DVR is the way

by chrischa on Apr 24, 2009 10:11 PM PDT

Now I may get bashed for this but I don't really care, its for my own health. and because tonight's first experiment was such a wild success, I'll probably continue to do this regardless of the comments I get. My buddies couldn't understand my reasoning until we talked right after the game ended. Then they understood, in fact, I think some of them are getting on board with me.

Let me explain. my fandom really started ramping up during our 20 win season (I've been a fan for longer, I guess the whole "rebuilding plan" just got me more invested in the team) so I've been through a lot. Unfortunately, I feel like I've gotten too emotionally invested as of late. Bad losses shouldn't affect my psyche. I can't let my frustrations with Channing Frye (seriously, his play makes me so angry it makes me NOT want to recycle when I watch his commerical) affect my personal life. I shouldn't yell at my dog when Travis Outlaw pulls a Travis Outlaw. Its not poor peanut's fault.

Now lets look at tonight's game before tipoff. Dick Bavetta is reffing? The blazers are almost FAMOUS at this point for falling behind early and not showing up for big road games against quality opponents? Why on earth would I want to subject myself to the torture or watching my beloved blazers lose a HUGE game 3? Oh yeah, because I'm a fan and no matter what the odds, they have a shot at winning, right? Well, now I can have it both ways. Get the highs of every blazer victory AND avoid the downs of every blazer loss.

DVR

I honestly don't know how I lived before this glorious invention. I put it right between sliced bread and the wheel. But best of all, it not only allows me to watch blazer games I would normally miss, I can enjoy the euphoria of blazer wins AND skip the stress and anguish of every disappointing loss! I simply check the final score and see if its worth watching. Am I disappointed after tonight's loss? sure, but I'm not as frustrated as I would have been had I watched that (apparent) crap fest. I plan on doing the same thing for game 4 and encourage anyone diagnosed with blazer emotional disorder to do the same!

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But you can't have pleasure without pain!

The highs aren’t as high without the lows. The games lose their excitement. You also fail to see the common mistakes the Blazers make in losses, meaning you really don’t have a full understanding of the team. You gotta man up!

by dblieberman on Apr 24, 2009 10:17 PM PDT reply actions

but I've experienced it from both sides now

and I don’t think I’ll go back. I get what you’re saying though. the loss in boston made the home win without brandon pretty sweet this year, I’ll admit.

The Blazers as a whole are far more like my wife than like me in the sense of their physicality on defense.
-Dave

by chrischa on Apr 24, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

... and still somehow ...

It’s the DVR’s illusion I recall,
I really don’t wanna watch a loss…at all.

by staylost on Apr 24, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I know what you mean

I’ve become way too emotionally invested with this team as well, especially this season. I get incredibly bummed out after every loss. What works for me, though, is watching some awesome highlight clips on YouTube — especially the ones by Maxamillion711 and DMKPDX. Great stuff.

"When I played, if you punched someone in the face, it only cost you 50 bucks" -- Maurice Lucas

by RipCity4Life on Apr 24, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions

I dvr'ed and FF'ed through most of the game because it was obvious none of our players showed up to play

The ending was mildly interesting until our usual lack of late-game focus doomed us to a loss.

Blazer Fan

by leeroyjenkins on Apr 24, 2009 10:42 PM PDT reply actions

From a Teddy Roosevelt speech given in Paris at the Sorbonne in 1910:

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

That’s something I want to be a part of—I want to be there tasting achievement AND failure.

Goodbye Deke. The NBA will miss Mt. Mutombo.

by prezofdeath on Apr 25, 2009 12:18 AM PDT reply actions