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Goldy
09 Sep 2004, 12:31 PM
Can someone tell me what the Fan Zone is?
i.e. I see they are showing the same games but are calling it fan zone, what is the difference?

thanks
kevruth
09 Sep 2004, 01:20 PM
Can someone tell me what the Fan Zone is?
i.e. I see they are showing the same games but are calling it fan zone, what is the difference?

thanks

Fan Zone is a match that is commentated by one supporter from each team. Both guys rag on each other, cheer and yell. It's like having your friends over to watch the game with the play by play turned off.

They also scroll text and email messages from others.

The show is an available option in England by Sky Sports.
wjarrettc
09 Sep 2004, 01:42 PM
Today's game is the wild Portsmouth v. Fulham game from last week. Could be interesting to re-watch.
SYoshonis
09 Sep 2004, 02:04 PM
It's actually sort of fun to watch, for about ten minutes. After that, it gets old.
wjarrettc
09 Sep 2004, 07:42 PM
It really makes you appreciate professional commentators. How many times today did the Fulham supporter say "That's what I'm talking about!"

:)

Actually, the best part of Fan Zone is the intro where they show the two guys in the booth. One is jumping up and down like mad for a goal while the other is hanging his head.
Goldy
09 Sep 2004, 07:55 PM
are the fans US fans or UK fans?
odg78
09 Sep 2004, 10:46 PM
--Imagine if someone hooked BigSoccer up to one of those text-to-speech processors. Bam, you've got Fan Zone.
Chowderhead
10 Sep 2004, 12:02 PM
I think that they're funny as hell. "Do you rate Boa Moh-ay, mate?" "Pompey su-poh-tiz, best in Britain, mate". "Where is the commitment?" "Cookie Coleman's Fulham Ahh-MEEE". "Respect to Fulham, mate".

I couldn't get enough.
kevruth
10 Sep 2004, 03:36 PM
are the fans US fans or UK fans?

Fan Zone matches are from Sky Sports in the UK, i.e. they are UK fans.
ZonaGunner
10 Sep 2004, 03:42 PM
Fanzone is great. If they gave me a choice between the professional commentators and these guys, I'd take these guys every time. They make things much more interesting, though a couple of the recent ones have been more calm and quiet than usual.
pething101
10 Sep 2004, 04:15 PM
It's actually sort of fun to watch, for about ten minutes. After that, it gets old.

I got that as well. Every ten minutes or so they might say something funny but for every funny comment, I get 50 "Come On Fulham!" or "get stuck in!". It got a bit old.
texgator
10 Sep 2004, 05:02 PM
Fanzone is great. If they gave me a choice between the professional commentators and these guys, I'd take these guys every time. They make things much more interesting, though a couple of the recent ones have been more calm and quiet than usual.
I don't think you would be making that choice for long.....it gets old after a while. But certainly fun for a change of pace. I wish we had the same capabilities as they do in the UK with Sky. You can switch back and forth during a game whenever you want.
gaijin
10 Sep 2004, 05:25 PM
Fan zone is funny sometimes.

There is usually is good banter, but invaribaly not enough for me....

Still beats regular commenatry though.... :)