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Post by yetigas on Aug 29, 2022 16:39:29 GMT
Just wondering if there is a way of making suggestions/requests on how to improve the iFollow service? Having lived abroad for many years, and my most recent UK living coinciding almost exactly with the Covid pandemic, I have really appreciated the opportunity to watch the Gas on iFollow.
However there are a few things that drive me nuts:
1. The commentary: I neither need nor want a commentary on the match. If I go to a live match there is no commentator, just the noise of the crowd. that is all I want on iFollow. I like hearing the crowd, but the price I have to pay is to listen to the Gas commentary team who, with all due respect, are not very good. If some people really need a commentary, can't there also be an option of 'crowd noise only'. I now watch matches in silence as listening to the Gas commentary team just ruins the match experience for me.
2. Action replays. WE DONT NEED THEM. It is infuriating when we get a corner (or similar) and the iFollow deem it necessary to show a replay of how the corner was won. By the time the camera goes back live the corner has been taken. I pay £10 to watch live football, not badly timed action replays.
3. A more minor issue: Lack of pre-match build up eg interviews, clips from recent games etc. instead of that inane announcement on repeat that the match will start soon (or something similar). But if there are cost reasons for not doing that I can live without it.
Anyone else have similar gripes? Not sure who is responsible for iFollow at the club - but would love to have a conversation with them!
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Post by nailseamark on Aug 29, 2022 16:44:41 GMT
How about the tv blasting out the smell of pasty farts for that real match day experience?
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Post by legas on Aug 29, 2022 17:04:41 GMT
How about the tv blasting out the smell of pasty farts for that real match day experience? As a ST holder in the Thatchers I would also suggest, for added authenticity, getting someone to stand in front of your tv screen so that you can only see a quarter of the picture and when kicking towards the South stand, place the tv at the very end of the garden or at least far enough away so you can’t quite make out the goalmouth action.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2022 17:12:26 GMT
Do you not still have the option of home commentary, away commentary or no commentary?
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Post by kentgas on Aug 29, 2022 19:20:10 GMT
Just Home or Away options.
The Away option on Saturday was very good imo - certainly better than Radio Bristol.
Agree about the replays which are incredibly badly timed so that too much live action is missed.
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Post by yetigas on Aug 30, 2022 0:09:23 GMT
Just Home or Away options. The Away option on Saturday was very good imo - certainly better than Radio Bristol. Agree about the replays which are incredibly badly timed so that too much live action is missed. How do you switch to the away option?
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Post by yetigas on Aug 30, 2022 0:11:29 GMT
Do you not still have the option of home commentary, away commentary or no commentary? Is there really an option of no commentary without turning off the sound? That's what I want - but how do you select it?
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Post by Qatar Gas on Aug 30, 2022 4:40:54 GMT
As someone who has probably watched about 90% of our games on iFollow since it started back in 2017, its certainly come a long way from then! No commentary, no replays, no score or time and a camera man that wouldn't even film the bench when a sub was being made so you had no idea who was coming on!
I agree with the idea of being able to turn the commentary off. Whilst the replays are poorly timed, I wouldn't want them to go. It helps to clear up so much when you are not quite sure what has happened. I am surprised that the commentary team (at least our one) do not have a laptop or iPad in front of them with iFollow playing. The replays would help them to clear up things that are harder to see live (goal mouth scrambles, was it a penalty or not etc) this would improve the radio listeners experience too.
Everyone was very impressed with the Portsmouth coverage. Multiple camera angles being used for both the live coverage and replays. Showing the goals scored at different angles etc with no bias towards the home team. They must have someone switching between these cameras, playing replays etc where as I think its just automated for us. Hence the bad timing of replays.
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Aug 30, 2022 6:33:30 GMT
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Post by pepsi on Aug 30, 2022 6:33:30 GMT
I would like to be able watch the match the next day on ifollow. I would still pay for it if I knew I could wake up and watch it next morning.. Sometimes I just can’t/ don’t want to do 02:45am (midweek games) ….
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 30, 2022 6:47:48 GMT
I would like to be able watch the match the next day on ifollow. I would still pay for it if I knew I could wake up and watch it next morning.. Sometimes I just can’t/ don’t want to do 02:45am (midweek games) …. Full replays of the game are shown on iFollow?
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Post by Qatar Gas on Aug 30, 2022 7:38:01 GMT
I would like to be able watch the match the next day on ifollow. I would still pay for it if I knew I could wake up and watch it next morning.. Sometimes I just can’t/ don’t want to do 02:45am (midweek games) …. You can. I often do it for midweek games, especially in the winter when I am three hours ahead of the UK and don't fancy staying up until nearly 1am. The best thing is you can watch the full match without knowing the score as well as fast forward by 30 seconds each time to skip things like stoppages etc.
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Aug 30, 2022 8:42:27 GMT
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Post by pepsi on Aug 30, 2022 8:42:27 GMT
I would like to be able watch the match the next day on ifollow. I would still pay for it if I knew I could wake up and watch it next morning.. Sometimes I just can’t/ don’t want to do 02:45am (midweek games) …. Full replays of the game are shown on iFollow? Oh. I thought you couldn’t. Unsure 🤔
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Aug 30, 2022 8:43:26 GMT
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Post by pepsi on Aug 30, 2022 8:43:26 GMT
I would like to be able watch the match the next day on ifollow. I would still pay for it if I knew I could wake up and watch it next morning.. Sometimes I just can’t/ don’t want to do 02:45am (midweek games) …. You can. I often do it for midweek games, especially in the winter when I am three hours ahead of the UK and don't fancy staying up until nearly 1am. The best thing is you can watch the full match without knowing the score as well as fast forward by 30 seconds each time to skip things like stoppages etc. Ahh ok. It’s new to ifollow ? Or maybe I’ve just not found it. 🤔🤔
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Aug 30, 2022 8:47:09 GMT
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Post by pepsi on Aug 30, 2022 8:47:09 GMT
I would like to be able watch the match the next day on ifollow. I would still pay for it if I knew I could wake up and watch it next morning.. Sometimes I just can’t/ don’t want to do 02:45am (midweek games) …. You can. I often do it for midweek games, especially in the winter when I am three hours ahead of the UK and don't fancy staying up until nearly 1am. The best thing is you can watch the full match without knowing the score as well as fast forward by 30 seconds each time to skip things like stoppages etc. How long after the game is it available?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2022 9:26:07 GMT
Do you not still have the option of home commentary, away commentary or no commentary? Is there really an option of no commentary without turning off the sound? That's what I want - but how do you select it? I don't have it on my iPad any more as I get it via an alternative source direct to my TV but on an iPad there was a setting to change the commentary between home and away or turn it off. I often changed to the away ones.
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Post by Qatar Gas on Aug 30, 2022 10:10:00 GMT
You can. I often do it for midweek games, especially in the winter when I am three hours ahead of the UK and don't fancy staying up until nearly 1am. The best thing is you can watch the full match without knowing the score as well as fast forward by 30 seconds each time to skip things like stoppages etc. How long after the game is it available? Not sure exactly how many hours but when an evening game is finishing around 12:30/12:45am my time, it's always there the following morning around 6am when I want to watch it. I assume its available much sooner than that though. Its been available for a quite a few years. Before though, when you used to watch the full match again, every time you touched the screen, along the bottom of the timeline there were small football symbols which indicated where to fast forward to for the goals! This meant being able to watch it back without knowing how many goals there were was almost impossible unless you somehow avoided touching the screen, or covered up the bottom somehow!
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Aug 30, 2022 10:30:53 GMT
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Post by pepsi on Aug 30, 2022 10:30:53 GMT
How long after the game is it available? Not sure exactly how many hours but when an evening game is finishing around 12:30/12:45am my time, it's always there the following morning around 6am when I want to watch it. I assume its available much sooner than that though. Its been available for a quite a few years. Before though, when you used to watch the full match again, every time you touched the screen, along the bottom of the timeline there were small football symbols which indicated where to fast forward to for the goals! This meant being able to watch it back without knowing how many goals there were was almost impossible unless you somehow avoided touching the screen, or covered up the bottom somehow! And that gone now has it? That would drive me mad 😂
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Post by Qatar Gas on Aug 30, 2022 10:37:03 GMT
Not sure exactly how many hours but when an evening game is finishing around 12:30/12:45am my time, it's always there the following morning around 6am when I want to watch it. I assume its available much sooner than that though. Its been available for a quite a few years. Before though, when you used to watch the full match again, every time you touched the screen, along the bottom of the timeline there were small football symbols which indicated where to fast forward to for the goals! This meant being able to watch it back without knowing how many goals there were was almost impossible unless you somehow avoided touching the screen, or covered up the bottom somehow! And that gone now has it? That would drive me mad 😂 Yes luckily! A few seasons ago now.
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Post by tommym9 on Aug 30, 2022 10:46:19 GMT
It was a revelation when Amazon started doing games that there was a 'crowd noise' option which turned off the commentary
Would love that to be an option on ifollow, in the meantime I tend to listen to the away commentary to see what they think of us. Can be very interesting
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Aug 30, 2022 11:00:42 GMT
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Post by pepsi on Aug 30, 2022 11:00:42 GMT
And that gone now has it? That would drive me mad 😂 Yes luckily! A few seasons ago now. Ok thankyou
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