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Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.

Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.

Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.

The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.

With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.

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UncleMo

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01-28-2011, 01:28 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

I Ditched cable myself last year, we basically have the same stuff as you, including three kids.

Right now we're netflix exclusive (TV Shows up to last season on most although SNL has been updating the day after airing) and anteanna for local channels. CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, etc... And MLB.TV on the PS3 of course, but we don't get the SF Giants games. That's the one HUGE drag in the whole ordeal.

But tbh nobody has noticed. My kids stay occupied with everything netflix has to offer, and it seems as long as my wife has access to Dog the bounty hunter (also netflix) she's a happy camper.

And I no longer have my 180.00 cable bill.

I just wish we could get in market sports teams, but oh well.

Chefdad, what is your total monthly cost now?

When you say mlb.tv through the PS3, what do you mean through the PS3? I know it has a webbrowser function, is that how you're viewing it, through the web browser or is there some disc you get like Netflix? Are the games in HD? how much do you pay for mlb.tv?

Are you guys paying for Netflix's base plan, or are you doing the HD upgrade package? How much are you paying for that?

Are you doing Hulu as well? And how much are you paying for that?

We're just doing basic cable for local HD programming and internet from our provider.
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01-28-2011, 02:49 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by UncleMo

Chefdad, what is your total monthly cost now?

before we paid 220.00 for everything, phone internet cable. Now I pay (including netflix) 70.00. 10.00 for netflix. 60.00 for internet and phone. that doesn't include what I'm going to pay for MLB.TV though.

Originally posted by UncleMo

When you say mlb.tv through the PS3, what do you mean through the PS3? I know it has a webbrowser function, is that how you're viewing it, through the web browser or is there some disc you get like Netflix? Are the games in HD? how much do you pay for mlb.tv?

It's just like netflix is now. No disc needed. It has it's own dedicated icon under vidoes. The only prob is no out of market games. But I'm a Yankee fan so whatev .
They say the games are in HD but I wouldn't say they're the same quality as cable was, but they don't look bad at all so it's all good.
I don't know the annual subscription price yet. I paid for it monthly last year. 19.99 But I'll just be buying the entire year this time around.

Originally posted by UncleMo

Are you guys paying for Netflix's base plan, or are you doing the HD upgrade package? How much are you paying for that?

Yeah base plan 9.99. 1 DVD out at a time and instant streaming as long as you want. We don't have the blu-ray upgrade, we're fine with watching movies on DVD.

Originally posted by UncleMo

Are you doing Hulu as well? And how much are you paying for that?

My Kids watch Hulu on our PC. They watch the commercial added Hulu so it's free. I've yet to check out Hulu tbh so I don't know too much about it myself.

Originally posted by UncleMo

We're just doing basic cable for local HD programming and internet from our provider.

We had all cable channels so it was a bit too much, then when we wanted to downgrade it wasn't enough to really matter so I told comcast to just come and pull it. We use an antenna for all our local channels now.
Good luck UM. The one thing I miss most is the sports. Especially NBA now that I'm into NBA2K but it's worth it not having the big bill anymore.

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UncleMo

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01-28-2011, 03:23 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Thank you so much.

Sorry to hear you like the Yankees. My condolences. :wink:
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01-28-2011, 10:33 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

If it wasn't for the NFL season (and live sports in general) I would have NO PROBLEM living without a TV service.

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01-29-2011, 02:24 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by chefdad

The one thing I miss most is the sports.

Exactly how I feel! Come baseball season I really miss it but then I look at all the money I am saving each month by not having cable and it makes it worth it.
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01-29-2011, 02:27 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by TheShizNo1

Yea, I'm pretty sure I'll be making this switch as soon as tomorrow. I'm going to go look for a good antennae at Best Buy tomorrow. I'm just a little worried about the use being put on my laptop/computer and PS3.

It depends on what you are looking for but I just picked this up last weekend http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103077

I had a bit of a challenge going in being that I am in a south facing first floor condo. So I needed an interior antenna. Being south facing I am in the opposite direction of all the main channel signals but using this antenna I was able to receive most of the channels I wanted.
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01-29-2011, 02:31 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by Unoriginal Name

Exactly how I feel! Come baseball season I really miss it but then I look at all the money I am saving each month by not having cable and it makes it worth it.

Yeah Baseball is the sport I really didn't want to go without. When MLB and Sony made the deal to put MLB.tv on the PS3 it solidified my decision.

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01-29-2011, 03:02 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

I have thought about getting that but I would still be SOL when it came to White Sox games being that they are my home market.
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01-29-2011, 03:30 PM

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Hm.....you guys don't know sites to catch your games? I've been able to watch Buccaneers games that way. I figure just hooking it up to the TV would solve that. But yea, I canceled the cable today and upgraded my internet. I go from paying $100 a month to $30 a month. Just downloaded netflix for the first time and WOW!!! This is amazing.

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01-29-2011, 03:32 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by TheShizNo1

Hm.....you guys don't know sites to catch your games? I've been able to watch Buccaneers games that way. I figure just hooking it up to the TV would solve that. But yea, I canceled the cable today and upgraded my internet. I go from paying $100 a month to $30 a month. Just downloaded netflix for the first time and WOW!!! This is amazing.

Welcome to the club.

I've been looking for sites that show local market baseball games but can't find any. Oh well always have gameday audio.

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01-29-2011, 03:39 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Has anybody used a Monoprice amplified antenna http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...09&cp_id=10901and if so could speak to how well/poor it works? Every other Monoprice product I've used has been great so I would assume these work pretty good as well.

Is an indoor amplified antenna going to outperform a larger antenna such as the "coat hanger" antenna or other similar models featured on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...e+antenna&aq=0
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01-29-2011, 04:07 PM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by chefdad

Welcome to the club.

I've been looking for sites that show local market baseball games but can't find any. Oh well always have gameday audio.

If you ever do find any please let me know!
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01-30-2011, 12:36 AM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

There are ways to watch live streaming sports on the internet for free. I will not post them, but you can find them easily if you google them.

I pay $50/mo for internet/netflix.

I was paying $145 before lol. No brainer for me!

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01-30-2011, 01:32 AM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by chefdad

Yeah Baseball is the sport I really didn't want to go without. When MLB and Sony made the deal to put MLB.tv on the PS3 it solidified my decision.

So with MLB.tv on PS3 the local games will still be blacked out??
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01-30-2011, 01:36 AM

Re: Getting rid of cable?

Originally posted by daflyboys

So with MLB.tv on PS3 the local games will still be blacked out??

Yep

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