Why did you join boards.ie?

Amprodude · 20-03-2013 2:47am #1

It amazing to see a good few members on here who have been on boards.ie since 2001 and before and are still posting 12/13+ years later. That is a lifetime. I would love to know who is the longest serving and most frequent poster?

My question is how did you hear about boards.ie and why did you join? What influenced you to sign up first day? Im relatively new to boards but it was the GAA forum that got me to register and slowly i found my way onto other forums that shared my interests. Now, I can't live without having boards as part of my life.

KKkitty · 20-03-2013 2:51am

I was a lurker and took a mad notion to register. AH was my favourite forum to lurk in before I registered.

menapyan · 20-03-2013 2:53am

family member used it and we were the only other people we knew to have internet access, so we were always linking each other stuff, he used it for gaming and invited me over one day. I was used to American based bulletin boards and didn't really like it so much so didn't stay. I was born on the internet in America and I still only feel half Irish and not at all at home here.

aSligoDub · 20-03-2013 2:55am

Mike65 was the highest a couple of years ago, not sure about now.

And Cloudwarrior has the first post..

1ZRed · 20-03-2013 2:55am

12 years is some shíte lifetime!

Cut off right before the drink and boobs get a hold of ya

Chuck Stone · 20-03-2013 2:55am

Someone was wrong about something and I joined to point it out.

The internet needs that kind of thing.

BillyMitchel · 20-03-2013 2:57am

I was looking on the interweb looking for filth and I thought AH sounded like a meet places for odd balls. Obviously I was extremely disappointed but I kept lurking for years and got a great laugh from it.

Then I had to go work abroad for awhile so I had lots of spare time so I then decided to take the plunge and register.

Ruu · 20-03-2013 2:57am

To complain about dialup internet and see how many others were in the same boat.

COYVB · 20-03-2013 2:58am

KKkitty wrote: »

I was a lurker and took a mad notion to register. AH was my favourite forum to lurk in before I registered.

I never understood why people do that. Is not incredibly... dull?

kryogen · 20-03-2013 2:59am

Joined to talk about poker, that was the only part of boards I used for a solid year or so, then branched out.

To the detriment of my actual life

Jhcx · 20-03-2013 3:00am

I was here in '09 gave me a shock one day to realize i was signed up. But was a habit to sign up for every website i liked. im sure i had a massive footprint left on the webs. but i assumed a new identity and its nearly as big as the last.

hefferboi · 20-03-2013 3:00am

Ruubot2 wrote: »

To complain about dialup internet and see how many others were in the same boat.

Dialup internet in 2013?

ColeTrain · 20-03-2013 3:05am

For the sheer craic

Ruu · 20-03-2013 3:07am

hefferboi wrote: »

Dialup internet in 2013?

New account, closed the other one a year or two ago, had a 2002 reg.

Call Me Jimmy · 20-03-2013 3:11am

To read the same threads over and over until the universe tires of being experienced from my perspective, of course!

orestes · 20-03-2013 3:18am

Ruubot2 wrote: »

New account, closed the other one a year or two ago, had a 2002 reg.

ZOMBIE RUU!

:eek::eek::eek:

Mince Pie · 20-03-2013 3:20am

I moved back to Ireland after a decade away and everytime I looked something up there was a boards thread on it. Made sense to join up. Now I tend to just lurk and giggle in AH mostly.

sunbeam · 20-03-2013 3:46am

I joined to thank someone for posting instructions on how to get my mobile connected to the internet. It was driving me nuts and I was thrilled that someone else had worked it out. Can't even remember what phone it was now.

I lurk far more than I post-might get to 1000 posts by 2015 if I pick up the pace a bit...

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 20-03-2013 3:52am

I joined in '98 because people were talking about Quake.
This whole place used to be quake players as far as the eye could see, now it's all noobs who probably don't even know how to strafe-jump around the pillars of DM3. :rolleyes:

Ruudi_Mentari · 20-03-2013 3:53am

cuz jesus don't want me for a sunbeam

20-03-2013 3:53am

Was living and working in Israel at the time but needed to get in touch with the o2 network. Never heard of Boards before that but Googled the o2 support thread here, got the answers I needed, and decided to stick around. Still more of a lurker than a poster though, too busy having an actual life instead of a virtual one.

Rasheed · 20-03-2013 4:10am

Boards threads came up in Google search for a couple of things I had googled. So I became a lurker for awhile, got addicted and then joined!

CollardGreens · 20-03-2013 4:25am

The thought I wanted to visit after hearing how pretty it was, so I logged on to learn about Ireland and the people.

Rabies · 20-03-2013 4:33am

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Someone was wrong about something and I joined to point it out.

The internet needs that kind of thing.

I seen it on the computer screen next to me in college. Joined. Had fun. Trolled. Nearly got banned. Got given mod powers. Stayed. Gave up mod powers. Took them back. Gave them up again. Now I live in a happy place

nice_very · 20-03-2013 5:06am

I registered to comment on the "I have a dilemma" thread (had a diff ID before but forgot password)

Xavi6 · 20-03-2013 5:27am

N00b 2011, 2012 and 2013 regos everywhere in this thread.

Recommended by a friend so joined up as a 17 year old. Thought about jacking it in many a time but it keeps me connected with stuff at home and 2002 is a fairly big boards penis :cool:

BBDBB · 20-03-2013 7:56am

I joined to ask for some genuine opinions.

I wanted to know if this underwear was too sexy for my sister

Andersonisgod · 20-03-2013 8:01am

To protect the world from devastation,
To unite all people within our nations,
To denounce the evil of truth and love,
To extend our reach to the stars above,
Anderson!
Is God!
Team Sanity blast off at the speed of light,
Surrender now or prepare to fight,
Meow that's right!

knucklehead6 · 20-03-2013 8:04am

I joined in 2006 when my previous hang out site (dangerhere) got hacked and was down for a week or 2.

oldyouth · 20-03-2013 8:07am

I had enough of the rubbish being spouted on Foot.ie and switched to the rubbish being spouted on Boards

Giblet · 20-03-2013 8:08am

Quake!

johnny_knoxvile · 20-03-2013 8:08am

i wanted a forum where every funny thread gets locked...After Hours kept me coming back for more.

Spear · 20-03-2013 8:09am

Amprodude wrote: »

It amazing to see a good few members on here who have been on boards.ie since 2001 and before and are still posting 12/13+ years later. That is a lifetime.

It's not even a third of my lifetime.

My question is how did you hear about boards.ie and why did you join?

Trying to find a super socket 7 or a slot A motherboard. Never did find a slot A board, and a good, original AMD Athlon went to waste.

Gummy Panda · 20-03-2013 8:10am

I joined because there was a lot of loose women on boards back in the day and if anyone knows how to give a belly rub, its a loose woman.

Mr. CooL ICE · 20-03-2013 8:11am

Quake.

And LMGTFY wasn't around back then

Sugar Free · 20-03-2013 8:13am

Google search about the university I was about to attend back in 2004 threw up a boards forum for it.

ads20101 · 20-03-2013 8:15am

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

In all honesty, not sure why. I joined in 08 I believe but only stated to use it consistently a couple of years ago.

Dravokivich · 20-03-2013 8:29am

To pick up chicks.

Ilik Urgee · 20-03-2013 8:33am

BBDBB wrote: »

I joined to ask for some genuine opinions.

I wanted to know if this underwear was too sexy for my sister

No, that suits her just fine;)

Just Like Heaven · 20-03-2013 8:47am

I was in TY asked in the leaving cert forum 3 years ago if I should do Physics or Chemistry for the leaving cert, I didn't want to do either but had to pick one. I ended up taking both and somebody on boards convinced me to take up Japanese for the craic. I'm still speaking it :pac:

iDave · 20-03-2013 8:52am

Ah only took this thing seriously when An Fear Rua folded. Bring back Liam Cahill!

Tar.Aldarion · 20-03-2013 9:29am

hefferboi wrote: »

Dialup internet in 2013?

Get a load of the new blood not recognising ruu!

Friend was a mod, thought I should spam with him in uni

Tabnabs · 20-03-2013 9:32am

I joined because I kept reading about the free coke and hookers.

herisson · 20-03-2013 9:40am

My then boyfriend was a member and made me join. Then I lurked for a bit, posting here and there until last year when I went a bit mad posting and shot up a few thousand posts :pac:

My 5 year anniversary is coming up soon too

Sergeant · 20-03-2013 9:43am

I joined in 2000, and quickly developed a reputation as one of boards most obnoxious trolls. I got a peculiar kick out of winding people up on the Internet. I then got bored, and stopped posting.

I rejoined in 2010 following the hacking incident. I now engage in passionate, yet respectful debate, and take this whole Internet thing very seriously.

Angron · 20-03-2013 9:50am

One of my friends was on it a lot, so that piqued my interest, and so here I am.

seamus · 20-03-2013 9:58am

Was working part time in a call centre and studying computers in college, so I had a lot of time to kill and access to (then) high-speed internet access in very public places. That ruled out porn, so I went with boards instead after I saw a colleague using it.