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#83775 Cats Meow Karaoke
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I have, there's something wrong with his microphone. The DJ's is connected up to the sound system fine, but the MC's sounds like it is far too low. It's really annoying.
#83767 English Premier League 2012/2013
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By K3VO | Permalink | On 22 June 2013 - 18:48 PM
Almost certain Sky or the Premier League did try the pay to watch a certain match back in like 2000 or 2001 when I was still living back in Ireland. It was frustrating as fuck because it'd always have the likes of Arsenal, United and Liverpool on it, so the bigger teams games you'd have to pay to watch.

That was package six. BT own it. It was called PremPlus. I'm talking specifically about the Premier League itself offering out a digital streaming package that allows the streaming of matches outside of the match packages that are sold every few years.
#83759 I manage a football team
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Season 2017/18 Transfers - All free

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Looking to replace Matombo as the starting left midfielder. He's got some interesting attributes, most notably for me is his determination. That means he will be able to improve at a faster rate in training, so he could have a decent amount of potential. He won't be a world beater, his attribute scatter is set in stone to a certain degree, but some tutoring and intensive training could see some good results.

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Again more competition but this time for the right side. He's got the right ability for this level and I don't think it will be too difficult to move him on for some kind of money if he proves to be a waste of time.

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This summer's big signing. I've had him on my radar for two seasons and I've been tracking how his value has moved along, in anticipation of one day having money to sign him. Amazingly Bidvest Wits allowed his contract to run down to six months so I signed him for nothing on a Bosman. Morons. He's got some very cool attributes and he's definitely going to be an exciting player, I'm just not too sure how he fits into my system. I think I might retrain him to focus solely on the MC position, I don't want to restructure my entire formation to accommodate his talent only for an injury to strike and be left short handed. But, he's got a shit ton of potential and he's young so I can work on him to make him an asset for the club.
#83758 What Are You Listening To?
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By Ninja | Permalink | On 22 June 2013 - 16:58 PM
I'd argue in every single one of those instances the medium hasn't adapted fully, though, which is the point I'm trying to make.

It's about doing just enough but I think perhaps 2 or 3 examples provide better services than the illegal counterpart and most are hamstrung by protectionist portions of industries they rely on.

Definitely, but if they continue to keep working at it they will continue to see adopters.

I think a great example is Steam, they talk about how when they introduce Steam to a region piracy drops drastically, because it provides a good value service.

You need to get people adjusted to the idea that paying for content is correct, as long as it is done fairly. The problem is if you leave it too late then you make the process of illegally streaming football such a normality that getting people to convert will require more effort than simply showing the match.
#83755 Cats Meow Karaoke
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How did you find it?
#83724 English Premier League 2012/2013
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Well yeah, that's the point. They need to adapt their model to how people consume their media. It's only in the face of piracy that is forcing companies to address the issue they have, music had Napster/Youtube, film and television have Piratebay, Books had self-publishings/OCR, live sports have streams.

Music adapted by making music readily available to purchase free and easy over the internet and with youtube and spotify.

Film and television have Netflix, Amazon Instant, iPlayer, HBO Go etc

Books have the Kindle marketplace, which is arguable the most successful online endeavour of all the art forms.

Sports have MLB TV, NBA League Pass, NFL TV etc. That isn't a coincidence, America runs the most profitable sporting leagues in the world for a very particular reason: they monetise.

The Premier League should look at lobbying and then changing their model to suit the new age totally. I don't see why a conversation can't be had, everyone knows that you can't stop piracy, you have to compete with it.
#83719 Cats Meow Karaoke
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Thank fuck for that. I'll put some food on at about half seven so I can sit down just in time for opening.
#83697 English Premier League 2012/2013
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They need to be careful, As time goes on the quality of streaming football matches will rise, to the point where it is at a comparable level of a standard broadcast. At that point you enter into the territory all media has had to fight against: competing against free. If the Premier League/Sky/BT don't create a marketplace for all Premier League football matches then people will be keep on filling that need. They're fortunate because Sky has more than just Football under its umbrella, but BT, with their two packages, are going to have a hard time. Everyone who has held the poisonous sixth package has failed, they may have 2 and 6, but it's still an uphill struggle to get people to switch or buy now. The vast majority of their base will be incidental BT broadband customers.
#83688 I manage a football team
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Out with a whimper. Oh well.
#83680 Cats Meow Karaoke
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I will say this Deano, you gave me the link yesterday and it was about 4pm their time. The place played the last song at 5:45am their time. That's some fucking stamina.
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Two places better is a victory. It's not a huge victory, but it's a victory nonetheless. Sylla was out of half the season so we didn't get to see his impact until after Christmas, but players like Soumah and Magawaza did their part in driving the team forwards. I'm pleased that we are closing in on a positive goal difference, I think the aim for next season will be that, just milling around mid-table is not a great aim and without serious improvement I can't see us jumping into the top five.

That's the league season done, but there's the small matter of our Cup semi-final against Orlando Pirates...
#83674 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
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I though that was Holtby and his silky foot?
#83666 I manage a football team
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Sneaked through. The only big team left in the competition are the Orlando Pirates, everyone else is NFD or below.
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By Charlie M | Permalink | On 22 June 2013 - 11:38 AM
Just wait til you get into the MTN-8 mate, So much money in that touney!

Only if you win it, which I don't see us being able to do for a while.
#83650 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
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Having spent time as a football journalist I can confirm that most London based ones think footballers are their friends.
#83638 Cats Meow Karaoke
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SHAGGY!

Fuck, that dude is pretty good.
#83637 Cats Meow Karaoke
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I'm loving Colin already.
#83635 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
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Footballer of the year.
#83631 I manage a football team
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By Charlie M | Permalink | On 22 June 2013 - 10:16 AM
This happened to me before.

New board takes over with the club in a bad position. Takes out more debt and makes the financial situation worse.

Repayments are only £1.5k a month, but it's still annoying.

In other news:

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Surprised about that, but it puts us into the quarter finals, which is no bad thing.
#83628 Cats Meow Karaoke
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The three guys who sang Beyonce Ring On It, complete with dance moves, was a highlight from last night.
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By Obtuse | Permalink | On 22 June 2013 - 10:12 AM
Fuck harming the EPL. Maybe the shitcunts should give us an option to watch all of our countries games before attacking sites that offer the games to us.

The system was put in place to protect stadium attendances, but being able to watch every match televised doesn't seem to hurt any other country. I paid £70 to be able to watch every single NBA match via League Pass and I don't see why the Premier League can't do what the NBA does, which means if a television rights holder has it available then it is blacked out, but if it is not being televised then it's available on League Pass. Sky do a good job of embracing the modern age, I'm surprised the Premier League haven't joined them by trying to sell matches as a package directly over the internet. It's a fucking goldmine.
#83622 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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Chick singing What's Going On is pretty good.
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By Deano | Permalink | On 22 June 2013 - 10:22 AM
I can't stop watching it. Right now Macklemore is smashing it.

I got home at around three and stuck it on and have had it on ever since. It's hypnotising,. The MCs are really good, then you have good singers, good dancers, hot bitches, drunk bros, watching people flirtt. It's like the most reductive reality tv show ever.
#83606 Surveillance Camera Man
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I used to watch this guy on Vimeo but they took him down after three videos. He's back now, with a fourth.









#83605 I manage a football team
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Takeover complete and they're already saddling the club with debt. I hope we get funds for players otherwise this will have been a waste of time.
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I hope to tuck this comes through, god knows I need a bigger budget.
#83592 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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#83590 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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The girls who sang the song from Grease were pretty terrible, but the guy kept them on and made them dance to Footloose with the DJ and they almost immediately had a whole routine worked out. They were probably ringers or regulars, but it was still pretty cool.
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