Group of Chiefs fans wants to turn up volume at Arrowhead

[Deberg_1990]

Loudest stadium in Seattle? Not if a group of Chiefs fans has anything to say about it.




Congregating in a newly formed Facebook group dubbed Terrorhead Returns, the fast-growing cadre of red-and-yellow-clad fans is hoping to counter a group of Seahawks backers who are attempting to get CenturyLink Field into the Guinness Book of Records as the loudest stadium on Earth.

Quoting from the Terrorhead Returns page: “We have submitted an application with Guiness (sic) World Book and will request the permission from the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL to be given a fair chance to put the record where it is truly deserved. Join in Chiefs Fans! GO CHIEFS!!!”

So far, the Seattle contingent, which goes by the handle “Volume 12” (an homage to the team’s “12th Man” legacy of fan support), is a step ahead of KC’s. According to a post on NFL.com, the Seattle group announced on its own Facebook page that its application to have the decibels measured at the Seahawks’ Sept. 15 Sunday Night Football showdown with the San Francisco 49ers has formally been accepted by Guinness.

The official entry would be dubbed “loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium.”

A website in Seattle, SeattlePI.com, reports that the current record is held by the Ali Sami Yen Sport Complex Turk Telekom Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The decibels measured that day? An ear-splitting 131.76, or slightly louder than the sound of an airliner at takeoff. The Turkish fans were cheering on a soccer match played by Galatasaray S.K.

Size of the venue could factor into Seattle’s Sept. 15 bid: NFL.com reports that the highest decibels recorded at the so-called CLink peaked at 112, but notes that the Seahawks’ home digs hold 67,000, or 14,000more than the Turkish stadium.

If size matters, and if Terrorhead Returns can get a date with Guinness — and if Chiefs fans can fill it to capacity — Arrowhead could play a huge factor in a record bid. The venerable Truman Sports Complex venue holds 79,451, or more than 12,000 more than CenturyLink Field.

But Terrorhead Returns, though just launched Friday, has ground to make up in terms of likes on its Facebook page. As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, it had 1,830 members compared with 6,263 likes for Volume 12.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/16...#storylink=cpy

[O.city]

I dont' really give a damn though, I just want the CHiefs to be good again and beat good teams.


I'm tired of listening to the Bronco and Raider guys around here and actually thinking "yeah, they're probably right and they'll kick our ass again".

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

PS. Terrorhead is a ****ing reeruned ass name. I hate using that word too.... that is how ****ing reeruned it is.

It can't return if it has never been. No one, until Ty thought up of it in a drunken stuper, ever called it Terrorhead.

Is halfcan Ty? Because he's posting like a reeruned Ty. Or maybe Ty just hacked his PC, I don't remember halfcan posting like a child.
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[Discuss Thrower]

I kind of think the Chiefs could win a playoff game this season and it won't matter.

"Still can't develop a QB."

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Is halfcan Ty? Because he's posting like a reeruned Ty. Or maybe Ty just hacked his PC, I don't remember halfcan posting like a child.
'

He has been the exact same since I've been here
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[NJChiefsFan]

I have to agree that Terrorhead is a really bad name. The crowd noise won't come back if the stadium doesn't fill up.

[DRU]

I've read through most of the conversation going on here. I think there are some important points that are sort of being looked over.

I see people commenting on how this is manufactured, and how it wasn't in the 90's. I keep seeing people say put a winning product on the field and that'll give people reason to come and be loud. I see comments about how the fans just aren't the same anymore, and how they don't know how or when to be loud like they used to. I see comments about how people won't be cheering to disrupt the other team, which is the whole point, but rather to break the record, etc.

I agree with every bit of that. There's nothing better than a natural moment...a big play in a big game with a packed house and the place explodes. That's what we're all chasing here.

I think we can all agree, though, that one of the things that's so much fun about having a loud stadium is that it goes hand in hand with a good football team. I think it would be hard to argue against the fact that one of the reasons the team was playing well through the 90's was in fact because it had such a great home field advantage and we were able to win the majority of those games. There were MANY times when opposing teams were defeated by the deafening crowd. Drives are stalled and turnovers are forced in large part because of that loud crowd.

What better time than now to re-train our fan base and bring some excitement back into this stadium? Imagine they're somewhat logical about it and they choose times during which the opposing team's offense is on the field to call for the loud noise...multiple times throughout that game.

Now imagine if in doing so, the opposing team struggles mightily to hear each other or even hear themselves think. They get flustered and confused, they're calling timeouts (which makes the crowd cheer more and learn that what they're doing is helpful), they're making stupid mistakes causing turnovers...and BOOM! Pick 6 for a TD that NATURALLY erupts into an explosion of cheers...and just so happens to break the record at the same time.

All of sudden the fans feel that feeling again...that emotion of the big play at the right time with a full house. They see first hand just what's it like to watch your opponent seem helpless on the field because they can't hear a damn thing, and you witness again, just like we did in the 90's, how it can truly help your team with that game.

Now all of sudden we have a re-energized fan base who's been re-trained on when and how to be loud. Imagine if those pieces could fall into place and Arrowhead could become a big advantage for this team again.

In 2010 we still had a shitty team, but guess what, we won our home games. When you do that you only need to steal a couple on the road and you've got a great shot that year. If that starts to happen year in and year out again, the NATURAL effect will be just like it was in the 90s...when we were winning home games with the aid of a crazy stadium....and losing in the playoffs. LOL

Kidding aside, what is so wrong with this? People use all sorts of different techniques in business, sports, and everyday lives to get out of a rut and get back to "the good ol days."

I think this is a great idea and I'm all for it. Come on SOC, get off your high horse and enjoy this team for once.

[SAUTO]

Enjoy this team for once?


Go **** yourself.



Seriously.
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[SAUTO]

Jackass
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[MMXcalibur]

Staying pessimistic until they win a playoff game.
After 20 years, that's the very least these assclowns could do.

I've made enough cross-Kansas trips to witness putrid play. Until then, piss off.

[pr_capone]

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist." - George Carlin

[salame]

im going to go and shout
PENIS

[DRU]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist." - George Carlin

George is one of my favorites of all time. I'm a little confused, though. That seems like a quote we'd be aiming at you. We know you love this team, so stop being so cynical and let's see what some positive energy can do.

[salame]

terrorhead is kind of a gay name but I am going to shout PENIS until I break my throat

I'm plenty positive about this new squad. I think they'll be vastly improved. I just think the timing of this record attempt is a bad idea. It's a very bad idea. It's a worse idea than the blackout which I didn't think would do 1/4 as well as it did. Attaching Guinness' name to it helps but it's still a very tough row to hoe coming off a two win season.

[salame]

I plan on drinking a lot of guinness prior to shouting PENIS