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Where have all the old boardsies gone?

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  • #152
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    regi wrote: »
    I wonder how many of us Feb 1998ers still log on regularly...

    Feb 1998 was the date Cloud imported the users from the last software in (I think!), so the first 300 or so of us date from then.

    Dates don't mean much ;)


  • #153
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    MrMatisse wrote: »
    Ah those were the days, many will find the above post baffling

    I'm baffled. what is mcd ? medical council detective ??? if it is well known then i must remove myself from under this rock.


  • #154
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    joolsveer wrote: »
    I wish I had joined in 1998!

    Even in 2002-2003 the posting rate was slow on Boards.
    Not enough traffic to keep the front page active.

    There would be times late at night/morning when there would an hour or two between posts.
    Was painful if the latest post was in some place like fishing/angling forum :mad:


  • #155
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    joolsveer wrote: »
    I wish I had joined in 1998!

    So do I.


  • #156
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    zenno wrote: »
    I'm baffled. what is mcd ? medical council detective ??? if it is well known then i must remove myself from under this rock.

    http://blather.net/globaleyes/archives/2006/08/mcd_are_suing_boardsie.html


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  • #157
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    It's changed/


  • #158
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    kelle wrote: »
    http://blather.net/globaleyes/archives/2006/08/mcd_are_suing_boardsie.html

    I see, farout. I was oblivious to this until I seen that link. quite interesting.


  • #159
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,902 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    My join date is my mother's birthday coincidentally enough, obviously 17 year old me was putting in a lot of effort for the occasion.


  • #160
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Unfortunately, I'm still around here :)


  • #161
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I'm still around here :)

    You're doing well Duggy as I thought this nutball almost excluded you from boards.ie :pac::pac::pac:


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  • #162
    Kulgan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Kulgan


    Lurking...


  • #163
    Born to Die
    Closed Accounts Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Born to Die


    Kulgan wrote: »
    Lurking...

    and waiting to pounce..


  • #164
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    I find that most only post in certain forums, ignoring the crap that goes on elsewhere on boards.ie


  • #165
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    Mordeth was pretty awesome :(

    I always thought he was a ****.


  • #166
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    Sarky wrote: »
    I always thought he was a ****.

    :(


  • #167
    fjon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    I looked back to my first post after reading this thread. Funnily it was a post asking for advice on what to get for my first car in 2003:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=951030

    Back in them days it cost more to insure a car than to buy it. I was paying over €3000 a year for a Seat Ibiza!


  • #168
    yossarin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 932 ✭✭✭yossarin


    Psygnosis wrote: »
    Old school here,more a lurker than a poster
    what he said


  • #169
    Wookie
    Registered Users Posts: 171 ✭✭Wookie


    Still here, a lurker.


  • #170
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    I've been lurking for years, basically since I started college.


  • #171
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    :(

    Fine.

    A sexy ****.


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  • #172
    deecom
    Registered Users Posts: 425 ✭✭deecom


    I would say, partner, kids, house they cant pay for... Or like me left the country and all of the above.


  • #173
    D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭D


    regi wrote: »
    I wonder how many of us Feb 1998ers still log on regularly...

    Feb 1998 was the date Cloud imported the users from the last software in (I think!), so the first 300 or so of us date from then.

    I also think that there are a few manually imported users that have join dates of 1970.

    Also 2003 is not old.


  • #174
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,269 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    There's a few posters I miss, though I don't know if they've just re-regged and I've not found them as funny since...


  • #175
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    We all got promoted in our jobs and have less time to post or fired from our jobs and have no computer to post on.


  • #176
    spoofilyj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 ✭✭✭spoofilyj


    Bit of a lurker myself, I dont tend to post as much in AH anymore but more in specific forums or I just read and dont post.

    A lot of the AH threads are just rehashes of arguements that happen way to often...

    Still its great that so many people are still around and active on the site, it nice that old and new are using Boards and long may it continue :-)


  • #177
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Doc wrote: »
    Most post when we have somthing to say not to just add to our post count.
    Indeed .

    I could never understand the importance on post counts just for the sake of getting the numbers up but if you post in a private forum or a busy one like for instance soccer ,then you can run up the post count fairly quick over the weeks and months .
    the_syco wrote: »
    I find that most only post in certain forums, ignoring the crap that goes on elsewhere on boards.ie
    Nail on head ...while there are some interesting threads on boards.ie there's also lots of crap .


  • #178
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    feck them, its the cowboys Im intreested in


  • #179
    wilkie2006
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭wilkie2006


    I heard that all the old boardsies got into a boat and fcuked off like the Elves in The Lord of the Rings did. It mightn't be true though - I heard it from a hairy little midget (and y'know what they're like... :rolleyes:)


  • #180
    Sugar Free
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭Sugar Free


    Rabies wrote: »
    Even in 2002-2003 the posting rate was slow on Boards.
    Not enough traffic to keep the front page active.

    There would be times late at night/morning when there would an hour or two between posts.
    Was painful if the latest post was in some place like fishing/angling forum :mad:

    And let's not forget the dreaded 03 30 server maintenance! I think it was possibly the main reason for the formation of the nocturnal forum also.


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  • #181
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Sugar Free wrote: »
    And let's not forget the dreaded 03 30 server maintenance! I think it was possibly the main reason for the formation of the nocturnal forum also.

    -_-

    Who are you?
    Have we met on a previous server?


  • #182
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    It was better before in that there was a far lower quotient of braindead/knuckledragging/lunatic, but it's better now IMO in the sense that it's more open and inclusive, less cliquey and esoteric.


  • #183
    guitarzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭guitarzero


    I tend to go a week or two without posting as I hate pretty much everyone here, then I come back to vent this hatred.


  • #184
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    guitarzero wrote: »
    I tend to go a week or two without posting as I hate pretty much everyone here, then I come back to vent this hatred.
    You used to be cool man :(


  • #185
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    been here since 2004


  • #186
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    Posting to check my join date! I still feel like a noob most of the time :)

    I used to post a lot more but it's becoming less and less every time I see how many awful people there is on boards - a lot of posters are just nasty and there's an undercurrent of agression everywhere. It's definitely not the same as it used to be (I know that makes me sound like an oul one).

    However, I've found Boards fantastic for keeping up with what's going on at home, it's made me feel connected with Ireland when I've been horrifically homesick and for that I will always be very grateful. I'm moving back to Ireland in 3 months so once that draw is no longer there for me I'm not sure about continuing to post.

    The number one poster I miss is Monkeyfudge!

    EDIT: Hmm - Oct 2006, interesting, where has all that time gone?!


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  • #187
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Where have all the old boardsies gone

    They went and got a real life


  • #188
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,810 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Sugar Free wrote: »
    And let's not forget the dreaded 03 30 server maintenance!
    Jay.Sus!

    I'll give a 3-Penalty-Points-waiver (3PPW) to the person who can find that thread where we'd all try and be the last poster in and first back out. A 5PPW if you remember who always won!


  • #189
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    I've being here too long, I think it wasn't even called boards when I signed up. T'was back when spelling names like l33t, DeVore and RasTa where all the rage.


  • #190
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,404 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    *Looks at registered date*

    My shame knows no bounds :(


  • #191
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    Posting to check my date.

    Woohoo! Am I oldschool?


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  • #192
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Shield wrote: »
    Jay.Sus!

    I'll give a 3-Penalty-Points-waiver (3PPW) to the person who can find that thread where we'd all try and be the last poster in and first back out. A 5PPW if you remember who always won!

    Back when tCN was cool :D

    Ruu was always snatching the win


  • #193
    Riamfada
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    2002 does that make me old? Joined to spam the counter strike forum.


  • #194
    Rhyme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Sarky wrote: »
    sexy ****.

    You rang?


  • #195
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    old_aussie wrote: »
    Where have all the old boardsies gone

    They went and got a real life
    Says the guy who posts on Boards.


  • #196
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    Doesn't make him wrong though, does it? :(


  • #197
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,028 ✭✭✭Wossack


    hai-gais


  • #198
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    watna wrote: »
    I used to post a lot more but it's becoming less and less every time I see how many awful people there is on boards - a lot of posters are just nasty and there's an undercurrent of agression everywhere. It's definitely not the same as it used to be (I know that makes me sound like an oul one).
    I see where you're coming from W. I even see it in myself TBH. I'm certainly more edgy, well... less accepting than I used to be on here. I was the caring sharing PI mod who loads thought I was a woman. Doubt they'd think that today. Maybe I'm picking up on the overall vibe, or maybe I'm just becoming a c u next tuesday? :) Probably the latter.

    I think it started to change subtly around a couple years ago. Not because of Daft coming in either. That's been a good thing IMHO. I'd pin a lot of it to the whole "Pokergate" incident. It got real serious real quick and a large community at the time upped sticks and walked. That bad/unsettling/WTF feeling trickled around the place. Lines were drawn etc. Add in a wider audience and the oft necessary officialdom/play it safe stuff that comes with a business that's employing folks made it bigger, but more fractured I suppose? Those changes are going to be odd for a lot of longer term posters unless you kinda change with it.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #199
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    What's pokergate, Wibbs? I remember the feedback ****-storm but didn't read it. A tl;dr p'haps?


  • #200
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Dudess wrote: »
    What's pokergate, Wibbs? I remember the feedback ****-storm but didn't read it. A tl;dr p'haps?

    IIRC some posters used a convo thread to troll other forums. Admins lost the rag, started banning and deleted the thread. Poker mods stepped down in protest and then it really escalated


  • #201
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    In my opinion it's this:

    A lot of the younger generation who spent their teens on the likes of bebo would be joining forums like boards now because they've grown up a bit. But in saying that, after growing up using services like bebo where there are no repercussions for what you say and post, they just like to troll really. This has resulted in over moderation and lack of proper discussion in a lot of threads, which has made people decide to leave the forums.


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