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LHN is adding more original programming, including a thing about the 2008 football team.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 23:39 |
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# ? Jun 1, 2024 05:28 |
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Edward Mass posted:LHN is adding more original programming, including a thing about the 2008 football team. Why 2008?
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 23:41 |
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AsInHowe posted:Why 2008? Well, firstly because it’s the tenth anniversary. The big thing is that it was the year Texas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma all had the same record in the Big 12 South and had a daisy chain of losses to each other, so the Big 12 went to the BCS to pick a division champ. It was a pretty exciting year all around college football, if I’m not mistaken.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 23:48 |
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Edward Mass posted:Well, firstly because it’s the tenth anniversary. The big thing is that it was the year Texas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma all had the same record in the Big 12 South and had a daisy chain of losses to each other, so the Big 12 went to the BCS to pick a division champ. It was a pretty exciting year all around college football, if I’m not mistaken. Okay. Seemed like a random choice, as I don't remember it being a big Texas year.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 23:54 |
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MourningView posted:The only thing it has that I really want to watch is some FCS and midmajor football and man actually paying for Sun Belt football is a big ask, even as perhaps the world's biggest fan of the Sun Belt who did not actually attend school there Most teams in the CAA stream their games online for free. So you can watch a bunch of school-produced FCS broadcasts with comically low production values and students in the broadcast booth. I find it charming, but ymmv.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 00:20 |
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ego symphonic posted:Most teams in the CAA stream their games online for free. So you can watch a bunch of school-produced FCS broadcasts with comically low production values and students in the broadcast booth. I find it charming, but ymmv. Would prefer a real conference like the Valley but I would definitely watch this if the games were on a Tuesday or something
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 01:07 |
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MourningView posted:Would prefer a real conference like the Valley but I would definitely watch this if the games were on a Tuesday or something They also all get archived to watch on-demand so you can actually do just that. And JMU will win the natty again this year
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 01:24 |
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https://twitter.com/bobleyespn/status/1029710454661234688?s=21
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 15:17 |
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If anyone deserves a break it's him.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 15:21 |
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Enough people complained about BeIN being dropped by Verizon that they reinstated it. Did that happen for Comcast too?
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 17:18 |
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Comcast isn't dropping it in Big Ten states which are probably the only places where a significant number of people would notice or care enough to raise a fuss
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 17:37 |
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Gigi Galli posted:Enough people complained about BeIN being dropped by Verizon that they reinstated it. Did that happen for Comcast too? Not yet
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:31 |
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ESPN+ picked up the FA Cup, which means that the final will go from airing live on broadcast FOX to a streaming paywall I really, really hate this trend
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:35 |
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Who wants to help fund my startup, it's an app that manages all your streaming subscriptions and tells you what's on all of them in one easy place. It's called Kabyl, what do you think
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 19:08 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:Who wants to help fund my startup, it's an app that manages all your streaming subscriptions and tells you what's on all of them in one easy place. It's called Kabyl, what do you think depends, did you go to Stanford or not
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 19:51 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:Who wants to help fund my startup, it's an app that manages all your streaming subscriptions and tells you what's on all of them in one easy place. It's called Kabyl, what do you think Still better than Comcast
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 20:19 |
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Benne posted:ESPN+ picked up the FA Cup, which means that the final will go from airing live on broadcast FOX to a streaming paywall Is there not a provision where they can put it on the big ESPN? Because I think a midday ET kick-off at the end of May might actually draw viewers
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 21:55 |
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Is there not a provision where they can put it on the big ESPN? Because I think a midday ET kick-off at the end of May might actually draw viewers I think the point is to get people to lure people toward ESPN+. Thursday Night Football would have done better ratings on network TV or major cable channels when it started, but NFL Network needed something to get cable companies to carry the channel.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 22:23 |
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Spend a moment on your Friday and enjoy the hell out of this story: https://twitter.com/DennyBurkholder/status/1030514751204454402 Marty Brennaman owns so hard.
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# ? Aug 17, 2018 19:28 |
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DJExile posted:Marty Brennaman owns so hard. He really doesn't, he's insufferable. But little known fact, Macho Man was, in fact, drafted by the Reds.
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# ? Aug 17, 2018 19:48 |
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Totally shocked that Marge Schott would remove a Jew
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# ? Aug 17, 2018 20:30 |
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Click through for the video https://deadspin.com/mlb-network-falls-for-joke-report-that-trevor-bauer-is-1828439637
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# ? Aug 19, 2018 10:37 |
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And in further "two countries separated by a common language" news https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1031026720516784129
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# ? Aug 19, 2018 14:56 |
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https://twitter.com/modestproposal1/status/1031654630642655232 lol
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 22:47 |
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I remember when someone said that eSports would be bigger than the NHL. They were dumb.
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 22:54 |
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I thought it was cool
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 23:09 |
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Edward Mass posted:I remember when someone said that eSports would be bigger than the NHL. They were dumb. Sky Sports over here have been showing FIFA tournaments to fill the endless gaps on their football channels due to the summer break and I just have no idea why anyone would want to watch people watching people play a video game
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 23:10 |
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Edward Mass posted:I remember when someone said that eSports would be bigger than the NHL. They were dumb. I'd imagine part of the long term problem with eSports will be just...different games. Sure, the big three/four and soccer have evolved and look a lot different than they did 80 years ago, but the games are still essentially the same game. My very senile grandfather could sit down and watch a baseball or basketball game with me when I was a kid and get it and still have his own opinions about how things were progressing. A decade from now not a lot of people will be playing overwatch, let alone 30 years from now. So you'll lose connection to the past as a necessity with new flavors and varieties of games.
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 23:13 |
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or they're just targeting an audience that doesn't know what an espn is
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 23:16 |
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I have put about 20 hours into overwatch and they had it on the TV at the pizza place I was eating at. From sports bar TV distance, it was nearly unwatchable. Couldn't tell who was who or what the flow of the match was like. Audio may have helped but not much imo. There's no down and distance, shot clock, strike count or such to orient yourself so it's just chaos with occasional cuts to expressionless players wearing headphones I could see this working if you could load in the matches in the client, and be able to control your own feed and views but it really doesn't grab me outside of that. At least with Twitch you've got the chat to fill in the blanks with salt emoticons
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# ? Aug 20, 2018 23:36 |
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Do they do a camera detached from players or do they follow one players POV? They should have a detached, omniscient camera.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 01:28 |
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I just have no idea why anyone would want to watch people watching people play a video game I have no idea either. It seems like something incredibly monotonous and digitally anti-social. Why would I want to watch people play a video game when I could just play it? It isn't like the talent gap is that great from an average person to someone online, as opposed to a regular person and a professional athlete. Grittybeard posted:I'd imagine part of the long term problem with eSports will be just...different games. Sure, the big three/four and soccer have evolved and look a lot different than they did 80 years ago, but the games are still essentially the same game. My very senile grandfather could sit down and watch a baseball or basketball game with me when I was a kid and get it and still have his own opinions about how things were progressing. I could not tell you what Overwatch is. And I'm 30. eSports feels like one of those tech things that isn't really able to connect in the mainstream, but it's new and getting promoted, so it gets a lot of money disproportionately tossed its way.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 01:43 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZI6I56604
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 01:59 |
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I can't speak for Overwatch but Dota 2 (another game that has been broadcast on ESPN) typically switches between an omniscient view and player views. The problem is that a lot of the data that is useful for following the match isn't readily visible from a distance. (Kills, towers, ultimates for example)Not a good sports bar kinda game. I would not be surprised if Overwatch was similar.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 02:51 |
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AsInHowe posted:I have no idea either. It seems like something incredibly monotonous and digitally anti-social. Why would I want to watch people play a video game when I could just play it? It isn't like the talent gap is that great from an average person to someone online, as opposed to a regular person and a professional athlete. the talent gap between joe gamer and a pro is huge
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 03:10 |
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beggar posted:I have put about 20 hours into overwatch and they had it on the TV at the pizza place I was eating at. From sports bar TV distance, it was nearly unwatchable. Couldn't tell who was who or what the flow of the match was like. Audio may have helped but not much imo. There's no down and distance, shot clock, strike count or such to orient yourself so it's just chaos with occasional cuts to expressionless players wearing headphones Check out the free game DotA 2 this week because the biggest tournament of the year is happening right now and there is an option to watch in the client like you want. You can also pick any of the official broadcaster sound streams for commentary. There are also options to use your own camera, or a specific broadcaster's or any particular player you want.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 03:25 |
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euphronius posted:Do they do a camera detached from players or do they follow one players POV? Both, iirc.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 03:26 |
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Dutchy posted:the talent gap between joe gamer and a pro is huge Yeah, immensely so. In a way that the weaker player is practically unable to even play/impact the game kind of huge.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 03:28 |
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Kibner posted:Check out the free game DotA 2 this week because the biggest tournament of the year is happening right now and there is an option to watch in the client like you want. You can also pick any of the official broadcaster sound streams for commentary. There are also options to use your own camera, or a specific broadcaster's or any particular player you want. I think the international has a great presence to it, those style of games aren’t for me but they do a good job to accommodate the viewer as you mentioned. I think in the arena they have a crazy jumbotron tactical map view for the live audience as well.
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# ? Aug 21, 2018 03:45 |
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TF2 had abysmal esports views because watching an FPS in first person is really difficult. Not shocking that TF2's
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