It hasn’t bothered me much but I’ve seen quite a bit of talk on Twitter that agrees with your points.
Is anyone else annoyed or distracted by the augmented reality (AR) board advertisements? Some of the ads are fine, but the animated ones like NHLSHOP.com are extremely eye-catching, which is the point yes, but i want to focus on the game. Maybe Im being a baby but I find its really distracting from the experience. Maybe Im taking out my frustrations as a Canucks fan on the boards. Looking for some consolation.
It hasn’t bothered me much but I’ve seen quite a bit of talk on Twitter that agrees with your points.
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I'm actually really impressed by how smooth the board-TV-adverts are.
For me, it's a little weird to see something moving on the boards... but I don't find it any bit annoying and not distracting for me.
That said - I can get it that others might not like it.
I'm not a fan of the animated ads. The ones like in baseball where it's like a changing static billboard in the background are fine.
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I have barely noticed them just like ads on helmets and jerseys.
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I notice them and am actually surprised they're not more distracting to the players.
The players and in attendance fans see the regular ads. The ones Im referring to are superimposed and only appear on the TV broadcast. Rather than being in sections, the animated advert technology can join all the boards together like a halo around the ice. One big ad.
This Karen is actually very annoyed. Im rather impervious to advertising but somehow theyve found one that works on me. The ads on the hemet are a bit bigger this year i also noticed and yeah now on some team jerseys too. Those are fine enough because they are static but these board ads are dynamic and im not sure how much more ill be able to take.
I find the AR ads annoying. Not even all that distracting; just annoying. I kind of long for the days where what I'm seeing on TV is what's happening at the venue -- just being broadcast to a wider audience -- and my mind isn't subconsciously breaking things down into what's real and what's not.
Oh well. Old man mini-rant over.
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I know some of you, not all, will find it hard to believe that not that long ago, at least for me, there was no damn advertising on the ice. In the arena common areas yes, but not on the ice and that included the players. One exception was the sticks, ya the companies put they're name on them. Now, it's unreal. The day will come when not one inch of board, uniforms or ice surface will not be plastered with this stuff. The Spengler Cup is pretty much there now. I've now forgotten what a game looked in its natural state without all this noise. Annoying? Oh ya, and Tech is taking it to new levels, like most tech, it's out of control and the advertising industries is front and center and so is professional sports. OK, I'm done (:
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The ads are not going anywhere so we'll all just get used to it and continue watching. Because that's what we do.
Just like the jersey ads...
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