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Have you ever met other HF members offline?
If yes,what's were yours expectations comparing to reality?
I only once met other member on anime convention,she was a girl,during convention we talked for few hours,and then the HF theme pop out,but she was only interested in anime no hentai:),and we are good friends since that time.She show me a way of contributing to HF forum and is my girl now:)But I won't post her nick,it's private :D
zephyranthes
03-01-2005, 11:15 AM
hey wait....u met this girl before u joined HF?
i thought the poll is about meeting HF members, so basically it shld happen AFTER u know them in HF. :p
It was my only example,I meaned that she show me that HF is a community,a forum,not a place only for downloads.
Kerii
03-01-2005, 11:29 AM
Friend introduced me to HongFire (the site, not the person), so of course I've met other members offline. :p :D
And I've also met Shragei since he invited me to his miserable failure of a LAN party where we ended up just playing XBox and PS2. :p :D
4 player Halo anyone? :p :D
necronzero
03-01-2005, 11:35 AM
One of my nearest friends posts here (i knew him on primary school)
zephyranthes
03-01-2005, 11:37 AM
Oh wait. forgot to mention my answer to your poll. That would be a NO. but i did realise a classmate of mine also comes to HF, but he's a leecher and doesn't post here at all, thats why i can safely say this without fear of him reading this. hyak hyak.
S&T Kawaii Love
03-01-2005, 11:49 AM
You got him zephy :P. But nice to know that you find HF this way. Why the smily after your hentai like you are really happy about it right :D. You forgot to tell where you meet her on what anime convention. How did you two meet just suddenly. *Yup now we all wanna know :p*
its pretty easy to catch me offline if you live where i live or where i go to school... it is after all a big city :)
I met her on Unicon,there were some official discussion topic about anime in web,she was one of the organisators,she said something about participating in online forums,and after official discussion there were questions,so I asked if anybody knows HF forum,she acknowledged,when official events ended,we talked privately,because I knowed her from seeing before.
saber1357
03-01-2005, 12:25 PM
4 player Halo anyone?
Halo for PC? Cuz i wuld rock all :D
Nishino
03-01-2005, 12:28 PM
its pretty easy to catch me offline if you live where i live or where i go to school... it is after all a big city :)
Not like any of us is Interested in meeting YOU! :p :p :p
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Yet.
starcaptor
03-01-2005, 12:39 PM
I have met other HF members, but we know each other outside long before we both became regular posters to this forum.
Not like any of us is Interested in meeting YOU! :p :p :p
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Yet.
suree.............
no seriously ive had people from other forums caught me offline :P
Nishino
03-01-2005, 12:44 PM
no seriously ive had people from other forums caught me offline :P
Doing the bad things, for sure. "caught me offline"... hmmm.... Fishy if u ask me :p :p
[guilty] Para to "other people": "Hey! Dont tell anyone! Shh! I'll give u 10 Yu-Gi-Oh super rare trade cards! Deal? No? How bout I throw in some Pokemon too?"
lol wtf? i only have one yu gi oh card >_>
and i left the world of TCGs long time.. i used to be very competitive in those games :) and ebil (meaning strategic)
edit:the forum is acting all screwy..
anyways so what if i played TCGs back then? they were fun and fairly challenging... but not to mention also very friggin money consuming >_>
Nishino
03-01-2005, 12:52 PM
lol wtf? i only have one yu gi oh card >_>
and i left the world of TCGs long time.. i used to be very competitive in those games :) and ebil (meaning strategic)
I knew it!! I was guessing about the trading cards... turned true. My intuition is unbeatable :p :cool:
oh bah tons of people mustve played TCGs before :P
Nishino
03-01-2005, 01:01 PM
oh bah tons of people mustve played TCGs before :P
Bah, more money for the corporations...
PrinceKr85
03-01-2005, 01:17 PM
I've met one member offline, when i noticed that we went to the same community college. it was interesting, ableit strange, ya know? you know the person, but you don't :P
Anyhow, i'm looking forward to meeting more of ya at Sakuracon (there's a thread about it somewhere, no need to dig :D ).
I used to play Magic, but i sold my deck for $150 and decided not to play anymore, since the craze was starting to taper off :D
Kitee
03-01-2005, 04:35 PM
Nope, I haven't met anyone after I've joined HF. I did introduce a few of my friends to this site however. We never talked about it though.
And I'm glad that none of you will see me offline, because if you do, you would just see someone very miserable sulking in the corner of the room everyday. :P
DJ Byakko
03-01-2005, 04:42 PM
She show me a way of contributing to HF forum and is my girl now
I wish stuff like that would happen to me :(
chompy
03-01-2005, 04:43 PM
well...when discussing animesuki a friend (or more fittingly new axquaintance) said to me
"you ever hear of hongfire? it's good for getting licenced stuff off"
and i just nodded.
a leecher. proud too.
Knifes
03-01-2005, 04:54 PM
Nope, I haven't met anyone after I've joined HF. I did introduce a few of my friends to this site however. We never talked about it though.
And I'm glad that none of you will see me offline, because if you do, you would just see someone very miserable sulking in the corner of the room everyday. :P
That's the spirit :) But seriously.. me too... although I prefer to be isoed most of the time, I'm pretty emotionless on the outside (that is unless you get me a bit tipsy (that's where the real fun begins :D:D ))
I only know one person here cause he's my cousin's who leeches off of this site, but I guess that sorts counts... sorta.... >.>
S&T Kawaii Love
03-01-2005, 05:00 PM
Nope, I haven't met anyone after I've joined HF. I did introduce a few of my friends to this site however. We never talked about it though.
And I'm glad that none of you will see me offline, because if you do, you would just see someone very miserable sulking in the corner of the room everyday. :P
Don't say that HaT. I bet you are a wonderfull person to meet in real life :) .And you like anime and manga so it doesn't matter if your thin, thick, small or big, we all like the same things. At least that's how I look at it.
Why not go outside and do some things different then HongFire I know it's hard but if you think the way like you stated. This could be a nice option.
Unit1Evangelion
03-01-2005, 05:20 PM
nope not yet ^_^. remarkably this is the first forum i have been on and not met anyone, but then again i only have been posting for 2 months :p
PrinceKr85
03-01-2005, 05:27 PM
agreed... i think that HAT-san would be a much more interesting person in real life unlike what he says :D
SolRyuKen
03-01-2005, 05:51 PM
agreed... i think that HAT-san would be a much more interesting person in real life unlike what he says :D
*Agrees while nodding*
Mikeido
03-01-2005, 06:08 PM
Not via HongFire, though lemme think...in total I've met...
12 close friends, (which could have been 14 if we had better planning :p) that I first knew online first, in person. Everywhere from Belgium to Philidelphia, California (though she was in New Mexico, lol) and Sunderland (city bout an hour an a half's journey from where I live) :p
So I like to travel :p and the New Mexico mountains and White Sands Monument were beautiful. Thankfully I never thought to try an find Black Mesa* :p though did spend over a month on an Air Force Base :D
Expectations compared to reality...pretty much the same, though the couple I met in New York were interesting as they got full swing into one of their lovers tiffs which I was told happens everytime they go to an anime convention. Involved us getting lost and taking the scenic +at least 1 hour detour on getting back to the house to find better directions, as well as J just stopping the car an leaving us in the middle of the road :D lol, you can't anticipate that stuff through casual chat.
generally speaking though, for all the cliches and pseudo-philosophy, people tend to be the same in life as they are online. Perhaps a little more easy going, relaxed an such btu that's just because the physical comparitave ellement of self-confidence and such isn't as apparent, generally speaking.
*Black Mesa: Research facility from Half-Life series based in New Mexico :p
chief977
03-01-2005, 07:21 PM
I don't know anyone who comes here in real life.
But I'd like to meet some of you one day.
The only problem is getting that teleport thing down...
I'm kinda far away from everyone, judging from everyone's locations.
never, I expect them all to wear bright colored clothes and a hongfire cap.
Also they continue screaming: ANIME ANIME ANIME ANIME ROXXORZ MY SOXXORZ
And I expect them to have big heads, big shoes, and weird spaggethi like hands.
Also I expect them to hold one of those baloonies on a tiny string and something like glasses... YESH! they all wear glasses!
ehm, and they are hairy... very hairy... like cats
Hairy like cats, cause cats are hairy.
And you all have a rubber ducky in your other hand, cause everyone loves Rubber Duckies.. and You all have a dead mongoose under those caps...
Yup, thats my vision of hongfire members ^^
Glorfindel
03-01-2005, 11:23 PM
No i haven't met anyone from HF in person... **sings in a doggy voice** I'm so rrrronlely.... [lonely]...
Z3R0 5H1F7
03-02-2005, 12:18 AM
ANIME ANIME ANIME ANIME ROXXORZ MY SOXXORZ
ANIME ANIME ANIME ANIME ROXXORZ MY SOXXORZ
ANIME ANIME ANIME ANIME ROXXORZ MY SOXXORZ
there xebi...ya happy now?! :eek:
Never met anyone from Hongfire..YET..but there are certainly a few members who'd i'd like to meet in real life just to see if they're just as or even more crazy and funny than they are here. :D
Javituchi
03-02-2005, 12:27 AM
I've never met any HF member before *sniff*. I've been here for short time and I've made a few friends, but they live on the other side of the world. I wish I could cross the Atlantic Ocean to go to see them. So I'm lonely too... :(
see, stereotype hongfires, its cool though
*picks his balloon and the balloon goes like BANG and you go like weeeeh and I go like hahahaha, and your still going like weeeh and I
SolRyuKen
03-02-2005, 05:21 AM
[QUOTE=Xebi]see, stereotype hongfires, its cool though
*picks his balloon and the balloon goes like BANG and you go like weeeeh and I go like hahahaha, and your still going like weeeh and I
Paranoia
03-02-2005, 05:25 AM
Don't think I have, and don't think I will. Unless I get thrown out (or move out) of this sorry excuse for a country.
ghost333
03-02-2005, 06:16 AM
well i havent meet anyone from hf but i am a new member
i would like to meet sb even if am a melanchloy miserable person
but i want to meet some of the cheering people here
Ive not many anyone offline, and im not sure i would like to. I sposse it would be pretty cool to put a face to the name (well, the user) but i think id just be freaked out and not have anything to say and end up making a right fool out of myself.
But then again, if you happen to meet me drunk, id have more than enough to say :p
However meeting someone for the 1st time drunk is the stupidest thing you could ever do
cyress8
03-02-2005, 07:05 AM
If anyone is visiting Mississippi give me a PM and ill meet you. I never meet anyone offline so that would be cool to meet some one. Even though MS sucks, nothing around here is exciting anymore
If anyone is visiting Mississippi give me a PM and ill meet you. I never meet anyone offline so that would be cool to meet some one. Even though MS sucks, nothing around here is exciting anymore
*pokes your arm*
Do you have balloons too? and a HF cap? and a Mongoose and a rubber ducky and bright clothes and....
ehm, Are you a stereotype HFarian?
Sapphire
03-02-2005, 07:43 AM
No I haven't :\
Babel
03-02-2005, 08:38 AM
Hell no, and I don't want to. It's not that I dislike people here, it's just that on the few occasions when I have bumped into people after getting to know them online - I find I'm talking to a completely different person. I think from my experience that people have an 'online' and an 'offline' personality, which seem to be pretty different. If I like someone online, I don't want to spoil it by meeting the 'other' them - what would be the point? I already have RL friends, so I don't feel the need to 'reach out'...... that and the fact that I have three legs and two heads.......
ChibiFirli
03-02-2005, 10:14 AM
Hell no, and I don't want to. It's not that I dislike people here, it's just that on the few occasions when I have bumped into people after getting to know them online - I find I'm talking to a completely different person. I think from my experience that people have an 'online' and an 'offline' personality, which seem to be pretty different. If I like someone online, I don't want to spoil it by meeting the 'other' them - what would be the point? I already have RL friends, so I don't feel the need to 'reach out'...... that and the fact that I have three legs and two heads.......
Yeah, I would be kinda afraid of that too :p. But I'm bound to meet people, it's just me :D:p. Besides, I NEED to exchange anime :D.
Don't worry, I've got no head, maybe you could lend me one :p.
Lesdude
03-02-2005, 10:16 AM
Yes, I met this guy '13ender'...
well actually I already knew him for about 2 years before he unleashed me on HongFire (so yes... all this spam is HIS fault :p :D)
And I'm ordering ChibiFirli to come over in the summer when my parents are away for some .... uhh.... nice talks and 'other' stuff....... <3 :D
*j/k j/k*
Dreamerdgh
07-08-2005, 12:35 AM
But I have met other people from on line. In fact stayed with a good on line friend in florida when I sailing from Maryland to the Bahamas. Nice peeps on line jsut like in real life.
stukasa
07-25-2005, 10:55 PM
Um... yes, I think so... but I doubt he realizes it... :D
ANIMEPRO
07-26-2005, 12:00 AM
I never have meet any H-F members :(
Dreamerdgh
07-26-2005, 12:03 AM
I have yet too meet anyone from HF either, but I think that will change one day.
i don't know if i met any HF mems off-line, maybe this or that brat next door is a member from here, but he will never admit it :D
Dreamerdgh
07-26-2005, 01:59 AM
True, but how about outside hongfire? Would you consider it if someone invited to meet you?? thats the main question.
ChibiFirli
07-26-2005, 03:33 AM
True, but how about outside hongfire? Would you consider it if someone invited to meet you?? thats the main question.
Just give me free lodging :D:p (you'll regret it once I arrive of course :D:D). Meh, and I need to figure out some way to get to you without spending all my savings :p.
*pokes Lesdude :p* I'll let you know when I'm near, just look for the large smoke clouds and the nice fiery glow in the distance :D.
theprophet05
07-26-2005, 08:25 AM
wow...i havent met anyone yet...probably go and meep princey when he comes to the east coast..and hopefully meet some people @ awa when i go
otosa
07-26-2005, 08:51 AM
where I lived I don't know anyone that likes the anime the way I do but then again haven't search for anyone else, see the people that I know all they know it's dragon ball z well to make it short cartoon network, wich it's ok if you are watching adult swim, wich I do lots, But Ill definitely would like to meet someone that likes what I like outside that's the first problem then the wife then the kids then my family I never get time for myself................
well I don't want to sound like a loner or weirdo (maybe too late)
PrinceKr85
07-26-2005, 01:10 PM
wow...i havent met anyone yet...probably go and meep princey when he comes to the east coast..and hopefully meet some people @ awa when i go
yay yay~
:P
i think it'll be cool. we'll party for a while and stuff, i guess ^^;
Dreamerdgh
07-26-2005, 02:19 PM
OK Proph, I leave Prince in your capable hands, make sure he doesn't catch anything at those strip clubs you frequent OK :).
PrinceKr85
07-26-2005, 07:05 PM
o.O;
lol... that reminds me of this prank a bunch of my friends and i were going to pull on another friend... he's a very..... outspoken feminist (not that it's really a bad thing... but he takes it too far.... like women should still wear skirts as opposed to pants/slacks...) so we were going to tie him up (with the help of his twin bro) and drag him to a strip club in Tacoma (just to add to the impending doom for him ^^; ) but the plan fell through... as most of us moved or got busy with college and jobs ^^;
Hijiko
07-26-2005, 07:48 PM
OK Proph, I leave Prince in your capable hands, make sure he doesn't catch anything at those strip clubs you frequent OK :).
i dun think that Prince would feel confortable ina strip club atm...*points to Prince's pink circle and + sign* XD
err... not atm... the closest member that i know lives 2 hours from me in the next city >_<, and another one 5 hours away in the other city
My friend is a member of HF, so I see him all the time. :D
jinjin
03-14-2006, 11:58 PM
I've seen a few people accessing the HongFire forums from their laptops.
mordecaix2052
03-15-2006, 01:53 AM
hmmm...well as you can see Ive only spent time on this site just recently and I dont know much about the ppl here...so meting you guys on off is still a viable option for me...but ill tell you one thing..dont go to me...Ill go to you...just havet to work here so I can visit you guys there lol^^ how about it eh? the official HF Members Reunion..pick a place(ususally near to a HF member) and voila! hmm..not too practical though...
My best friend is a member of HF; I've known him since he was born, which was
about a year after me. He's just a leecher, though, the fag. :p
i don't think my friends
are members here. but
i'd like to meet everyone
edit: what
JimBond007
03-15-2006, 06:38 AM
I knew some friends who have joined HF because they really wanted to play hgames -_-. Then I gave then the advice to create an account here for dlding h-torrent... Of course, they're only leechers, never talked here... I never met HF members but maybe (this month maybe) I'll meet some HF members because I'll be in Paris (03/24/2006 - 03/27/2006) for a concert. I think we can meet easily some others members during Anime/Game/J-Pop/etc Convention.
PS : I voted no....
Karis Fra Mauro
03-15-2006, 11:04 AM
There's at least one guy I know offline from Hongfire, he was the one who introduced me to the site. Although he inexplicably got fed up with me a couple months back and hasn't had anything to do with me since then... :( Think he's only posted here like twice anyway. A bunch of other folks I know are aware of Hongfire, but I'm not sure if they're members or not. Even if they are they sure don't post much either, if at all. I wouldn't mind saying hi to some folks in the real world, hanging out or what not.
GiGaMoG
03-15-2006, 01:17 PM
My classmate is a member here...But he's only here for leetching...omg...
deadcoat
03-15-2006, 01:30 PM
No never met any HF members offline. If I did meet a member off-line I wouldn't mention being a member or I would lie about it. Really have no desire to meet anyone here in person.
No never met any HF members offline. If I did meet a member off-line I wouldn't mention being a member or I would lie about it. Really have no desire to meet anyone here in person.
So you hate us that much, do you? ._.
BobaFett2ha
03-15-2006, 03:20 PM
I haven't met anyone, but I wouldn't mind to.
Anyone at UCSD interested in meeting up? :d
I have to admit, though...it would be a very strange experience. Especially considering what this forum is like compared to even other anime forums. ;)
Desmonthes
03-15-2006, 05:31 PM
Don't cast Animate Death spell :rolleyes: