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Post by Evergrey06 on Apr 21, 2014 16:28:39 GMT -6
It's just how it is these days, pretty much.
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Post by Woo on Apr 21, 2014 16:33:15 GMT -6
I know. It's a shame. It was a surprising move I guess turning the #1 babyface heel, which I guess is why Melissa is still getting cheered, but they should understand that if your fans of her and want her to remain on top then cheering her is not helping.
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Post by DJWeedPizza on Apr 21, 2014 18:42:38 GMT -6
Any concentrated reaction is better than no reaction. Melissa takes on most credible challengers, doesn't run away like a stereotypical heel champion, doesn't cheat too much, wins mostly clean (excepting LuFisto) and doesn't poop on the fans that much. I can see why fans would default to cheering someone of Melissa's stature.
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Post by Evergrey06 on Apr 21, 2014 19:31:25 GMT -6
It only really hurts if you have a lot of people cheering the heel and booing the face. If you get a dueling chants situation, it still works out fine.
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Post by stevea21 on Apr 21, 2014 23:37:48 GMT -6
Reactions beat no reactions. If people are cheering heels over babyfaces through a match, it tells you a lot about how people view the babyface, and that's good info for people running the promotion. When people are cheering performers just coming out to the ring, it's as much a matter of basic respect as it is anything else. Great heels have no problem turning cheering crowds against them pretty quickly anyway, if that's what they want.
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Post by quoipourquoi on Apr 22, 2014 4:51:03 GMT -6
Great heels have no problem turning cheering crowds against them pretty quickly anyway, if that's what they want. I would agree with this. I go into every weekend cheering everyone when they come out (admittedly, I tend to forget who is a good guy and who is a bad guy). If they give me a reason to cheer louder or boo instead, I adjust. I'll give you an example: When the Canadian Ninjas kept walking out during their matches against 3G last year, I was giving Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews some major boos despite having quite a bit of Ninjas merchandise. They made it clear that they were straight-up evil, so I went along for the ride. But sometimes I get kinda confused with the comedy. Like with Madison Eagles. I think she's supposed to be a bad guy, but she's really funny, so it never occurs to me that I should be booing her. And when Portia Perez was stealing everybody's clothes last October. It was hilarious, and I cheered when she got her comeuppance, but I was laughing through most of what she was doing. And someone like Jessicka Havok doesn't really do the comedy, but she didn't really do anything particularly evil either (since it looked like she was going to deck a Ninja), so I wasn't really sure what to do. I mean, I hope no one was offended if they got the wrong reaction from me, but it seems like everyone is filling the "funny" role lately: Kimberbombs, Nikki Storm, even Saraya Knight has gone from intimidating to "Yay, Saraya's got the microphone!" It's not a bad thing; it just has me booing a lot less. We're a long way from Portia Perez trying to tackle a pregnant Allison Danger, it seems. Cheerleader Melissa did a good job at making me want to see her lose, so thumbs up to her on that. She's a good villain. But other than her, Mercedes Martinez, and the newly evil Veda Scott, I can't recall being drawn in to want to see someone lose. Spectacular performances, but the it-factor wasn't there for me this weekend with the bad guys.
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Post by Stevie on Apr 22, 2014 6:17:18 GMT -6
I'd rather hear people legitimately and from the heart cheer or boo the people they love or hate than just artificially and robotically doing what they're "supposed" to do, but maybe that's just me. Of course, doing the opposite of what you're "supposed" to do just to be heard or just to be a dick is quite different.
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