phoebe choy said:
AND....
Stop bashing Marissa for bashing Shanelle.....#1 - it's REALLY hypocritical, #2 - it is totally unecessary.
I read this whole thread from the beginning and I see no wrong in anything Marsissa posted. Seriously, she is a little harsh....but I kinda "get" where she is coming from. I definitely am with her on certain issues regarding CW (ugh/eww/perv), and his "marketing words/tactics" - in that sense I do see eye to eye with Marissa.
Now me and Sweet Marisa have had our disagreements - but I highly doubt her being jealous or envious. She is a strong and opinionated woman, who loves this game.....hating on her for that is the same thing like hating on Shanelle for her looks/boobs/whatever, right??? Marissa turns heads as well...and unlike Shanelle, she doesn't need to cake all that makeup on her face (haha, but it's true, Shanelle wears a sh!tload of makeup and in pictures you can tell!)....to you guys it doesn't matter cause "other" things catch your eye.
Think about it before responding.
The way you guys run to Shanelles defense on EVERY issue is ridiculous/pathetic - it's like overly-protective, infactuated fans that hope to one-day-be-her-boyfriend kinda actions < ok that's me being a little caddy....but it's true...haha!
I think you have justified our bashes of Marissa. Since you bashed us for bashing SM, this means it was OK for us to bash SM for bashing Shanelle.
I have to wonder though, if the Shanelle "haters" came down on Austin when he played that IPT match against Efren. I know, I know, Austin gives Shanelle the wild rainbow, but Efren gives Austin that. He wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for his age, just like Shanelle wouldn't be sponsored if it weren't for..... CW's loins?
But the IPT was just giving the fans what they asked for. If it were up to me, I'd sponsor someone better at pool than Shanelle, but guess what, it's not up to me. Why worry so much about the good "unfair" things that happen to someone else. That doesn't mean something bad happened to you. It just means that someone got something easier than we did and the rest of us still have to work just as hard for it as before she came along. That's life.
Shanelle will fade away in time unless she gets better... or unless she is profitable for her sponsor despite her lower skill level. And if the latter happens then they made the "right" choice. Yes, it's sort of sad from a pool-purist standpoint, just like I hate the argument that people make that the 9-ball should count on the break because "fans love it". Makes me wonder, who are these numb skull fans? :embarrassed2: But I digress.
In the meantime, I can really appreciate posts like Blackjacks. He was able to express his non-pro Shanelle view on the matter without dogging her. Not that you dogged her Phoebe, you didn't (well except a little bit to lift Marissa up :wink

, but you could just feel the hate in some of the other posts. And no, I'm not writing this in hopes of Shanelle seeing it and saying, who the hell is that hawt Cuebacca dude, I'm going to dump my man and track him down. OK, I lied, I totally am. :shocked2: Shanelle are you reading this??? LOL. hehe. j/k.
