"Norm!" (The Welcome Thread)

I gotta ask, that picture at the top of this page of a road leading off into the sunset.
What made you decide to use that picture?
I'm sure it's just a coincidence but that picture has a connection to my early E.S days and has a very special place in my heart.
It was shocking to say the least to see it up on this board, really welcoming sight.
 
Brother Om selected that one. He can probably give you more info but that’s a cool tie-in…
 
Brother Om selected that one. He can probably give you more info but that’s a cool tie-in…
I might as well share the story now.

My father died in 07 and I was hoping to make a special remembrance card but don't have much for internet skills so i started a thread asking for help.

Wo boy did people come through, it was incredibly uplifting in a time I thought I'd never be happy again or that it was even possible for anybody to make me feel better.

My father was a biker and i was hoping to find a picture of a biker riding off into the sunset As sort of one last ride type of thing.
Pictures poured in of roads and sunsets and bikers but nothing just right of a biker riding into the sunset, and that's when the photo shop experts stepped in.
Somebody put a biker into that photo that's at the top of this page and it was absolutely perfect.
And then as if that weren't enough they took a picture of my mother and grandfather (pre deceased) and photo shopped them Into the horizon like the redskins symbol is.

It was amazing and I was without words and in tears.
The funeral director loved it so much they wanted to know who did it so they could recommend them and all my friends and family loved it too, its still to this day hanging on my uncles refrigerator.
It meant so much to me and for the first time made me really feel a sense of community.

Anyway when I saw the picture it brought me way back and hit pretty hard.
 
That’s an awesome story. Sorry about your Dad. Both my parents are gone so I completely understand ❤️

Crazy the little coincidences life throws at us isn’t it?
 
Heisenberg, thanks for sharing that story about your Dad. Glad this thing spoke to you. 👊

My recollection ...

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We were putting together images for the top of each forum, I believe all of which have survived, with minor tweaks here and there, since our inception. For the Gateway forum, where we envisioned new members funneling through and introducing themselves, asking questions, etc., the idea as I recall was a Redskins Sunrise kind of thing. New Day and all that.

The highway image itself was from a simple Google image search for "desert highway sunrise" or something.

We overlaid a Redskins logo, and as I remember it, after playing with filters a while and liking but not loving it, we asked Pete (Miles Monroe) if he could maybe work his magic and turn it into a gif where the logo would fade from dark to light, all sunrise-like. Pete, any kernel of truth to that in your memory?
 
Happy to join BGObsession :)
Was on ES but mostly lurking like others. Bought some tix/parking passes on there and maybe commented on a few posts way back.
Moved to Orlando in 2021 but always staying on top of the team news. Long time fan since I was little. 55 y/o here so long time fan
 
Welcome! And do us a favor, don’t lurk, post. That is what we are here for :cheers:
 
Riggo’sRangers here, old ES member since 2004ish, and was on whatever the site was called before that, and the team’s involvement…yada yada yada. Absolutely fantastic to see some of the old ES brethren on here! Equally great to see new faces as well. Had some old crazy days back on ES, didn’t we? :) It was so ill timed; for the rug to be pulled out there, and to find unbelievable success in our rebirth, as as franchise, in the 1st year. Surreal, but perhaps fitting. Tried another site briefly, but it just didn’t feel right. As soon as I arrived here, saw a few names, I knew I was home. Thank you for making this site and look forward to intelligent football conversations and discussions on my favorite team, of all teams, in any sport! Hail all.
 
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Hello all. I was an active member of ES in the early 2000s and early 2010s. Glad to have found BGO!
Welcome! Glad you found us. I’ll add you to the ‘Welcome’ thread tomorrow.
 
Wrttn21 Glad you found us as well. Let us know if you need any help!
 
Hey,

New member here. I have occassionaly lurked here, but now is clearly the time to join this great community.

I have bled burgundy and gold since the 72 season. Seen 5 Super Bowls and everything in between. Time to share my obsession. Thanks.
 
Been a fan from afar since I was a kid at school. I guess my friends and I all picked a team when NFL began to get shown on UK TV. Not sure why I chose the Redskins. I don’t have any links to the area at all. But chose them I did and I have been following their fortunes ever since, some years more closely than others! This year it’s been close to obsession. Ever since I watched the draft I have been consuming every bit of news I can online which eventually lead me to the message boards. Been lurking around a few getting the fan’s perspective on things. Found and joined this board maybe about 1/2 way through the season. I’ve read enough of the threads on here since then to conclude that you seem like a decent bunch, so I figured it was about time to say hello!
 
Welcome to the site! We have a growing contingent of UK members here as well.
 
Registered after ES closed and have been a lurker. Same name at ES, and have posted from time to time over the years, mainly about season ticket issues.
 
Hi all. I am HurQlez! Fan since 1990. Anyone who is on twitter/X knows me! Before that I was DCdangerous on Extremeskins.
 
Hello all, guess I’m late to the party after ES vanished into oblivion, glad to find this place with many familiar names and i look forward to the fellowship… really cool to see OM is here, been a long time since I’ve had the pleasure of reading one of his well thought out posts… cheers!
 

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