The Rumor Mill: Live Gators Back in the Game? TV Exec Recommends Adding Electric Chair!

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Adrian Yuen on January 24, 2008 at 6:10am

Aloha, Jersey Joe:

WWE cannot keep a crowd in Hawaii anymore. The last time I went a few years ago, half the crowd left after a few matches. Even their "creativity" got to be a rut and routine. You can only arouse people so much with the "show" before you start re-cycling the storylines.

Aloha, Adrian

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Permalink Reply by Jersey Joe on January 24, 2008 at 8:33am

Well, it's about time some of the fans have wised up, eh? I can't even watch WWE anymore. I have watched TNA - Non-Stop Wrestling, but it's gotten a bit too out of hand for me also.

Am I just getting too old? Do they even care what a guy my age thinks about Roller Sports? I doubt it.

Jersey Joe

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Permalink Reply by Roshon Body on January 24, 2008 at 5:50pm

I agree with you in that the uniforms were from the 80's and it did fit that era but I liked the Violator uniforms. They can change anything about the clothing and so forth but I don't want them to get rid of the Wall of Death. I loved seeing that. To only see skaters going around in a banked oval really would have ADD kicking in. I don't want to take anything away from those who have skated on that type of track but times change and you really need to have new challenges for skaters as well as some new skaters mixed in with some of the older ones( Stephanie Garcia, Tony Trujillo, Harold Jackson, etc.)

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Adrian Yuen on January 24, 2008 at 6:17am

Aloha, Paul:

Wow, what a point you are making. Over "the next couple of weeks, the attendance became less and less. . . "

Ok, guys, did anybody sit down to figure out why something so new is already having attendance challenges?

The ideas we have here are great, creative, and works of geniuses. But, we need to ask the fans as to why they stopped coming and use the Southern California "response" as a sampler of what may be nationally the same.

I did watch David Sam's video and I think he was a genius by putting it there, because from a media standpoint, the video was impressive But, honestly, even though I like to be absolutely open-minded, I was initially impressed and eventually bored. Maybe it is just me, but am I alone?

Good fun video, though.

Aloha,

Adrian

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Permalink Reply by Paul Hill on January 24, 2008 at 6:22pm

Hi Dr.,

In my opinion, I think there were several factors contributing to the decline in the Rock and Roller Games live audience. Among them: 1) the "Roller Derby" wasn't what the former Roller Derby / Roller Games audience expected... as elaborated by others who have posted, 2) some did not like the prolonged game breaks at half time for the "Rock" portion (that was later changed, and the music was taped before the game), 3) some of the infield managers were were over the top. Some of that goes a long way, but too much detracts from the game, and 4) there were numerous production delays. Those first couple of tapings were way over the attention span of most of the audience. (I can't tell you how many times the teams entries through the tunnel was shot but it took so long that I wanted to send out for pizza somewhere around the second hour).

Overall I thought the skaters did a good job...but I didn't care for the uniforms or the skater nicknames. I just had a hard time relating to the "names." Give me a fake name if you must, but I want some type of name that I can relate to. I don't relate to a title used as a name.

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Permalink Reply by Mike on January 24, 2008 at 3:47am

I think the skater's got to be charasmatic >>> or least to draw the attention of the MTV crowd >>> thats why I hope David Sams can give a chance to the skater pictured in my ID >>> Punky Bruiser

Mike

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Permalink Reply by Tom Wersderfer on February 16, 2008 at 6:44pm

Definitely no live animals or electric chairs or other gimmicks. No one will ever take Roller Games seriously with junk like that. It makes Roller Games look worse than pro wrestling.

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Permalink Reply by mick on February 19, 2008 at 6:39pm

why is this even a discussion?

this appears to be a round about way of saying "there's going to be an alligator pit" or worse (if thats possible)

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Permalink Reply by Father James on February 20, 2008 at 4:32am

Honestly I said it before and I will say it again. The wall of death and the jump ramp. We don't need the gators. Although it was kinda funny when someone got wet in the pit though. Minus the gators.

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Permalink Reply by Grand Poobah on February 20, 2008 at 1:10pm

Aren't you glad they're calling it "Rollersport" (though I suppose that might depend on how the case proceeds) rather than "Roller Derby?" Though from what I've seen in the videos that have been highlighted, the sport aspect seems a bit questionable to me.

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Permalink Reply by mick on February 20, 2008 at 5:04pm

hey bill nagy.... pull your head out of your bum

perhaps your unaware of jerry seltzer's support of modern roller derby
get your facts straight before you mouth off

roller derby used to be great... then sams and co turned it into a circus and now its great again

if anything would make leo seltzer turn over in his grave it's be the roller games circus that we dont need to see ever again

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Permalink Reply by mick on February 20, 2008 at 7:25pm

not all flat track leagues use a penalty wheel - again, get your facts straight

i didnt insult the traditional derby skaters nor would i compare them and the actors that took part in roller games

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