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How did you discover boards.ie

Sparky · 2005-06-04 11:10:37

Was just wondering how everybody discovered boards.ie, i discovered it last christmas when i was looking for info on troubleshooting that crap IBB service and since then i had discovered a whole new world. then last month i got my sister to join. So it would be just interesting to hear how you all discovered boards.ie

04-06-2005 11:10AM

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Sparky

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Was just wondering how everybody discovered boards.ie, i discovered it last christmas when i was looking for info on troubleshooting that crap IBB service and since then i had discovered a whole new world.

then last month i got my sister to join.

So it would be just interesting to hear how you all discovered boards.ie

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#2 04-06-2005 11:12AM

grimloch

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Through a friend last february i think, took me till june to join.

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#3 04-06-2005 11:12AM

Frank Grimes

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I used to read the ie.comp newsgroup a lot, saw a few posts there from time to time that were posted via boards.ie so I decided to check the site out...

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#4 04-06-2005 11:22AM

Mossy Monk

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i saw a big shiny link and just had to click on it in May of 2001

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#5 04-06-2005 11:24AM

Feenikusu

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I googled for something about Ireland, can't remember what...and there it was.

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#6 04-06-2005 11:28AM

Dizzyblabla

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a guy at work was always on it... then came the shift work and the boredom, so I joined up too!

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#7 04-06-2005 11:29AM

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Googled something

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#8 04-06-2005 11:37AM

Cianan2

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Google...

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#9 04-06-2005 11:39AM

kstanl

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I just sit on the internet all day because I'm a nerd with no social skills and online communities are pretty much the only place where I can vent my anxt.

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#10 04-06-2005 11:39AM

Sparky

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yeah id have to say google directed me towards boards

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#11 04-06-2005 11:49AM

Soap

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Used to play quake with Tom and John. My account was created the day the site launched (sometime early 1998)

Edit: oops I'm talking about my other account ChRoMe

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#12 04-06-2005 11:58AM

AdMMM

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I'll buy that account off you

Found out about it because I was told Lan Parties were organised there, went to check it out and found it wasnt just where Lan Parties were organised!

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#13 04-06-2005 12:04PM

RobertFoster

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Google.

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#14 04-06-2005 12:12PM

county

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the wife

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#15 04-06-2005 12:12PM

Rabies

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college

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#16 04-06-2005 12:15PM

Creamy Goodness

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counter-strike scene in 2001

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#17 04-06-2005 12:17PM

Drag00n79

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I think I first read about it in PC Live in 2002. It won some award or something?

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#18 04-06-2005 12:20PM

joejoem

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I heard there were tickets for last years oxygen and sure enough there was, and I got one!

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#19 04-06-2005 12:21PM

Steveire

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=255023

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#20 04-06-2005 12:45PM

Adam

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My dad! Took me a while til i joined, some pc problem I believe... Boards.ie to the rescue!

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#21 04-06-2005 12:50PM

snorlax

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my sister told me about it.......

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#22 04-06-2005 01:00PM

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I browsed about in 2003, but didn't take to any of the boards. When the Trinity Board was set up, I became interested again. Since then I've posted...well a bit, here and there.

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#23 04-06-2005 01:14PM

Mimikyu

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#24 04-06-2005 01:14PM

Lady

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My brother got me started...in May 03, been hooked since.

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#25 04-06-2005 01:35PM

Matthewthebig

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CTYI board

then discovered more

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#26 04-06-2005 01:57PM

dendenz

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years ago when it started up and won a golden spider award , read about it in pc live

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#27 04-06-2005 05:12PM

squrm

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College lecturer.

It was a slow day

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#28 04-06-2005 05:22PM

netwhizkid

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i followed a link from the ICDG website, and so far i'm impressed by this site.

Regards netwhizkid

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#29 04-06-2005 05:23PM

Crash

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Smiles introduced me to it back in the day.

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#30 04-06-2005 06:45PM

andyman

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My friend told me about it?

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#31 04-06-2005 06:54PM

dundealgan

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My boyfriend was always on it.. so i took a look and got myself addicted! :rolleyes:

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#32 04-06-2005 07:45PM

Kazaanova

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I think I kept searching google.ie, and had only Irish results turned on. Everything I searched for kept coming from Boards.ie.

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#33 04-06-2005 07:52PM

elexes

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im sure this post comes up once every 3 months or so ..

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#34 04-06-2005 08:31PM

Tar.Aldarion

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i think it does!
friend told me use it cos i use so much forus anyways and this one is irish.

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#35 04-06-2005 09:12PM

Brian017

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On Yahoo, Searching how to get BBC channels FTA in Ireland

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#36 04-06-2005 09:32PM

John

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A friend was a member and was having a dispute and needed back up so I joined. Then my account was left dormant for a few months and I started a dull, dull job that had net access. Here I am now, thousands of posts later.

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#37 04-06-2005 09:38PM

Creamy

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Basquille invited me

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#38 04-06-2005 09:49PM

Steven

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Quake back in the day. Took me a long time to actually register, though.

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#39 04-06-2005 09:52PM

samo

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Dizzyblabla wrote:

a guy at work was always on it... then came the shift work and the boredom, so I joined up too!

Ditto

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#40 04-06-2005 10:18PM

Goodshape

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A friend.

No, not Superman.

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#41 04-06-2005 11:09PM

Le Rack

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by accident looking for a gothic debs dress, in google this came up as a place for gothic clothing in Ireland

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#42 04-06-2005 11:40PM

andrew163

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Link from the IrelandOffline site I think...aaaaaaaages ago...

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#43 04-06-2005 11:55PM

Sparky

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andrew163 wrote:

Link from the IrelandOffline site I think...aaaaaaaages ago...

would that be back when men were men and women knew it.

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#44 05-06-2005 01:46AM

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I discovered boards though the ICDG website. Ended up getting hooked last summer, even met a boards member in person, lol.

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#45 05-06-2005 01:48AM

Kevin_rc_ie

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Le Rack wrote:

by accident looking for a gothic debs dress, in google this came up as a place for gothic clothing in Ireland

definetly never heard that before.

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#46 05-06-2005 01:58AM

boidey

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used to be a supervisor in a call centre, One of the agents always had this star wars themed forum in his browser. Anyway after about 2 years I asked him what it was he was lookin at every day. Turns out hes one of the mods.
No suprise that the lazy b****** was never available 2 do any work!!!

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#47 05-06-2005 10:03AM

Finch*

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i did a google search for irish counter-strike and i got this about a year ago, wasnt arsed registering till a while ago tho

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#48 05-06-2005 10:17AM

DAEDULUS

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brother showed me it back in november 2001,when it looked like this!

yes,im partially oldskool

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#49 05-06-2005 11:12AM

Crucifix

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It came to me in a dream.

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#50 05-06-2005 11:26AM

Pepe LeFrits

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my memory doesnt work that far back

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#51 05-06-2005 12:36PM

The tax man

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Think it was google/yahoo search.
Too long ago to remember.
My current join date ain't the real one.
Had to kill off my previous membership

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