A little basic info about me and this blog! everything is covered in this post, including all info about how little I know the game, so feel free to educate me if you think I'm lacking important information! under the cut for more
ALSO!!! THIS IS A SIDEBLOG! Any notifications from @bonepile-shieldwall are me! I couldn't justify the amount of krakenblr I was bringing to my mutuals on my main blog, so here I am :)
About Me
Hi! I'm Ken, I use any pronouns, and I am a very new hockey fan. A friend of mine at university mentioned how they watched the games often with their parents, so when I was without anything to do during spring break, I put a hockey game on TV for the first time (Kraken!) on March 21, 2024, and I went to my first game at Climate Pledge Arena that Sunday.
I'm a full-time university student, and I work near full-time as well, so I will definitely miss some games (especially friday games), but for the most part I'm ready to watch and learn as much as I can in these last weeks before the end of the 23-24 season.
My favorite boys are Lars and Bjorky because I'm a Scandinavian Studies major and feel I need to appreciate the boys from the area (burky and tolvy included ofc)
My Blog
This blog will mostly be like my journal for hockey, keeping up with what I'm learning both in terms of team members and rules, liveblogging the games I do get to watch, as well as sending any questions into the void of tumblr. All or most of my content will most likely be solely Kraken when team specific, but being from the East Coast, I might start looking into the Penguins or Capitals once I can really learn more about the game. Don't worry, Kraken will always be my ride or die!
Liveblogging
For liveblogging, I will most likely be near spamming the tl, so apologies in advance. I will post day-of if I will be watching the game, as well as every liveblog will be tagged with, of course, "#kraken lb". I don't see myself finding the time to watch any other teams, but those will be tagged appropriately.
Tagging
As mentioned before, all liveblogging will be tagged! I will also be frequently using the "#seattle kraken" tag as a general catch all for any posts or reblogs dealing with the team but unrelated to liveblogging. Any gifsets will be tagged with both "#gif" and "#gifset", and any art reblogged will be tagged with "#art" and a tag including the artist's user. Anything involving general hockey, not team specific will be tagged with plain "#hockey", and anything completely unrelated will be "#ramblings". Feel free to block what you don't want to see! I'm going to do my best to keep up with the tags :)
Questions
If I have a question about a rule during a game, I might post it solely with the tag "#hockey" simply to garner more reach in hopes some kind soul will answer this poor soul's clueless pleas. I will try to use google as much as possible, but honestly, their descriptions are often unnecessarily long-winded and confusing
That should cover everything about me and how this blog works! Thanks for reading and GOOOO KRAKEN!