Good Friends, Bad Luck, & A Plan For The Future
by section214 on Mar 21, 2010 11:42 AM PDT
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betweentheeyes (left) and vfettke (right) say their goodbyes at StR II - The Peachquel
It's been a couple of days since The Peachquel, and I still find myself grinding a little bit over hail mary 3's, bank shot runners that weren't meant to be bank shot runners, our best player getting hurt, and a villain talking smack on his way into town and being instrumental in his team leaving town with a win.
But there was one positve to the evening, one that cannot be overstated -
I had the opportunity to watch the game with a bunch of knowledgable, ardent, funny, passionate and crazy Kings fans.
The first StR night at ARCO was a good night. It gave a lot of us a chance to put faces to the names. What I had not fully realized was that it also gave many of us the opportunity to forge friendships. Certainly, the "warm-up" period at StR II was almost instantaneous - it was kind of like a five-year class reunion. I hope that I am not speaking solely for myself here when I say that I was looking forward to seeing everyone again, and I was not disappointed. Watching the Kings at ARCO, insulated by fellow StR members - that's tough to beat. The photo from StR II will be showing up in the next week or two, and I think that it will exude the camaraderie and kinship that has been forged at these events.
I have spoken with Desirée (my/our ticket agent), and I asked her to hold my deposit over for StR event use next year. My thought is a holiday season game (so that the out-of-town StR members can attend) and one other game. In a perfect world, we would line up L*kers and Warriors games, with the mantra being "Take ARCO Back!" Imagine 100+ of us drowning out MVP chants - me likey.
Another thing that we will try to do next year is book and commit as early as possible. This may get us better perks. I would love to engineer a meet and greet with someone from the Kings.
I would also like to write the most collaborative "View From Section 214" ever, where everyone at the game would email me a thought or two about the game, and I would incorporate it into a game recap.
And of course, another T-shirt contest.
Thoughts and ideas welcome. I may even try to do this committee-style, so if you have an interest in helping to plan these events next year, let me know and I'll make a note of it.
Thanks to everyone that was able to attend. It was a pleasure and an honor spending time with you, my friends.
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I am dying
reading that caption above.
And as for Take ARCO back, we need to get you on Kozimor’s show or something next year section so we can make this a Sacramento thing.
Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order and Originator of the "Brock Ness Monster".
I like this idea a lot!
I would also like to write the most collaborative “View From Section 214” ever, where everyone at the game would email me a thought or two about the game, and I would incorporate it into a game recap.
As most of you know, when you watch the game at home, it is very interesting to hear what people at the game notice. Those who attend get to observe so many things, which are missed by the camera.
To be the best, you have to do your best. Otherwise, you are only second-rate.
betweentheeyes is kinda hunky. And I didn't know vfettke swung that way.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
GREENE! You’ve been superfluously apostrophe’d! - andy sims
get the word out.
I only found StR in the last few months. Im sure there are many more kings fans out there who have no idea about this. i like the idea of using koz’s show to broadcast it.
serious...
Sigh..
I wish I was there but such is life.
EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
he didn't show the picture before I said goodbye to banana breath (aka vfettke)
Here Aykis and Section threaten to make me change my avatar name to DesertFocks if I don’t comply (also something about initiation and that everyone had to do it).
and hey, as primates go, vfettke is alright. It could have been worse.
I like the idea of another holiday edition and VSL sounds good too. Maybe we can get the nearby out of towners to join us – PG, the Utah contingent (SB, LPA, sub), etc. I was impressed that ExhibitG made the trip this time, way to represent.
by betweentheeyes on Mar 21, 2010 12:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't think of anything else that could get me to Vegas
"I make love to pressure" - Stephen Jackson
the newest King rookie will play for sure
and possibly another member of the 13 or 14 member squad will be acquired there. Tyreke doesn’t need to play – depending on his work out schedule he may not play, he may be attending classes with Spencer, there are other reasons, but he will most likely play.
by betweentheeyes on Mar 22, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
My non-educated guess
The new draft picks play, as does Casspi and Brockman. Maybe Greene.
And it’s a great idea even if ‘Reke doesn’t play. It’s like baseball spring training before it got commercialized…except that it’s basketball…and it’s in Vegas!
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LOL
EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Love the one you're with
a little bestiality never hurt anyone.
To be the best, you have to do your best. Otherwise, you are only second-rate.
It was a pleasure to hang out with you guys again
Friendship is definitely a word I feel we could use now. Looking forward to future games, and the “Take back Arco” idea is effing great. I really hope it’s against the Lakers but we’ll see. I do agree that we may need to promote this somehow. I think that there’s potential for StR to be a big voice of the Kings fan community in Sac. Gotta work those connections.
I do have one suggestion about StR night: next time, I think we need to do a better job at meeting before the game. Not necessarily meet at a different venue, but maybe just arrive early at Arco, plan to meet at one of the seat sections we have, and at least say hi (especially those who haven’t had a chance to meet). During the game we couldn’t really tell who was there with StR and who wasn’t (we were in sections 214 and 215 so if you didn’t have a Peachquel shirt, we couldn’t tell).
When we were sitting in section 214 we thought that we didn’t have that great of a turnout but then when we all went down to the floor to take the picture we had a pretty good number, almost as much as last time. Stupid SN, V, and myself thought about going to section 215 to get some of you guys but never delivered. Hopefully next time we can do a better job and match more faces with the screen names.
Aside from the loss, it was a great time with good company.
"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims
Definitely!
Maybe next year we can pick the games we want to attend as soon as the schedule is released so we can get all of our seats in just one section. We definitely need to have one big group there. We also could have done a much better job with the Peaches chant too.
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This speaks to Ed's point above
I didn’t even know you were there or I could have come over and said hi.
Never forget: I am a complete idiot
I didn't know either
Had I known I wouldn’t have waited till right before the pic to meet you, Sims
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BTE's lips are supple, with a hint of strawberry!
Can’t wait to do it again. It’s just too bad we had to wait for some jerk kids to get their pictures taken. By the time we hit the floor the Dance Team was gone! It was still an awesome time.
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They were waiting for us
We could tell they were confused for a bit. Maybe next time. Did they reply to your tweet?
"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims
I will go to the next one for sure
as this one was great. Meeting vfettke, aykis,edm7, bte, Ex G (who flew out from Colorado) Section, andy sims, the lovely Mrs. bte, anotherstupidsbnation, Mustang and others was really great and I will definitely go again. My only regret was not meeting lttg. We could me in the bar/lounge behind Section 214.
"I make love to pressure" - Stephen Jackson
It was great meeting you as well, Bluejohn, and everyone else.
Meeting up in the bar behind Section 214 (the actual section, not the man) is a great idea and I wish we would’ve planned it that way for the first two StR nights.
"Sometimes the capriciousness of youth anesthetizes common sense." -Let Geoff's words guide our patience this season.
by AnotherStupidSN on Mar 22, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
214 with the reply fail and the obligatory Grampa Simpsons pic.
EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Stupid new-fangled reply buttons
When I was a boy, you signified that you were responding to someone by kicking him in the gonads (or her in the gooch, as the case may be). Now that was lively conversation!
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From now on, I'm going to imagine you saying your comments in Grandpa Simpson's voice
because I’m easily amused.
"Sometimes the capriciousness of youth anesthetizes common sense." -Let Geoff's words guide our patience this season.
by AnotherStupidSN on Mar 22, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha.
EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Highlight
A visibly angered Peaches.
Meeting you crazy people was a very close second. Great to meet everyone I was able to meet, and to finally put some faces with names that I know so well. Had a great time, and I will do everything I can to get out there again, although it might be a while. Traveling with an infant was a nightmare I would only wish upon Peaches. And even then I’d feel a little bad about it.
Never forget: I am a complete idiot
He tried so hard to hide his anger too
Next time we need to be even louder and more obnoxious
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I'm pretty sure Jerry put his head down on the table momentarily
maybe to keep himself from laughing?
"Sometimes the capriciousness of youth anesthetizes common sense." -Let Geoff's words guide our patience this season.
by AnotherStupidSN on Mar 23, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably knowing Jerry. He doesn't take himself, or Grant, that seriously.
EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
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