Paralda Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I apologize because I've never marched a touring Corps (just the weekend one I'm in now), so can someone explain to me what "the game" is? Is it at all like the internet "the game"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) front of the bus can't march.front of the bus bails out in the ballad. front of the bus sits out of rehearsal because "it's hot." it gets ugly, but the front of the bus deserves everything they get. You forgot the most important thing... FRONT OF THE BUS SUCKS! FRONT OF THE BUS SUCKS! FRONT OF THE BUS SUCKS! Favorite Bus Song? The Fireman Song... or... For the Country Edited July 23, 2009 by Lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyName06 Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Front of the bus, for me, had a few practical advantages... I learned how to turn the bus on....seems stupid enough, but if it's right after a show and its hotter than the surface of the sun inside and the driver is nowhere to be found, I'm an instant hero (its a little more complicated than turning a key) FOTB controlled the movies... FOTB had the stairs in case you needed to have some quiet time for a phone conversation.... FOTB stairs gave you a little privacy in case you needed to #### into a Gatorade bottle...cause the restroom was always filled with BOTB ####... FOTB had electrical outlets so we could charge cell phones and plug in our laptops... FOTB claimed control of the PA and stereo in the event of a bus war... ... BOTB likes it in the rear... ...it's science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newseditor44 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Front of the bus, for me, had a few practical advantages...I learned how to turn the bus on....seems stupid enough, but if it's right after a show and its hotter than the surface of the sun inside and the driver is nowhere to be found, I'm an instant hero (its a little more complicated than turning a key) FOTB controlled the movies... FOTB had the stairs in case you needed to have some quiet time for a phone conversation.... FOTB stairs gave you a little privacy in case you needed to #### into a Gatorade bottle...cause the restroom was always filled with BOTB ####... FOTB had electrical outlets so we could charge cell phones and plug in our laptops... FOTB claimed control of the PA and stereo in the event of a bus war... ... BOTB likes it in the rear... ...it's science. Winner... back of the bus sucks! It's been scientifically proven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newseditor44 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I apologize because I've never marched a touring Corps (just the weekend one I'm in now), so can someone explain to me what "the game" is? Is it at all like the internet "the game"? It's a painful initiation one gets while sleeping at 2 in the morning before getting tapped on the shoulder and asked to "play the game". It gets very old after about two hours on the road and is the reason for many, many bus wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newseditor44 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Our DM in 1989 "Bill" tried to be the Swiss and not take sides. He was always the mediator, and paid dearly for it. The entire bus made a chant for him: The back of the bus hates the front of the bus, And the front of the bus hates the back of the bus BUT EVERYBODY HATES BILL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_King Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The MOB was where it was at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyName06 Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) I thought I needed to make a logical argument to drive home the fact that the Back of the Bus, indeed, sucks. If you associated the seating orientation of the bus as line you would stand in, you can safely say the the Front of the Bus would take the roll of being at the top. If you're on top, you can't f*** up. So by default, if you're on the bottom (in this case, the BOTB) you automatically accept that you are already f***ing up. Since f***ing up insinuates failure, through which a substandard performance is delivered, we can now logically conclude that f***ing up can synonymously be interchanged with sucking. Therefore, the Back of the Bus Sucks. Amen. Edited July 23, 2009 by HolyName06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousMe Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The ONLY downside to the front of the bus is playing the f'ing game! I hate playing the game! I haven't had to play the game in 20 years and I still hate playing the game.These are the things that make drum corps fun! lol... If you're enough of a vet, it doesn't matter how far to the front of the bus you sit....you don't have to play the ******* game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumcorpsfan471 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 It's a painful initiation one gets while sleeping at 2 in the morning before getting tapped on the shoulder and asked to "play the game". It gets very old after about two hours on the road and is the reason for many, many bus wars. Forget that. Once lights go out, game was off. I always just hung a plastic bad on the arm rest as a "mini game." But I was never woken up to play the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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