Puke, yes, I'm a San Diegan, born and bred. Hell, second generation even
My BBS was called The Possumhole, as in where a possum lives, eh?
We ran TW2002 madly, usually 2 games at once, occasionally three, since it was hard for a newcomer to break into an endgame situation. I remember we had some great utilities for use with TW2002. No cheating, I've never done that, just macros to automate trade routes and stuff.
The BBS was significantly different from the Net in one big way; the whole community lived in the same area, and you could actually get people together for pizza or a sunday breakfast.
Heh, Geeks R Us