Seahawks looking to break world record for loudest crowd against 49ers

[HaroldSeattle]

IMO there will be plenty of spontaneous cheering in a home opener against a hated but respected opponent. Everybody worried about it being manufactured is full of it as far as I'm concerned.

 

[nk12thman]

I'm sure we at least came close at some point if we didn't break it, even if it was unofficial when we did it. I agree that it shouldn't have been announced to begin with. The focus should be on the 49ers, not some record. I see people complain occasionally about how cheering already seems more scripted and less spontaneous than it used to be because of the pleas for noise by the teams on their scoreboards/jumbotrons and the amped up party music that blares from the speakers all the time. This would seem to follow that pattern of "Okay... go ahead and cheer now". If they hadn't announced that this was happening, it would have been more of an accomplishment when we broke the record.

I think the scripted feel depends where you are. Seattle never puts anything on the big screen telling fans to get loud. The only thing on the big screen is telling us is to quiet down when the offense is on the field.

 

[Podunkparte]

IMO there will be plenty of spontaneous cheering in a home opener against a hated but respected opponent. Everybody worried about it being manufactured is full of it as far as I'm concerned.

What if the time Guinness decides to measure the noise is just before the game starts, when they have some "official" standing at midfield with a microphone who says "Ok, everyone yell on 3....?" Are we full of it then?

I just think it's different to gauge a sound level like that from a spontaneous eruption like the Beast Quake as opposed to some moron saying "everyone yell as loud as you can."

 

[HaroldSeattle]

What if the time Guinness decides to measure the noise is just before the game starts, when they have some "official" standing at midfield with a microphone who says "Ok, everyone yell on 3....?" Are we full of it then?

I just think it's different to gauge a sound level like that from a spontaneous eruption like the Beast Quake as opposed to some moron saying "everyone yell as loud as you can."

The record will never come from some moron saying "everyone yell as loud as you can" It will come from some from great play on the part of the Seahawks and you couldn't pick a better game then a Seahawk vs 49er game. The rep seahawks fans have for being loud hasn't come from some moron saying be loud, it's because their are loud spontaneously.