Funday Football: Patreon Video Player Version
Added 2025-02-09 20:32:18 +0000 UTCThis is the exact same as the other post, but in Patreon's video player which some people might find more convenient.
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I'm suddenly having flashbacks from the infamous "The Simpsons Wrestling", the last videogame I ever rented in a rental store.
Antoine Desgagnés
2025-09-06 01:38:04 +0000 UTCHearing Dan (rightfully) mock my team... made a single tear track down my cheek... But don't worry us Falcons fans are used to disappointment. I'll bounce back in no time.
1st Recon Lylith
2025-07-05 02:26:52 +0000 UTCUtterly appalling. I guess we won't be getting real bread.
Tom
2025-03-26 22:56:48 +0000 UTCI’d heard about the chips before. I think they feed the data into apps for wither Fantasy Football or gambling. I heard you can literally gamble on the outcome of these stats on like FanDuel or something.
Pendleton
2025-03-09 06:40:02 +0000 UTCI'm aware of that, but you're still limited by what has happened: you can't apply a comeback narrative to a team that doesn't actually *have* a comeback. And regardless, the gamut of possible outcomes is still limited by the nature of the sport itself: no matter what happens, you can never ever have a narrative where team A looks like it's about to be defeated by team B, when suddenly team C runs onto the field and saves the day, because... sports don't allow that!
dirtside
2025-02-27 02:49:10 +0000 UTCI don't want to be rude, but you sound like you're not actually a fan of sport, because that's not how storytelling in sport works. Sure, there's a big component of amateur forecasting, but that never takes precedence over narratives describing what *has* happened, and the beauty is in how what actually happens contradicts the forecasting. Narratives in sport are built from events and not the other way around like in writing a work of fiction.
Izzy Killeen
2025-02-27 02:44:59 +0000 UTCOkay cool video but Hat Dan is gonna f***in' slaughter you next time m8.
Jesse
2025-02-19 21:02:06 +0000 UTCI only follow sports insofar as I am required to as a citizen of Chicago (rip my stint trying to be a White Sox fan lol), so this is the first time I’m hearing about all of this. What corporate insanity. The point about sports developing through technology was really interesting though: I had no idea that they put RFID chips on the players to track them!
Kiki
2025-02-19 02:03:34 +0000 UTCI’ve never fully watched an NFL game but I went to the Grey cup with my family and the most striking thing was the ads. Like every tiny piece of down time is filled with a sponsorship from tires or groceries or cars or something, every flat surface is a billboard, it’s truly nonstop. I guess I’m from a generation more advertising-skeptical but I couldn’t stand it
Xavier Marican
2025-02-13 18:17:28 +0000 UTCI care nothing for NFL (college ball is where it’s at) but the inherent silliness of the whole thing is super interesting. I vaguely remember the Simpsons game being a thing, but it looks like it was fun to watch.
ames
2025-02-11 21:51:08 +0000 UTC"if anyone needs me, I'll be in the end zone" is kinda good
MaxMin
2025-02-11 20:22:43 +0000 UTCFascinating. Not something I would have ever guessed existed. It seems so insulting to the players if this is someone's way of watching the match. But using the RFID data to create a real sports narrative in a cartoon setting is genius. I'm ambivalent. Has anyone asked players what they think of games being viewed this way? Maybe it's cool to be Bart Simpson sometimes.
xanna
2025-02-11 13:44:52 +0000 UTCThis video was gold! I love quirky subjects like this!
James
2025-02-10 10:00:59 +0000 UTCI wish I hadn't bet all my money on Hat Dan...
Ross Vincent
2025-02-10 05:21:07 +0000 UTCI've long recognized the ability of sports to tell narratives, but I never found them compelling because the gamut of narratives you can tell with sports is limited by the nature of the medium, and as a storyteller you're at the mercy of what actually *happens*. You can't just decide that team X is going to have an amazing come-from-behind season, if they end up... not doing so.
dirtside
2025-02-10 00:58:49 +0000 UTCWhat a weird copyright issue
Echoes from Elsewhere
2025-02-09 20:35:38 +0000 UTC
