Esparzanatics.com
Esparzanatics.com
#1Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 6:55pm
I did a quick Google search and couldn't find a single fan site for Raúl Esparza. This man deserves, well, the whole internet, but at least a couple websites.
So I'm starting one: Esparzanatics.com. Plus, I just like the term "Esparzanatic."
There's no site yet, just a domain registered, but I would love advice on what his fans would like to see. His official site is pretty good, but what else? Reviews? A way to meet other fans?
Please post suggestions here.
Also, join the Facebook group: http://wagner.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14693985236
I want lots of ideas and the best way to do that is to get lots of fans!
Thanks in advance! You guys are the best!
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
"He's a tramp, but I love him."
Updated On: 11/3/07 at 06:55 PM
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
#2re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 7:08pm
He has an incredibly well-updated official website already. Plus, there's also a really well maintained facebook group.
I recognize the addiction to being alive.
Updated On: 11/3/07 at 07:08 PM
raulfan
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#2re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 7:26pmI think thats a GREAT idea! He doesn't have a fan-based website and besides, even though I love the layout of his official website, it's not updated as often as it should be. I see pics of Raul at events, etc. all the time on Broadway.com and on here and they show up on his site 2-4 weeks later. I'm NOT bashing the site - I think they do a nice job.
#3re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 8:00pm
Well, yes, but I think he should have one by the fans, you know, the people he's not paying. Just to show our appreciation.
I'm not trying to take anything away from the official site, or the other Facebook group. But he can never have enough love!
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
"He's a tramp, but I love him."
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#4re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 9:51pm
Everything with a fanbase needs a fansite. While I can't claim to love the name, it's probably a good idea if you can actually do anything with it.
He has an incredibly well-updated official website already. Plus, there's also a really well maintained facebook group.
Well updated as it may be, the server goes out constantly and the content is pretty limited. I won't say anything about the overall layout of the site because I don't want to sound mean. Overall, I find it pretty underwhelming.
Not that many people actually read Facebook. It's very niche.
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#5re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 9:54pmHis site is actually down right now, so I agree a fansite is needed... but I really hate the name. It sounds far too flippant for someone who seems to be fairly intense.
Now, mother always said that whenever you hear a strange, frightening, and potentially life-threatening ghostly chant coming from the dark woods that there's one thing that you should do: Not wake the others and go investigate it alone...
#6re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 9:56pm
I don't think that was meant to say that the Facebook group stands in place of having a fansite, so much as simply that there already is one. But there are multiple Facebook groups for pretty much everything, so whatever.
I agree, though. I think it's a fine idea, but I'm not really feeling the whole, "let's give ourselves a name" thing. Naming fan groups just... has a kind of negative stigma attached to it.
#7re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:02pm
I think having a place for all of his appearances (opening nights, benefits, award season coverage) is a good idea, but I was just saying that in terms of archiving his appearances on stage, that has already been covered pretty well (plus I imagine it would be hard to get your hands on all that stuff if you're not running his official website).
I feel like Esparza is too smart of an actor to have his fanbase name themselves "Esparzanatics." Maybe that's just me 
I recognize the addiction to being alive.
Updated On: 11/3/07 at 10:02 PM
#8re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:05pmYeah, you have to go through some pretty extensive measures to gain permission to many of the pictures that appear online.
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#9re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:32pm
Most fansites don't explicitly obtain permission, and few are taken to task over it. But that's kind of another debate entirely.
Esparzanatics as a name for an overly intense fangroup devoted to an overly intense actor? Haven't seen anything as sickly funny since Raul Esparza lost the Tony.
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#10re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:48pm
It sounds far too flippant for someone who seems to be fairly intense
heh...heh...
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
Updated On: 11/3/07 at 10:48 PM
#11re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/3/07 at 11:36pm
Haven't seen anything as sickly funny since Raul Esparza lost the Tony.
I have. When Manoel Felciano lost the Tony.
I don't mind the concept of a fansite. You popping out of the woodwork and deciding to give the "official" [stupid] name to a fanbase without consulting anyone else? Not so much.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Updated On: 11/3/07 at 11:36 PM
Wanting life but never knowing how
#12re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/4/07 at 9:05pm
Did I ever say it was the official name for his fanbase? No. I said I personally liked it and thought it would be a good, memorable name for the website. Sorry if I offended.
While he is often intense on stage, my impression of the man himself, from the few times I've met him, is that he is very friendly, funny, and self-deprecating. I did not mean anything insulting or disrespectful with the name Esparzanatics.
Anyway, the domain is already bought and registered, so it's done. If you don't like the name, don't go on the site.
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
"He's a tramp, but I love him."
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
#13re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/4/07 at 9:47pmI, for one, LOVE the name esparzanatic, fits our crazy group well. Can't wait to see what you do with the website.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
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wavygraish
Swing Joined: 8/2/05
#14re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/4/07 at 10:30pm
What's the big deal? It's a web site, not some sort of 'official fan club'. As a catchy domain name it works.
Fan sites do different things than official sites. One is the professional face, while fans put together the kind of detail and enthusiasm that would look too egotistical otherwise.
Good luck, and keep it updated!
#15re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/5/07 at 12:18am
I, for one, LOVE the name esparzanatic, fits our crazy group well. Can't wait to see what you do with the website.
Way to make broad assumptions about a group you don't even know.
And whether or not you don't believe giving it a catchy title is "official" doesn't mean people won't attempt to attach it to Raul fans in the future. Look at Generation X.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#16re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/5/07 at 12:51am
Perfect example, orangeskittles.
I only say this as a humble opinion (and to quote my lighting design professor, "and all my opinions are humble"), I would have gone with a name like Essential Esparza for a website. It has more of a ring to it. That is, if I were to make a fansite/website about him.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
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Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#17re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/5/07 at 2:46am
A fansite is still a good idea, so don't let the reception to the name veer you away if you still think you can wrangle the content to pull it off. Domain names are the easy part, do you have a server lined up?
Check here. At least it's not The Esparza Heads, you guys.
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#18re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/5/07 at 8:59amhahahaha
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
wavygraish
Swing Joined: 8/2/05
#19re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/5/07 at 9:24amHey, if the worst that happens is that he gets so famous that his fans get labeled 'esparzanatics' as all the media stampede to cover his work, I can live with that...
#20re: Esparzanatics.com
Posted: 11/5/07 at 10:11am
Oh, Craww, you had to. But wow. That is some old-time trouble-making. Hah.
Well, you've successfully embarrassed me.
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