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Topic: If you watch football, help me out here. (Read 9587 times)
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WayAbvPar
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Watching a game in person is an entirely different experience than watching it on TV. You can choose to watch any area of the field, instead of just following the ball. It is really interesting to watch different defensive setups, offensive formations, etc. It is also exciting when you see a receiver break wide open BEFORE the ball is thrown to him. You can also watch the sidelines- see who is getting treated for an injury, who is getting reamed by the coaches, which players sit together, etc. Live football is a much richer experience. It is just more expensive and more of a hassle than sitting on the couch.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Dren
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Watching a game in person is an entirely different experience than watching it on TV. You can choose to watch any area of the field, instead of just following the ball. It is really interesting to watch different defensive setups, offensive formations, etc. It is also exciting when you see a receiver break wide open BEFORE the ball is thrown to him. You can also watch the sidelines- see who is getting treated for an injury, who is getting reamed by the coaches, which players sit together, etc. Live football is a much richer experience. It is just more expensive and more of a hassle than sitting on the couch.
That is all true if you pay extra to get good seats. I was at a game last weekend and couldn't see shit on one half of the field. I spent most of my time watching the game up on the scoreboard screen, which was the same as T.V. I agree with everything else you said. Being there is a totally different experience, but a good view of the game is not necessarily always true.
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shiznitz
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Dren really hit the nail on the head. I love football, but I rarely go to a game. Even when I was single the thought of buying tickets barely entered my mind except during playoff season. I have been to 3 NFL games in my life: 2 NYGiants and 1 Philly Eagles. I am an Eagles fan. They are division rivals. One of the Giants games was against the Eagles and I live NY. For all three games, I was invited/gifted the tickets.
So, having gone to see a game, what prevents me from going again? I mean, if anything is going to convice someone one way or the other, it will be the experience itself.
Here is a list of hassles you should try and address:
1) Most games are sold out so the only tickets available are on eBay or other intermediary. You are obviously selling official ticket from the team box office. These tickets probably suck. Why should I pay to go to a fotball game and sit in the nosebleed section when I can watch the game from the virtual 50 yrad line at home?
2) At the game, I seriously missed the slow-mos and replays that TV gave me. I also frequently lost track of the down because one has to actively look for it at a stadium while on TV it is in your face the whole time.
3) Two if the games were fucking cold. I mean, COLD. This would only be exacerbated by #1 since I bet the luxury boxes are all taken. For teams in moderate climates, the outdoor angle would be attractive.
4) Certainly in NY and Philly, parking was a goddamn nightmare.
5) No one wants to watch a blowout. On TV, you can change the channel. In the stadium you either get drunk or leave. If I had paid to watch the Saints lose 52-3, I would have been pissed.
6) Football needs to be watched with football fans. Large groups would be best. All three of my games I was with my girlfriend at the time since the tickets came from her.
These are reasons I will not likely go to an NFL game for a long time. If I do go, I will buy good seats on eBay during playoff season, hopefully in a dome.
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« Last Edit: October 14, 2005, 12:06:43 PM by shiznitz »
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I have never played WoW.
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Madman
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I am going to go to the Bears/Vikings game this Sunday and I went to the Bears/Bengals game a few weeks ago. Before the Bears/Bengals game, I had been to one game in my life and it was so long ago that I don't even remember it.
I have to say that the experience was completely awesome. I got the tickets for face value (65 bucks) from a friend who has season tickets and then went to the game with him, his girlfriend and my friend. I didn't bring my camera because it rained off and on most of the day, but the seats were in the SW corner of Soldier Field and they were 10 rows from the field. Hopefully the weather will be alright on Sunday and I can bring my camera to get some pictures. I don't remember exactly when it happened, but let me just say that when Chad Johnson caught one of his TDs he ran into the end zone basically right in front of me and I could basically see his damn eyes and that was cool (even though it was a touchdown against my team).
Of course maybe it helped that my friend and I went down early and tailgated with the ticket guy. We were pretty well buzzed by the time we got into the gate and we had beers when we sat down. A good time was had by all.
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WayAbvPar
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Chad Johnson caught one of his TDs he ran into the end zone basically right in front of me and I could basically see his damn eyes and that was cool That gleam wasn't his eyes, it was his 24 carat mouth.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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dusematic
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Ahhh. The gleam.
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Llava
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- Cheerleaders (talk about rewards they've received, etc.)
I can use that one, thanks. The rest, I'm afraid, are not usable for me. I'm just being given the name of a team, nothing about where they're playing, who they're playing against, etc. I expect you will see the same description for the Bengals no matter where they're playing or who they're playing against, the way they want me to write it. They'll probably tack on a "NOV. 23RD VS BALTIMORE RAVENS" or something.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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HaemishM
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Hey, I didn't say you shouldn't or "can't" do it! I said it offends me.
[edit] In other words, a perfect world would have only experts/experienced people talking about their respective subjects/interests (this goes for on the job and off the job).
* Now excuse me while I go and post something in the Politics forum.
Much like Congress, there aren't that many experts in the world, and experts generally get paid well in that field, as opposed to copy writers who have to come up with some friendly sounding bullshit about whatever product their clients are selling. I'm a writer and I would never want to be hired to write much copy, because you have to say copious amounts of nothing about things you have little to no interest about.
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Llava
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So what I wrote was wrong, apparently. I have to rewrite it. This time, I'm not supposed to date the description- that means no talking about how they look this year, no talking about current players (except talking about them in the same way that the Yankees might talk about Babe Ruth). Soooo... basically, there's nothing I can write, with the parameters I've been given, that would actually make people want to see this game.
NOW it's a copywriting job. Before, I had material.
(Thankfully, they requested the description be shorter.. like 300-ish words. That will be way easier than rambling for 500 words about absolutely fucking nothing.)
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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