How did you end up joining boards?

beertons · 09-03-2009 06:04PM #1

What happened? Apart from the obvious, what was the reason behind it?

Me? I wanted to break up with a girlfriend. I signed up, spent alot less time with her and thinking about her. Broke up anyway, and stayed here.

Who's next?

Leprachaun · 09-03-2009 06:05PM

I was looking for somewhere to steal members from for TeenIreland. After I shut it down I guess I just ended up here. :pac:

AnonoBoy · 09-03-2009 06:07PM

beertons wrote: »

What happened? Apart from the obvious, what was the reason behind it?

Me? I wanted to break up with a girlfriend. I signed up, spent alot less time with her and thinking about her. Broke up anyway, and stayed here.

Who's next?

That makes no sense. You joined boards to break up with a girlfriend? Why? How did that help? Was she a member and you sent her a private message to say "Oi! Sling yer hook luv!"?

I joined Boards to read a recurring 'How did you end up joining Boards' thread. And guess what? Here it is again!

Gummy Panda · 09-03-2009 06:11PM

I signed up to complain about broadband, then found AH and stayed so i could complain about everything else

Professey Chin · 09-03-2009 06:15PM

I spent months lurking in AH as a guest.
Then realised hey I can contribute good stuff, in the end I only half suceeded

IvySlayer · 09-03-2009 06:16PM

With a gun held to my face.

Professey Chin · 09-03-2009 06:31PM

IvySlayer wrote: »

With a gun held to my face.

The howd you see the keyboard?

Mr Benevolent · 09-03-2009 06:38PM

Was something to do with Airsoft. I then realised that Airsoft is the equivalent of paying to have stones thrown at you.

My main haunts are Motors, Aviation, AH and PI (for the hilariousness).

truecrippler · 09-03-2009 06:41PM

Conscription.

Sephiroth_dude · 09-03-2009 06:41PM

I was looking for a discussion on a game and I came across the game section and realised it was an irish forum and joined up

Conor108 · 09-03-2009 06:44PM

They gave me two options - Stay in prison or join Boards....

Mr. Frost · 09-03-2009 06:45PM

Think I was board (hardy-har-har) and just signed up and replied to a few threads for something to do while I'd a lot of time off!

Spear · 09-03-2009 06:46PM

I signed up to help co-ordinate Al Qaeda communications through PM's. Check the join date.

Turd Ferguson · 09-03-2009 06:48PM

I joined initially to try and get a band together and then just forgot about it for a few years. Then I got a job where I was infront of a computer all day and my need to f*ck with people led me right back here.

Biggins · 09-03-2009 06:52PM

Spear wrote: »

I signed up to help co-ordinate Al Qaeda communications through PM's. Check the join date.

Wot! You too? :eek:

Now, where's me boran... sorry, I mean Koran!

smileysurfer · 09-03-2009 06:57PM

Joined to pass the time at work!! PI does the trick!!

stovelid · 09-03-2009 06:57PM

I was offered a retainer from the admins to pose as a community member.

Our name is legion.

BlackWizard · 09-03-2009 06:57PM

I signed up to ask how to get my downloaded game that I got off napster working.

It wasn't a game

Abi · 09-03-2009 07:00PM

Was painfully bored. And probably under an influence or two. I log back in for the same reasons, generally.

Saruman · 09-03-2009 07:07PM

Before broadband, when we were limited to Dial up I heard of a one way satellite service called Europe Online. Boards.ie had a lot to say on the matter so I joined and never looked back.

Oh for those interested, Europe online was a service where you put a DVB card in your PC. You would then go online and you could put download links on your account on their site and schedule it. The downloads would be pushed down at a very fast rate at the scheduled time.

There was a sort of underground system that used it too. You used the 3rd party software to make your requests and anyone else interested in that sort of download would have it pushed down too. I could pick movies and games and when I came home I might have 20gigs or more of stuff to filter through. I used to get a lot of porn but I always got movies and games that way, I would have movies I would have never thought to download myself.
Great system but broadband made it obsolete.

They are still around but the service is different than what I used to have.

Overheal · 09-03-2009 07:10PM

My Landlady was a bitch and throttling our internet so I couldnt use Skype to call the US (or play games. mostly the games) so I got on Legal Discussion to discuss the bit in my apartment's advertising about "Unlimited Broadband".

donmeister · 09-03-2009 07:21PM

I was here for a good while mostly on the Leaving forum to see whats coming up in the mocks etc etc but then realised there was so much more! :rolleyes:

Toots · 09-03-2009 07:32PM

I joined up to post something in the Tattoos & Piercings forum, then I ended up staying

liah · 09-03-2009 07:36PM

A online gaming friend told me about it just before I moved to Ireland, said if I had any questions I should come here. Ended up sticking around.

biko · 09-03-2009 07:38PM

Came for the porn, stayed for the abuse

Aodan83 · 09-03-2009 07:54PM

Someone showed me a thread one day. Bored a few days later and thought I'd give it a look. Decided to join up coz I wanted to post something. Then left it for ages. Then I had like 2 months free and spent a lot of it on the internet, which lead back here.

V9 · 09-03-2009 08:55PM

I believe someone pointed me this way on one of the IGN servers for TFC back in the day.

banshee_bones · 09-03-2009 09:00PM

A google search has lead me here on more than one occasion. So i checked it out, was a long time lurker and then just signed up. Love AH, TCN & TLL! :pac:

sam34 · 09-03-2009 09:25PM

i googled my home town and found a thread from boards on it

Boom_Bap · 09-03-2009 09:35PM

i was a lurker for a long time, then i found out about boards and kurked there for a while too, a mate in work lead me to it.
was reading the hip hop threads and signed up to stick my oar in on some nonsence or other that people where talking about.

Abi · 09-03-2009 09:35PM

banshee_bones wrote: »

A google search has lead me here on more than one occasion. So i checked it out

It gets annoying after a while.

Search: ways to commit suicide?
<boards.ie = 50 results PI / AH / TCN / GAMBLING>

Search: No job. Needz teh moneh fast!

<boards.ie= 1000 results. Mainly AH /GAMBLING. Oh and TCN>

How did you end up joining boards?

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