Who remembers p45rant.net?

IvaBigWun

It was the only Irish forum that ever really gave Boards.ie a run for its money in terms of popularity and I would even say it had more activity than even here at one point.

Ive just checked the site for the first time in years and I see its no longer active, no doubt many users over the years abandoned ship for Boards till there were very few left to make it worthwhile.

Anyone remember p45rant.net?

Banjo String

IvaBigWun wrote: »

It was the only Irish forum that ever really gave Boards.ie a run for its money in terms of popularity and I would even say it had more activity than even here at one point.

Ive just checked the site for the first time in years and I see its no longer active, no doubt many users over the years abandoned ship for Boards till there were very few left to make it worthwhile.

Anyone remember p45rant.net?

Nope. Never heard of it.

Seachmall

Nope.

IvaBigWun

I fear I may have dreamt this

Hande hoche!

Never heard of it.

Limecube

Was is not just p45.net? Had "resignation letter" generators and similar on it?

IvaBigWun

Limecube wrote: »

Was is not just p45.net? Had "resignation letter" generators and similar on it?

No it was definitely a hugely popular Irish forum called p45rant.net (and probably not a dream). It had a button on every forum called Boss Alert (or similar) that would change any active page on it into a spreadsheet

MiskyBoyy

The Wayback Machine hasn't forgotten!
Check various screenshots from different dates HERE

Here's one from March 5th 2005:

MiskyBoyy

ha that boss alert link works on the wayback machine archived version!

Fighting Irish

I don't think it was as popular as you think, never heard of it myself

IvaBigWun

DaLad wrote: »

The Wayback Machine hasn't forgotten!
Check various screenshots from different dates HERE

Here's one from March 5th 2005:

Cheers. I found this; "Most users ever online was 714, 1st November 2006 at 01:51 AM"

So its safe to say it peaked around 2006

mike65

Remember it well - if I recall there was some friction between users. They thought they were hip and we knew otherwise.

dmc17

Limecube wrote: »

Was is not just p45.net? Had "resignation letter" generators and similar on it?

Yeah I remembered it as this too

smcgiff

I remember p45/p45rant.net. I'd the same imaginative name on that site too.

I enjoyed it very much and miss some great characters.

RIP

Wattle

Yes! I was a member for about 5 years. I'm sure there are a few refugees from P45 here. A lot of the same churlish bad humor seems to be present.

Stinicker

Who remembers boardsie .com ?

https://web.archive.org/web/20090318033237/http://www.boardsie [dot}com/

I think it was the product of someone who got banned here and decided to try beat boards at their own game, ultimately he failed and boardsie [dot] com is gone and boards.ie is still here.

boardsie [dot] com is even in the swear fileter list here still

up for anything

IvaBigWun wrote: »

It was the only Irish forum that ever really gave Boards.ie a run for its money in terms of popularity and I would even say it had more activity than even here at one point.

Ive just checked the site for the first time in years and I see its no longer active, no doubt many users over the years abandoned ship for Boards till there were very few left to make it worthwhile.

Anyone remember p45rant.net?

I remember it, didn't like it much. I didn't think it was much cop or that it ever gave boards a run for its money.

One of the best boards that had huge traffic was iVenus which belonged to U magazine if I remember rightly. It had an ancient format which was clunky and extremely slow. They rejuvenated it a few years ago but it's never reached the same level of popularity since.

PLB or Premier League Boston was another popular board, mainly soccer but with a general chat forum which makes even the old AH look like Little Women.

IvaBigWun

up for anything wrote: »

I remember it, didn't like it much. I didn't think it was much cop or that it ever gave boards a run for its money.

There's a part during Devore's great Q&A on After Hours where he reflects on P45rant.net and its popularity, its somewhere in that long thread but the whole thing is a great read.

714 registered users online at the same time is also a respectable number given the year.

Obviously the right forum won the battle though

banquo

I remember it! They had some software that displayed your screen upside-down. And you'd have people in the office physically inverting their monitors. Was amazing.

moxin

It was a forum dominated by the middle class "soccer moms in their SUV's" type posters. At least boards has a vast range of representation across Irish society.

jam_mac_jam

aw.. I remember it..and really liked it... a bit sad now they were simpler days... sigh.. there was never really enough people on it though so there was not enough happening... soccer moms? I don't really think so.

fortwilliam

DaLad wrote: »

The Wayback Machine hasn't forgotten!
Check various screenshots from different dates HERE

Here's one from March 5th 2005:

Ha !
I was a big fan of P45, and funny to see that a thread I started is in that image.. I was TwoWheels

IvaBigWun

moxin wrote: »

It was a forum dominated by the middle class "soccer moms in their SUV's" type posters. At least boards has a vast range of representation across Irish society.

Not really, although they did look down their nose at After Hours. In fairness AH at the time was the 4Chan of Boards. Its come a long way