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Parts of this debate are ridiculously juvenile.

First off, I don't think anyone ever suggested that the length of time you were a member of the Warpath has anything to do with your dedication to the team.

Secondly, do you have to go to games to be a fan? Do you have to own jerseys? Do you have to know the entire roster? Do you have to meet players? Do you have to know history and when the last super bowl wins were? Which of these is the requisite condition for being a REAL fan?

It's ridiculous. It's been said here already, but I feel the need to reiterate. You're a fan if the highs are high and the lows are low. If a win makes you feel elated and losses make you feel a major let down, you're a fan. If repeated losing seasons don't change your emotions regarding wins and losses, then you are truly loyal.

I too don't like people who jump from team to team. I don't care if the Skins go 3-13 for the next 25 years, my loyalties will never change. If your loyalties would change in that situation, then I'd suggest you never get married because you're probably not the kind of person who can stay true to your spouse. And I don't suspect we have any of those people on this site, when I come here I see intelligent discussion accented with passion. The number of games you go to, or the number of warpath posts you've made, or the number of players you can name don't define you. Your passion and your loyalties define you.

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[QUOTE=joecrisp]Word for word, that probably sums it up best for me...

I think it makes sense that the most passionate fans are the ones who hurt the most when the team struggles. Some of us bitch and moan about how the sky is falling until people want to slap us in the face, others of us just sulk in depressed silence. I'm sure we've all seen a lot of diehard Redskins fans doing those same things as they walk out of FedEx Field after a loss. It doesn't make them lesser fans; they just have a different (if somewhat annoying or disconcerting) way of expressing it or internalizing it.

To paraphrase another longtime Warpather: "Not being eternally optimistic doesn't mean I'm not a diehard Redskins fan."

It just means we deal with the pain differently. How boring would this place be if we all had the same reactions to everything that happens?[/QUOTE]
There ya go. That's what I'm talking about.

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[QUOTE=dblanch66]I have no problem with new fans or anyone new who joins the site. I have a problem with those who won't be fans when and if we start sucking. We have suffered for 14 years of turmoil to only have folks jump on and then jump off when times get tough. Some so called "redskin fans" today, will be "BIG browns fans" tomorrow.[/QUOTE]

I wholeheartedly agree. plus I know for me I was speaking from expirience outside of this site even though there have definitely been some "fans" who have posted here and made me pissed off when they say they can't stand to watch the team anymore and that they give up being a fan.

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One thing I have noticed is all of the older fans that had maybe just lost interest after Snyder took over Gibbs was gone and our loosing. My dad is a very long time Skins fan who had season tickets back in the 60's. When Gibbs left and Snyder took ownership and we started loosing all the time he just lost interest in following the team. It started last year when Gibbs came back but this year he has realy enjoyed watching and following the Skins. It was funny they came over to watch the game Sunday and the first thing my mom said is that she had been excited all week and was very nervous. So lets just be happy that we are given fans a reason to put on their gear and turn on their TV's. GO SKINS!!

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Hahaha!

This theard is funny to me considering my nickname.

Well in my part, I did jump on the bandwagon in 1991 when I first learned the game.
I've been on the bandwagon ever since!

By the way... I have a wallpaper I created and wanted to post it but I dont' know a good place to post it ... anyone have any suggestions ?!

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Hahaha!

This theard is funny to me considering my nickname.

Well in my part, I did jump on the bandwagon in 1991 when I first learned the game.
I've been on the bandwagon ever since!

By the way... I have a wallpaper I created and wanted to post it but I dont' know a good place to post it ... anyone have any suggestions ?!

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[QUOTE=Bandwagon4ever]Hahaha!

This theard is funny to me considering my nickname.

Well in my part, I did jump on the bandwagon in 1991 when I first learned the game.
I've been on the bandwagon ever since!

By the way... I have a wallpaper I created and wanted to post it but I dont' know a good place to post it ... anyone have any suggestions ?![/QUOTE]

Maybe the parking lot or the redskins merchandise forum. Shoot put it in the locker room forum.

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Thanks... I'll put it in the locker room. :)

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[QUOTE=PorterHouse]first of all if you have taken the time to read my post you would know i havent said anything about new warpath members------>Porterhouse<----------- new warpath member, im talkin about people in general that i have met around here and was askin if anyone else noticed that where they live. second of all skinsbabe i will be at the game in front of my 60" bigscreen yellin and cussin just like i was there. your probly not even a fan your some 300 lb fat chick trying to play right guard for us. good luck ray brown's not lookin to bad right now.[/QUOTE]


Wait a minute, I happen to like 300lb fat chicks!

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[QUOTE=12thMan]Wait a minute, I happen to like 300lb fat chicks![/QUOTE]

12thman, I'd keep that to myself if I were you! :funnypost

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I am new to the site today but can tell you with certainty that we have not won since January 26th 1992. I go all the way back to 1970 and remember as an 11 year old losing to Miami but thanking god for Mike Bass' interception return. Do I pass the "bandwagon" test?

I have been in NJ since moving from Roanoke Va 19 years ago and am only guaranteed 4 games as I get both Philly and NY Fox broadcasts....but yet am still a die hard fan. So is my 12 yearold son who is so psyched to see his first playoff game. Unfortunately his mother (still my wife believe it or not) and sister are Giants fans. I tell them they have it made and there is no fan like a fan who only gets a few games a year and yet still follows their team.

Great site! You all will be hearing more from LBrown43.

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[QUOTE=LBrown43]I am new to the site today but can tell you with certainty that we have not won since January 26th 1992. I go all the way back to 1970 and remember as an 11 year old losing to Miami but thanking god for Mike Bass' interception return. Do I pass the "bandwagon" test?

I have been in NJ since moving from Roanoke Va 19 years ago and am only guaranteed 4 games as I get both Philly and NY Fox broadcasts....but yet am still a die hard fan. So is my 12 yearold son who is so psyched to see his first playoff game. Unfortunately his mother (still my wife believe it or not) and sister are Giants fans. I tell them they have it made and there is no fan like a fan who only gets a few games a year and yet still follows their team.

Great site! You all will be hearing more from LBrown43.[/QUOTE]

Welcome!!

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[QUOTE=LBrown43]I am new to the site today but can tell you with certainty that we have not won since January 26th 1992. I go all the way back to 1970 and remember as an 11 year old losing to Miami but thanking god for Mike Bass' interception return. Do I pass the "bandwagon" test?

I have been in NJ since moving from Roanoke Va 19 years ago and am only guaranteed 4 games as I get both Philly and NY Fox broadcasts....but yet am still a die hard fan. So is my 12 yearold son who is so psyched to see his first playoff game. Unfortunately his mother (still my wife believe it or not) and sister are Giants fans. I tell them they have it made and there is no fan like a fan who only gets a few games a year and yet still follows their team.

Great site! You all will be hearing more from LBrown43.[/QUOTE]

BigSKINBauer, don't you have something you'd like to say to LBrown43?

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Look everyone let me clear the air a little bit cause Im takin alot of heat for this thread. First I wanna apologize to skinsbabe, enjoy the game represent all of us that cant make the game, but if I was there you'd know it was me cause I'd be the cussin and yellin. But back to business. Everyone had good points on this one but that wasnt my intention to call anyone out on their love of the Skins. My intention was to point out the fact that I ran into fake fans and was interested in hearing some funny stories about some misinformed wagon jumpers any of you encountered. Thanks for all the attention tho, thanks for lettiing me know there are some other passionate Skins fans like myself. HAIL TO THE REDSKINS------------FOREVER

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[QUOTE=PorterHouse]I gotta a question--am I the only person that notices the emergence of an awful alot of Redskins fans lately? I mean I love the fact that I have more people to talk to about one of my favorite subjects( The Skins) But if you cant tell me the last time we won a super bowl-------YOUR A FAKE REDSKINS FAN[/QUOTE]

Yes, the bandwagon fans tend to come out of the woodwork when a team is winning. Just look at the Patriots now and the Cowboys in the 90s. BTW, where are all the San Fancisco 49er fans.

The skins have one of the largest fan bases in the league and they are very loyal, but they too have bandwagon fans.

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Dude that's not the question the question to ask is do you know their original name?

It's the Boston Braves in 1933, playing at which was changed to the Boston Redskins the following year. They moved to DC in 1937.

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[QUOTE=PorterHouse]I gotta a question--am I the only person that notices the emergence of an awful alot of Redskins fans lately? I mean I love the fact that I have more people to talk to about one of my favorite subjects( The Skins) But if you cant tell me the last time we won a super bowl-------YOUR A FAKE REDSKINS FAN[/QUOTE]

Last Time we won Super Bowl was in Feb. 2006

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All teams get band wagon fans as soon as they are succesful. It is just something winning teams have to deal with. As long as they don't try to pretend they are hardcore fans I don't mind them. Most people I know who are that way come to me for info about team I feel like Yoda training young Jedi. We should try to turn them in to Die hards by welcoming them and teaching them about the team. Leaving them uninformed will make people who talk to them have low opinions of real Skins fans. Churchs always try to recruite people so should we. Just my opinion but if you ask my girl she will tell you I am always right:yeahright

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I don't know... here in Pennsylvania, I've not been seeing too much burgundy and gold... Just a lot of pissed off eagles fans. And that makes me happy...

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[QUOTE=LBrown43]I am new to the site today but can tell you with certainty that we have not won since January 26th 1992. I go all the way back to 1970 and remember as an 11 year old losing to Miami but thanking god for Mike Bass' interception return. Do I pass the "bandwagon" test?

I have been in NJ since moving from Roanoke Va 19 years ago and am only guaranteed 4 games as I get both Philly and NY Fox broadcasts....but yet am still a die hard fan. So is my 12 yearold son who is so psyched to see his first playoff game. Unfortunately his mother (still my wife believe it or not) and sister are Giants fans. I tell them they have it made and there is no fan like a fan who only gets a few games a year and yet still follows their team.

Great site! You all will be hearing more from LBrown43.[/QUOTE]:welcome: :grouphug: :welcome: :laughing- :pimp: :woot: :smashfrea :woot: :laughing- :party-smi :biggthump :laughing2 :Flush: :laughing2 :woot: :headbange :food-smil :towel: :) :lol: :food-smil :towel: :headbange :laughing2 :woot: :pimp: :welcome: :grouphug: :rofl: :cool-smil :drink :welcome: :drink :grouphug: :pimp: :woot: :laughing2 :headbange :food-smil :towel: :lol: :food-smil :point: :laughing2 :pimp: :pimp: :grouphug: :welcome: :drink :welcome: :grouphug: :D :Flush: :smashfrea :woot: :laughing2 :point: :biggthump :lol: :smashfrea :laughing2 :woot: :laughing- :cheeky-sm :welcome: :grouphug: :drink :welcome:

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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH! That never gets old.

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[QUOTE=Skinsfanmania]Yes, the bandwagon fans tend to come out of the woodwork when a team is winning. Just look at the Patriots now and the Cowboys in the 90s. BTW, where are all the San Fancisco 49er fans.

The skins have one of the largest fan bases in the league and they are very loyal, but they too have bandwagon fans.[/QUOTE]

Haha one of my best friends was a 49er's fan for the longest time, but after they became bad he stopped rooting for them. When I asked him why, he said "I was just a TO fan, not a 49ers fan". So then he became a Philly fan, but he has run into some problems this year, mainly the fact that Philly sucks. I am waiting to see who he roots for next, because it is too funny. I think last game he was pulling for us, even tho we played Philly, and he has been a Skins hater since I have known him. Is he gonna be a Skins fan now??? I'll keep you guys updated.

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I guess I'm an old-timer, but if anyone is complaining about "fake Redskins fans," they obviously weren't around to enjoy the Redskins bandwagon phenomenon during our Super Bowl years. Tony Kornheiser would write columns every week in the Post, exhorting the citizens of DC to "get on the bandwagon!" It was so much fun: all of a sudden, checkout counter clerks at every Giant Food grocery store, every schoolteacher, every grandmother, every person in town couldn't stop talking about the Redskins. For the '92 Super Bowl, the Washington Post even distributed free "Bandwagon" bumper stickers with the morning paper on the Sunday of the NFC Championship game against Detroit.

Just enjoy it all! Sheesh! :)

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1. See it the positive way: more "fans", more merchandise, more money.

2. My opinion:

You can change your wife, your car and you political opinion. But you can [b]never[/b] change the team you support.

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These people who call themselves fans and prove it by how many stats they can quote or how completely they know the depth chart are a joke. Can you be more insecure? All you have to do is love the Redskinsa s a team or love Joe Gibbs or love a player.

My mom doesn't know shit about football or the rules. She couldn't tell Ladell Betts from Jon Jansen. She sometimes screams that there was pass interference on that 3 yard run by Clinton Portis - that's why he only got 3 yards, and throws up her hands in disbelief that the refs missed that one. But she is a huge Redskins fan - watches every game and has been a fan since the 70s. She lives and dies with the Redskins' wins and losses. And she gets discouraged when they lose. She still watches the games but she may turn a blowout off early. She may not talk to much about them during the lean years. This year she's talking about them a lot, particularly lately. Does this make her less of a fan?

What an asinine thread.

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"What an asinine thread."
That's uncalled for.

peace to yer Mom

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[QUOTE=12thMan]Wait a minute, I happen to like 300lb fat chicks![/QUOTE]
Yeah they need Love TOO

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I'm 49 years old and was born and lived in D.C. through college. I've been living in St. Louis for the past 25 years. I always wear Redskin gear. I constantly get harrassed by locals, the fair weathered Rams fans. Everytime the Skins come close to St. Louis, I'm at the game. I go to a local sports bar, Ozzie's, every week to see the Skins, win or lose. When the Skins lose, I feel like someone close had died. When the Skins win, I feel like a kid on Christmas day. Is that a true fan?

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The last three games have felt like the playoffs. All week, prior to the game, I've had a quesy feeling anticipating the game. During the games, it was a rollercoaster of emotions, a deep down sinking feeling when the Skins were behind, and an absolutely uplifting spiritual elation when they took the lead. The most uplifting moment was when Daniels came around the edge and knocked the ball loose from Detmer and caused a fumble and then there was a scrum, scrambling for the football and Sean Taylor emerged from the pile with the ball sprinting down the sideline to paydirt. I ran through the sports bar with him. I can't remember that type of emotion since Doug Williams bombed Denver in the Superbowl or Daryl Green returning a punt return for a touchdown with a broken rib or John Riggins bouncing off-tackle versus Miami to win the Superbowl.

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Obviously, there is no definative answer to the question "What is a Redskin Fan" ? To many variables that cannot be measured. I kind of liked,.............I think it was 5rings who said "the number of new bogus fans you get is a measure of the teams growing popularity" (more or less). I like that

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Gee guys and gals, thanks for the warm welcome. Just got my issue of Warpath today on the eve of what will be the Skins first playoff win of the season....but not the last!!!

[i][size=5]GO REDSKINS NATION!!!!!!![/size][/i]
[i][size=5][/size][/i]
[i][size=4]FINAL SCORE: SKINS-23[/size][/i]
[i][size=4] BUC'S-10[/size][/i]

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(forgive me if this has been said already) Ill tell you what really gets me, coming from a fan from birth...how when the Ravens came to town and won a quick Superbowl, soooo many people were overnight "Ravens fans". Now that they suck and our Skins are contenders again, theyre back to the Burg. & Gold. Seriously, keep your purple jerseys, we really dont need your one month of cheers.

ps- these "analysts" can bite me too, i dont need to hear what you think of my team now, they got this far with all of you doubting them.

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Ok im kinda sick of this thread, its was fun for a while, now its just the same old stuff, can we kill it??

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loved the skins since early 80's. but because i move around so much with the guard i have a hard time getting to see many games. usually have to settle for highlights and internet updates. hopefully now they will get more air time.