# Who was the first Doper you met IRL? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830 "2001-10-11T17:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/1 "2001-10-11T17:33:30Z")
This doesn’t include family members, as I first met **Sakura** sixteen and a half years ago, when she came down the birth canal. But I did meet **Wonko the Sane** and **soulsling** outside the restaurant at my first Dopefest, and we sat waiting for the others to arrive and chatted about smelly cow-orkers named Dan. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/2 "2001-10-11T17:45:38Z")
That would be **Qadgop the Mercotan** when he was in Oklahoma. Fashionably late for our gathering were **sewalk** and **Ginko**. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/3 "2001-10-11T17:53:07Z")
See sig. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/4 "2001-10-11T17:56:44Z")
At our Dopefest last month, in order: **Czarcasm, Atreyu,** and **January** were there when I arrived. **Bumbazine** and **Kalessa** were late arrivals. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/5 "2001-10-11T17:59:48Z")
**beatle** , during a layover in Houston on my way to Atlanta almost two years ago. We did lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/6 "2001-10-11T18:17:56Z")
**thinksnow** , who is currently working in the town I live in. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/7 "2001-10-11T18:22:08Z")
**Wolverine** , who barely posts anymore. I know him IRL and told him about these boards. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/8 "2001-10-11T18:27:50Z")
**racerx** , **chique** , **Spider Woman** , **imthjckaz** , **MsRobyn** , and **Rysdad** back in February or so. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/9 "2001-10-11T18:39:52Z")
**Eve.** We had a drink together in the Blue Bar of the Algonquin Hotel about two years ago. A couple weeks later, we both attended the first NYC Dopefest (if five Dopers constitutes a Fest) at a Russian bar/restaurant in midtown…we got there first, and were joined by **manhattan, SaxFace,** and **Alphagene,** in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/10 "2001-10-11T18:43:41Z")
**Chique,** at the ViDopes game this weekend. Also in attendance were **SpiderWoman, imthjckaz, SilverspaceFire, Purple Pride, lno, and Rysdad**. Honorable mention goes to Chique’s grampa, imthjckazson and Rysdadson (wouldn’t that be just Rys?). ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/11 "2001-10-11T18:56:15Z")
The _only_ doper I’ve met IRL is **Fillet** , at last year’s GSA meeting in Reno. (I only make it out of town and to a “big city” once a year or so and always for something boring like a professional meeting–anybody gonna be in Boston the first weekend of November?) ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/12 "2001-10-11T20:18:08Z")
When I moved to Columbus last year, I met up with **IdiotBoy** one night when his band (JerkWater Jive) was playing in the Short North. He’s pretty much off the Board these days, but I suspect he’ll be back one of these days. The first _group_ of Dopers I met was when I shot up to AnnArbor in December, this was also (obviously) my first Dopefest. Once I finally got to the place (raging snow storm), I met **tsarina, Juniper200, mrblue92, Persephone, LazarusLong,** and **BunnyGirl** (and BunnyHubby.) ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/13 "2001-10-11T20:22:51Z")
I met **Soulsling** outside the herban grill across the street from Antarctica in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/14 "2001-10-11T20:53:18Z")
Met Gunslinger Labor Day weekend, met Saint Zero and Juliana that Monday when they were kind enough to give me a tour of Jackson, MS during my five-hour layover between Greyhounds in said city. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/15 "2001-10-11T21:11:38Z")
The first dopers I met IRL were **UncleBeer** and **VileOrb** (along with **Vile** non-doper friend Jess) at the hotel bar right before my first ChiDope about a year ago. I was a nervous wreck, since I didn’t know anyone and didn’t have any idea what to expect. Met about 25 more Dopers that evening, many of whom I’ve seen a fair amount since. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/16 "2001-10-11T21:35:59Z")
My first and only Doper was **Anthracite** when she came out for my wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/17 "2001-10-11T21:43:53Z")
**ExTank** , on the elevator to **Billdo’s** place before the May NYC Dopefest. Then, in short order, **Billdo** , **Pucette** , **vix** …were there a couple more people who went to the Museum of Natural History? That evening I also had the pleasure of meeting **Maeglin** , **SuaSponte** , **Uke** , and **Geobabe** , among others. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/18 "2001-10-11T21:47:08Z")
Proud to say that the first dopers I met were those MPSIMS-hos, Persephone, Cranky, Shirley Ujest, and Milo. At the time, I was a 20 post newbie, but they spoke to me nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/19 "2001-10-11T22:01:56Z")
Silo, met him about 2 years ago at our ultra-micro-dopefest just he and I showed up. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830/20 "2001-10-11T22:08:24Z")
Lessee…the first Doper I met doesn’t hang here anymore. Her name was **saraam.** Met her at the first Michigan Dopefest, in January 2000. She was with her sister. I don’t remember who showed up next, but that night I met **BunnyGirl, Shadowfox** (and hubby), **ZenBeam, UncleBeer** (and his friend **Sucellus** ), and…I swear I’m forgetting someone. :eek: **Brynda:** MPSIMS ho? I like it! And _of course_ we talked to you. In MPSIMS, we’ll talk to anyone. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-doper-you-met-irl/86830.md?page=2)