Look I don't want any attention, you know who I am. Things got out of hand with something I made up, people take things to seriously, all I want is to be treated as some regular poster. Sorry for all the stupidity. With that being said, I will see about coming out sat to hoop I went two weeks ago n there was literally only 3 ppl there & last week was my GFs Bday. Kam I'm hoping to show up tho. I want to be a red rowdy, my friend has spoken to the guy incharge of the red rowdies and we got tickets for the first preseason for free
Hmm I suggest you take this season off, have microfrature surgery and then spend the year rehabbing in Chicago. The tryout for 2011-2012 But seriously you could if you can walk around the upper and lower levels before the game then stand for an entire game. No sitting is allowed except for halftime and quarter breaks. It can be tiring for some folk. You're basically on your feet from 7 till 10-10:30.
I was really hoping they would quietly put this obnoxious, forced "tradition" to bed. Nothing like a bunch of 30 year olds with no jobs painting their face and yelling at people to make me want to go to a Rockets game . . .
... without them, you'd be able to hear, the crickets chirp, a rat's fart, and the cockroaches talking to each other.
Rocketgirl is probably the only red rowdy I like because well she's hot. I think majority of them are annoying as hell. Rocketgirl does a good job but there are others that just plain suck. John is a cool cat. He's like a asian satan when he cheers... Man could scare Michael Myers with his roar.
I'm on no crusade to make the people who dislike the rowdies, like them. There will always be haters, no matter what you do. It's funny that a group of Rockets fans who cheer on the same team that this website is centered around can provoke so much hate with some users on this site. I mean really? We're there to cheer and support the same team you love. A lot of other NBA teams have copied the Red Rowdies program, (Jazz rowdies, squad 6, Silver & black pack..) I will correct you on the demographics of the rowdies. 30's? no we have people ranging from 20's to even one in her 60's. We're from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, and parts of Houston. no jobs? Almost all have jobs, some are students. painting their face? I'd say there is less than 10 who do that each game but I admire them for it. That's dedication. yelling at people? only The Voice probably does that, everyone else just cheers on the Rockets Must be an awful life though the one you portray for the average rowdy. Not having to work, being in your prime (30's), going to Rockets games for free, being a rowdy, and just acting crazy with a bunch of other people who love the team as much as you. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT IS MY LIFE WHEN I'M IN MY 30s!!!!! Another thing about the rowdies, is that the people are constantly changing. Everyone has to tryout again each year so the poorer rowdies can and do get replaced. It's a constantly changing group of people with changing demographics. We're looking for some new blood this year!
I understand why someone would want to do it that had the time. It's just forced. They can't get people to actually cheer, so they bribe a bunch of people to go over board and give everyone around a headache.
Solution: get a bunch of your friends and make an "unforced," unsponsored rowdies. Go and cheer yourself. I agree with rocketgirl it's pretty lame to hate on them. It's obviously not "forced" none of those people are professional performers, and they're obviously passionate about the Rockets. It's not like they're paid enough to be doing it for the money. And if you have a headache, bring earplugs. Basketball games are supposed to be loud and crazy. That's how we like it.
You just proved my point. I would like it loud and rowdy as well. Just not in one section on the baseline 3/4 the way up the bowl. It's awkward. How is it not forced? No normal person, no matter how "rowdy" they are, keeps on yelling unclever phrases and banging on crap when its the second quarter of a blowout win against the Timberwolves. What the Rockets should do is offer free beer to everyone there 10 minutes before tip off. Get some asses in the seats for the start of the game.
lol. You realize the NBA is a FOR PROFIT entity, yea? I'm sure the Rockets thank you for expressing your OPINION as the Rowdies enter their 5th or 6th season now. Just live and let live dude. You'll enjoy life more if you don't take things so seriously ...esp a basketball game of all things.
So why are they giving away tickets if its for profit????? I have a right to b**** about anything and everything just as you do to be jobless, wear facepaint, yell like a jackass, and go to 41 Rockets games a year because your life is just that open.
Rowdies have a sponsor. Last year it was Budweiser. Van Gundy, TMac, Budlight, and I think adidas (saw that on wiki) have bought seats in the past. That's how the money rolls in to pay for the seats. Dang, mlwoo, you need to live a little. Maybe your life isn't open enough to where you can seize fun and spontaneous opportunities. Work to live, not live to work, my friend. Maybe you need to rearrange some things in your life. I enjoy being a rowdy because it's a nice break from my daily routine, so I schedule my life around Rockets games. I get to dress up, act crazy, yell, dance and just be rowdy, things I can't do on a normal day to day basis. Being a rowdy is not for everyone. It's definitely not for the stiff, too busy and self conscious folk.
