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Posted by lostinpogoland
- April 23, 2006, 03:07:22 PMthanks guys i learn something new everyday- never thought to check pogo's history ;:"
Posted by PogoKaz
- April 23, 2006, 02:44:43 PMLast August, Excite@Home announced it would buy the online games provider for an undisclosed sum. At that time, the company reported it was building on consumer broadband applications in key areas, such as games and music.
Excite already had a 10 percent stake in Pogo.com, and was to make it a wholly-owned independent subsidiary.
However, Pogo.com was unable to meet certain conditions in the transaction so Excite@Home chose not to proceed with the acquisition, according to Alison Bowman, Excite@Home spokeswoman.
some more info
http://www.ciao.co.uk/pogo_com__Review_5140755 some more info
http://contracts.onecle.com/ea/fifth.lease.2000.05.25.shtml
Excite already had a 10 percent stake in Pogo.com, and was to make it a wholly-owned independent subsidiary.
However, Pogo.com was unable to meet certain conditions in the transaction so Excite@Home chose not to proceed with the acquisition, according to Alison Bowman, Excite@Home spokeswoman.
some more info
http://www.ciao.co.uk/pogo_com__Review_5140755 some more info
http://contracts.onecle.com/ea/fifth.lease.2000.05.25.shtml
Posted by hades
- April 23, 2006, 12:06:44 PMthat really would be interesting
Posted by Helen
- April 23, 2006, 12:04:06 PMQuote from: TwistofF8 on April 22, 2006, 10:20:13 PM
Heck, I would! If I sat through the Milli Vanilli one, I can sit through anything.
So I take it in conclusion, it was always owned by EA?
I know I've had to change my screen nick and password twice because of "buy outs"
We keep getting a little more info everyday. Bobby may soon have enough to do his "vh1 special " behind the badges", the pogo story"
lol. :))
Posted by Runner
- April 23, 2006, 11:58:17 AM"Ten" is the original owners name for the site. It was a 1 game deal. That person "i forget his name' is still associated with Pogo. He has stuck with the company through all the trades. I think one of the first interviews was with him. "Ten" was a java school project. lol.
Posted by TwistofF8
- April 22, 2006, 10:20:13 PMHeck, I would! If I sat through the Milli Vanilli one, I can sit through anything.
So I take it in conclusion, it was always owned by EA?
I know I've had to change my screen nick and password twice because of "buy outs"
So I take it in conclusion, it was always owned by EA?
I know I've had to change my screen nick and password twice because of "buy outs"
Posted by foxx
- April 22, 2006, 09:42:36 PMQuote from: bobby on April 22, 2006, 09:41:20 PM
i still wouldn't watch it :D
ummm yeah, me either...
Posted by bobby
- April 22, 2006, 09:41:20 PMi still wouldn't watch it :D
Posted by foxx
- April 22, 2006, 09:37:21 PMQuote from: bobby on April 22, 2006, 09:17:04 PMQuote from: TwistofF8 on April 22, 2006, 02:03:35 PMvh1 special " behind the badges", the pogo story :D
Does any one know where I can find anything about Pogo's history.
When I started playing, it was owned by CNET. I also know that CNET sold it and that it was owned by someone else before EA. But for the
life of me can't remember who. Please help if you can.
Thanks
lol bobby...very nice. :D
Posted by bobby
- April 22, 2006, 09:17:04 PMQuote from: TwistofF8 on April 22, 2006, 02:03:35 PMvh1 special " behind the badges", the pogo story :D
Does any one know where I can find anything about Pogo's history.
When I started playing, it was owned by CNET. I also know that CNET sold it and that it was owned by someone else before EA. But for the
life of me can't remember who. Please help if you can.
Thanks
Posted by Tookie Tookie
- April 22, 2006, 09:15:08 PMI was a member before it was Pogo. It was www.ten.com back then. There were several portals to get into pogo such as Excite, Altavista, Compuserve. Then in '99 (I think) EA bought it and it was called Pogo. Our sign names and passwords still worked and our tokens stayed the same.
Posted by -Tinkerbell
- April 22, 2006, 07:36:37 PMQuote from: Helen on April 22, 2006, 05:26:25 PMQuote from: -Mike- on April 22, 2006, 05:18:58 PM
wow i never even knew pogo was that old
Yes, they've been around for quite a while. I started out on here playing hearts. Badges and tokens were unheard of. Hard to believe, huh?
yea very hard to belive
Posted by Helen
- April 22, 2006, 06:51:42 PMQuote from: TwistofF8 on April 22, 2006, 06:08:57 PM
I did find this:
"Pogo.com's history is rooted in Outland, an Internet game service for Macintosh computer users launched in the early 1990s. Dave King and William Lipa, buddies since high school who attended Stanford University together, founded the service. Outland later became a Web site called Total Entertainment Network and in September 1999 was renamed once again as Pogo.com. In 2000, Jupiter Media Metrix named Pogo.com the "stickiest" site on the Internet. In February 2001, EA acquired Pogo"
that's not enough. My interest is still perking.
I wish I could help you out more. I do remember that when ownership was switched somewhere along the way, I got emails giving me new passwords to my s/n and I had to log in that way and then change my password. I wish I could remember who those emails came from!!
Posted by hades
- April 22, 2006, 06:37:06 PMi remember when pogo was tellin members that if they were part of excite then theyd be pogo now.aol got pogo after that
Posted by TwistofF8
- April 22, 2006, 06:08:57 PMI did find this:
"Pogo.com's history is rooted in Outland, an Internet game service for Macintosh computer users launched in the early 1990s. Dave King and William Lipa, buddies since high school who attended Stanford University together, founded the service. Outland later became a Web site called Total Entertainment Network and in September 1999 was renamed once again as Pogo.com. In 2000, Jupiter Media Metrix named Pogo.com the "stickiest" site on the Internet. In February 2001, EA acquired Pogo"
that's not enough. My interest is still perking.
"Pogo.com's history is rooted in Outland, an Internet game service for Macintosh computer users launched in the early 1990s. Dave King and William Lipa, buddies since high school who attended Stanford University together, founded the service. Outland later became a Web site called Total Entertainment Network and in September 1999 was renamed once again as Pogo.com. In 2000, Jupiter Media Metrix named Pogo.com the "stickiest" site on the Internet. In February 2001, EA acquired Pogo"
that's not enough. My interest is still perking.