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Dollar Bill Wirtz dying was one of the best things that happened to this city. Luckily the apple fell very far from the tree in regards to Rocky.
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Meant to vote yes, but I got too, too excited before I voted. 
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The few of us that posted on Chicagoblackhawks.com, S.H.I.T. Boards (Stuy), and WirtzSucks.com beg to differ.
There weren't many of us, and I understand why, but those 10 bad years made most Blackhawks fans dormant.
I didn't like them getting their butts handed to them on most nights, but it was very odd sitting in 329... all by myself.
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All Bill had to do was put home games on TV, and he would've won 75% of the fans back in that instant.
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BTW, thanks for derailing every single thread I've made lately in this forum. You don't even watch hockey, don't even care to learn about it, follow me around CCS claiming I derail threads but then you do the same exact shit. I'm going to petition for you to be banned from the Hawks board if you keep this shit up. Final Warning.
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My wife went with me on most nights.
Most of us who chatted on the boards ended up meeting each other and later migrated to IHN.
We all jump on the bandwagon. It just depends on which era.
I think when I jumped on there were 3 dozen of us, and it still needed a driver.
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I don't care if you like it or not, you have only recently been coming in here and it's only to derail threads I've made. Such hypocrisy. I won't warn you again.
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That's crazy that it'd be that empty.
Did you have an idea of when they would be good again?
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Desp srs question for you.... how does one become a fan of the Blackhawks now without simply being a bandwagon fan?
Is it possible? Is there an age limit?
Do you need to have been a fan beginning only when the team was bad? How bad did they need to be? What level of fandom at that level of sucking counts as you being a real Blackhawks fan?
If you become a fan now, you are a bandwagon fan.... is there a waiting period to become a real fan? 5 years? 10 year? Do they need to suck and you remain a fan to like prove you are a real fan?
How does this work?
Is it possible? Is there an age limit?
Do you need to have been a fan beginning only when the team was bad? How bad did they need to be? What level of fandom at that level of sucking counts as you being a real Blackhawks fan?
If you become a fan now, you are a bandwagon fan.... is there a waiting period to become a real fan? 5 years? 10 year? Do they need to suck and you remain a fan to like prove you are a real fan?
How does this work?
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I agree. It's tough to be a good fan when the half of the games aren't in TV. Even tougher when your an hour away from the UC like I am.
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Or when you'd go see them at the UC against Detroit, and the Red Wings fans would take over the stadium like Hawks fans do on the road now.
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In my reality there's a difference between a "new" fan, and a bandwagonner.
New fans are new to the team and/or the sport and are ignorantof the histories and/or traditions, as well as the finer points of the sport, yet, they're willing to learn.
Bandwagonners aren't necessarily new to the sport or team, but remian willfully ignorant to the histories and traditons.
Case in point--on the powerplay, all shooting lanes are jammed:
New fan yells, "SHOOT!!!!!". Guy next to him says, "They can't, if they do they'll shoot it right into the other teram's shins--possibly cauing a shorthanded breakaway. New fan acknowledges and stores this nugget of information.
Bandwagonner yells, "SHOOT!!!!!" Guy next to him say s thsame thing, Bandwagonner tells him no one was talking to him and continues to yell "SHOOT!!!" on all subsequent powerplays.
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I went to some redwings games around 2002 or 2004 and those seemed to be the only actual draw the Hawks had. They would fill the stadium for that matchup but it'd go back to slim vs almost anyone else.
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My buddy and I had 323 (I'm pretty sure that's what it was, or 321? would have to look up the chart) all to ourselves above row 3... a few people loved to hand out in the first rows... I probably looked over and saw you at some point and didn't even know it. The next year we moved straight across to another empty section, can't remember which one that was but same effect. I broke 2 armrests accidentally when they snapped off climbing down to lower rows.
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From personal experience, I couldn't agree more. I used to be the Bandwagonner yelling, then I was the New fan, and now I'm the guy next to him. All because of you guys.
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And 300 Level seats for $8, man. Crazy times then. But wouldn't trade cheap tickets for their recent, current, and future success.
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Good thing there's still one place in town where tickets are still that cheap, although I'm not aloud to mention where.
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