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   |CLÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ THE BOTTOMLESS ABYSS BBS   
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   ±:| WHAT   ³ÀÄÄÄÄ   
   ÄÄÄÄÙDuring 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 *ú during the holiday season, so   
    get a head start and get your account now!:   
   | WHEN   ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙBetween   
   December 19th 2018 and January 18th 2019   
   , from midnight to midnight,ú eastern stan   
   dard time.:| WHO    ³   
   ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙAnyone can participate, as soon a   
   s you have an account on the BBS, you areú   
   eligible.:| HOW    ³   
   ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙHaving 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.þ   
   Each level gained in the following doorgames will g   
   ive 1 point.Ambroshia: Test of Time,   
   For Honour, LegionRPG*    
   þ Each message posted on the following networks wil   
   l give 3 points.ArakNet, SpookNet   
   , CommodoreNet (Due to specific/technical topics)   
   þ Each message posted on the following n   
   etworks will give 2 points.fsxNet, tq   
   wNet, GameNet, DoRENET, PascalNet   
   , LinuxNetþ Each message pos   
   ted on any other network will give 1 point.   
   þ Each message posted to the SysOp will give    
   1 point.þ A twit, bogus, nonsense, co   
   py/paste or offtopic message is worth -1 point.   
   ú þ Each useful file upload, zipped with a valid   
   FILE_ID.DIZ file is 5 points.:   
   | PRIZES ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙThe 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.   
   þ One (1) pass for Hackfest 2019 security   
   event in Quebec City.þ Two (2   
   ) Sentinel figurines, The Bottomless Abyss BBS Spe   
   cial Edition.þ One (1) Hac   
   kfest T-shirt, subject to size availability.ú   
   þ Hackfest and The Bottomless Abyss BBS s   
   tickers.* þ 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   
   ú   bragging right and awesome old-school signature fea   
   ture...:| WHERE  ³   
   ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙYou can connect to the BBS using   
   the following methods:þ https://bbs.b   
   ottomlessabyss.netþ telnet://bbs.bottomlessaby   
   ss.net:2023þ 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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