When people meet up from Boards..

Melisandre121

Is it all very socially awkward?

The Backwards Man

It's like crossing The Who with Justin Beaver or whatever you call him

AlanS181824

Lives outside the internet?

Nah,

fleet_admiral

Its actually like meeting a few mates down the pub, well it was around 2007 at the fairly regular beer guts and receeding hairlines beers

deco nate

No not at all, unless you freak out at seeing male boardies naked when you meet them for the first time.. ....

FloatingVoter

Once I put on some clothes and put down the axe I find people relax a little.

deco nate

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's like crossing The Who with Justin Beaver or whatever you call him

Round these parts we call him gay... Small dick.... Twat.... Muppet

G_R

I've found people don't look like you think, and you've been pronouncing their user names wrong this whole time.

Other than that, they're great craic

fleet_admiral

Grand_Rajnah wrote: »

I've found people don't look like you think, and you've been pronouncing their user names wrong this whole time.

Other than that, they're great craic

Yeah I thought Tom Dunne was the actual Tom Dunne

G_R

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Yeah I thought Tom Dunne was the actual Tom Dunne

And apparently zaph likes to be called zafe as in rhymes with safe. It was all very strange

FloatingVoter

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Yeah I thought Tom Dunne was the actual Tom Dunne

The odds are that Bono and Ryan Tubridy have accounts too. I would, with the crap they get...it' would pass a day away slagging yourself off.

fleet_admiral

Grand_Rajnah wrote: »

And apparently zaph likes to be called zafe as in rhymes with safe. It was all very strange

Yeah I called him Zaff and he was none too impressed!

FloatingVoter

Well I'm simply FloatingVoter. It rhymes with daisy. As you'd expect.

Ruu

Once met someone I site banned...boy that was a silent few moments.

G_R

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Yeah I called him Zaff and he was none too impressed!

The respones I got was something along the lines of " every fecking time"

deco nate

Ruu wrote: »

Once met someone I site banned...boy that was a silent few moments.

Yea that was awkward for both of us...... Oh ****!!

Zaph

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Yeah I called him Zaff and he was none too impressed!

I still haven't forgiven you!

fleet_admiral

Zaph wrote: »

I still haven't forgiven you!

Ah I was buckled, Ive given up the black bush since. I had to after the beers in the long stone;)

The Backwards Man

I told a boardsie I was Zaph once, they looked at me like I had two heads.

StupidLikeAFox

If somebody cracks a joke all the others just say "Thanks"

Zaph

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Ah I was buckled, Ive given up the black bush since. I had to after the beers in the long stone;)

Good times.

wendell borton

I have never had a conversation regarding boards to anybody in the real world.

biko

How awkward can it get when a bunch of super nerds meet up in a pub, most of them not old enough to drink?
It's like a Nintendo/Linux convention with some Manga fans thrown in.

The_Valeyard

Do people use there online names or real names?

Smidge

biko wrote: »

How awkward can it get when a bunch of super nerds meet up in a pub, most of them not old enough to drink?
It's like a Nintendo/Linux convention with some Manga fans thrown in.

I read that as a Nintendo/Lynx convention.
Still apt I guess

incrisis

I have met numerous people from forums/boards I am a member of and most of the time it has been good fun..... usually there is a lot of alcohol involved as well, which is always a good thing...

Everyone in the real world calls me Incy, pronounced like the spider in the rhyme, it was a nickname I ended up with many years back as a shortened version of the username I use every where on the internet....

FloatingVoter

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Do people use there online names or real names?

I find Pat works better than Float in the real world. "Sir", "Boss", "Chief" are also good. I can also deal with ""dumb ****", "****", and "bollox".

You'll have to pronounce the asterixes.