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Signs you're a FPL addict - Boarsie edition - Please read first post

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    #32
    FantasyYIRMA
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭FantasyYIRMA


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    I'm robbing the excellent idea from FantasYIRMA article to see what are the signs from a boarsie perspective...


    Thanks for adding - some cracking responses

    I think I had to reflect on exactly how many of the original 27 i nodded my head and agreed with - frightening!

    Thanks again for adding - the article has had a great response an it's great to see folk running with it and posting their additions - I'm sure there's 100s more out there.



    All the best,

    FY

    Sitting in a Car park whilst the Mrs is in Tesco's listening to a Hull game in the hope of a clean sheet has also left me questioning myself!! ha


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    #33
    manual_man
    Registered Users Posts: 15,262 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    when... you have 4 different women FPL games on the go, and are trying desperately to keep them all happy...


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    #34
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,363 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    ...Saturday mornings 10.30 - 11.30 are the most stressful part of your week.


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    #35
    OneColdHand
    Registered Users Posts: 4,254 ✭✭✭OneColdHand


    When someone on boards mentions a new FPL related website (eg. FF Fix) that you haven't heard of, and you panic, thinking 'oh crap, EVERYONE has a HUGE advantage over me.' And you then spend the next hour trawling through this new website trying to 'catch up'!


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    #36
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    ...when you are 2 miles into a 19 mile run and you spend the next 9 miles checking the score in the Liverpool - Arsenal game because you don't any attacking Pool players and are sh!tting yourself because they are running riot after 20 minutes.


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    #37
    dublinhead
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭dublinhead


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KevIRL View Post
    I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

    Was checking out the Boards.ie FSA league table there a couple of weeks ago and spotted his name, just checked there and he is in 116th place in the league!




    I had a great battle with carlcon for the 2011/12 season, for the top of the boards.ie league. I won on the last day of the season thanks to aguero. He finished 251 in the world. I finished 227. Good player of the game. He was the Lemlin of the day!

    You know you are addicted to FPL when you can't wait for snow/ice at christmas and knowing which clubs have undersoil heating gives you an advantage!


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    #38
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    when van aanholt assists a goal and you shriek with delight only for a few minutes later to squeal in anguish when he injures himself


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    #39
    AdMMM
    Registered Users Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    ...when you're more interested in the foreign commentary streams you have set-up featuring the relegation fodder, praying for clean sheets because you cunningly have some of their 4.0 defenders in your Fantasy team instead of your own team playing in HD on the main TV in front of you!


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    #40
    Lemlin
    Registered Users Posts: 22,249 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    dublinhead wrote: »
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KevIRL View Post
    I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

    Was checking out the Boards.ie FSA league table there a couple of weeks ago and spotted his name, just checked there and he is in 116th place in the league!




    I had a great battle with carlcon for the 2011/12 season, for the top of the boards.ie league. I won on the last day of the season thanks to aguero. He finished 251 in the world. I finished 227. Good player of the game. He was the Lemlin of the day!

    You know you are addicted to FPL when you can't wait for snow/ice at christmas and knowing which clubs have undersoil heating gives you an advantage!

    I was third that season. Had Aguero captain and was in a City pub in Manchester on a stag - what a day.


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    #41
    Hackers
    Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Hackers


    Been there done that! She is 3 months old now so that has stopped in the last week or so.
    Iused2likebusts wrote: »
    When doing a night feed with the baby you get excited that there is a new post in the price change thread at 330 in the morning.


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    #42
    Hackers
    Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Hackers


    .....or running her over with the trolley because she has stopped to root around the back of a shelf looking for the longest best before date on a tin of beans while you are on autopilot with head buried in the phone
    Lemlin wrote: »
    You know you're addicted to FPL when:



    A shopping trip on a Saturday or Sunday usually ends in your wife losing the plot because you are walking 4-5 steps behind her, trying to keep up while reading your phone!


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    #43
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,630 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    When you look for bonus points after lasting beyond your usual ejaculation point.......


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    #44
    sneachtafear
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭sneachtafear


    When you volunteer to jump out of bed to feed the baby at night just to have a look at price rises!!


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    #45
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    When I find my self cheering on Man Utd, City, and Chelsea.


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    #46
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    ....when you and another seemingly sane and mature adult and parent trade insults on an Internet forum ahead of a H2H match. :p


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    #47
    wonski
    Registered Users Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    Iused2likebusts wrote: »
    When doing a night feed with the baby you get excited that there is a new post in the price change thread at 330 in the morning.

    You should reset your alarm clocks as the changes are at 2am now;)

    Might not be as easy as it sounds when you have to reset your baby's clock too.

    Edit:

    You're an FPL addict when you try to change your kids eating routine to fit it into price change updates


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    #48
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    When your key phone charging time is 2.05 to 3 pm, Saturday.


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    #49
    Swiper the fox
    Registered Users Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭Swiper the fox


    you use the word "algorithm" on a daily basis despite having no idea what it actually means!:confused::pac:


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    #50
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Nah, that just means you work in IT.


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    #51
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    ...when you see 'Cahill goal / Matic assist' and your first thought is "what kinda pointless f***ing goal is that! "


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    #52
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    From a full battery to half in 90 mins, due to checking out here, sofa score, and FFFix.


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    #53
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,363 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Settling down to watch a match on TV and hoping it's a boring 0-0 draw


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    #54
    IsMiseMyself
    Registered Users Posts: 4,268 ✭✭✭IsMiseMyself


    When you're on a girl's night out and you borrow your friend's laptop to check your updated rankings. Don't think I managed to convert any of my friends to the game. :pac:


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    #55
    OneColdHand
    Registered Users Posts: 4,254 ✭✭✭OneColdHand


    On the Sunday evening before an international break you say to yourself 'There's almost 2 weeks to the next deadline, and your team is in good shape, so you should take a 1 week break from all things FPL.' The next morning the first thing you do is log onto Boards to see if there's any updates on anything!


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    #56
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    OneColdHand wrote: »
    On the Sunday evening before an international break you say to yourself 'There's almost 2 weeks to the next deadline, and your team is in good shape, so you should take a 1 week break from all things FPL.' The next morning the first thing you do is log onto Boards to see if there's any updates on anything!

    I lasted till 9.15 myself......proud of that!


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    #57
    Ziegler1988
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭Ziegler1988


    Making an early transfer in an international week, followed by checking the South Korea squad to see if he's been called up :pac:


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    #58
    AdMMM
    Registered Users Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    ...you spend the first hour in work creating graphs and stats for a league that you've got no chance in.


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    #59
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    You witness the most beautiful goal you have ever seen and the first thing you think is 'who got the assist?'


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    #60
    scouttio
    Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭scouttio


    You get annoyed at flashscore for not telling you who won the penalty


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    #61
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    menoscemo wrote: »
    You witness the most beautiful goal you have ever seen and the first thing you think is 'who got the assist?'

    So much this!!


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