My first online friends meeting was probably about fifteen years or so ago. There was a local BBS called M-Net that I usually dialed directly. In many ways, they weren't too much unlike Buffistas -- there was some fannishness about this that or the other, different areas to talk about different subjects like movies and music, lots of techie and book-loving people, people had a penchant for regular F2F meetups and making funny quips that frequently referenced shows we liked.
They had regular monthly things at a nearby bar, and seeing as I had a bunch of meatspace friends who also participated, we just liked the excuse to go drink and be social with other people of a similar mind.
The first Buffistas I ever met were Kat and lori, over at the Miracleborn's place. I wasn't a Buffista yet, but I knew what a Buffista was, or at least that such a collection of people existed. The first Buffistas I met were meara, Theo, vw bug (I think), aurelia (both of us were still pretty new at that point), and possibly one or two other people. That was just before the weekend of the LA F2F, just about three years ago now.
I've been logging on to some sort of board or forum or chat room for a while now, and aside from M-Net, B.org is the only place I've ever stayed at for longer than six months. These days, I generally try to avoid other forums for more than just short jaunts here and there. Compared to B.org, other places are strange and offputting.
first meeting of online people I believe was the Buffistas from TT days. I invited a bunch of them to watch the Faith-wakes-from-coma episode at my house. This included: JonB, Theodosia, and a couple other TTers that I can't remember (Theo, do you remember? I thought you were friends with one of those guys). I invited my cousin to come over so that I could avoid being murdered. And, oh yeah, a cute, quiet, mumbly-funny shy British dude came over too... and then a few years later, I married him!
The first Buffistas I met were meara, Theo, vw bug (I think), aurelia (both of us were still pretty new at that point), and possibly one or two other people. That was just before the weekend of the LA F2F, just about three years ago now.
Didn't you come to dinner with several of us before that, at El Cholo, when Aimee fainted?
That was the first time I met you, Perkins! I was so stunned, I passed right out.
I've been logging on to some sort of board or forum or chat room for a while now, and aside from M-Net, B.org is the only place I've ever stayed at for longer than six months.
I had the LC, and then I had Fledglings, and now I have Buffistas. Of the three, Buffistas has lasted the longest by several years. (The LC was killed off when Prodigy started charging for bulletin board usage -- today, we probably would have just moved to WX! -- and Fledglings had a dramatic and flamey self-implosion.)
Didn't you come to dinner with several of us before that, at El Cholo, when Aimee fainted?
OMG! That's right! See, it all sort of runs together at this point. Truth be told, I'd already thought about, and rejected, two or three other events (including picking Madrigal up from LAX) as my first post me-becomming-a-Buffista Buffista-meeting event.
The first online people I met were all pre-WWW.
I met some people from my local BBS SFNet, which you could access through tabletop Pacman games which had been converted. I didn't even have a computer, so I'd sit there pumping quarters in and getting to know some locals. That's how I first accessed alt.music.alternative which ultimately lead to me contacting Kim Cooper, my editorial cohort.
First Buffistas were at JZ's S5 finale party. I met her for the first time (and like Nora wound up marrying somebody I met originally at a fan get-together), as well as Lysana and her husband, and Dash and some of JZ's friends.
After that, we discovered that she worked around the corner from my apartment so there were several instances of tape trading for missed eps.
tape trading
Is that what were calling it these days?
Ha.Ha.
Well, it's better than the truthiness.
