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Definitive Fan #2311221979 – Waluigi

April 01, 2011   wildwing64   No comments

Welcome to the Definitive Fan – The online guide from PowerPlayGoal.com to the types of fans who you’re likely to meet (or not meet) at a game.
Some of these fans clearly have a true passion for the game, others, well, they are just there for something to do.

Fan Type # 2311221979 – Waluigi

WAAAAAAAAAAAAA

(Picture from BITF)

Bio:
A resident of the Mushroom Kingdom, Waluigi’s only purpose in life is to serve as the arch nemesis of a certain green-and-blue clad plumber. Aside from that, he’s just there. He has no reason to exist other than as an extra multiplayer character to fill out the roster. But since he’s played hockey in at least two of his otherwise pointless appearances, we have discovered that Waluigi is, in fact, a hockey fan, perhaps giving him some meaning in an otherwise meaningless life.

Much like many a hockey fan – and for that matter, a player – Waluigi is very competitive by nature, and his cry of “WAAAAAAAA” can be heard all across Canada, the North-eastern United States, and occasionally Los Angeles whenever he happens to be there. However, he is also quite the bad loser. “Waluigi hates this,” he claims, whenever his favourite team happens to be losing, so he just switches to another one instead.

As an arch-nemesis type character, he is very, very antagonistic towards fans of rival teams, and he seems to have particular dislikes for the expansion era Sunbelt teams, insisting that those that have won the Stanley Cup are dirty cheaters – despite being one himself – and he particularly dislikes the Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars, probably because they have both worn green at some point or another.

Characteristics:
Lanky, pointy nose and ears, clad in purple and black, and owner of one very thin moustache.

Favourite Team:
Hard to say. He doesn’t seem to have one favourite that he sticks by, but he has a bunch of teams that he conveniently switches to, particularly when his current team is playing like crap and he gets bored of them. One of these teams is the Los Angeles Kings – as he looks like some kind of troll, he fits in with the fanbase there quite well – but he also joins the fans of some of the North-eastern and Canadian teams, where the cries of “WAAAAAAAA” from his fellow fans there are strongest. Along with the Ducks and Stars, he also hates the Vancouver Canucks with a burning, fiery passion, even though that city is where he first played hockey.

Other:
Expecting another interesting tidbit of information?

Too bad. WALUIGI TIME.

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The Definitive Fan: British Fans Part 4

November 16, 2010   wildwing64   No comments

Since this is a UK based website, we would like to welcome you what was originally a three part special, but is now instead going to be a multipart series of The Definitive Fan – The online guide from PowerPlayGoal.com to British fans who you’re likely to meet (or not meet) at a hockey game.
Some of these fans clearly have a true passion for the game, others, well, they are just there for something to do.

British Fan Type #4 – The Chavette

An artist’s impression of a Chavette

Bio:
“Hockey? That’s like that thing that’s like football on ice with silly rules and big men, innit?”

Above is an actual quote spoken by this fan type on a generic reality TV show from the UK’s teen-friendly Channel 4. The Chavette is the female counterpart of The Football (Soccer) Fan.

The Chavette generally has little to no interest in sports, but they are among the crowd that will conveniently develop an interest in football whenever England’s national team are playing. Although they generally seem to be more interested in the players than the actual game itself.

Sometimes they will go to a hockey game – oh wait, sorry. I mean an ice hockey “match” – with their equally generic, testosterone fuelled boyfriend. They watch the ga – uh, “match”, and wonder what the hell is going on. Do they bother to ask anyone what the rules are? Nope. They can’t ask their boyfriend because he doesn’t know either: he’s only interested in the fighting, and shouting generic insults at a certain black-and-white-stripe-wearing individual on the ice.

So the Chavette instead stops watching, and aimlessly wonders around the building until she happens to come across a TV that’s showing X Factor (American Idol equiv), Britain’s Got Talent, or whatever other generic British reality show happens to be on. She stays there and watches that for most of the remainder of the game, despite the fact that she’s paid £10 to get in.

Characteristics:
Female, aged at least 15 and up, hair dyed blonde, wears bright orange fake tan along with other excessive makeup. Forced Cockney or Essex accent. Generally unattractive, unless for some reason you’re into that sort of thing.

Favourite Team:
Whatever little local team their boyfriend happens to “support”.

Other:
Along with insulting hockey as shown in the above quote, they along with their male counterpart tend to like making fun of Americans for being dumb. Oh how very hypocritical they are.

I’m Wildwing64, and this is the Definitive Fan.

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The Definitive Fan #13 – The Bandwagoner

March 18, 2010   wildwing64   No comments

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Welcome to the Definitive Fan – The online guide from PowerPlayGoal.com to the types of fans who you’re likely to meet (or not meet) at a game.
Some of these fans have a true passion for the game, and will proudly support their chosen team through and through. Other folks, on the other hand…

Fan Type #13 – The Bandwagoner

Look at this lovely wagon, conveniantly available to hop on when that other one is breaking.

Bio:
Often confused with the Fair Weather Fan. As the name suggests, the Bandwagoner has a tendency to hop on a particular team’s bandwagon, as in, conveniently become part of said team’s fan base when they happen to be winning.

They’ll continue to go and watch games for as long as their team is constantly doing well: they’ll then buy merchandise, such as a pennant, talk about the team, and hockey in general, with their friends and (temporary) fellow fans all while making themselves sound like they know everything about this team… but the very moment something bad happens, like the team suddenly losing its playoff spot in the standings, they will suddenly be overcome with a feeling of disappointment. Generally, sports fans do feel unhappy when their favourites have just lost a game (or their playoff spot), especially the passionate fans of said team, but they never go as far as to follow another one instead.

Usually, no matter what the team is going through or how bad they are doing, the more passionate hockey fans will still continue to attend and watch games to support them. As for the Bandwagoners however, while the team continues to struggle during a losing streak, they’ll conveniently change their allegiance to a different team instead, one that just happens to be winning (especially common if there are multiple teams within an area), usually being part of a crowd in doing so. But then suddenly, this team has a bad spell near the end of the season while their previous favourites have made a big, final push to clinch a playoff spot: guess what this fan does next.

Characteristics:
No distinguishable characteristics, they seem to blend in.

Favourite Team:
Guess.

Other:
This fan type tends to be more noticeable during the postseason. Sometimes you’ll find that even the most loyal fans of a team that have missed the playoffs still need their hockey fix, and will root for a particular team that they want to win: fans like this could be classed as Bandwagoner Type B.

I’m Wildwing64, and this is the Definitive Fan.

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