Actually, it might be something you hear Perth fans say, but they say it because some prominent Melbourne fans well known to Perth fans seem to strongly believe it. I think it certainly originates with Melbourne fandom, not Perth.
Personally, I had more the impression that A3 was good for Melbourne fandom - it took a couple of years, but from Convergence 1 onwards there was a big resurgence in Melbourne con-running - but I had had Melbourne fans try strenuously disabuse me of this notion.
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Date: 2009-06-02 08:18 am (UTC)Personally, I had more the impression that A3 was good for Melbourne fandom - it took a couple of years, but from Convergence 1 onwards there was a big resurgence in Melbourne con-running - but I had had Melbourne fans try strenuously disabuse me of this notion.