The Introduction Thread [Non-Ravens Fans: Feel Free to Sign]

[Ravenslifer]

Username: RAVENSLIFER

Age: 31

Favorite Sport: obviosly NFL football!

Favorite Teams: Ravens

Favorite Player(Current): Ray Lewis

Favorite Player(All time): Ray Lewis

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Blondes

Favorite Movie: Good Fellas, Reservoir Dogs,Blow,Abronxtale,Donnie Brasco

Favorite TV Shows: King of Queens,How I met your mother

Favorite Books:

Favorite Meal: Steak and Potatoes

Favorite Bands: Nirvana,RHCP

School Level/JoB: Accountant

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Ray Lewis,Jennifer Lopez, Barry Sanders,Jessica Biel, Johnny Unitas

5 Words to Describe You: usually rough around the edges

Ravens Fan Background: I have been watching the Ravens since they came to Baltimore and I am truly glad to see football back in good ole "baldamore"

Favorite Past Raven: Ray Lewis

Favorite Current Raven: Ray Lewis

Favorite Past Non-Raven Barry Sanders

Anything Else You Want to Share Well, I was over at nfl.com and its so childish I'm glad i found a site withcivilized people who have passion for the game like I do,I played football in highschool and 3 years at college, division 1 team, blew out my knee i was good but I wasnt going to be drafted by any means lol,but I'd be the first pick in the park for a game :p

[Rushian]

Username: Rushian. It's a shame I'm not actually Russian..

Age: 20

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Teams: Ravens, Newcastle United

Favorite Player(Current): Ed Reed

Favorite Player(All time): Ed Reed

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? All are good, probably brunettes though

Favorite Movie: Hana-Bi, Memento, I'll watch anything really

Favorite TV Shows: Breaking Bad, Black Books, ER, Spiral

Favorite Books: America's Game and Friday Night Lights are both great

Favorite Meal: Cake!

Favorite Bands: Crystal Castles, Jay Z, Taylor Swift

School Level/Job: Part-time office assistant at a charity

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Ray Lewis, Ayrton Senna, Adriana Lima, Caesar and Willy Wonka

5 Words to Describe You: Slippery when wet

Ravens Fan Background: Very new fan! Only started watching football in 2008, watched a bit more in 2009, then started to properly get into it in 2010, wanted a team, thought about the Chargers but Ravens play the kind of football I enjoy watching. I live in the UK so it's hard to watch NFL but I do my best. So sick and tired of the crap you get in soccer.

Favorite Past Raven: Not too sure but I'd go with any that have been said so far

Favorite Current Raven: Ed Reed

Favorite Past Non-Raven: Michael Strahan maybe?

[Bkoz]

Username: Bkoz

Age: 20

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Teams: Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars

Favorite Player(Current): Ray Lewis

Favorite Player(All time): Ray Lewis

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Redheads, what's red up top is fire down below.

Favorite Movie: Zombieland, Halloween series, any good horror.

Favorite TV Shows: The Office, The Walking Dead

Favorite Books: The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z

Favorite Meal: General Tso's Chicken

Favorite Bands: Shinedown, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Foo Fighters, Hoobastank, Seether.

School Level/Job: Sophomore in college majoring in Digital Design and Animation, almost half way to my bachelors.

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): My Grandmother on my Dad's side, Billy Mays, Ray Lewis, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and James Rolfe.

5 Words to Describe You:

Ravens Fan Background: Born in Glen Burnie, MD. remember watching the Ravens win the Super bowl in a bar across the street from my house in Nabbs Creek when I was younger. I remember my Dad telling me about Jamal Lewis nearly breaking the record for most yards in a game then he eventually did it. Moved to Key West, FL. when I was ten, my father always used to and still does send me a ton of Ravens memorabilia, apparel and collectibles for my birthday and Christmas. I'm always going to love my hometown team. I really wasn't a hardcore football fan until the end of the 2007 season - 2008 draft. Now I'm addicted to the game and my team more than ever.

Favorite Past Raven: Jamal Lewis, Jonathan Ogden, Brian Billick, Jermaine Lewis.

Favorite Current Raven: Ray Lewis (honestly, there are so many I can claim to be my favorite Ray Rice, Todd Heap, Joe Flacco, Ed Reed, Haloti Ngata, and more but Ray Lewis is at a another level)

Favorite Past Non-Raven: Joe Montana, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, there are a lot ever since I started educating myself on past players.

Anything Else You Want to Share: Can't wait to finish college and get out into the real world. Really want to go to the Ravens vs. Jaguars game this upcoming season and can't wait to visit my family in MD.
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[RavenFanVB]

Username: RavenFanVB

Age: 19

Favorite Sport:Basketball/Football

Favorite Teams: Tarheels/Ravens/Orioles

Favorite Player(Current): Joe Flacco

Favorite Player(All time): Ray Lewis

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Brunettes

Favorite Movie: Back to the Future Trilogy

Favorite TV Shows: That 70's Show/The Office/Weeds

Favorite Books: Paper Lion

Favorite Meal: Stromboli OR pork tenderloin with buffet potatoes

Favorite Bands: Not much of a music guy

School Level/Job: College Sophomore/Delivery Driver

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Dean Smith/Cal Ripken/Tyler Hansbrough/Michael Jordan (would be awesome to meet)/

5 Words to Describe You: 6ft4 white guy

Ravens Fan Background: Been a fan as long as I can remember. I vividly remember watching us win the Super Bowl

Favorite Past Raven: Ray Lewis was my favorite

Favorite Current Raven: Joe Flacco

Favorite Past Non-Raven: Marino

Anything Else You Want to Share:
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[Greenlaser86]

Username: GreenLaser86

Age: 25

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Teams: Ravens / O's / Terps / Wizards / Capitals

Favorite Player(Current):

Favorite Player(All time):

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? All of them!

Favorite Movie: Speed

Favorite TV Shows: WWE / All of the 90's Nick shows

Favorite Books: A what?

Favorite Meal: Anything horrible for you

Favorite Bands: Disturbed / Korn

School Level/Job: Uh

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Jessica Alba / Jessica Biel / Mila Kunis / Kim Kardashian /

5 Words to Describe You: I'm lost in the sauce

Ravens Fan Background: Logo

Favorite Past Raven: Jamal Lewis

Favorite Current Raven: Ray Lewis

Favorite Past Non-Raven:

Anything Else You Want to Share:

What's up guys? I have been trolling this board for about 5 years now but finally signed up, lol.... Anyways, I said a lot on the above questions, but I do want to tell you guys something funny that happened last season....
I went was going to the preseason game against the Jets in Baltimore, and I was trying to find the stub hub box office, anyways, I got out of my car and let my cousin start driving while I walked around, suddenly, I see 2 black males with some guns, and they start shooting right across the street at something/someone, I quickly duck behind a big black SUV, and as soon as I hear the shooting stop, I quickly run the other direction, and while I'm running like a bat out of hell, I see the stub hub office, so I go in, get my tickets, and enjoy the game. LMAO

[Alabama Raven]

Username: Alabama Raven

Age: 20

Favorite Sport: I'll admit - I'm a gigantic baseball fan, but a student of the game of football to say the least.

Favorite Teams: Baltimore Ravens, Alabama Crimson Tide, Atlanta Braves

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Redheads 7 days of the week, and twice on Sundays.

Favorite Movie: I'll go with something off the wall. I'll probably give you a different answer for this every time you ask me though. I'll go with Collateral.

Favorite TV Shows: My TV, for the most part, hovers around the sports channels. If I watch anything else though, It's typically an episode of Scrubs. I just can't help it.

Favorite Books: Entirely too many to list. My (soon to be) degreess are in History & English, so I read nonstop. I just finished a story written by Henry James today called Beast In The Jungle. So I'll go with that one. Ask me again in a week or two, and I'll give you something completely different though.

Favorite Meal: Honey BBQ Wings, specifically from Buffalo Wild Wings. Hands down. This one won't change. I promise.

Favorite Bands: The Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, so on & so on.

School Level/Job: I'm a Senior at the University of Alabama.

5 Words to Describe You: My mind is always open.

Ravens Fan Background: I've spent some limited time in Baltimore, as I have some family in the Maryland area (Olney, specifically.) I fell in love with the Ravens in 2002 when Ozzie Newsome stepped into the GM role. Roll Tide!

Favorite Past Raven: Adalius Thomas

Favorite Current Raven: Haloti Ngata

Favorite Non-Raven: Mark Ingram

Anything Else You Want to Share: I have a soft spot in my heart for the Atlanta Falcons. My dad lives in Atlanta, and I'm there often. I spend a lot of time involved with the Braves organization, and I'm a sucker for the city itself. It doesn't help that they've just drafted the best receiver out of my college in dozens of years. However, when/if they play each other, I will always be wearing my Black & Purple.

[raven_down_unde]

Username: Raven_down_unde (yes i forgot the r at the end)

Age: 20

Favorite Sport: AFl/Soccer/Cricket/NFL (all sports)

Favorite Teams: Ravens, Carlton, Arsenal

Favorite Player(Current): Ed Reed

Favorite Player(All time): Ed Reed


Favorite Movie: Waking Life, Matrix, Usual Suspects

Favorite TV Shows: Seinfeld, Scrubs, Simpsons

Favorite Books: Anything philosophical

Favorite Meal: Pasta

Favorite Bands: ACDC, Bob Dylan, Springsteen, Bowie, Queen, Stones, etc

School Level/Job: At University


Ravens Fan Background: A new fan i guess, I started watching the NFL when i was away in 2009 and i fell in lvoe with the game, took me over a year to pick a team but the uniforms and the Defense is the reason I am a raven.

Favorite Past Raven: Not sure, don't know that many

Favorite Current Raven: Ed Reed

Favorite Current Non Raven: Clay Matthews

[Architect]

[ceejay]

Username: ceejay

Age: 25

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Teams: Ravens, Blue Jays, Raptors, Canadiens

Favorite Player(Current): Ray Lewis

Favorite Player(All time): Ray Lewis

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? My wifes Brunette, keep it safe haha

Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump

Favorite TV Shows: The Sopranos, Dexter, Big Bang Theory

Favorite Books: Where's Waldo Lol

Favorite Meal: Caesar Salad

Favorite Bands: None really

School Level/Job: College Graduate, I work for the Ciy of Mississauga

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Eva Mendes, My grandfather, Notorious BIG, Nelson Mandela, Sheldon Cooper

5 Words to Describe You: Fat, Funny, Stupid, Father, Husband

Ravens Fan Background: Just love Ray Lewis and had to support his team.

Favorite Past Raven: Jamal Lewis

Favorite Current Raven: Ray Lewis

Favorite Past Non-Raven: Ladanian Tomlinson

Anything Else You Want to Share: I came, I saw, I ate
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[rmthawk64]

Sure, why not.

Username: rmthawk64

Age: 22

Favorite Sport: Football, basketball, hockey, baseball

Favorite Teams: Ravens, Wizards, Orioles, Capitals, UMD basketball, PSU football.

Favorite Player(Current): Ray Lewis

Favorite Player(All time): Ray Lewis

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads?: Brunettes> Redheads >>> Blondes

Favorite Movie: Happy Gilmore

Favorite TV Shows: The League, Workaholics, Tosh.O, Sportscenter, PTI, ATH, Jim Rome is Burning

Favorite Books: The ones with pictures.

Favorite Meal: Medium-well filet mignon, lobster tail, and baked potato. Favorite food is cheese, though.

Favorite Bands: Metallica, Eminem, Avicii, Wax, Pepper, Sublime, Lloyd Banks, Adele, Cassidy, Jack Johnson, Third Eye Blind, Bush, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins. Ya, looks good.

School Level/Job: HS drop out. Was an online poker pro, government took that away in April. Currently unemployed. FML.

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Ray Lewis, Tiger Woods, Juan Dixon, My Grandmother, and Phil Galfond.

5 Words to Describe You: Jolly, Lover, Fun, Awesome, Lazy-eye

Ravens Fan Background: Born in Baltimore. Lived there most of my life. Went to the Ravens first ever scrimmage when they came back. Been a fan of football since before that, though. It was just natural.

Favorite Past Raven: Bart Scott (am I allowed to say that?)

Favorite Current Raven: Ray Lewis

Favorite Past Non-Raven: Barry Sanders

Anything Else You Want to Share: RavensRool28 is my brother.
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When you go in the lion's den, you don't tippy toe in — you carry a spear, you go in screaming like a banshee, you kick whatever doors in, and say, 'Where's the SOB?' If you go in any other way you're gonna lose.

[frankmoore]

Username: frankmoore

Age: 40

Favorite Sport: Baseball and Football

Favorite Teams: Boston Red Sox and Miami Dolphins (although I have a soft spot in my heart for both the Orioles and Ravens)

Favorite Current NFL Players: Ray Lewis, Jason Taylor, Eli Manning

All-time Favorite Player: Dan Marino, Ray Lewis, Jake Scott, Jason Taylor

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Married a blonde

Favorite Movies: Cars, Casablanca, Kelly's Heroes, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars

Favorite TV Shows: M*A*S*H, Cheers, Big Bang Theory, Star Trek (TOS)

Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings, Dragonlance saga, Robert Aspirin's Myth Adventures, Taylor Anderson's Destroymen series, anything by Doug Adams or Christopher Moore

Favorite Meal: Meat, vegatables, and craft-brewed beer

Favorite Bands/Artists: Rush, Led Zeppelin, Blues Traveler, INXS, and Leonardo di Vinci

School Level/Job: Java Software Engineer

5 Words to Describe You: cogent, opinionated, competitive, and tempestuous

Ravens Fan Background: Spent 18 months in Timonium and was present for the '98 and '99 seasons.

Favorite Raven: Ray Lewis

Anything Else You Want to Share: Read more here.
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[Jaguarfan]

Username: Jaguarfan

Age: 15

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Teams: Jaguars, Wild, White Sox, Bobcats

Favorite Player(Current): Joe Flacco

Favorite Player(All time): Mark Brunell (he's still playing, but he's 41, so I don't count him as current)

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Blondes

Favorite Movie: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre '74

Favorite TV Shows: It's Always Sunny, King of Queens, Seinfeld.

Favorite Books: Uh...

Favorite Meal: Japanese food, anything.

Favorite Bands: As I Lay Dying

School Level/Job: High School

Ravens Fan Background: Dad's a Steeler fan, so I got to watch the Ravens quite a bit, and grew a liking to them.
Favorite Current Raven: Joe Flacco
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Kempes on the sig

[Flaccomania]

Realized I never posted in here

Username: Flaccomania

Age: 26

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Teams: Ravens, Orioles, FSU Football, Orlando Magic

Favorite Current NFL Players: Terrell Suggs, Joe Flacco, Anquan Boldin, Lardarius Webb, Jimmy Smith, Ray Lewis

All-time Favorite Player: Ray Lewis

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Whatever color my girlfriend's hair is... she's like between red and brown, but sometimes it's blonde... so whatever.

Favorite Movies: Inside Man, Fracture, Inception, pretty much any psychological thrillers

Favorite TV Shows: Dexter, Shameless, SportsCenter

Favorite Books: Tucker Max

Favorite Meal: Taco Bell, McDonalds, pretty much anything unhealthy -- but been eating healthier recently, so I'll say salmon.

Favorite Bands/Artists: Incubus, 30 Seconds to Mars, Ballyhoo!, Lil Wayne, Drake

School Level/Job: Software Engineer working with SAP right now

5 Words to Describe You: Awesome x 5

Ravens Fan Background: Since their inception

Favorite Raven: Currently? Jimmy Smith.

Anything Else You Want to Share: Not really
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Why not Michael Jordan?

[RayVens]

Username: RayVens

Age: 25

Favorite Sport: Baseball to play, football to watch, follow, breathe, eat, etc.

Favorite Teams: Username should say it all

Favorite Player(Current): Football (current/former) - Ray Lewis; Basketball (former) - Caron Butler; Basketball (current) - Nick Young/Jordan Crawford; Baseball (current) - Adam Jones; Baseball (former) - Roberto Alomar (the only spitter I'll ever like)

Favorite Player(All time): Pretty sure the answer is the same for every Ravens fan.

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? Brunettes all day, especially if the carpet doesn't match the drapes... it'll freak you out.

Favorite Movie: Lock Stock, Snatch, Revolver, RockNRolla... anything Guy Ritchie writes/directs

Favorite TV Shows: Tosh.0, The Wire, Entourage, Family Guy

Favorite Books: 1984, Farenheit 451, Anthem, A Clockwork Orange, Children of Men, The Road... any futuristic book that a movie hasn't ruined yet.

Favorite Meal: Anything ethnic, but is made in America. Because let's be honest... Mexican, Italian, Chinese, etc. foods made in America are awesome but have absolutely no resemblance to their actual heritage.

Favorite Bands: Too many to list without disrespecting the ones I leave out.

School Level/Job: Partial college, Server/Bartender/Full-time drinker

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Billy Idol, Clarence Carter, Ozzie Guillen, Nick Thune, and David Blaine. Not only because the first 4 are awesome, but also so I would see that tool Blaine get quadruple-teamed.

5 Words to Describe You: Epic Win.

Ravens Fan Background: Since 96'. Born and raised Maryland.

Favorite Past Raven: Gary Baxter... for leaving and making the Browns worse.

Favorite Current Raven: Both the Ray's and most definitely NOT Flacco or his agent.

Favorite Past Non-Raven Ozzie Newsome... not as a player, but as the best GM the NFL has ever seen.

Anything Else You Want to Share: Watching an old spice commercial... Terry Crews is awesome.

[BrandonK]

Hi, new to the forum -- crept forever. Finally was able to make an account. Sorry for bringing the Flacco debate back up...

Username: BrandonK

Age: 20

Favorite Sport: Baseball

Favorite Teams: Ravens, Nationals, Texas Rangers

Favorite Player(Current): Ray Lewis, Rice, Suggs, Webb, Tyrod Taylor, Andre Johnson

Favorite Player(All time): Deion Sanders

Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? All can be loved equally

Favorite Movie: Matrix

Favorite TV Shows: Arrested Development, Entourage, Breaking Bad

Favorite Books: Moneyball, House of Leaves

Favorite Meal: Food

Favorite Bands: Tons and tons

School Level/Job: Working on bachelors now. Hodgebodge of jobs

Your Dream Dinner(5 people, dead or alive, you want to meet): Obama, Bush, Clinton, David Gilmour, Thom Yorke.

5 Words to Describe You: Boring. Boring. Dumb. Boring. Boring

Ravens Fan Background: Since I can remember, so I guess '96. Moved away from DMV, so I only catch games streaming.

Favorite Past Raven: Jamal Lewis

Favorite Current Raven: Ray Ray

Favorite Past Non-Raven: Deion Sanders -- his stint with the Ravens didn't count.