How did you come accross boards.ie?

Aurther Hugh

I was launching a product and our website began to have a load of hits coming from a mysterious site called boards. I was tasked to investigate and never did a tap of work in that job again.

How did you hear about/ happen upon it?

Apologies for sp. of across (eek)

YeatsCounty

I was looking on a football site about ireland's World Cup Qualifiers back in 2001 and a link was posted to the Football board.

I registered, posted a little bit, forgot about the place for a couple of years, forgot the password to my old s/n and re-registered.

Kernel

Aurther Hugh wrote:

I was launching a product and our website began to have a load of hits coming from a mysterious site called boards. I was tasked to investigate and never did a tap of work in that job again.

How did you hear about/ happen upon it?

Devore pays me to post, he said it needed to be made cooler, and that's a service we offer for a nominal fee. What product or website was it btw? Must have been linked from here?

Ozzy

Stumbled on it through Altavista years and years ago looking for something Irish.
Back then, before the revolution, us poor folk used 28.8k.. while... wait a minute, this seems familiar.

ST*

Think there was another thread like this somewhere, could be wrong.

Alot of us got here by running internet searches. I did anyway.

Scraggs

discovered it back in sept 04 the tattoos and piercing forum, serial lurker til i first posted in Feb been addicted since...

Chong

How many bloody more times is this sort of thread going to be run around here.

Worse is the OP is not exactly new around here like.

Hagar

Reading Slydice

chump

bak in quake days when it was quake.ie

The_B_Man

colelge mates showed me it one time. rest is history. i wish they'd do that 3am backup durin the day so i might get sum study done! grrr

Tar.Aldarion

9 posts...the mods are too late.

*thread explodes*

Chong

There should be a sticky on this or maybe a new entry in regards to threads like these in the charter.

Aurther Hugh

WDK wrote:

How many bloody more times is this sort of thread going to be run around here.

Worse is the OP is not exactly new around here like.

I think that's a bit personal tbh. I'll say no more, it's not sporting.

casanova_kid

the ladies informed me that my services were needed.

Chong

Sorry it wasnt meant to be personal but for someone like yourself who is here since 2004 should recognise that every other week one of these threads pop up.

Suaimhneach

On a different forum, there was a thread complaining about how strict it is here. Lol.

I had a look, and found a few boards I liked. Gotten more involved in recent times.

Endurance Man

We're doing this again?

Chong

Ok let me re-iterate what I am trying to say, its not personal attack on you , and I apologise if I have insulted you. I was trying to say that someone like yourself who has been a member on boards for the past two years may have a more bit cop on not to post such a thread.

gaf1983

WDK wrote:

I was trying to say that someone like yourself who has been a member on boards for the past two years may have a more bit cop on not to post such a thread.

Not necessarily. The OP has about over 200 posts, and I have around 200 posts, a similar figure, and I have never come across such a thread. It is not inconceivable that the OP just never came across it before, or wouldn't habitually visit the forums where it's posted, such as After Hours.

If it's such a problem, why doesn't someone do as suggested above, and merge this with an older thread?

For the record I came across the boards first in March 2005, think I was looking for Limerick-related websites, I wanted to publicise a rant I had about the bus service in the city.

Chong

Its nothing to do with posts at all.

Endurance Man

gaf1983 wrote:

Not necessarily. The OP has about over 200 posts, and I have around 200 posts, a similar figure, and I have never come across such a thread. It is not inconceivable that the OP just never came across it before, or wouldn't habitually visit the forums where it's posted, such as After Hours.

If it's such a problem, why doesn't someone do as suggested above, and merge this with an older thread?

This is the main function of the "Search" feature. If you are thinking about starting a thread, especially* in After Hours, take a few minutes and search to see if similar threads have been started before. Then all you have to do is add a post to that thread.

raheny red

I came across here when I posted on FOOT.IE looking for some Interweb help and someone posted up the boards link to computer technology. That's how it all started for me!!

ClareBear

I was just about to move to Dublin and a friend of mine told me there was a Boards Beers happening and that I should go with him. I moved to Dublin and the next day I went to the Beers and had a laugh and been here since.

Creamy Goodness

i found it about 3 weeks ago when i was redirected to a thread on a topic similar to this.

then i refound boards again about 2 weeks ago when i was once again redirected to a thread with a similar topic.

ahh no, i found out about it from IRC (chat program) where boards has a room.

GLaDOS

A friend of mine recomended it

Thanks Dr.Poca!

[Jackass]

back in cs days about 5 years ago!! used boards for about a year...then nothing for about 4 years, couldn't remember password and re-registerd!

Setun

Was searchin for some Irish jazz venues and WHAMMO! Boards.ie! Coincidentally my mate had just signed up when searching for Fitness info, and another mate of mine had signed up about 2 months before also, all oblivious to the other. Weird eh?

Sam Vimes

Scraggs wrote:

discovered it back in sept 05 the tattoos and piercing forum, serial lurker til i first posted in Feb been addicted since...

i assume you mean sept 04? its hard to join in feb 05 when you discovered it in sept 05 if what you're saying is right can i borrow your time machine? i got some scores to settle :v:

Sparky

Its the only good thing IBB had done for me is to find boards.ie
its because they had a crap service i searched google and found many complaints on boards.

20 Times 20 Times

Coming home drunk one saturday night i stopped and ask a lady on the street for directions , which bring me to hear thats nearly 3 years ago. IM STILL LOST !

AdMMM

Back in 2002 I was told that LAN parties were organised here, I swiftly joined up but re-registered because I didn't like my name :x

I should save this in a txt file so I can just c&p everytime a thread like this starts.

darkman2

I stumbled on boards.ie on 'loveulster.com' believe it or not a month or so back! :rolleyes:

Azureus

i discovered it in school one day n didnt pay much attention then a few months later my boyfriend reintroduced me to it

dr zoidberg

Endurance Man wrote:

This is the main function of the "Search" feature. If you are thinking about starting a thread, especially* in After Hours, take a few minutes and search to see if similar threads have been started before. Then all you have to do is add a post to that thread.

To bump or not to bump, that is the question - Shakespeare 5.0.1

Someone in college told me about the site.

Sparky

Nostalgia
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=264048

Atrocity

I can't remember for sure but I think I was googling porn

paconnors

i was looking for information about koka noodles

Kur4mA

google.ie > broadband ftw > boards.ie :v:

40crush41

music.. listening to some Irish music on the radio -some website.. Phantom fm I think.. looked at their forum which is in here.. clicked around some more and decided to make myself a home at boards.ie

NoDayBut2Day

Found it searching for a forum to tell me more about Ireland.

Dizzyblabla

here we go, the reason hasn't changed yet!! http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2855055&postcount=6

xzanti

I googled *repetative threads* and boards.ie popped up

Mr. CooL ICE

Used it a small bit back when it was quake.ie while under a different name (Abductee). I rediscovered it when a friend mentioned an ad he put up there, and i joined up again, only months later to discover that it was simply a progression from quake.ie. Still remembered my old username and password but never use it

Mr. CooL ICE

See LordChessington's post above...

xzanti

Abductee wrote:

See LordChessington's post above...

They have medication for that you know

Tobias Greeshman

How many of these threads are there now? Reason I joined boards

connundrum

I like to run.