Shocker Fans very toxic...

[WstateU]

I'm thinking ribbon dancing is your preferred sport...

[Shock 100]

I'm thinking ribbon dancing is your preferred sport...

Football actually, but you were just going for the snarky insult anyway. I guess some people just can't respect different opinions. The irony is that some posters are doing a great job of proving the OP's point in real time.

[SHOCKvalue]

Most annoying fans I've encountered were Creighton fans.

FYP

[Cdizzle]

I guess some people just can't respect different opinions.

Says the guy who starts sentences with 'there really is no debate.'

[Shock 100]

Says the guy who starts sentences with 'there really is no debate.'

You removed the context from my statement. There really is no debate that if you stay home and watch on tv, the food is better and cheaper, the weather is perfect, traffic is not a problem, neither is parking, the wifi will work and you don't have to deal with other people's annoying behavior. Like I said, the only aspect of the in-person experience that is arguably better is the group interaction, what another poster called atmosphere. The way that I see it, to get the benefit of the in-person atmosphere is not worth all the other things that you have to give up in exchange.

[NCAABound]

Traffic isn't a problem for me. Parking isn't a problem for me. My food isn't better at home. Wifi isn't a problem for me. Seems debatable to me.

[wichshock65]

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[Stickboy46]

Football actually, but you were just going for the snarky insult anyway. I guess some people just can't respect different opinions. The irony is that some posters are doing a great job of proving the OP's point in real time.

So you are a KU fan AND a football fan.

Think we now know the real reason why you rather watch sports from home

[Dan]

going to a live sporting event is an experience. You can stay home and do lost of things but sometimes you gotta get out of the house and have fun in life. I can watch videos of the beach but I'd rather be there and enjoy the actual place.

[OregonShocker]

Football actually, but you were just going for the snarky insult anyway. I guess some people just can't respect different opinions. The irony is that some posters are doing a great job of proving the OP's point in real time.

It's not that I don't respect your opinion; it's that I can't value highly someone who thinks staying home is superior to seeing a live sporting event, who can't understand a passionate fan base being boisterous, who can't relate to participation beyond a mere polite hand clap when a good play is made, who gets annoyed by loud enthusiastic repetitive cheering,etc. So,.... yeah, I guess I don't respect your opinion.

[OregonShocker]

There is really no debate that attending a game in person is a vastly inferior fan experience in every way unless you are actually a fan.

FIFY

[WstateU]

[ShockingButTrue]

I am a Shocker fan, but not a diehard like many of the posters here. I wouldn't go as far as calling WSU fans toxic, but WSU does have more than their fair share of annoying fans. I am talking about the fans that complain about every call, throw a tantrum every time a Shocker misses a shot and the repetitive clapping, chanting stuff that just becomes mindless rote at some point. I have been to games and the fans are juiced up and acting like they are at a Two Minutes Hate not a sporting event. It is like the whole Play Angry shtick gives them an excuse to act like complete dbags. WSU fans can take it way too far sometimes and we all know it.

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[ShockingButTrue]

You removed the context from my statement. There really is no debate that if you stay home and watch on tv, the food is better and cheaper, the weather is perfect, traffic is not a problem, neither is parking, the wifi will work and you don't have to deal with other people's annoying behavior. Like I said, the only aspect of the in-person experience that is arguably better is the group interaction, what another poster called atmosphere. The way that I see it, to get the benefit of the in-person atmosphere is not worth all the other things that you have to give up in exchange.

Is this the Blob?

The insertion of "context" gives it away.

[Shock 100]

It's not that I don't respect your opinion; it's that I can't value highly someone who thinks staying home is superior to seeing a live sporting event, who can't understand a passionate fan base being boisterous, who can't relate to participation beyond a mere polite hand clap when a good play is made, who gets annoyed by loud enthusiastic repetitive cheering,etc. So,.... yeah, I guess I don't respect your opinion.

Why did you feel the need to make this personal and throw out insults? I merely stated my opinion, which is clearly different than yours. I did not call you out or insult you, so why do you feel it is necessary to go there?

You like attending live sporting events and I don't, it really shouldn't be a big deal. IMO, this is some of the hyper sensitive toxic fan behavior that the OP was calling out.

I also don't understand the KU fan stuff, I am a WSU alum and donor. I have never watched a KU sporting event live or on TV. Some Shocker fans are wayyyyyy too serious about what is in reality nothing more than a bunch of young men playing a game.