Lifer

I went to a game in KC in 2006 and I shocked how dead it was compared to the game I went to at Gillette in 2003.

Lloyd_Christmas

For the original poster's sake, I hope the 4 lilly a$$es don't read the his remarks.

Usually I want to go to Pats games to see them play, but as far as non-football reasons...

I haven't wanted to drive 13 hours to go to a pats game more since NEM threatened to beat you up and you told him what seat to find you in. Just for the record, did he ever show up?

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mgcolby

We all know it can loud - but far to often people toss out the design excuse. I do realize that my Gillette sample is small, but I was shocked that in such a tight game versus a team that we tend to struggle with, who also ended our season the year before - that so many people would be quietly sitting down.

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DaBruinz

Why do you continue to show pictures of yourself? No one cares what you look like or how you act. Its amazing how people like you are the some ones who complain about Gillette not being loud enough, but when someone else does it, you get all holier than thou.

Patjew

In my experience the crowd noise has alot to do with where you sit. When I've sat in the corners of a 100s section, it's been loud. When I am up in 315 it feels like there's nothing to hold in the noise and even if everyone is screaming like they were during the AFCCG, it still is relatively quiet. I've never been in the 200s.

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PatsWickedPissah

It's for goyem only you cretin!

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Patjew

LOL, that explains it.

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Hardboiled

Ah, the thread that keeps on giving!


You completely miss the point of the responses.

Now say two Hail Marys and three Lord's Prayers.

phimseto

I had to log in and voice my agreement with the original poster. I disagree that fans can "watch the game as they like." I'm trying to think of a good example to make, and the only one I can think of is this:

At Boston College, there's an area of student housing called "The Mods". It's a bunch of "temporary" modular suites that sit in the main residential area of the campus, near the stadium. They have traditionally been the main social scene at BC, and the expectation was that if you lived in the Mods, you would do your part to host parties, tailgates, etc.

Occasionally, you would have people who would get a good lottery pick for housing, and they would say "oh, I can't wait...we're going to have a mod!" to which others would say, "Great! Ready to throw some good parties?" to which they would say, "oh no! We don't want that! We'll just go to other people's mods and let them throw the parties!"

Red flag. These people would be vilified, and rightly so. Living in the Mods comes with that expectation that you are fulfilling a very specific and important role in the student community. If you weren't prepared to play that role, then f&%k off and go live in some other area of the campus. You don't live in the Mods because it's the cool place to be, you live in the Mods to be a part of fulfilling the reasons *why* it is the cool place to be.

This is the same thing with going to a Patriots game. Stadium noise and fan support are very real advantages, and the "Gillette isn't designed for sound" excuse doesn't cut it. It isn't a "get out of jail" free pass. Going to a game is a privilege, but that privilege comes with a responsibility of fandom: to be attentive to the game, to be loudly supportive, and to stick with your team to the end (especially if the game is close).

It doesn't mean you have to be a boor or a drunk. It does mean you have to care enough to be a part of the spectacle, even if it isn't your natural inclination (which it isn't for me, but I'm as loud as anyone on the occasions I get to go to a game). Going to the game and using it as a backdrop for your own idleness is an insult to the many passionate fans who would love to be at the stadium and a disservice to the team whose members have said time and again how much they feed off the energy of a rowdy home crowd.

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eom

that original post sounded pretty snobbish.

I'm assuming it's a joke post, though --- like something from the onion.

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