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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
I'm not a fan of any one sports teams. The word 'fan' comes 'fanatical', and I'm not fanatical about individual teams. I have no problem cheering for almost any team, as long as they don't cheat.
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You've just reminded me that I used to be a Ferrari fan.
At first glance I thought only of traditional sportsball franchises.
Ferrari however is in the same business with a different venue.
Short answer, my family wasn't into cars.
In one of the few car books I read there were these red cars that were different.
But that book had a small number of Ferrari's in it.
The rest in the book were a hord of comparative clunkers.
No Porsches were presented, didn't even know what one was, or a BMW.
These red cars were clearly superior.
Found a book in a thrift store with more Ferrari's, only Ferraris.
I was converted, fanaticized into the Ferrari cult.
Got shirts as a teenager, model cars, a flag, I've got lots of Ferrari stuff.
Why did I cheer for Ferrari?
I thought they were special.
I first came online in a modding community for race sims.
The people in the community did not like Schumacher, who drove for Ferrari.
The oppisition only fueled me.
What changed that I am no longer a Ferrari Fan.
I'm not sure what all changed, but I'll go into a few:
Hiring Alonso
Hiring personel that follow key personel around to instruct them in mega corporate Bland speak.
Not being around communities that dislike Ferrari.
F1's presentation changing hands to Liberty Media introducing more mega corporate Bland.
Red Bull being the only franchise to speak up against the mega corporate Bland.
Finally accepting there are cars that are more awesome than what Ferrari builds.(Pagani Zonda C12S!)
Red Bull having the most exciting driver pair ups to watch on track.
Now, I cheer for Red Bull, but don't really care about F1 that much.