I joined in June 2002, during the World Cup. Which explains my nickname. So, in June, the sixth month of the year, I will be celebrating my own SpoFi sixth anniversary during SpoFi's sixth anniversary. Actually, I didn't know until I saw this post, that SpoFi had actually started the same year I joined. Explains my low (three-digit) member number. 459 FTW! Waitaminute, I just checked my profile, and I joined May 31. But the World Cup was impending. You can tell what was on my mind. Well, whateva, close enuf. And, oh yes, Happy Birthday, SpoFi!
I joined back in ought-three because garfield told me to. Much like the Simpsons, in that I can't remember what I watched on TV before they were on - I can't remember what interweebs sites I went to prior to SpoFi.
SportsFilter is now old enough for kindergarten. They grow up so fast.
I found SpoFi through MyYahoo. It was linked, I clicked on it, lurked, created an account, and eventually figured out how to actually navigate the site without going through link by link.
There's no easy way to say this, but I think our SpoFi might be autistic. I came here from Metafilter when someone told me to stop discussing sport in the blue and to come over here. I sometimes hang out there now and shout "Sportsfilter.com!" at the people discussing sports. I like to think the odd person might have come over for a look, but really I doubt it.
I also found SpoFi through MyYahoo (which I never use anymore because SpoFi is now my homepage at home. SpoFi is the perfect homepage. All I watch on TV is sports (except for Scrubs). Hell, I didn't even know till today that Heath Ledger died. I need to get out more often.
I joined in '03. I have no idea how I got here. Life before SportsFilter is all a blur.
Almost five years for me, coming in when somebody shouted "SportsFilter!" once too often in the Blue. Even though I stopped even reading MeFi when I went back to work, this place is too interesting and fun to let go of.
86 and Sgt.Samsonov14 are responsible for my contributions. They extend their apologies, I'm sure.
I was reading up on Steve Nash when this popped up on Google. The resulting bluekarma "blacks can't think" melee alone was enough to get me hooked. A few days later, I was a member. Happy Birthday, SportsFilter, and thanks for all the snark.
garfield, if it's all the same, I'll just lay all the blame with Samsonov14 and let him do the apologizing. Sammy got me here too so it's his fault anyway. I still wish I had user #86, but alas my three-digit gold-piece will have to suffice.
The one constant through all the years, rcade, has been SportsFilter. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But SportsFilter has marked the time. This site, this "community": it's a part of our past, rcade. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come rcade. People will most definitely come.
I'll be going on my fifth year anniversary soon. I lurked here for months prior to joining. Which is why I was eager to comment on damn near anything at the time. Believe I first moseyed over here from MeFi. Though I joined MeFi years after I signed onto SpoFi. Backwards, I know. What I love about this site are the truly unique voices that, every so often, raise above the din. The diversity of opinion, knowledge, and snark here is unsurpassed. You guys are all aces in my book.
I prefer to think of myself as "Rules for Playing Poker".
I too found the community through My Yahoo. I opened the link, read a few of the threads, and voila, I was hooked. Now I have to report all of us to the DEA for promoting an addictive web forum. You guys and gals are a prime source of my daily laughs and news about sport. Thanks for all you do.
I was sent here by Mefi also...............is there any way out?
My Yahoo is also to blame for my enrollment. I love SpoFi. Rarely do I miss a day of reading all of your opinions. Thanks to The Pantheon and all of it's followers for everything!!
I found SportsFilter through MetaFilter, which I found through Kuro5hin, which I found through Slashdot, which I found through a real-life friend who actually knew what the "Dr. John Evans" joke was all about. Since I haven't continued the pattern and moved on to some other online communitySpoFi must be somethin' pretty special. Happy birthday!
I found Spofi through MetaFilter, which I found through Kottke, which I found through... I can't remember... Zeldman? Glassdog? Something like that.
Also came via MeFi. And even though I'm not commenting much anymore I come here every day. I use to comment lots when where there were so few members because it was so easy to pick the low hanging fruit and make the simple, brilliant observation. Now someone inevitably beats me to it. I am still salty about the time the pantheon pulled my post about Vin Baker being traded to the Celtics. I believe my post was titled "Later Cocksucker" or something similarly mature.
I don't remember how I got here. I remember booze. And the hold of that tramp steamer. And Greg Maddux.
Almost five years for me, coming in when somebody shouted "SportsFilter!" once too often in the Blue.
My story of missed opportunity: as a frequent poster in sports thread back on Metafilter in the pre-SpoFi days, I was offered a chance to be one of about six founding members if I could kick in about $100 to get the ball rolling. Sadly, that was shortly after I had lost my dot-com gig (Rivals.com) and I was cash-strapped. I still got
user #15... until I lost the password. Repeated pleas to DB-maestro rcade to do a union of my user 599 posts into user 15 and reset the password have fallen on deaf ears. Alas, by now my #599 posting history dwarfs my #15 posting history, which at some point was cleansed, despite the cool low number. If only I could have
both the low number and the gaudy posting history of brilliantly insightful and witty comments.
Geezers. All of 'ya. I came here because I heard that the booze was cheap and there was talk of felines coated in precious metals. Had to see for myself. Happy B-day SpoFi, ya' snot-nosed little brat!
Anybody with a binary user number wins at SpoFi.
THX is user number 17?
It's 17,9. Can't you see?
My shirt # adds up to 2. So I got that goin' for me.
Happy Birthday folks. I spent it in true SpoFi style, watching the women's semi finals at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Yes, I finally got there to see it live. The trouble was that as soon as I got into the Rod Laver Arena, I wanted to yell out "Beat her like a strumpet". Sigh. You guys.
Hey, since we're all in a nostalgic mood, wasn't I the one who came up with the "Pantheon" moniker for our titanic moderators? I'm just askin' but it feels good when I think of it that way. Plus, on a bittersweet note, this anniversary makes me think of my Locker Room interviews and how it would be nice to see them all again ... The reverberations of the Great Database Purge continue to be felt to this day. Peace be upon all the lost Locker Room posts and comments.
I came here from Metafilter when someone told me to stop discussing sport in the blue and to come over here. Same here. I never like it when people say that on MeFi, but alas here I am.
Plus, on a bittersweet note, this anniversary makes me think of my Locker Room interviews and how it would be nice to see them all again... The time is ripe to start the tradition anew.
Hey, about a year and a half since I spotted the site on Yahoo (like YYM, took a while to figure out how to navigate.) I've resisted the urge thus far to investigate metafilter, as SpoFi already consumes way too much of my time. Havin' a good time. Keep up the fun.
I am still salty about the time the pantheon pulled my post about Vin Baker being traded to the Celtics. The sad part is I remember that post. Sadder still the sense of hope the trade imbued me with.
I've never been a prolific poster by any stretch of the imagination, but I've always checked in here pretty regularly. Also arrived from MeFi, which I imagine provided a large percentage of the sub-1000 users.
My 6-year anniversary is in mid-February. I found this place after someone mentioned it on another, less celebrated website. After finally joining, I said [this is good].
owlhouse, I'm jealous. I would very much like to beat Ana Ivanovic like a strumpet. Or do anything to her like a strumpet, for that matter. mmmmm.
Somebody (#1? #2?) emailed me because they'd found me discussing sports on mefi. And now here I am. Wish I had more time to comment here anymore...
Yeah, I got an email from jacknose back at an email account I don't have anymore at a service that doesn't exist anymore. I found Metafilter through Plastic, FWIW.
I'm going to have to add that thing about the strumpets to the SpofiWiki. Just, y'know, so SpoFites will know what to do if they go to a Grand Slam tournament.
I'm working on a sign to hold up next year, lbb.
I'm pretty sure that I first came here after Shift magazine declared it to be one of the best sports sites on the internet way back in the day. While Shift is sadly no longer with us, SportsFilter has fortunately survived.
Happy Birthday, Spofi! Nearly 6 here myself. I write little here, but read much. Thanks to all for the quality site.
