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.