79 replies to this topic

[wingsdiehard13]

What's the difference?

The green just didn't look right at the Joe, whereas the blue and red somehow looks okay I guess.

It would really suck if you had seats behind the net.

[Wingfan24]

They are virtual, only shown on TV

Oh really? jeez everything is virtual nowadays

[Mickey Redmond]

Oh really? jeez everything is virtual nowadays

welcome to the future

[wings7]

checkmate
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Haha, very good. Very, very good.

[hoogs]

They actually didnt bother me much

[dirtydangles]

I think this could easily get out of hand, they could start putting adds everywhere but the ice. im not a huge fan of it.

[CaliWingsNut]

I didn't mind the ads tonight. They weren't all that bad, though I'm sure much worse on a giant hd flatscreen.

What did totally piss me off were the physical McDonald's ads on the winter classic glass.

edit: changed alot.

Edited by CaliWingsNut, 11 February 2010 - 11:13 PM.

[Jwo]

LED strips with special Kevlar clear plastic should replace the ad's on the boards that way they can rotate unlimited ad's. I like how soccer has them all way around the pitch.

[Chase]

id be alright with it, but since its Belle Tire doing it, im not. first i have to watch a couple dozen of their stupid commercials during FSN wings broadcasts, now i have to stare at their name while i watch the game.

belle tire can f*** off, i will never buy tires from them. so annoying.

[Theophany]

I don't like it. Companies should buy "real" ad space if they want to sell their product(s).

All ad space is real ad space.

[CenterIce]

I think this could easily get out of hand, they could start putting adds everywhere but the ice. im not a huge fan of it.

Why stop there? It is all virtual. They would litter the ice, too. The players, and the fans at the Joe wouldn't see it.

I am kidding of course, but it has to start some where.

[Vladiator]

Very noticable. Don't like them, but if they bring some extra cash for a new arena, then I don't have a problem with them.

[McAwesome]

LED strips with special Kevlar clear plastic should replace the ad's on the boards that way they can rotate unlimited ad's. I like how soccer has them all way around the pitch.

Please no, then they would actually become a distraction to the action on the ice. I don't want to think about what it would be like for the players to have to look at electronic billboards when you are trying to keep your eye on the puck along the boards.

[LeftWinger]

I don't see why people have to complain about this. I'm watching the game, and I keep my focus on the ice, so whatever is on the glass means nothing to me.

I guess it's a normal thing for people to always ***** and moan about every little thing, even if it has absolutely no effect on them.

Tell that to the family who just paid hundreds of dollars to sit in the lower bowl behind the net and has the words in their site lines!

[Jasper84]

Tell that to the family who just paid hundreds of dollars to sit in the lower bowl behind the net and has the words in their site lines!

It's just virtual, on tv screen. Those people you mentioned, don't see it.

I don't know who's profiting from these ads, but if it is true that it's being done to help out with the new arena, then I stand by what I said, and to let the ads stay. But by the looks of this thread, I'm one of few people who is okay with it.

[Lidstromboli]

doesn't bother me

awww man two words in red on glass, it's the end of the world!!

[Jwo]

Please no, then they would actually become a distraction to the action on the ice. I don't want to think about what it would be like for the players to have to look at electronic billboards when you are trying to keep your eye on the puck along the boards.

If the players can ignore the fans behind the glass as well them pounding the glass, I feel they can ignore the ad's.

[Theophany]

If the players can ignore the fans behind the glass as well them pounding the glass, I feel they can ignore the ad's.

Fans on the glass (not in line of sight of a puck) and ads in LED lights on the boards are two completely different things.

Soccer (which has LED boards for advertisement around the field) has a huge ball that needs to be kept track of; hockey has a small black puck that can often disappear even with players on the ice blocking it. It would be near impossible to see if there were also LED boards shining in the players' eyes while they were trying to see a puck tossed off the boards and into their end.

Something akin to e-ink (used in Amazon's Kindle e-reader) wouldn't be a bad thing; it just can't be bright lights shining into the eyes of the players.

For a better demonstration, try taking a ball and tossing it up at the sun and trying to catch it. That's far stronger, but still the same concept. Small moving object and light shining in your eyes is hard as hell to see.

[scottj]

i didn't care about the ads... no big deal to me. YET. i hope they don't go overboard with it though n fill up the whole other side of the glass with ads

unless all of those ads went directly to the new arena

then whatever, i want this new arena to be the s***

[clutchngrab]

I think this could easily get out of hand, they could start putting adds everywhere but the ice. im not a huge fan of it.

I'm pretty sure there is a holographic image on my ass selling something, though every time I try to look it disappears.