You Can't Watch With Me
I will not watch my Cardinals play for their first title at a Super Bowl Party. I do not want to sit in an uncomfortable seat or on a crowded couch. I will also under no circumstances watch the Super Bowl with people that I have never watched a game with before. Watching a game with someone new bothers me during regular season games, so I am sure it would kill me during the Super Bowl.
The reason I don't like watching games with someone new is a matter of chemistry. You don't know if that person is going to annoy you and totally ruin your game. The fact is, no matter how good of a friend you think that person is, you have no idea what your "Game Watching Chemistry" is with that person until you have watched a game with them.
It is actually like a date. Think of the game as the food and your friends as the date. No matter how great that food is, if your date sucks then you won't enjoy the meal.
If that last analogy was not masculate enough for you then think of it like going into battle and your friends are like your rifle. Don't go into battle with an untested weapon. Make sure that you have watched a game with them before.
Through my vast years of watching sports with a wide variety of people I have categorized the types of spectators.
The Coach
These people like to think that they know more than the coaches on the sidelines just because they have played Madden for the past 10 years and can go undefeated on the All-Madden setting. After every play they will usually chime in with a "Good Call," or a "What was the coach thinking there?" and a "I would have done this instead." They will also wait until the commentators say something technical and after the commentator finishes The Coach will state how they were just about to say that.
Annoyance level - 7
The Hater
These people can be a close friends or complete strangers. They root against everything that you root for. Their team is not involved in the game. The Hater just wants to watch you suffer. They get joy out of your pain. If your team loses their team does not look as bad. In life they are the ones that judge their success on how unsuccessful their friends are. They have an inferiority complex and want to bring everyone else down to their level. Their teams are usually not successful and if their team can't win then they don't want their friends' teams to win.
Annoyance level - 10 if your team is losing... 0 if your team is winning
The Drop-In
These people don't even care about the game. They pop in around the third quarter or so and start asking questions about the game but they don't really listen to the answers. They distract the true watchers from the game by disturbing the balance of things. Everyone else arrived on time, settled in and already ate but because of The Drop In, that all changes. Everyone else has to move so The Drop In can sit down, and then he still has to eat so the only other sound besides the game is his chewing. Then they pull off their "finishing move." They leave before the game ends! No matter how close it is, no matter how great of a game!
Annoyance level - 4 but that climbs to an 8 if they are loud chewers/lip smackers.
The Socializer
Just like The Drop In, these people don't care about the game either. The Socializer is at the party for the party and that's it. They want to eat free food, drink free beer and catch up with old friends. This type usually spends the least amount of time around the television. They usually congregate in the kitchen or around the food and beer. The worst maneuver that The Socializer can pull off is answering their cell phone and having a complete conversation in the designated football viewing area. That should be an automatic ejection from the party.
Annoyance level - 6
The Pessimist
This type comes to the party and the first thing they say is, "We don't have a chance." The first bad thing to happen to their team means that the game is over and that the rout is on. The word "comeback' is not in The Pessimist's vocabulary. Once their team is down it is down forever. If things are actually going well they don't believe it will last. No amount of a lead is safe in The Pessimist's point of view. This type can be very annoying if vocal or silent. If they are vocal then the constant self loathing comments spewing from their lips are down right irritating. If they are silent then their affects and quiet moping brings down the whole mood of the party.
Annoyance level - 7
The Optimist
Exactly the opposite of The Pessimist, but a lot less annoying because they are usually happy and bring the whole mood of the party up instead of down. They are still annoying because people this happy only belong at Disney Land.
Annoyance level - 3
So what type are you?
Being a life long Cardinals fan I have a lot of The Pessimist in me with a touch of The Hater and just a pinch of The Coach.
The reason I don't like watching games with someone new is a matter of chemistry. You don't know if that person is going to annoy you and totally ruin your game. The fact is, no matter how good of a friend you think that person is, you have no idea what your "Game Watching Chemistry" is with that person until you have watched a game with them.
It is actually like a date. Think of the game as the food and your friends as the date. No matter how great that food is, if your date sucks then you won't enjoy the meal.
If that last analogy was not masculate enough for you then think of it like going into battle and your friends are like your rifle. Don't go into battle with an untested weapon. Make sure that you have watched a game with them before.
Through my vast years of watching sports with a wide variety of people I have categorized the types of spectators.
The Coach
These people like to think that they know more than the coaches on the sidelines just because they have played Madden for the past 10 years and can go undefeated on the All-Madden setting. After every play they will usually chime in with a "Good Call," or a "What was the coach thinking there?" and a "I would have done this instead." They will also wait until the commentators say something technical and after the commentator finishes The Coach will state how they were just about to say that.
Annoyance level - 7
The Hater
These people can be a close friends or complete strangers. They root against everything that you root for. Their team is not involved in the game. The Hater just wants to watch you suffer. They get joy out of your pain. If your team loses their team does not look as bad. In life they are the ones that judge their success on how unsuccessful their friends are. They have an inferiority complex and want to bring everyone else down to their level. Their teams are usually not successful and if their team can't win then they don't want their friends' teams to win.
Annoyance level - 10 if your team is losing... 0 if your team is winning
The Drop-In
These people don't even care about the game. They pop in around the third quarter or so and start asking questions about the game but they don't really listen to the answers. They distract the true watchers from the game by disturbing the balance of things. Everyone else arrived on time, settled in and already ate but because of The Drop In, that all changes. Everyone else has to move so The Drop In can sit down, and then he still has to eat so the only other sound besides the game is his chewing. Then they pull off their "finishing move." They leave before the game ends! No matter how close it is, no matter how great of a game!
Annoyance level - 4 but that climbs to an 8 if they are loud chewers/lip smackers.
The Socializer
Just like The Drop In, these people don't care about the game either. The Socializer is at the party for the party and that's it. They want to eat free food, drink free beer and catch up with old friends. This type usually spends the least amount of time around the television. They usually congregate in the kitchen or around the food and beer. The worst maneuver that The Socializer can pull off is answering their cell phone and having a complete conversation in the designated football viewing area. That should be an automatic ejection from the party.
Annoyance level - 6
The Pessimist
This type comes to the party and the first thing they say is, "We don't have a chance." The first bad thing to happen to their team means that the game is over and that the rout is on. The word "comeback' is not in The Pessimist's vocabulary. Once their team is down it is down forever. If things are actually going well they don't believe it will last. No amount of a lead is safe in The Pessimist's point of view. This type can be very annoying if vocal or silent. If they are vocal then the constant self loathing comments spewing from their lips are down right irritating. If they are silent then their affects and quiet moping brings down the whole mood of the party.
Annoyance level - 7
The Optimist
Exactly the opposite of The Pessimist, but a lot less annoying because they are usually happy and bring the whole mood of the party up instead of down. They are still annoying because people this happy only belong at Disney Land.
Annoyance level - 3
So what type are you?
Being a life long Cardinals fan I have a lot of The Pessimist in me with a touch of The Hater and just a pinch of The Coach.
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