Warpath vs ExtremeSkins
 

Did actual members of the Redskins organization start the message board ExtremeSkins? If not what made them the "official" message board for the Skins?

I have to say I absolutely hate the moderators there and would love it if Warpath took over as the official site. Is there anyway this could happen?

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The Skins bought ExtremeSkins a few years back. It was an independent board like this one until that time. I don't ever want to see The Warpath turn into ES, and that's what would happen if it ever became the "official" board.

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It sucked before and it sucks in an even more grand fashion now.

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If the warpath became the "official" Redskins site, it would be so bogged down with worthless crap. I love it just the way it is. I've been to extreme skins a few times. It's such a clusterf*ck.

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the layout makes it hard to read. and colors.

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ES gives me a..........headache.........

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Mattys headline next April 1st... "Deal in works to make The Warpath official site of Redskins - everyone banned"

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Yeah, what is so special about being called the official anything. This site rocks!!!!!

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;694514]Mattys headline next April 1st... "Deal in works to make The Warpath official site of Redskins - everyone banned"[/quote]

If you really want to scare the crap out of people tell everyone you're shutting down the site. That you've had enough and all your members are ungrateful bastards.

Anyway both ES and the Warpath serve a purpose. If you like feeling like you're on the Wall Street trading floor then ES is for you. If you'd rather....not be on the trading floor then the Warpath is for you.

Better yet ES is more like a loud packed club while the Warpath is more of a lounge. Yeah, I think the second one is a better analogy.

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[quote=MrJL;694443]Did actual members of the Redskins organization start the message board ExtremeSkins? If not what made them the "official" message board for the Skins?

I have to say I absolutely hate the moderators there and would love it if Warpath took over as the official site. Is there anyway this could happen?[/quote]

If you like ExtremeSkins so much why don't you marry it??

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Mods there act like douches, make rules just to enforce them, etc.. make a spectacle out of punishing people, etc

we're cool here how we are.. I don't even mind the board for the most part, but how it's run makes it very unenjoyable.. for the official site it's not very friendly to most fans, pain in the ass to register, etc.. you'd think that the redskins web ops would've had more oversight on stuff like that

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[quote=Hog1;694504]ES gives me a..........headache.........[/quote]

ED gives me a feeling of inadequacy.


Seriously though, why the hell would posters need elaborate signatures with highway billboard sized pictures for EVERY post? It's effing ridiculous that your everyone's signature commonly takes up more space than the content of their message or post.

It's so moronic and is more telling about the site that they allow you to do that without restraint. Basically saying that people's opinions on here aren't important, but what is important is seeing this quarter-page .gif of Landry knocking Burress out of bounds over and over.

No rational human can sort through what's crap and what's content.

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I rarely go to ES. It is just visually unpleasant to me. A few minutes and my head starts to hurt. Then I start reading some of the crap and it REALLY starts to hurt.

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Hands down this is the best one by far.

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Damn, that's all I got to say about the Carolina Panther's draft!

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[quote=joethiesmanfan;694697]Damn, that's all I got to say about the Carolina Panther's draft![/quote]

:confused:

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I think the name Extreme sums up what that site is all about.

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We get a lot of ES defectors here. I joined the path because I didnt want to be a part of the official site.

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Not sure if it's still the case but I know that several months ago, ES was not happy about their relationship with the Redskins. I think they thought they'd be higher on the priority list for the Redskins social marketing efforts, but they're not.

ES is a pain to read visually, but they do have some decent posters and occasionally good information.

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Yeah, it definitely has needed some work from the web staff. You can tell that it's been ignored just by how the place is run, the deficiencies that become an issue with bigger boards, etc. If I were the Skins I wouldn't exactly want to advertise it at this point either, until there was a mutual decision on how to handle issues there.

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I don't think either side really knew what they were getting in to with that merger. I wonder if they could do it all over again if they would do things the same. Somehow I doubt it.

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[quote=Mattyk;694894]I don't think either side really knew what they were getting in to with that merger. I wonder if they could do it all over again if they do things the same. Somehow I doubt it.[/quote]

It is actually quite unfortunate. The guys who ran the site got some perks out of it but as far as the site goes it has definitely suffered. I guess it was their site with which to do what they wanted but they didn't do a very good job of protecting what they built. They got big "dollar signs" in their eyes when the team came calling and allowed their impressive creation to become joke.

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There's someone on this site (and you know who you are) who posts on that site too. And I've noticed this person has become a bit of an insider there and tends to take what I tell you guys here and presents it as fact on ES. Like I'll say something like "Redskins are willing to move Laron Landry if the price is right" and it'll turn into "Redskins are looking to trade Landry by this weekend" It's quite comical actually

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Trade Landry??
Old news....been out on ES for days.......

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[quote=SmootSmack;694937]There's someone on this site (and you know who you are) who posts on that site too. And I've noticed this person has become a bit of an insider there and tends to take what I tell you guys here and presents it as fact on ES. Like I'll say something like "Redskins are willing to move Laron Landry if the price is right" and it'll turn into "Redskins are looking to trade Landry by this weekend" It's quite comical actually[/quote]


Sorry I really should not do that.

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[quote=SmootSmack;694937]There's someone on this site (and you know who you are) who posts on that site too. And I've noticed this person has become a bit of an insider there and tends to take what I tell you guys here and presents it as fact on ES. Like I'll say something like "Redskins are willing to move Laron Landry if the price is right" and it'll turn into "Redskins are looking to trade Landry by this weekend" It's quite comical actually[/quote]

haha...thats great! What I hate about that site is that it is filled with guys that think they are insiders. Particuarly the mods, but there are others also. And the thing is they are almost always wrong. The only thing I like that site for is the Season Ticket info threads...there are a lot more season ticket holders on that website for whatever reason and i find out nice info on upgrades and parking problems. But as far as actually talking about the Redskins on there i am not a big fan.

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I'd like to think that when I am surprised about something or gave info that proved to not be correct to you guys here, I can own up to it. I don't ever feel like the "insiders" there do. But whatever, they do give good information sometimes there. I can't say though that I've ever seen anything there (and only there) that proved to be accurate.

But they are a passionate (sometimes too passionate) group of fans there and like I said before there are some good threads and posters there.

Their sig policy blows however.

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[quote=SmootSmack;695028]I'd like to think that when I am surprised about something or gave info that proved to not be correct to you guys here, I can own up to it. I don't ever feel like the "insiders" there do. But whatever, they do give good information sometimes there. I can't say though that I've ever seen anything there (and only there) that proved to be accurate.

But they are a passionate (sometimes too passionate) group of fans there and like I said before there are some good threads and posters there.

[B]Their sig policy blows however[/B].[/quote]


Wow no kidding, I went over there for the first in awhile today and they have like full blown jpg's for sig's. It is horrible and confusing.

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[quote=mredskins;695036]Wow no kidding, I went over there for the first in awhile today and they have like full blown jpg's for sig's. It is horrible and confusing.[/quote]

i hadn't been there in a while and just tried to check it out, it really is hard as hell to come away with anything other than a headache. there is way to much going on and the black background is an awful choice it's really hard on your eyes

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[quote=SmootSmack;694937]There's someone on this site (and you know who you are) who posts on that site too. And I've noticed this person has become a bit of an insider there and tends to take what I tell you guys here and presents it as fact on ES. Like I'll say something like "Redskins are willing to move Laron Landry if the price is right" and it'll turn into "Redskins are looking to trade Landry by this weekend" It's quite comical actually[/quote]
I've always wondered if that happened, I went to look for something specifically a bit before the draft on a scenario that you mentioned, forget what it was now

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[quote=mredskins;695036]Wow no kidding, I went over there for the first in awhile today and they have like full blown jpg's for sig's. It is horrible and confusing.[/quote]
You can't quote a picture in the offtopic section.. you can't post [URL="http://www.lolrandom.com/images/funny/singing_shark.jpg"]the singing shark[/URL] in an offtopic funny pics thread, but it's okay to have a chick's ass in a thong in your signature for everyone to see in the main forum

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Funny story, and I'm not sure I ever even told Matty this, around Christmas time last year I was actually approached about taking a job with the Redskins that would have put me in charge of, among other things, Extremeskins.

And here's how much of a hold the Warpath has on me. One of the many reasons the job didn't seem like it would be a good fit is I didn't know if I could still be a mod on this site and at the same time run the official site. Mostly though, the overall instability of the organization at the time turned me off...and sure enough the guy I would have been reporting to is no longer there.

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[quote=SmootSmack;695383]Funny story, and I'm not sure I ever even told Matty this, around Christmas time last year I was actually approached about taking a job with the Redskins that would have put me in charge of, among other things, Extremeskins.

And here's how much of a hold the Warpath has on me. One of the many reasons the job didn't seem like it would be a good fit is I didn't know if I could still be a mod on this site and at the same time run the official site. Mostly though, the overall instability of the organization at the time turned me off...and sure enough the guy I would have been reporting to is no longer there.[/quote]
Sure, and that's supposed to make us forget about you taking off voluntary mod camp and keeping us in week 5 limbo for ever!

[SIZE="1"]cool story:)[/SIZE]

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[quote=tryfuhl;695363]You can't quote a picture in the offtopic section.. you can't post [URL="http://www.lolrandom.com/images/funny/singing_shark.jpg"]the singing shark[/URL] in an offtopic funny pics thread, but it's okay to have a chick's ass in a thong in your signature for everyone to see in the main forum[/quote]

We like to stay classy, while they like to stay trashy

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[quote=SmootSmack;695383]Funny story, and I'm not sure I ever even told Matty this, around Christmas time last year I was actually approached about taking a job with the Redskins that would have put me in charge of, among other things, Extremeskins.

And here's how much of a hold the Warpath has on me. One of the many reasons the job didn't seem like it would be a good fit is I didn't know if I could still be a mod on this site and at the same time run the official site. Mostly though, the overall instability of the organization at the time turned me off...and sure enough the guy I would have been reporting to is no longer there.[/quote]


damn you could have sabotaged them from within! muuuuhahahaha

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I like to think of us as [B][U]Cheers[/U][/B] and ExtremeSkins as [U][B]Gary's Olde Towne Tavern[/B][/U].

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[quote=Mattyk;695421]damn you could have sabotaged them from within! muuuuhahahaha[/quote]

LOL! I would have replaced their mods with offiss, kidwell, and zack_mills

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[quote=Mattyk;695421]damn you could have sabotaged them from within! muuuuhahahaha[/quote]

The place is already an abortion...I don't know what else he could have done. Posted photoshopped pics of Dan naked?

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[quote=FRPLG;695435]The place is already an abortion...I don't know what else he could have done. Posted photoshopped pics of Dan naked?[/quote]

I'm sure those naked Danny pics are there somewhere.

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[quote=SmootSmack;695383]Funny story, and I'm not sure I ever even told Matty this, around Christmas time last year I was actually approached about taking a job with the Redskins that would have put me in charge of, among other things, Extremeskins.

And here's how much of a hold the Warpath has on me. One of the many reasons the job didn't seem like it would be a good fit is I didn't know if I could still be a mod on this site and at the same time run the official site. Mostly though, the overall instability of the organization at the time turned me off...and sure enough the guy I would have been reporting to is no longer there.[/quote]
haha dang

would you have posted much there or just done the overseer type role had you taken it? would be interesting to see what would happen under you haha

good call on not taking the position it seems.. if you care to share, what else would've been under your supervision?