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How did you find DLP?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Jon, Jan 8, 2016.

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How did you find DLP?

  1. Recommended by a Fanfic Author (if so who?)

    572 vote(s)
    25.8%
  2. Found via the DLP C2

    280 vote(s)
    12.6%
  3. Recommended by a friend

    84 vote(s)
    3.8%
  4. Recommended off another website (if so where?)

    323 vote(s)
    14.6%
  5. My fic was recommended here and I was curious

    41 vote(s)
    1.8%
  6. Someone trash talked DLP and I was curious

    243 vote(s)
    11.0%
  7. I found DLP via Google

    675 vote(s)
    30.4%
  1. Fredovich

    Fredovich First Year

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    Jon
  2. cmatbmed

    cmatbmed Squib DLP Supporter

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    I'm not sure I can remember that far back. I think it was from Nonjon or maybe jbern.
     
  3. Redeye

    Redeye Penultimate Lurker DLP Supporter

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    Goodness it was so long ago.... Pretty sure it was just some random Indy!Harry fic that brought me here
     
  4. joshuafaramir

    joshuafaramir Banned

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    I read some awesome shit from FFN and wondered where it came from. Turns out the author's bio provided the answer. I read The Lie I've Lived.
     
  5. Zvohunter

    Zvohunter Third Year

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    Wanted to read something about Harry being a Dark Lord. Found DLP - at first, I was a little bit disappointed. I am shy amongst strangers, you see. Lurked for 2 years, then created my account and continued to lurk for a long time ^^ Fucking hell. 1/3 of my life spent on DLP and still only ~50 posts. I love you all, from the bottom of my lurker heart <3
    Also, Shezza :)
     
    Last edited: Jan 18, 2016
  6. Plaster

    Plaster Muggle

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    Found DLP from reading Santi's "Harry Potter and the Boy Who Lived". It'll update one day. I believe!
     
  7. Nauro

    Nauro Headmaster

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    Sometime in the end of 2011, one C.J.C (a lurker of DLP, by most definitions) (ah, now he's PomMan ) sent me a message on ff.net suggesting to beta for FFF.

    Ah, found it. It's from 2011 October.

    After a short exchange, he said this:
    To which I replied

    And then I found extra Santi's chapters, and one thing led to another, and lo and behold, I have made a few posts here and there...


    Anyway, if you're reading this, PomMan, you lied to me :p. No one was jumping at the opportunity to read FFF, and I think it's barely hovering at 3.6 in the library.


    If I had known of DLP ages ago, well, perhaps FFF could have tunred out better.

    Hmm, I need to find some time (yeah right) and finish it. Should be 50-100k words left.
     
  8. tomio

    tomio Squib

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    Found out about it when someone compared a quest on another forum to one on this forum, and I decided "Why not add another forum to read to my list?". Ah well, I've made worse decisions.
     
  9. Miner

    Miner Order Member

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    Well, I read Sesc's Unatoned nearly two years ago. Checked his profile and saw a list of "Best stories in genre" stuff. Found OTWTG, Matt's Incorruptible, etc. and was like, this stuff is good (although half the links on there are links to stories that have been removed and/or taken down by the ff.net staff). His profile mentioned DLP, so I went through Google and found DLP. Since it isn't technically a recommendation, and I did find DLP through Google, I voted for that, although if it should be changed... lemme know?
     
  10. PomMan

    PomMan High Inquisitor

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    It was only on chapter 3 or so then wasn't it? My memory is admittedly somewhat hazy...

    I found dlp by lurking since '09 and then made an account to talk about... something? I think it was Naruto related. And then just stuck around and didn't understand how irc worked until 2014, and still havent made the most of it. I've always intended to write on here, but never wrote a story I actually enjoy and am proud of.
     
  11. Kogitsune

    Kogitsune Disappeared

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    I found DLP like, yesterday, from a wiki list of fan sites and its one of the only ones that is at all active so....
     
  12. Lina

    Lina Squib

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    I found dlp partly because of Harry Potter and the Boy who Lived by the Santi... And also because I was browsing through the communities and found the link there...
     
  13. Dark Syaoran

    Dark Syaoran No. 4 Admin

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    Midknight was writing a story at the time and his FFN nickname was 'darklordpotter.net'. That's how I found it.
     
  14. D-Mister

    D-Mister Squib

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    I Found This through a mix of Authors mentioning it on FF.net and the DLP Forum on FF.net communities.
     
  15. CaffeineAddict

    CaffeineAddict Seventh Year DLP Supporter

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    Fuck. I THINK it was a mention in the author notes of one of Nonjon's stories, but don't quote me on that (Maybe A Black Comedy?), either that or it was a complaint by someone and I got curious.

    I probably found the site in 2007 and lurked around for a few months before making an account. This is the only fandom community I've really spent any serious amounts of time in (been associating with you misanthropes on and off for nearly 8 years now, yeesh), no other forum or board kept my interest for long. Still mostly lurk, though
     
  16. kellanved

    kellanved Squib

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    Heard it mentioned in other forums often enough, but I only accessed it after I discovered scryer.
     
  17. King Draconias

    King Draconias Squib

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    I found DLP by chance. I was looking for some good alternate fanfiction sites, aside from FFN that is, and I happened to chance on this awesome site. :)
     
  18. SighDuck

    SighDuck Squib

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    I have Lemora to blame, though I think The Lie I've Lived also played a part.
     
  19. wrestlingfan1

    wrestlingfan1 First Year

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    i found DLP by google searching for, a stroy but also reading Santi's "Harry Potter and the Boy Who Lived.
     
  20. RThomas

    RThomas Squib

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    None of the poll options fit completely, I guess.

    Voted rcc'ed by author, because a lot of really good/disgustingly bad HP fanfics referenced DLP in their author notes, positively or full of contempt.

    I got curious, created an account and started snooping around. Lost interest in ff for a while, but you always eventually get sucked back in, don't you...decided to be more active this time^^
     
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