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puttputt
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada240 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-17 04:31:48
June 16 2011 05:09 GMT
#1
So Vancouver lost game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final today to the Boston Bruins.

Rioting has commenced in downtown Vancouver on Homer and Georgia street and the surrounding intersections.

I am pretty embarrassed to call myself Canadian right now.

Riot police, fire fighters and the RCMP have all been dispatched and there is tear gas being used to try and get people to clear out the areas.

EDIT: Mass looting going on in the downtown area, dozens of cars burning.

EDIT2: For those of you who are saying its good that hockey fans are passionate about their team you are wrong, this isn't passion... it's a bunch of kids who found an excuse to burn and break shit. All the real fans went home.

The Next Day
Let me say that I am extremely proud of the hundreds of people that turned out Thursday morning and volunteered their time and effort to clean up downtown Vancouver. Check out the photos on the facebook group!
Fans against the Riot

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from saskatchewan? saskgamers.com
Inside.Out
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada569 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 05:38:02
June 16 2011 05:10 GMT
#2
psht thats nothing. thats literally the only car theyve torched. personally i was expecting much worse, but the vancouver PD has been preparing for this moment since the last time they lost in the finals 20 years ago, and things are going much, much better than they were last time.


and you're embarassed? fuck that, watching a riot caused purely by the loss of a hockey games gets me going all patriotic. nowhere else in the world is the greatest sport ever appreciated so much.


We'll see in the morning if they ACTUALLY riot, cuz right now I would call this a bit of a rollover on the part of the fans.


Edit: it appears they have begun to actually riot, so:


This is how it works: Every Canadian dreams of raising the stanley cup from the moment he can think for himself. When 99% of them realize that they aren't good enough to play any more, it becomes their dream to watch their team raise the cup, and for Vancouver, a team that has been around for 40 years without ever having won it, and now they not only had a chance, but they were expected to win. Most of these fans rioting have been cheering and carrying the colours for 15-20 years now, through all the trials and trebulation, and now it seemed to them that they would finally achieve it, until tonight. If you had been dreaming of something for 20 years, and then had it promised to you, only to have it ripped from your fingers at the last possible second, would you riot? I fucking would.

And @ people in this thread, man up. Seriously. This is Canada, and we go through hockey riots every year at this time, whether its montreal, vancouver, edmonton, or montreal (did i mention montreal?). Why is anybody even surprised about this? I thought we had come to expect this, and we've definitely learned how to handle it. Just stop being a bunch of pussies.


Edit 2: Okay the riots basically over. i give it a 4/10
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
June 16 2011 05:10 GMT
#3
Would not be want to be a Bruins fan in that city right now.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
EvokedSet
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada5 Posts
June 16 2011 05:11 GMT
#4
Burn our own city to the ground. That'll teach them.
Sworn
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada920 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 05:12:13
June 16 2011 05:11 GMT
#5
I was down there its not to bad compared to some other stuff especially with the updated riot police from the olympics. a lot of dissapointed fans and just taking it out on our own city
"Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather." CJ Entus Fighting! <3 Effort
echO [W]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1495 Posts
June 16 2011 05:11 GMT
#6
On June 16 2011 14:11 EvokedSet wrote:
Burn our own city to the ground. That'll teach them.

Just imagine if they won.

"Or a school bus over a bunch of kids" - Tasteless --- “A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” - James Joyce
puttputt
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada240 Posts
June 16 2011 05:12 GMT
#7
On June 16 2011 14:10 EcstatiC wrote:
psht thats nothing. thats literally the only car theyve torched.


That's a photo from a couple of hours ago. If you check out the news at least a dozen cars are on fire.
from saskatchewan? saskgamers.com
YejinYejin
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1053 Posts
June 16 2011 05:12 GMT
#8
I've heard that, in Quebec, when the Habs lose they burn police cars, and when they win, they burn police cars.
안지호
zEF
Profile Joined June 2011
United States4 Posts
June 16 2011 05:12 GMT
#9
Canucks fans, I'm happy for y'all and Imma let you finish,but L.A. had one of the best riots of all time.

User was temp banned for this post.
Shelke14
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada6655 Posts
June 16 2011 05:13 GMT
#10
On June 16 2011 14:10 EcstatiC wrote:
psht thats nothing. thats literally the only car theyve torched. personally i was expecting much worse, but the vancouver PD has been preparing for this moment since the last time they lost in the finals 20 years ago, and things are going much, much better than they were last time



It's getting a lot worse and fast.

What sucks is this was bound to happen win or loss really. Think about it, it is the same fucking losers who think because their in a crowd of 100,000 + people that they can damage shit and act cool while millions watch. Just because they think they wont get caught...

It's sad how such a few amount of people can truly ruin it for millions of others....
Galleon.frigate
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada721 Posts
June 16 2011 05:15 GMT
#11
On June 16 2011 14:10 EcstatiC wrote:
psht thats nothing. thats literally the only car theyve torched. personally i was expecting much worse, but the vancouver PD has been preparing for this moment since the last time they lost in the finals 20 years ago, and things are going much, much better than they were last time.


and you're embarassed? fuck that, watching a riot caused purely by the loss of a hockey games gets me going all patriotic. nowhere else in the world is the greatest sport ever appreciated so much.


We'll see in the morning if they ACTUALLY riot, cuz right now I would call this a bit of a rollover on the part of the fans.

quoted for truth


sure, riots: bad...

of all the things to riot for? freedom? peace? hockey?

hells ya
Cush
Profile Joined September 2010
United States646 Posts
June 16 2011 05:16 GMT
#12
My question is, why are they rioting? Was there some super bs call made by the refs? Or are they just crazy?
"That's not your main base Stardust.....Stardust.....that's not your main" Sayle
Kojak21
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1104 Posts
June 16 2011 05:16 GMT
#13
On June 16 2011 14:16 Cush wrote:
My question is, why are they rioting? Was there some super bs call made by the refs? Or are they just crazy?


cause we lost
¯\_(☺)_/¯
The_LiNk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada863 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 05:17:46
June 16 2011 05:16 GMT
#14
I don't follow sports. Why do people riot when they lose? Edit: ^answered me. That's stupid and don't include me in this "we."

Riot at Anaheim if a non-American wins MLG, let's do it SC2 Community! We'll show them we're hardcore!
Shelke14
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada6655 Posts
June 16 2011 05:17 GMT
#15
On June 16 2011 14:16 Cush wrote:
My question is, why are they rioting? Was there some super bs call made by the refs? Or are they just crazy?


we lost 4-0 but it was gonna happen no matter what anyways.
nanaoei
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
3358 Posts
June 16 2011 05:17 GMT
#16
hahaha oh god, vancouver
i'm so glad i decided not to go downtown today
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NeXiLe
Profile Joined February 2006
Canada262 Posts
June 16 2011 05:17 GMT
#17
Friend on facebook: "Just got teargassed with keegan"

Another friend just sent me this picture
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Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
June 16 2011 05:17 GMT
#18
And here I thought Yank and Red Sox fans were crazy...
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
ItsMeDomLee
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2732 Posts
June 16 2011 05:17 GMT
#19
There are a few fucking assholes making the rest of us look bad. Hope they all get seriously injured.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
June 16 2011 05:17 GMT
#20
SOOOO glad I was out of Vancouver by Tuesday!
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
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