WTF is this all about then?

cornbb · 20-05-2007 02:47AM #1

Someone just started a thread about "boardsies". And being in that sort of mood, I googled the word. And this was the first result that came up:

http://www.*************/

They refer to themselves as "Boards Ireland". Their forum categories and overall appearance are strikingly close to ours. They have forums like Personal Issues, Rip-off Ireland and such. What gives? Is there an affiliation? Is there a boards.ie dark side I wasn't aware of?? :eek:

Firewalkwithme · 20-05-2007 02:49AM

You're a mod, you should know.

Cartoon_Head.

monkeyfudge · 20-05-2007 02:49AM

Oh.. there is a story behind this alright...

notice how the url has been added to the swear word filter.

cornbb · 20-05-2007 02:56AM

Holy crap, there's some sort of conspiracy I was unaware of!

So lemme guess... the first rule of ************* is do not talk about *************... And I can't tell anyone what the *s mean?

/shuts the f up in case of midnight beatings...

Karoma · 20-05-2007 02:59AM

cornbb wrote:

Holy crap, there's some sort of conspiracy I was unaware of!

So lemme guess... the first rule of ************* is do not talk about *************... And I can't tell anyone what the *s mean?

/shuts the f up in case of midnight beatings...

/wanders off to get some rubber bands

patrickc · 20-05-2007 03:00AM

i started it so what???

Dave · 20-05-2007 04:43AM

The have a forum especially dedicated to 'collage' Perhaps a suggestion for here. Haha

Rabies · 20-05-2007 08:04AM

Should we be afraid?

Threads: 7,696, Posts: 15,937, Members: 348

jhegarty · 20-05-2007 08:48AM

What an ugly site.....

Nevyn · 20-05-2007 09:57AM

Some people tought they could do it better esp after some of them were site banned.
So Gods bless them they are trying...

SimpleSam06 · 20-05-2007 10:04AM

wut. Even teh goog is letting me down. Can someone tell us whats going on here?

Edit: Bahah, got it. I don't know why it was added to the swear word filter, anyone that feels the need to capitalise Ireland halfway through isn't a threat to anyone except maybe fellow travelling street people and unwary alley cats.

More editing: Its apparently down now, what with the strain on the server of a couple of interested mods and me.

Karl Hungus · 20-05-2007 10:07AM

Who set it up and why is it on the swear filter?

Tar.Aldarion · 20-05-2007 11:54AM

http://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region/region=the_boardsies
uh?

kdouglas · 20-05-2007 12:26PM

wtf? google just gives me threads from boards.ie?

Winters · 20-05-2007 12:49PM

kdouglas wrote:

wtf? google just gives me threads from boards.ie?

Yea same.

first result = thread from the DCU forum here.

SimpleSam06 · 20-05-2007 12:55PM

cornbb wrote:

They refer to themselves as "Boards Ireland". Their forum categories and overall appearance are strikingly close to ours.

Copyright infringement warning, they actually use the same O_o eyes as boards when you bookmark them!

kdouglas · 20-05-2007 01:02PM

ah, found it.... load of rubbish tbh...

***hugs boards.ie***
I could never leave you

timmywex · 20-05-2007 02:21PM

its rubbish, just looked through it, anyone wanting it, look up boards ireland in google.

the address is www.b-o-a-r-d-s-i-e.com

(delete the -'s, theyre there to avoide the filter)

jimi_t · 20-05-2007 02:27PM

timmywex wrote:

its rubbish, just looked through it, anyone wanting it, look up boards ireland in google.

the address is www.b-o-a-r-d-s-i-e.com

(delete the -'s, theyre there to avoide the filter)

Not only is it an aesthetic disgrace, it also seems to want to try and shut itself down

Fake DeVore wrote:

With the implementation of vBulletin 3-6-6 come more possabilities.
We are considering adding a downloads/sharing database that would allow users to upload/download & share files with others.
For this to work & prevent leeching this area of the site would be limited to certain users. For this purpose & to cover the additional charge we are suggesting a small subscription (say €10 a year)
We are meerly covering addition hosting memory that this will require.
I promise this will be well worth it for what will be available.

A completel non-entity. Don't give it any more advertising.

cornbb · 20-05-2007 06:43PM

Rabies wrote:

Should we be afraid?

Threads: 7,696, Posts: 15,937, Members: 348

Some of their people have eight stars though.

http://www.board#sie.com/forum/member.php?u=1

[remove the #]

Eight. Thats right! Count em! Eight!!

Be afraid, be very afraid

:rolleyes:

Binomate · 20-05-2007 06:50PM

Lets invade.

Karoma · 20-05-2007 06:53PM

The promised blackjack and hookers! ...lying bastards.

patrickolee · 20-05-2007 06:55PM

Most of the posts look fake, were they scraped from another site? As far as the look and feel goes though, I have to disagree. It looks better than boards, with the exception of the see through menu... but it will never succeed, too hard to get the url known. Does show you how easy it to set up a discussion forum though. Register the domain, install the free s/w and bobs your uncle... Not so easy to get people to visit.

faceman · 20-05-2007 08:07PM

do they have a pigman?

byte · 20-05-2007 08:32PM

patrickolee wrote:

Register the domain, install the free s/w and bobs your uncle... Not so easy to get people to visit.

vBulletin isn't free. It's anything from $85 upwards depending on licence. Not that expensive though.

Getting the visitors though is as you say, not as easy.

woop · 20-05-2007 08:46PM

could just people who were told about boards and got lost along the way.......... or boards of a parallel dimension, much more likely:)

Earthhorse · 20-05-2007 09:42PM

faceman wrote:

do they have a pigman?

I hear they have a Pigman III.

Fighting Irish · 20-05-2007 11:03PM

cornbb wrote:

Someone just started a thread about "boardsies". And being in that sort of mood, I googled the word. And this was the first result that came up:

http://www.*************/

They refer to themselves as "Boards Ireland". Their forum categories and overall appearance are strikingly close to ours. They have forums like Personal Issues, Rip-off Ireland and such. What gives? Is there an affiliation? Is there a boards.ie dark side I wasn't aware of?? :eek:

I don't know why anyone would want to copy this crock of sh1t website

Fremen · 20-05-2007 11:11PM

Anyone else find it a little offensive that the swear filter blocks the address?

Maybe offensive isn't the word I'm looking for, but it doesn't seem right to me.

mike65 · 20-05-2007 11:14PM

Holy crap! It really must be an alternative universe where the vBulletin software works always. oh no - I'm wrong!

http://www.boards-ie.com/forum/showthread.php?t=636 remove the - damn filters

Mike.

drdre · 21-05-2007 12:18AM

its a load of crap.this site is the best

WTF is this all about then?

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