"Not As Official" Live at the Bike thread (Live from Vegas 7/27) - Page 4

waahhoo · #31 07-29-2006, 04:45 PM

True - I can't watch this it's so bad.

TonyLA · #32 07-29-2006, 04:52 PM

E for effort, but that's about it.

I feel bad for the tech guys that had to completely disassemble the table and cameras from the Bike to take this on the road - all for THIS?

I'm not sure who thought this would be compelling enough to watch. The one event that they should have broadcast (the final table event with Gabe Kaplan and Bart doing commentary) they didn't show.

At this point, subscribers have basically paid for only 2+ weeks worth of shows for July - not exactly what they agreed to provide.

This would be entirely OK if this were still a free service. It's not OK when people are paying for days at a stretch of no new content.

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Kevmath · #33 07-29-2006, 04:53 PM

Well the Kaplan thing was for a private party so they couldn't really broadcast that. Also, if they wanted subscribers, they should have streamed this to everyone, not only subscribers.
Also, the behind the scenes stuff has been way better most of the poker being played. In fairness, you really can't expect the usual standard of shows when you're on the road.

TonyLA · #34 07-29-2006, 04:57 PM

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Well the Kaplan thing was for a private party so they couldn't really broadcast that.

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I know, I know... but it still would have been cool to watch. Don't steal my complaining thunder. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I agree re: the live stream. It should be free, but that said - I'm not sure who would subscribe based solely on this content.

To offer up some constructive comments - I'd like to see them pick out a few select episodes from the archives for people to view for free so they can see what they'd be subscribing for. That would certainly be something that would compel people to sign up.

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Kevmath · #35 07-29-2006, 05:00 PM

Also, they're telling people they can see themselves later, not mentioning that they're only having the 30 minute version available to non-subscribers.

Kevmath · #36 07-29-2006, 08:51 PM

Nice to know they're feet from the room, and don't know anything.

The ME has been 10 handed, not 11.
Levels for the ME are 2 hours, not 100 minutes.

whalekock · #37 07-29-2006, 09:37 PM

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Nice to know they're feet from the room, and don't know anything.

The ME has been 10 handed, not 11.
Levels for the ME are 2 hours, not 100 minutes.

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Remember they are too busy to play or care about the Main Event.

Kevmath · #38 07-29-2006, 09:59 PM

Bart's interviewing Dutch right now, the stream was down in the middle of this. I hope it's going to be in the archives, because he's saying some interesting stuff.

BarronVangorToth · #39 07-29-2006, 10:11 PM

Checking in from Vegas, fellas...

Remember with LATB that while they are here at the WSOP, they're still in the Expo hall vs. the main hall and with the 1000s and 1000s of people milling about (not to mention the 1000s of players) it's a nightmare to get around.

It was a real pleasure to talk to Bart on the show for the 5 minutes or so when I swung through the expo. Look for some behind-the-scenes photos of those shenanigans in my Gutshot coverage.

Amusing aside: I got to meet Mo and Ed and when I went to say hi to Barry, he was busy rubbing some porno girl's feet.

Kevmath · #40 07-29-2006, 10:13 PM

You did a fine job on the air BVT. I understand that they're not exactly as into the ME as other people, it was humorous that Dutch set Bart straight regarding they're actually playing 10 handed.

In the neverending saga of Bart and his 5k, he spoke with yet more higherups, mentioned Negreanu being refunded, and they told Bart that they didn't want to refund him the money, that it was people above them that did that. Seems Bart's last option (if he didn't already) is to go to Gaming.