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great Idea, except some desperate pervs might wanna advertise cams or have cyber on the chat...,

Originally posted by imnott
great Idea, except some desperate pervs might wanna advertise cams or have cyber on the chat...,

Yeah i hate the people on youtube that post the chain letters and the the spammers that ask if i would like to go to a webcamgirls website

Originally posted by seayjoel
Originally posted by imnott

great Idea, except some desperate pervs might wanna advertise cams or have cyber on the chat...,

Yeah i hate the people on youtube that post the chain letters and the the spammers that ask if i would like to go to a webcamgirls website

don't we all

I SUPPORT THIS IDEA.

You can still have the idea and just make it optional without worrying about paying flex (because I'm an owner and don't want to). Just let the owner or GMs control the speed of the replays. Any set time could make it take too long/short, control is good.

I like it. +1

A winner.

wow - been an awful lot of support for this idea -


guess we just need to keep recruiting +1'ers until we can be sure Bort at least read the idea and is aware of it

I think this is a great idea!!! I know I would watch every game I could. It would be cool if anyone could watch any game they wanted.

I like the idea, way to go Tx!

Originally posted by Jed
Originally posted by Quas

I love this idea! I think it should be a situation where the game unfolds live an hour or two before the stats are posted.

That would be impossible, unless Bort were to actually delay when they're posted to everyone. As is, the stats are posted when the game is finished simming. It's not like he sits on them for a while before they're posted.

People would have to just have stats hidden (I do it all the time for big games) and coordinate with their teammates to go view it all together.

That's exactly what i was thinking. You delay the release of the stats, the Game can be viewed right after the Sim, but you have to watch it live.

Originally posted by TxSteve
The most fun I've had in this game was back when you could skirt the system and watch a game unfold 'live'. On my teams - several of us would watch it unfold - as the plays happen I assume - and watch the game; posting in the forum all along and things were much more EXCITING.

A sack was cheered - a turnover was great or awful; depending on who came up with it...in all honesty - I would compare it to watching an NFL (or college game) with several buddies; or watching it sitting by yourself - there is a significant difference in those two experiences.


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Now - the 'sports bar' would have the game screen at the top where the replay is shown (in this case; i'm actually talking about the play by play WORDS - not the actual replays - but the actual replays could be cool as an option)

Underneath this; would be a chat room - where chatting could take place. The owner of the team (or a GM - the power could be given out) would control the replays - in the sense that he could run replays; whatever (ie show a play again).
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So - I would propose that the Team Owner can set a time for the game to be viewed - any time within 24 hours of the actual game. The game would not be available to the team to watch until the game owner made it available. After 24 hours - it is available to all.


There would be a couple of options for the Team Owner:

- He could set it up as a private viewing - so only his team members had access to the chat room during game time.
- He could arrange it with the other team - so that only their 2 teams could access the chat room - this way there could be 'cheering' for both teams and smack talking.
- It could be a public viewing - meaning anyone is allowed into the chat room.


I believe this game has lost a lot of it's 'team building' sense these past few season. Any MMO is built around the people who play it - so anything that encourages team spirit; atta-boys; a sense of team; etc can do nothing but make people more committed to this game.

In addition - people who just log in to check their own stats; or only watch the plays in a game that they were involved in - really aren't great for this game in the long run. You need people hooked. You need people excited to watch the game with their buddies and see how it went - to cheer for your teammates when they make a play - and have them cheer for you when you make one...I think this could be a great tool for team building.



Yes - I know that I could tell my teammates "don't start watching the game until 7pm central time....and watch it on a speed of 7.5 and pause it after every possession so that you can check the forums and make a comment or at least read the comments" - that won't work.


thank you for reading...flame away

+1 for the whole idea

I like the idea.

Like I said, great idea. Need to keep this near the top until we get a Bort acknowledgement that he at least saw it.