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ajwdad

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  1. I stayed off the forums this year exactly due to threads like this one. But, it continues to amaze me that haters gotta hate, and no matter what, someone will complain that BD's drill is too easy, not has hard as the others etc... But, it is pretty encouraging to see that there is so much support for BD this year. IMO, the show is very very good, and performed at levels not seen in a long time. Do it up, Deviils!
  2. Agree with you. But it is still poor behavior. Not illegal behavior.
  3. have to agree here. But, OC SCVC and then BDB seems to be the direction. I know neither BDB or SCVC was happy the other day with their performances, but I wonder if BDB can get clean in time. SCVC will be very clean, they always are. And OC has been coming on strong for a few years...
  4. Geez, Charlie.. Can you lighten up a bit? You managed to take great thread and then turn to your normal BD is no good rant.... I doubt seriously that you can speak for BD corp members vs Crown members as you likely did not march for both. As for the show, the beginning of the Crown show looks very difficult, but then it kind of eases up a lot. This is a lot more like any other performing art. If you cannot do it clean or well, you don't win.
  5. Booing shows a lack of class. And I am really disgusted with the defense of booing as "everyone does it or every sport has it." Geez, as a parent, would I ever let my kid get away with that BS? Can't we be better in at least 1 way? I don't boo. But, "fans" can do whatever they like, including showing their complete lack of class by booing. Sad.
  6. Hi Michael, Please keep up your writing. Perhaps DCI could use more bloggers, but they would be hard pressed to find a better one. In appreciation,
  7. Agree with the last part, but not so sure about the 1st. BTW, Cadet or Phantom could catch Crown or BD. Who knows why people boo, but BD expects to get booed whenever they win outside of Ca.
  8. Hi Garry, this is a quote just after yours. Makes my point about focusing hatred on BD. Gets old reading this crap, but at least the judges see things in a more objective light. "When you have a tremendously difficult program accompanied by great performance, then it's not hard to see why people would think Crown should win. If you aren't a BD homer and look at the visual for more than 2 minutes, you realize that BD simply doesn't measure up. You can see that they're incredibly dirty and "nonsense" forms are "justified" by the dada concept. The fact is, it's dirty as hell and they're getting away with it. Furthermore, they have no effect but somehow they are capturing the general effect captions. Maybe that's why they're getting golf-clapped and boos every time scores are announced. There's no doubt about thier performance. These guys are performing at a level unmatched this year. Like holy crap... BD is great on the individual level. But why they're winning GE, I'll never know. Why they're winning Visual, I'll never know. "
  9. +1 You are 100% right about the shows, home field advantage etc... And the top 3 open class corps are all west coast. And I like your idea about finals. But, that would require some work (oh no, we cannot have DCI actually doing work can we?) As for all of the hand wringing that is going on out there, save the logistical whining for later. There are far more demanding venues than DCI that can accommodate changing every championship. I think one is currently going on in London. DCI needs to step it up. This is my last travel to Indy. 4 times is enough for a lifetime.
  10. They don't make nearly as much as you indicate. BD does charitable gambling, which is allowed in every state except for Arkansas, Tennessee, Hawaii, and Utah. Definitely, there are laws to follow and hoops to jump through, but it can be done. The real reason that there is not major west coast shows is that marketing within DCI sucks. Basically, the west coast fan base is not among those that DCI cares about. Period. All of the rest is justification and misdirection/misinformation. The answer is to grow the fan base... And most international sporting organizations cannot do that by locking in set venues for decades at at time. But, DCI simply is either incompetent in marketing or does not care.
  11. I don't question BD scores at all. There are lots of threads that focus hatred on BD, and it is kind of nice to be on one that doesn't.
  12. Won't work. The negativity will stop when BD stops winning. That is all that some people really want. Of course, different show design, different brass, different percussion, and different color guard would work. They could fire their entire staff and replace it with a staff from Phantom, or at maybe get Crown's brass staff to come over in its entirety. Of course, no corp would ever take the staff from a different corp... that would be unethical. I am sure that DCI would not allow that. I know, let's just turn them into a perennial 5 place corp and then after about a decade, we can see the negative threads stop. Haters got to hate.
  13. I think that BD has to watch out for Phantom, SCVs drumline, and Crowns Brass. My guess is that Phantom was flat the other night. But, clearly, BD is not resting on their laurels.
  14. Have to agree. The first few minutes are amazing. But the Perc is not up there, and the rest of the show is kind of flat to me. But, as Crown cleans, the show could really contend. My large concern with Crown this year is that their percussion may not be good enough for them to win. Having said that, stranger things have happened.
  15. Another hate rant. Got news for you. BD is very well received out west, but then again, haters got to hate. Now, you call them cheaters as well. All your BS about caring for the kids falls on deaf ears. Say something nice about the kids and then you can rip their performance and show and corp to pieces. Very sad.
  16. Not much to discuss. Haters got to hate. I have an idea for you. Don't watch them anymore. Just watch Crown or whichever corp you prefer.
  17. Careful complaining about your iPhone's spelling... No one is here to defend Apple. "learn the difference" sounds a bit snobby. BTW, anyone can dislike BD's show and still "get it." In fact, you can dislike the corp and "get it." Since they are the most winning corp in DCI history, there are bound to be a ton of people hoping, wishing, rooting, and praying for a loss. It is only human nature. And it is human nature for BD fans to react in kind. BD expects hostile crowds in a lot of venues. Even C-Corp expects it at times. Unfortunately, some fans just have to express their hostility... Personally, there are several corps that I don't like because I don't like seeing their shows a second time. Nothing changes, and they are extremely predictable. Since I favor high performance, coupled with some unpredictability, I like BD, and then Phantom/Cadet. Crown can be very entertaining, but year in and year out, the three that I like the best are BD, Phantom and Cadet.
  18. I agree with your last statement, but not a lot of the rest of the post. Marketing people of products targeted at general appeal look for mass audiences with mass appeal. IE Pepsi at the Superbowl. We track things like impressions per dollar spent, and a lot of us track the actual ROI of a marketing or outreach campaign. DCI has a pretty limited audience and unfortunately makes decisions that keep it that way. Imagine if a sport had only 1 race a year to determine a champion, and held it in the same location every year. Before you mention horse racing or the indy 500, remember that there are many champions crowned every year in racing and in horse racing. Also imagine if that sport were not very well known.... In the early days of professional sports, games were held just about in any venue that could hold them. And professional sports are very very good on the opening day, and may be better during the season than on the actual final contest. DCI is more like the olympics, which are held in Greece every year with limited TV and theater coverage. Think about which companies would want to advertise to DCI or potential DCI fans. The music instrument companies already support DCI either directly or indirectly. I doubt that the companies interested in DCI fans as a group of their own are not already reaching them in some way. It is child's play for any decent marketing person to figure out how to reach the DCI fan. Nascar has a HUGE following, and so, in general attracts a ton of advertisement. Most Nascar fans do not race, are retired racers and are not the parents of racers or retire racers. DCI misses on a lot of those counts. There is a lack of universal appeal, in spite of advertising on local theaters, being on PBS etc... In the past, several of us on this forum had suggested a ton of ideas to grow the appeal of DCI as measured by growing the fan base. In my opinion, the idea of holding the only championship in Indy for an extended period of time has an incredible downside. DCIs answer is the Fan Network and the theater viewings, a reasonable start but hardly a decent replacement. I doubt that DCI needs to spend a ton of money on a marketing study. My firm does marketing research for a lot of large and smaller companies with very reasonable rates. We are a boutique company, but in our target markets, we are pretty successful. More importantly, I know several marketing people on this forum that would volunteer time to help DCI, including myself, and that would be a great start.
  19. to paraphrase Sean Connery in the movie "The Rock" winners go home and "celebrate"; losers complain about the judging. To each his own, but so far the judging has been pretty consistently in favor of BD.
  20. Not going to get my vote here. Not only do I disagree, but I am not sure that would even be a good thing for anyone but a Crown fan. Actually, I hope that the best Corp wins. Yay BD!
  21. Hi Stu, I agree with a lot of your points, but I don't see more midwest and eastern corps coming to CA. They are very well received out here, as opposed to BD going to the east, but still most choose not to come. Great to see PR this year, and Cadet last. But, I think that we would just have more corps and longer shows. In general, travel is too expensive and there are a ton of other venues which make a west coast swing unnecessary. BTW, I prefer OC to world in general, with few exceptions. There is more variety and the competition is usually better, especially this year.
  22. Seems like they decided not to go to Indy. Talked to some of the members in SoCal. Great group, and wish them the best.
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