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Has anyone ever been boo'd on stage LIVE @E3?

FLAguy954 said:
The silence that caused Don Mattrick to embarrassingly prompt the crowd to react lmao:

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Mr. X said:
If they put up tweets during the stream, its not professional imo.
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Tweeting is part of reporting these days. But I agree that some journalists can do with some more professionalism in their tweets. Or write a (short) article about it after with some arguments for their opinions. Just throwing "this sucks" on Twitter adds no value for your readers and I see stuff like that too much.
 
ocean said:
Not booing a live presentation is not evidence of lacking balls or being a shill. It's being a decent, educated person. As a journalist, if there's something you don't like you write your argument and publish it.

Booing is something children and imbeciles do.
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No what you're describing and advocating for is more passive aggressiveness. That's childish. Press shouldn't boo or cheer because they're professionals actually doing work. Robotic applause is fine to help the presenter feel comfortable. Those not on the clock can do what they want, including responding appropriately.
 
Someone help me out. That MS dude. He wasnt't booed but certainly ridiculed. He then appeared on Gaf with this golden quote:

"And your contribution to society is what?"
 
zelas said:
No what you're describing and advocating for is more passive aggressiveness. That's childish. Press shouldn't boo or cheer because they're professionals actually doing work. Robotic applause is fine to help the presenter feel comfortable. Those not on the clock can do what they want, including responding appropriately.
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I don't think you understand how the press get to keep going back to these events.

Showing even the most minimal amount of respect, being; not reacting at all, means you are likely not to be barred/banned from future events, or at least allowed to request entry next year/event.

Even though a large portion of times it would be near impossible to find who was acting up, it would be a disservice to paying publishers to allow immature outbursts to go unchecked.

I would not be surprised if people were singled out after something like the battlefield 4 boo's to ask about who or why there were outbursts.

A proper journalist would keep his/her mouth shut, and write the hell out of what he/she is experiencing.
Being impartial is the hardest thing a journalist is supposed to do. Do you think booing is being impartial?
 
jschreier said:
Honestly don't remember. With a few exceptions (like the FFXV reveal) most E3 conferences have blended together in my mind. I do remember being there when AT&T was booed in 2011 tho. Hilarious moment
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Jeff Gerstmann described how the woman next to him was acting like she was having a religious experience when Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced. I always loved that description.
 
I forget...did Microsoft actively get booed for their always online, install only, DRM announcement back at the reveal of the X1 at E3?
 
Fourth Storm said:
Someone help me out. That MS dude. He wasnt't booed but certainly ridiculed. He then appeared on Gaf with this golden quote:

"And your contribution to society is what?"
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Jeff Bell v a Master Ninja, back in 2007.

NeoGAF, did I just get called out by Microsoft's JEFF BELL?!
a Master Ninja said:
I'm sorry I'm creating such a stupid topic, but I feel compelled to get to the bottom of this. Lock this if violates some rule I'm unaware of or if you deem the topic too stupid.

Ever since E3, I've made a number of posts poking fun at Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Global Marketing, Jeff Bell. For example, this.

I check my PM box this morning to find:
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This guy joined yesterday, and has never posted. Is this "bell801" guy Jeff Bell? Did he join NeoGAF just to call me a loser?
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Mr. X said:
I agree but I thought this was about reactions to announcements or big news during a presentation.

I would love to hear audible groaning during preorder retailer exclusive nonsense or microtransaction reveals lol
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I only went a single year but it seemed a good portion of the conference audiences were either employees or guests of the company. That's why you always have someone cheering, because they're proud of their work/company. Add that to those reporting and trying to be professional, you won't get many Boos.

But the internet will boo and it has a much stronger voice.
 
Not a press conference, but when FFXIII was coming out, I heard London HMV and Square Enix were having a signing and a give away to one lucky a winnner. When the prize was announced, a 360 with the game, there were a lot of boos. Did this happen?
 
There are so many announcements that should be boo'd. Feel like the industry keeps making dumb mistakes because people don't let them know live what their reaction is really like.

Case in point, FF7 on PS4. Although not E3, similar event, should have been drowned out in boo's instead we got awkward clapping.
 
Mr. X said:
The clapping = ok, booing = childish, just be quiet is silly. Be quiet the whole time then? "Positive feedback only" is ridiculous.
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If you are booing people who are on stage while you are hidden in a crowd you are an asshole, simple as that. Clapping is the polite way to do things and if you are unhappy with what's on stage don't clap or leave, to boo is to just seek attention or to purposely try and insult the person on stage.
 
Valkerionseven said:
There are so many announcements that should be boo'd. Feel like the industry keeps making dumb mistakes because people don't let them know live what their reaction is really like.

Case in point, FF7 on PS4. Although not E3, similar event, should have been drowned out in boo's instead we got awkward clapping.
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The industry shouldn't take its feedback from a few hundreds cherry-picked professionals invited in a conference room anyway. People attending such conferences may be "experts", but they're not the voice of all gamers in the world.
 
I really wanted to boo Nintendo in 2012 when they said "just wanted to leave you with one more thing!" After having an abysmal conference. And then they showed off Nintendo land fireworks...
 
RipperGrim said:
If you are booing people who are on stage while you are hidden in a crowd you are an asshole, simple as that. Clapping is the polite way to do things and if you are unhappy with what's on stage don't clap or leave, to boo is to just seek attention or to purposely try and insult the person on stage.
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Booing is not to insult the person on stage, it's to make your feelings known towards what has been said. Do you ever watch politicians? They get booed by audience members if they make unpopular or divisive comments, as well as get applauded for popular comments. If you are presenting to an audience you need to know your audience. Why should they be free to take the praise but not the ridicule?

Any public presentation is the same, but with E3 it's a case of dominated audiences of journalists who need to remain respectful. A general audience of consumers would not be the same.
 
think there was minor booing at microsofts conference when their audio for crimson dragon and bf4 was not working
 
Alx said:
The industry shouldn't take its feedback from a few hundreds cherry-picked professionals invited in a conference room anyway. People attending such conferences may be "experts", but they're not the voice of all gamers in the world.
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And when its not e3, like my example, it should be a way to let people know what the common sense reaction is. Also like I said, there are so many dumb moments in e3 and other events that booing should be the way to drive home "hey this is stupid/why are you showing us this." Or do you want to sit through more random Usher concerts, poorly acted star wars kinect demos, and mother effing skittles the tiger again? Those are booable and amazingly cringe worthy moments

... well maybe not skittles since that involved a little kid.
 
Gamesgbkiller said:
I think so. Either in the price segment or the Crimson Dragon Demo.
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Why would anyone boo a sound glitch? Booing a press conference is extreme bullshit. E3 excessive cheering also gets to me, and why I actually like Nintendos method now. The presentations content should matter most, not the audience's induced reaction.
 
ocean said:
Not booing a live presentation is not evidence of lacking balls or being a shill. It's being a decent, educated person. As a journalist, if there's something you don't like you write your argument and publish it.

Booing is something children and imbeciles do.
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If the press shouldn't boo then they shouldn't cheer or clap either right? How would you like to watch that press conference.
 
Doctor_Thomas said:
Booing is not to insult the person on stage, it's to make your feelings known towards what has been said. Do you ever watch politicians? They get booed by audience members if they make unpopular or divisive comments, as well as get applauded for popular comments. If you are presenting to an audience you need to know your audience. Why should they be free to take the praise but not the ridicule?

Any public presentation is the same, but with E3 it's a case of dominated audiences of journalists who need to remain respectful. A general audience of consumers would not be the same.
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Booing is ALWAYS an insult to the person on stage. Try get up on stage in front of hundreds of people and have some guys boo you and then try and think "Oh it's just feedback."

It achieves nothing except for humiliating the person trying to speak. Sometimes it's excusable because people can get pretty emotional, especially if it's political and some new mandate is being announced that they don't like but other than that it's just being an asshole, doesn't matter if you are press or a normal consumer.
 
3rdamention said:
Wow, that is crazy, it seems they literally pumped in an applause track for the price reveal, yet in the other cut, there wasn't any applause at all.



EDIT: Ok, it was edited, but was there an applause or not for the price?
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Yeah I'm still confused about that video. I get it was edited so we can call it fake. But im still not sure if the applause on the IGN video was also fake.

What's weird is, the face Spencer gives after he says the price, looks like he's reacting to negative feedback. So in context to the original video, I always found Phil Spencer's reaction strange, and not the face you would make if the crowd was roaring in applause.
 
Booing is just pretty cowardly thing to do, to shout from safe of huge crowd, something you would never do if you were alone with that person you are booing at.
 
The E3 press conferences are mostly attended by journalists and the like. Y'know, professionals. They're not gonna boo. They're there to do their jobs.

As for the cheering and clapping, it's usually done out of politeness, even if it seems half-hearted at times. There may also be some louder "plants" in the audience placed by the press conference organizers.

E3 is a business and marketing event.

Not that hard to understand. This thread is a bit silly.
 
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