Confession: I am a New Orleans Saints fangirl. This will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, since I’m a native to that area. Shouldn’t be a surprise, I say; but then I have this one uncle who thinks I suddenly ought to be rooting for the Broncos just because I’m living in the Denver area at the moment. Whatever, man. WHO DAT Nation for life!
So now that the Saints have won the NFC Championship and are heading to the Superbowl for their first time EVAR, I’ve been abusing the Second Life search engine trying to find me some SL celebration. And I’m not FINDING any. I’m finding a lot of people with “GEAUX SAINTS!” and “MIAMI BOUND!” in their profiles, but places? Parcels done up in black and gold? Nada.
I’ve found some places to buy football fandom gear. Let’s take a look at a few.
Together ex-SFL is a disappointment. It appears to be a Second Life version of fantasy football. They’re currently in between seasons. The disappointment is, they claim to sell cheerleader uniforms for every team, but all they sell are color combos. Seriously. The exact same wardrobe–a half-sleeve top that comes down to the nipple line, your choice of micro-mini-shorts or two-color micro-mini-skirt, pom-poms, footwear–and all they did was change the prim colors in order to change a Steelers cheerleader outfit into a Saints cheerleader outfit. Also the logo on the pendant/collar thing.
I was hoping to be able to buy a genuine Saintsations cheerleader uniform, like you might see here. Sadly, no. Either it’s too much work, or maybe they were worrying about getting sued (Gods know the NFL are lawsuit-happy over any reference to the teams, even when the design originated with the fans).
Let’s try somewhere else. Flashpoint Male is selling player jerseys for the whole NFL, including Drew Brees and Reggie Bush jerseys (that would be #9 and #25 respectively, in case you need telling), and also “New Orleans Saints Pajamas”. The pajamas are white tops, pants and slippers with the gold-outlined black fleur-de-lis logo all over. They’re shelved alongside San Francisco 49ers pajamas, Tampa Bay Buccaneers pajamas, Cookie Monster pajamas, Battlestar Galactica pajamas….
The player jerseys are shelved beneath. Four different color combos are labeled simply “Rock Jock Jerseys.” They all feature #69. Ha. See, it’s funny ’cause… groooooan.
No, wait–look on the wall to the left of the pajamas. There’s all the player jerseys. That’s better. They look fairly good, if you forgive them being all form-fitting, the way shirts in SL tend to be, and the single-digit numbers being displayed with leading zeros which isn’t particularly accurate but oh well.
I bought me a Reggie Bush jersey. I don’t care that it’s for male avatars. I’m wearing it and YOU CAN’T STOP ME.
Last one for today. NFL Football Super Bowl XLIX 2010 Playoffs, it’s called. I teleported there and was greeted by a big red dancing M&M. WTF. (“Psst. Turn around.”) Oh, there’s the football stuff. It’s all quite up-to-date, too; it’s all Indianapolis Colts on one side and New Orleans Saints on the other. You can buy flags on flagpoles, bleachers, a themed picnic table for goodness’s sake, and gaudy fan outfits which include sleepy-time pom-pom caps and upturned pointy pom-pom tipped slipper shoes. SO CUTE OMG.
You can buy and wear an actual helmet, too, but I’m holding out for one that looks like an actual Saints helmet. The one they sell is this little white thing with a tiny zoom-in-to-recognize it fleur-de-lis. Which is weird, because they got the flag with the helmet on it just right: gold, with the black stripe down the middle, and the logo big enough that you don’t have to zoom in to make it out. Can I buy me one of those? I would like to wear one of those.
There will be more mid-week, when I’ll be blogging from Chicago, in between trains on my way home from Denver. Win or lose, I guarantee there will be partying in the French Quarter streets and a mob waiting at the airport Monday morning the 8th to welcome the team back home. The Saints have come marching in, and I’m gonna be in that number.
WHO DAT!
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Hello lovely readers. This series continues on Friday; Wednesday between trains was taken up with walking to get places or doing the things those places were for, and Thursday since arrival I have not been thinking straight. I blame two nights sleeping on trains. Let’s say hello again tomorrow morning, shall we?
Sorry for the delay. Much love!
February 4, 2010 | 7:56 pm