Saleem said:
Ashveer I appreciate your sentiment but this is very different: a new team is like a new competition, who might introduce themselves and the details. I don't expect the best from that. Even so, I expect a different etiquette and standards for a new comp than a new team (as many here do, when we criticize a competition with no venue, website, schedule, or details). An organizer who comes here and says they bring miss lookspooja, they've handled gurdas mann, thats saying they are accompished. And if a team came here and said "WERE THE BEST TEAM IN ALL OF CANADA" and then did something stupid, yes I would criticize.
Before you made fun of the poster, they had written:
Ladies and GentlemenRajvir Entertainment Presents
Voice of Punjab 2011
Miss PoojaRoshan PrinceGeeta Zaildarand Laddi Basra
There will be a small compeition held right before the show we are only looking for 4 teams for NJ and 3 for NY the winning Team in jersey will get a chance to win 2 prices1ST PLACE: $11002ND PLACE: $500The winning Team in Jersey will get a chance to win 2 prices in both states
Sign up fee is $200and Judges are also all special JudgesMiss Pooja, Geeta Zaildar , Roshan Prince and Laddi Basra
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FOR MORE INFO CONTACT LAKHVIR JOHAL at 718-610-9799
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THIS IS JULY 2ND IN NJ RITZ THEATRE AND JULY 3RD IN NEW YORK LOCATION HASNT BEEN CONFIRMED BUT MISS POOJA IS HERE
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Sure, if the poster is trying to represent a professional organization that is hosting an event worth BTFers' time, they're doing a poor job. However, I think its reasonable to expect that readers of this forum would recognize that the poster is new, and that this isn't going to be a competition in the usual sense. Maybe the dude -to his detriment- sucks at the internet, which is why he gave his phone number. For newly established teams, performances like these are great to get stage time and experience and they'd be willing to call and figure out the details for themselves. The self-aggrandizing posts which you wrote would warrant criticism came after your comment, which seemingly opened the door to disparaging posts including ones that completely fail to grasp what the event is in the first place: a Punjabi concert with a few bhangra performances to get the show started.
