Have you ever met somebody that you know on the internet in real life?

Adrian

Have you met anybody that you know on the internet in real life. If so, please describe the situation.

Cianan2

Met a guitarist,tryin to start a band.

Was edgy,though,cos of all the stuff you hear about meetin people off the internet.

Adrian

like did you meet him with a few friends or on your own?

ixoy

Flippant answer - Boards beer

Yeah I've met loads. Some I arranged on purpose. Other times I'd be talking to someone and realise, after a bit, that I had talked to them before on the web (often friends/associates of others I knew thru the web). Not really many weirdoes either....

Dont be at yourself

I guess I should probably share this experience, if only to serve as a warning to others.

About 3 or 4 months after I joined boards.ie, I received an invitation from an upstanding member of the half-life community by the name of munch to meet up and play some Half-Life. Being young, lonely and foolish, I agreed. We were all set to meet up at his friend's house, or so I thought (investigation by the police revealed the owner had no relationship with munch). When I arrived, munch was standing by a car. He asked me if I'd help him carry in his PC, and I agreed. He opened the boot, and as I leaned over to pick up the monitor, he pushed me into the boot and slammed it shut. He then proceeded to drive off.

I can't honestly say how long I was in that boot, it seemed like an eternity. But I do know that when he finally stopped, threw me from the car into a ditch and poured stale beer all over me, I was a long way from home.

Of course, you probably won't believe this, just like the gardaí didn't at the time, but its true. I just hope people are aware of the dangers of meeting people they "know" on the internet.

bizmark

JESUS :dunno:

El Marco

Oh my god, I thought I was the only one!

Cianan2

Wow. Thats F*cked up.

oeNeo

Fuck.. I hope you're okay now NekkidBibleMan. :dunno:

bizmark

btw can i be a bit nosey and ask wtf you got away ?

LOL did that really happen? That's the funniest thing ever

Exit

That doesn't sound real.

Dont be at yourself

K, few things:

Yes, the above did really happen. No, I'm not looking for sympathy, I've dealt with it and it isn't a source of much grief for me anymore. I only posted it so others may learn from my mistake. At the same time, I don't find utility_'s comment very nice. I'd like to see you deal with being kidnapped and humiliated like I was.

As for how I got away? I wish I could say I fought him off or something else that at least paints me with some dignity, but the truth is he drove off.

bizmark

wtf did he do it ? did you ever find out

sci0x

Jesus that must have taken a while to get over!!

But what about munch. How did he have no relationship with this fu*k that done this to you? I mean, munch told you to meet at this place and this guy suddenly throws you in his boot at the destination. Sounds setup.

And whatever happened to munch. How come there is no posted messsages by him when you search for his username?

Dont be at yourself

Bizmark:

I don't know, I really don't. I asked him repeaedly, but he denied the whole thing, said it must have been someone else. But *I* know it was him, and so does he.

I don't know what he had against me, I was only new and didn't interact in any big way with anybody at all, certainly not in a negative way. I presume he just got some sort of sick satisfaction from watching me suffer.

sci0x:

There was no other person. It was munch who bundled me into the car, outside some random house of no connection to him at all. (To clarify, the "owner" mentioned in my first post was the owner of the address munch gave me, not the owner of the car)

munch got his nickname changed by the admins, as far as I know. From rereading threads from that time, I have a fair idea who it is

that SOOO didn't happen. How could ONE person throw you into a boot? It would only take the slightest of struggle to stop yourself from getting thrown into it

Dont be at yourself

Yes, you're obviously right. It was impossible, couldn't have happened! I mean, I obviously just imagined it, didn't I? Honestly utility_, are you trying to be as offensive as you can, or are you just completely tactless?

People get abducted everyweek by being pushed into car boots. When you're leaning in trying to lift something up, it doesn't take much strength at all to be pushed over.

Struggle? I wasn't exactly expecting it. I had my back turned, and was leaning over to lift something up. How was I supposed to struggle?

sci0x

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
I don't know what he had against me, I was only new and didn't interact in any big way with anybody at all, certainly not in a negative way. I presume he just got some sort of sick satisfaction from watching me suffer.

So he spent a long time there after throwing the beer over you. Probably to make you smell drunk and police think u dreamt the whole thing. Like there was no evidence of bodily harm, just your word against his.

You must have been terrified! Did he talk at all during the while scenario? Like would you recignise his voice. Well, spose you'd hardly remmember the voice now if it happened over 2 years ago.

Dont be at yourself

No no, at the ditch he spent very little time there. He dumped me out, threw beer over me and got in the car and drove off. I had my hands over my head so I can't remember exactly what he did while there, though.

I don't really remember the voice, though I remember a country accent. He talked a fair bit when we first met, introducing himself and all. Funnily(perhaps not, considerig) enough, I can still remember the warm smile he had on his face - he didn't look like a creep at all, completely normal.

bizmark

are you young ? how big was he compeared to you ? .......if some one did that to me the min i was out of that boot id beat the **** out of him

Bicky

Please let us in on the private joke.
From what i know of him munch could not force anyone into a car.

El Marco

Wow nakey, I'm sorry for jesting in my first post. I never even new all this actually happened to you, I guess that's why you are so introverted and quiet at our lexcorp gatherings. You must be a brave person to still meet up with people you know on the internet, you have my respect and admiration.

po0k

Aw Nakey :dunno:

Well, you know what they say "Often defiled, never deflowered".
You got away lightly.

You little scamp.

Originally posted by El Marco
Wow nakey, I'm sorry for jesting in my first post. I never even new all this actually happened to you, I guess that's why you are so introverted and quiet at our lexcorp gatherings. You must be a brave person to still meet up with people you know on the internet, you have my respect and admiration.

omg you have "lexcorp" gatherings??:rolleyes:

sci0x

Originally posted by Bicky
Please let us in on the private joke.
From what i know of him munch could not force anyone into a car.

Well it has to be him coz...

NekkidBibleMan "still remember the warm smile he had on his face."

You must have felt like killing the bastard, lying to the guards in front of you.

Dont be at yourself

bizmark: I was a few months shy of 16 when it happened. I must have weighed about 8 stone, and he was much bigger than me. Even if I was expecting it to happen, I don't know how much of a fight I could have put up. When I was lieing in that ditch beating the **** out of him was the last thing on my mind, I just wanted him to leave me alone.

Bicky: What's funny? From what *I* know, munch could force someone into a car. And I know a fair bit more about it than you, I think.

El Marco: It's ok, I know you mean well. Meeting up with you guys the first time was different. It was in a crowded area and the meet was between more than two people.

Syxpak: What are you trying to say? Munch didn't molest me, if that's what you mean. He may have derived sexual pleasure from it, but I was not touched in that way.

sci0x: Huh? I never actually seen him after that day. The warm smile on his face I remember from when we first met at the car, before I knew what he was going to do. It was munch though, I am certain.

sci0x

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
Syxpak: What are you trying to say? Munch didn't molest me, if that's what you mean. He may have derived sexual pleasure from it, but I was not touched in that way.

Nah, i think he is trying to say you are lucky you got away with only drink being poured over you. He could have sexually assaulted you or beaten you up or done something a lot worse.

po0k

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say.

Sorry if I wasn't quite clear enough.

What happened to your phone?
Did the battery die on you, adding insult to (psycological) injury?

Moriarty

...... lmao.......

Falkorre

Wow, N, that is scary.

On a happier note tho' *I* met my partner online, and he travelled from the usa to get here, we have now been together (offline) for almost four years and I like to think we are pretty happy.

Somtimes, just somtimes, it does work out, but yes, caution is vital.

B

sci0x

...... lmao.......

Sorry but how the hell can you put an lmao anywhere on a thread after hearing a story like that?? Sick or what!

This is actually is a serious situation. Something like this good affect you for the rest of your life and here u are with your "lmao"!!??

I know a girl who had some person come up and asked for her phone or he'd hurt her in the middle of Cork city. She gave it to him and he went away. She is terrified of being out on her own ever since.

So dont joke and keep your "lmao" to yourself.

tman

i'm not sure whether Nakey's post is a troll or not... lmao was my initial reaction too.:rolleyes:

sci0x

Originally posted by tman
i'm not sure whether Nakey's post is a troll or not... lmao was my initial reaction too.:rolleyes:

ohh :eek:
I just overreact sometimes
Soorreey

Agent Smith

i met devlore,bioazrd and dragula.... all at megalan

biohazard helped me with my lan connection, he was well cool


dragula: i cant say enough about this guy.... he was well cool. offers of smokes and blank cd's a plenty..... he was well cool!



devlore.... well he seemed nice.... bought a crate of red bull of the guy..... nice fellow (i think)

there was a weird look in his eyes anyhow

PHB

legend

Agent Smith

who is?

20 Times 20 Times

wat a strange thread

zAbbo

ive met most of the quake n8z, and some waterford nards

Beruthiel

this is hardly a personal issue
off to After Hours with you
B

seamus

To echo Moriarty.... lmao ....

Nakey, you're getting my nomination for thread of the year.

Moonbeam

Hasn't everybody?::P

sutty

A classic flame!

Funky

this is better than the "Jesus Christ..." thread!

AL][EN

I've met loads of people from the boards at the beer bashes. but before boards (god my life before boards its so had to imagine my life before boards anymore )

I used to chat on IRC allot in college, myself and a friend of mine in college got real friendly with a load of students from Dundee University in scotland and in our last year in college we went over to meet them was a real good laff and there were real friendly n all so i guess we were lucky in that respect as they were a sound bunch of lads (and ladies) considering what happened to NekkidBibleMan i guess im lucky,

and now for the nerdy bit *hangs head in shame*
I also got chatting to a real nice lass from the UK (somewhere in surrey, chessington if memory servers me correctly) we got on really great too i really wanted to go over and visit her but i never got the chance ( aaaaaaaaaawwwwwww ) i lost contact wit her a few years back which is a real shame cos i would have liked to meet her,

ecksor

I really don't want to go into details, but I had a similar encounter with munch a few years back

Civilian_Target

I went to an AGHL (alt.games.half-life) gathering in Leeds last summer, it was great, we all got pissed, went out etc, and 7 of us crashed one of the guys front room. But it was just a great laugh with a good group of people, ranging from 16 to 65 (seriously).

That aside, I've met a few other people, in fact a guy I knew online from a CS clan is now living next door, by sheer co-incidence. Met a few other people I knew online at DNC bashes, QUBLAN, Witness and at a RADOX gathering.

Always in a group, and always in public places. Meeting people on your own isn't clever, as we've heard.

MrNuked

How come munch isn't banned? Doesn't kidnapping fall under the category of spoiling other users' enjoyment? What a nutbag! Is munch now called stephen? Dunno why people are laughing it off. Stranger things have happened.

I met someone to buy a monitor off them via this site. I met someone for a job interview via this site. It can be a useful way of making contacts.

koneko

OMG guys, did you know the word gullible isn't even in the dictionary?

Dave

Munch was a well known offender, he just kept on changing his name, making new accounts, Nakey was just unfortunate, he had no idea of the reputation that preceded this munch guy. Our sympathy should lie with him not accusations of trolling or laughter at this poor misfortunes expense.

misswex

Have never met anyone of the net and after reading that story I don't think I ever will :eek: