User Name Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 Here's a great story - I was lookin for DBZ a while back and I ended up here. Isn't that totally original? I was hooked for a while, but I've recently lost my flair of the whole message board thing. But that doesn't matter, I never made MUCH of an impact anyway. But yeah, I wanna hear the history too. Oldies, tell us ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted September 16, 2002 Author Share Posted September 16, 2002 hmm... it seems that searcing for DBZ and Digimon are the best ways of finding OB....heh heh..... anyway, i think it's time we gather round and here some stories from people who have been here a while...:whoops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 [COLOR=royalblue]i originally found otaku last year.. i think. yeah anyways[/COLOR] [SIZE=1][COLOR=royalblue]i originally found otaku in the summer of last year, or im pretty sure. I was surfing the net for some anime and forums ... then :eek:! destiny. [/COLOR] [/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted September 17, 2002 Author Share Posted September 17, 2002 yeah, munkee, what's up with the whole having to sign up again thing? anyway, i want to hear more... i want to hear from more people who have achieved "Otaku" rank or higher. they must've been here a WHILE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char! Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 [color=teal][size=1]I can hardly remember at all how I found this place... *thinks* I think it was way back when, I was searching for Pokémon websites on Excite... Heh-heh, that was sooo long ago... :whoops: --Mike[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 [color=red] When I was in my keyboarding 1 class, one of my friends, Michael, went to theotaku.com, then I went and checked it out, then one day I saw the forum, and clicked on it, and KAPOW! I'm here. :D [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted September 17, 2002 Author Share Posted September 17, 2002 you guys can go online and surf in computers??? cool... yeah, a lot of people found out throu theotaku, but i found theotaku from ottakuboards.... i dunno... i didn't visit the otaku till about the week before the otakudown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 I, too, have told the story of how I found Otaku at least a bajillion times over the course of my posting history. That was a loooong time ago. -Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 [color=red][b]I found Absoulte DB/Z/GT along time ago, i think before the boards existed(at least i think so). Then I joined around v2 after giving Absolute DB/Z/GT about 1000 hits. :)[/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrist cutter Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by genkai_yyh [/i] [B]yeah, a lot of people found out throu theotaku, but i found theotaku from ottakuboards.... i dunno... i didn't visit the otaku till about the week before the otakudown... [/B][/QUOTE] I've never visited theotaku... I don't really see any reason to anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiroMunkie Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 [color=indigo]Blehh.. I remember how I got here like it was the day before yesterday. I originally found [url]www.theotaku.com[/url] searching on [i]Yahoo![/i] for stuff about DragonBall Z/GT. I stuck with that for a long time. I believe during that time I looked at the boards here, but they looked too confusing so I payed no to attention to them. Then while looking through the fanart after a while, I took to the style that is Topaz. I emailed her complimenting her on her art, she returned the email thanking me, and asking me if I had AIM while leaving her screen name just incase I did. I replied back with my screen name just so she knew that if I spoke first she'd know who it was. So we became pretty good friends, a memorable one in my mind, and she happened to be a member of this board at the time. One day she asked me if I was a member, and I said "No". So she kind of walked me through it. My first EVER Otaku screen name was kind of a flop, the account didn't seem to work. So I had to re-sign as a member under a different name (which most of you remember as pyrodragon13). And I've been here ever since. I think I came in either near the middle or end of Version 1...[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrat Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 I was on some boards, Superherohype to be exact, and one guy said that the rpg's should be more like otaku's. (Thats a complimant) and well I checked it out and now IM here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 I remember finding this site like it happened today. I was just looking for a message board on nineMSN search....and a link to Otakuboards popped up. I was originally looking for more of a gaming forum, but this one looked alright.... So I joined. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted September 18, 2002 Author Share Posted September 18, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PiroMunkie [/i] [B][color=indigo]Blehh.. I remember how I got here like it was the day before yesterday. I originally found [url]www.theotaku.com[/url] searching on [i]Yahoo![/i] for stuff about DragonBall Z/GT. I stuck with that for a long time. I believe during that time I looked at the boards here, but they looked too confusing so I payed no to attention to them. Then while looking through the fanart after a while, I took to the style that is Topaz. I emailed her complimenting her on her art, she returned the email thanking me, and asking me if I had AIM while leaving her screen name just incase I did. I replied back with my screen name just so she knew that if I spoke first she'd know who it was. So we became pretty good friends, a memorable one in my mind, and she happened to be a member of this board at the time. One day she asked me if I was a member, and I said "No". So she kind of walked me through it. My first EVER Otaku screen name was kind of a flop, the account didn't seem to work. So I had to re-sign as a member under a different name (which most of you remember as pyrodragon13). And I've been here ever since. I think I came in either near the middle or end of Version 1...[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] NOW THAT'S A STORY!!! i dunno.... i really like the stories... even the ones like: i found this site while searching for pokemon.. it's cool to know, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 [b]I had been going to [url]http://www.theotaku.com[/url] for quite a while and saw the link for Otakuboards in the top right hand corner of the layout (as far as I remember), I kept saying "I'll check it out tomorrow" and when tomorrow finally came (a month later :D) I signed up under the name The Elite DBZ (site network I used to own called that) and started to make some excellent friends here, who could actually spell and use grammar, unlike other message boards I had seen. That was version 2 and now I'm still here on Version 6![/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char! Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 [color=teal][size=1][b]I think that it's a good sign of commitment and dedication when we all re-registered after the big crash. I feel a lot of love in here... Oy... Nah, I'm just insane... :wigout: --Mike[/color][/size][/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus_Necare Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 I think I found the OB a year or two ago when I ran a search on "otaku". I Joined The OB soon after under the name Sailor_capricorn, a name that still haunts me, I lost my account when OB upgraded to V4 I think, I took a long break from OB then signed up again with the name Angelus_necare. and here I be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 i found this here forum, by....... can't remember.... oh yeah, I was looking at otaku.com and was bored and decided to click on the forums, and joined and, boom, I was here. this was back in like june/july. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 yeah, it's good to know people re-registered after the crash.... anyway, did the boards have a different domain in the beginning? was it just forums.theotaku.com or something??? im confused.. anyway, keep the stories coming....^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Maul Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 My sister was on it once, so I went here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 [size=1] Am I otaku??(Looks above avatar.) Well look at that I am!! Well mine is boring. I came to theotaku.com for around 2 years just coming back checking out the dbz and digimon stuff, then one day during it was V2 or sumthin like that I saw the Forums link so I clicked it, registered as Ultra_Super_Kid_Son_Goten or sumthin like that. Then when V3 came I registered as NoodleZ. No one really got the name, never really understood it. They just thought I liked Noodles or sumthin like that but i kept the name and still I don't think anyone understands it, just because there isn't anything to understand.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmoon Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 I signed up around the end of v3 or beginning of v4, don't quite remember. Anywho I originally found the otaku.com while I was searching for a decent digidex. At that time the site seemed to have errors or my computer had problems opening it. I came back a while later and saw that it was a pretty good site. I then saw the Forum's link and went to it, and decided to sign up. This is the second message board that I've signed up to in the history of me being on the internet and so far this is the best one I've been too. I haven't had to change my nick name once although I have had problems getting into my account. Every time the boards would close down to upgrade or something, afterwards I wouldn't be able to access my account. I'd have to wait a few day's and then be able to get back on. That is the boreing story of how I joined the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebs Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 I joined a year ago. I was already on one message board, so I decided to search for another one. I think that this was the first one that came up, so I browsed around and decided to join. The sad thing is, I still haven't even gotten 100 posts. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by \?~NoodleZ~?/ [/i] [B][size=1] Am I otaku??(Looks above avatar.) Well look at that I am!! Well mine is boring. I came to theotaku.com for around 2 years just coming back checking out the dbz and digimon stuff, then one day during it was V2 or sumthin like that I saw the Forums link so I clicked it, registered as Ultra_Super_Kid_Son_Goten or sumthin like that. Then when V3 came I registered as NoodleZ. No one really got the name, never really understood it. They just thought I liked Noodles or sumthin like that but i kept the name and still I don't think anyone understands it, just because there isn't anything to understand.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE] see, im sad because NoodleZ doesn't remember me.... i was so active on the school AAAHHHH thread and the divorced!!!!! thread, but alas, he doesn't remember me.. anyway, keep posting... i think these stories are cool.. i like these stories, so/... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunni_Chan Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 My sis/bff got me into this site, she's MysticDarkElf, she kept pronouncing it Otoka boards before she could say it right, I had to tell her the right way *hehe*, at first it sounded uninteresting to me but i got on and i was hooked. I had to make the fateful transition from chat rooms to message boards and it has not been easy *falls back dramatically*. But I'm coping and I'm really glad I checked this place out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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