Re: Please BAN stupid quoting I think we should BAN quoting the entire preceding post (because, you know, being a whole one post away we'd never find it without a full quote) and then adding just one line to it.
Sorry to jump into your forum (I don't know how you guys react to visitors, it seems like many other teams define "trolling" as anyone who supports another team posting on their threads). As an FYI, BMO has already banned these horns. In fact, they were banned from day 1: (look under noisemakers) http://web.mlsnet.com/t280/stadium/prohibited_items/ Personally, I am really glad this is the case. I have been to stadiums with horns (including Crew stadium last weekend) and I just find them obnoxious. Luckily our FO feels the same way (the president of operations of TFC posts on the supporters' forums, and has made his view clear). Interestingly (since there seems to be some conflict here) I haven't heard of a single supporter who disagrees with this rule, or thinks it's the FO trying to clamp down on atmosphere. In fact, whenever it is mentioned, supporters will pretty much rise as one and thank the FO gods that this rule is in place. Drums, flags, your voice are all good, horns (unless they are trumpets, and playing the tetris theme song, big respect to Chicago for that) just take away from the atmosphere in my opinion. Anyway, for all those fighting against them, there are already teams that have this rule (not only teams with bad FOs) so keep the faith.
I tried to keep the faith for years here at Colorado, last year was just too much. I hope that some day they will get rid of them but the Rapids FO has proven themselves to be quite out of touch. If they do ban them I will be back at the games in a heart beat, but until then it's direct kick for me. Yes I support and love them, but I can't deal with going to game, watching them do everything right and beat the crap out of a team.. but yet go home with a splitting headache and thinking how crappy the game experience was for me. Sounds like though these Sounder fans have bigger issues to worry about. That take a simple subject of fan horns and turn it into some As the World Turns drama about their supporter groups etc. lol. I guess once the new team polish is over and they start seeing attendance numbers like ours that maybe they will think about the horns again.
Horns are banned at RFK...and a glorious day it was when that happened. And if they don't need them at BMO or RFK, you don't need them at Qwest...unless, you know, you'd rather have a D*ck's-type atmosphere.
I kind of decided 10 years ago that fan horns weren't something Id fight over, even though I dislike them...........that's neither here nor there.... but maybe there's a technical solution to [part of] the problem: maybe if the horns COST MORE...and some of the extra $$$ went into making horns that: 1) sounded better 2) weren't as loud 3) made a very certain, non-bleating musical note when you blew 'em 4) two versions could be sold, each a different musical tone, such as F and A, like the first 2 notes of a major chord 5) the "bell" of the horn would point upward, a la Dizzy Gillespie, so that row 8 doesn't deafen the guy in row 7 [as much] or else ban 'em ps I remember reading that Thomas Dooley (in Germany) heard the horns on a broadcast from Mexico but he thought it was the buzz of a very faulty transformer leaking into the audio
OMFG. Someone's buttons are pushed. I was speaking from my experience. Kids are kids. Even when parents AREN'T all "my kids are perfect, how dare you . . .", the kids forget . . . .
The horns are incredibly annoying... me and my cousin were located by a family with 2 young children with them and.... don't get me wrong I like the enthusiasm but that farting noise in my ear non stop was awful.
I'd argue that an 11-page thread and the fact that at least five clubs mentioned here already ban the horns undermines your premise. This is an issue and management should have the alliance address it.