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Where have all the old boardsies gone?

MrMatisse · 2012-03-31 12:45:52

Where have all the 1999-2005 joiners gone? Seems most posters nowadays are 2008+ joiners? Alien abduction? Wimmin? Berties fault? Atari Jaguar? Quake rehab?

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#52 31-03-2012 7:09pm

Doctor DooM

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Crap, is 2008 now the barrier between old and new?

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#53 31-03-2012 7:11pm

kelle

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ANXIOUS wrote: »

I suppose most people here don't remember face kicker, thaedydal, being banned for mentioning a certain shakesphere play. I think when daft bought a stake, the admins lost power to do random things.

What happened to Thaeds, I remember she changed her username but then disappeared off the radar!

And Tallaght01, Karl Hungus, they were mods now with closed accounts.

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#54 31-03-2012 7:12pm

Born to Die

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Doctor DooM wrote: »

Crap, is 2008 now the barrier between old and new?

Only when upgrading your car.

A lot of the old stagers are frequenting their private forums, it keeps them away from the riff raff.

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#55 31-03-2012 7:18pm

humbert

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I think the farther you go back the more it was nerds who did most of the posting.

Now that everyone is online all the time it's those who are the most idle, in or out of work, who do the most posting, so the percentage of absolute retards on boards has rocketed.

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#56 31-03-2012 7:20pm

xzanti

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I remember when this was all fields.

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#57 31-03-2012 8:06pm

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Some have got fed up, hate being disagreed with, only concerned with their own or like minded opinion, got in a sulk and stormed off, some take things too seriously and can't forgive - they have issues! Some have new ids. Some were banned, insulted and offended by someone on the thread. Some may dislike the moderator and have issues with them. These reasons come to mind. Oh and in case you are wondering which category I fit into it is the one where I was ignored on the thread. Did I mention that one at all!!!!!!!!!! Nothing worse than not being taken seriously. Believe me. Becoming invisible is not much fun on boards hence the name change. Oh another reason why people disappear
They might have ..... well dare I say it .... died. Take your pick.

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#58 31-03-2012 8:17pm

Thrill

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As someone who lurks the prison forum a little I noticed quite a few older members getting banned over the past year.

Boards started perma banning people who had a lot of infractions and a lot of the older members who had picked up infractions and temp bans over the years got the boot.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056423660

ZAPH wrote:

We used to be more tolerant towards serial offenders, but tbh all that happened was that those people just kept acting the dick and the mods got more and more pissed off having to deal with them. So we've lowered our tolerance a bit and we no longer put up with the rubbish that comes from people with records as bad as yours. It's made the mods lives a lot easier, and by extension the admins lives too, while allowing regular posters the opportunity to enjoy Boards without having to deal with persistent trolls and the like. Everyone's a winner really.

Example

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056455070

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#59 31-03-2012 8:55pm

zenno

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I just read those two links there from Thrill and that's heavy sh1t to say the least.

I have a few bans and infractions over the years myself but if that link is anything to go by I better get my sponge-brain together. I will say though after all the few bans and infractions over the years you do easily get the jist and it does make you more relaxed and focused other than keep losing the plot all the time because of what might happen (A Ban) so it's beneficial with regards to learning how to conduct yourself on this site, and also know the consequences if not adhered to.

Glad I read those Links as it keeps me in check.

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#60 31-03-2012 9:01pm

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Funny that this thread is asking where all the old boardsies are gone, now all of a sudden they've resurfaced on this thread.

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#61 31-03-2012 9:02pm

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Funny, until now i considered myself slightly 'noob'y, but i guess i've been here for ~78% of the time boards has (4071 of 5173 days as of today). Man, i feel old. :O

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#62 31-03-2012 9:03pm

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If you believe they put boardsies on the moon,
boardsies on the moon.

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#63 31-03-2012 9:05pm

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Jaysus I would have hated being on olden days boards with all their old jokes, ancient wisdom and old technology, good riddance to them is what I say.

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#64 31-03-2012 9:06pm

MrMatisse

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and dial up!

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#65 31-03-2012 9:08pm

zenno

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44leto wrote: »

Jaysus I would have hated being on olden days boards with all their old jokes, ancient wisdom and old technology, good riddance to them is what I say.

Don't forget you're history son as boards.ie was made from wisdom and old technology. :pac:

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#66 31-03-2012 9:11pm

Socialist_Pig

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closed my account:o

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#67 31-03-2012 9:12pm

Canis Lupus

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This place used to be fun till all you young kids with your skinny jeans and floppy fringes moved in :P

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#68 31-03-2012 9:12pm

44leto

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zenno wrote: »

Don't forget you're history son as boards.ie was made from wisdom and old technology. :pac:

Yeah well now we've got laptops and smart phones, in the t-olden days, the computers use to take up the whole downstairs and they had no spell check. We have moved on, Dev is no longer president, but the owner.

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#69 31-03-2012 9:15pm

Cake Fiend

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Psygnosis wrote: »

Old school here

Pfft...

Princess Peach wrote: »

They probably have a private forum with a pre 2009 join date stipulation, and they sit around and laugh at the n00bs.

It's pre-2000.

Bloody 21st century blow-ins....

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#70 31-03-2012 9:16pm

Manach

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Shrugs - this place went downhill after it stopped being a quake only boards

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#71 31-03-2012 9:16pm

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Anyone for a oldies v newbies melee fight to the death?:D

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#72 31-03-2012 9:21pm

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I assumed they are all preparing for the upcoming Zombie Holocaust/Lizard-men Wars.

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#73 31-03-2012 9:24pm

zenno

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44leto wrote: »

Yeah well now we've got laptops and smart phones, in the t-olden days, the computers use to take up the whole downstairs and they had no spell check. We have moved on, Dev is no longer president, but the owner.

Ah I remember the day's in the office when 40 square feet of room was just for a computer and while standing beside this behemoth it was like standing out in the country with 50mph gales and the noise was decibelic madness.

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#74 31-03-2012 9:32pm

44leto

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I have a picture of the ancients.

http://images.wikia.com/underworld/images/7/75/Selenemansion.jpg

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#75 31-03-2012 9:52pm

Pippy1976

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Why, exactly?

Arawn wrote: »

Aninomity.

Don't want people to figure out who I am and link me to my old user name

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#76 31-03-2012 9:56pm

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Heard it all before tbh , still waiting for a thread on them immingrants though

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#77 31-03-2012 9:58pm

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boards got too popular and it got a lot harder to have a joke without some uppity **** getting offended, so a lot of people just stopped giving a **** and moved on.

I think it was 04-06 when it all started to fall apart, for some reason it suddenly got kinda popular among college students and then more noobs followed. There was a time when making 40 posts in one day wasn't common and was lightly discouraged as spam, now you see users who registered 10 months ago with post counts in the high thousands. ****'s crazy wack.

great for boards, great for just about all the users just a small minority didn't feel like rolling with the times.

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#78 31-03-2012 10:04pm

recyclebin

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i'm still here.

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#79 31-03-2012 10:04pm

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name changes, re-regs, the boards hacking, the new close account feature, others being around long enough to have gotten fed up of the place......

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#80 31-03-2012 10:06pm

Doc Ruby

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Who can say where they have all gone.

/bubbles

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#81 31-03-2012 10:08pm

zenno

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44leto wrote: »

I have a picture of the ancients.

http://images.wikia.com/underworld/images/7/75/Selenemansion.jpg

this was the real ancients, when a human prodigy from the future walked in on this man. :pac:

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#82 31-03-2012 10:11pm

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Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

boards got too popular and it got a lot harder to have a joke without some uppity **** getting offended, so a lot of people just stopped giving a **** and moved on.

I think it was 04-06 when it all started to fall apart, for some reason it suddenly got kinda popular among college students and then more noobs followed. There was a time when making 40 posts in one day wasn't common and was lightly discouraged as spam, now you see users who registered 10 months ago with post counts in the high thousands. ****'s crazy wack.

great for boards, great for just about all the users just a small minority didn't feel like rolling with the times.

Would it not be the case because a lot of people now have more time on there hands with the celtic tiger having ended and unemployment so high.

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#83 31-03-2012 10:23pm

zenno

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realies wrote: »

Would it not be the case because a lot of people now have more time on there hands with the celtic tiger having ended and unemployment so high.

This is correct as I myself have spent a lot more time on the internet since the tiger. I wouldn't be uploading this crazy parrot talking if i wasn't unemployed... amazing parrot though..

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#84 31-03-2012 10:29pm

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Posting to see how 'old' I am.

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#85 31-03-2012 10:34pm

RoyalMarine

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old but not that old

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#86 31-03-2012 10:36pm

EdenHazard

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MOVE OVER OLDIES A NEW GENERATION IS HERE! and were not the world of warcraft nerds like you were, we like drinkin, pullin and going to the gym

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#87 31-03-2012 10:40pm

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Where have all the posters gone

Banned by moddies every one

Mods from town and from the sticks

Mainly spotty pimply dicks

This is not to say that all

Mods can't smile and have a ball

But there are some ..tall men and runts

And some that are just fuckin cunts

So don't regret the posters past

Just air your views an have a blast.

Innit ?

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#88 31-03-2012 10:47pm

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The same reason I don't engage in the Youtube community anymore it got too big and full of too many passers by and eejits, can't connect with anyone anymore, I haven't been on boards for too long but I am already asking myself why I bother, for about six months I was posting a lot while procrastinating on my thesis.

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#89 31-03-2012 10:49pm

EdenHazard

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you've been a member for like 2 years mate, hardly a vet

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#90 31-03-2012 10:50pm

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Corruptedmorals wrote: »

I notice this too, I miss seeing posters like Sarky and Mordeth around. Though they probably are, name changes confuse me.

Mordeth was pretty awesome

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#91 31-03-2012 10:51pm

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Tryna think whose gone from the old people I remember? Is that 6th guy still around?

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#92 31-03-2012 10:58pm

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I'm still here, I just blend in with the wallpaper now.

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#93 31-03-2012 10:59pm

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I've been lurking in the shadows almost half my life...

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#94 31-03-2012 10:59pm

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ah the old lads right on cue, vets!!!!!! its an honour

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#95 31-03-2012 11:04pm

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saa wrote: »

The same reason I don't engage in the Youtube community anymore it got too big and full of too many passers by and eejits, can't connect with anyone anymore, I haven't been on boards for too long but I am already asking myself why I bother, for about six months I was posting a lot while procrastinating on my thesis.

Maybe you are just not into the buzz anymore, and the el weirdo videos that are supposed to make people laugh. in my personal opinion, anything on any youtube site that makes you laugh even if it is a small one is bang-on. look at the positive and not the negative.

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#96 31-03-2012 11:10pm

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Still here, did take long break between postings over the years.

Yeh, the bloody Emo generation are taking over

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#97 31-03-2012 11:18pm

HoPpiE

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I'm most certainly mainly a lurker.

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#98 31-03-2012 11:44pm

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just had one of the busiest weeks of my life so wasnt really on at all for the last week, its only going to get busier so i may end up closing my account

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#99 31-03-2012 11:53pm

Pete M.

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I'm not dead yet....

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#100 01-04-2012 12:03am

YuM

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Hiding in the long grass!

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#101 01-04-2012 12:24am

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Still here darlings

21/25

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