Akiba-Online: What attracted you and what made you stay?

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Oct 6, 2007
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I'll be honest, like most people here I found AKBO while browsing for JAV but I rarely download any these days but I frequent AKBO a couple of times a day when I'm bored at home. What made me frequent AKBO is beside the handful of trolls that post here there is a decent amount of people who are sensible and can contribute to a real discussion when the times calls for it.

How about you? What do you like about AKBO that makes you keep posting here?
 

EzikialRage

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Nov 20, 2008
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Anime and big titty idols and jav actresses is why I came to akiba online. But now I mostly download idol stuff.
 

Verginello

Active Member
Jan 23, 2011
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To me it's sharing talk about japan, japanese stuff, girls, av ... beside English is not my mother tongue and probably I write like a kid :study:

I download a bit but mostly I just have a look at the releases :tea:
 

Ceewan

Famished
Jul 23, 2008
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How about you? What do you like about AKBO that makes you keep posting here?


Good question.

I have to admit that I do not download much from here anymore. Elsewhere I am more likely to lurk or leech but here I kind of feel at home. Here I am invested. I make an effort to share, to contribute.There are a number of members I am rather fond of, including those I often disagree with. Sometimes I find the discussions interesting, even when I am not involved in them. There are always pretty girls to look at when I am in the mood for them.

I guess this place has just become a habit.
 

CoolKevin

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Mar 30, 2007
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Yuko Ogura and Race Queens,
 
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kagami hawke

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Apr 27, 2010
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I probably originally came here searching for some old h-game I wanted at the time. I kinda forget. I mainly stayed because there is alot of stuff that is relevant to what I would look for.
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
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I followed a hash-tag and found my way here. Noticed there were a lot of little otaku who lived in their mom's basement and felt it was my job to teach them what life is all about, even if it kills them.
 

lowleg26

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Oct 25, 2009
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How about you? What do you like about AKBO that makes you keep posting here?

I also enjoy the intriguing conversations that pop up every so often. The discussions on this forum generally don't have a very quick pace, so its easy to keep up with the conversations that are going on even if you've been gone for a while. While I sometimes lament that there are multi-day stretches with nothing much going on, I much prefer that to forums that go far too fast.

Its also nice that there are a lot of active members in Japan who are more than willing to answer questions for the rest of us gaijin.

I've also made quite a few friends here that I would have no other way to get in contact with. Even if I quit downloading stuff completely, I'll still wind up coming here all the time.
 

iori11

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Nov 25, 2009
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:evil: so if i get it all most of you guys do not download from here but just come to get feeds and info in the "let's call it adult devertisement industry"

:puzzled: but then did you just stoped downloading or do you get your stuff from elsewhere?
 
Oct 6, 2007
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:evil: so if i get it all most of you guys do not download from here but just come to get feeds and info in the "let's call it adult devertisement industry"

:puzzled: but then did you just stoped downloading or do you get your stuff from elsewhere?

I don't need JAV so much anymore, my GF more than satisfies my needs ㅋㅋㅋ I kept coming back here because of the community and mostly just hanging around the Japan forum.
 

Desu

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Jun 25, 2009
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i came here because i was getting sick of uploading things for the morons at pornbb

...and because this was the most japanese thing i could afford back then
(but now i can also buy sweets from japan; big improvement huh!)
 

vian85putra

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Feb 1, 2011
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Good question.

I have to admit that I do not download much from here anymore. Elsewhere I am more likely to lurk or leech but here I kind of feel at home. Here I am invested. I make an effort to share, to contribute.There are a number of members I am rather fond of, including those I often disagree with. Sometimes I find the discussions interesting, even when I am not involved in them. There are always pretty girls to look at when I am in the mood for them.

I guess this place has just become a habit.
This is pretty much cover for me too.
I like the conversation here even though it's kind slow pace.
 

Rhinosaur

Outside Context Problem
Sep 23, 2007
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I come for the food, but I stay for the legroom!
 

Amano_Jyakol

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Apr 27, 2011
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I'm very much intrigued by anything Japanese. I like everything, from the people, culture, geography, toys, movies and JAV models.:cool:
 

LordSvartalheim

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Apr 5, 2010
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:evil: There are people here that can relate to my likes and dislikes and being here makes me feel free from the pressures of the real world. Here I can be some who is truly "ME" :harp:
 

Desu

アッチョンブリケ
Jun 25, 2009
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don't they always say the same things, both online and in real life?
they're so easy to spot...

/offtopic