Definition of a Real Blazer Fan?

[THE HCP]

Curious what your opinion is on what defines a real fan?

 

[THE HCP]

fanatic |fəˈnatik|
noun
a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause. See note at zealot .
• [often with adj. ] informal a person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for something, esp. an activity : a fitness fanatic.
adjective [ attrib. ]
filled with or expressing excessive zeal : his fanatic energy.
DERIVATIVES
fanaticism |fəˈnatəˌsizəm| noun
fanaticize |fəˈnatəˌsīz| verb
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from French fanatique or Latin fanaticus ‘of a temple, inspired by a god,’ from fanum ‘temple.’ The adjective originally described behavior or speech that might result from possession by a god or demon, hence the earliest sense of the noun [a religious maniac] (mid 17th cent.).

 

[Wheels]

Mixum is the only true Blazer fan IMO

 

[DaRizzle]

Mixum cares because he isnt complacent

 

[ptownblazer1]

Almost getting thrown out of a Blazer game has gotta count for something...

 

[Minstrel]

My definition of a fan: not wishing the team you are a fan of any specific harm.

Sorry, just lapsed into a Simpsons reference. I consider a "real fan" to be anyone who has a persistent (i.e. not just for one game or series) rooting interest. That's it. I don't think the motivations for rooting matter. If you like the Yankees because you like "the best team," you're a Yankees fan. Not a particularly brave or committed fan, maybe, but bravery or commitment doesn't necessarily have to be part of fandom. It's only sports, which is to say, only entertainment. Whatever entertains you will drive your fandom.

 

[ebott]

If you root for the Blazers and you don't root for another NBA team that's good enough for me.

 

[Ed O]

I don't define other people as fans or not. I follow the Blazers very, very closely but I am very unlikely to get very overtly emotional about anything good or bad that happens to the team. There are too many other things going on in my life to let a hobby get my goat.

Ed O.

 

[THE HCP]

I would say it's somebody who sticks with their team thru good times and bad! Celebrates victories, dies when they lose!

 

[THE HCP]

let a hobby get my goat.

Ed O.

"Getting" with goats is your hobby?

 

[ehizzy3]

i can't tell you. at heart im a laker fan!

 

[Wheels]

i can't tell you. at heart im a laker fan!

I thought I felt a disturbance in the force at Timbers games.

 

[Denny Crane]

When your team's game is on TV or radio, it's what you tune into.

When your team is written about in the newspapers or on WWW sites, it's what you read.

 

[Wheels]

When your team's game is on TV or radio, it's what you tune into.

When your team is written about in the newspapers or on WWW sites, it's what you read.

crap I'm losing my fandom. I admit that since this whole Comcast deal, there are days I forget that the Blazers are playing because it is not available to me. F Comcast!

 

[THE HCP]

crap I'm losing my fandom. I admit that since this whole Comcast deal, there are days I forget that the Blazers are playing because it is not available to me. F Comcast!

Can't you and some of your migrant working friends just recreate the game on the farm?

 

[Wheels]

Can't you and some of your migrant working friends just recreate the game on the farm?

I would but those bastards keep trying to kick the ball, or hit it with a stick. Damn immigrants... maybe Maris is right.

 

[espn_hall_of_famer]

My definition of a real Blazer fan is one that I don't need to blow up to bring the game.

 

[Draco]

Somebody who wants the team to win.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

True Fan = well, we suck, but at least the seats are cheaper now!

 

[THE HCP]

My definition of a real GirlFriend is one that I need to blow up.

Fixed!

Repped!

 

[Wheels]

True Fan = well, we suck, but at least the seats are cheaper now!

lol! well hell yeah I'm a real fan again. I do totally miss being able to just walk up and get a ticket. And avoid all the Ticketbastard fees. Nowadays I have to plan an f-ing game like 2 months in advance.

 

[Targus]

As opposed to a fake Blazer fan?

I guess some would label me a fake fan because I no longer supported the Blazers during the jail-blazer era. When offered free tickets, I would decline. A lot of my Blazer gear, amassed over a period since the late 70's, went in the can.
It was more a personal statement and acknowledgment of what the team I supported had become and my limits in supporting them.

I was also the most vocal Duck fan during the offseason issues in Eugene.

I want to see the Blazers win. I'll take my kids to games and support them with time and money. If they regress to thugdom, I'm done again. They'll need to earn my support, slowly.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I don't define other people as fans or not. I follow the Blazers very, very closely but I am very unlikely to get very overtly emotional about anything good or bad that happens to the team. There are too many other things going on in my life to let a hobby get my goat.

Ed O.

example of "not a fan". and obviously, not a portlander.

my brother told me how the "fans" in Seattle are.....

 

[XXPrimusXX]

Nice tactic. Making a topic that DaRizzle and MIXUM can't post in.

Given that neither of those two know what it is to be a true fan. (DaRizzle being a bandwagon Faker sheep, and MIXUM... well being MIXUM.)

This topic has troll immunity.

 

[THE HCP]

^ Not true, has nothing to do with those guys. Just curious if there is certain levels of "fanness".

 

[XXPrimusXX]

^ Not true, has nothing to do with those guys. Just curious if there is certain levels of "fanness".

I'm not saying you did it intentionally, I'm saying it's an added bonus.

 

[THE HCP]

As opposed to a fake Blazer fan?

I guess some would label me a fake fan because I no longer supported the Blazers during the jail-blazer era. When offered free tickets, I would decline. A lot of my Blazer gear, amassed over a period since the late 70's, went in the can.
It was more a personal statement and acknowledgment of what the team I supported had become and my limits in supporting them.

I was also the most vocal Duck fan during the offseason issues in Eugene.

I want to see the Blazers win. I'll take my kids to games and support them with time and money. If they regress to thugdom, I'm done again. They'll need to earn my support, slowly.

Interesting, I wouldn't say you weren't a real fan, it is just crazy to me to NOT go to a game ever! Regardless of record or players or situation. My Dad and his friends used to take me to the MC in the standing room only section! Sneak me into the Paramount when they showed the games up on the movie screen.

 

[XXPrimusXX]

As opposed to a fake Blazer fan?

I guess some would label me a fake fan because I no longer supported the Blazers during the jail-blazer era. When offered free tickets, I would decline. A lot of my Blazer gear, amassed over a period since the late 70's, went in the can.
It was more a personal statement and acknowledgment of what the team I supported had become and my limits in supporting them.

I was also the most vocal Duck fan during the offseason issues in Eugene.

I want to see the Blazers win. I'll take my kids to games and support them with time and money. If they regress to thugdom, I'm done again. They'll need to earn my support, slowly.

Geez. It's not like Bonzi Wells flipped you the bird or something.

 

[Ed O]

example of "not a fan". and obviously, not a portlander.

my brother told me how the "fans" in Seattle are.....

Um. OK.

Ed O.

 

[XXPrimusXX]

I honestly think there is certain levels, as far as being a fan goes.

Some people are just casual fans, and will occasionally watch the games that are nationally televised, don't really follow any off-season news, don't know much about the players personal lives.

Then there are the hardcore fans, who not only actively try to watch every game, but will complain when none of the pre-season games are televised. They hang out on a forum all day, waiting for the latest Blazer news, and know far too much about the players personal business.

And like you said HCP, on a more basic level, and this applies to me as well:

If the team wins, you as a fan are overjoyed. But if they lose, you're bummed out.

There's nothing wrong with being emotionally invested in a sports team. There damn sure isn't anything wrong with backing up the team or it's players when someone tries to drag their names through the dirt. I just don't see where some "fans", get their sense of entitlement from.

Certain poster(s) feel as if the team, or even Greg Oden himself, owe them something because they've been let down at one time or another.