How did you discover Boards?

Crucifix · 02-02-2007 02:16AM

I can't remember. I do know I lurked a bit though.

User45701 · 02-02-2007 02:23AM

Saw someone who worked in nethouse on it and i checked it out a few days later

Rhyme · 02-02-2007 02:32AM

Someone mentioned it was an interesting place, i clicked, ran away scared, came back a year later and that's that.

paramettscane · 02-02-2007 05:51AM

I was sitting around the house tired and bored and decided to find something totally different....after about 20mins here I am.:cool:

embee · 02-02-2007 05:55AM

I was in an internet cafe with my mate Dave... he logged onto boards. I had a nosey, et voila \o/

Karl Hungus · 02-02-2007 05:59AM

Ropedrink made me join up.

Rockee · 02-02-2007 06:07AM

I was looking for an 80s Retro website and somehow Google threw up the boards.ie All Things Retro section. Clicked the link and yay..:p

02-02-2007 06:16AM

A site administrator at UCD suggested boards.

thelordofcheese · 02-02-2007 08:45AM

My rice krispies told me to do it.

Hagar · 02-02-2007 08:53AM

My son [Preacher] was a Boardsie before me and got me hooked.

Sparky · 02-02-2007 08:54AM

Boards found me!

Googling IBB faults landed me on the broadband forum. The rest is history.

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 02-02-2007 08:57AM

I seen a guy in the place i worked using boards... Ever since that my whole life has fallen appart, I have been unable to leave my job. My family all hate me and I haven't had a drink in hours

mukki · 02-02-2007 09:19AM

i used to read the Usenet news groups (through Google), there was a board for computer problems there, and i used to try and help the guys out

then i found the Irish newsgroups and realized i could help Irish people with their computer problems instead, i just preferred to try to help out Irish people

one day a guy posted about his problem and said "the lads on boards.ie weren't able to help him either", so i was delighted to find yet another place where the helpful computer geeks needed a hand,

wasn't long before i realized that i could find out stuff from experts in other areas (like the mustard forum), so I gave up on Usenet pretty soon after

petes · 02-02-2007 10:12AM

I was looking up porn on the internet and oddly enough found myself on boards.

TerrorFirmer · 02-02-2007 10:26AM

I was looking up phones and found a thread from boards with my details on it, saying 'this guy emailed me to recommend this guy to me, and he turned out to be a scammer'. Me being the recommender in innocence, not the scammer!

Was a bit surprised, but then joined up after flicking through the website.

skywalker · 02-02-2007 10:41AM

petes wrote:

I was looking up porn on the internet and oddly enough found myself on boards.

You found "yourself" on boards? :eek:

I think an ex-girlfriend introduced it to me, cant remember for which forum specifically though.

FlutterinBantam · 02-02-2007 10:45AM

Vexorg headhunted me:D

petes · 02-02-2007 10:47AM

skywalker wrote:

I think an ex-girlfriend introduced it to me, cant remember for which forum specifically though.

PI?

r3nu4l · 02-02-2007 10:50AM

I moved to England at the end of 2004, by early 2006, I had started a new job and had time to reflect on how much I really missed the Irish perspective on life in general.

So I searched Google for Irish forums. I found one or two Irish emigrant forums but that wasn't what I wanted...then I discovered boards.ie. Now I'm talkin'

Kolodny · 02-02-2007 10:58AM

I discovered Boards by being very nosey and reading over the shoulder of some ex work colleagues a few years ago (who I have since seen at Boards Beers). I browsed for a couple of weeks to see what all the fuss was about then eventually signed up. I think at one stage pretty much everyone in my work place was posting here

Mrs_Doyle · 02-02-2007 11:40AM

I started working with a Hosting company, and on my first day my boss showed me boards, and all the threads discussing him, and his company, and asked me to monitor and respond where necessary.

I ended up dossing on boards for hours on end and he could never really say anything as he had told me to 'frequent' the site in the first place.

Dutchology · 02-02-2007 11:50AM

Sitting on the bed beside my Mirror, watching the Mirror, asked, was informed, joined...

Spank you Mirror

connundrum · 02-02-2007 12:07PM

I followed a lady friend here, and then I just never left

Agamemnon · 02-02-2007 12:08PM

Was Googling for something about the tv show Lost and found the boards.ie Lost forum.

Faith · 02-02-2007 01:08PM

Somebody on another small forum years ago said, "I just found this place boards.ie! You should join up now to make sure you get your username there because it's going to be huge!". So I joined and got my username. I more or less lurked, only posting the occassional thread, until I started uni in Sept 05 and found myself with broadband in my room and far too much time on my hands!

Nalz · 02-02-2007 01:12PM

ha ha! I found out bout someone bitchin bout me on it 2 or 3 years ago... thought it was the nerdiest thing ever. I was never into goin onto sites like this (and Im a computer programmer!), but when there is nothing to in work whats the harm! Was a crappy and not so plesant way to discover boards, but it makes the clock go that extra bit faster so Im not complainin, especiall the Soccer section.

Doodee · 02-02-2007 01:24PM

Kulgan wrote:

From the MOTD on halflife-1.ign.ie server! I think it was cloud.ign.ie/boards back then

*Sniff* Memories

Kojak · 02-02-2007 02:45PM

I found boards when I read about on the NUIG message board.

Feral Mutant · 02-02-2007 02:49PM

I was in my third year at CTYI when Raphael gave me the address for the boards CTYI forum. It wasn't till a year later that I went to it and joined. It was another few months before I ventured out into the other forums.

Tar.Aldarion · 02-02-2007 03:09PM

A moderator told me to do it, as I not shy about telling idiots they are idiots. Supposedly.

How did you discover Boards?

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