What brought you here?
 

There are other redskins forums but this is the only one I am active in.

Reasons im here:
Someone at DSLreports.com sent me a personal message saying I should check out this site. My dslreports screen name is Skinsfanusa.


Edit: I just checked my message history and Cpayne5 sent me this on June 30th 2004.

"If you're username implies that you're a Redskins fan, check out [url]www.thewarpath.net[/url] "

Thanks Cpayne!

Re: What brought you here?
 

It all started one faithful morning in 1998 while I was procrastinating through college, I think. The site used to be part of yahoo groups and there used to be quite a number of yahoo Skins communities back then. At the time, the warpath had the second biggest community but was the most active one, in meaningful discussion anyways. Then at some point yahoo bought some other company and stared messing yahoo groups. As time went by the crowd got smaller and smaller and for an off-season or so, the community was almost existent. Matty then started this site. Gradually the site increased in users but still had some issue...I remember having to register multiple times because there was an issue with the forum software. And here we are today, Matty is raking in millions thanks to TheWarpath users. BTW Matty, when are you going IPO with the site and where is Jimmy?

I'm active in this community and this community only because:
a) The site is clutter free and there are no nasty user signature banners.
b) The community isn't ridiculously big like ES and you pretty much know who you're responding to.
c) There are knowledgeable fans in here (for the most part :p)
d) Because Matty is the shiznit.

p.s. Matty, you should really write the history of the Warpath :)

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I heard about this site during a very brief stint over at Extreme Skins. Someone posted something to the effect of: "THIS SITE SUXXORZ!!! I'M GOING OVR 2 THE WARPATH.NET BECAUSE THEY ROXXORZ!!!LOLLLZ!!!" I didn't understand the lingo but out of curiosity I typed in the URL and voila, here I am, imparting nonsensical verbage that sometimes (sometimes) has to do with the Washington Redskins.

Re: What brought you here?
 

I remember I was looking for the Warpath Insider Magazine and I came across this site. Someone said somthing that I thought was really stupid (I think it was Matty lol to be honest, I'd check if we didnt have that crash in 2004) but I was like man that dudes and idiot and registered to respond; pretty much been here 30 times a day ever since.

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I think I've posted this before, but one day I was Googling for Redskins salary cap infomation. CrazyCanuck's cap sheets popped up and I was absolutely astounded at the accuracy, the detail, and the frequency of his updates. I then went out and got a tattoo on my buttocks that says I Heart CC.

That's what got me here. Then I realized what a great place it is to talk 'Skins with smrt 'Skins fans. That's what keeps me coming back everyday.

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I came here to get in touch with my femine side.

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I joined the original Yahoo Group, and can't think for the life of me why...but I did. and here I am, several years later...and certainly none the wiser.

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im pretty sure i just randomly stumbled upon this site about 3 years ago

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I think I was googling for pix of the Redskinettes when I came across a link to the Warpath, and ever since then its been a great joy to read and kill the endless hours I spend at work. Thank you Redskinettes for all you have done!

Re: What brought you here?
 

I was offered a ridiculous signing bonus.

Actually, I had been reading the site off and on for about a year then one day I just decided to register because I wanted new people with whom to talk about the Redskins.

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This is actually the first forum I have ever joined. I always thought forums were boring and nerdy thing. But I think around early December last year(when the Skins were almost turning the corner), I had a lot of crap going on in my life, so I decided to bring life back to the basics, the Redskins. I had known about ES, but honestly I thought it was too complicated and cluttered for a first time user like me, so I searched Redskins forums, and I think this is one of the first links I went to. I remember being really wierded out about BSB's welcome thingy.

Edit: I just went and searched Redskins forums, and I remember I ran across a bunch of big general sports forums, that had a Skins subdivision within them, but isn't what I wanted. So basically the only reason I joined this site is because this was the first Skins forum that I found was not too complicated(first time user remember).

Re: What brought you here?
 

endless hours of dull work brought me here :) (wish I came earlier)

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[QUOTE=TAFKAS;218310]I was offered a ridiculous signing bonus.[/QUOTE]

Really? Mine was r[U]e[/U]diculuous. That's right. So ridiculuous that correct spelling couldn't describe it.

Re: What brought you here?
 

I was kind of a passive on-looker for a week or so, and then made the mistake to start a Lavar thread. I was like... man ... these people really don't like talking about Lavar.... what the deal?

I was so naaive..... it got something like 14 pages of pictures of cats inside of a jar. Good times.



the sense of humor keeps me here every now and then.

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Babes and beer.

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[quote=FRPLG;218399]Babes and beer.[/quote]

Neither of which are here...lol

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I thought we were entering a contest for free prizes each time we posted...What were the names of those other sites again?

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spurrier was sucking and I no one I hang out with cares about sports (except my brother's insane devotion to neckcar). google... and the signing bonus.

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I started reading here after a google search for some player sent me here. I looked at extremeskins, and joined up just to argue with someone once... but have only visited their site like 3 or 4 times.

I like the hogs.net or whatever, but this is my home, whether you douchebags like it or not.

I think arguing with "SmootSmack" and then getting to vote on his new name is what prompted me to start posting... something about boning a Sean Taylor bobblehead or something... I don't really remember...

Anyway, thanks T for pissing me off adn prompting a new passtime!

Re: What brought you here?
 

looking for the magazine got me here. i live right smack dab in the middle of eagle country, which makes it impossible to talk sensible about football. alot of good, knowledgeable redskin fans like to hang out around here. plus, some of the off topic stuff keeps me feeling young.

Re: What brought you here?
 

[quote=dmek25;221655]looking for the magazine got me here. i live right smack dab in the middle of eagle country, which makes it impossible to talk sensible about football. alot of good, knowledgeable redskin fans like to hang out around here. plus, some of the off topic stuff keeps me feeling young.[/quote]

I am with ya bro after living in Allentown and Harrisburg... You can't explain to people ....exactly how bad ,ignorant and mindless the eagle fans are....And being around them on a daily basis... Nice to be around Skin's fans...that know the game...and Love their team...

Re: What brought you here?
 

Well i was on the internet, bored and looking for something to do, and i was like, hey i'm a redskins fan, and there must be redskins forums on the web, so i typed in redskins forums on google and i got this. I signed up at ES too, but judging by my post count here and my post count there, it's pretty obvious what site i decided to stick with.

Re: What brought you here?
 

[QUOTE=Schneed10;218237]I think I've posted this before, but one day I was Googling for Redskins salary cap infomation. CrazyCanuck's cap sheets popped up and I was absolutely astounded at the accuracy, the detail, and the frequency of his updates. I then went out and got a tattoo on my buttocks that says I Heart CC.[/QUOTE]

Lol just saw this. Thanks Schneed.

Now if some of our female members would get the same tattoo I might actually get married one day.

Re: What brought you here?
 

2003, the design was so clean (it's really hard to make a Skins site not look tacky), loved the ranked avatar system back then, and the posters were all substantive and on point.

it really felt like the "Home of The Knowledgeable Fan". Matty you should bring that back.

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I was a member of the old yahoo club, then lost touch with it for about a year, and then one day a few years ago I decided to google the name warpath to see if anything tied to the old yahoo group was still around and found this place. Even though I don't post as much as I used too, I don't know what I would do if I didn't have this site to vent on and cheer about the Skins with everyone here. No one else I really know around me is as into a certain sports team as I am with the Skins and it's a great stress relief to have a group of people like me to chat about the good and bad things about our team.

Re: What brought you here?
 

My deep and passionate love of Steve Spurrier brought me here.

Actually, went to highschool with Cpayne. He told me about it, and I lurked for a long time, and then I finally started posting. Around then thewarpath started to gain popularity due to my acumen and insight. Your welcome for making it the site it is today!

Re: What brought you here?
 

Mine was a less obvious route - strangely, typing "Hotel Coral Essex" brings up this site...

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[quote=illdefined;226902]2003, the design was so clean (it's really hard to make a Skins site not look tacky), loved the ranked avatar system back then, and the posters were all substantive and on point.

it really felt like the "Home of The Knowledgeable Fan". Matty you should bring that back.[/quote]

I feel like that would be a lie now.

j/k

Seriously though, I'm sure that tag will be back. I just like to change things up now and again.

Re: What brought you here?
 

I think I wrote a Burgundy Army article about this.

But I honestly first found out about this site from [URL="http://www.profootballtalk.com/redskins.htm"]this page[/URL].

You can all return from the edge of your seats.

Re: What brought you here?
 

[quote=CrazyCanuck;226873]Lol just saw this. Thanks Schneed.

Now if some of our female members would get the same tattoo I might actually get married one day.[/quote]

I can set you up with Hess if you want. She and I are real tight.

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[QUOTE=onlydarksets;226928]Mine was a less obvious route - strangely, typing "Hotel Coral Essex" brings up this site...[/QUOTE]

Great Nerds II reference...

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[QUOTE=BDBohnzie;226998]Great Nerds II reference...[/QUOTE]
I'm glad somebody got it - I was starting to get worried!

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Honorary member of the old Yahoo! Clubs Warpath -- Summer of 1999.

Still wondering about JimmyHaggard and RickRand98. Hope they're ok.

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I was lured in by the smell of fresh baked pies cooling on a windowsill. Turned out it was just a scented candle, but I stuck around anyways.