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    Watching games online

    On livescore.com there's an option called Tracker where they show where the ball is and who's attacking or if the ball is safe etc. I watched this for a while recently before thinking this is a bizarre way to follow a game (and I've watched the pages turn on Ceefax) but could this be developed? Maybe the same kind of bird's eye view they used on Football Manager with dots representing the players and the dots would move in relation to their position? I don't know how they'd do this - all the players would need a kind of GPS somehow, but if there's absolutely no other way of 'seeing' the game then I'd give it a go. Anyway, just a close season thought.

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    Re: Watching games online

    Great idea, I'm really bored of watching real players on Sky TV

    The players already wear sensors as part of the Opta malarkey, so it should be easily doable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    Great idea, I'm really bored of watching real players on Sky TV

    The players already wear sensors as part of the Opta malarkey, so it should be easily doable.
    It'd be for those without Sky or a way of getting to the game. The tracker option seems a lot of effort for a very basic effect but enough people must have thought it was worth a go. Perhaps it's just a gimmick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluebirdman Of Alcathays View Post
    It'd be for those without Sky or a way of getting to the game. The tracker option seems a lot of effort for a very basic effect but enough people must have thought it was worth a go. Perhaps it's just a gimmick.
    The tracker is used to measure a players performance. It's big business. I think they stick one in the ball too, but don't quote me on that.

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    The tracker is used to measure a players performance. It's big business. I think they stick one in the ball too, but don't quote me on that.
    Oh okay. Maybe not such a crazy scheme after all.

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    Re: Watching games online

    On a similar note who's seen that advert for 5g which has people watching the game "as if there" through VR goggles. That's the future right there, guaranteed

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    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    On a similar note who's seen that advert for 5g which has people watching the game "as if there" through VR goggles. That's the future right there, guaranteed
    The BBC offered that at the last world cup.

    It was interesting but after 5 minutes I inevitably went back to just watching on the screen

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    The tracker is used to measure a players performance. It's big business. I think they stick one in the ball too, but don't quote me on that.
    Yes all the data is available, it would just take someone processing it and showing it live

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    Yes all the data is available, it would just take someone processing it and showing it live
    It's such an obvious progression, I'm amazed it hasn't been done yet.

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    The BBC offered that at the last world cup.

    It was interesting but after 5 minutes I inevitably went back to just watching on the screen
    Really? Why? I haven't had a go myself

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    Really? Why? I haven't had a go myself
    It was great for penalties, as there was a camera almost directly behind the goals, it just seemed a bit intense to watch for a longer period, maybe I just don't have the attention span for it.

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    Tracker is great no need to pay your tv licence .Eh croesy!

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    It was great for penalties, as there was a camera almost directly behind the goals, it just seemed a bit intense to watch for a longer period, maybe I just don't have the attention span for it.
    BT did it for the champs league final also. It's a good gimmick at the moment, for me the goggles start to irritate me after a while. Perfectly suited for VR porn at the moment as it doesn't last as long.

    I guess moving forward, as the more expensive equipment becomes more mainstream then this will be the future.

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    It was great for penalties, as there was a camera almost directly behind the goals, it just seemed a bit intense to watch for a longer period, maybe I just don't have the attention span for it.
    BT did it for the champs league final also. It's a good gimmick at the moment, for me the goggles start to irritate me after a while. Perfectly suited for VR porn at the moment as it doesn't last as long.

    I guess moving forward, as the more expensive equipment becomes more mainstream then this will be the future.

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Bluebirdman Of Alcathays View Post
    On livescore.com there's an option called Tracker where they show where the ball is and who's attacking or if the ball is safe etc. I watched this for a while recently before thinking this is a bizarre way to follow a game (and I've watched the pages turn on Ceefax) but could this be developed? Maybe the same kind of bird's eye view they used on Football Manager with dots representing the players and the dots would move in relation to their position? I don't know how they'd do this - all the players would need a kind of GPS somehow, but if there's absolutely no other way of 'seeing' the game then I'd give it a go. Anyway, just a close season thought.
    Like this. But if it was live.

    https://twitter.com/Samirak93/status...215200257?s=19

    I would watch

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Bluebirdman Of Alcathays View Post
    On livescore.com there's an option called Tracker where they show where the ball is and who's attacking or if the ball is safe etc. I watched this for a while recently before thinking this is a bizarre way to follow a game (and I've watched the pages turn on Ceefax) but could this be developed? Maybe the same kind of bird's eye view they used on Football Manager with dots representing the players and the dots would move in relation to their position? I don't know how they'd do this - all the players would need a kind of GPS somehow, but if there's absolutely no other way of 'seeing' the game then I'd give it a go. Anyway, just a close season thought.
    I’m glad that I’m not the only one to have watched Cardiff City on Ceefax 🙈

    (Pages 303 to 312 I seem to recall...)

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    Re: Watching games online

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    Like this. But if it was live.

    https://twitter.com/Samirak93/status...215200257?s=19

    I would watch
    Me too. We'll all be shouting at dots in no time.

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