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I think there are several types of fans, and each of us fits into one (I can't think of them all though).
The fan who acts like they support the team when they lose/cheers them on, but that's to cover the fact that they're super negative when the team wins a game. Like, how how the wins aren't real or don't show the teams real ability. They are always feeling persecuted, and victimized, and often times think they're pulling a fast one on people, when in reality people are making fun of them to their face. Almost like they're a middle school kid who thinks they're pulling a fast one. Think Mixlito.
The "everything is great" fan. There is nothing wrong with the 15th man, don't trade him! He might turn into Jermaine O'neal!
The "stats back me up" fan, who can scour the internet for hours (well, minutes in todays world) to find a single stat that can back up their point. This group has two different factions, and they tend to argue a lot. One goes for 1 stat that backs up their point (and ignores everything else) and the other hunts down literally every stat in the world that backs up their point.
The "I'd make a better coach/gm/owner" fan. Every trade they make, draft they pick and free agent they "could sign", they know a better choice. They have favorite players in college that they are obsessed with and can't comprehend why their favorite player from Syracuse isn't doing jack squat in the NBA.
The "Long time" fan. These are front runner fans who have been long time (insert team here) fans, but couldn't tell you who was on the team 5 years ago. Not to be confused with the...
"Follows a player from team to team" fan. For example, a Steve Nash fan is a long time "Suns" fan, and hates the Lakers, until the very second that he leaves Phoenix and joins the Lakers. Then he becomes a fan of the "Lake Show" and promises they'll win a title or 8 because of Nash.
The "HCP" fan. No need to explain.
The "Fan from the good old days". In the case of the Blazers, this fan glorifies everything and anything from the "good old days". For example, they talk about how great the team played, or the players on it, or how great the owner was back then, and how they didn't sell out the arena name/create a mascot/change the logo. They put far more value on the players who were on a title winning team, over players who didn't win a title but put up far better stats.
The "I told you so". No need to explain that one.
The "Mags" fan. Incredible homer, but not obnoxious homer, and learns on the fly.
The "One player crusade" fan. Much like the "follows" fan, this fan picks one or two players on the team, usually a fan favorite/best player, and picks their game apart. Seems to think that every fan thinks they're the best player at their position, and never cops to any positive rep the player gets.
Not to be confused with the
"Everyone is a soccer mom, I'm the realist" fan. This fan, as the name suggests, thinks every fan is a soccer mom, and they're the only one who sees things for how they are. Whether they're doing this out of spite, sarcasm or just because it's fun, they often will act like the ENTIRE fan base is the same as one extreme homer who refuses to let anyone talk bad about the players on his or her team.
The "Extreme homer". See above.
The "casual" fan. Likes it when they win, doesn't pay much attention when they lose.
The "anti-hipster hipster" fan. Tries to sound smart, suave and snarky, almost refusing to admit they're just as big of a dork as everyone else.
The "flame war" fan. Almost as if on que, they arrive to stir shit up, and create long battles on message boards/in person, about something. Not always related to the topic, and not always incorrect. Kind of related to the...
"Must have last word" fan. must...get....last....word....in.....to....prove....I'm....a.....better.....fan.....!
There are many more. I think that most of us can find parts of each one of these in our own fan style. I know there is a lot of these that are true of me, and I'm sure if anyone adds more, they'll be true of me too.
Feel free to add on more or just turn this into a flame war
The fan who acts like they support the team when they lose/cheers them on, but that's to cover the fact that they're super negative when the team wins a game. Like, how how the wins aren't real or don't show the teams real ability. They are always feeling persecuted, and victimized, and often times think they're pulling a fast one on people, when in reality people are making fun of them to their face. Almost like they're a middle school kid who thinks they're pulling a fast one. Think Mixlito.
The "everything is great" fan. There is nothing wrong with the 15th man, don't trade him! He might turn into Jermaine O'neal!
The "stats back me up" fan, who can scour the internet for hours (well, minutes in todays world) to find a single stat that can back up their point. This group has two different factions, and they tend to argue a lot. One goes for 1 stat that backs up their point (and ignores everything else) and the other hunts down literally every stat in the world that backs up their point.
The "I'd make a better coach/gm/owner" fan. Every trade they make, draft they pick and free agent they "could sign", they know a better choice. They have favorite players in college that they are obsessed with and can't comprehend why their favorite player from Syracuse isn't doing jack squat in the NBA.
The "Long time" fan. These are front runner fans who have been long time (insert team here) fans, but couldn't tell you who was on the team 5 years ago. Not to be confused with the...
"Follows a player from team to team" fan. For example, a Steve Nash fan is a long time "Suns" fan, and hates the Lakers, until the very second that he leaves Phoenix and joins the Lakers. Then he becomes a fan of the "Lake Show" and promises they'll win a title or 8 because of Nash.
The "HCP" fan. No need to explain.
The "Fan from the good old days". In the case of the Blazers, this fan glorifies everything and anything from the "good old days". For example, they talk about how great the team played, or the players on it, or how great the owner was back then, and how they didn't sell out the arena name/create a mascot/change the logo. They put far more value on the players who were on a title winning team, over players who didn't win a title but put up far better stats.
The "I told you so". No need to explain that one.
The "Mags" fan. Incredible homer, but not obnoxious homer, and learns on the fly.
The "One player crusade" fan. Much like the "follows" fan, this fan picks one or two players on the team, usually a fan favorite/best player, and picks their game apart. Seems to think that every fan thinks they're the best player at their position, and never cops to any positive rep the player gets.
Not to be confused with the
"Everyone is a soccer mom, I'm the realist" fan. This fan, as the name suggests, thinks every fan is a soccer mom, and they're the only one who sees things for how they are. Whether they're doing this out of spite, sarcasm or just because it's fun, they often will act like the ENTIRE fan base is the same as one extreme homer who refuses to let anyone talk bad about the players on his or her team.
The "Extreme homer". See above.
The "casual" fan. Likes it when they win, doesn't pay much attention when they lose.
The "anti-hipster hipster" fan. Tries to sound smart, suave and snarky, almost refusing to admit they're just as big of a dork as everyone else.
The "flame war" fan. Almost as if on que, they arrive to stir shit up, and create long battles on message boards/in person, about something. Not always related to the topic, and not always incorrect. Kind of related to the...
"Must have last word" fan. must...get....last....word....in.....to....prove....I'm....a.....better.....fan.....!
There are many more. I think that most of us can find parts of each one of these in our own fan style. I know there is a lot of these that are true of me, and I'm sure if anyone adds more, they'll be true of me too.
Feel free to add on more or just turn this into a flame war
