Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 10, 2021 Author Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, JoPoy88 said: https://defector.com/why-does-nfl-game-pass-barely-function-now/ relevant to your discussion but defector has a paywall. For those who subscribe however the author goes into the multitude of ways the NFL has borked game pass. Note one workaround discussed in the article: A few media people interviewed for the story have said using a VPN to access the international version of gamepass helps a lot. Apparently the int’l version is much closer to the old US version. Any chance we could get you to share a "fair use" or "transformative" selection of quotes? It's still 2.5 hrs to game time, after all, a guy has to keep himself busy somehow... 1 Quote
cd1 Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, NickelCity said: Yes, those features have been missing for me as well. I suppose my point was that the entire app/web ecosystems seems *****. ...and it has been that way since August!!!! I watch GP every day when I treadmill. Starting in mid July , the site was offline completely for nearly two months. They just put up a message that they were getting ready for the upcoming season. BS or they hired high school kids to program the "new" site. (Which by the looks of it - that is exactly what they did) ;-). So unprofessional. ooooops - sorry for the rant. Edited October 10, 2021 by cd1 Quote
Captain Caveman Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Any chance we could get you to share a "fair use" or "transformative" selection of quotes? It's still 2.5 hrs to game time, after all, a guy has to keep himself busy somehow... Quote But over the summer, Game Pass removed the All-22 film from the site as part of a big redesign. The All-22 didn’t come back until Week 3 of this season and the updates to the interface are so bad that three NFL analysts that I talked to for this story said they are using VPNs to access the international version of Game Pass, which is better-designed and never dropped the All-22. Quote Another NFL writer found a different workaround, but would not disclose his new arrangement for acquiring film; perhaps he’s afraid of the NFL closing that loophole, or perhaps he wants to keep his competitive edge over other tape-eaters. That writer, who asked that he not be named to protect his methods, also said that there’s now a secret society of film-heads who are using the international version of Game Pass, then Quicktime screen-recording the All-22 film of a full game, and then sharing those files with each other, so that they have an easier way to play back the All-22 film without having to fight the new Game Pass interface. Quote The 2021 edition of Game Pass removed that entire sidebar, and instead of a searchable list right next to the video, there is a drive-by-drive list underneath the film. Now, you have to click the drop down arrow next to each drive to see the plays in that drive, and then you can search for a name or a result by control-F searching the page. The 2021 version does not play the two views side-by-side; you have to pick one or the other. It also seems to be loading slower and playing fuzzier, and when you hit play, the grayed-out play bar remains over the play for a few seconds, making it hard to see what is going on. The play bar used to be on the bottom of the screen and now it’s dead center, right on top of all the action. And the archive of All-22 tape from seasons past is gone. Quote The Game Pass developers took lots of notes, and the sense from reporters in the meeting was that the Game Pass crew genuinely had no idea how reporters and analysts were actually using the product. They had been so focused on integrating NFL Game Pass into NFL.com, that they hadn’t known a section of the audience needed some of the old features. This was all news to them, and the changes will likely take some time to take effect. 1 Quote
JoPoy88 Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Any chance we could get you to share a "fair use" or "transformative" selection of quotes? It's still 2.5 hrs to game time, after all, a guy has to keep himself busy somehow... lol yes i will do that sorry i didn’t see the reply in time before the Bills started. I’ll parse it out for anyone interested. edit: caveman got the good parts above Edited October 11, 2021 by JoPoy88 Quote
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