Burst
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Post by Burst on Mar 18, 2011 12:55:29 GMT -5
Right, so my cousin and her daughter might no longer be able to join me in going to Smackdown in Columbus this week, and I can't find anybody else to go with, so I'll probably wind up going alone again.
I can't help but feel like a loser every time I do because there's nobody to interact with so 9 times out of 10 I either sit there cheering to myself or make awkward small talk with the people sitting aside me. It's happened when I went to a Smackdown house show last year, an indy show last year, and Impact last year... Mostly also because I don't know ANYBODY in person that likes wrestling enough to go.
Does anybody else have this problem? Does anybody else look at people who attend events alone oddly, in the loners-are-freaks sort of mentality? I dunno, because it's bugging me.
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Post by Young Game on Mar 18, 2011 13:05:59 GMT -5
Not at all. It makes those that decided not to go losers.
You're attending a live event of something you appreciate and enjoy. What are they doing? Missing out. That's what.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Mar 18, 2011 13:10:44 GMT -5
I always go alone to events. Sure it kinda sucks and is awkward sometimes, but I have no friends who are wrestling fans, and I'm not going to let that fact hold be back from going to events I want to go to.
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Post by Citizen Zero on Mar 18, 2011 13:12:18 GMT -5
...No? Why would doing something you love make you a loser?
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CNR79
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Post by CNR79 on Mar 18, 2011 13:17:28 GMT -5
I go alone often. It's great to pass the time by doing some people watching. The marks in their natural habitat provide endless entertainment. It's better than the zoo
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Post by Germansuplex on Mar 18, 2011 13:20:30 GMT -5
In a good crowd, you're never alone.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 18, 2011 13:23:31 GMT -5
I guess i'm lucky. We had 4 tickets to RAW & SD and 5 people wanted to go lol.
I wouldn't say it'd make you a loser tho, just unfortunate that you havent found any wrestling friends.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Mar 18, 2011 13:35:02 GMT -5
You may end up making a new friend. Plus, we're wrestling fans. Not very high on the social totem pole to begin with.
Go to the show and enjoy yourself. If nothing else, bring a notebook and pretend to write during the show and say you're reporting for a newz site.
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CM Dazz
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Post by CM Dazz on Mar 18, 2011 13:44:05 GMT -5
No. I mentioned in an OT thread that I've been to Bulls games alone. It was nice because it was easier for me to go hide in a stairwell to smoke and smoke. There is no smoking in the building so you have to be conspicuous. Being alone made it so much easier. Although, when I've been to other games with people, we've never had a problem finding a spot.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 18, 2011 13:46:49 GMT -5
bring a notebook and pretend to write during the show and say you're reporting for a newz site. He's getting reassurance he's not a loser, not trying to seal the deal about it.
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Mar 18, 2011 14:03:06 GMT -5
I've been OK going alone before, but my best time (in this country) was when I went with a friend. That night, Mickie won the Women's Title...
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Greer
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Post by Greer on Mar 18, 2011 14:34:50 GMT -5
Doesn't make you a loser but just like eating at a restaurant alone, it's boring and lonely.
I like to have company at sporting events.
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Post by Snowman on Mar 18, 2011 14:42:40 GMT -5
I prefer to go with people to share the experience, but if there is an event I want to go to, be it a music gig, or comedy or something, and no one else can go or wantsa to go I have no hesitation in going alone.
Sometimes it can be cool because you are not restricted by the other people, and you can meet some interesting people.
Anyone to answer the question, you would be more of a loser if you DIDN'T go to event you wanted to see because you were scared of what other people would think of you going alone.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Mar 18, 2011 14:44:14 GMT -5
Doesn't make you a loser but just like eating at a restaurant alone, it's boring and lonely. I like to have company at sporting events. Man, I prefer going to restaurants alone I'm there to eat, not talk!
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Post by FailedGimmick on Mar 18, 2011 14:47:10 GMT -5
I went to the Rumble by myself. I had a blast with the people around me.
Though at times they tended to try to be the smarkiest smarks that ever smarked.
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Greer
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Post by Greer on Mar 18, 2011 14:48:12 GMT -5
Doesn't make you a loser but just like eating at a restaurant alone, it's boring and lonely. I like to have company at sporting events. Man, I prefer going to restaurants alone I'm there to eat, not talk! Eh I always feel like George Costanza in that Seinfeld episode where he eats at Reggie's Diner by himself. Bored and awkward.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Mar 18, 2011 19:50:47 GMT -5
I can't picture myself going to a wrestling event or any special event for that matter by myself. It just dosen't have the same feel when you are doing it alone.
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Post by vgmastr on Mar 18, 2011 21:47:14 GMT -5
I did go an ECW/Smackdown taping alone last year because I couldn't find anyone else who wanted to go, and it happened to be the ECW Homecoming Battle Royal, which I really wanted to see. It ended up working out for me though, there was one section that gets skinnier as it goes down, to the point where the first row was only one seat. I had an awesome view, no one on either side of me or in front of me. I was able to put my feet up and enjoy the show.
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Post by Cavs for Mavs Mafia on Mar 18, 2011 22:03:57 GMT -5
I've been to two Raw an two house shows all alone. Sometimes have to if you want to go.
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Post by They Killed the Giggler on Mar 18, 2011 22:05:34 GMT -5
No. It's your poor hygiene and shabby clothes that make you a loser.
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