Here in Winnipeg, since our rebrand one thing we've done is taken a page from a sister league (to not be named) and have started offering fans a chance to purchase a seat for a life sized cardboard cutout of themselves. The cost is $75 CAD and all proceeds go towards charity. After the season, those that donated and purchased a cutout will get it back autographed by the whole team and sent back to them. Even having pseudo fans in the stands (with some simulated crowd noise) helps get us in the feel that we're performing in front of the crowd. Some good metal music never hurts either to help ramp things up during pregame warmups. Since there's so many of us, we play rock-paper-scissors in the LR as we're getting ready to hit the ice and whomever ends up winning gets to choose the song selection for that night. It usually works out pretty well that way.
The Maine Timber have always had the luxury of a rabid fanbase making some serious noise in and around the city of Portland on game days. However since the fans are no longer allowed in the stadium, that just means the fans have gotten into a new habit of knowing the route the players take to the stadium, and what everyone drives. We are now greeted with fireworks blasting off on many street corners. Sound systems set up, blaring Ke$ha (our goal song artist) blaring out of business fronts, and fans waiving flags at every turn. With everyone acting independently from one another its really a spectacle to behold. Once the players get to the stadium the parking lot is "full" (about 1/4 the capacity) of season ticket holders parked and facing the stadium. The management has set up a "Drive In" screen for people to park and watch the game from their cars. The outdoor sound is pumped into the stadium to fill the silence with cars honking and people cheering. Its not the same as a full stadium, but we at least know people are watching.
This season my teammates and I are going to have to get pumped up in the locker room without fans, and there is one easy way to do that: Play music loudly. Everyone likes jamming out before the games and now we can pump up the music as loud as we want without disturbing the fans . I'm sure our captains will play a huge role as well and the whole team will be trying to hype each other up. From the bench, during warmups or in the locker room, everyone on the team has been played a huge role in hyping up the team. Kelowna will be trying for a four-star this year so staying hyped is pivotal, and every teammate will realize how important it is to keep the team excited. As the season drags on I am sure we will find new ways to stay hyped and stay ready so we always have an edge over the competition.
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Mew Two, being absolutely the coolest pokemon, does not need pesky fans in the arena in order to get pumped up for games. He is extremely self motivated to become the best hockey player ever. His teammates however are a different story. He uses the classic motivational technique of threatening everyone if they do not play their best. As illustrated in the original pokemon movie, mew two possess the ability to turn humans into stone. He might not fully know how to control it, but his teammates do not know that. Teammate and friend Tyler Ward partook in a joke where mew two "froze" him for a couple days, except that Tyler just wanted a vacation so he commissioned a stone statue of himself that mew two used his psychic powers to swap with Tyler. Once Tyler was back from vacation, Mew two made a big show of unfreezing him, and now QCC is very motivated.
02-08-2021, 10:17 AM(This post was last modified: 02-08-2021, 10:18 AM by nyumbayangu.)
The San Francisco Pride decided to allow each player the chance to come up with their own sounds and entertainment during games in an attempt to allow for some creativity from the players. Narboza was quite excited when his chance came up, and since he was only around for training camp, he was offered an intrasquad game. The night before the game he was up quite late preparing the recordings that would be used at various points during the event. While he was enjoying the process of being exposed to human society and culture, he was glad to finally have a chance to flip the script a little bit.
On the day of, he headed up to the entertainment office and slid a digital copy of the sound package to the individuals working there.
"Please play Track 1 during warm-up, Track 2 in between whistles, Track 3 for crowd noises, and Track 4 when goals are scored. Thank you human!"
With that he left and headed down to prepare for the game.
As the intrasquad game got closer, the first of the sounds started to work their way through the sound system, a strange scraping sound, punctuated by the occasional loud grunt. As the players began their warmup they eyed one another with apprehension, but Narboza yelled out "It is the sound of a spawnlet being birthed. Beautiful is it not?!"
The crowd noises turned out to be an a dull roaring sound that was Sardangian knee singing, and the filler music between whistles was a hyperdilator breaking down and being repaired, but slowed down and put on repeat. Narboza was in his element.
The final noise, the one which Nabroza was most excited about, revealed itself right after a goal was scored.
Cal Clucker scored on a powerplay and the sound engineers put on Track 4. Instantly a high pitched screaming sound erupted over the sound system and the humans on the roster all dropped to the ground, tearing off their helmets and screaming in unison. Some of them even vomited as the frequency of the sound worked its way into their ears. Narboza was horrified, as he was enjoying the sound immensely, and was disappointed that the humans reacted so violently to the sound of a photovoltaic lava worm's mating call. Needless to say, his sound package was not played after that point.
Signature courtesy of sulovilen. May his name be exalted in Sardangian lore.
Arenas are empty. Fans don't line the seats like they used to. And, hockey broadcasts continue to be filled with player chatter, pucks deflecting off end-boards and fake pushed-in crowd noise from the stadium sound booth. Overall, it can be pretty difficult to get up for your average regular season game when there are no fans in the seats. That leaves the most creative players in the locker room to put together some wacky pre-game rituals to get the boys riled up. The first thing that we did was put together a really strong pre-game playlist to get us flowing right before game time. Secondly, we have taken to the smelling salts a little bit more than is probably advisable by health professionals. Still though, these things are just stop-gaps for what we already know would be a long term problem. So we have employed the help of some truly great motivators to speak to our team before every game. Our most recent visitor was the great Tom Brady. Following his super bowl victory, he came a spoke to the team about what it takes to be a winner and his legacy. It got the boys all riled up and was all we needed to replace the drive that usually comes from screaming fans. Next week we are expected to hear from an even bigger name, coach just hasn't told us yet! (239 words)
The Anchorage Armada are taking a slightly different approach to the COVID no fans rule. On top of letting in a select 500 first responders/front line workers into each game with mask rules and social distancing rules strictly enforced, The Armada will be playing a number of their games this season outside. Since it’s freezing as shit this time of year, and there’s plenty of outdoor rinks in Anchorage, the Armada have invited fans to take advantage of the slightly more safe open air option while still adhering to the mask and social distancing rules. Also, who doesn’t love out door games? For games that are still inside the arena, we get pumped by feeding off our team mate’s energy and motivating each other through intense and guttural screams like cavemen. Nothing gets the juices flowing like grunting and screaming unintelligible words like absolute fucking idiots. Our only hope is that the opposing team can hear our troglodyte screams and it intimidates the shit out of them
Sigs by Me, Merica, High Stick King, Rum_Ham, Jess, vulfzilla, enigmatic, and Carpy
Hockey games and other sporting events alike have long been a place of gathering, shared interests and camaraderie. Unfortunately, we can't come together like we used to due to covid but we can still do what we can to replicate those feelings as much as possible. A big thing for us was to give the fans a place to come together and still be able to watch the game together. For that we created our very own discord server for fans where they can hang out, talk all things Platoon and engage together during games. To help remind the team that real people are still watching and rooting for them, we randomly select a priority speaker in the voice chat every day. The coach then logs into the call on his phone right before the players hit the ice and the priority speaker can say a few words of encouragement to the team. It's no replacement for the cheering and screaming during a live game with fans in the crowd, but it's the best we can do for now.
So, here in New England, we try to not lean on the fans to generate that pre-game buzz. We all have a job to do, and we go out and do it. It is no secret that it is a thrill to score a goal at home, igniting a frenzy that shakes the building to its foundation. It is pulse pounding to stand there in the crease with a penalty shot lined up with the game on the line, countless breath held in anticipation of what is to come all around you only to explode in joy when the save is made. These are the things that will be missed at the Boston Garden this year.
We will be working hard to replicate the normal workflows from a traditional season. We will still be playing soccer in the hallways, and chilling with the boys at a stand mandated 6-foot distance in the room before it is game time. While we are in unprecedented times, we are trying to make them seem as precedented as possible.
This season the Tampa Bay Barracuda are going around and placing Place Holders in all of the seats normally held by Season Ticket Holders. These Place Holders (PH) are unique one of a kind, hand cut outs of pictures that fans sent in. The Place Holder itself is a bit of controversy since there is nobody actually checking the pictures before they get printed, laminated, and put out in the stands. So the Tampa Bay Barracuda players need to take some sharpies with them out in the stands and improvise on some of the Place Holders themselves if they are deemed too inappropriate. The players don't really like Place Holders, they say it doesn't represent the fans in the same way. The Place Holders are cheap, don't make any noises, and honestly just get creepy being out in the stands. Especially since they've opened up the penalty box so players can sit in the stands. So instead of fans heckling the players, it's the players heckling the Place Holders.
To fully pump up the team though, they've asked the arts department to print out some Place Holders with the faces of the upcoming opposing team. This really gets the boys going. They take the Place Holders and put them in front of the net, around the Offensive zone and just work drills with them all day. Taking clappers as hard as they can towards the Place Holders.
Buffalo Stampede is well known as a team which has one of the best history as a franchise. Plus, we can't forget how good our fans are. Last few seasons, each home game have been sold out. That's how loyal are fans of Buffalo Stampede. And we are proud of that! Unfortunately, this season they will need to watch our games on TV.
It's not only bad for viewers, but for teams aswell. It's less hype, right? But we need to keep focusing on victories, so we will do our best to make arena as comfortable as possible.
There will be people's pictures from big papers in seats of arena, to make players feel like there are some fans. Of course, almost every big league has it, but we will have specific and original sounds on powerplays, goals and all others too. On big screen we will show some fans from their homes. We will make sure that there are still amazing atmosphere and players are gassed up when they step on the ice.
The game has a weird feeling without the fans. It is almost like it is an intrasquad game back in training camp or preseason. But none the less these game have meaning and we need to get as many points as possible. These games all matter and have found our own way of getting ready for them with the absence of fans. Firstly we have dedicated our Captain Sven Svenson in charge of the music. He is one bringing all the playlists to the rink to get us fired up. We have also started to get competitive in warm ups with the games like keep the ball in the air. You let it drop you are out! We also have our entire crew just trying to jack one another up trying to build off each other’s energy. Getting on the ice and laying a big hit always gets one into the game as well as gets the bench fired up. It isn’t just about one thing to get us pumped up for the game its building up one another!
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We love playing in front of our passionate fanbase in Toronto so it will definitely be a bummer to not have them in attendance this season as we make a push for the playoffs. To make up for their absence we are going to pump in some crowd noise through the sound system as well as follow the NFL's lead and have some cardboard cutouts of fans in the seats to give us the effect of people being there. To reach maximum hype before heading out to the ice for a game, we'll also be partaking in doing the mighty ducks quacking chant, having impassioned speeches by coaches and captains, and also doing a team mosh pit to get us all riled up before we head out. We're trying a bit of everything to see how that does for us without the fans there. We hope they can come back safely very soon.
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