NFL (no haters)

[n_const]

Matt.. said:

Is anyone else suffering through the transition of Game Pass to a new company? It's been such an appalling experience so far. I am shocked they're expecting the full £140 for this product It's ruining the run up to the season for me and many others.

I've heard nothing but negative reviews about this years game pass so I've stayed well away. Haven't decided how I'm going to watch the games this season though.

[skahigh]

I've renewed my subscription, can't be doing with only seeing one or two Raiders games a season from Sky.

I've not tried to use the new app yet properly as the games have not started, I did notice it updated yesterday though.

[nealeh1991]

n_const said:

I've heard nothing but negative reviews about this years game pass so I've stayed well away. Haven't decided how I'm going to watch the games this season though.

What seems to be the issue with it? I am looking to getting it this year. I follow the Browns for some stupid reason and they are never on SKY so was looking at getting this to be able to watch them.

Is it worth it or will Kodi streams etc be available from the interweb?

[Matt..]

It's lost many features from last year. The stream quality is poor. The company is over charging people (e.g. Payments going through in foreign currencies and banks charging fees). Many have subscribed but their accounts don't give access. The company is ignoring emails and tweets. Etc... it is not a good situation.

Check out all the tweets to the Game Pass support account:
https://www.twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%40n...

[skahigh]

Thanks for posting that, checked my credit card and I have been charged in Russian rubles. Only £7 more than it should have been but still, it's annoying.

[n_const]

Matt.. said:

It's lost many features from last year. The stream quality is poor. The company is over charging people (e.g. Payments going through in foreign currencies and banks charging fees). Many have subscribed but their accounts don't give access. The company is ignoring emails and tweets. Etc... it is not a good situation.

Check out all the tweets to the Game Pass support account:
https://www.twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%40n...

Thanks for posting this matt, couldnt post yesterday. Have a look on the NFL UK forum and they are all slating it. Hardknocks was on Sky Sports last night and they area at Tampa this year.

[Matt..]

n_const said:

Thanks for posting this matt, couldnt post yesterday. Have a look on the NFL UK forum and they are all slating it. Hardknocks was on Sky Sports last night and they area at Tampa this year.

Yes I am fairly involved in the NFLUK forum discussions. It's all over NFL Facebook groups as well.

It's a fairly unbelievable situation.

The Twitter account has over 1k followers, and they are only following so they can DM complaints and queries! That alone must represent a significant percentage of subscribers. I cannot imagine this is a service will millions of users.

[SpamCan]

Thats a shame, as I now have anew reliable fibre connection I was going to sign up for Game Pass this year and give it a shot; maybe not.

[spikedjack]

SpamCan said:

Thats a shame, as I now have anew reliable fibre connection I was going to sign up for Game Pass this year and give it a shot; maybe not.

Same here...

given first pre-seasons are this weekend, i need to make a decision quickly to gain the full value from a years subscription...

[nealeh1991]

Purchased the Game Pass last night for the 1st pre season games,

Seemed to work well and even worked with the Chromecast,

Not had the time to look at all features yet but initially it worked well and quality was good too,

[n_const]

Apparently BBC are going to be airing NFL highlights (I assume the NFL show with oti etc) twice a week. First episode is this Friday 11:30pm.

Edited by n_const on Thursday 31st August 17:32

[offspring86]

Purchased Game Pass just before week 1 of preseason. So far I'm really liking it. Great coverage allowing me to watch pretty much everything related to NFL Network. My only criticism would be with the Xbox app. Not everything is accessible through it (I also use my iPad to watch though) and when streaming the app automatically dims the screen after 10 minutes. Aside from that it's been great!

I can imagine the media blackout being a pain in the ass if your team's games are being shown on Sky Sports though! (Un)Fortunately I'm a Titans fan though...

[skahigh]

offspring86 said:

Purchased Game Pass just before week 1 of preseason. So far I'm really liking it. Great coverage allowing me to watch pretty much everything related to NFL Network. My only criticism would be with the Xbox app. Not everything is accessible through it (I also use my iPad to watch though) and when streaming the app automatically dims the screen after 10 minutes. Aside from that it's been great!

I can imagine the media blackout being a pain in the ass if your team's games are being shown on Sky Sports though! (Un)Fortunately I'm a Titans fan though...

Not really.

What is annoying is when you pay for both but can't watch your team because the early game over runs and sky stick with it meaning you miss the entire first quarter of your team's game as happened to me last season.

[K50 DEL]

Having got Kodi sorted out this year I'm going to try and see what I can find on there in the way of live games, no idea how successful it'll be but it's got to be worth a go!

[Challo]

K50 DEL said:

Having got Kodi sorted out this year I'm going to try and see what I can find on there in the way of live games, no idea how successful it'll be but it's got to be worth a go!

I tried last year and its a bit hit and miss, but will attempt again this year.

[offspring86]

Anyone playing fantasy this year? A group (8) of us have decided to try after years of umming and ahhing. We drafted last night, it seems I was the only one who did any research or mock drafts. I'm quietly confident with my line-up, especially as I was 8th in the draft! The only player I was disapponted on missing out on was Rob Gronkowski, although I think Greg Olsen is a pretty adequate replacement.

[lemmingjames]

No im not, but ill be guessing the weekly results if you want to play?

Heres mine;
NFL Week 1

• Pats

................................

• Bills

Eagles

• Raiders
• Bucs

Texans
~ Cardinals

• Falcons

Ravens
~ Browns
Rams
Packers
Panthers
~ Cowboys
................................
Saints

• Broncos

The * and ~ are who ill bet on in an accumulator

[n_const]

After a lot of talk about the Pats going 16-0 , Kansas City spoil the party. Oh dear.

[skahigh]

I fear for the Raiders this season, KC are always dangerous under Andy Reid.

The Raiders defence was looking pretty poor anyway and now it's banged up a bit as well (Melifonwu on IR in an already thin secondary) I'm quite concerned.

[Challo]

n_const said:

After a lot of talk about the Pats going 16-0 , Kansas City spoil the party. Oh dear.

What a start for Kareem Hunt the rookie.