Well since this may be the last time i ever call, or ever talk
to some of you  again, I want you to know, that this has been
a great year for me. I've shared so much with all of you, and
i consider Vio a home, because it's where my  friends are,
you're not just names on screens, you're my family. You guys
have always been there for me, from when my grandfather died,
until now, and I will miss you all. The people I knew, the
people I didn't, but should have got to know. If VioCOMM
"Plus" comes, I'll see you all there, but if not, I want each
and every one of you to know I'll miss you, even the ones that
didn't care about what I had to say, because maybe if you
knew me you would. ->Vegg<-

I can't believe this. VioCOMM has been more or less a constant
in my life for the past three years.  My favorite day last
year was when i went to PAHS to see a bunch of friends from
there. You guys all called me Mysterio, and for that one day,
I was actually my handle.  I really wish I had been able to
call more these past few weeks that grade twelve started, but
it seems other things got in the way.  Now it seems that I've
even lost Vio.  I know what Veggie means when she says that
you guys are like a family - I feel just the same way..I
could sit here and reminisce for screens, but I'd rather that
someone else adds to this - lets make this the automessage to
end all automessages!..."all them guys"..dont let me down!
->Myst<-

Well, I must say the past two years on this board were some of
the best days as my life as well. I think I made more friends
in these past two years then i had in the other fifteen years
I have been living. Truly amazing..now that I think about it.
I never thought of us as a family, just a close circle of
friends, one for the cause, which would be Vio. But, now that
the cause is gone, what will become of us, disperse out to
other boards?  I hope not. But this is what just might happen
without the birth of VioCOMM "Plus", which would be Vio ][.
It will keep us all together thats for sure..Isn't that what
we all want? But I'll need help doing this, so volunteer! I
must say my favorite days were the VioShubie bashes of August
'95 and '96, we had SO MUCH fun those days, I was sad when
they were over. So come on my fellow Vio'ers, rally, and lets
not worry about this dead board, because thats what it is now,
lets look towards the future...a future with a name
VioCOMM.."Plus"..
-><äxodus><-

First I used my scroll back to quote this..that's why it looks 
weird. I've had lots of friends for all of my life, but the 
more I think about them the more I wonder if they were true 
friends at all. I never cared about them as much as I care 
about all of you. I haven't been here for 3 years like myst or 
even a whole year yet. But Vio has become like a home it's 
where I come when I am feeling down or depressed because I 
know there is always someone here to talk to, and even if 
there's no one here..there's always pieces of t people I care 
about. One of the hardest things I ever did was read a goodbye 
from one of you I care alot about...it seemed so final, 
almost like I'd never see any of you again. Vio is a big part 
of my life now and it's change me for the better..I am not 
going to let it fade out like this.  Add to this make this 
something we can be proud of.
->5th<-

Whew.. I'm glad that came out how it was supposed to.. I think about 
vio's end, and it's like a nightmare, I try to wake up, but i can't.. i 
KNOW that somehow, without or without vio, we'll all stay in touch but 
it's not the same :( Vio is something special for me.. I started calling 
back when it was violator, for files and games tho.. then again as 
jughead, but that was temporary.. Then, inspired by my big brother's 
success, i tried again, and here i am.. I found out what the board was 
really for, and made a lot of great new friends, that i wouldn't have 
been able to without vio.. god, it's hard to think what life would be 
like, not having met you guys.. i wish i discovered it sooner.. like 
most new vioers, i thought i had fallen in love with none other than 
the beautiful veggie.. i got really depressed about it, but with your 
help i got over it and am my old, fun-loving self again.. without you 
guys i don't know what i'd do when i got depressed, i may not even be 
alive now without your help.. i look at vio as much more than i board, 
but an empire, but all empires must fall, and it looks like it's vio's 
turn now..i've always been wordy, and there's so much more i want to say, 
but i'll stop talking now, but i just want to say thanks.. to everyone.. 
and i love you all.. i hope to see you at the new vio, thanks for the 
best few months of my life,
->Melvin<-

On a final note, VioComm never really achieved the level I wanted it to.
Unfortunatly, time, money, and 'an ever increasing acceptance of the
realities of the world for an aging ex-teen' prevented it.  I used to love 
running VioComm, and unfortunatly I don't anymore.  I hope someone who 
still has the love of this thing can continue it, and perhaps grow it into
the original vision.                                                              
Signing off...almost for the last time...
->Dark Depeche<-

Man, it was almost a year ago....I was bored one night, so I decided 
to give this BBS a call to pass some time.  Someone else was on that 
night, a girl who went by the handle Wonder Woman...she invited me to 
chat with her, and we talked for a while, and it was lots of fun.  I 
decided to start calling on a regular basis, and over the weeks, I talked
to a few people, but the only people I really knew then were Wonder Woman,
Veggie & Kitiara...I still remember almost a year ago, during Christmas 
Vacation...the highlight of my days was every night, when I'd log on for 
Happy Hour, and EVERY night, at least one of them, but usually all 3, 
were on, and we'd chat for hours, and just have a great time.  I still 
remember that day...New Years Eve, December 31st, 1995.  I remember how 
nervous I was, I was going to meet the three of them for the first time, 
at a game of indoor splatshot.  Well, it's been almost a year now, and 
it's been great..."All Them Guys" have always been there for me, through
good times, bad times, dull times, basically all the time.  Thank you 
everyone, and a VERY special thank you to Adrienne Schofield, Kelly Regan
and Emily Durant, who were my first real friends on this board..
thanks girls.
Hmmm...Viocomm Plus....I like the sound of that....
->Tux<-

Well, as I sit here writing this portion of the automessage, I realize
that the song I'm listening to, Fade to Black, has more significance
than I ever would have imagined. A whole chunk of my life is now fading
into the darkness, where I have been touched by countless others; Some
recently, and others, well, they were there in the beginning, but no
longer. It seems that I have let VioComm become my home within a home, 
as many others of us have done. I have met so many people on here, on 
the VioComm Information Network, and have become friends with most of 
them. I know not what the future holds, nor, at this moment, do I care.  
I am consumed by the thought of losing this place. This place, where I 
have shed many tears, and been a shoulder for others to cry on, will 
soon die. I don't think there is much more for me to say; the time has 
finally come for VCIN to come to a close. The past 3 years have been 
tremendous, and can never be forgotten.  VioComm ][ will hopefully be up
soon, because although the original shall die, I refuse to let VCIN's 
Soul wither away, for it is to precious. If you can help in anyway with 
its forthcoming, let us know! we need all the help we can get to make 
this as good as possible.  Truly, I have shed a tear knowing I had 
to write this. I thought this day would never come, and now that it has,
I find it is here much too soon.
-*<_Nuke_>*-
 

    Well, this is it. I sit here, in the glow of the monitor screen, 
crying, wishing that this wasn't happening. 
    I haven't been here as long as most of you, but that doesn't mean 
I don't have any good memories, or that Vio doesn't mean as much. In 
fact just last night I wasn't very upset about it, I thought "Hey 
this sucks, what will I do in my spare time?" But this morning when I 
finally got on and read this auto-message I just burst into tears while 
reading, I never knew I had so many close friends here and I should 
never had taken Vio for granted. I assumed it would always be here, and 
now, we all try to express how we feel as this wonderful place spends 
its last few days up. There may be a Vio 2, but it will never be the 
same, everything will be started over, except al the friendships we've 
made, and all the memories we'll always have.  So many of you I've 
hardly gotten to know, but then, so many of you have become my closest 
friends. I remember before Vio I had no friends, not even Kelly or Aid,
it was Vio that brought us all together, now maybe some of you wish I 
never logged on, but I know that without all of you I'd never be the 
same, and I may not even be here. I spent so many years of my life 
being sad and thinking I'm not worth anything, but now, thanks to all 
of you, I know that there are things I can accomplish and I know I'll 
have friends behind me whatever I do..
    Just yesterday I celebrated my fourteenth birthday, and I'd like 
to thanks you guys that actually took the time to call, it means alot 
to me to know that you really do care. The only thing that saddens me 
on this wonderful day, (my first day of being 14) is the fact that I'm 
not going to be able to share my 14th year here, with nothing changing 
and everyone staying the same. But we all know everything changes, and
I wouldn't have any friends if we all stayed the same.. So onward and 
upward, to the future, we can't get stuck in the past and we can't 
grieve over what we can't change. 
    I will miss this place, but as long as I have all of you in the 
future, Everything will be fine...
                          I love you all..
->Kitiara<-


I'm not at all pleased with the state of affairs where
VioComm is going off the air like the Care Bears
I'm set to snatch up the pieces where they fall, but we
Gotta grab 'em swift before the sharp ones get us all bloody
And Elayne don't like blood, let me tell you this
VioComm gave meaning to my life when it was valueless!
Kelly, Chris, Emily, Raid - that's my family!
Mike, Melissa, Myst - Jer, Marg, Krok and 5th!
Nukie, Matty, Cubie, All Them Guys, you know the science
Vio's not a board, it's an alliance!
I'm spitting out defiance for the end, uh huh, you heard right
Because we're not going gentle into that good night!!!

    Listen kids... dammit, listen folks... I owe Vio not only the contents of 
my life, but I'm certain that without the preoccupation (at worst), and love 
(at best) that I've found here, it would not only be Phatboy that wouldn't
exist, Jesse McDonald would likely be pushing up blue daisies.
    My life... I owe you my life... All Them Guys, you are my life.  
Understand this.  Kelly, I love you.  Emily, Aid, Margie, I love you.  Chris, 
Mike, Matt, Duncan, Naeem, I love you.  J, I love you man.  And Melissa, I 
love you.  I don't care if it's pathetic, if it's ridiculous, if I'm a 
computer nerd, a loser, a melodramatic neurotic whatever the hell this makes 
me... I love you all.  All my heart, I mean this.
    But I'm not saying goodbye.  Vio will NOT die.  We owe it to our community
to SAVE VIOCOMM!  It will, like the phoenix, rise from the ashes of its own 
destruction, and soar, FLAMING LIKE A CRUCIBLE, above the heads of 
those who would destroy or hamper it, those who would hurt us or ignore us, 
and ALL THEM GUYS, YEAH!!! WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!                                  
    PEACE TO THE *BEST* CIRCUS!!!
                               ->Phats<-
