Reasons to love boards....1,2,3...

DublinWriter

Right. Rather than the usual "uh why was I banned?" or "why do I have to post a pic of me naked doing a handstand in the middle of O'Connel St. to get access to the Soccer Forum?" I thought it might make a refreshing positive change in Feedback for boards users to state which are their most favourite fora and why.

Which fora do you go to first and why?, or do you always just look at new posts as the first thing you do on boards?

Karl Hungus

I only need one reason to love boards... All the pics of cats! I love cats...

Hagar

So do I, in a nice red wine sauce...

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I never use the homepage, so never use the new posts thing.

I usually look at the forums I have subbed first.

Soccer

Boards Team of course.

Feedback.

Linguistics and Etymology.

Spell Czechs.

BG & RH.

B4L.

News&Media.

After Hours.

also these...

BWS

Cooking&Recepies.

Snacks&Sweets.

Coffee&Tea.

Veggies.

I also pop into PI most days, Retro, Subscribers, Literature, Puzzles&Quizzes, Dublin City, North County Dublin, few of the Musics, Broadband, all over the General Election forum on the first day of counting, but never Politics. A few other sundry fora aswell, depending on how busy work is (as you can probably already tell, work isn't that taxing as it is)

RoundyMooney

You're not the first one to come up with this idea, but we could always do with more positive threads

I'm subbed to quite a few forums, but, in no particular order Motors (& Classic Cars), Aviation and Aircraft, After Hours (natch!), Politics, and Radio.

I also visit Soccer daily, although I never bothered to get posting permission there.

With the exception of After Hours, which was never intended to be highbrow, I find all these fora to be informative, and almost exclusively troll-free, educational, and entertaining.

The sense of community is generally prevalent too, and helps to make boards what it is.

After Hours, despite its high maintenance requirement (actually not as high as you might expect, when the level of activity there is considered), is in my experience anyway, a fairly laid back and stress free place to visit, where you don't have to think deeply about your every post.

That can be a good thing too.

What about you DW?

Villain

Well my main forums would be Politics (too much lately) and Soccer (too little lately) and then whatever posts seem interesting or require information I might be able to give, I usually shy away from feedback its normally full pictures of cats and insults.

Ruu_Old

Since dropping After Hours extra time to look about but still have to keep up the smod duties. All Things Retro because I'm stuck in my childhood, Bargain Alerts to help my fellow tight arses, Comp/Tech, Helpdesk, Photography and Trophy Manager. Take a look at quite a few other forums for cleanup purposes and end up reading some stuff there. A few more in the subbed list like ones I moderator and so on.

Heisenberg.

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Pherekydes

For me I check my subbed fora daily, if around. Athletics, Cycling, AH, Fitness, Election 2007, Motors, Maynooth and a few others that have light traffic, including Maths.

Lately I've been checking out the reported posts forum, coz it can lead to some interesting threads, if you know what I mean?

Kojak

These would be the forums that I usually post in/read.

1. AH
2. TV
3. GAA
4. Soccer
5. All Things Retro
6. Motors

Boston

I post for the porn.

Necronomicon

Usually click subbed first (actually I've only just started using it strangely).

But if you really want a reason to love boards, look no further than this:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055085252

6th

Well for me its, in order, as follows:

Paranormal
Home Page
AH
Feedback
Film
Photography
Spirituality
Sex & Sexuality
Beer Guts & Receding Hair
lolocaust
Humour
Skeptics
Paganism
Garden & DIY
Comics

Other than that I have a flick through a fair few others depending on whats on the Home Page.

I rarely go near PI but I have no idea why?

Winters

Karl Hungus wrote:

I only need one reason to love boards... All the pics of cats! I love cats...

Vokes

Use the subbed frontpage as my homepage - I'd go cuckoo without it, there so many fora :eek:

In no particular order, i like to dip into Soccer, PES, FM, TV, Film (Reviews), BSG, Bargain Alerts

Into the Science fora for education purposes.

And into PI when i need to read something to cheer me up

Necromomicon wrote:

But if you really want a reason to love boards, look no further than this:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055085252

Hah! Legendary thread

Creamy Goodness

anytime i feel a bit off i can always go to the cat thread and withing miliseconds i'm grinning like a cheshire cat.

GuanYin

I only really read the super sekrit forum where we talk about everyone else.

Asiaprod

As an expat living away from home, Boards IE makes me feel connected to Ireland. I will have so many people to meet next time I get home.

What do I like:

Religion and Spirituality of course (thats how I earn my Coke and Hookers....have not got much of either yet though.
PI
AH
Feedback
Moderators
Dr WHo
King Tar and his nuts of the triangular table.
Instruments
Cooking and Recipes
IT Certification
Lifehacking
Mac
Owls and cats

nesf

The community tbh. It's pretty much the only reason I'm still posting in and reading forums on here this many years on.

amp

Oh welding power, eating children, killing the homeless. The usual sort of thing...

User45701

i use boards for different tv shows , AH, Films, Anamie, pc games
and more

Beruthiel

Smod duties require that my first port of call every morning is the "Reported Posts" forum to see if there are any spammers/people selling wares/porn that needs nuking.
Second is PI to see if everyone is behaving themselves.
Mod Forum to see what's new.
Feedback to see which mod is getting their ass chewed today.
Help Desk
After that it's random.

Tar.Aldarion

I post here because I am here.


PMs, AH, vegan & Vegetarian, poker, SC, KotRT(If only it was more active), sleeping & Dreaming, Mathematics, Mod forum, feedback, A&A. Then if anything catches my eye.

The Hill Billy

Feedback first to see who is getting their knickers in a twist & check out the latest cat & owl pics.
Then to North County Dublin to check on my neighbours.
Off to Food & Drink to see what bonkey had for dinner last night.
Then Beer Guts... for some mysoginistic humour.
AH to make me feel sane.

Then if I have time:
Work & Jobs
Gardening & DIY
Parenting
PI
Astronomy & Space
Angling

Faith

The ones I mod generally get checked first, then Feedback, Mod forum, a secret one, Heroes, Lost, Youth & Student Travel. If there's new posts, then the Harry Potter forum. Now I like to keep an eye on the forums I'll be modding soon. If I have time and I'm bored, I read AH, Fashion and Appearance, Forums, PI.

I love boards for the cat pictures too!

RE*AC*TOR

Steve_o

1. Songwriting
2. All Things Retro
3. Prime Time Cartoons
4. LNA
5. Soccer
6. Midlands
7. PI
8. Feedback
9. GAA
10.Alternative and Indie

I basically will go to any forum that interests me and where i can make a decent contribution!

Also the Cats as Karl Hungus pointed out....

Steve_o

RE*AC*TOR

tbh

Tar.Aldarion

Tar.Aldarion

Asiaprod

Tar.Aldarion

Had to download that to see it japaneseo

cson

Im investigating the conspiracy theories about the mods with special regard to the prostitution ring.

stovelid

Favs (in no particular order):

Retro
Soccer
Motors
Fashion and Appearance
Animals and Pets
Politics
Feedback
Accom/Property
Commuting/Transport
BGRH
After Hours
Music (+ S, RNB, F)

Mr Magnolia

Food & Drink fora * - one of my favourite pastimes
Gardening & DIY * - great for tips & tricks
Feedback * - see who's getting slated
NorthEast - in my area
Motors - love me cars I do
Humour & Lolocaust - obvious really
Forums - see what's up and coming

*Spend a lot of my time here.

There's another couple I'm always reading up on too 0.o

tbh

The Dome, for the craic
Feedback, to see who's slagging whom
Mods, so I know who to suppress on a day-to-day basis
LTI, we all rock in there
Personal Issues
North County Dublin
Radio

it's all good, I love boards

Winters

Faith

I have to imagine that, at this stage, boards.ie has the internet's largest collection of cat pictures.

Winters

I have about 3,000 mirrored ready for posting.....

Oryx

This thread could also be called 'What your subs say about you'

Parrotsnormal
S&S
PI
Feedback
Motors
Parenting
Consumer Issues
AH

and many, many more.

But mainly I love boards cos the mods are so wonderful, witty, sexy, cute, charismatic and above all, fair.*

*psi, does that mean I can get in the super sekrit forum now, can i? can i? please?

5starpool

I sometime forget that there is more to boards than the poker forum, but here is where I spend time in descending order:

1. Poker
2. Soccer
3. After Hours
4. Winter SPorts (just to check no one has stolen it during the summer)
5. Beer Guts
6. Personal Issues
7. Feedback
8. Helpdesk
9. Moderators
10. Humour
11. Politics
12. Television
13. Random other forums for when I get a notion, such as Aircraft and Aviation.

I rarely look at any other forums tbh.

Zaph

Forums I post fairly regularly in:

BGRH - I don't know how I survived without this forum. Big shoutout to the Brethren.
Soccer - especially the Leeds thread, for my sins.
Travel & Holidays
General Election - only recently, obviously
Beer/Wine/Sprits - especially the beer bit!
After Hours

Forums I occasionally post in:

Literature
Television
24
Alternative & Indie
Snacks & Sweets
Commuting & Transport

Forums I like to keep an eye on but only post when something particularly interests me:

Bargain Alerts
Consumer Issues
Banking/Insurance/Pensions
Motors
Aviation
PI
Feedback
Random stuff that catches my eye on the latest posts list

And just for the record, I hate cats, although I do like owls.

RE*AC*TOR

mike65

Ah cats!

Anyways...:o

Favourite forums

Motors, Classic cars, Soccer (quite whatever that is), Radio, Filum, Politics,
Commuting/Transport, Waterford City. Plus several others bubbling under like Cable TV, Long Term Illness and Weather.

I have never visited Mustard or Poker nor will I. There are limits.

I love boards cos its one long multi-dimensional chat, if you get bored you can muse with someone else in a second.

Mike.

ps I forgot the silly cat pic

Winters

DublinWriter

zaph wrote:

BGRH - I don't know how I survived without this forum. Big shoutout to the Brethren.

Yes, when I go there it feels like I'm coming home. Slob-pride at last and a shining example of modship.

I do like going into the new posts, either via Tracker or through the homepage for more up to date posts. The whole experience feels a bit like being 7 of 9 plugging back into the Borg 'collective' every 24 hours, although looks-wise I'm more Gerry Ryan than Jeri Ryan.

Oman

i used to like AH but thats gone a bit too serious for my liking so now i'm gone over to The Cuckoos Nest. i like the Forums forum aswell

BrianCalgary

Christianity
Atheis Agnosticism
Feedback - love the whiners
Soccer every now and then
Hockey periodically

BrianCalgary

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I like the above cat picture. I don't know how to show it though.