lets bring back THE WAVE
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 12:04 PM EST
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I loved the ol' Caps Center back in Landover. The noise meter, the infestation of birds in the rafters, the dense vampire fog while driving up 301 to the game.
One thing I used to see at just about EVERY game back then was watching some group of guys start THE WAVE. We n ever see this anymore? WTF. I mean really.. it's not THAT lame. For those of you who used to go to all the games at the old arena... I know you remember how much fun it was.
Of course.. the few times where someone COULDN'T get it going, they looked like an idiot. Maybe that's why no one starts waves anymore. They're too afraid of looking like a tool.
However.. I AM not. For I am a tool and proud to admit it. So next game if you see some dork, scruffy 30 year old with glasses in the nosebleeds trying to start a wave... no I am not having a seizure. Stand up and confront your tool-ness and join me and lets RECLAIM THE WAVE!!!!!
->Brian
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Most of us who pay for a ticket go to actually watch the game.
If you want to do the wave, pay $5 for a Nationals ticket. Lord knows no one there actually cares about the team.
by Tromni on Nov 14, 2009 12:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
hey now, some of us love baseball for the sake of baseball, and, believe it or not, actually follow the Nats. (everyone, do yourself a favor and go to a game. Nyjer Morgan is a little ball of energy, and a WHL alum!)
and $5 tickets are not for the wave-it’s more like a “cover charge” to go hang out at the bar for 3 hours.
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Most of us who pay for a ticket go to actually watch the game.
Game, set, match.
by David M. Getz on Nov 14, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You people are robots.
I guess with the advent of the cell phone, people are too busy txting each other to do anything interesting during breaks in play
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no, during breaks in play I’m usually discussing what just happened with the people in my section. Because I’m lucky and the people that sit around me are all STH and fellow puckheads.
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The notion concerns me, honestly. Those TV timeouts and breaks in the action can be very short, sometimes unpredictably so, and I would be beyond annoyed if a wave reached my section just as an offensive flurry was reaching the other team’s net.
I do plenty of interesting things during breaks in play — watch the bench, check the out-of-town scoreboard, scope out the folks who work while we’re having fun (using binocluars to check out the spotlight operators on the catwalks, or the journalists in the press box, is one of my odd hobbies).
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Nov 14, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re no fun.
And you also pay to sit there and pick your nose during those 3 minute breaks where they scoop up all the ice? Not like it takes long to get a wave goin’
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 12:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The main thing I miss from the CapsCentre is the decibel meter. I’d much rather have that then the fake, crappy graphic of the crowd noise.
by Yoshietree on Nov 14, 2009 12:50 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
REC’D! (Sorry, I was trying to help get it to 100.)
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Nov 14, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Since I’m apparently not the only one that feels this way…every year I’ve been a season ticket holder at the phone booth, I’ve let my ticket rep know my feelings at the end of the year. Maybe if enough STHs speak up something can be done.
by Yoshietree on Nov 14, 2009 9:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I miss the Wave too. But I feel like it was left with oversized plaid shirts in the ’90s.
"My face is my mask."
by jakeshapiro on Nov 14, 2009 12:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Repeat after me: There is no wave in hockey.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Nov 14, 2009 1:00 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
But there are burrito tosses.. way cooler
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually there aren’t. There are “T-Shirts wrapped in aluminum foil to appear like burrito tosses”
by Yoshietree on Nov 14, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
False advertising!
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Nov 14, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So all those times you see slaptop tossing out burritos they’re actually tshirts? Seriously?
by Brainumbc on Nov 15, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
er… slapshot..
(an edit button would really help this forum)
by Brainumbc on Nov 15, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I personally despise the wave. Save it for slow/boring sports that need it to keep people entertained.
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by J.P. on Nov 14, 2009 1:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
so do i – no idea why, it’s one of my least favorite things at sporting events.
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by kellobellow on Nov 14, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The wave feels like an outdoor thing. Not right for hockey (probably not for basketball either).
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Nov 14, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Just say No
not supporting the wave making a comeback. In total support of bringing new things in, such as the (count number of goals)…it’s all your fault and any other chants from the old days or any other college hockey game chants we can bring in….
Promote the game, it's the NHL, not SCHL
by kurlNdrag on Nov 14, 2009 1:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I like the wave, but have never been to a hockey game, so I don’t know how that would fit in.
However, a hockey game is exactly 60 minutes of action, but you’re in the building for roughly 2h30. I’m sure if people can cheer during intermissions for a mascot doing its things or trying to get a free t-shirt or any other dumb stuff they have to try to entertain people, I’m sure a minute or two of the wave during a TV timeout wouldn’t kill anyone.
What american sports need, though, (in my opinion of course), is actual singing or chanting during games, that brings the passion out like nothing else. “Let’s Go Caps!” and “MVP” gets old in a hurry, the “all your fault” thing I find kinda lame and way too short to be any kind of anthem. A real anthem like any English stadium (I recall the ode to Cantona at Old Trafford and think if someone could come up with an anthem like that to OV that would blow the roof off). I’ve never seen, in any sport, a crowd singing in America (or Canada). There is a lot of noise, but it’s disorganized, mainly cheering, so it dies out after a 10 or 20 seconds.
In 1972, Canade fans in Moscow began singing their national anthem during the last game and that was one of the most memorable moments for all of them.
But maybe that’s a football or european thing.
by benjik on Nov 14, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
benjik, let’s commision a Capitals song. I’m a huge fan of that. Hard to call it a football or european thing when Habs fans do it.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Nov 14, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In my wildest dreams I imagine using the power of the internet to start up some Caps songs and/or chants and getting together a section to do them at games.
by David M. Getz on Nov 14, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Really, though, if it’s going to happen, it’ll start somewhere.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Nov 14, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It would definitely be great. The only problem is that it would take decades before we could actually get a lot of the crowd to sing in unison, let alone know the words.
by bigmac1124 on Nov 14, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno the god awful “it’s all your fault” chant for EVERY GOAL seems to have caught on. FYI if anyone on this site is one of those chanters…that chant should be reserved for a minimum of 4 goals and ONLY if the Caps are winning.
by Yoshietree on Nov 14, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll just throw this out there at my own risk:
I’m sorry I don’t know the Habs fans did it. Do they have an actual original composition or do they use an existing song with made-up lyrics? or are you referring to the “Nana hey hey, goodbye” they use agains Boston in the playoffs (which I find cool because it must be so gut wrenching for opposite fans).
For a Caps song to catch on, you either need to have a real good song writer to come up with a great tune, and wait for years to build around it, or go with an existing tune and find some lyrics, which is much easier, but very easy to make it become really lame if the lyrics are too straight-forward.
So I’ll make the first proposition: USSR/Russia anthem with adapted lyrics for the Caps and/or Ovechkin. Now I’m a huge USSR/Russia hockey fan, so I would find that awesome, but regardeless, that anthem is very powerful (as in a crowd chanting it gives you goosebumps). The fact it would be sung in the US capital would draw a lot of publicity and would make people aware of it, so if people were willing, it would catch on very quickly. Of course, it would be weird at first and maybe not appropriate, but hey, it’s an idea. As an added bonus the Caps would definitely win a large chunk of the Russia hockey population as fans (if that wan’t already the case).
by benjik on Nov 15, 2009 8:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Singing or chanting during games should be left to snooze-fests like ‘football’.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 14, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
singing, chanting, and bands are very college hockey. Which I love, but not what I’m looking for at a Caps game. (though even I get going with the counting and “It’s all your fault!” when the Caps get to 4 or more)
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Looking really quick, and with a quick skim revealing nothing, I’m pretty sure that in college home teams have a higher winning percentage than in professional sports (I know it’s true in Basketball and Football). And while, yes, it’s not the same, this is pro hockey, and not college, but I’m more rabid about the Caps than any other team or college.
I feel like there’s a growing feeling throughout the league of “They just follow that horn guy to tell them when to cheer.” and to an extent, that’s true. I feel like things like the Whoop and “It’s all your fault” give us some degree of originality, and singing and chanting would go a long way towards giving us something other than “That horn guy” in terms of fan energy. Granted, media and others have said we’re such a loud arena, it’s hard to play (Sorry, Karl). But imagine if it was focused.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Nov 14, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That last sentence says it all:
Imagine if it was focused.
Instead of having people wooping, cheering, yelling, waving towels incoherently, they all sang in unison.
For anyone not convinced or have never seen it, you can look up on google
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I_crD6Oqsw
that’s in an open stadium, think it in a closed stadium, at the beg of a game. And that song came out of nowhere, it’s not even that good.
I couldn’t find a great video about Cantona in google, but it’s really simple and very short (ooh ahh ooh ahh ooh ahh, Can-to-na!). MU fans even sang La Marseillaise in the stadium, in England, and they hate France, they just loved Cantona.
All right, I’ll stop babbling on, but if anyone has good ideas of chants, let them post, maybe we stumble on sthing.
by benjik on Nov 15, 2009 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m totally with you. The “it’s all your fault” chant is totally original, and it makes me forget about generic things like the wave. I’m all about the crowd doing crazy shit though, so if someone started a wave, I would join in…I just wouldn’t make an effort to start it.
by bigmac1124 on Nov 14, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
we used to do “It’s all your fault” in college. Its fairly unusual to see it in the NHL, but not at the NCAA level.
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 6:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No wave. Caps games aren’t boring.
by katzistan on Nov 14, 2009 1:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Considering your last post, I think you may have overreached. I would expect better from you.
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 14, 2009 1:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Idea FAIL.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 14, 2009 2:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Fail. I don’t like the wave at baseball, where it thankfully seems to finally be dying out. But I wanted to head down to 120 last night and beat the guy trying to get it started senseless. NO WAVE AT HOCKEY.
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 2:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
where it thankfully seems to finally be dying out
Thankfully, baseball is finally dying out. LOL.
by bigmac1124 on Nov 14, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
come on, no need to cheap shot another sport. Remember how bitter we used to get when everyone made blanket statements about hockey and/or the Caps? I get that way about baseball.
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I guess no one where went to any caps games back in the mid 90’s. The fans were all about the wave back then
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 3:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
and what is this whole “REC’D!” ting I see in all the posts?
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 3:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
See the button labeled ‘actions’? If you click that button, two options come up: Rec and Flag. Rec is short for recommend and it’s something you click if you strongly agree with a post, think it’s funny or approved of the reasoning. If a post gets 5 recs, it turns green so everyone can see how amazing/hilarious/appropriate/subtle/whatever it was at a glance. It’s like a built in ‘+1’ button, so you don’t have a bajillion posts all saying ‘+1’ after a particularly good point.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh gotcha.. sorry.. I’m not a big BB poster. Thanks
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
All the respect I gained for you from your last fan post was instantly lost with this one.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
by zephyr on Nov 14, 2009 4:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Since this post just took a horrible turn for the worst as far as personal insults go I’d like to note that my statement was intended to be funny.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
by zephyr on Nov 14, 2009 5:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL. Don’t worry. I could tell :) I know not to take any Josh’ing seriously by anyone who would have the audacity to joke around with me about bondage gear.
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Would it help if I posted a photo of Varly in a gimp suit?
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 4:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ok.. if the wave is so bad.. tell me.. which is worse..
Ok.. if the wave is so bad.. tell me.. which is worse..The Wave
Ok.. if the wave is so bad.. tell me.. which is worse..The Waveor
Ok.. if the wave is so bad.. tell me.. which is worse..The Waveorthe SO hat trick hat throw
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 4:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, what’s worse – a barium enema or having your wisdom teeth removed sans anesthesia?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 14, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I had my wisdom teeth removed with no anesthesia just so I could tell people I did it that way.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
by zephyr on Nov 14, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
At least you get some fun pills to take home with you for the wisdom teeth operation
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wtf does does this board always do this to my posts
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 4:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I bet there are pictures of each and everyone one of you guys out there on the internet with your hands up, jumping up and down trying to catch a Chipotle chicken burrito, being thrown by a guy in a bird costume
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 4:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nope. I hunker down whenever Slapshot gets anywhere near me.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Nov 14, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No. I wouldn’t eat one if you handed it to me with a bow on it.
To address your question above, it’s not an either/or choice. Some fans will probably continue to throw hats on the ice for the shootout, but this wouldn’t exclude the wave. Similarly, it could be that neither happens – they’re independent events. The hat throw is also not germane to the point you’re bringing up in this post, so I’m not sure why you mentioned it here.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you’re a very bitter person and seriously killing the intelligent-but-cool vibe of the Rink.
by RedBirdie on Nov 14, 2009 6:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What? You don’t know a joke when ya’ see one?
by Brainumbc on Nov 15, 2009 9:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn.. gettin all analytical n sh@t on here. Can’t ya just say “the wave sucks” like everyone else? Or do you get all Sigmond Freud in every post?
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 4:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You can start by renaming this post/idea, “Let’s all be massive tools.”
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 14, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In fairness, he had an idea. If you don’t like it, just say that, and why, rather than calling him a tool and adding little. Not a fair thing to say, in my opinion.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Nov 14, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer macvechkin’s light harded response actually. It’s much more joking and just having fun than this “knee high to a duck” douchebag that seems to get off on being super serious and spending every post trying to point out how much more intellectually superior he is.
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer content to slander, but that’s on you.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Nov 14, 2009 5:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Same here.. but I’ll take slander over people lashing out and being a jerk for no reason other than to massage their own egos.
This post was just a light hearted idea I jotted down in the morning to get a few smiles. I knew I’d get a few ppl ragging on me but it was all in good fun.
I just find it disturbing that some people in here take the time to troll around for posts like this so they can get up on a high horse when I never did anything to them. Good lord. So this post wasn’t washington post sport section worthy. Seriously. These people need to get a life and try going out and talking to members of the opposite sex from time to time. It’ll chill them out.
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Could this post be anymore cliched? You just played the real life card.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 5:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Even if that were true, which it isn’t, my alternative is spending every FanPost on trying to point how how superior my fandom was to all those people who don’t want to see The Wave make a comeback.
Don’t like my post? Flag it if you’re really offended. Or, you could address what I actually said instead of insulting my character. I can respond with of one-line barbs, since you said that you prefer that.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
learn to smile, man :P
And maybe you SHOULD try one of those Chipotle bowls. It might help you unclench your asscheeks.
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think I’m the one that needs help relaxing:
but I’ll take slander over people lashing out and being a jerk for no reason other than to massage their own egos.
I just find it disturbing that some people in here take the time to troll around for posts like this so they can get up on a high horse when I never did anything to them.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You win an argument on the internet. Here is your cookie.
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Two internet cliches for the price of one! The “I lost but you really lost because I don’t care cliche” and the cookie as a sarcastic reward cliche! What will you come up with next?!
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Analytical is what this blog does. Does it very well, in point of fact; the primary bloggers are all excellent at both writing and making analytic statistical explorations and there are many contributing commentators who do much to enhance my understanding of hockey. If you’re not interested in that analysis, you’re probably in the wrong place.
Also, I’ve seen you use the reply button before, so I know you know where it is. I’m going to assume that this was a misclick and directed at my post above. If you don’t like me addressing your points, what else should I address? Your avatar? Or would that be too analytical and shit?
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 14, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re right. I didn’t press the reply button. Thank you for pointing that out. You win at life
by Brainumbc on Nov 14, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m closing the comments on this FanPost. Walk away, people… nothing more to see here.
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