Just as a reminder, The Smoking Musket Xperience (yes, you heard me) doesn't just end with this website.  Also included in the Xperience (trademark pending) are Twitter and Facebook.  Also, we'll be your pen pal.

With Twitter, you'll get an updated feed when stories are posted, along with links to the stories, which makes following us on the go that much easier.  As for Facebook, you'll get the same story feed and links, in case you're frightened by Twitter and only use Facebook.  Either way, it's a great way to keep up with the site if you can't necessarily actually get to the site.

Plus, if you connect with us via Twitter or Facebook, it will make all of us look a lot cooler (sex with a woman can't be too far behind).

• @smokingmusket (TSM's Twitter Account)
• The Smoking Musket on Facebook
• Charley West on Facebook (be my friend, yay!)

Contrary to popular belief, the authors of this site don't sit around in our mother's basements combing the internet for information on WVU and college sports en masse.  We have lives.  They're not good lives, mind you, but lives they are nonetheless.  That's where you guys come in.

Without you, the loyal reader, this site isn't anything.  First off, if I noticed no one was visiting the site, I would probably stop writing.  But beyond that, your comments and contributions make this a vibrant community.  By submitting tips to your authors (charleywest@gmail.com) or submitting Fan Posts and Fan Shots, you can greatly increase the experience at The Smoking Musket.  This will inspire better stories, increased community activity, and overall, just a better damn website.

So, please, I beg you, help us out.  By doing so, you'll only make the site better for you and your fellow Mountaineer fans.  And also, if you don't, the terrorists win and 5th Year Senior will start killing puppies.  And you don't want that on your conscience, do you?

Here at The Smoking Musket, we’re just three guys who wanted to start their own blog about WVU and the Mountaineers. At the same time, we enjoy gratuitous pictures of hot chicks, unneeded cursing, and verbally (and pictorially) killing our opponents’ players, coaches, and fans. It’s the American dream.

But we can’t accomplish this dream by ourselves. We rely on you, the witty reader, for help. You guys send us great links* and post hilarious comments** and basically keep this blog afloat. Without you, we’re just three guys talking to ourselves. So, the moral of the story is this: send us tips. Send us a lot of them. And send them to charleywest@gmail.com

* may or may not be great
** may or may not be hilarious

UPDATE:  Now with the move to SBNation, there is the chance for a ton more interactivity and participation by you, the loyal reader.

With FanPosts, you'll be able to write your own blog entries about basically whatever you like.  If the post is liked well enough by the other readers or our editorial staff, you'll even get it posted on the main page as a contribution to the site.  But be careful, if you're too good, we'll fear a coup and have you executed.

With FanShots, it's close to the same concept as FanPosts, just shorter.  These usually consist of a link, video, quote, etc.

So, please, with these new options, take advantage of them.  We want The Smoking Musket to be the best community on the internet.  With your help, we can make that happen.  Also, there might be a pizza party involved.