Not the best start here

[paraka]

So, hello to the new people on my flist. I look forward to getting to know you. And to start off, I'm going to make a post that has *nothing* to do with fandom. Please feel free to skip.

Personally I don't really care about the game. I don't know the rules *at*all* so watching it makes no sense for me. I don't begrudge other people enjoying the game, but please, please, *please* keep it out of Ottawa.

It's been in the news lately that there's a group of people talking with the mayor about bringing a team back. Please don't. We just lost our old one a few years ago (seriously, what was it? 2 years ago?). We lost it, because no one would go to the games. People were losing money. If your professional players have to have a day job to support themselves, then obviously there's something wrong.

Ottawa is just not a good city for professional sports. In recent memory, we've lost a football team, a baseball team and a lacrosse team. Because no one in the city will support them. We don't have the population, and since this is a government town, we don't have the private businesses to support professional sports. Seriously, there was a while there, when there was talk of losing the *hockey* team. If the *hockey* team was struggling, no way in hell are we going to be able to support a *football* team.

I just don't want to have to listen for the months on end, of fans rallying and saying "If you don't support our team, we're going to lost it" All I'll be thinking is, "Can we lose it for good this time?"

On a fandom note:
I just watched 201 of Numb3rs, and no wonder why I couldn't really remember the story line for Megan and Colby showing up. There wasn't one. They barely even explained why Terry wasn't there. *pfft* At least I wasn't going crazy....
I'm so not going to be able to rewatch everything before Friday's new episode.

Also? My computer, you know the one that's caused me no end of trouble? Well, last week I started getting these messages saying that a "SMART error" had occurred, and to back my shit up because I could lose it at any time. I called Gateway, and they were supposed to send me a new hard drive, instead they sent me a CD with the factory standards on it. Not what I needed. And now, my computer won't even start up. I think I'm going to have to kill someone. Seriously.

Comments

[terribilita.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so weird to read about. I live in a crazy sports state and I just could not imagine it without its sports teams. I also had no idea that there was talk about getting rid of the Senators. *hugs hockey*

Also, heh, hello! By the way, I'm one of those people that like "personal" posts, not just fandom.

[paraka]

Well, Toronto is a huge sports city, they have hockey, 2 baseball teams(the only major league team in Canada, and a minor league team), basketball (which again, think is the only NBA team in Canada, although I could be wrong about that), lacrosse, although I don't know if they have a football team. The thing is, they have the corporate business to support it. I mean come on the Leafs? But it's impossible to get tickets to a Leafs game since they're almost all seasons tickets bought by companies.

Ottawa though, has a population of only 800,000 and it's only that high, because the amalgamated all the outlying farm land. When the Scotia Bank Place (formally the "Paladium", or something stupid like that, and the Corel Centre) was built, it was built in the middle of nowhere in an empty field. The main jobs in Ottawa are government (Capital of Canada here) or agricultural, with a side of tech jobs. Other than the tech jobs, those aren't the kind of businesses that can support a lot of professional sports teams. *shrugs*

I also had no idea that there was talk about getting rid of the Senators. *hugs hockey*
Oh, that was years ago, they're not in any trouble at the moment. In fact, they've been having record selling tickets so far this year, and they made a ton of money last season, what with going all the way to the Stanley cup playoffs (and their little marketing ploy of making you buy seasons tickets for this season to buy game tickets in advance for the playoff games).
No, I'm pretty sure that the Sens are here for a while at least, but those first few years were rough (they were in the NHL way back in the early 1900s, but disbanded, and were only remade in something like 1994).

Also, Yay! Someone to talk hockey with! During the play offs last year I kept making all these posts, and everyone would ignore them. :P

Also, heh, hello! By the way, I'm one of those people that like "personal" posts, not just fandom.
Yeah, I like both (although it depends on the person sometimes). I figure, that if I just wanted fandom, well, I'd go to a yahoo group, or a message board, or a webpage. LJ is special, because not only can you squee over fandom stuff, but there are people that you get to *know* and become real *friends* with. :)

[terribilita.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I know how huge the Leafs are in Toronto. But I'll tell you the truth, I'm not very knowledgeable about Canadian hockey teams, much less other Canadian sports teams. 'Tis the way of the American. *g*

But I'm a huge hockey fan! The Avalanche are my team but I think Colorado is in for a rude awakening yet again. People love them but we've been spoiled; the team won the Cup their first year here in '96 and had been in the playoffs every year since then. Only this past year did they fail to do so and, well, people were pretty damn upset. Things haven't been as great as they used to be since Patrick Roy retired and what with Peter Forsberg leaving and the old goalie juggling. I think last year was the year that the sellout record was broken too. It's gonna be tough for us for a while.

Anyway, yes, I love talking about hockey! I can't wait for the season to start and actually, I just bought a few tickets today. I'm too poor for season tickets but I love going to the games.

re:fandom. Yep, that's true. But a whole lot of people only like to squee, which is fine, but I like personal posts because I find it hard to get to know people otherwise.

[paraka]

'Tis the way of the American. *g*
Meh, it's not just an American thing. I can name all the Canadian hockey teams, but I have to think really hard to name American ones, and even then I'm sure I'm only going to be getting half of them... maybe. As much as this post may say otherwise, I'm not actually a huge hockey fan. I follow the Sens only, and even then I generally only watch the games during the playoffs. *shrugs* I'm lazy.

As for the hockey politics... yeah, they can be pretty crazy. I know the Sens are going through some right now, because the people that played in the play offs weren't the normal players. Things got really mixed up and it *worked* but now they want to go back to the same old, but don't at the same time. Ya know? Personally I think it should be Emery in the goals, not Gerber.

I'm too poor for season tickets but I love going to the games.
I've been to a few games, and they were fun, but to be honest (and I'm *really* showing my lack of knowledge here) I kind of prefer watching it on TV, because otherwise I miss so much, and don't always know what's going on. I like my instant replays. :P

re:fandom. Yep, that's true. But a whole lot of people only like to squee, which is fine, but I like personal posts because I find it hard to get to know people otherwise
Well, I can understand it a bit. Some people make a lot of long personal posts. I know that when I first started on LJ, I made a lot of posts about my pet *fish*. Seriously. That... can be a bit boring. I know *I* generally skip of sports posts, like there was this one person on my flist who used to make endless posts about soccer. I just didn't care to read it. I always *start* to read personal posts, but my flist is so long sometimes that I just end up skimming instead.