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SHOCKnNINERfan

12-03-2007, 02:45 PM

I will be attending my First game at Candlestick (Monster Park)
Any suggestions the faithful may have so I can get the
Full Niner Game Experience.
My wife just turned 49 so I told her we would go to a
game of her choice since she became my #1 49er!!
This just happens to be the game she picked.
I wish we were having a better season but we will come
LOUD AND PROUD to Candlestick Park to help represent.
Any information will be greatly appreciated.

GO NINERS :towel:

esanton

12-03-2007, 02:49 PM

This weekend will be my first game at The Stick as well. Flying out from sunny Florida :shades:

SHOCKnNINERfan

12-03-2007, 02:54 PM

We will be flying in from Spokane Wa.
I have attended several games at Quest field in Seattle, sometimes they can be friendly bunch and other times they are down right mean fans. We were at the blow out on Nov 12th. The SeaGull fans were doing what they do best. Just don't look up if you know what I mean.

Any way I hope to get a great Fan experience!!

Teke

12-03-2007, 03:08 PM

This thread has a lot of useful information.

http://forums.49ers.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=994

Niner_4_life_94

12-03-2007, 03:10 PM

I was there too.. i almost got in a fight with a jack *** that thought that the seacraps were a dynasty.. I will be flying out to a game next season.. i never been to candlestick park (monster park)..

SHOCKnNINERfan

12-03-2007, 03:50 PM

This thread has a lot of useful information.

http://forums.49ers.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=994

Thanks Teke. I found some useful information in that thread.
It looks like it will be a fun time in and around the tailgating areas.
Since we are hoping to take public transportation from our Hotel,
I hope the locals are willing to take in an out-of-towner and treat
him with kindness (lots of drink and food) before the game.

Maybe if I'm wearing this:
http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1578yk6.jpg

SHOCKnNINERfan

12-03-2007, 04:04 PM

Our fans are terrible please dont go.

All the arrangements are made.
I hope All those bad fans stay home
and let us Faithful fans represent LOUD & PROUD!!!

ethanh

12-03-2007, 05:23 PM

Our fans are terrible please dont go.

Hater, you gonna do something about it when you are old enough to get Season Tix?

Anyway, the weather is supposed to be clear which is good. There will be a lot of empty seats as many fans are used to having the best O in the league for 20 years and will not show up to watch this. There will also be a lot Purple as the Viking travel well. What you will get is 30,000 solid faithful, 5,000 Viking fans, 10,000 fair weather fans that will leave at the half, and 15,000 empty seats. People will be tailgating from 8:00AM on so show up ASAP. Sure you will find a tailgate.

ozzcows

12-03-2007, 06:40 PM

I had a great time out there, despite the outcome of the game... wearing that....

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I'll be back next year. And most likely every year from now on. I just won't be spending the entire week out there and blowing that amount of money LOL. But I will be paying my dues to Club 49, and getting them back for the hospitality they gave me.

ozzcows

12-03-2007, 08:48 PM

I already have season tix and our fans are horrible. They need a scoreboard to tell them when to cheer or when not too. They cheer during the offensive possesion when you're not supposed too. Oh yea and a lot of the fans leave at half time. Great fans.

While you are right... no need for that type of comment. Don't worry they'll all be gone soon. Stop ****'n and support the team. You are the next generation.

ethanh

12-03-2007, 09:16 PM

I already have season tix and our fans are horrible. They need a scoreboard to tell them when to cheer or when not too. They cheer during the offensive possesion when you're not supposed too. Oh yea and a lot of the fans leave at half time. Great fans.
Then you are talking about yourself. Next time use a "some fans" or "a lot of the fans" it gives you some wiggle room. As for the cheering every fan base cheers when the game is exciting that is why the QB's are always waving their hands to be quiet. As for leaving at half time, all stadiums are empty when you suck. ATL half full, Car half full. When the 49ers were going to the playoffs every year Candlestick was a party and will be again when they come back.

ethanh

12-03-2007, 09:20 PM

I do. I cheer at every game win or lose. Im actually surprised by the attitude after halftime.
Do you notice how it is just as loud in the second half after half have left?

ethanh

12-03-2007, 09:32 PM

Our fans are terrible please dont go.

Thats you too. Every team has fair weather fans. Not saying 49er fans are great, they are spoiled. But look at the Warriors for example, everyone says Warrior fans are the best fans in the NBA. Yet before their run you could have picked your seats all over the stadium and the whole upper bowl was empty. Do winning teams make good fans or good fans make winning teams? Ask the Cubs.

ethanh

12-03-2007, 09:37 PM

whatever. Go to the games and you will see.

I got 7 season tickets now and have had seats since Young, why do you think I took offense?

ninerlicious

12-03-2007, 10:30 PM

I just think some of the fans are uneducated about the game. They dont know when to cheer unless it says on the scoreboard and I've had a lady tell me to sit down because he was trying to watch the game. Oh and Ravens and Saints fans totally were owning the place.

there are a lot of cool niner fans, however i agree with you on a good amount of them. lots of them cheer at the wrong time, if at all (at least that's what i've noticed). when i go to a game, i expect to not have a voice the next day from the defense chant and getting as loud as i possibly can when the opposing offense is in the huddle... the twelth man can work in close games, and it's a shame to see many lacksadaisical fans in those times.

and to the original poster, have a GREAT time!!! go niners!!!

SHOCKnNINERfan

12-04-2007, 07:56 AM

As I had said originally, I have been to several games at Quest field in Seattle.
Those fans are organized and know how to bring on the noise when their team
is on defense. There is additionally a lot of noise when they are on offense.
I don't know if this is because of the opposing fans (Niner Fans from close
and afar) or if the crowd just always has a buzz about it.
I additionally go to some Arena Ball here in Spokane, which is pretty new
to the area and the fans did not seem to know when to cheer.
It took some time to educate them.
You only have control over what you do.
If you try and educate the people around you as to the proper
"Fan Reactions" during the game then it could spread like wild fire(?).

I plan on having fun and bringing the noise on defense to try
and help the team as one of many 12th men!! :help:

Benny27

12-04-2007, 08:00 AM

Hey this weekend will be my first Niner game as well...Coming in from Winnipeg,Canada
Hopefully there wil be a lot to cheer about....

forty9erlou

12-04-2007, 09:14 AM

For those of you coming for the first time to a game at Candlestick I would like to invite you to visit the www.theninerempire.com tailgate right by Faithful City. We have a banner that is hung up from our canopy that we use to take pictures of people walking by, and we also do interviews for Ready for 6 TV in front of the banner. We are located at the end of Pole M right by the entrance to Faithful City..you can't miss us!!

Check out the videos at:
http://www.theninerempire.com/home/ready4six.htm

Here are the pictures we took at the last home game:
http://www.theninerempire.com/pictures/07-week10-rams.htm

Scottish49er

12-04-2007, 09:23 AM

For those of you coming for the first time to a game at Candlestick I would like to invite you to visit the www.theninerempire.com tailgate right by Faithful City. We have a banner that is hung up from our canopy that we use to take pictures of people walking by, and we also do interviews for Ready for 6 TV in front of the banner. We are located at the end of Pole M right by the entrance to Faithful City..you can't miss up!!

Check out the videos at:
http://www.theninerempire.com/home/ready4six.htm

Here are the pictures we took at the last home game:
http://www.theninerempire.com/pictures/07-week10-rams.htm

yep! lou has all wonderful kind of interviews caught on camera.....some more shall we say different than others...:wink:

:laugh:

esanton

12-04-2007, 09:31 AM

lots of them cheer at the wrong time

What do you mean? When do they cheer?

steveyoungisgod

12-04-2007, 09:47 AM

What do you mean? When do they cheer?

when the offense is on the field. it's hard to say anything cause i'm usually around older (in age) fans and don't want to disrespect

ethanh

12-04-2007, 03:00 PM

when the offense is on the field. it's hard to say anything cause i'm usually around older (in age) fans and don't want to disrespect
The stadium PA should do an educational announcement.

This is an interesting point because in Baseball we cheer both your pitcher pitching in big moments as well as for your batter hitting in a big moment. In Basketball it is the same thing, yelling both sides of the ball. In football it makes sense to be loud to disrupt the play calling and snap so you want to be loud when on Defense. However, since our stadium is not loud enough to mute the snap call how do we not know the noise at the line of scrimmage is just a motivation like it is in other sports. I just blew my mind so may be wrong.

esanton

12-04-2007, 03:38 PM

when the offense is on the field. it's hard to say anything cause i'm usually around older (in age) fans and don't want to disrespect

Do they chant "defense" when the offense is on the field? I don't get what the problem is. Unless they are attempting to be loud and cause false starts :laugh:

ninerlicious

12-04-2007, 04:25 PM

Do they chant "defense" when the offense is on the field? I don't get what the problem is. Unless they are attempting to be loud and cause false starts :laugh:

the louder it is, the harder it is for the QB to hear the play call and/or direction from the OC, and also, it's harder for him to be heard in the huddle or when calling out the signals. it is therefore very important that the home crowd be as loud as they possible can when the opposing offense is on the field, and on the flip side, be relatively quiet when their own offense is on the field.

the best time to cheer the offense is during or after a good play occurs.

esanton

12-04-2007, 05:00 PM

the louder it is, the harder it is for the QB to hear the play call and/or direction from the OC, and also, it's harder for him to be heard in the huddle or when calling out the signals. it is therefore very important that the home crowd be as loud as they possible can when the opposing offense is on the field, and on the flip side, be relatively quiet when their own offense is on the field.

the best time to cheer the offense is during or after a good play occurs.

Well duh.

ninerlicious

12-04-2007, 05:04 PM

Well duh.

you said you didn't get what the problem was, so i spelled it out.

esanton

12-04-2007, 06:48 PM

you said you didn't get what the problem was, so i spelled it out.

LOL. It just seemed strange to me. I have never heard of fans "cheering at the wrong time."

ethanh

12-04-2007, 06:55 PM

LOL. It just seemed strange to me. I have never heard of fans "cheering at the wrong time."

It is not like they are idiots and cheering for the wrong team when they score a touchdown. It happens for example on a 3rd down at the goal line. The 49ers are trying to score and the fans are cheering them on and getting excited with anticipation. The QB is trying to call the play but the fans are making so much noise out of excitement he can't. So the fans all need to know that they need to quiet down before the snap, very difficult and it happens all over the NFL some stadiums worse then others.

esanton

12-04-2007, 06:57 PM

It is not like they are idiots and cheering for the wrong team when they score a touchdown. It happens for example on a 3rd down at the goal line. The 49ers are trying to score and the fans are cheering them on and getting excited with anticipation. The QB is trying to call the play but the fans are making so much noise out of excitement he can't. So the fans all need to know that they need to quiet down before the snap, very difficult and it happens all over the NFL some stadiums worse then others.

The Chiefs actually put "Quiet Please: Audible Zone" on their screens during red zone trips :shades:

ethanh

12-04-2007, 07:19 PM

The Chiefs actually put "Quiet Please: Audible Zone" on their screens during red zone trips :shades:

Wow chief fans must be horrible they need a sign to tell them when not to cheer

statniner

12-05-2007, 11:04 PM

I won an Alex Smith autographed football during the MB tailgate. Special thanks to a guy named Ethanh and his ticket.

:francis:

ethanh

12-06-2007, 11:03 AM

I won an Alex Smith autographed football during the MB tailgate. Special thanks to a guy named Ethanh and his ticket.

:francis:

I knew it.

esanton

12-06-2007, 04:14 PM

I fly to SF tomorrow! :yahoo:

esanton

12-09-2007, 06:46 PM

It was terrible wasnt it.

I wonder how long our fans have been like this.

esanton

12-09-2007, 07:00 PM

I dont know, but since the Arizona game it's been terrible.

So it's basically been this season? I always thought we had great fans due to my experiences at road games. But home team 49er fans are dead.

markiemarko

12-09-2007, 07:26 PM

So it's basically been this season? I always thought we had great fans due to my experiences at road games. But home team 49er fans are dead.

49er road games witnessed by out of town 49er fans are once in a while in random cities. Here its 8 times a year for the past several years. we have a great fanbase, we just are tired of the product. try paying 4 dollars a gallon for gas to get to the game, 5 dollar hotdogs and soft drinks and spending good money tailgating. Pleae dont judge the local fans on this season. We have put up with alot. I guess you couldnt tell since you were not at the Club 49 tailgate. those are great fans.

ninerlicious

12-09-2007, 07:31 PM

road games are once in a while in random cities. here its 8 times a year for the past several years. we have a grear fanbase, we just are tired of the product. try paying 4 dollars a gallon for gas, 5 dollar hotdogs and soft drinks and spending good money tailgating. Pleae dont judge the local fans on this season. We have put up with alot. I guess you couldnt tell since you were not at the Club 49 tailgate. those are great fans.

i most definitely agree with that! :hangloose: good people all around!!!

esanton

12-09-2007, 07:35 PM

49er road games witnessed by out of town 49er fans are once in a while in random cities. Here its 8 times a year for the past several years. we have a great fanbase, we just are tired of the product. try paying 4 dollars a gallon for gas to get to the game, 5 dollar hotdogs and soft drinks and spending good money tailgating. Pleae dont judge the local fans on this season. We have put up with alot. I guess you couldnt tell since you were not at the Club 49 tailgate. those are great fans.

I am very glad to hear that. When I went to the Atlanta game in November and the Carolina game last week the 49er fans were electric. Today just seemed dreary. I had just never witnessed a home team so dead before.

markiemarko

12-09-2007, 07:36 PM

I am very glad to hear that. When I went to the Atlanta game in November and the Carolina game last week the 49er fans were electric. Today just seemed dreary. I had just never witnessed a home team so dead before.

where were you? i was at club49 waiting to meet you and give you a hard time about mullets, trailer parks, and wrestling...LOL j/k

esanton

12-09-2007, 07:42 PM

where were you? i was at club49 waiting to meet you and give you a hard time about mullets, trailer parks, and wrestling...LOL j/k

LOL!

Nobody told me where the tailgate was. I was hoping more people would swing by my seats since everyone knows I got my ticket from Larry.

I guess I was a little let down because I have lived in Florida the majority of my life (Spain until I was 6) and I have been following the Niners since 1992 (9 years old) So I had been waiting for today for 15 years. I got goosebumps as I walked into the corridor and saw the field. The same field Dwight Clark made The Catch on and the same field we played on the road to 5 Superbowls. Part of the reason I chose this season to come out is I wanted to see a game at The Stick before a new stadium was created (of course it doesn't look like that will happen now either). The loss and team performance didn't bother me as much as the fans at the game did.

Although the place roared when the PA Announcer said "In at quarterback #13 Shaun Hill"

ethanh

12-09-2007, 07:46 PM

I am very glad to hear that. When I went to the Atlanta game in November and the Carolina game last week the 49er fans were electric. Today just seemed dreary. I had just never witnessed a home team so dead before.
Those teams won and were not down by 27 so you can't compare those fans. Did you see the product on the field today? Maybe it was the 1st play false start, second play INT for a Vikings TD, or the 1-5 home record. Not an excuse the fans are not contributing this year, we are spectating like the team is playing. At the start of the year fans can make their own excitement, once the season is lost it is up to the team to get the fans involved. Clearly that did not happen until Hills TD drive but by then the game was done.

markiemarko

12-09-2007, 07:46 PM

LOL!

Nobody told me where the tailgate was. I was hoping more people would swing by my seats since everyone knows I got my ticket from Larry.

I guess I was a little let down because I have lived in Florida the majority of my life (Spain until I was 6) and I have been following the Niners since 1992 (9 years old) So I had been waiting for today for 15 years. I got goosebumps as I walked into the corridor and saw the field. The same field Dwight Clark made The Catch on and the same field we played on the road to 5 Superbowls. Part of the reason I chose this season to come out is I wanted to see a game at The Stick before a new stadium was created (of course it doesn't look like that will happen now either). The loss and team performance didn't bother me as much as the fans at the game did.

Although the place roared when the PA Announcer said "In at quarterback #13 Shaun Hill"

I guarantee your that your time would have been much better if you stopped by Club49 whether you drink or not. lots of great food and they would have treated you well....should have posted at www.club49.org...hope you got to at least spend some time in SF seeing the sights...

esanton

12-09-2007, 07:49 PM

I guarantee your that your time would have been much better if you stopped by Club49 whether you drink or not. lots of great food and they would have treated you well....should have posted at www.club49.org...hope you got to at least spend some time in SF seeing the sights...

Yeah I have an account over there, haven't posted in a while though.

markiemarko

12-09-2007, 07:51 PM

The Ninerempire people have a bomb tailgate as well.

yeah they do, but they will be the first to tell you that we are all niner empire. the people who run the website just started the movement to unite all 49er fans from everywhere.

Peter Proud

12-09-2007, 07:53 PM

Erik...I thought you had the tailgate location covered. Had I known yoyu didn't know, I would have helped.:sad:

esanton

12-09-2007, 07:54 PM

Erik...I thought you had the tailgate location covered. Had I known yoyu didn't know, I would have helped.:sad:

No worries. Not like I'll never be back to SF.

markiemarko

12-09-2007, 07:55 PM

The Ninerempire people have a bomb tailgate as well.

Interesting. Do you ever go over there?

I was there today talking to Joe and Lou. They also go to Jacks Brewrey were we watch all the away 49er games....Im sure youve seen the thread and pics on Jacks....

markiemarko

12-09-2007, 08:04 PM

Do club49 tailgate for the annual draft day party?

club 49 attended the draft, and held a picnic afterwards were several tailgating groups attended.

forty9erlou

12-10-2007, 08:04 AM

Scottish49er

12-10-2007, 08:07 AM

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/forty9erlou/DSC00548.jpg

Thanks for stopping by the www.theninerempire.com tailgate spot. I should have the video interview up by the middle of this week.

cool...video interviews....are they as mad as the last ones....:laugh:

forty9erlou

12-10-2007, 08:22 AM

The Ninerempire people have a bomb tailgate as well.

Thanks!!! A few of us run the www.theninerempire.com site, and happen to tailgate with the former Pole K tailgate group. We moved to a spot by the entrance of Faithful City and can be found there before every game taking pictures of people in front of our banner, and interviewing fans for Ready for 6 TV. We are on a mission to unite all 49er fans under one NINER EMPIRE. We caught up with some 49er fans from the AZ Niner Empire Chapter, LA Niner Empire Chapter, Minnesota, and of course the SHOCKnNINERfan from Spokane, WA. We are actively trying to get Niner Empire Chapters organized in other parts of the USA like FLA, ATL, NY, etc...

Here is what you can expect to see in front of our Tailgate spot before every game....

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/forty9erlou/Niner%20Empire%20logos/NinerEmpireBanner.jpg

Scottish49er

12-10-2007, 08:25 AM

Thanks!!! A few of us run the www.theninerempire.com site, and happen to tailgate with the former Pole K tailgate group. We moved to a spot by the entrance of Faithful City and can be found there before every game taking pictures of people in front of our banner, and interviewing fans for Ready for 6 TV. We are on a mission to unite all 49er fans under one NINER EMPIRE. We caught up with some 49er fans from the AZ Niner Empire Chapter, LA Niner Empire Chapter, Minnesota, and of course the SHOCKnNINERfan from Spokane, WA. We are actively trying to get Niner Empire Chapters organized in other parts of the USA like FLA, ATL, NY, etc...

Here is what you can expect to see in front of our Tailgate spot before every game....

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/forty9erlou/Niner%20Empire%20logos/NinerEmpireBanner.jpg

Scottish chapter.......:dancin:

forty9erlou

12-10-2007, 08:29 AM

Scottish chapter.......:dancin:

How could I forget my boys from Scotland!!

.......and of course we have the Scottish Niner Empire Chapter!!! The Niner Empire is now officially a Global Movement!!!

If you don't know who they are..now you do!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQduG7sf5c

jouster

12-10-2007, 06:15 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but why is the word "nation" crossed out?

esanton

12-10-2007, 06:20 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but why is the word "nation" crossed out?

Because of your mom

:fishing:

Peter Proud

12-10-2007, 06:31 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but why is the word "nation" crossed out?

Many fans associate 'nation' with the fans across the bay...RAIDER NATION!

Nation means a country, nothing more.

Empire means a dominating nation.

forty9erlou

12-11-2007, 07:27 AM

Forgive my ignorance, but why is the word "nation" crossed out?

That is in reference to the Raider Nation across the bay.

SHOCKnNINERfan

12-11-2007, 10:02 AM

Those teams won and were not down by 27 so you can't compare those fans. Did you see the product on the field today? Maybe it was the 1st play false start, second play INT for a Vikings TD, or the 1-5 home record. Not an excuse the fans are not contributing this year, we are spectating like the team is playing. At the start of the year fans can make their own excitement, once the season is lost it is up to the team to get the fans involved. Clearly that did not happen until Hills TD drive but by then the game was done.

I think the fans should be behind the players win or lose. If you only support your team when you are having a winning season you are falling short of being, IMO, a faithful fan. And when the team is loosing this is when they need you the most BTW!! All I know is if I were a player and I traveled to other stadiums and heard the support of those fans in an away game, I would come home to Monster Park and feel like there was a lack of support from the fan base in the City I Play for. If the fan base does not show they are behind their team when they are in this slump, what is the players motivation to step up their game to get the fans involved? As a fan I am behind this team win or loose. I traveled over a 1,000+ miles and was not disappointed one bit in the team I saw. I was however disappointed in the fan base at Candlestick park. This was the quietest I have ever seen a stadium for their home team. I lived in Phoenix for a while, and the Cardinals were also in a loosing slump and while the stadium was not full, the crowd was still behind their team and making noise and STANDING UP while they were on Defense.

I will be back to Monster Park and the People will again have to say "Down In Front" as I stand and show my support for this team .... Winning or Loosing.

Thanks for the memories!!!:cool:

forty9erlou

12-13-2007, 11:57 AM