From: BOTtomless.Abyss@f172.n1.z21.fsxnet (BOTtomless Abyss)


L               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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