Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Hey there you go stituation solved Copernicus. Lol, I'm only joking I'm polish as well. But to warn you, sometimes I let out the occasional f bomb when a referee or Gaven mistakes the Honda or DSW Shoes sign for the back of the net. We don't swear as much as 137 and I try to stop myself but I'm not a boy scout on a field trip either. I don't do it blatently it sometimes slips out anywhere in the stadium. I have heard many people swear at the refs in non-supporters midfield sections. It's like because were a supporters group we mean it more? Just saying, My father took me to Wisla Krakow games before when we visited family in Poland and he showed me how to salute the refs properly at a young age. It's great to bring your kid to games. And I ended up okay since I will be going to graduate school. Just saying because I really hate that concerned parents look. Parents your kid is probably as smart as Bobo the chimpanzee. They have a little better attention span then dogs. They will forget, get over it. This isn't pointed at you but i bet half of those soccer moms are hustlers and drug dealers when they go back home.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Not calling anyone out, but where was 103 in the Hooligan parade during the rain delay? Afraid to get your drums all wet? Just kidding, I'm glad there are 2 supporters sections. If only we could coordinate some of the chanting, I think the distance keeps us from being "on time" with each other, sound travels faster than light, that whole thing. Great game, really fun atmosphere, I hope we can keep it going when Chivas comes to town!
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] what the hell is a hooligan parade? lol. What did you guys do, hook up with Barra Brava and do the "ride the choo choo train" together? lol, anyways where did 137 go after the rain delay? Not calling anyone out just wondering?
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Down under the stands chanting our lungs out. We had a nice crowd watching, and many even joined. Good times.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] we were under the stands doing cheers, etc. Had a lot of people gather around that don't sit in 103 so that was cool. It seemed to me a lot of people that didn't leave once the rain started began to join in on the cheers, even a few sections over. Hopefully this trend continues. As for the large flag, I try not to wave it during the game but there are certain moments where it feels apropriate. With the free kick right in front of us at the time and 103 getting really loud I couldn't pass that up. Trust me, i'm not ignorant of the people behind me, otherwise I'd wave it the whole game.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Yeah Crew fighter, if you were there through the rain delay, you woulda seen us. We marched around the entire Mezzanine level. Pretty much couldn't miss 137, as we brought the show to you. that's why I called it the Hooligan parade, since it was mainly the Hudson Street Hooligans on the march. There were about 40 of us, and we kept the stadium rocking for those who remained. Were the flags obstructing your view there too? Or did you leave when it got a little wet? You can read about it here :http://columbus.crew.mlsnet.com/new...nt_id=91012&vkey=news_coc&fext=.jsp&team=t102 But in case it takes to long, here's the recount of our exploits: "Many of the Crew faithful remained, with some even erupting into a spontaneous parade around the mezzanine level, perhaps in early celebration of their team's first victory this MLS season. The remaining 10 minutes of action, including four minutes of stoppage time, did not disappoint the faithful who stayed, as Columbus garnered the full three points in holding on to their third shutout of the young season."
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Most of 103 was UNDER the east stand. I happened to go up to the mezzanine looking for a friend, and saw your parade. No way anyone underneath knew you guys were doing that. I thought you guys were nice and loud throughout most of the match, and the smoke bombs are always very cool. Having two groups makes sense to me, given the slightly different makeup of the groups.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] there is nothing wrong with waving the flag, especially when the timing is right. keep on waving! if people behind the group don't like flag waving in non-goal celebratory situations, sorry but move, its really easy to do.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] QUOTE]Most of 103 was UNDER the east stand. I happened to go up to the mezzanine looking for a friend, and saw your parade. No way anyone underneath knew you guys were doing that.[/QUOTE] Sorry, when you say "under the stands" I thought you meant on the Mezzainine. My apologies then. That said, you guys missed some fun. Again, much love for 103, I view you guys as an older, fatter version of section 137. I will probably move over when I have kids and bring them to matches.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Sorry, when you say "under the stands" I thought you meant on the Mezzainine. My apologies then. That said, you guys missed some fun. Again, much love for 103, I view you guys as an older, fatter version of section 137. I will probably move over when I have kids and bring them to matches.[/QUOTE] Weird. We look at you as a younger, dumber, less attractive version of 103.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Whoaa! Bring the show to me baby! lol, dude I was on the lower level. You know there our two levels in CCS right? I hope you're that smart. So you didn't bring the show to me. lol. Interesting choice of words though. And yeah I was in the stands the whole time in 103 same with our whole group after the rain delay. I only saw about 5-10 people stay in 137 after the delay I guess you guy's weren't done with your love parade but this isn't a pissing contest. After the same objective. That's 103 not 137 just in case you got confused. 137 had at most 5 or 6 guys with one flag in the front row after the delay. DC fans were wondering where u guys went over on their boards. I was wondering where the hell you all went as well. I don't care, I don't want to fight, but don't be getting into my face getting all personal with me when I'm more dedicated then anyone. Over the last three years, I have drove six hours roundtrip to watch 10-12 crew games a year with such a sad excuse of a team the last two so I don't have to answer to your so-called hooligan ass. Yeah I get that your name is Hudson Street Hooligans. Just never heard any real hooligans say "hey let's go on a, hooligan parade! yipee!" around the stadium. I just thought it was funny how you stated it. But thanks for clarifying. Yeah your pirate flag was obstructing my view in 103. Since 103 was behind 137. Good one twat. Could you stop waving that. No I went to go use my cell phone, got into a pissing match with DC fans with about 5 other guys, and then when CSC broke us up I joined the rest of 103 in chanting down in the lower mezzanine. Btw, If you could read that was Crewfan Scott or someone who isn't even in 103 bitching about flags. But, obviously you can't read who posts Did I hear you right? Did you just use the word exploits? Yeah I bet all of MLS actually I misphrased, I think all supporters groups in Europe are talking about the Hudson Street Hooligans exploits. The Hudson Street Hooligans strike again! lol. Please spare me.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] crewfighter don't get so worked up over nothing, don't need a feud starting over something like that.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Sorry I don't like cheap shots or people accusing me of leaving the game because I didn't see there passion parade. It's cool. I'm done discussing it.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] I think the two supporter section thing is the best occurance at our stadium since the 'best seat in the house' promo. Well maybe thats a bad comparison, but this setup is starting to turn into something with great potential. 103, you guys rocked the place last night. You were in prime form indeed. It was such an thrill to look over to my left from 137 and see another section jumping and just going nuts for the Crew. Thank you to who ever gave the positive comment about our smoke bombs. We took some heat from the FO for the smoke, but I think it turned out to be a good thing. The way it turned out to be a good thing, is because of an unexpected conversation with Mark McCullers and Chris Keeney(sp). After our first smoke bomb, I heard that McCullers and Keeney were standing above 137 to help instruct security how to handle this "dangerous" situation. I am always an opponent to cracking down on hooliganism (I feel they have the passion needed to make football thrive in this or any country) and am always a proponent to making an ass of myself, so I confronted the two. I shook their hands and went off on my usual dialog about the supporter sections being the organizations friend, not the enemy. I suggested those in 103,137 or any 'supporter' sections to sign a waiver releasing The Crew of all liability in the event of an unfortunate smoke bomb fatality. They told me to go get stuffed, but in a business suit kinda way. McCullers had to leave for a halftime event, but Keeney continued in conversation. What Mr. Keeney shared left me with a positive feeling about the way the FO views the supporter sections. He said that if 137 found a chant leader, the FO would like to get megaphones to help coordinate our two sections. He said they hoped to open matches and second halves with a leader of 103 and/or 137 singing 'Hear We Go' on the jumbo tron to get the whole place singing it. <gives me frigging chills thinking about it>. There was even a compromise with the smoke bombs. I guess the FO has a 'fireless' smoke machine we can use in place of the dreaded deadly ones. Purchasing flags for the two sections was also mentioned. I expressed my usual concern about 103/137 becoming FO bitches if such proposals are accepted, reminding him that supporter sections will never be entirely PC, but he said this doesn't matter. One thing he brought up is for certain. Both sections need to start coordinating. Good examples of this need happened at the DC match. 1) I think that if 103 knew of 137's hooligan march, they would have participated in it. This would have been a large and inspiring show of what it means to love The Crew. Would have certainly made Barra Brava and SE leave the stadium jeoulous and sure that both they AND their team suck. 2) 137 participated in a chant party immediately following the match in front of the locker rooms. As stated in this thread, many non-supporter section people joined in. After all, we know this kind of passion is infectious. If 103 had known of this and joined, it would have been even more incredible. A reporter was there from Argentina and expressed their national interest about our Crew in light of the Schelotto signing. He asked if he could record a couple of our fan songs to pass on to the Argentinian fans and media. He recorded "Oh When The Crew" and "Columbus,Columbus,Columbus". I dont know if a separate thread needs to be started to help bring about such cooperation or if a meeting at a local pub is in order. Either way guys, we need to keep this wonderful thing rolling on!! GO CREW!!!!
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Yep good stuff. Keep the flares going seriously. I'm probably of a different opinion then most of 103. But, I want to get the FO thinking flares are not as dangerous as they think. Because they are not if the person with the flare knows how to handle one. Smoke machines are kind of lame in my personal opinion. If the Portland Timbers fans are responsible enough to do it. Why can't we? People are attracted to things that look good and it looks good when you have alot of flares.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] I'm sorry dude, I enjoyed chanting in 103 last night, but anyone that lights a flare by me, and we're going to have a few words. Incindiaries like that have no business being lit in a stadium. You can sit there and say, "well it's good if you know how to hold it." but it only takes once for something to go wrong and something seriously wrong to happen. And also to Crewnut34, I felt the same way about coordination between the two groups. I tried to listen to what you guys were singing, but it's really hard to hear anything a couple sections over in the stadium. As for the Parade, I wouldn't trade what we did in 103 for anything. Under the stands we completely drowned out the DC supporters and a lot of people from different sections came around to cheer and sing with us. It was one of the better moments I can remember at the stadium.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] Just curious - in the history of any supporter group in the stadium, has there ever been an injury caused by someone lighting a flare?
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] No, and neither has there been a situation where myshap "had a few words" with anyone.
Re: Crew vs. DC [PBP/R] (WARNING: Long Kaiser Post Imminent) I'm not even sure where to begin this post. However, I'm going to try and temper what I say, because I like the overall positive vibes people are expressing. There is excitement about beating DC, about what the groups are doing, about getting the more casual fans active in singing along, in making memories in one night, in spreading our enthusiasm all the way to Argentina. These are some of the positives I'm taking from this thread, and those are great things. I'm proud of the way we're impacting the Crew experience and strengthening our house against the opposition coming to Columbus. I want to point out that I have yet to see a single flare from 137. I've seen smoke bombs, but no flares. Flares actually have a sizeable flame coming from one end and tend to be red in color and illumination. Something that produces gray/white or yellow smoke is not a flare, but a smoke bomb. Smoke bombs are less dangerous than flares. While yes, they still present some risk if somebody directly touches them while they are lit or shortly after they're done, the person can get burned. And of course, if you use excessive hair products and where lots of polyester, you might set yourself on fire w/ a smoke bomb. These risk factors aside, I'm not to concerned with actual smoke bombs. As for actual flares... well, let's just say there is one team whose color is red, which matches the typical flare's color, and for that reason alone (and the fact that this team's supporters use them) steers me away from having a desire to see them in our stands. Also, I was with the guys under 103 during the lightning delay, and it was pretty awesome. I took a piss break and went down toward Donatos to see what the BBb!tches were up to and they were chanting/singing as well, but they could afford to be brave as they had a bevy of CCS security protecting them and keeping them seperated from the rest of the stadium fans. There were a couple crew fans trying to talk smack and they got a fiesty little pony-tailed security guard in their face pretty quick. I held up my two hands, making a 1-0, and had the guy run over to me pretty quick too... kind of made me laugh, but nice to see the little beasties with their mad expression because their team is only better than TFC thus far this season (and only on GD but that can change next week). I'm pretty sure neither they, nor the 103 folks knew about a "hooligan parade" until reading it here or in the last few lines of that match report you linked. I'm glad it was fun for you guys, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it would show the BB's just how awesome we are if they never saw it. (unless some of the BB folks went up to the mezzanine). Watching the replay on my DVR, I noticed that even after the teams had left the field for the break, it took the stadium staff a long time to convince the short-bus BB folks that they needed to leave the stands, and that there was in fact, nobody down on the field. Poor bastards, can't even keep from drooling all over themselves either, I bet. As for coordinating efforts, I'm not a fan of the megaphone idea. Perhaps we could get some sort of 2'x4' signs with a title or a number or something to convey which songs are being sung in the different sections and then have the "chant leader" for each group get each end coordinated? I'm not a big fan of that idea either, but that's all I've come up with on the spot. Well, let's keep positive things happening. I'm looking forward to Hispanic Herritage Night and Guille's arrival. Hope we get a monster crowd for that night and beyond.