I think most of us know what haters are. They are people who are negative just for sport. The don't have the means to change anything and wouldn't know what to do with the money if they had it.
That would be the "this shit will never work" crowd. Then there are the folks who know their way around the business who can offer constructive criticism from experience and who can and will get in the grease if asked to. Those people aren't haters UNLESS they are doing it just to cast a negative vibe and hope for failure.
I think a lot of people are simply disappointed after all the hype leading up to this. The last thing anyone expected after all the buildup was for the streaming to be jacked. After all we have been spoiled by streamers for half a decade now. That coupled with the scheduling conflict led to a perfect storm of discontent.
So some of the "haters" got their wish, a failure, while most everyone else is just venting their frustration.
Every time I hear someone say something won't work I chuckle at how most inventions had the same reaction when you dig into the story behind them. People have all sorts of rejection-letter stories leading up to eventual success.
In fact I remember that a former member here went on several rants about how bad "gambling and streaming" are for pool and then a few years later he was gambling on matches and sponsoring streams. All that after mega "this shit will never work" style rants.
Like you said before if BB jsut gets it together and it works then people will quickly forget this weekend and it will be all good.
