So if the english room is the emergency room, then the italian room is the injury room? HAHAHHAHAHAH.

Yeah, MAK, you have my support. I loathe elitism and cliques... and it sounds like the fanclub are way too precious for their own good. As a depressive agoraphobe, I resent intensely being told that I have no right to be a Rossi fan. Don't they know that you can get Rossi stuff through the post? Hello?
And we don't all have the luxury of living in Tavullia, or, hell, even Italy... do they want VR's fanbase only local or something?
From what I've seen at the races... his fan club is run by a bunch of tubby, middle aged men, who patently have nothing else in their lives but the very important role they play in the world of Valentino Rossi. It's obviously gone to their heads and it's laughable that they are flinging mud at the internet fanbase for pretty much the same thing.

And again, I really loathe this possessiveness of VR that exists... like they have more rights to him or something. Just daft.

Personally, I don't give a rat's a** about "official"... not like Rossi has bothered to say... film a little video as a greeting for us or anything, that plays on the site... or a letter from him that welcomes new fans... as in a generic, single one that just gets used repeatedly.(Not individual responses to every new member... before anyone gets touchy.)

But a principle is at stake. One group have dared to decree (from the sounds of things... yes, english is a bit dodgy here and there!) that they are better than another. Because they dont' use the internet. Okayyyyy.