Talk:AOHell

Competitors
I've modified the Competitors section to remove some of the self promotion people were putting in about their progs. I decided to only name two progs by name - Fate X and HaVoK - since they are generally considered to be the next most relevant. However, if people don't agree, we can remove the naming of even them. We should try to keep this article focused on AOHell as much as possible. As to back up my statement about over 1000 progs being developed, lenshellarchive.com has archived more than that many. PAT or JK (talk) 22:18, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Other Stuff
Did AOHell come with Master.AOL? There was a list of invoke codes that detailed what each code did —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.237.109.194 (talk) 22:05, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No, master AOL was a tool for people that worked at AOL. I ended putting out the program with master aol that would scan invokes and record them with titles when found. It had nothing to do with AO-Hell. I made many other pieces of software for AOL like this, but I agree with what the guy says above. AO-Hell, Havok and Fate-x are the most important. If you mention others, the article would NEVER end. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.160.140.251 (talk) 07:37, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

This page really needs to be cleaned up, here... X-Fi6 (talk) 22:05, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Another Possible Print cite?
Looks like this article: http://www.tftb.com/aohell.html was originally in print of some kind. Anyone know where it was? Might be a decent non-web cite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.250.24.195 (talk) 18:34, 18 May 2009 (UTC) The tokens were the best part of the old aol scene, it was what it pretty much evolved into. I remember making accounts that had host privileges, or was icased, or bypassed their word filters. Ahhhhh —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.2.97 (talk) 16:33, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Progz--more information on these tools in general?
Programs like this were abundant back in the day. They were known as "progz", a more specific name than the term used in the article, which just calls AOHell a "cracking tool" and links to an article about hacking. I feel like there should be a more general article or a category dedicated to these particular programs, since they were quite popular. Toad was a well-known prog; ColdFusion is another of the many I tried out, though I don't remember them all.

Many offered (and were primarily used for) their less malicious features, like allowing users to add colors to their AOL profiles. They were pretty cool at the time, but with the way technology and AOL have developed since then, they've become obsolete in a kind of interesting way. I know I used lots of them as a kid, and as an adult I'd like to know more about them, how they worked, how AOL responded to them, similar programs that have been created for the current state of things on the internet. 173.26.226.151 (talk) 00:11, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I found this via Google just now: http://lenshellarchive.com/descriptions.html Haven't had a chance to look through the whole site, but that page lists the various categories and functions of progz: the harmless, such as ignoring specific users in a chat room or adding a color-fade effect to one's chat font, as well as the illegal, such as phishing and cracking others' accounts. Most of the ones I remember offered multiple functions.

Yes I agree, there should be more information about the whole 'progz' scene of the internet, during the late 90's early 00's.

Methodus Toolz was SOO popular, so was Rampage Toolz, these two programs basically changed the face of AOL, in the late 90's (That's a bold claim and not really so. Out of the million of people who used AOL, a very, very small demographic used or cared about those programs.  If was the legitimate add on producers (BPS and TPA) that got more attention.  They actually made money, and one is still around as of this writing. 173.170.125.39 (talk) 04:47, 24 February 2011 (UTC))  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.1.173.225 (talk) 16:54, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with you, I am very familiar with that era, the tools and how they were made. The problem is I cannot find any real good sources. There are some sites, like above, that list them and have some downloads but not too many reliable sources. If you can find any and a suitable name for an article can be created, i'd be happy to do it. The "Progz" were probably on other systems as well. A few I can think of now is of course Fate, HaVoK, Aoassasins, AoBliss, Exorcist, Method 1 scroller, and Hellraiser. I'' keep a look out.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:29, 24 February 2011 (UTC)