fansince88 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Thought this would be fun. Back in 2009 I was trying to find out what was going on for the NFL draft. When I searched I typed in Buffalo Bills News sites and this page came up. Wasnt until September after reading the news here every day that I realized I could sign up and join the forum. Been here nearly daily since then making friends. Thanks for this SDS Lets go Bills!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) Hmm... I've pretty much been coming here since day one, in the mid to late '90's. At that time I was living in Colorado, in the middle of Broncos territory and needed to get my Bills info. Before the internets, the only place to hear about the Bills was the old Shout! newspaper, and from Chris Berman during NFL Primetime. Are there any posters here that used to be affiliated with the Shout! newspaper? I always looked forward to finding a new copy in my mailbox. Anyway, the internet came about and so did TBD. Thank God. That said, I've been visiting the site just about every friggin' day, from many locations around the world. I can just imagine how much work time and productivity I've wasted all those years. Sad. Wasn't this forum originally affiliated with a newspaper, (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, perhaps?) before it became it's own stand-alone website and forum? If anyone remembers the history of TBD, I'd love to hear it. Let's go Buffalo!! Edited November 5, 2017 by Bad Things 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Bad Things said: Hmm... I've pretty much been coming here since day one, in the late '90's. Wasn't this forum originally affiliated with a newspaper, (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, perhaps?) before it became it's own stand-alone website and forum? That said, I've been visiting the site just about every friggin' day since. Sad. If anyone remembers the history of TBD, I'd love to hear it. Let's go Buffalo!! Thats interesting. How did this page come about? Great question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I found it as a link to get the articles many, many moons ago. I eventually stumbled onto the knuckleheads inside, and now I rarely read an article. I think SDS is napping, so maybe we’ll get the recap when he recovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 1998 back when it was part of the Rochester D&C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I think I found a link on Pto Football Talk in 2008. This place was like crack. I was instantly hooked, and need a fix several times daily ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, fansince88 said: Thats interesting. How did this page come about? Great question! Scott can answer better, but it was when the D&C was shutting down their message board. As to the original question, I was looking for pictures of the Jills, sometime around 1997, and Scott was hosting a webpage for them on TBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I'll tell the story from 1996 and then 1998 a little later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 @SDS get any sleep? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice_32 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I found it in 2001 by way of Bills Daily. I was in my college dorm in NC. I've been coming here for all my Bills news ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 So back in 2004, I’m Googling for a good retatta recipe...... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: 1998 back when it was part of the Rochester D&C. Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilton Bills Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Friend tipped me to TBD. Have been coming to Bills games since 1985. Very interesting and a lot of fun for the comments and thought provoking banter. Keep up the great work everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I think the picture of the day was well over 4000 posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 At the D&C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA Grant Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Been lurking since at least Rob Johnson and Drew Bledsoe. Posting more recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Since men were men and arguments here were settled with spearing contests in the parking lot of Rich Stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I was at work one day and looked over a co-workers shoulder to see what he was doing on his computer. He was on TBD. I remembered the catchy name, and checked out the website. I've been a regular since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 1996 or 97 ish. Found it through the old D&C threaded views. Have no idea when it started. Just remember where I was working when I found it. I used to get so mad when there were no new posts after half a day. Come on people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, Idandria said: I was at work one day and looked over a co-workers shoulder to see what he was doing on his computer. He was on TBD. I remembered the catchy name, and checked out the website. I've been a regular since. And THAT is why you NEVER go to work! It can ruin your life, exposing you to all the bad people out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Saw TBD mentioned on the BBMB when they shut down the politics section six years ago so I visited and signed up. I spent more time over there than over here but that gap was closing by the time BBMB was killed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Juice_32 said: I found it in 2001 by way of Bills Daily. I was in my college dorm in NC. I've been coming here for all my Bills news ever since. This is where I go too. Find the real and fake news exhilarating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Landing Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I was browsing a porn site and TBD was advertised in the side bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Same here There should be a 20-year medal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills4everNY Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 When BBMB disappeared, I searched for another Bills message board and this was the first one I found. I saw some BBMB members had already signed up, so I did too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, Bills4everNY said: When BBMB disappeared, I searched for another Bills message board and this was the first one I found. I saw some BBMB members had already signed up, so I did too. You should've made a story up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I used to visit gobills.com for news and commentary on the Bills (some guy who called himself GG used to write a lot there); would like to hear the story of that site too. I don't remember how but it led me over here at some point in the late 90s. I think the site was redone and everyone re-registered in 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I met these guys Gugny and Boyst in a dark alley. After some weird stuff I signed in and was hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 4 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: 1998 back when it was part of the Rochester D&C. The D&C site was called HyperBills. As I recall it Scott notified a bunch of us just before D&C pulled the plug that he was starting a site to replace HyperBills and that's how TBD/TSW started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 1 hour ago, KD in CA said: I used to visit gobills.com for news and commentary on the Bills (some guy who called himself GG used to write a lot there); would like to hear the story of that site too. I don't remember how but it led me over here at some point in the late 90s. I think the site was redone and everyone re-registered in 2001. I think this was how I discovered TBD also. Although I don't fully remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACTOBILLSFAN Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Sometime in 2004 I officially joined. But, I found it originally after the stupid playoff game in Tennessee. Somehow my dad, who can barely work the internet found it first and employed me to read the commentary from the game threads to him. Also, we both thought the stevestojan filter was the funniest damned thing on the internet. I am pretty sure my first post was about Brady having no arm and being a complete system guy that would be out of the league in 4 years. It was a solid start. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinxedBill1 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Came here after BBMB went down. Was on there for a decade plus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said: The D&C site was called HyperBills. As I recall it Scott notified a bunch of us just before D&C pulled the plug that he was starting a site to replace HyperBills and that's how TBD/TSW started. Hard to really recall it all... But I was a frequent visitor to that HyperBills site ..that may be where I got my profile pic actually.. But lurked for years getting my Bills fix (I imagine if I pulled out some old backup drives, I could still get the bookmarked url from the original site in my old Netscape Navigator backup.) The new interwebs were so much faster than my Shout! Magazine... It always arrived Monday, after the game. I still read it. But, reading articles in the D&C and discussions on the HyperBills boards got me through graduate school! I think I signed up in '02 after working on the pile for months ..I just needed something to talk about other than the real world for a while. Been coming here pretty much daily every since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I think it was 2007 or 2008 when I found it through a link. I just lurked for a while reading the threads. Then in 2009 just before the season started I signed up. I still mostly lurked to read the threads. This place just came across as more mature/stable/knowledgeable than the BBMB/although there were a few quality posters there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Started looking at web sites back in 2001 joined a couple years later. I think it was 2004 that wife and I went to TBD home opener tailgate party. Been parking at Hammer’ Lot ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigdaddyinOrlando Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 in i believe 2004 was looking for bills stuff and saw the link somewhere and clicked it and visit multiple times daily ever since!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Probably the same as others who have been here a while. I think SDS was on the newsgroup in the mid-90s, and I may have seen the link there. So that was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan60 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Went through some hard times in the 90s and didn't even own a computer till I came south for work in 98. Lost all my sources of Bills info with the move and came across the Bills web site (and BBMB) by accident. As a computer illiterate (something I am to this day, and proud of it) never looked anywhere else for news and comment on my Bills. Lurked more than commented, I have no illusions about my ability to add much that's useful to the conversation. Was shocked when BBMB disappeared but remembered folks using TBD as a reference source and wound up here. You would do well to continue to actively self police your site as the number of crazies out there seems to be increasing exponentially. There were some good guys at BBMB (like Shaw and Teef) and glad to find them here as well. Those of you that put down and discredit the BBMB pedigree need to remember it ain't where you come from that counts, it's where you're going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Another BBMB refugee here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 7 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: The D&C site was called HyperBills. As I recall it Scott notified a bunch of us just before D&C pulled the plug that he was starting a site to replace HyperBills and that's how TBD/TSW started. Thanks! I was wracking my age - addled brain to remember what the D&C called the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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