Create Your Own Pub Experience: Draft Thread

[StartOrien]

Me and Rondo are debating what to do about GC right now. Will open up things shortly.

[Redz]

With the first pick of the third round Lucky Selects - The Internet

Laaaaaame!

I think the internet might be overthinking it a little.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to go to a bar based off of internet access.

I tend to agree.

For the record Gimli will be taking his axe to any devices that are internet capable.  Leave for your SMARTPHONES AT HOME PEOPLE!  It's a bar.  Talk with some real live people...or go get drunk in the corner.  Either way...GIMLI is watching you.

[fairweatherfan]

With the first pick of the third round Lucky Selects - The Internet

Laaaaaame!

I think the internet might be overthinking it a little.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to go to a bar based off of internet access.

The upside of this is that in a few years he'll probably be able to live stream anything that Champ could play on cable, at similar quality.  But for right now, it doesn't seem to add a lot of value.

[StartOrien]

WE ARE GOING TO SKIP GC FOR THE TIME BEING. EDGAR IS ON THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW, AND HAS TIL 11:15 TO MAKE A SELECTION

[StartOrien]

With the first pick of the third round Lucky Selects - The Internet

Laaaaaame!

I think the internet might be overthinking it a little.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to go to a bar based off of internet access.

The upside of this is that in a few years he'll probably be able to live stream anything that Champ could play on cable, at similar quality.  But for right now, it doesn't seem to add a lot of value.

Not that I have much input around these parts, but working for one of the big cable companies I have a hard time believing they'll ever let major sporting events go to the internet.

[Roy H.]

I have Edgar's pick:

Entertainment

Why to have the Beatles or Michael Jackson if you can have them all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtKJPf8aEg4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fllDB3FK7pI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra-ZuzR7lZc



Cirque du Solei

I will be presenting ALL of their shows...

Fancy huh...

[Rondo2287]

With the first pick of the third round Lucky Selects - The Internet

Laaaaaame!

I think the internet might be overthinking it a little.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to go to a bar based off of internet access.

The upside of this is that in a few years he'll probably be able to live stream anything that Champ could play on cable, at similar quality.  But for right now, it doesn't seem to add a lot of value.

Not that I have much input around these parts, but working for one of the big cable companies I have a hard time believing they'll ever let major sporting events go to the internet.

Well I mean you got ESPN3 you got Slingbox. there are plenty of ways to stream live sports

[Roy H.]

I'm not a huge fan of internet, either.  Since everyone seems to have smart phones now anyway, offering independent internet access doesn't seem to bring a big added benefit.

[StartOrien]

With the first pick of the third round Lucky Selects - The Internet

Laaaaaame!

I think the internet might be overthinking it a little.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to go to a bar based off of internet access.

The upside of this is that in a few years he'll probably be able to live stream anything that Champ could play on cable, at similar quality.  But for right now, it doesn't seem to add a lot of value.

Not that I have much input around these parts, but working for one of the big cable companies I have a hard time believing they'll ever let major sporting events go to the internet.

Well I mean you got ESPN3 you got Slingbox. there are plenty of ways to stream live sports

Sure. But slingbox still requires you to have cable, and I could be wrong here, but ESPN3 tends to offer lesser sporting events, no?

[StartOrien]

IP IS ON THE CLOCK.  YOU HAVE UNTIL 11:20 TO MAKE YOUR SELECTION

[StartOrien]

I don't know how I feel about the Cirque De Solei pick. My knowledge of it is admittedly limited, but it doesn't seem like a particularly social event, right?

[fairweatherfan]

I think the internet might be overthinking it a little.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to go to a bar based off of internet access.

The upside of this is that in a few years he'll probably be able to live stream anything that Champ could play on cable, at similar quality.  But for right now, it doesn't seem to add a lot of value.

Not that I have much input around these parts, but working for one of the big cable companies I have a hard time believing they'll ever let major sporting events go to the internet.

Well I mean you got ESPN3 you got Slingbox. there are plenty of ways to stream live sports

I think every sporting event on TV will (also) be streaming before long - all the major Season Pass type things have an online component already.  And the NCAA tourney's been online for years.

The cable guys won't let anybody else muscle in on it, but I think they'd be more than willing to do it themselves, even for customers without a TV cable package.  You broaden your customer base, and you can't DVR a live stream (yet), so they get better commercial viewership, for instance.

[Redz]

I don't know how I feel about the Cirque De Solei pick. My knowledge of it is admittedly limited, but it doesn't seem like a particularly social event, right?

If a sword swallowing panda bear riding a unicycle on a flaming ferris wheel isn't a conversation starter, then what is?

[StartOrien]

I think every sporting event on TV will (also) be streaming before long - all the major Season Pass type things have an online component already.  And the NCAA tourney's been online for years.

The cable guys won't let anybody else muscle in on it, but I think they'd be more than willing to do it themselves, even for customers without a TV cable package.  You can't DVR a live stream (yet), so they get better commercial viewership, for instance.

But to my understanding, this would really put a burden on bandwidth requirements and internet speeds would take a fairly significant hit.

If I recall correctly, Mark Cuban heads a movement trying to limit streaming.

[StartOrien]

I don't know how I feel about the Cirque De Solei pick. My knowledge of it is admittedly limited, but it doesn't seem like a particularly social event, right?

If a sword swallowing panda bear riding a unicycle on a flaming ferris wheel isn't a conversation starter, then what is?

"Hi, how are you doing?"