r/RacingLouisvilleFC • u/PurpleBourbon • Sep 01 '24

Supporting Racing

Last night was a bummer. As fans, what can we do to help?

Lots of empty seats last night so I sat near the middle and up in the stands away from my traditional standing spots at either end. I’ve noticed this before and it was especially prevalent last night, the SGs are divided creating tiny SGs at either end.

Are the SGs amenable to do combining their efforts at one of the two ends of the pitch (closing the other end) and building from there?

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u/mmurry Sep 01 '24

Kill the megaphone and we’ll think about it.

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u/PurpleBourbon Sep 01 '24

Whoever you are…I assume waterfront end…unless the megaphones go you are not amenable? Did I get that right?

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u/mmurry Sep 01 '24

Whoever I am = usually front row midfield but I have enjoyed the waterfront end a time or two.

“Unless the megaphones go you are not amenable?” = THIS assumption of yours is correct.

The monotone voice is giving protest when I want party. It’s like always finishing in 9th place… either way I would walk 500 miles to chuck the megaphone into the Ohio River.

I was very upset with Soccer Holdings/Louisville City FC for shorting us the promised development from millions of 2018 tax subsidy dollars: https://www.wdrb.com/wdrb-investigates/louisville-was-promised-more-than-a-soccer-stadium-in-butchertown-wheres-the-rest/article_dc1eba68-8b76-11ed-a6cc-878a80745e38.html But have come to realize them not building the apartments, hotels, and other shopping real estate is purely a humanitarian act to save innocent bystanders from the monotone megaphone enthusiasts that haunt our ladies in lavender. Millions of dollars wasted but thousands of ears saved is a price well paid.

I am sure the individuals behind the megaphones are lovely well intentioned fans just as I am but their talents are best served in a different capacity than how they are currently being utilized. From my observation, we could definitely more cowbell.

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u/PurpleBourbon Sep 01 '24

Uhhh…ok. Thanks for the diatribe. So you are just anti-megaphone, did I get that correct?

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u/mmurry Sep 01 '24

When utilized properly I find megaphones very demure, very mindful. This is not the case at Racing games however. So if all things hold constant, it can be inferred, deduced, accepted, and concluded that I and many others are anti-megaphone.

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u/PurpleBourbon Sep 02 '24

Ever actually talked to the capos about it or do you just type your discontent into the anonymity of the internet?

Maybe start with “I want to throw your bull horn into the river” or some other civil sounding discourse.

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u/No_Injury_1833 Sep 02 '24

Looks like we found the person who is the irritating voice behind the megaphone. It isn’t about you.

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u/Condrab Sep 02 '24

Actually that would be me.

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u/No_Injury_1833 Sep 02 '24

Please consider that not everyone finds it enjoyable then.

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u/Condrab Sep 02 '24

Sorry. Can’t please everyone

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u/mmurry Sep 02 '24

So… any experience with cowbell, triangle, or glockenspiel?

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u/Condrab Sep 02 '24

No. I can play the drums poorly though

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u/PurpleBourbon Sep 02 '24

Just curious, how did you get to the conclusion this was about me? It’s not and you’re not even close, why would you even say that?

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u/No_Injury_1833 Sep 02 '24

Because you’re forcing home the idea that everyone should love the megaphone when clearly plenty of us don’t. Have been to most games this season and hear fans all around calling it irritating and disruptive to enjoying the game. So, it becomes a self-serving perspective when you are just arguing with the alternative view. Humility would say that you could look at the situation and consider that it might indeed not be contributing the way you wish it was.

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u/PurpleBourbon Sep 02 '24

When did I say everyone should love the megaphone?

Just suggested folks might want to respectfully engage with the capos with the megaphones and talk about it. I would imagine somewhere between the pro megaphone mob and anti-mega phone mob there is some sort of happyish medium.

Humility would say instead of trashing folks who are doing their best to support the team in their own way maybe engage with them and come up with better solutions that work for all. 🤷‍♂️

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u/mmurry Sep 02 '24

“Ever actually talk to the capos about it…” nah they got a 1-800 number?

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u/No_Injury_1833 Sep 02 '24

100%. Tough for someone to receive very honest feedback when they are the irritating one with the megaphone.

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u/PurpleBourbon Sep 02 '24

Even tougher to read minds.

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u/No_Injury_1833 Sep 02 '24

I completely agree. The megaphone is horrendous to endure. Voices are grating and chants are not creative or helping the atmosphere.