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Judging from recent years and how they've treated their fans, I assume they'll charge for this "service".
 
MARIS61 said:
Judging from recent years and how they've treated their fans, I assume they'll charge for this "service".
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Right, everything should be handed out for free. Bandwidth, after all, costs nothing ...
 
Nikolokolus said:
Right, everything should be handed out for free. Bandwidth, after all, costs nothing ...
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The internet is a magical place of pixie dust and pirated digital media; clearly the services required to obtain pirated digital media is itself free as well!
 
mgb said:
I wear my leather jacket and it has large pockets on the inside. I just stop at wendys and get some of their burgers. Not the best, but heck they have 99 cent ones that are good enough compared to the price at the RG.
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The guy at the door made me empty my pockets once last year and threw away my beef jerky. Seriously. Next time I'm going in with you. I'll hire you to be my mule. :pimp:
 
I think this is great news, even if they charge for the streams. I would hope that with improved access Comcast might be more willing to offer CSNW to the satellite companies -- everyone wins.
 
I would gladly pay the Blazers to get a live stream of the games. I'm hoping this is true and we hear something very soon. Sign me up!
 
ehizzy3 said:
they always make me unzip my coat and show the inside of it
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Try a little cologne to cover up the cheeseburger smell. If you walk in smelling like a deep fryer, they're probably going to ask you to empty your pockets.

BNM
 
barfo said:
That's cool. I'd rather sit at home and watch it on Comcast, rather than spend my money on $8 beers at the RG (speaking of greedy bastards).
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For me, it's not about the price of beer. I don't drink the swill they sell, even when I can get it for $8 a case.

I attend the games with my kids. Watching the Blazers beat the Lakers, with 20,000 other screaming fans creates more of a lasting memory of time spent with dad than watching the game on TV. We watch TV every day. There is nothing special, or memorable, about it. Attending the games in person is an event. Years from now, they may not remember the details of the individual games, but they will remember going to Blazer games with their dad. They will remember the "Beat LA" chants starting 45 minutes before tip-off. My youngest will remember dressing up for the games and making signs, and the time she made it on the Jumbotron 7 times as one game.

You just don't get that watching the games at home on TV, and I wouldn't want to give that up. For about what it costs to pay for Comcast for a year, I purchased 40 individual game tickets. That's 15 games, with anywhere from 2 - 4 tickets per game. And, I think that's a pretty good value for the memories it creates. We may not have the best seats (or even good ones), but we are there, in the building, together, cheering for our Blazers.

BNM
 
That's cool. Different strokes for different folks.

barfo

Boob-No-More said:
For me, it's not about the price of beer. I don't drink the swill they sell, even when I can get it for $8 a case.

I attend the games with my kids. Watching the Blazers beat the Lakers, with 20,000 other screaming fans creates more of a lasting memory of time spent with dad than watching the game on TV. We watch TV every day. There is nothing special, or memorable, about it. Attending the games in person is an event. Years from now, they may not remember the details of the individual games, but they will remember going to Blazer games with their dad. They will remember the "Beat LA" chants starting 45 minutes before tip-off. My youngest will remember dressing up for the games and making signs, and the time she made it on the Jumbotron 7 times as one game.

You just don't get that watching the games at home on TV, and I wouldn't want to give that up. For about what it costs to pay for Comcast for a year, I purchased 40 individual game tickets. That's 15 games, with anywhere from 2 - 4 tickets per game. And, I think that's a pretty good value for the memories it creates. We may not have the best seats (or even good ones), but we are there, in the building, together, cheering for our Blazers.

BNM
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I would pay to have a quality online stream, that's for sure. I'm in a Charter serviced area so I have absolutely no other access to CSNW carried games. I appreciate people making the effort to stream online, but it seems like the streaming quality is getting progressively worse out there.

I'd rather listen to radio coverage than watch some dude stream the game on his laptop's built in webcam pointed at a SD TV.
 
This sounds fantastic. I hope it comes to fruition.
 
I'm going to wait on NBALP to see if the Blazers are actually going to do it. If so, I'll just stream the games and use my TV as my monitor.
 
quick just said on 95.5 it'll be like $3.95 a game or $80something for the season
 
retroblazers said:
quick just said on 95.5 it'll be like $3.95 a game or $80something for the season
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I just heard that. Blazers/NBA sure are cutting it close to the start of the season. I've got Comcast coming out on Friday. Would be nice to know if this is going to happen or not.
 
andalusian said:
I am pretty sure the Blazers will give you a discount for buying in bulk...
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and i think there are still gonna be quite a few games on kgw/espn/tnt, etc. so maybe they figure that people wouldn't pay all that much for all the games if half are on tv anyways.

in any case, it's a great option and something i'd jump on if it comes true
 
Hmmm. Eighty bucks for the whole season? I'd say it's worth it. It would be nice to just sit down and watch the game without scouring the internet looking for a decent stream.
 
VenomXL said:
Hmmm. Eighty bucks for the whole season? I'd say it's worth it. It would be nice to just sit down and watch the game without scouring the internet looking for a decent stream.
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If it were $80 for the season, that would be less than half of NBALP, but all I've seen is $3.95/game.
 
I would figure that they wouldn't be charging League Pass prices to watch one team online. I guess I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
 
Anyone care to guess if there'd be a replay function?

League pass broadband from an SD source (at least the international one) is $99 for the season, with replays and all the games, even the ones on TNT and ESPN (in my case, only the games carried here in the UK are blacked out, which last season was none). So I think I'm gonna stay with that one if the Blazer's version would cost $80.
 
axs88 said:
Anyone care to guess if there'd be a replay function?

League pass broadband from an SD source (at least the international one) is $99 for the season, with replays and all the games, even the ones on TNT and ESPN (in my case, only the games carried here in the UK are blacked out, which last season was none). So I think I'm gonna stay with that one if the Blazer's version would cost $80.
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All the nationally televised games as well as all local market games were blacked out on NBA league pass broadband. Since I'm out of state, that was fine with me as I got to see all the Blazer games. And the replays were very nice to have as well. If given both options I'd probably still just get the NBA broadband pass for a little extra, since I like seeing other games and you can have three playing at the same time. I hope they still offer it this year...
 
I get the BroadBand free with my LeaguePass. I love it and use it on the road all the time!
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
I get the BroadBand free with my LeaguePass. I love it and use it on the road all the time!
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I just now realized that MB isnt flipping someone off in your pic.. I thought that was a little much for him lol.
 
axs88 said:
Anyone care to guess if there'd be a replay function?

League pass broadband from an SD source (at least the international one) is $99 for the season, with replays and all the games, even the ones on TNT and ESPN (in my case, only the games carried here in the UK are blacked out, which last season was none). So I think I'm gonna stay with that one if the Blazer's version would cost $80.
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If I remember correctly most of those LP games are going to be blacked out if your in the Portland area. I think the main benefit of going through the Blazers is that since they own the rights none of the games will ever be blacked out regaurdless of where you are.
 
My fear is that Comcast will sue the Blazers and the NBA, claiming that they were given exclusive rights through their contract to broadcast Blazer games. I'm sure their lawyers will define "broadcasting" as streaming over the internet as well.

Either that, or this will be the nudge that forces Comcast back to the bargaining table with the Dishes.
 
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