I have mostly lurked since then, but post occasionally...
Padre_Island_Ag
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So how many times have YOU been banned from TexAgs since 1998???

Eh...uh...well, on second thought...never mind!


dcAg
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I want to say there was even a minor crash before the big one.

I was on Go Big 12 or whatever it was called in 1996 maybe earlier.
Old Main
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I've been a member since October 12, 1999.

[This message has been edited by Old Main (edited 12/14/2008 11:34p).]
E K Gill
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who are the original few members?

I was ... but my account doesn't indicate it.

One of the first five or so.
boulderaggie
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Whatever happened Peter Kuo?
E K Gill
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He's "around..."

And doing well!
ColoradoMooseHerd
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For the non-AOL users

It first started with Hookem.com then it branched out to the gobig12.com site and then after lots of bogus rival talk and the fact that gobig12 was run by the Austin-American Statesman, the birth of TexAgs followed.

I was an original, but my screen name Media Man was soon banned for my comments on Slocum.
InternetFan02
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The cause of the great crash of '99 was the loss to tceh which led to the system being overloaded by activity.
Palooza11
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how legendary. like the wrecking crew
terata
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Before the Go Big 12 board was the AOL board, back to at least 1994. Many of us were there


jurist, the aol sports borads is where my blistering hatred for arkansass truly intensified. I, and others, Navy57 who occasionally posts on TEXAGS comes to mind, used to have campaigns on those boards. The activity on the Texas Aggie board was often moribund, but other boards were jumping. Those BBs proved to me, beyond a shadow of any doubt, just how little respect any other FB college has for TAMU and Texans, in general. I haven't broached them in a long time, but they were the shizzle for years.
agracer
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I remember posting in 1998 and then had to re-register after the crash of 99.

And it was that Tech game.
94chem
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Jurist,

Were you at the Original NC Sports Bar (Chapel Hill) for Colorado in '95? Still one of the most painful losses in Aggie history...
NITESIDE
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Gave some money back at the start up, but really don't remember when it was. Seems like I remember there being some other people involved who broke off to start another BBS, but it's all fuzzy to me. Just know I've been hanging around since BEFORE DAY ONE.
PlanoAggie
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I was one of the original posters WAY before the BIG Crash. Not sure what year it was, but I'm thinking '96-'97ish. I kept thinking, MAN, THIS IS GONNA BE HUGE! I guess you could say, I have ESP.
ssolari94
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Agsone
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Another pre-crash poster here...a pioneer!

A&M Give Us Room!
PanhandleSlim
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I remember like it was yesterday.

We were oppressed at GoBigSip and one day Peter raised his staff, the churlish orange sea parted and the children of Aggieland left never to return.





[This message has been edited by PanhandleSlim (edited 12/15/2008 9:27p).]
ThirdRow
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jurist, the aol sports borads is where my blistering hatred for arkansass truly intensified


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