Do you use dating websites?

If yes or not anymore, post the "about" section on your profile.

Hell no.

Giantbomb is a dating website right?

Nope. Although looking at the add to the right side of the screen, some advertisers must think that people on Giant Bomb do use dating websites.

I'm getting three links to different dating websites, one for Medal of Honor: Warfighter (linking to the youtube channel) and then there is one for Italian underwear for men...

@emergency said:

Giantbomb is a dating website right?

Hell yeah it is!

No but I don't see anything wrong with using one. It's a really common thing to do these days or so I've heard.

no, don't use one.

giantbomb is the site. if any single ladies are around, hit me up ;-)

to be totally honest i met my current girlfriend on one. but i had to go through literally like 9 complete psychos, liars, and people that posted complete bullshit pics of themselves. I am done with those sites even if i break up wtih my girlfriend.

I met my previous girlfriend on match.com after moving across country. I tried it out because I was new to the area, and am not into bars/clubs and had yet to make any good friends.

It worked out for me... well, we are no longer together but I'd say it was a good service. In some ways, if you are looking for a serious relationship, I can see a lot of plusses to it. The girls I talked with on match seemed to be (for the most part) honest and professional people. It seemed like many of them were very busy with school/work and didn't care to go out and do the 'singles' thing. I actually found it refreshing to find several matches who seemed to be career oriented and very level headed.

Also, I could actually be myself with my profile and conversations. It was way easier to show off my weird self when there wasn't the pressure of talking to some stranger at a bar. That way, when I finally met someone, I felt like I actually knew that we would get along instead of having to pretend.

Yes, that relationship I had is no more (on to bigger and better things), but the site worked well for me with where I was in my life.

Omg, no. Why should I. I meet enough people at school, at work and when I go out.

nope

I don't date.

I'm pretty sure one of the Giant Bomb FAQs says that we can find our true love here, so...I'm clicking yes!

I never have. I have only had 2 girlfriends in my entire lifetime and both had been friends to me before.

Giantbomb is my gaming, news, trivia and dating website all in one.

Can't say I have, but a buddy of mine met his fiance using eHarmony. My sister met her husband of eight years on The Onion personals page. What I'm saying is, there should be no stigma in using a dating site. Some peeps don't want to deal w/ the dance anymore, trying to meet people at bars, wherever, and the streamlined nature of those sites becomes appealing. Who cares how you meet your sig other? Sparks can fly catching someone's eye across a crowded room, or through a series of algorithms matching you with the most compatible person. As long as you're happy, it's all good.

For one day I did.
Then I looked at other peoples profiles.
That made me erase my account, and go out clubbing.
 
Going out simply picking up a partner in the wild is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.
In my city that means you're going to end up with chlamydia, which for the record can be transferred through oral sex.

Worked for me. If you fancy checking one out then go for okcupid since it's free. I would recommend to stay away from paying date sites since they want you to keep throwing money at them and make you jump through as many hoops as possible in order to get in touch with actual people.

And I don't even remember what I wrote in the about section, just write stuff about you know, "yourself".

The idea of meeting someone in real life that I met for the first time online is really fucking creepy to me. 
So hell nah!

I do now *zip*

I lived in the same town for my entire life, and I knew everyone, and everyone knew me. When I got divorced, I decided to look elsewhere, so I used internet sites. Met a few really good people, a couple that didn't pan out, but mostly had good experiences. In fact, I met my current girlfriend through one, and we've been living together for going on two years now. But, we're both also in our mid 30s, so its a different game for us than 20-somethings.

AdultFriendFinder.com is a good source for local hookups.

This thread just inspired me to create an Okcupid account. Thanks alot. :D

No... but I'm starting to think about it.

I'm still in school, so if I do I'll hold off until I have some kind of career... I don't think there's anything wrong with it though, I heard that they can work out pretty well and it's easier in a way because most people are there for generally there for the same reason.

I had a profile up on POF a few years ago, it resulted in one 15 minute date after a few weeks of messaging back and forth, ended up going nowhere.

I still look on POF from time to time, most of the active profiles on the site, are also the oldest, I think if you spend too much time on there, your standards get too high and you end up stuck on there forever.

Okcupid seems like the best free site, but not many people use it so it's pretty useless if you aren't in a big city.

I'm thinking about trying eharmony, the thought of paying used to really tick me off, but now it doesn't bother me if it gets results.

I use OkCupid. Been using it for three years. It's probably the best dating site there is.

Met two girls in three years; went to 'comic-con' in London with one, which was fun. But nothing's come from either.

Only problem with dating sites is if you're a guy you'll rarely get messages, whereas if you're a girl you'll get 'way too many' :/

B. and i never will.

Yes I've met my past two girlfriends online.

@AlexanderSheen said:

@emergency said:

Giantbomb is a dating website right?

Hell yeah it is!

God damnit I voted wrong then.

I did for a month or two when I was in College. I met an attractive older lady who wanted to be my Mrs. Robinson when she found out I was a virgin. Turned her on more than anything knowing she was being a guys first. She just wanted to get the sex on and that was it. It took some will power, but I turned her down. I didn't want my first time to be with some stranger I met online, and I was looking for someone to be with in a relationship and if that turned into sex down the road then that would be different.

I'm still looking for that someone, but I think so lowly of myself that I will never be with someone. If I ever did meet a girl I cared enough for that I wanted to be with, then I would want them to be with someone else who could give them and treat them better then anything I could. I have been torn down so hard emotionally so many times in my life that my mind refuses to allow me to let someone in out of fear of it happening again. I hope eventually that will change, but I don't see it happening any time soon.

No, no I do not.

@pyromagnestir said:

@AlexanderSheen said:

@emergency said:

Giantbomb is a dating website right?

Hell yeah it is!

God damnit I voted wrong then.

An honest mistake.

I find dating websites to be a safer alternative to hitting on dudes, who have an equal chance of hitting on me back or hitting me.

No, but I see no problem with it. They actually seem to work quite well. My aunt met her now husband on a dating site a couple of years after my uncle died in a fishing accident.

The older you get the easier dating sites are to use. Of course, the older you get the easier dating gets as well IMO. Before I met my wife, I used eharmony and match.com to great success. I went on lots of dates and a lot of them were very good experiences, even if things didn't work out. Personally, I would stay away from OK Cupid if you are looking for a serious relationship. OK Cupid skews super young and it's filled with flakes, scammers, and people looking to take the piss.

Someone talked me into trying them out a couple weeks ago, if anything it makes you want to run not walk to a bar. There's no immediacy to the process plus in a social atmosphere you aren't competing with a hundred guys, you actually get one on one time. I think it's something that's fine if you have patience, though I'm more in the mode of, lets meet, I really don't want to go through every conversation topic before we meet. I would say it's fine if you really never want to go out to meet people, otherwise you probably are going to hate the process.

@crusader8463 said:

I did for a month or two when I was in College. I met an attractive older lady who wanted to be my Mrs. Robinson when she found out I was a virgin. Turned her on more than anything knowing she was being a guys first. She just wanted to get the sex on and that was it. It took some will power, but I turned her down. I didn't want my first time to be with some stranger I met online, and I was looking for someone to be with in a relationship and if that turned into sex down the road then that would be different.

I'm still looking for that someone, but I think so lowly of myself that I will never be with someone. If I ever did meet a girl I cared enough for that I wanted to be with, then I would want them to be with someone else who could give them and treat them better then anything I could. I have been torn down so hard emotionally so many times in my life that my mind refuses to allow me to let someone in out of fear of it happening again. I hope eventually that will change, but I don't see it happening any time soon.

I know what you mean. Go with the flow I say.

I used OkCupid, but I started thinking that I can meet girls by Facebook, so I haven't been on OkCupid for years. And actually met two girlfriends like that.

I've always thought about it because my job isnt really conducive to meeting other people, most of my classes are online or only have a very small number of girls in them, and it can be difficult meeting people if you don't drink. However I'm a little reluctant to join a dating site being in my early 20s. It seem's like they are meant for older people who don't really want to go out to bars and stuff anymore.

I used OK Cupid and met my girlfriend there. We have been together for 8 months. Its pretty awesome.

It took a while and it seems totally stupid at first but if you keep trying and just messaging a bunch of people eventually you will connect with one.

@Hunter5024: Dude you should totally get on OK Cupid. I was in the exact situation when I created my account. Without it I wouldn't have met my girlfriend who just happend to live just down the street from me of all places. There are tons of young people (early 20s I mean...) on OKC.

I use Seacaptaindate.com We crab fishermen need womens too.

Nope, Tried them in the past and they failed me. So I played L4D and found my significant other. :o

@Devil240Z: Really? I had no idea. I just may try that. Thanks

I'm not that lonely...yet.

I still have you, Giant Bomb <3

I used eHarmony in 2008 and got married in 2010. Like everything else internet, online dating is even more prevalent now- I think 20% or 25% of relationships start online, at least in the US.

You only get out of online dating what you put into it. Pay sites are always better for a real relationship because the people are much more serious on average. If you're just looking to throw one off, then just use a free site. Or if you're looking to throw one off and are into extreme risk taking, go with Craigslist.

I do, and I have sent a fuck ton of messages to this girl. Going to meet her next week!

@Pocky4Th3Win said:

Nope, Tried them in the past and they failed me. So I played L4D and found my significant other. :o

That does not surprise me. There is a huge community of female L4D players... never go against a team of girls with a team of guys... the guys will always lose... I know from personal expierence.

I used to think they were rubbish for years. Then this angel said to me "Hi! How are you?" on a dating site. And somehow it turned out to be the woman of my dreams, except she is even more awesome than I imagined.

I never thought that this so called "true love" thing existed or that it could happen to me, but then it just did.

I never used it but I don't see a problem with it. Honestly to me it's a lot less weird than hooking up and meeting random people while drunk at a bar or nightclub.