Sunday, June 20, 2010

Super Fan Series: Phinzrage


Dolphins’ fans are easily some of the most loyal fans in the NFL. They celebrate the good times with the team and always try to see the positive when the times get rough (after the necessary venting, of course). Yet, just because they stand behind the team every step of the way, it doesn’t mean they do so blindly.


Like every other fan of any other team or even other sports, they have opinions and usually the more loyal the fan, the stronger those opinions are, and more often than not, this sets the stage for great debates. These debates are a major part of the whole football experience and without them the experience wouldn’t be the same. Talking about a game, a player, the draft… that’s what gets most of us through the days when we don’t have the opportunity to turn on the TV and watch the team play.

Providing a place where the fans can really express their opinion without being over moderated is what Phinzrage is all about. Steven and Ken who are both long time Dolphins’ fans had funded a site with the same idea, unfortunately, things went sour with a third partner. Instead of engaging in legal procedures and trying to fight for a site which in their opinion had been tainted, they decided to start a new site. The two of them, along with Brian, Mark and Phinvader Bill, who some of you may know from Phinvaders, all help run the site, so it truly is a site from the fans for the fans.

The unique thing about Phinzrage is that it is a site that doesn’t necessarily suit the masses. In the forums, people are free to express their opinion and some of the debates get very heated, so if you are a fan who get easily offended by things such as language or are a member of the younger fan base, this site might not be one for you as it is better suited for those people who want to express their feelings without a moderator trying to censor them. As Steven told me when I interviewed him “getting our name out there wasn’t really hard, but we don’t market ourselves to the masses because we don’t want to be a message board for everybody so I guess those who want to find us eventually will.”

Everyone at Phinzrage is very proud of the space they have created and they feel like the best is still to come. They are especially looking forward to all the debates that will surely take place in their message boards, so make sure you stop by and engage in some of them since they do make for a fun time and keep in mind that Phinzrage was not a site created with the intention to make an impact, but rather, a site that was created for fans to enjoy. So take a chance to look around and share your thoughts with them, I’m sure they’ll love hearing what you have to say.

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