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Weege Added a reply to I don't like the TV production
7/12/2021 4:41am My final reply here and my answer to all other questions: I don't know why. I'm busy calling what I see on the screen.
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Weege Added a reply to I don't like the TV production
7/11/2021 11:14am You are absolutely correct, on TV it's not my job to break down riding styles, bike setup, etc. Seriously, if I go too deep there will be a vital thread that says "WTH Weege has never won a title what does he know???" GL can handle that, but there's not much time for analysis when action is happening all around...
Weege Added a reply to I don't like the TV production
7/11/2021 8:38am What you actually saw there was a pass happening at the EXACT time we were coming off of commercial break on TV. When you watch on Peacock you get to see the action during commercials, but during the final 10 seconds coming back from the TV commercial break, on Peacock we have to be silent so it will make for...
Weege Added a reply to In Memorial - RIP RacerBoy, Marc Estabooks
5/31/2016 6:21pm
Wow what a shocker. Marc always had good ideas and his drawings were amazing. He did a few projects with MX Sports through the years, including a Moto Heroes comic strip that ran in Racer X for awhile. He created kids characters working their way to Loretta's. Really cool. About ten years ago he wanted to do some sort...
Weege Added a reply to How important is "Network TV" to our sport?
7/3/2013 7:01pm This thread is good and I think we made some headway here, but one thing I never get is this idea that some tracks are TV friendly, or decisions about tracks have been made due to TV. TV has zero impact on what tracks the series goes to, and I can't even think of a reason as to why it...
Weege Added a reply to How important is "Network TV" to our sport?
7/1/2013 10:36am There are always questions over the accuracy of Nielsen TV ratings, but what does matter is the MX ratings are counted the same way every other thing on TV is counted. So if you're a sponsor/advertiser trying to decide where to spend your money, it's an even playing field, ratings are ratings and you can compare one show to another...
Weege Added a reply to How important is "Network TV" to our sport?
7/1/2013 10:04am One part of the TV ratings equation that often gets forgotten is the influence on sponsors that support the teams--and ultimately pay the riders. We all want to see more money for the riders, and we usually think of that as purse money, but look at it this way: Bigger TV ratings means an outside sponsor, like Rockstar Energy Drink...
Weege Added a reply to Hangtown streaming situation
5/20/2013 6:18am I think you misinterpreted what I was saying, Honda907, that was just a joke from 11 AM, it wasn't like anyone had major panic or knew there was a huge unfixable issue, as far as I knew. There are always issues that come and go throughout the morning of a broadcast, probably not unlike what a team is dealing with...
Weege Added a reply to What I see Villopoto doing differently than everyone else on the track.
4/4/2012 7:37am This is good stuff--we need more discussion of technique in this sport. The other sports do it!
Here's one of our Racer X breakdown pieces from a few weeks back with Gary Semics, who says RV's transition in corners, from on the brakes to back on the gas, is the fastest in the sport today:
http://www.racerxonline.com/2012/03/22/the-breakdown-indianapolis
I've been waiting for this one, Tony! We just did an interview and story with DV on it last week on the Racer X site. Here's the interview:
http://www.racerxonline.com/2012/03/16/this-week-in-yamaha-history-indy-2002
Awesome to have the footage to match!
(Yup, Weege sometimes posts on Vital).
Weege Started a new thread Racer X Online Revamped and Restaffed for 2011
1/27/2012 1:42pm Here's a PR outlining the changes to our site and staff for 2011--going to be a great year! - weigandt Racer X Online Site and Staff Revamped, Reloaded and Ready for 2011 Morgantown, W.Va. - Filter Publications, publisher of industry-leading print and online publications Racer X Illustrated and Racer X Online, is ramped for the new year with a dynamic...
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Weege Added a reply to RacerX Podcast - Weege & Brayton
9/8/2011 5:47am Correct. In case you haven't noticed I was being sarcastic...
Weege Added a reply to So, If You Are an Expert Commentator for TV MX Coverage...
8/29/2011 8:53am It just doesn't work that way, we can't go back, what's beamed up live is beamed up live. Remember, the races air live internationally at the same time we're doing it for SPEED. NO ONE would have loved to have redone it more than me, since I'm the one who looks like an idiot for something that wasn't my fault...
Weege Added a reply to So, If You Are an Expert Commentator for TV MX Coverage...
8/28/2011 6:22am Like DC said, we actually didn't have any of that stuff--everything went down in our truck and we had zero info until the end of the first lap, when we then saw the timing feed from that lap. Even then we couldn't see the racing, we just called Barcia as the leader based on the timing feed. It was like...
Weege Added a reply to Matthes, Weigant, & Thomas just miss it
4/13/2011 11:23am On a related note, I don't like dogs, Just ask Matthes. I actually give him hell for his. So we're definitely heading in the right direction here. Not a fans of cats either. You guys are onto me!
Weege Added a reply to Matthes, Weigant, & Thomas just miss it
4/13/2011 10:35am Uh, I didn't say that Stewart crying was fake. That was JT. And when he said he thought it was fake, I said I can't see how he could be that good of an actor. Then I made a joke about them practicing in the garage. I don't think it was fake. That was JT.
Weege Added a reply to Racer X - Alessi bashing
4/7/2011 6:17pm First of all, peelout, if you're going to attach videos like that to posts I'm in on, I WILL RESPOND TO EVERY POST EVER FROM NOW ON!!! Yeah!! As for the Dunge/Suz thing, it's been analyzed too far now. Once we get into word by word we're probably digging for more meaning then is really there. A few team guys...
Weege Added a reply to Racer X - Alessi bashing
4/7/2011 1:53pm It's not damage control because I didn't do anything wrong here. I told you what the Suzuki guys said. I've said plenty of bad about Dungey this year. I didn't totally blast Alessi, I said that he passed Dungey back, he got passed in the whoops, and that the family once built a whoop track to help him out. All...
Weege Added a reply to Racer X - Alessi bashing
4/7/2011 1:24pm For Burn, here's a snippet from the previous Redux from Jacksonville, with more overwhelming praise for Dungey. [i]What about The Dunge? I just can’t figure it out. It was there for the taking, but he didn’t take it. Before the season, a lot of potential scenarios were trotted out, but I don’t think anyone believed there would be a race...
Weege Added a reply to Racer X Online Revamped and Restaffed for 2011
1/3/2011 12:15pm My deal is a little different than Richard's, I try to offend all people equally instead of picking out specifics. Right now I just have Ping and Matthes under me. Gonna be some time before it's DC. But look how popular I am just for finally posting on here!