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[seguino]

Im sitting in my office staring at my keyboard and the left side of my brain is telling me to smash everything. The right side is telling me to relax.... things will get better.

Why is being an Oiler fan so bipolar/manic? My team is a f****** joke. Literally.

Other clubs play us like its game 7 of the cup final. It has to be because they watched Oilchange. I can picture 29 other teams before game-time using "here come the oilers" as a motivational speech.

Help.

(****!)

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[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Let the apathy take over.

 

[YEGman]

Look at the way I do. Now I can plan my spring holidays starting April 10th without worrying about having to use that money for play-off tickets....

 

[PaPaDee]

At the end of the day, it's a game that has no real impact on our lives. Best to not get too emotionally invested.

 

[seguino]

Let the apathy take over.

Laughing. Thx.
It doesnt help I live in Vancouver and have to listen to my buddies give me the gears all the time. Sick of saying "wait till next year"

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Laughing. Thx.
It doesnt help I live in Vancouver and have to listen to my buddies give me the gears all the time. Sick of saying "wait till next year"

I live in Calgary so I fully understand that pain.

Thankfully the Flames are garbage this year so that has eased the pain considerably.

In fact just watch the Flames sometimes. They really are comedy gold.

 

[McShogun99]

At the end of the day, it's a game that has no real impact on our lives. Best to not get too emotionally invested.

This. It's fun to be a fan but the Oilers have zero impact on my personal life minus how much I lose trying to sell tickets to games I don't want to go to. I don't get fans that get so angry with their team then take it out on people in their day to day lives.. Most of us are grown men that are cheering on teenagers and young adults to win a trophy that we'll never touch.

 

[seguino]

I live in Calgary so I fully understand that pain.

Thankfully the Flames are garbage this year so that has eased the pain considerably.

In fact just watch the Flames sometimes. They really are comedy gold.

Sad isnt it? When the Canucks or Flames lose, it feels almost as good as when the Oilers win.
If the Oil would recognize that other teams are jacked up to play them, even more jacked up to crush them, we would win a little more.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Sad isnt it? When the Canucks or Flames lose, it feels almost as good as when the Oilers win.
If the Oil would recognize that other teams are jacked up to play them, even more jacked up to crush them, we would win a little more.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with schadenfruede. The pain of last year was erased when the Ducks eliminated the Flames.

 

[pox]

Let the apathy take over.

The new song of the Oilers board, It should be in all GDT's untill McDavid is back

 

[seguino]

This. It's fun to be a fan but the Oilers have zero impact on my personal life minus how much I lose trying to sell tickets to games I don't want to go to. I don't get fans that get so angry with their team then take it out on people in their day to day lives.. Most of us are grown men that are cheering on teenagers and young adults to win a trophy that we'll never touch.

Im only bothered by losses for a couple minutes after the game or after a colossal stinker like last night. Venting feels good especially after 10 years of suck.
Anderson brought the cup to my grandmas house when I was 10, so Ive touched it

 

[BlackDogg]

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At the end of the day, it's a game that has no real impact on our lives. Best to not get too emotionally invested.

True. Its my main form of entertainment in winter so its difficult. You keep focused on it, expecting that it can only go up from here and it never does. Best to get another hobby,

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

 

[scb23]

Im sitting in my office staring at my keyboard and the left side of my brain is telling me to smash everything. The right side is telling me to relax.... things will get better.

Why is being an Oiler fan so bipolar/manic? My team is a f****** joke. Literally.

Other clubs play us like its game 7 of the cup final. It has to be because they watched Oilchange. I can picture 29 other teams before game-time using "here come the oilers" as a motivational speech.


Help.

(****!)

I'm with you man. My only true hope is that one day I can build the courage to abandon all hope.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Welcome to the 5 stages of grief.

1) Denial

2) Anger

3) Bargaining

4) Depression

5) Acceptance

You are in between #1 and #2.

1) You think things will get better. They won't.

2) You are starting to get angry. You will get angrier.

3) Soon you will spend large amounts of time on the trade board making proposals.

4) When you realize most of our players are untradeable or have little value you will become depressed.

5) See post #2 of this thread.

 

[SaskOilers]

Welcome to the 5 stages of grief.

1) Denial

2) Anger

3) Bargaining

4) Depression

5) Acceptance

You are in between #1 and #2.

1) You think things will get better. They won't.

2) You are starting to get angry. You will get angrier.

3) Soon you will spend large amounts of time on the trade board making proposals.

4) When you realize most of our players are untradeable or have little value you will become depressed.

5) See post #2 of this thread.

Always a futile endeavour.

 

[Beerfish]

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I always knew you were a bear, Bearfish.

 

[seguino]

thanks boys,great posts! Like Drai and Davidson last night. lol. Efffffffffff

 

[Stoneman89]

Im sitting in my office staring at my keyboard and the left side of my brain is telling me to smash everything. The right side is telling me to relax.... things will get better.

Why is being an Oiler fan so bipolar/manic? My team is a f****** joke. Literally.

Other clubs play us like its game 7 of the cup final. It has to be because they watched Oilchange. I can picture 29 other teams before game-time using "here come the oilers" as a motivational speech.

Help.

(****!)

If I was you I would seek professional help. Just in case you ever start drifting towards that left side of your brain.

 

[Diamondillium]

 

[KarmaPolice]

Try adopting a 2nd team. Should be in the Eastern Conference, so you can justify it as the Oilers being your team of the West, and ____ being your team of the East. For me it's been the Sens for a while. They are doing great, which is helping to keep me sane.

Might work for you. Maybe you've already tried. I dunno.

 

[Dorian2]

Laughing. Thx.
It doesnt help I live in Vancouver and have to listen to my buddies give me the gears all the time. Sick of saying "wait till next year"

Apparently your "buddies" don't attend to your more "sensitive" traits.

Get more girls as "buddies". That might help.

 

[Supermassive]

Try adopting a 2nd team. Should be in the Eastern Conference, so you can justify it as the Oilers being your team of the West, and ____ being your team of the East. For me it's been the Sens for a while. They are doing great, which is helping to keep me sane.

Might work for you. Maybe you've already tried. I dunno.

Same here with the Sens, and I drafted their team +/- in my draft (and Hoffman), so the last week has been offsetting between the two clubs. Helps to have Lazar to cheer for too.

Go Sens.

 

[Haggard]

Sometimes you just have to let off some steam....