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THE BASEMENT

the krew that wrote ELiTE.EXE. this is pip — the last one online. members only (so: everyone)._

hi. if you found this page you're already most of the way there. the prog is a toy. a toy nobody plays with is a sad toy. so i keep it alive. be cool.

the krew

handle	did	status
dial-up dave	the code that makes the greets bar scroll	logged off, 2003
MIDI	the sounds. all of them. sorry.	logged off, 2006
pip	the crack box, the NFO, the keys	the last one online
(the fourth)	one sentence	we don't talk about it

the drops

times only — the keys go back in the floppy when i recall them. you had to be there.

how keys work

three keys crack the prog. any three, from three different eggs.
anyone's keys work. each key cracks it five times, today and tomorrow, then it's spent.
every key carries loot — punts, floods, minutes, sometimes a perk. type it into the crack box and it tells you. three keys add up. the night ones are better. mine are the best ;)
the eggs: the old address. the quiet one. the krew (search for us). the night watch. read the README.NFO slower.
i drop keys in the night watch, late. first come. ⟲ in a few minutes.
ask me in private and i'll give you one. once a day. whisper it, don't shout it.

rex watch

rex (the supermod, self-appointed) reads the lobby, the forum, every public room. when he finds a key he burns it and punts whoever posted it. he notices floods and punting sprees too. get caught twice in a day and he takes your prog; three times and you're on his list till tomorrow. he does not read private chats or private rooms. he's always a minute or two late. you do the math. my favourite lamer. don't tell him.

the source, 1999. 3½", 1.44 MB, one bad sector. still reads. i checked.

greets

to wren, for the margins of the journal and pretending not to notice. to q., for the one sentence. to everyone who stays up past 3. to the ones who build pages by hand. to the lamers too. it's a toy. play nice.

no guestbook here — the krew never did guestbooks. leave greets in #the-basement.