What is the primary reason you visit this board?

[mjd1001]

A bit more detail of what I'm wondering beyond the title....

Do you visit this board because you are a Sabres fan first, above all other teams (Bills for example) and hockey is your favorite sport?

 

Or is it more something like....I like other sports as much or more than hockey, I like other teams as much as or more than the Sabres...but it IS hockey season so I come here but I visit other forums for othe teams as much or more than I do here?

 

Historically, I had been a bigger Bills fan than a Sabres Fan. Had Bills Season Tickets. Never missed a game. Sabres were always just 'something to do' for me. That started to change a decade ago. As the playoff drought has continuted, I have actually followed the Sabres more and the Bills a bit less. I have a few ideas why, but nothing I can say for sure is the reason.

Edited February 10, 2023 by mjd1001

[Eleven]

Mostly to annoy the rest of you, but partially because the Sabres are my favorite team in my favorite sport.

[GASabresIUFAN]

The Sabres are my favorite team but……

 

[Dr K]

I have no life.

[msw2112]

This is a tough one to answer.  The Sabres were my first love as a child, but my affinity for the Bills grew as I got older.  My family had partial seasons tickets for the Sabres my entire life, so I was on their lap at the Aud when I was a little kid and driving downtown for games with friends when I was a teenager.  I didn't start going to Bills games regularly until I was a teenager.  I'd say I love them equally, but I have lived away from Buffalo for a long time, and NFL football is way more popular around the country and gets way more media coverage and water cooler discussion than NHL hockey, so I spend more time/focus on the Bills.  I also went to a major Big10 school with nationally prominent football and basketball teams (as well as many other sports), so those teams compete for my attention too, but my Buffalo teams come first.

Actually, my family comes first, but I do record a ton of sports on my DVR and watch a lot of games after everyone has gone to bed, or on rare occasions when I am the only one home.  My wife is not a huge sports fan, so she rarely joins me, but my kids sometimes do, although they don't have the attention span for entire games.  My daughter really wanted a Josh Allen jersey, so I bought her one, and she gets excited when the Sabres are on TV and score goals.  Maybe she'll want a Tage Thompson jersey before too long....Obviously, the Eichel Tower has toppled over.  She just happened to be watching with me when the Sabres had the scoring barrage against Columbus and she really got excited during that game.

[Scottysabres]

I have 3 apps running nearly 24/7 on my phone.

TwoBillsDrive, not a member, but review Bills news and chuckle at the posts

HFBoards, I'm a hockey fanatic, I keep the the Trade & Rumors section on speed dial for any incoming details NHL wide and to chuckle at some of the ideas.

Sabrespace, because I'm a Sabres extremist and if I'm not getting my hourly fix, like an addiction I'm going through withdrawals. Plus, I feel a kindred bond to everyone here, we all share the same passion, and I'm grateful for the humor, the convo's, the different view points of our shared passion, but especially the humor, because the hockey Gods know, as Sabres faithful, we need it.

[DarthEbriate]

17 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Mostly to annoy the rest of you, but partially because the Sabres are my favorite team in my favorite sport.

[Contempt]

Self flagellation 

[LGR4GM]

 

[Scottysabres]

5 minutes ago, Contempt said:

Self flagellation 

That's actually a better reason then self flatuation I reckon 🤣 

Edited February 10, 2023 by Scottysabres

[kas23]

What about the lonely option? Maybe some of us are just lonely….

[Buffalonill]

Better then watching the view 

[Contempt]

4 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

Better then watching the view 

I dunno, when a couple select posters get into it it feels kinda similar 

[Huckleberry]

HF boards blocked my country for some obscure reason 12 years ago, so I came here 🤪

[Contempt]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

HF boards blocked my country for some obscure reason 12 years ago, so I came here 🤪

Excessive use of mayonnaise in violation of the Geneva Convention.

[Eleven]

1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

for some obscure reason

It was the 100th anniversary of the Kaiser blocking it.

[Mustache of God]

The Sabres are my favorite sports franchise - mostly because I grew up in the Buffalo area and as a kid my favorite sport was street hockey (and I also started playing ice hockey in my late 20s).  I also like the bills but find it exhausting trying to keep up with everything that goes on with the team.

The primary reason I visit this site is to kill time during the work day. The secondary reason is to stay on top of all the happenings of the team. 

[IKnowPhysics]

While the message board format is antiquated and grants no preference to user-defined higher quality content, it allows serial long form comment chains, which can, in some instances, enable deeper meaningful discussion.

 

Also gifs

 

[Weave]

This is the last place left I have to go.

[Eleven]

6 minutes ago, Weave said:

This is the last place left I have to go.

Only the second last, me son.

Edited February 10, 2023 by Eleven

[Weave]

9 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Only the second last, me son.

I’d be shocked if anyone would have me in either of those choices!  😄

[Contempt]

10 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Only the second last, me son.

That's dark for a Friday. I like it.

[Cascade Youth]

To grace all of you with my presence.

[PerreaultForever]

I sometimes wonder why I spend time on the internet as a whole, but this is a pretty good sports related group as groups go. If it disappeared tomorrow though I think I'd adjust fairly quickly. 

[ExWNYer]

1 hour ago, Scottysabres said:

I have 3 apps running nearly 24/7 on my phone.

TwoBillsDrive, not a member, but review Bills news and chuckle at the posts

HFBoards, I'm a hockey fanatic, I keep the the Trade & Rumors section on speed dial for any incoming details NHL wide and to chuckle at some of the ideas.

Sabrespace, because I'm a Sabres extremist and if I'm not getting my hourly fix, like an addiction I'm going through withdrawals. Plus, I feel a kindred bond to everyone here, we all share the same passion, and I'm grateful for the humor, the convo's, the different view points of our shared passion, but especially the humor, because the hockey Gods know, as Sabres faithful, we need it.

As a lifelong diehard of the Bills, Sabres, & Mets I would have been six feet under long ago without a sense of humor to sustain me. I was also a devoted fan of the Buffalo Braves for the entirety of their short existence. The NBA has been dead to me since the Braves were so cruelly taken. While I like the NFL, NHL, & MLB, I find that the older I get, the more 'team-centric' I get as opposed to being a fan of the leagues they are in, if that makes sense. So I am now more a fan of my individual teams than the leagues themselves even though I love the individual sports of football, hockey, & baseball.

Also, SDS has done a phenomenal job with this site and with TBD which is why they are my 'go to' sources for team info and fan interaction. There are no places I'd rather be when rejoicing over the victories, commiserating over the losses, or just shooting the bull. I'm on both sites almost daily even though I read more than I post. Whether I agree or not, I enjoy seeing the varying points of view over our common bond, the Buffalo Sabres. 

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