New Lynah scoreboard

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Trotsky
If you are the least bit on the spectrum audio advertising is a human rights violation.

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

Swampy

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

Maybe it's not been just a scoreboard all along. Maybe it's a target.

Jim Hyla

Swampy

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

Maybe it's not been just a scoreboard all along. Maybe it's a target.

Or more likely, maybe it's a deflection.

scoop85

Jim Hyla

Swampy

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

Maybe it's not been just a scoreboard all along. Maybe it's a target.

Or more likely, maybe it's a deflection.

Or maybe it’s a klutz during intramurals

David Harding

Cop at Lynah
i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

ugarte

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

got a lot of responses but if this is the tone i think it was meant to be it is the only one i'm crediting. if it is not in that tone, then i have to give it to swampy for telling the joke i thought david was telling.

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

Swampy

ugarte

David Harding

ugarte

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
Make that two times the scoreboard has been hit with a puck and damaged

It's a start.

i know it's still the preseason but i really hope shooting accuracy is a point of emphasis going forward

Maybe it has been.

got a lot of responses but if this is the tone i think it was meant to be it is the only one i'm crediting. if it is not in that tone, then i have to give it to swampy for telling the joke i thought david was telling.

Well, I thought my joke was more subtle. David implied the team has been deliberately shooting at the scoreboard. Before submitting my post, I tried very hard to find a good graphic of a target on a screen to imply that it's the scoreboard that's deliberately designed to double as a target.

Dafatone
Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB. An organ is a nice touch. "EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS" is not.

Dafatone
Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB.

Trotsky

Dafatone
Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB.

The ones who blare the bit from The Natural after a home homerun or walk off are the worst. It sucks all the actual excitement out of the moment and replaces it with cornball Disney generic treacle.

Just let the ambient crowd noise define the moment you fucking MBA assholes. Real life is captivating . It does not need your programmed lard.

RichH
On your 2nd point, on some platforms of the MLB.tv service, you can choose home/away broadcasts for video, and for audio, you can select TV announcers, radio, Spanish language (if available), or remove announcers completely and just have ballpark ambient sound. That last option may be the greatest feature in sports broadcasting since the yellow line technology.

RichH

Trotsky

Dafatone
Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB.

The ones who blare the bit from The Natural after a home homerun or walk off are the worst. It sucks all the actual excitement out of the moment and replaces it with cornball Disney generic treacle.

Just let the ambient crowd noise define the moment you fucking MBA assholes. Real life is captivating . It does not need your programmed lard.

Fun fact (spoilers): in the book, Roy Hobbs strikes out.

On your 2nd point, on some platforms of the MLB.tv service, you can choose home/away broadcasts for video, and for audio, you can select TV announcers, radio, Spanish language (if available), or remove announcers completely and just have ballpark ambient sound. That last option may be the greatest feature in sports broadcasting since the yellow line technology.

Jeff Hopkins '82

RichH

Trotsky

Dafatone
Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB.

The ones who blare the bit from The Natural after a home homerun or walk off are the worst. It sucks all the actual excitement out of the moment and replaces it with cornball Disney generic treacle.

Just let the ambient crowd noise define the moment you fucking MBA assholes. Real life is captivating . It does not need your programmed lard.

Fun fact (spoilers): in the book, Roy Hobbs strikes out.

On your 2nd point, on some platforms of the MLB.tv service, you can choose home/away broadcasts for video, and for audio, you can select TV announcers, radio, Spanish language (if available), or remove announcers completely and just have ballpark ambient sound. That last option may be the greatest feature in sports broadcasting since the yellow line technology.

Someone did a special on that game, I think ESPN? As you'd expect, all the talking heads yammered about how terrible it was.

Does anybody remember the NFL game back in 1980 where they had no announcers at all? They had graphics on screen and mics on the ref. That's it. It was wonderful.

As to all the music and noise, I remember hearing that the reason they played music during breaks in NHL games is because the radio and TV mics would pick up individuals in the crowd, including profanity yelled at the players. And I suppose by having piped in music, it prevents people from starting any cheers that are contrary to what management wants to hear.

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

David Harding

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

A USHL team plays at a rink just a few minutes away from us. I've seen several Cornell-bound players there. The hockey is enjoyable, but we very rarely go because they turn up the volume so loud that it is painful and I don't want any more hearing loss.

David Harding
A USHL team plays at a rink just a few minutes away from us. I've seen several Cornell-bound players there. The hockey is enjoyable, but we very rarely go because they turn up the volume so loud that it is painful and I don't want any more hearing loss.

billhoward
There's offensive and there's offensive. The latter being what your child's hockey bag smells like midway through the season. Or yours if you play pickup post-Cornell and sometimes forget to bring it in from the trunk and air out the contents.

redice

David Harding

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

A USHL team plays at a rink just a few minutes away from us. I've seen several Cornell-bound players there. The hockey is enjoyable, but we very rarely go because they turn up the volume so loud that it is painful and I don't want any more hearing loss.

This is common to far too many rinks... I often carry earplugs to rinks for that very reason... It's just plain offensive!!!

Swampy

redice

David Harding

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

A USHL team plays at a rink just a few minutes away from us. I've seen several Cornell-bound players there. The hockey is enjoyable, but we very rarely go because they turn up the volume so loud that it is painful and I don't want any more hearing loss.

This is common to far too many rinks... I often carry earplugs to rinks for that very reason... It's just plain offensive!!!

Yes, wish I had discovered these when I was at Cornell and had been smart enough to use them.

Trotsky

Swampy

redice

David Harding

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

A USHL team plays at a rink just a few minutes away from us. I've seen several Cornell-bound players there. The hockey is enjoyable, but we very rarely go because they turn up the volume so loud that it is painful and I don't want any more hearing loss.

This is common to far too many rinks... I often carry earplugs to rinks for that very reason... It's just plain offensive!!!

Yes, wish I had discovered these when I was at Cornell and had been smart enough to use them.

Worksite headphones get the point across better. Also have that nice "I'm an introvert, I don't want to interact with you" feel.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

Swampy

redice

David Harding

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

A USHL team plays at a rink just a few minutes away from us. I've seen several Cornell-bound players there. The hockey is enjoyable, but we very rarely go because they turn up the volume so loud that it is painful and I don't want any more hearing loss.

This is common to far too many rinks... I often carry earplugs to rinks for that very reason... It's just plain offensive!!!

Yes, wish I had discovered these when I was at Cornell and had been smart enough to use them.

Worksite headphones get the point across better. Also have that nice "I'm an introvert, I don't want to interact with you" feel.

Actually, a cell phone will have that same effect.

Jeff Hopkins '82

RichH

Trotsky

Dafatone
Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB.

The ones who blare the bit from The Natural after a home homerun or walk off are the worst. It sucks all the actual excitement out of the moment and replaces it with cornball Disney generic treacle.

Just let the ambient crowd noise define the moment you fucking MBA assholes. Real life is captivating . It does not need your programmed lard.

Fun fact (spoilers): in the book, Roy Hobbs strikes out.

On your 2nd point, on some platforms of the MLB.tv service, you can choose home/away broadcasts for video, and for audio, you can select TV announcers, radio, Spanish language (if available), or remove announcers completely and just have ballpark ambient sound. That last option may be the greatest feature in sports broadcasting since the yellow line technology.

Does anybody remember the NFL game back in 1980 where they had no announcers at all? They had graphics on screen and mics on the ref. That's it. It was wonderful.

Dafatone

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB. An organ is a nice touch. "EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS" is not.

jtwcornell91

Dafatone

Trotsky

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Scersk '97
We should have screens above the urinals, obviously. And why not add ear-splitting advertisements, preferably with soulless techno: "This bathroom brought to you by Shortline! We gooooooooooo the distance!"

Apparently you haven't been to an NHL or AHL arena recently. You can be sure there will be ads above the urinals.

Actually, the visual ad creep doesn't bug me that much; indeed, I've chuckled at more than a few over-urinal ads. I can look at them or ignore them.

But audio ad creep and audio intrusions (like "Jock Jams" shoved into every stoppage) make me want to tear out patch cables and kick over amps. The idiots who think "it's just one short ad" or that they're "giving the people what they want" don't seem to realize that what they're actually doing is suppressing crowd involvement. And none of us can just "ignore them." That's not the way our ears work.

It's all anti-human.

Minor league baseball was basically ruined by this by around the late 90s.

Also Junior Hockey.

It's crept into MLB now, too. There has to be noise between EVERY pitch. The entire experience is now pitched to 6-year olds. I'm sure the algorithms (developed by Cornell HumEcies) show rats hit the feeder bar more frequently when bombarded by constant noise. God bless consumerism.

I assume symphonies now have piped in crowd noise and movie clips between movements.

Some teams do better than others with noise in MLB. An organ is a nice touch. "EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS" is not.

I went to my first European hockey game in 10+ years last weekend, and I was reminded of how much of a better job they do here of using piped-in music to encourage rather than suppress audience participation. It also helps that the fan clubs have drums which they play basically throughout the game, leading cheers and songs. We were at the opposite end of the rink from the standing section, and it was still incredibly loud. (The two-year-old--attending her first hockey game--still decided it was a good environment to take a nap.)

billhoward
Closing in on 150 posts. Reminds me of the pitch for Seinfeld and what the show was about.

Seinfield pitch (2:33)

RichH

billhoward
Closing in on 150 posts. Reminds me of the pitch for Seinfeld and what the show was about.

Seinfield pitch (2:33)

It’s called a DISCUSSION FORUM, Bill. I’m enjoying the talk here, too bad you aren’t. You really want a thread of nothing, go read through the Harvard thread.

Trotsky
Is this a good time to mention that Seinfeld sucks?

Trotsky
Is this a good time to mention that Seinfeld sucks?

Jim Hyla
Anybody know anything new?

Trotsky

Jim Hyla
Anybody know anything new?

"Who, me? I know lots of things. I know Carson City is the capital of Nevada!"

Swampy

Trotsky

Jim Hyla
Anybody know anything new?

"Who, me? I know lots of things. I know Carson City is the capital of Nevada!"

That's new? Did you learn it yesterday?