F1 Offseason 16/17 Thread: It was worth it for Keke.

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Human Grand Prix: Jan 24, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

Hitler

# ? Jan 24, 2017 19:21

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Human Grand Prix: Jan 24, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

1500quidporsche posted:

Why do you like anime? Have you ever run into Nando at an anime convention?

1. I love garbage
2. I don't go to cons.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 19:22

Human Grand Prix: Jan 24, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Can somebody please explain the NASCAR rules to me it's incredibly confusing.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 19:25

Norns: Nov 21, 2011; Senior Shitposting Strategist

loving hell guys I come here to escape real world political bullshit.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 19:26

dentist toy box: Oct 9, 2012; There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.

Human Grand Prix posted:

Can somebody please explain the NASCAR rules to me it's incredibly confusing.

No one knows really.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 19:27

GramCracker: Oct 8, 2005; beauty by stroll

Hollywood should make a moive about Are Bernard.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 19:40

Full Collapse: Dec 4, 2002

Agreed. A moive is fitting.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:10

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

I'm hopeful. New F1 boss has actually identified problems!

Now if he executes the solutions, I'll be pleased.

Barring, of course, Ferrari bribing him.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:12

Bryter: Nov 6, 2011; but since we are small we may-
uh, we may be the losers

wicka posted:

Give me one god drat reason I should feel hopeful about anything right now. Even the loving French are probably going to elect a fascist.

"Even"?

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:22

CratSock: Aug 5, 2004; Sock Wielding Assassin

Tsaedje posted:

Almost everything I've heard from Liberty has made me feel pretty at ease:

Chase Carey's bullet point analysis with the problems with F1 as it stands

The revenue system is skewed in favour of the already rich and powerful, to the extent that the smallest teams are struggling to survive and money is tight for about half the grid.

There is a lack of competition on track.

Television audience figures are dropping in many markets - although this is largely because of a switch to pay television, to make more money from TV rights deals.

The longest-standing races are struggling to fund themselves and risk dropping off the calendar

The decision-making process is not working properly.

Some significant business and sporting decisions have been made for solely financial reasons, disregarding other important factors, such as their effects on the sporting side.

An acceptance that F1 has lost some of its appeal, particularly a sense of edge and drama and as an extreme driver challenge.

A BBC article outlining some of what he's said since the deal was completed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38731760

This list is actually pretty good, and even tackling like 3 of these items would make the sport very different. I'm now firmly in the optimistic camp.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:23

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Having watched countless illegal streams of NBC's soccer coverage I can definitely say that the Americans do ad breaks better than the rest of the world. I can't wait to miss 3 laps worth of action whilst being told to jack it to a loving Chevy Silverado.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:28

Norns: Nov 21, 2011; Senior Shitposting Strategist

Like a rock

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:30

Theophany: Jul 22, 2014; SUCCHIAMI IL MIO CAZZO DA DIETRO, RANA RAGAZZO

2022 FIA Formula 1 WDC

lol, the gently caress is this? Some new crime drama starting at 8pm central?

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:32

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Alain Post posted:

Hitler

Wow I didn't expect this from the leader of the anti-Hamilton faction in this thread

Hmmm actually

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:38

gret: Dec 12, 2005; goggle-eyed freak

Theophany posted:

Having watched countless illegal streams of NBC's soccer coverage I can definitely say that the Americans do ad breaks better than the rest of the world. I can't wait to miss 3 laps worth of action whilst being told to jack it to a loving Chevy Silverado.

Better than having every ad be an online betting ad.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:40

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

gret posted:

Better than having every ad be an online betting ad.

TRY DRAFTKINGS FOR FREE!

GIVE FANDUEL A SHOT!

:barf:

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:44

Bryter: Nov 6, 2011; but since we are small we may-
uh, we may be the losers

The American ads that tell you to "ask your doctor about medication x today" are really weird to me.

"I, someone with no medical knowledge whatsoever, think you should prescribe me this drug because the television told me so"

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:47

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

Bryter posted:

The American ads that tell you to "ask your doctor about medication x today" are really weird to me.

"I, someone with no medical knowledge whatsoever, think you should prescribe me this drug because the television told me so"

It's weird to all of us except the people who now have an iron grip on literally ever government institution.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:51

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Alain Post posted:

Hitler

Probated for rivals.com memes

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:53

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

Bernie is a legend. Appalling seeing these bloodless CEOs and businessmen trample his legacy. I'm in tears.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:57

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Well given that it's in Sky's contract not to show adverts during the race I remain optimistic, also don't the American channels show adverts every 5 laps now anyway? I'm thinking that this is what they mean by going pay per view like they do in Europe (don't forget that C4 had adverts too). It's not paying though the nose either with the new no-contract streaming service Sky have.

E: F1 costs less than MotoGP in the UK.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 20:58

MattD1zzl3: Oct 26, 2007; Can't post for 4 years!

1500quidporsche posted:

Let's discuss your weird anime avatar instead. Why do you like anime? Have you ever run into Nando at an anime convention?

Of course! Their nando is a keen weaboo. Here are his home movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv5vJ6A2ZfI

# ? Jan 24, 2017 21:00

CratSock: Aug 5, 2004; Sock Wielding Assassin

Theophany posted:

lol, the gently caress is this? Some new crime drama starting at 8pm central?

This is Season 2. The main villain from last season has been vanquished by this trio, nicknamed "Eyebrows", "The Stache", and "Glasses". Tune in to see how they make things even tougher for our heroes this season!

Bryter posted:

The American ads that tell you to "ask your doctor about medication x today" are really weird to me.

"I, someone with no medical knowledge whatsoever, think you should prescribe me this drug because the television told me so"

The best part is the fast-talking run-on list of possible side effects. "May experience bloating, gas, hypertension, severe rashes, increased heart rate, burning urination, emphysema, and sudden death..."

# ? Jan 24, 2017 21:11

Norns: Nov 21, 2011; Senior Shitposting Strategist

CratSock posted:

The best part is the fast-talking run-on list of possible side effects. "May experience bloating, gas, hypertension, severe rashes, increased heart rate, burning urination, emphysema, and sudden death..."

Symptoms of being American

# ? Jan 24, 2017 21:12

dreesemonkey: May 14, 2008; Pillbug

Tsaedje posted:

Almost everything I've heard from Liberty has made me feel pretty at ease:

Chase Carey's bullet point analysis with the problems with F1 as it stands

The revenue system is skewed in favour of the already rich and powerful, to the extent that the smallest teams are struggling to survive and money is tight for about half the grid.

There is a lack of competition on track.

Television audience figures are dropping in many markets - although this is largely because of a switch to pay television, to make more money from TV rights deals.

The longest-standing races are struggling to fund themselves and risk dropping off the calendar

The decision-making process is not working properly.

Some significant business and sporting decisions have been made for solely financial reasons, disregarding other important factors, such as their effects on the sporting side.

An acceptance that F1 has lost some of its appeal, particularly a sense of edge and drama and as an extreme driver challenge.

A BBC article outlining some of what he's said since the deal was completed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38731760

A cool and good list. Guy has a pretty good resume.

I don't know the various groups associated with F1 well enough, I almost assume Bernie is going to weasel his way in somewhere to completely gently caress things up.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 21:24

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Wild prediction: Bernie will be dead by the first race, thus forcing the first race show of a new era to be entirely about him.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 21:46

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Theophany posted:

I saw a thumbnail of this image earlier and my first thought was to look at the guy on the left and say 'bloody hell, DC's aged'

Brainwrong posted:

If this new dawn means that F1 will have some sort of online pay-per-view subscription service that means I don't need Sky then I will applaud the hairy-lipped overlord.

Me too but there's like a 99% chance that Sky's contract has a clause which covers their exclusivity against any digital media coverage. Like at the absolute best you're going to have the Sky commentators and an inflated purchase price to cover the chunk of your money going directly to them as direct compensation for not needing a satellite dish.

They're evil shits but they're not dumb evil shits.

Roller Coast Guard fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Jan 24, 2017

# ? Jan 24, 2017 21:49

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Sky have digital media coverage now though. Sky Go as part of your satellite coverage and Now TV which is no contact streaming. Where it's looking good for the Americans is how close Carey is to Murdock and co. I would wonder if some sort of deal for the American broadcast rights to the F1 channel is already with the lawyers. Practically speaking it's just a case of allowing the yank IPs to use Now TV and making the channel available to them.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 22:49

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

Counterpoint to the Carey praise: Fox Sports is really bad and the NFL is unwatchable due to ads and unnecessary replays.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 22:52

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Brainwrong posted:

If this new dawn means that F1 will have some sort of online pay-per-view subscription service that means I don't need Sky then I will applaud the hairy-lipped overlord.

While that would be nice, but considering Carey started Fox Sports and Murdoch pretty well runs all the Pay TV networks in the world, there's going to be massive conflicts of interest there.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 23:43

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

1500quidporsche posted:

Counterpoint to the Carey praise: Fox Sports is really bad and the NFL is unwatchable due to ads and unnecessary replays.

Yeah, but NFL is pretty well unwatchable no matter what. You need to replays to fill in the gaps when nothing is happening. Which is like 3/4th of the game.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 23:45

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

Watching NFL playoff games without the benefit of Red Zone has been a living hell.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 23:46

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Ross Brawn has spoken and it is Good.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/brawn-simpler-rules-a-key-objective-for-f1-future-868197/

# ? Jan 24, 2017 23:49

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

Human Grand Prix posted:

Can somebody please explain the NASCAR rules to me it's incredibly confusing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFOvldn_IRw

basically this

# ? Jan 24, 2017 23:49

BubbaGrace: Jul 14, 2006

1500quidporsche posted:

Counterpoint to the Carey praise: Fox Sports is really bad and the NFL is unwatchable due to ads and unnecessary replays.

I'll take FOX over CBS every single time. Everything about CBS coverage is bad. The in-studio hosts, the commentary teams, the music, the graphics... all of it.

# ? Jan 24, 2017 23:51

djssniper: Jan 10, 2003

learnincurve posted:

Sky have digital media coverage now though. Sky Go as part of your satellite coverage and Now TV which is no contact streaming. Where it's looking good for the Americans is how close Carey is to Murdock and co. I would wonder if some sort of deal for the American broadcast rights to the F1 channel is already with the lawyers. Practically speaking it's just a case of allowing the yank IPs to use Now TV and making the channel available to them.

Using NowTV for F1 is crazy, might as well get the SkySports discounted subscription

# ? Jan 25, 2017 00:15

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Brawn wants a street race in the USA

# ? Jan 25, 2017 00:21

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Ross the Boss

# ? Jan 25, 2017 00:23

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Ross the Boss

quote:

We need to make sure there is no artificial solutions ... The drag reduction system; everyone knows it's artificial. We need to find purer solutions.

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daslog: Dec 10, 2008; #essereFerrari

all-Rush mixtape posted:

Brawn wants a street race in the USA

One can hate Bernie, but he made a lot of money for F1 by charging outrageous hosting fees. Is Liberty willing to take losses on fees to get more US races?

# ? Jan 25, 2017 01:06

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