Comments on: Journey to the Land of the Scorpions http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/ Fun, freedom, and adventure with Victor Milán Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:04:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sara M. Harvey http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/#comment-403 Sara M. Harvey Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:45:04 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/#comment-403 Re: Marketing gerbils. It was a remembering of something you said at Archon one year. And I agree. But at times, the gerbils get it right. And marketing in general seemed to have been better done in the 80s and early 90s than it is now. You'd be amazed how many hot, intellectual babes love hockey. All my hockey-loving female friends are unanimously attractive. We have a minor-league baseball team here in Nashville. Matt also says that we are going to go every summer. I like baseball alright, but it does get a bit dull after a while. I never liked sports (except the Olympics, especially the equestrian events!) until I was introduced to hockey in 2000. And Schultz was a Seals season ticket holder. ^_^ What may remain of their fan-site is here: http://www.sealshockey.com/ Don't get me started on the Nashville Predators! Re: Marketing gerbils. It was a remembering of something you said at Archon one year. And I agree. But at times, the gerbils get it right. And marketing in general seemed to have been better done in the 80s and early 90s than it is now.

You’d be amazed how many hot, intellectual babes love hockey. All my hockey-loving female friends are unanimously attractive.

We have a minor-league baseball team here in Nashville. Matt also says that we are going to go every summer. I like baseball alright, but it does get a bit dull after a while. I never liked sports (except the Olympics, especially the equestrian events!) until I was introduced to hockey in 2000.

And Schultz was a Seals season ticket holder. ^_^
What may remain of their fan-site is here: http://www.sealshockey.com/

Don’t get me started on the Nashville Predators!

]]> By: Victor http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/#comment-402 Victor Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:34:45 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/#comment-402 Indeed. Thanks for the excellent capsule history, Sara. I knew nothing of this. So Charles Schultz was a puck-head, was he? Interesting to know. Um ... "pre-gerbil days of marketing"? Care to elucidate a bit? And indeed, having watched a good chunk of an actual live game it does make more sense to me now. I'm not sure how soon I'll repeat the experience, in part because the Center really is Way the Hell Out There. Were I already a dedicated fan, it would not deter me. So I like to think, anyway. Then again I am a big fan of baseball, and used to be heavily into AAA ball, when the local team was the Dukes. Since they decamped to Las Vegas and were eventually replaced by the generically-named Isotopes (yes, it's appropriate in a rather grim fashion; yes it's actually just a lame attempt to capitalize on <strong>The Simpsons</strong>] I've not been back to a game. Even though the stadium's much more conveniently located for me. I do intend to remedy that this year. Then again, I've intended that <em>every</em> year... Certainly the fact that the game attracts Smart, Hot Babes such as yourself as fans is a big mark in its favor. Indeed. Thanks for the excellent capsule history, Sara. I knew nothing of this.

So Charles Schultz was a puck-head, was he? Interesting to know.

Um … “pre-gerbil days of marketing”? Care to elucidate a bit?

And indeed, having watched a good chunk of an actual live game it does make more sense to me now. I’m not sure how soon I’ll repeat the experience, in part because the Center really is Way the Hell Out There. Were I already a dedicated fan, it would not deter me.

So I like to think, anyway. Then again I am a big fan of baseball, and used to be heavily into AAA ball, when the local team was the Dukes. Since they decamped to Las Vegas and were eventually replaced by the generically-named Isotopes (yes, it’s appropriate in a rather grim fashion; yes it’s actually just a lame attempt to capitalize on The Simpsons] I’ve not been back to a game. Even though the stadium’s much more conveniently located for me. I do intend to remedy that this year. Then again, I’ve intended that every year…

Certainly the fact that the game attracts Smart, Hot Babes such as yourself as fans is a big mark in its favor.

]]> By: Sara Harvey http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/#comment-397 Sara Harvey Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:29:17 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2008/03/02/journey-to-the-land-of-the-scorpions/#comment-397 There is a HUUUGE overlap between geekery and hockey. A fact that San Jose really capitalized upon when they brought in the Sharks. The previous hockey tema had been up in Oakland, land of the A's and the Raiders. They were a thug team known strangely enough as the "Golden Seals" and sported an abstract drawin of a seal on their uniforms as drawn by Charles Shultz who was, astonishingly enough, a total puck-head (aka hockey nut). As pansified as this mascot looked, the team was rough-and-ready, but crummy and the East Bay folks lost interest because the Raiders were meaner and the A's could win, so the Seals folded in 1976. Fast forward to 1990 and the beginning of Silicon Valley. Some BRILLAINT marketing guru (in the pre-gerbil days of marketing) realized that people of an intellectual ilk were much more attarcted to niche sports and brought a hockey team to San Jose. They also support a professional soccer team and a professional Lacrosee team. (For the record, lacrosse is actually the official national sport of Canada, not hockey.) Anywho, yes, hockey fans and by and large geeks. And most geeks who are exposed to hockey usually turn out to love it! Like me. ^_^ Glad you had a good time. Now that you have seen the game live, the televised version should make more sense. There is a HUUUGE overlap between geekery and hockey. A fact that San Jose really capitalized upon when they brought in the Sharks. The previous hockey tema had been up in Oakland, land of the A’s and the Raiders. They were a thug team known strangely enough as the “Golden Seals” and sported an abstract drawin of a seal on their uniforms as drawn by Charles Shultz who was, astonishingly enough, a total puck-head (aka hockey nut). As pansified as this mascot looked, the team was rough-and-ready, but crummy and the East Bay folks lost interest because the Raiders were meaner and the A’s could win, so the Seals folded in 1976.
Fast forward to 1990 and the beginning of Silicon Valley. Some BRILLAINT marketing guru (in the pre-gerbil days of marketing) realized that people of an intellectual ilk were much more attarcted to niche sports and brought a hockey team to San Jose. They also support a professional soccer team and a professional Lacrosee team. (For the record, lacrosse is actually the official national sport of Canada, not hockey.)

Anywho, yes, hockey fans and by and large geeks. And most geeks who are exposed to hockey usually turn out to love it!
Like me. ^_^

Glad you had a good time. Now that you have seen the game live, the televised version should make more sense.

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