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When/How Did You Discover Forum Games?

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    #32
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    67% of my posts here between the main and subforums. It used to be a lot higher till recently!


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    #33
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Necro wrote: »
    67% of my posts here between the main and subforums. It used to be a lot higher till recently!
    I can't believe you're cheating on us :(


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    #34
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    I can't believe you're cheating on us :(

    :D:D I'm not really...


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    #35
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    I'm not 100% sure - it's like Stockholm Syndrome in here :D

    I was reading through one of the first Paint Reveal threads, I can't remember was it live or afterwards, or how I even found it in the first place

    But I do remember bursting out laughing several times while reading it, and I either made a made a mental note to keep an eye out for the next one, or maybe sign-ups were already open for it? Not sure, but it was Paint that brought me here :)


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    #36
    Jerry Brief Lemon
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Jerry Brief Lemon


    Game of Thrones Werewolf in 2019 was my first memory but upon investigation it appears I had been hanging around the SHEEP scene in the summer of 2019, so sometime around then.

    Assuming I've done my sums correctly (which is unlikely) 30% of my posts on here have been in Forum Games and its various offshoots.


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    #37
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Irish Aris wrote: »
    I had a look at my oldest posts in Forum Games

    Didn't even know you could do this :o


    Just checked mine and turns out it was Omackerals All Ireland Landmark Tournament that reeled me in! :pac: how could I have forgotten.

    I wasn't part of it, but I read it afterwards & commented that I thought it was great. So it's his fault I'm sniffing around these parts now :D


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    #38
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,991 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    SineadSpears wrote: »
    Didn't even know you could do this :o


    Just checked mine and turns out it was Omackerals All Ireland Landmark Tournament that reeled me in! :pac: how could I have forgotten.

    I wasn't part of it, but I read it afterwards & commented that I thought it was great. So it's his fault I'm sniffing around these parts now :D

    Not only can you look up your posts, but you can look up other users' posts! :)
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #39
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Not only can you look up your posts, but you can look up other users' posts! :)

    I'm not nosey so I never went looking for an option like that ;)


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    #40
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,341 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Not only can you look up your posts, but you can look up other users' posts! :)

    It's great for making the debate really petty.


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    #41
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    osh wrote: »
    Game 1
    Really?


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    #42
    Night owl gal
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭Night owl gal


    I discovered this place about a year and a half ago (under a different username). Played a few werewolves, a few paints and a few sheeps. Great bunch of lads, I must get back into posting here again:)


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    #43
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I think it was seeing the Simpson's Werewolf game on the 'Latest Posts' page that first made me aware that Werewolf was a thing. It seemed really intriguing so I decided to sign up for the next game, and from there I found out that Werewolf was a Forum Games subforum. I then visited the main forum and found myself a new regular haunt. :)

    I've barely played Werewolf since because I quickly learned that I am absolutely terrible at it; thankfully I've fared somewhat better in SHEEP (though not so much in HEEPS) :D


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    #44
    osh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Really?

    Well I saw a codenames game thread in recent posts or something. I owned the game so was intrigued and watched a game or two before joining in.

    Game 1 is just my codenames clue ;)


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    #45
    osh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    Speaking of which, there must be loads of people on here who never played codenames before. Its a fun game, we should get more on the go. I remember the good old days when there'd be games every day :)

    Just found this actually. An official site for playing the game is now live.

    https://codenames.game/


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    #46
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,821 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    I'm down for some codenames


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    #47
    osh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    I shall post in the thread sure


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    #48
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    osh wrote: »
    Well I saw a codenames game thread in recent posts or something. I owned the game so was intrigued and watched a game or two before joining in.

    Game 1 is just my codenames clue ;)
    Ah, gotcha. I was thinking I didn't remember you from jayop's first Werewolf ;)


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    #49
    kitten_k
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    I found it on Feb 2018 when Loughc promoted the Back To The Future werewolf in the Christmas forum. I don’t get to play games as often now but still like to pop in.

    I’ve met some great people from here and can’t wait for the next meetup when we can!


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    #50
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,991 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Any chance that a Sticky could be placed on this thread, as there is a constantly evolving membership in Forum Games, and this could act like a record of who has come and gone and of newer members over time? Just a thought! :)
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #51
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    If we get to 100 posts, no probs :D


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    #52
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,991 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Baggly wrote: »
    If we get to 100 posts, no probs :D

    Just 48 more posts so! :D
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #53
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Dont go spamming the thread now Dec :)

    Now its 47


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    #54
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,822 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    I found FG a few years ago , actually I think Kolido was talking about an upcoming Werewolf game over in the Reality Forum tbh , so I signed up to play .
    Never again is all I'll say :pac:

    (46 posts now ;) )


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    #55
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Was is the Im a celeb one?


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    #56
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,822 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    I think it was Baggly.
    Both yourself and Kolido were my mentors .


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    #57
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    I think it was Baggly.
    Both yourself and Kolido were my mentors .

    And Baggly has you to thank for his name :D


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    #58
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,822 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Kolido wrote: »
    And Baggly has you to thank for his name :D

    A permanent reminder of how badly I mix up words/names :o:D


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    #59
    Poochie05
    Registered Users Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    I played in Jayop's first werewolf game and everyone suspected I was a wolf because of my user name!


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    #60
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    An odd thing happened to me in 2018. I won't go into it in depth. 

    But I suffered a breakdown in motivation. I couldn't find anything to occupy my mind. Nothing made me feel anything. I would spend days literally walking back and forth, totally aimless, just so that I was doing something. I couldn't concentrate on anything. I had no interest in life. There is/was little reward system in my brain. I was thinking how am I going to get through the rest of my life when there's nothing to do? I thought about suicide, not 100% seriously, but more seriously than ever before. I even wrote out a suicide note. It seems silly thinking of it now.

    One day I came online and found forum games somehow and I took an interest. I think it was the Catchphrase thread. Gradually other interests started to come back too, like music and films and books and such. Forum games were what sparked my recovery. I don't post as much now and don't need to as I have more going on in my life and I'm sort of half-quitting boards.ie 

    Thanks to everyone who runs the games and everyone who makes this a fun corner of the internet.


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    #61
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    xxxxxxx


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