What’s Your Reason for Being on TSW?

[PromoTheRobot]

It's the best source for up-to-date Bills news and sometimes gossip. @YoloinOhiowas the best but everyone chips in posting stuff the second it happens.

[Fr. Jerk]

I got banned from the junkyard (BBMB) 

[Nextmanup]

I went with No. 1, in that I enjoy technical discussion WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON THAT IS WORTH DISCUSSING, which is not very often in the offseason.

 

Once the season starts, there are LOTS of technical discussions that can be had each week.   I enjoy following along with the discussion.

 

The "fan booster club" aspect to this place is borderline meaningless to me.

 

 

[stuvian]

trying to earn enough points for a flight to Hawaii

[FieldGeneral]

The official one closed down. 

[Solomon Grundy]

To be an armchair GM/Coach/Owner...why else? 😎

[SoMAn]

I started participating in the pre-TSW days of Rochester D&C Hyperbills.  For those too young to remember or know, that message board was to TSW what the Quarry Men were to The Beatles.  If you still don't know, it doesn't matter. 

 

Basically, being a southern transplant and a huge fan from the Buffalo area, there was little Bills information to be found on local news or newspapers.  There was the occasional blurb in USA Today or on ESPN, but very little in-depth stories. I could get the Sunday Buffalo News at a bookstore in Atlanta (not convenient).

 

 Then, sometime during or directly after the super bowl years there was a publication in newspaper form called 'Shout'! that had lots of good info. It came out weekly during the season and I believe monthly during the off-season. I'm pretty sure that preceded the advent of popular internet use and message boards. I'm thinking Chris Brown, now a Bills employee doing the afternoon WGR show with Tasker was involved. Seems he was the guy I had to contact when Shout didn't show up in the mail - which was a frequent occurrence. If it arrived, it was often weeks after the previewed game was played. Very frustrating for subscribers and the publisher. Thank-you USPS. 🤨

 Finally the internet came around in the mid-90's and became the best way to waste the company's time at the office. There were these things on-line called 'newgroups' that had every topic imaginable, populated by the early computer nerds. Suddenly, there was all kinds of Bills news to be found at my fingertips.

 

  That eventually evolved into message boards, graphics, hyperlinks, video, and unlimited access to anything your heart desired. side note: The first photo images viewed at work were frequently from a porn site. 😁 It was mischievous novelty in the pre-cancel-culture world.

 

  After several years of digging for any tidbit of Bills news, I had at my disposal as much information as the fans back home.  Combined with the technology that made games readily available via satellite, the isolation I initially experienced following my move to Georgia in the mid-80's was no longer an issue.

 

  To answer the OPs question - my thrust was to have the virtual bar stool experience hanging with like-minded Bills fans who could share news and experiences. A little bit of home brought to us though this community. Thanks Scott and all the others who make it possible. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by SoMAn

[Rc2catch]

I ended up over here when the bbmb died. I enjoy checking in daily for the news. I don’t enjoy twitter. 
I used to chat more and enjoyed a lot of the debates on here. Even with Yolos absence everyone that’s been posting news has done a great job filling the void. Some of us in the shadows do appreciate it. 

[Irv]

I'm primarily here for Haiku and pain.  

[MJS]

I love football because it is such a complicated and nuanced sport and there is always something to discuss and analyze, and I love the Bills.

 

I also like getting the news about the Bills and other teams here without having to go out and find it myself.

 

I don't have many people in my personal life who care about sports, much less football or the Bills. I have my dad (who lurks here without posting) and a good friend who is a Broncos fan, but neither of them live close. Having random people on the internet to discuss football with is nice.

 

I guess those are the reasons.

[Fleezoid]

None of your business. 

[Ned Flanders]

What is your primary reason for being on TSW?  The same is when people are asked "Why do you climb Mt. Everest?"  Because it's there.

[26TrapDraw]

Nunya.

[Chaos]

Joined when One Bills Drive closed

[PrimeTime101]

On 8/7/2023 at 12:03 PM, Fr. Jerk said:

I got banned from the junkyard (BBMB) 

Im shocked... Just kidding  those mods were as dirty as it gets.