u/BrianChing25

Well I went to the Pacific Nations Cup final and had a blast. Just wanted to highlight some key points to remember my trip and encourage others to maybe make a trip of it.

First, tickets can be bought online to Japanese rugby events but they are released closer to the event date than what we are used to here in the states. Still we had no problem buying our tickets and getting into the venue with our QR code tickets.

The stadium can be easily accessed from multiple train lines but the best line was the Ginza line. Hop off the Ginza line and you're a 5 minute walk to the stadium.

There is a well stocked Canterbury rugby store next to the stadium. We bought some rain ponchos there because at times it was pouring rain.

There were 17,500 fans announced attendance and the stadium capacity was 24k. Still, it was a lively crowd and it was a breath of fresh air the majority of the crowd would react to plays whereas MLR games I attended the majority of the crowd was casuals who were confused about what was happening. The Japanese fans also do a chant when there is a scrum that's pretty cool.

During the US game there were a few USA fans diffused among the thousands of Japanese. There were quite a few groans when we had the opportunity to tie it up with a kick but I understand why we went for the try and the win. I'm not mad about it.

The stadium had a fan fest before the game. Grilled wagyu beef on skewers and other Japanese street food. We met some people that didn't have tickets and just were there for the fan fest to watch the games on the big screens they had outside the stadium. In fact, during half time when I went to go get an Asahi beer I looked out over the concourse and there were still people at the fan fest watching the games on tv.

Finally, it's kinda cool how entrenched rugby is in the Japanese culture. You see ads in the subway for rugby, even at stations not close to the stadium. People wearing Cherry Blossoms kits even not on match day. I wish it was like that here in the US.

Anybody been to this stadium before? Got tickets for this game coming up USA v Canada. How hard was it to get to from central Tokyo?

Looking to get an autograph from the USA players is it possible if I arrive early?

Our timeline: During WWII, the US government commissioned Walt Disney to make propaganda cartoon shorts, which Walt was glad to do because the money kept Disney afloat during wartime.

The US government was worried that the Nazis would recruit South American nations or even volunteers from those countries to SS battalions. In fact, in our timeline we know Argentina was uncomfortably friendly with Nazis even harboring them after the war.

Part of this campaign entailed Disney making a movie to connect and bring about friendship between North and South America. Saludos Amigos was specifically made in order to warm relations between USA and South America, and film and military historians both generally agree it did what it was supposed to. Saludos Amigos debuted in Rio de Janeiro in 1942 with much fanfare and was received well in all countries in Latin America.

Point of Diversion: the film is made and it backfires spectacularly. South American audiences and governments are offended by the caricatures and perceived stereotypes. As a result of the film highly offending all SA nations, combined with diplomatic efforts by Ribbentrop, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Panama, and Paraguay declare war on the United States of America and immediately begin hostilities.

Hoping this is okay to post here I was going to post in history subreddits but worried I won't get an expert specifically on this subject.

This period is considered to be from *Snow White (1937)* up to 1942 when Disney started taking government money to make propaganda films.

While Snow White was somewhat financially successful, Fantasia flopped and Dumbo had to be quickly made to save the company from financial ruin. Pinocchio, now considered one of the greatest animated movies of all time, was a box office flop due to public attention to WWII.

I don't understand how these classics where animation innovation really took off (Bambi, Snow White and Fantasia are aesthetically pleasing) weren't massive financial successes in their time?

Was it competition from other studios (Warners Bros)?

Was it the public's unwillingness to buy a movie ticket for movies aimed at kids?

Disposable income was just less?

Hoping you all can give me some more context

Hoping this is okay to post here I was going to post in history subreddits but worried I won't get an expert specifically on this subject.

This period is considered to be from Snow White (1937) up to 1942 when Disney started taking government money to make propaganda films.

While Snow White was somewhat financially successful, Fantasia flopped and Dumbo had to be quickly made to save the company from financial ruin. Pinocchio, now considered one of the greatest animated movies of all time, was a box office flop due to public attention to WWII.

I don't understand how these classics where animation innovation really took off (Bambi, Snow White and Fantasia are aesthetically pleasing) weren't massive financial successes in their time?

Was it competition from other studios (Warners Bros)?

Was it the public's unwillingness to buy a movie ticket for movies aimed at kids?

Disposable income was just less?

Hoping you all can give me some more context

Would the Union have accepted?

My two year old she loves this song. She prefers this movie over any others she's watched. This movie came out in the era of my grandparents and they used to watch it with me when I was a kid (as many millions have I'm sure) yet the only wind up music toys from Pinocchio I have found have the tune "When you wish upon a star"

Forecast says at 7:30 it will still be mid-90s. Hell in the Shell

Unfortunately trying to be realistic here the Eagles probably make it to the third place game. I cannot find how to buy tickets either for the final or third place game. Do you just walk up to the stadium on game day? No way to buy online?

I got these tickets but unfortunately I got hit with that lettuce bug and now I'm peeing out of my arse for the past 24 hours. 2 Free tickets I will transfer to your tixr account

Yank here. I find that I like both league and union. Honestly as kids when we played tackle American football in the front garden with the neighborhood kids, it resembled more league rules than actual American football. No pads, no linemen so when you were tackled there was a pause and you would snap it to your team mate and go again. 4 tries to run it into the end zone. I'm trying to get into league as there are more video games options for it than union.

I understand that league split from union over the issue of paying players and the working class northern towns created their own competition and broke away.

My question is why/how did the rules change as well? Okay so there were some people not happy about wages/professionalism, but what made them go from 15 to 13 players? Was there an influential person in league who came up with the idea of getting rid of the ruck?

Any reading you guys could recommend?

You used to be able to snag a ticket for $150 in East Club. Not that I could afford it all the time but in the heat of the summer it's nice to get some AC. What happened? Can't buy any tickets there at all for the next 3 games. Only option is Bayou City Club and the tickets are over $1,000

Now that all the host nations crashed out without any of them making it to a quarterfinal, can we talk about if the World Cup will have any impact on the Dynamo?

One worrying sign for me is the El Tri fans filling out our stadium for a watch party. They are willing to show up to watch a game on a screen but not live soccer. Seems like we will never get good attendance here unless we become Chivas USA 2.0.

It was rumored prior to the cup that Segal would ride a high wave of soccer popularity in the US and sell the Dynamo at a high price. However, with the USMNT crashing out I'm already seeing casuals on social media and even in my friend circle brush it off say they aren't going to watch the rest of the tournament now that the USA is knocked out. This doesn't bode well for the popularity bump for soccer in the US and also specifically in Houston.

Finally, apart for some fun moments like the Oranje walk and some good small groups of fans, the party atmosphere was lacking compared to other world cups. I blame this on the city not being walkable and the heat.

What do you guys think?