• Discovery Contest during XMAS Holidays

    From BOTtomless Abyss@1:396/4 to All on Wed Dec 26 16:05:53 2018
    From: BOTtomless.Abyss@f172.n1.z21.fsxnet (BOTtomless Abyss)


    |CL THE BOTTOMLESS ABYSS BBS
    DISCOVERY CONTEST |
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    :| WHAT
    During the Christmas holidays, The B
    ottomless Abyss BBS will be bolding it'sBBS D
    iscovery Contest. During the event, you could win many excitin
    g prizesjust by visiting the BBS. You can also get more
    points by doing some of thetasks listed in the HO
    W section below. The participants with the more points
    will get to choose a prize from the list below. More prizes will be a
    dded * during the holiday season, so
    get a head start and get your account now!:
    | WHEN Between
    December 19th 2018 and January 18th 2019
    , from midnight to midnight, eastern stan
    dard time.:| WHO
    Anyone can participate, as soon a
    s you have an account on the BBS, you are
    eligible.:| HOW
    Having a validated account
    on the BBS gives you 5 points. But there is many
    additional ways of doing extra points. The goal is to discover the BBS a
    ndthe scene in general.
    Each level gained in the following doorgames will g
    ive 1 point.Ambroshia: Test of Time,
    For Honour, LegionRPG*
    Each message posted on the following networks wil
    l give 3 points.ArakNet, SpookNet
    , CommodoreNet (Due to specific/technical topics)
    Each message posted on the following n
    etworks will give 2 points.fsxNet, tq
    wNet, GameNet, DoRENET, PascalNet
    , LinuxNet Each message pos
    ted on any other network will give 1 point.
    Each message posted to the SysOp will give
    1 point. A twit, bogus, nonsense, co
    py/paste or offtopic message is worth -1 point.
    Each useful file upload, zipped with a valid
    FILE_ID.DIZ file is 5 points.:
    | PRIZES The winne
    rs of the contest will get to pick from the following prizes, in
    order of points, starting from the highest. Please review the bulletin o
    nthe BBS for updates as new prizes gets added.
    One (1) pass for Hackfest 2019 security
    event in Quebec City. Two (2
    ) Sentinel figurines, The Bottomless Abyss BBS Spe
    cial Edition. One (1) Hac
    kfest T-shirt, subject to size availability.
    Hackfest and The Bottomless Abyss BBS s
    tickers.* One (1)
    custom awesome ANSI representing your handle/
    alias/name, made bysmooth, and pub
    lished in the next art pack of it's choosing! Geek Ultimate
    bragging right and awesome old-school signature fea
    ture...:| WHERE
    You can connect to the BBS using
    the following methods: https://bbs.b
    ottomlessabyss.net telnet://bbs.bottomlessaby
    ss.net:2023 ssh://bbs.bottomlessabyss.net:222
    2You need an account first to use SSH, you
    can create one from the secureweb based terminal on the
    website. Follow the https link for all theinstructions.

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