What Brought you to The WarPath?
 

Hey guys, I am a new proud member of The Warpath as of today, and wanted to tell you how I got here. I would also like to know what brought all of you here:

My name is Mark and I was on ExtremeSkins since December of 2005. Last night, i got banned for life. I promise you people, i didn't do anything wrong. I was just another victim of what some of us here call "The Great ES Purge" of 2009. Basically a few mods that need to get a day job started banning everybody who didnt have a positive opinon about ES.

The board is obviously censored, and the moderators there do not set a very good example, or make the redskins look very good right now, as they are now "officially" owned by the redskins...

My screename there was SolidSnake84 for anyone who remembers me or knew me from there.

I am happy to be here and hope to serve out the rest of my Redskin days here. I have not asked for re-instatement to ES nor will I.

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Welcome! I have honestly never spent any time on ES, other then a quick galance, it just so damn busy with all it's colors and banners.

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I saw what got you banned over at ES...and I must say that seemed kind of odd to ban you over that. Is there more to that story? You can PM me

Anyhow, a few years ago I was just looking to talk Redskins with some people beyond my immediate circle of friends and family. The main thing that attracted me to this site were Sheriff Gonna Getcha's eyes....um, er, I mean...

Seriously though, the site had a great, clean look to it which made reading posts easy. So I spent a few weeks just reading the site and then one day decided to start posting

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Ok out of curiosity and boredom, I just went over to ES. There are a lot more chicks over there! LOL! I am just saying.

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[quote=SmootSmack;618749]I saw what got you banned over at ES...and I must say that seemed kind of odd to ban you over that. Is there more to that story? You can PM me

Anyhow, a few years ago I was just looking to talk Redskins with some people beyond my immediate circle of friends and family. The main thing that attracted me to this site were Sheriff Gonna Getcha's eyes....um, er, I mean...

Seriously though, the site had a great, clean look to it which made reading posts easy. So I spent a few weeks just reading the site and then one day decided to start posting[/quote]

I dont have any problem telling my story to the members here:

I got banned for 1 week for the first time ever back in August of 2009 for getting into it with another poster. He was trashing John Riggins and all this garbage and i just lost it and kind of flipped out on him. That was my fault.

I came back in September and went without incident, until the whole issue started on whether or not extremeskins was censored. I posted how i felt that the board was censored, but not in the way they were making it out to be. Basically saying that the Mods controlled the opinions on the board, and that threads they didn't like were always locked or deleted (100% factual)

I didn't get banned, but the mods went all crazy and stuff and basically told people that if they didn't like how the site was ran, they could go F theirselves and all this stuff. another guy spoke up and said that he thought how they were talking to people was wrong, and Jumbo (one of the owners i guess?) locked the thread and said that they can treat people however they want whenever they want, to just deal with it.

last night was my final incident. Somebody posted about censorship again (re-occuring theme, no?), and i wrote in again and said that it seemed like posts that were unpopular were always closed down, and the general feeling among members was that people were scared to post, in fear of being banned or flamed (also 100% true). I also said that looking back in hindsight, are the owners of the thread still glad that they merged in 2005 with the Redskins. I wasn't being ignorant, it's just that things were much better way back then when the redskins didn't control the board....I guess they had enough and banned me for life. Jumbo told me i was too stupid to post there and that anbody who agreed with me would be banned too.

And the funny thing is, on the topic of censorship...right before my permanent ban, a guy started a thread called "F### Dan Snyder", and the thread was closed and the member got a lifetime ban....how ironic

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my brother was/is a member. He was on, I saw it, I joined. Great site for talking Skins and other off-topic stuff. ES definitely is too hard to read, unless you can change color patterns. Never spent much of any time over there. not heartbroken over that.

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I looked around and heard ES was owned by the Skins and wanted to be a part of an independent forum, so joined here and its the sh*t. ES seemed to have toooooo much going on.....

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if you guys really want to go to bat for me, go register with fake names and email addresses and tell Jumbo to go F himself....they dont check IP's or emails there....i'm registering again now just to tell him how i feel.....

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Don't do that. Don't go joining a board just to go tell people to F themselves. We're not going to have a board battle here. There's nothing to gain from that.

They have their board and we have ours. There are some good members and good posts over on ES. But while you're here, just follow our rules, ask the mods if you have any questions, and everything will be fine.

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[quote=SmootSmack;618766]Don't do that. Don't go joining a board just to go tell people to F themselves. We're not going to have a board battle here. There's nothing to gain from that.

They have their board and we have ours. There are some good members and good posts over on ES. But while you're here, just follow our rules, ask the mods if you have any questions, and everything will be fine.[/quote]
...........Good save

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One day back in 2002 I was pulling staff duty and as a result I had to stay up all night. I took some time out to surf the web because I was looking for some news and information on the Skins. At the time the Skins website was trash and they rarely ever updated news, rosters, ect. Using google I came across this gem. I created a user account and read the forums that night. I do not believe that I even posted once under that user account. Since I didn't have a computer at home I never used the account outside of the times that I had to pull staff duty. Later that year I got deployed to the sandbox. Once I returned I couldn't remember my old username or password so I just created a new account. I have been here since.

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[quote=SolidSnake84;618745]Hey guys, I am a new proud member of The Warpath as of today, and wanted to tell you how I got here. I would also like to know what brought all of you here:

My name is Mark and I was on ExtremeSkins since December of 2005. Last night, i got banned for life. I promise you people, i didn't do anything wrong. I was just another victim of what some of us here call "The Great ES Purge" of 2009. Basically a few mods that need to get a day job started banning everybody who didnt have a positive opinon about ES.

The board is obviously censored, and the moderators there do not set a very good example, or make the redskins look very good right now, as they are now "officially" owned by the redskins...

My screename there was SolidSnake84 for anyone who remembers me or knew me from there.

I am happy to be here and hope to serve out the rest of my Redskin days here. I have not asked for re-instatement to ES nor will I.[/quote]

Permaban crew signing in

I quoted pictures in the post your pics thread in the off topic section.. I was banned, went back and saw that's a one week ban.. I was banned for 3 months

sent emails, no response.. so I created another account and told them to purge it by I was looking for clarification on the 3 month ban

well they perma banned both accounts

those guys are jokes, even good people like mark the homer are jackasses now... anytime they don't like something they feel the need to punish

it's the OFFICIAL redskins board, yet they make it hard to sign up, then wait to get approved, then get banned for whatever they feel like

fuck that place.. anyways, enjoy it here, it's not NEARLY as mind-numbing

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The Warpath is easier to read than the Hogs.net. I guess I'm still a member over there but I haven't gone back since I made friends here.

I came to message boards to vent my anger over the lack of attention shown to the O-line.

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I actually stumbled across this forum today and found Tryfuhl posts here. Try and I post on another forum together and he told me this was a great place so I joined

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[quote=Speedyg76;618789]I actually stumbled across this forum today and found Tryfuhl posts here. Try and I post on another forum together and he told me this was a great place so I joined[/quote]
:food-smil

Don't worry guys he's not as bad as I am.

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[quote=tryfuhl;618790]:food-smil

Don't worry guys he's not as bad as I am.[/quote]

Good, because you suck!

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LOL...welcome. Walking away with class is the best way to stick it to ES.

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[quote=saden1;618798]LOL...welcome. Walking away with class is the best way to stick it to ES.[/quote]

You suck too Saden!

GD I want a cigarette!

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;618792]Good, because you suck![/quote]
:screama:

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[quote=tryfuhl;618790]:food-smil

Don't worry guys he's not as bad as I am.[/quote]



lol maybe

:cheers

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;618799]You suck too Saden!

GD I want a cigarette![/quote]


I don't play for that team.

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[quote=Angry;618776]One day back in 2002 I was pulling staff duty and as a result I had to stay up all night. I took some time out to surf the web because I was looking for some news and information on the Skins. At the time the Skins website was trash and they rarely ever updated news, rosters, ect. Using google I came across this gem. I created a user account and read the forums that night. I do not believe that I even posted once under that user account. Since I didn't have a computer at home I never used the account outside of the times that I had to pull staff duty. Later that year I got deployed to the sandbox. Once I returned I couldn't remember my old username or password so I just created a new account. I have been here since.[/quote]

sounds like double membership, isn't that cause for a lifetime ban??? ;)

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I had been looking up Redskins info on the web since about 2004, and then around March of '05 I realized I wished there was a site to talk Redskins with my fellow fans. Well, I looked on google and after I checked out the ES board, I was like it's ok but doesn't have that smaller, more family type feel to it, and the next result was the 'Path and I liked it immediately so it's become my main board since then.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;618804]sounds like double membership, isn't that cause for a lifetime ban??? ;)[/quote]


I think that they did something in 2004 that got rid of my old account. If you notice even Matty's join date is Feb 2004, but the forum dates back to 1999. I could be wrong though.

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[quote=Angry;618811]I think that they did something in 2004 that got rid of my old account. If you notice even Matty's join date is Feb 2004, but the forum dates back to 1999. I could be wrong though.[/quote]

The Warpath originated in '99 on Yahoo. Eventually I moved it to it's own server and in 2004 we had a big site crash. Lost everything. I've since learned some valuable lessons such as keeping regular backups.

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[quote=Mattyk72;618819]The Warpath originated in '99 on Yahoo. Eventually I moved it to it's own server and in 2004 we had a big site crash. Lost everything. I've since learned some valuable lessons such as keeping regular backups.[/quote]

FIY, the Gallery is still broken because it's pointing to redskinswarpath.com.

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I can say with whole-hearted honesty.... I have no freaking CLUE how I ended up finding this site.

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Loving to go on message boards, combined with my love of the NFL! I am a member of give or take, fifty message boards and counting!

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Cool thread. And yeah, ES seems like a land of clutter. I've only visited there a few times. Kind of a trainwreck.

Early on in the 2006 season I was looking for a cool Redskins logo to use for my fantasy football avatar. Somehow I stumbled on this site. I ended up reading posts for about an hour. Most of you know that I lived in Florida for about 8 years and went to school down there. Obviously Gainesville, FL is a town bereft of Redskins fans. Finding The Warpath was (is) a great way for me to get my Skins fix.

Great place, definitely one of my favorite hobbies is being on this site.

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I ran a google search for Redskins salary cap data and the information here popped up. It was first rate and accurate, and then I read the forums. Been here ever since.

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[quote=saden1;618821]FIY, the Gallery is still broken because it's pointing to redskinswarpath.com.[/quote]

Fixed, damn wish I knew about that earlier.

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I think I was bored freshman year of undergrad(yeah, I have no idea how). Looking for forums to join, and obviously I thought redskins. I didnt wanna do ES because I thought it was lame, and I went to the next site I found.

Tah Dah! Now I am here.

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[quote=mooby;618810]I had been looking up Redskins info on the web since about 2004, and then around March of '05 I realized I wished there was a site to talk Redskins with my fellow fans. Well, I looked on google and after I checked out the ES board, I was like it's ok but doesn't have that smaller, more family type feel to it, and the next result was the 'Path and I liked it immediately so it's become my main board since then.[/quote]

This was definitely another reason for my join. The "family" feel helps you feel right at home, rather than in the mess that is ES.

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I like CRedskinsRule joined cuz my brother (luxorreb) joined before me and told me about the WP. HAvent looked back once.

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No idea how I found this site, or rather I can't remember.

The comments on ES are interesting. I went there once, before finding the Warpath I'm sure, signed in and then don't think i ever went back. It wasn't discussion or anything but the format of that site is just [I]busy[/I] and it got annoying. Sounds like things aren't going well over there?

Gotta say this site is extremely well managed. Differing opinions are allowed and personally I feel like there's a lot of really intelligent discussion. I think it also says a ton about the management/moderators etc that in a time of, err, crisis, things stay fairly "medium" around here ;)

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[quote=Schneed10;618844]I ran a google search for Redskins salary cap data and the information here popped up. It was first rate and accurate, and then I read the forums. Been here ever since.[/quote]
created a monster haha

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i think i was looking for in-depth salary cap and player contract info.

go skins!!

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Went to bed drunk, woke up here.

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I think I lurked for a good year before joining Warpath. Scared to post, scared to sound dumb. You know the story.

Actually I think I joined ES first, but they just seemed so full of themselves. I mean in a much different way than we are full of ourselves. There was this sense of entitlement and who's in charge. And once the Redskins got involved with them it excerbated that mentality and atmosphere. At least that's my opinion. Here, you wouldn't know who the Mods are half the time unless you really paid attention to the Avatars or went out of your way to piss someone off.

It's just a well run site with very intelligent posts, threads, etc. Think about it, NBC lurks here to get the temperature of the fan base. I would suppose ESPN does too. And let's not forget the venerable Tanner Cooley:)

Anyway, me and Warpath have been smashed together like a good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich for a while.

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[quote=12thMan;620036]I think I lurked for a good year before joining Warpath. Scared to post, scared to sound dumb. You know the story.

Actually I think I joined ES first, but they just seemed so full of themselves. I mean in a much different way than we are full of ourselves. There was this sense of entitlement and who's in charge. And once the Redskins got involved with them it excerbated that mentality and atmosphere. At least that's my opinion. Here, you wouldn't know who the Mods are half the time unless you really paid attention to the Avatars or went out of your way to piss someone off.

It's just a well run site with very intelligent posts, threads, etc. Think about it, NBC lurks here to get the temperature of the fan base. I would suppose ESPN does too. And let's not forget the venerable Tanner Cooley:)

Anyway, me and Warpath have been smashed together like a good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich for a while.[/quote]

blah blah blah.... 'fess up. We know you came here just to get a date with Hess.

As for me, I heard that Smoot came here to post. Imagine my disappointment when it turned out to be Smootsmack. <sigh>

Decided to stay anyway for the free friday night cheetos.