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7/9/2014 11:47am
For some reason My DVR didn't tape the second motos for me. How long before the archives are up on the web? Motocross has been a huge part of my life and if I can"t follow this shit on the TV I can only guess what a casual fan thinks when trying to follow this mess. Looks like I was supposed to change channels three times throughout the day to see everything????? Oh well, Its not a big deal if I'm sitting around but I have my dvr set to record this stuff and it's obviously not working real well. Its getting hard to stay interested in Moto, and Moto is a big part of my life. Mini Rant over.
The Shop
http://www.promotocross.com/mx/archive-2014
Edit....I take that back....it loads glen Helen when you click on red bud, lame!
Edit again...I'm way off, read the wrong one...I'm lame!
I prefer the archives over the TV crapola as you actually get to see the whole race.
Archives should be almost instantaneous after they air on TV. Waiting 2 days later is agony.
They have the GP motos available on their site while the next motos are still going on live (and no advertising - but it's a paying site).
So it can be done quite instantly.
From a fan/spectator point of view, it's definitely the way to go, nowadays, for a major championship series, I think.
Sorry this is not as quick as the GPs, Xavier. We prefer to keep it free.
DC
MX Sports
Just speaking from an overseas, internet-only point of view, the coverage is very difficult / frustrating to follow.
The last couple of weeks, for instance, the infamous "coverage has concluded" pops out 5 or 10 mn before the end of motos (the last two motos).
If there was an immediate (or at least very quick), no commercials, re-run of all the motos, I'd be tempted to watch it that way (although I am a huge fan of watching live action, even if it is night time over-here).
But I just can't refrain from trying the live option and end up more frustrated each time !
Regardless of the business reasons explaining the Nationals' coverage system, this is, by far, the point where the GP series appears stronger (again, from an overseas point of view).
And you know very well I'm not saying that because I am a blind supporter of said series (a-la-mxgeoff), or a systematic critic of the great things you do for this sport...
"Keeping it free" for your domestic market is also an honorable principle.
But it ain't free for us, international fans : by second motos time, it's just not there, or shuts down prematurely.
We don't have different opinions very often but on that issue, we see it from opposite angles, that's probably why we do.
DC
MX Sports
I'm sure us overseas fans will come here and thank you if it works smoother for Budd's Creek (as much as we criticized when it didn't).
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