Author Topic: Are you addicted to this message board? (Read 6800 times)

Stingray · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2005, 03:52:38 pm »

Hi, my name is Stingray and I built my own addiction.

-S

RetroJames · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:01:42 pm »

You MIGHT be addicted to this board if....

Your wife hides packages addressed to you until monday because she thinks they are arcade related and wants you to get some work done around the house instead of "working on that thing again."

RetroJames · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:03:48 pm »

You MIGHT be addicted to this board if....

You have a hard time selling your old computer monitor at your garage sale because of the noticable "ArcadeControls.com" screen burn...

MinerAl · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:06:55 pm »

I can quit any time I want!

Scott84 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:08:22 pm »

You Might Be Addicted If....

call in sick to work to work on your arcade.

Jabba · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:08:35 pm »

Hello, my name is Garry, and I am a Arcade/BYOAC addict.

Are the noises in my head bothering you?

missioncontrol · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:21:53 pm »

Hello my name is Arthur, I too am an arcade/byoac boardaholic.....

I am running out of places to hide all my parts from the wife untill I get my cab finished

Zero_Hour · « **Reply #8 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:26:42 pm »

I'm definitely addicted.

I trolled the boards for what seems like at least 2 years or more, finally registered on the boards sometime last summer, and have actually posted a few times. Yet I'm here almost every day.

Oh yeah, I finally started my project (in the already bought parts, and cut me some wood sense of start) - something I've been wanting to say since the day I found this site.

NIVO · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2005, 04:38:54 pm »

Hello, my name is Matt. I am an arcade-aholic. This addiction caused me to play more than just Pocket Pool. Thank You BYOAC. Im not only addicted, Im also a client/mod.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #10 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:04:16 pm »

I'm not as think as you addicted I am, Ossifer

I vote no....who are you to tell me I'm addicted? I can quite any time I want to. You're not the boss of me. Leemee alone, you don't care anyways. You're not my friend. I can fix it myself.

sorry about your shoes.

IMMark · « **Reply #11 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:16:43 pm »

It is easy to quit, I've done 1000's of times

Shape D. · « **Reply #12 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:22:26 pm »

Quote from: IMMark on January 07, 2005, 05:16:43 pm

It is easy to quit, I've done 1000's of times

Wow thousands of times in five days, thats at least 144 times per hour. good work.

Will · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:33:05 pm »

Are you addicted if you make BYOC your homepage?I just changed my homepage from shacknews.com to byoc yesterday.I have internet at work so I check the board way way way to much.

Shape D. · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:39:33 pm »

hey look its the infomus list of addicted people

DrewKaree        9d 19h 20m
Shape D.       5d 20h 48m
BrokenBones1       4d 21h 40m
Peale       4d 11h 47m
Gozur       4d 10h 0m
ChadTower       4d 3h 34m
paigeoliver       3d 23h 9m
JoyMonkey       3d 21h 22m
missioncontrol       3d 20h 42m
Raleigh       3d 11h 41m

RacerX · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:46:50 pm »

BYOAC has been my home page for several years now, unless it's football season. Then I have my fantasy football league's site as my home page. I just switched back over the other day.

And, yes, I'm an addict.

dag2000 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2005, 06:01:36 pm »

Quote from: Scott84 on January 07, 2005, 04:08:22 pm

You Might Be Addicted If....

call in sick to work to work on your arcade.

Hmmm... I never thought of that.

RayB · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2005, 06:08:55 pm »

I check in on the boards almost hourly...... If only I dedicated that much time to Building my cab!

Goz · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2005, 06:32:29 pm »

If I don't have regular doses the twitches and hot flashes come back.

-Goz

GameOver · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:06:23 pm »

MUST.....RESIST.....URGE......TO....REPLY....

good to know I'm not alone!

m air cab's r made by some crazy arse some beaches!

DarkKobold · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:35:54 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on January 07, 2005, 05:04:16 pm

I'm not as think as you addicted I am, Ossifer

Harry Potter · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:41:36 pm »

I'VE WASTED MY LIFE!!!

GGKoul · « **Reply #22 on:** January 08, 2005, 12:23:30 am »

Quote from: RayB on January 07, 2005, 06:08:55 pm

I check in on the boards almost hourly...... If only I dedicated that much time to Building my cab!

Me too..

GGKoul · « **Reply #23 on:** January 08, 2005, 12:24:31 am »

Total Time Spent Online: 1 days, 11 hours and 42 minutes. 90% of this was do at work.

Kremmit · « **Reply #24 on:** January 08, 2005, 02:06:04 am »

My wife says I am, but what does she know?

On the other hand, she is letting me pick up some games this weekend..

Goz · « **Reply #25 on:** January 08, 2005, 03:17:02 am »

Quote from: Kremmit on January 08, 2005, 02:06:04 am

On the other hand, she is letting me pick up some games this weekend..

Sounds like you have a keeper.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #26 on:** January 08, 2005, 10:37:00 am »

Quote from: Gozur on January 08, 2005, 03:17:02 am

Quote from: Kremmit on January 08, 2005, 02:06:04 am

On the other hand, she is letting me pick up some games this weekend..

Sounds like you have a keeper.

That's the layman's term. The proper term is an "enabler"

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2005, 01:50:10 pm »

"Dot dot dot!"

Bones · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2005, 08:14:40 pm »

I only come here to find pretty girls.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 08, 2005, 08:35:53 pm »

Quote from: Shape D. on January 07, 2005, 05:39:33 pm

hey look its the infomus list of addicted people

DrewKaree

GGKoul · « **Reply #30 on:** January 08, 2005, 08:46:56 pm »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on January 08, 2005, 08:35:53 pm

Quote from: Shape D. on January 07, 2005, 05:39:33 pm
hey look its the infomus list of addicted people

DrewKaree

crashwg · « **Reply #31 on:** January 08, 2005, 10:26:04 pm »

I have a link to the site on my desktop... Am I an addict?

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #32 on:** January 09, 2005, 01:53:39 am »

Yes. Yes I am.

I'm typing this post on my MAME cab.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #33 on:** January 09, 2005, 09:45:31 am »

Quote from: Shape D. on January 07, 2005, 05:39:33 pm

hey look its the infomus list of addicted people

DrewKaree

DrewKaree · « **Reply #34 on:** January 09, 2005, 03:07:37 pm »

I had an issue with my browser that was continuing to add time to me.

From what I've seen (um...does admitting all this verify my addiction?

) you don't actually gain time from leaving the board on, as I do, in fact, leave the "home" page open. It doesn't add time to your totals unless you're browsing the board.

I figure there's between 2-4 days worth of error on my total.

I got such a high total due to the fact that when the board switched over to this software, I was on doctor's ban from work, so had nothing to do but peruse the board (read A LOT of old posts from pages back) and start laying out a CP.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 09, 2005, 03:16:50 pm »

wait you mean you actually work on arcade machines too? i thought you just came here to write really long posts and debate politics

DrewKaree · « **Reply #36 on:** January 09, 2005, 03:22:55 pm »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on January 09, 2005, 03:16:50 pm

wait you mean you actually work on arcade machines too? i thought you just came here to write really long posts and debate politics

Some day you might want to check out people's profiles and research some of their prior posts.

I know, I know, that's kinda like "work" and not entirely up your alley, but think of it as time you should have spent working on the toys you bought, instead of foisting your problems on someone else dishonestly.

RayB · « **Reply #37 on:** January 09, 2005, 03:33:00 pm »

Check out THESE stats!

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=mlist;sort=posts;start=0

Paige is KING of the posts!

missioncontrol · « **Reply #38 on:** January 09, 2005, 04:52:49 pm »

hmmmmmmmm perhaps I should surf the boards with four browsers open to quadruple my time and knock Drew out of first place........

SirPeale · « **Reply #39 on:** January 10, 2005, 11:15:03 am »

I'm not sure how Paige suddenly got such a high post count. We were really close for a while, then suddenly I looked one day, and his count was like 1,000 times more than mine.

Not that it makes any difference, mind you, but I found it interesting.


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