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TheRock1525
03/19/17 1:45:44 PM
#201:


I think you're confusing objectivity with consensus. There's a consensus of what makes good forms of art, but it doesn't mean it's objective.
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 1:48:22 PM
#202:


Consensus among experts in a field that is not entirely based in quantifiable measurements exists to create objectivity in art.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 1:48:53 PM
#203:


For example: the consensus in film is you should show your characters' faces while talking. But a film maker decides, for whatever reason, to film their feet while they're talking. Can you say there is anything objectively wrong with it? Not really. But the consensus among critics and general film goers would be that it was dumb and not a good idea.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 1:50:02 PM
#204:


scarletspeed7 posted...
Consensus among experts in a field that is not entirely based in quantifiable measurements exists to create objectivity in art.


I can't agree with this, especially since we constantly have people challenging consensus among various arts.
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ninkendo
03/19/17 1:50:38 PM
#205:


I think Charlotte is a better wrestler than Sasha suck it nerds
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Wanglicious
03/19/17 1:51:30 PM
#206:


TheRock1525 posted...

I rightfully called it out, and then pointed out how "objective" analysis of wrestlers would look.


yeah, an extreme, boring end of it that does not actually have to be how an objective analysis would look.
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 1:52:35 PM
#207:


It could also be heralded as a great choice depending on your storytelling. Boston Legal frequently would do close-up hand shots during closing arguments. This was an intentional choice to help reinforce how the body language of a lawyer affected their arguments and also demonstrated their own particular eccentricities through even the smallest of actions. This was often lauded in the first season reviews.

There is a historical consensus that has vilified Christopher Columbus. Objective fact backs up the premises of this consensus. Therefore, educated expert opinion can be introduced as an objective theorum.
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 1:54:46 PM
#208:


TheRock1525 posted...
scarletspeed7 posted...
Consensus among experts in a field that is not entirely based in quantifiable measurements exists to create objectivity in art.


I can't agree with this, especially since we constantly have people challenging consensus among various arts.

And consensus exists based on what is. You cannot create an objective truth based on what will be. The sky is blue until it's not. And the introduction of a consensus-challenging artifact does not mean the consensus will be swayed. The logical heuristics of a situation will always suggest that beneath personal subjectivity is a universal objectivity that exists.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 1:58:08 PM
#209:


Except there's a far great difference between why the sky is blue (based on known and provable sciences) and why a wrestling match is good, the former being completely objective.
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 2:09:17 PM
#210:


Except you can quantifiably explain what works in a wrestling match and what doesn't.

The perfect example is Rollins vs. Balor. These two guys go out there and create a well-executed match which is built around fundamentals you can demonstrate, storytelling you can explain easily and logically, and high spots that are well-designed to impress audiences.

So why did the match fail?

A completely unrelated outside factor. This doesn't negate the quality of the match, and as time passes, the match already is seen more favorably than its initial reaction. Why? Because a subjective opinion about a belt is further and further removed from the equation. It is objectively well-executed.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 2:12:13 PM
#211:


scarletspeed7 posted...
The perfect example is Rollins vs. Balor. These two guys go out there and create a well-executed match which is built around fundamentals you can demonstrate, storytelling you can explain easily and logically, and high spots that are well-designed to impress audiences.


And what if I disagree with those? How am, objectively, wrong if say I felt the pacing was off or didn't care for the storytelling?
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 2:23:33 PM
#212:


Or what about matches like Will Ospreay vs Ricochet? Even wrestlers themselves do not agree on what is a good match.
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 2:33:30 PM
#213:


TheRock1525 posted...
scarletspeed7 posted...
The perfect example is Rollins vs. Balor. These two guys go out there and create a well-executed match which is built around fundamentals you can demonstrate, storytelling you can explain easily and logically, and high spots that are well-designed to impress audiences.


And what if I disagree with those? How am, objectively, wrong if say I felt the pacing was off or didn't care for the storytelling?

If you can quantifiably explain and debate the quality of storytelling then it's already on a much higher level than the regional promotions of the 70s that failed due to poor fundamentals. You've moved past the basics and are now debating the advanced mechanics of the match. Whereas the 70s matches can't tread water with the quality of matches now due to constant botches and inability to perform even the most basic of moves.
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ffmasterjose
03/19/17 3:49:26 PM
#214:


Will there be any pointless wins this year a la Zack Ryder?
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 4:02:16 PM
#215:


I could see the AJ one ending up being pointless.
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Jakyl25
03/19/17 4:03:16 PM
#216:


Brock Lesnar

The title changed from one invincible part timer to a different invincible part timer

Wow
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KanzarisKelshen
03/19/17 4:21:50 PM
#217:


TheRock1525 posted...
scarletspeed7 posted...
The perfect example is Rollins vs. Balor. These two guys go out there and create a well-executed match which is built around fundamentals you can demonstrate, storytelling you can explain easily and logically, and high spots that are well-designed to impress audiences.


And what if I disagree with those? How am, objectively, wrong if say I felt the pacing was off or didn't care for the storytelling?


You're not wrong, you're just irrelevant. That's how debate and consensus works.

"I didn't like it." = no value. Nobody actually cares about anyone else's opinion as an opinion when trying to create a consensus. That is to say, your personal tummyfeels are meaningless.

By contrast

"I didn't like it because X, Y and Z..." = has value. The justification with grounding on something more than tummyfeels creates debate and can alter the consensus because it has some level of grounding in objective collective experience. For example, 'This spot is poorly executed because it lacks weight'. You'd have to follow it up further by explaining why the weight is lacking, but it will generate an actual discussion.

Have you never noticed that raw opinions are conversation killers? Try conducting a conversation through opinions without justification. Like say, "I like this cake". You'll see the convo dies immediately until you delve into specifics (like 'yeah, it's so sweet and sugary! And the frosting is just immaculate!'), because human beings cannot communicate directly with feelings in a meaningful fashion. This is why you can say something that is objectively not wrong and yet has no meaningful value. It's what Wang has been trying to tell you all this time.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 4:43:35 PM
#218:


I... literally gave two specifics on why I might not have liked the match (pacing was off, didn't like the storytelling).
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KanzarisKelshen
03/19/17 4:56:02 PM
#219:


TheRock1525 posted...
I... literally gave two specifics on why I might not have liked the match (pacing was off, didn't like the storytelling).


That's not a specific. It's still a statement of pure opinion with no basing. The key isn't saying 'I think this is so', it's 'I think this is so and here's why'. Assume the other person doesn't know how you think and why you think that and go into detail, as much as you can swing if you want other people to care about it. That's what makes an opinion valuable instead of worthless, that it contributes a new perspective that other people can understand and respect instead of saying 'hey, MY perspective exists! Acknowledge it!'. Why did you think the pacing was off? Why did you not like the storytelling? What is the context of those statements? That's the part that matters.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 4:59:28 PM
#220:


KanzarisKelshen posted...
That's not a specific. It's still a statement of pure opinion with no basing.


Well yeah, it's for the sake of a discussion.

If I actually cared to discuss the particulars of Rollins/Balor I can, but I was countering generalities with generalities. He said it was well-paced while not saying HOW it was specifically well-paced so I countered by saying the pace was off.

If you want me to specifically cite why I feel that way, I can. But that's clearly not what we were discussing.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 5:00:15 PM
#221:


Like we didn't go into the "here's why" because we're not actually actively trying to hash out our feelings about the match. It was just an example he quickly cited.
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KanzarisKelshen
03/19/17 5:14:31 PM
#222:


TheRock1525 posted...
Like we didn't go into the "here's why" because we're not actually actively trying to hash out our feelings about the match. It was just an example he quickly cited.


Yeah, I agree with that. But the argument centers (mostly) on the idea that objectivity doesn't exist. And that's not really correct because you can objectively tell if something is well executed or not (and argue why). The subjective part is how much value you place on it (for example, if you think the story was done poorly and that's a big deal you're not going to love the match, and if you explain why it's so, everybody will respect that opinion even if they disagree with it). Scarlet and Wang are saying that it's important to divorce personal value of various things with their objective execution.
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Eddv
03/19/17 5:22:54 PM
#223:


TheRock1525 posted...
EmDubyaSee posted...
Eddv posted...
ffmasterjose posted...
They f***ed up Sasha so much after her main roster debut


Her Mic ability has been laughably bad.

Like....horribly bad. She has been supplied some real losers in terms if lines and situations - but so has Charlotte. She has adapted in ways that protect herself which is what the people who succeed under Vince do - survive the bad ideas, knock the good ones out of the park.

She may in fact be more skilled but Charlotte is better at the WWE and considering sasha would be pretty low tier at an actual womens promotion or joshi promotion it really doesnt matter what her theoretical ceiling is because shes well below all manner of celings and barriers right now.

Honestly Bayley is handling her bad writing a whole lot better and has a better long term set of prosects than Sasha but Charlotte is gonna be the cream of tbat division for a long time even if she didnt desrrve it when wwe began treating her that way


CAUSE SHES A HEEL!!!

Her gimmick is literally that she is the boss.... how the hell do you make that a face? You don't, unless you are f***ing WWE.


You make it a face because people are cheering for her. Blame fans for the fact that when she was a heel with Team BAD doing heelish things they still felt the need to cheer for her.


Yup

The fans turned her. Nothing to be done about it becauze the fans still dont blame her for being s***, they blame wwe.
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Wanglicious
03/19/17 5:43:45 PM
#224:


honestly i don't think you had any choice but to turn her face there.
fortunately, we have bayley now.
sasha is teasing that turn hard but we ain't there yet.
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TheRock1525
03/19/17 5:46:20 PM
#225:


KanzarisKelshen posted...
TheRock1525 posted...
Like we didn't go into the "here's why" because we're not actually actively trying to hash out our feelings about the match. It was just an example he quickly cited.


Yeah, I agree with that. But the argument centers (mostly) on the idea that objectivity doesn't exist. And that's not really correct because you can objectively tell if something is well executed or not (and argue why). The subjective part is how much value you place on it (for example, if you think the story was done poorly and that's a big deal you're not going to love the match, and if you explain why it's so, everybody will respect that opinion even if they disagree with it). Scarlet and Wang are saying that it's important to divorce personal value of various things with their objective execution.


I'm kinda busy so I can't directly address but I'd just like to quickly add that last year gave us Osperay/Ricochet and The Final Deletion which are definitely two things that followed nowhere near "objective" things that make good wrestling matches.
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PrivateBiscuit1
03/19/17 6:02:15 PM
#226:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDPIfpHb2g

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Wanglicious
03/19/17 6:05:51 PM
#227:


the big issue of ospreay vs ricochet lies not in the wrestlers per se, it's in the match. i don't think anyone would question that they're two of the best high fliers in the world. by any objective metric you could ask for, whether it be variety of moves, safe and proper execution of moves, cardio, agility, reflexes, etc, they're right at the very top or at least high enough that it's not a major factor in that style (for the case of cardio or weight lifting).

people were torn on the way the two made the match against each other. that opens a lot more room for subjectivity, yes, especially if their goal wasn't the most traditional match.
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Wanglicious
03/19/17 6:07:45 PM
#228:


...wow, Ryder with facial hair looks a LOT like Gulak.
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scarletspeed7
03/19/17 6:54:59 PM
#229:


I challenge APWT to this sporcle quiz:

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Retracto/2016-pwi-250

EDIT: I got 155.
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NBIceman
03/19/17 8:48:50 PM
#230:


So, uh...

Looks like those Kaitlyn leaks were indeed real. >_>
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davidponte
03/19/17 9:13:54 PM
#231:


Indeed they were
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Wanglicious
03/19/17 9:15:41 PM
#232:


maria had a few pictures leak as well.
though it's not as big a deal with her as she's already done a topless movie and it's nowhere close to as incriminating.
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Wanglicious
03/19/17 9:27:08 PM
#233:


although woods did make a rather subtle comment on the responses he's had...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSOb6PgmsJY
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GTM
03/19/17 9:35:10 PM
#234:


RPGlord95 posted...
The joy i get from Great Khali brain chopping people is not the same feeling others get.


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voltch
03/19/17 11:51:50 PM
#235:


This Paige ride appears to never be ending, but enough about that.

Joey Ryan and Danshoku Dino are having their first ever singles match
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voltch
03/20/17 3:48:23 AM
#236:


DDT running the Tokyo dome

This is basically like if PWG decided to run the rose bowl
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RaidenZeroX
03/20/17 4:22:41 AM
#237:


I don't know if they can get away with firing/suspending Paige for this. When it happened to Rollins did they do anything?
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Tom Bombadil
03/20/17 4:30:01 AM
#238:


I think they just waited for him to get injured again
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RaidenZeroX
03/20/17 4:36:47 AM
#239:


Maybe we'll get lucky and Roman will get popped for drugs a second time so his overpush will take some time off again.
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Jakyl25
03/20/17 6:42:40 AM
#240:


RaidenZeroX posted...
I don't know if they can get away with firing/suspending Paige for this. When it happened to Rollins did they do anything?


There's a lot about how wrestlers are treated that you wouldn't think companies could get away with
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Eddv
03/20/17 6:48:10 AM
#241:


RaidenZeroX posted...
I don't know if they can get away with firing/suspending Paige for this. When it happened to Rollins did they do anything?


Given that Paige wants to be fired they may just quietly force her into sitting in florida somewhere
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Tom Bombadil
03/20/17 7:02:23 AM
#242:


I for one am looking forward to Paige on Talking Smack
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PrivateBiscuit1
03/20/17 7:36:43 AM
#243:


RaidenZeroX posted...
I don't know if they can get away with firing/suspending Paige for this. When it happened to Rollins did they do anything?

The only thing is that Paige is constantly a problem and there's a pattern with her. But the major thing is the money shot with the NXT Women's title. It's pretty trashy. What sucks is that Xavier may need to get punished too if they punish Paige.
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Mega Mana
03/20/17 8:13:15 AM
#244:


Oh man, these pictures of Kaitlyn...

http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2017/3/19/14975676/aj-lee-kaitlyn-instagram-photo
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RaidenZeroX
03/20/17 9:05:41 AM
#245:


I really like the second one.
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TheRock1525
03/20/17 12:12:40 PM
#246:


Oh damn, Jim Cornette to induct the Rock & Roll Express.
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scarletspeed7
03/20/17 12:13:59 PM
#247:


This has serious potential. Also I hope Dash and Dawson beat him up in an angle during the induction.
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TheRock1525
03/20/17 12:14:48 PM
#248:


Btw I found out a friend I made in Florida is friends with a person who's friends with Paige.
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RaidenZeroX
03/20/17 12:57:52 PM
#249:


Get the friend to have the friend have the friend get Paige to join board 8!
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PrivateBiscuit1
03/20/17 1:02:28 PM
#250:


TheRock1525 posted...
Btw I found out a friend I made in Florida is friends with a person who's friends with Paige.

Is it Florida Man?
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