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Is there a problem ??
by MICHAELMORGAN 4 » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:18 pm
Is there a problem ?? I just figured one of my games had gone to the bottom of the 409234238 th inning and Barney Schultz had a pitch count of 5236910998173957 !!!
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It's all beyond the HAL thingee
by DizandMiles » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:18 pm
Steaks, cyborg plots, Focus on the Family. TSN playing ENRON, Jennifer Alba, and armchair programmers/matre'de and others - I feel like the crowd underneath a big building looking up and wondering if anything is going to happen...
Lets blow the cover off the whole thing - HAL went hunting with Cheney - its in the Corpus Christi papers tomorrow...
Bernie - we are with you 100 percent - brand new twins at home - go see em and start it up on Monday unless the answer is a couple of mouse clicks away.
Lets blow the cover off the whole thing - HAL went hunting with Cheney - its in the Corpus Christi papers tomorrow...
Bernie - we are with you 100 percent - brand new twins at home - go see em and start it up on Monday unless the answer is a couple of mouse clicks away.
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by pastorcz33 » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:20 pm
[b:ccf2afb1a2]BERNIE!!![/b:ccf2afb1a2]
Hey can we get some info on what is going to take place? I appreciate the "still working on it messages" but could you give us some sort of time table and game plan to work with so we know when to get online to check our box scores etc.?
Hey can we get some info on what is going to take place? I appreciate the "still working on it messages" but could you give us some sort of time table and game plan to work with so we know when to get online to check our box scores etc.?
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by pastorcz33 » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:25 pm
[quote:30442f0388="Aray0113"]There should be an envelope floating in the upper left corner of the message boards page -- click on it.
If it isn't there, click on your screen name: it should send you to your account page, where there is a section for private messages.
If there isn't anything there, let me know. I sent a message about 10 min :( . ago.[/quote:30442f0388]
I sent a Private message almost 24 hours ago and still have not received a live response...just some automated e-mail from TSN....goodluck, I am beginning to think Bernie is the only guys who works for TSN.
If it isn't there, click on your screen name: it should send you to your account page, where there is a section for private messages.
If there isn't anything there, let me know. I sent a message about 10 min :( . ago.[/quote:30442f0388]
I sent a Private message almost 24 hours ago and still have not received a live response...just some automated e-mail from TSN....goodluck, I am beginning to think Bernie is the only guys who works for TSN.
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Is there a Problem?
by pastorcz33 » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:31 pm
uh...yeah of course there is a problem! No box scores for two going on three consecutive days! No timeline as to when things will be fixed....just delays. Yeah I call that a problem its called pi$$ poor planning!
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by qksilver69 » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:31 pm
Ok, I have spent the better part of 20 minutes getting updated on this thread, and my highest priority became quickly apparent - find the root of the Jessica Alba references! Bernie is a pretty sharp guy, he knows how easily all of us Strat geeks can be led astray by references to a hot babe we will never get a whiff of. :D
One thing very important to understand in the bigger picture: TSN is bleeding money and Paul Allen is trying to sell it, and will likely get around 30 cents on the dollar for his original investment. We need to think about the future of SOMO and guys like Penn are on target with criticisms - TSN has not done a great job of managing not only this little server upgrade but the SOMO product in general. The SOMO community, while small in terms of revenue, SHOULD BE extremely important to TSN because of our loyalty, and that loyalty exists because we are a captive audience. There is nothing more important to an online operation than number of unique dedicated users who spend large amounts of time on your site, but TSN has not yet figured out how to market to us, take advantage of us, cross-sell us, etc.
This server issue is symptomatic of the transition from brick & mortar (or pulp/glossy) to internet content delivery for a company like TSN, and there are just too many things that TSN is learning (or not learning) on the fly - they are playing catch-up, and not well.
None of this is intended as a criticism for Bernie, who is fighting fires and doing the best he can given the circumstances and who I feel is dedicated to us as a community and wants to see us supported and engaged. I appreciate his intention to make things right for us or compensate us in some way - that's an appropriate response.
That said, we need to realize that there is no easy way out given the big picture issues at play with TSN, and we'll need to be prepared for anything. It may sound farfetched, but given Hal R's eccentricities and lack people to leave SOM to as a business, investing as a community in buying the SOM license down the road may not be as crazy as it seems. Let's keep talking along those lines & see what materializes.
One thing very important to understand in the bigger picture: TSN is bleeding money and Paul Allen is trying to sell it, and will likely get around 30 cents on the dollar for his original investment. We need to think about the future of SOMO and guys like Penn are on target with criticisms - TSN has not done a great job of managing not only this little server upgrade but the SOMO product in general. The SOMO community, while small in terms of revenue, SHOULD BE extremely important to TSN because of our loyalty, and that loyalty exists because we are a captive audience. There is nothing more important to an online operation than number of unique dedicated users who spend large amounts of time on your site, but TSN has not yet figured out how to market to us, take advantage of us, cross-sell us, etc.
This server issue is symptomatic of the transition from brick & mortar (or pulp/glossy) to internet content delivery for a company like TSN, and there are just too many things that TSN is learning (or not learning) on the fly - they are playing catch-up, and not well.
None of this is intended as a criticism for Bernie, who is fighting fires and doing the best he can given the circumstances and who I feel is dedicated to us as a community and wants to see us supported and engaged. I appreciate his intention to make things right for us or compensate us in some way - that's an appropriate response.
That said, we need to realize that there is no easy way out given the big picture issues at play with TSN, and we'll need to be prepared for anything. It may sound farfetched, but given Hal R's eccentricities and lack people to leave SOM to as a business, investing as a community in buying the SOM license down the road may not be as crazy as it seems. Let's keep talking along those lines & see what materializes.
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